2026 Sisterhood Night - Special Women's Event

Yeah, Christ Fellowship is one church that meets in lots of different locations, including right here with you. Yeah, and our prayer for you today is that you would sense God's love for you. See, I don't personally know all that you're going through today and what you're up against, but God does, and here's your prayers. And he knows your name, and he's right here for you today as you call out to him. Yeah, thanks again for joining with us today. We love you, and we're praying for you. All right, sisterhood. We know that you ladies came to worship. Tonight we get to lift up the name that is above all other names. The name that brings freedom, the name that brings healing, and that name is Jesus. And Jesus is in the room tonight, amen. Amen. Come on, let's sing it out. ♪ No one else ♪ ♪ That gives silence to more in the ways ♪ ♪ I know a name ♪ ♪ That gives empty out of the way ♪ ♪ I know a name inside you ♪ ♪ It's the only name that saves ♪ ♪ And it's worthy of all praise ♪ ♪ I call you Jesus ♪ ♪ I call you, I call you Jesus ♪ ♪ Pressing and waiting in power ♪ ♪ Something comes out of the grave ♪ ♪ Every time I call you Jesus ♪ ♪ Well I call you, I call you Savior ♪ ♪ Worthy of glory forever ♪ ♪ Something comes out of the grave ♪ ♪ Come on, give me time ♪ ♪ I call your name ♪ ♪ And I have a king inside you ♪ ♪ With a man in the world and he goes again ♪ ♪ And it's holy, never started ♪

♪ He is the He ♪ ♪ That has crushed the serpent ♪ ♪ Our resurrected reign, I am ♪ ♪ I call you Jesus ♪ ♪ I call you, I call you Jesus ♪ ♪ Pressing and waiting in power ♪ ♪ Something comes out of the grave ♪ ♪ Come on, give me time ♪ ♪ I call you Jesus ♪ ♪ Well I call you, I call you Savior ♪ ♪ Worthy of glory forever ♪ ♪ Something comes out of the grave ♪ ♪ Every time I call your name ♪ ♪ Chase, break, drive, hold, away ♪ ♪ Every time I call your name ♪ ♪ The gates of hell ♪ ♪ Shake, every time I call your name ♪ ♪ Chase, break, drive, hold, away ♪ ♪ Every time I call your name ♪ ♪ The gates of hell ♪ ♪ Shake, every time I call your name ♪ ♪ I call you Jesus ♪ ♪ You Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ Please love your soul ♪ ♪ With your grace ♪ ♪ Love it, love it ♪ ♪ Come on, it's not here ♪ ♪ Heaven's we're all dead ♪ ♪ Here's now Your state ♪ ♪ And we're all great ♪

♪ Come on, baby ♪ ♪ Love it, love it ♪ ♪ Death things come alive ♪ ♪ Death things come alive ♪ ♪ Death things come alive in the name of Jesus ♪ ♪ Death things come alive ♪ ♪ Death things come alive ♪ ♪ Death things come alive in the name of Jesus ♪ Nothing's come alive in the neighbor I call you Jesus I call you, I call you Jesus Where is it in your way? In your power Something comes out of the place Every time I call you Jesus I call you, I call you Savior Worthy of glory forever Something comes out of the place Every time I call you Jesus Hallelujah! We thank you Jesus Ladies, we've got some testimonies in this room tonight So come on, we're gonna sing of His goodness Of His faithfulness If you've got a testimony, this is awesome Come on, we sing I love you Oh, Your mercy never fails me In all my days I've been held in Your hands

From the moment that I wake up Until I lay my way Oh, I will sing of the good things Oh, You saw me In all my life You have been paid for In all my life You have been sold So good With every word that I am made of Oh, I will sing I'll be paid for Oh, I will sing of Your goodness Oh, You saw me I will sing I will sing I love Your voice You will let me through the fire It darkest us You are close I know I'll miss I've known You as a father Come, don't You as a friend Oh, I have made In the goodness of God In all my life You have been paid for In all my life You have been sold So good with every word With every word that I am made of Oh, I will sing Of the goodness of God Oh, I will sing Oh, I'm gonna tell You of His goodness

Of His faithfulness Come on, we sing it Oh, Your goodness is running after It's running after It's never left me 'Cause Your goodness is running after It's running after me With my life laying down It's my engine now I give you everything I own Your goodness is running after It's running after Your goodness Your goodness is running after It's running after It's never left me You will be paid for It's running after It's running after me With my life laying down It's my engine now I give you everything So good with this running after It's running after me Come on, ladies, if you know His faithfulness Would you just pray in this room You have been so good Oh, I will sing 'Cause oh, my love, if you have been free

Come on, think about His faithfulness And oh, my love, if you have been so So good with every breath that I am able Oh, I will sing Of His goodness Only faith ♪ 'Cause all my life you have ♪ ♪ You've been waiting for me ♪ ♪ You have watched me hard ♪ ♪ And all my life you have been so ♪ ♪ So good with every breath ♪ ♪ With every breath that I have been able ♪ ♪ Oh, I will sing ♪ ♪ Of the darkness ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪

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♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ ♪ Oh, you're good with some mercy ♪ He got up when he walked and he praised the name of Jesus. And that same Jesus, girls, he's in the room tonight. He's here. He wants to meet with you this evening. So I don't know what you carried in tonight, but I do know that he knows. But in this moment, if you're a sister in the room who says, I need freedom, Jesus. I need hope, Jesus. I am disappointed and I need you to come and meet me, Jesus. I need restoration in my marriage, Jesus. Would you raise your hand right now in this moment? And just know that Jesus' name, it still has power. It still has authority. It's still healing. It's still speaking. And he wants to meet with you this evening. So, Jesus, you see your girls across this room. Would you come like a mighty rushing wind? Would you come and bring hope? Would you come and bring healing? Come on, call on the name of Jesus. Call him, sisters. Come on, call on him tonight. He wants to meet with you. Jesus, your name is like a morning light. Don't warn the darkness, hands your light. The resurrection and the light.

Jesus, Jesus, your name. It's saving your name, it's saving your name. Your name, it's saving your name, it's saving your name. You'll never fail, you'll never win. Jesus, Jesus, your name. The light broken for us. The world can end, the world we want. The first and last, the first to come. Jesus, Jesus, the king. The world will win, the world will win, the world will win. The name of the whole world, the name of Jesus. Jesus, be the name. Jesus, be the name. The whole world, Jesus, be the name. The kids on the long way. Oh, Jesus, be the name. Jesus, be the name. Oh, Jesus, be the name. The kids on the long way. It's Jesus, holy Jesus, holy Jesus. And death could not hold you. But there'll be for, come on, sing it out. Your silence, the post. Come on, the heavens, the heavens are over. The glory, the grace of the glory. Before you are raised, you lie. Because you can't know it won't. You have no rival. And you have no equal. And now and forever God, you reign.

Yours is the kingdom. Yours is the glory. Yours is the name of the whole name. What a powerful name it is. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ. Oh, my King, what a powerful name it is. And nothing can stand against. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus. Oh, you have no rival. You have no equal. Now and forever God, you reign. Yours is the kingdom. Yours is the glory. Yours is the name of the whole name. What a powerful name it is. What a powerful name it is. The name of Jesus Christ. Oh, what a powerful name it is. And nothing can stand against. ♪ The name of Jesus ♪ ♪ Come on, what a Jesus ♪ ♪ What a powerful name it is ♪ ♪ The name of Jesus ♪ ♪ What a powerful name it is ♪ ♪ The name of Jesus ♪ ♪ Hallelujah! ♪ ♪ What's the journey ♪ I know that God's got a lot that he wants to speak to each of us today.

Before you take your seat, make sure you turn to the person next to you, say hello. And then you guys can be seated. [applause] ♪ He loves my name ♪ ♪ He loves my every God ♪ ♪ He sees each year that calls ♪ ♪ And hears me when I call ♪ ♪ He loves my every God ♪ ♪ He loves my every God ♪ ♪ He sees each year that calls ♪ ♪ And hears me when I call ♪ ♪ And hears me when I call ♪ In the beginning, God named things, lights, nights, sea, sky, and whatever he named, it became. Because when God named something, he defines it. Then he gave humanity the same gift. Out of name the animals, not to control them, but to know them. To name was to see, to name was to recognize. To name was to say, you have a unique identity. But sin changed what names sounded like. Suddenly, names became labels, failure, rejected, too much, not enough, invisible, unwanted. People were named by what they done or what had been done to them. But God not only names things, God can change a name too. Abraham became Abraham, Sarai became Sarah, Jacob became Israel. Every new name was God interrupting a story. God can change your name because his name carries authority. It is higher than every other name, stronger than every label, greater than every accusation. You are not a number. You are not a mistake. You are not a summary of your worst moments. You are called, known, chosen.

The one with the highest name knows your name. He formed you, he sees you, he calls you. And when God speaks your name, you become who you were always meant to be. This is me. I keep fighting for this, this is my mom, this ain't that enough. Every single lie that tells me I will never measure you. I remind more than just a song of every high and every low. Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know. You say I am loved when I can feel a thing. And you say I am strong when I think I am weak. And you say I am held when I am falling short. And when I don't belong, oh you say I am yours. ♪ Oh, I believe ♪ Yes, I believe You know when you think I'm ours now Is everything you think of me In you I find my worth in you I find my identity You say I am love when I can't feel the day And you say I am strong when I think I am me And you say I am hell when I am falling short And when I don't belong Oh, you say I am yours And I believe, what you say of me Yes, I believe And you know that I am now a lady and you'll see You have everything you've got You have everything to me You say I am love when I can't feel the day You say I am strong when I think I am me

You say I am hell when I am falling short And when I don't belong Oh, you say I am yours And I believe, what you say of me Yes, I believe And I believe, what you say of me Yes, I believe Are you grateful for Jesus? His voice is higher than any other voice And he is the name above every other name He carries all authority The one whose name is above every name And with authority he says that you are loved That you are chosen That if you came in feeling weak That you are strong by the power of the Holy Spirit And I just want you to get that in your spirit today Across all of our campus locations, rest in that Let that sink in Because that is who you are And tonight has already been so powerful It's been anointed, I love just hearing the testimonies And hearing the testimonies from all of our girls At all of our campuses And I just hope that you know how important this night is And before I jump into the world you guys can have a seat This night is just, it's so important Because what God is building in this sisterhood here at Christ Fellowship It's so much more than an event or a moment It's actually a movement of women

A movement of women that are going to stand together That are going to believe together That are going to champion each other And the call of God that's on each other's lives And this is so important, nights like this Is just this coming together of this collective call that we have And you're a part of something great I want you to see a little bit of what you're a part of At the beginning of the night we all took a sister and selfie And it's time for you guys to see what's going on at all the other campuses I think we've got some of those selfies up here We've got Jupiter campus Right here at Palm Beach Gardens Royal Palm campus It's an amazing okey show But you guys are crushing it out there Poor St. Lucie Stewart Come on, and then we've got Last night we kicked it off With our Christ Fellowship, Español It was amazing, amazing And can we just thank all the volunteers that are making this happen tonight? [cheers and applause] I want to give a special shout out to the Brotherhood We could not have done it without you. And I love-- did you guys just love seeing the kids and the students singing? And it's so powerful. Do I have any students in the house? Any students up there in Port St. Lucie?

And I just want you to know that nights like this are so important. And our prayer is that you would know that students and young adults that we are cheering you on, that we are cheering you on, and that you would be able to walk in confidence in God's call on your life. I have a scripture from Psalm 145, and it says this. It says, "Generation after generation will declare more of your greatness and more of your glory." I love that. And tonight, I've got three generations. I've got my granddaughter in the house for her very first sisterhood. But we're not just building this for ourselves. We're building this. It's going to be generation upon generation. And my prayer for all of the younger generations that you would step into your purpose and that this night, and nights like this, nights that you're in the presence of God, that they would mark you. They would ruin you. That they would ruin you for the things of this world that you would want more of his spirit in your life. And my prayer also says tonight that this would be-- I have high expectation that this is going to be an impartation of every generation, of every generation. It's going to be a collective declaration of God's greatness that we together would be this collective declaration

of his glory and his greatness. And because we're a sisterhood of every generation, I think it's important sometimes that some of the vintage sisters, like myself, the seasoned sisters, that we share a little bit of our history. Is that OK? Because I don't think you guys understand how rough we had it back in the day. I mean, we had some challenges back in our day. Back in our day-- and this could go in a lot of different directions, but I'm talking specifically about communication when it came to communication and relationships. See, back in the day, we didn't have these. We didn't have these. And you don't understand, like, we couldn't just go into our context if you had to call someone. We carried our context right here. Like, my home phone, 747-6134, Todd's home phone, 626-6342. I still have thousands of numbers in my head. So if I forget to make dinner, babe, you understand why, right? My mic can only handle so much. And there's rules. There's rules that come along with this. And they're hard to keep up with. Is it OK just to call someone? Or do you need to text them before you call, right? Or do I have to answer the FaceTime call if I'm in the bathroom? I don't know.

I don't mean to be rude, but I don't know if that's the right place to answer the call. But here's the deal is that back in the day, we didn't have this. And so we didn't have caller ID. So when the phone rang, right? When the phone rang, we didn't have one of these. This is what we had right here. [LAUGHTER] When the phone rang, you had no idea. By the way, when it rang, it wasn't like your favorite worship song or a cute ringtone. It was this loud, obnoxious ring. And you had no idea who was on the other side. Like, it could be anyone. It could be your crazy uncle. It could be the wrong number. It could be someone that could keep you on the phone for the next two hours. Or it could be someone selling encyclopedias, something else you know nothing about, right? You had no idea, but you took the risk. Like, you lived on the edge, because you knew if you did not answer the call, it would eat you alive. You would never know. Never know who was on the other side, so you picked it up, so you didn't miss out. Also, I'm waiting by the phone, like if you were waiting by the phone for that someone special, your high school sweetheart, AKA Todd, if it could be a call.

Waiting by the phone, like, this wasn't waiting by the phone. You're out with your friends. I'm going to check my phone. Did it vibrate? You know, your phone didn't wait by you. You waited by the phone. [LAUGHTER] And waited. And waited, right? [LAUGHTER] It was-- sometimes it took a long time. And if you were going to-- you don't want to go too far from the phone, right? So imagine, like, how many hours? Like, you wasted waiting. You didn't want to go too far. And if you did go far, like, if you went outside, you only went far. And if you left the door open, the windows open. So if you heard the ring, you could run back in the house, right? But you waited and waited. And this is the deal is that-- I shared this with my whole family, right? We all shared the same phone. And so when we were waiting for a call, right, we could only hope when the phone rang that maybe, maybe it would be for me. And when the phone would ring, and one of my brothers would answer the phone, the sweetest words, the words that I was waiting and expectation to hear, the sweetest words that I could hear were, "Chooling, it's for you."

This call is for you. And I was like, "Finally," he called. And finally, I got the call, "It's for me." My message title tonight is that this call is for you. This call is for you because I believe that tonight, no matter who you are or where you came from or what you carried in tonight, that there is a call that Jesus wants to speak over your life. He has a calling that he wants to call forth out of your life, and no matter, Jesus, he has your name, he knows your name, and he's got your number, and he's got something he wants to say to you tonight. And so tonight, as I begin to declare the word, this call is for you. He wants to speak to you. So I want you to turn to your neighbor and tell them, "This call is for you." And turn to the one that you just ignored on the other side and tell you, "Better pick it up or you're going to miss out." You better pick it up. I'm going to be reading in the book of Luke. And I'm going to jump into the word because this is a story of this call that Jesus speaks over a woman, and I believe that he's speaking over to us tonight. And it's found in Luke 13, and it says, on a Sabbath, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues. By the way, if you missed your quiet time this morning, I'm going to catch you up right now. So tune in. And there was a woman there, and she had been crippled by a spirit for 18 years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward, and he said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity." Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up, and she praised God. Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people,

"There are six days of work, so come and be healed on those days. Don't come on the Sabbath." But the Lord answered him, "You quippakris, doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox and donkey in this stall and lead them out to get water? And should not this woman, this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for 18 long years, shouldn't she be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?" And when he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things that he was doing. So I want you to picture this scene. So Jesus, he shows up in the synagogue, and it's just a regular church service, right? And so he shows up in the synagogue, and by this time, he was getting a little bit popular. He was like the guest speaker at church that week, and he was getting popular, so he was drawing this crowd, and a lot of people had come in, and this woman, right in the middle of him preaching, this woman is in the back, like she's on the back row. And we know she was in the back because that's where women were in the synagogue. So you can imagine that Jesus was looking through the crowd, and this woman was bent over, and she probably was hoping that she'd go unknowous, right? But here's what you need to know is that she wasn't like the woman with the issue of blood who pressed in to touch the hem of Jesus' garment, or like blind Bartimatus that called out to Jesus to heal him, she just kind of snuck in. And she didn't come that day to be healed, she just showed up, like she showed up to church, maybe just to get a little word of encouragement or some inspiration that might help her just get through another day of life. But what you see is that this is the same way that maybe you came in here tonight, maybe you came in and you just showed up, like you showed up to get some worship and the word and maybe hang out with the girls, you showed up maybe to get out of the house or get away You just kind of showed up 'cause this is what you do. And can I tell you that Jesus is in the room? Jesus is in the room. And when he saw that woman in the back,

it was like he saw this opportunity. And when Jesus is in the room, he is so good that he's just looking for this opportunity to renew your strength, to restore your joy, to release you into your calling, 'cause that's just who he is. And I just wanna raise your level of expectation tonight because you may have come in just thinking, you are just gonna get a little inspiration. But Jesus has so much more waiting for you. And I wanna raise your level of expectation because I believe that as I was praying about this word, that there are three very specific callings that he is, that he's speaking forth to his daughters here at Christ Fellowship on this night, and that if you will lean in and listen, you're gonna find yourself in one, if not more, but definitely one of these callings. You're gonna find yourself, you're gonna hear the Holy Spirit whisper to you, this one's for you. This call that she's talking about, this is for you. And you better pick it up, 'cause if you don't pick it up, you might miss out. And so these callings that he has that he calls forth is that this call that he wants to, that he's speaking over his people tonight. And it says that this woman had been crippled by this evil spirit, and she'd been bent over. And this condition was called spinal stenosis

is what scholars believe in. And she didn't, what this tells us that one phrase, that she was crippled by this, an evil spirit, that she didn't bring this on herself, it wasn't that she did anything to deserve this. And she wasn't possessed because Jesus would have cast out the evil spirit. This condition was attributed to Satan's work in the world. Like he is the author of everything bad, and every painful situation. And so he's the author of all evil. So this situation she was in, this condition, was attributed to his work in the world. And I don't wanna freak you out, but you need to know that you have an enemy. And he is that work in this world. And I don't wanna freak you out, but sometimes we just, we can't see it. And this woman was bent over, it was obvious to everyone. But it's not always so obvious. Last year I went and spoke at a women's conference in Baltimore, and my friend Betsy, she's here, and she came with me, and when we got to the hotel where I was staying, when I walked in the lobby, I just sensed something was just a little weird. Like I saw these people in the lobby, they were doing tarot card readings. And then the lady that was checking in next to me, she had to stack the books about how to cast spells. And I was like, this is really weird.

And then this session got released, and people come flooded out of the conference room. And there were people, I'm not kidding you. Like in full on witch and warlock outfits. I didn't know it, but I was at a witch and warlock convention. And I, now this wasn't the church conference I was at, by the way, sorry, let me set the record straight. I mean, and I wasn't the guest speaker there. Okay, so, but I was like, it was so dark and heavy. I was trying to figure out, should I stay or should I go? And I stepped out of my hotel room, I checked in, stepped out. And right as I stepped out, the person in the room next door walked by my door, and I took a picture, just snapped a little picture to send a tod. That's like a real pitchfork people. He was like, get her out of there now. So, I was there to speak the word, I couldn't spend all night fighting demons. And so we changed hotels, but this is the deal. Later on that night, we're out to dinner. And the same people were sitting next to us, except this time they had no normal clothes. And they were just eating their chicken nuggets, like normal people, they blended in. See, evil isn't always so obvious. And on that day, like this woman, it was obvious, like it was obvious when she walked in, she was all hunched over. And it would be really obvious if 10,000 women across all of our locations came in all like this, right?

Bent over. But can I tell you that not all of us are bent over physically, And the enemy, he didn't come after you with a pitchfork. He came after you and weighed you down with some disappointment that life hasn't turned out exactly like you thought it would. That you didn't have the baby or the husband or maybe it's discouragement, like you have been trying to live this life full on for God and just keep falling back in your own ways. Or maybe it's not discouragement or disappointment, but it's these expectations or maybe it's anxiety about the future and he has this way of weighing us down with exhaustion because of all that we're carrying and you guys are carrying a lot. And can I tell you that the enemy knows that if he can get us bent over, that he can limit our perspective and he can keep us from moving forward because he slows us down and he keeps us living this really limited life. And this is not what Jesus has called you to. And so in this story, what we see is that Jesus, he heals this woman's body immediately. And that would be a great ending to an incredible miracle story. But that was not the greatest miracle that happens in this story. Because the story takes a turn. The religious leaders get ticked off because Jesus broke some law that they had created. And so they begin to call Jesus out and criticize him. And then he responds to them by saying this in verse 16, he says, this dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been in bondage by Satan for 18 years, isn't it right that she should be released on the Sabbath? You know, this is the first call we see, is that the first call we see that Jesus speaks out is that he calls her daughter. He calls her daughter. And it was not enough that he would heal her physically. He wanted to restore her dignity. He wanted to restore her identity. He wanted to restore her place in his family.

And so this calling of daughter, that the enemy had robbed her of this calling. Because in her community, she was known as the crippled woman, as the one that was bent over. But when Jesus saw her, he sought her out from the back row, he said, "Hey, you, you are not an outsider. You're not an outcast. You are my daughter." And that means something, that word daughter just means so much, he wanted her to know. He wanted to know that as my daughter, you have access to my power, you have access to my presence, you have access to my healing, you have access to me. Like being my daughter actually comes with privileges. And this is what I want you to hear, is that that word daughter, it has nothing to do with what she had done because she had learned that title. See, the calling of a daughter has nothing to do with what you do. It's about who you are, that there is this confidence and this courage that comes because just because of who you are, who your father is, because as a daughter, you can borrow confidence and courage from your father. And the enemy will always try to take your identity as his daughter. I mean, he will always try to rob that identity from you because here's what he knows. He knows if you don't see yourself as a loved daughter of a good father, then you will settle for lesser labels. You're going to settle for lesser labels. If you settle for lesser labels, it's going to limit you and it's going to impact the people around you. Let me ask you if any of these sound familiar. The labels that maybe someone said to you or that you said about yourself, they're just kind of stuck to you, that you're abused, that you're abandoned, that you're alone, that you're divorced, that you're not loved, you're unloved, or you're unlovable, that you're not pretty enough, you're not smart enough, you're just not enough, or maybe you're just too much, you're just too much to handle.

And those labels can get on us. And when they get on us, they limit us and see the enemy knows that if he can keep us from our identity as a daughter, then he can keep us bound and bent so that we don't step into the calling that he has. I want you to know, listen girls, for some of you, this is your call, this calls for you, okay? Because he not only calls for a daughter, he calls her a daughter of Abraham. And you may not know the significance, but everybody in the synagogue that day, they knew the significance. Because Abraham was their guy. I mean, Abraham was the one that God had picked to be the father of the nation, that would be the children of God, that would carry the presence of God, and deliver the son of God into the world. So Abraham's a big deal, people. And so when you were called a daughter of Abraham, there were some promises that came along with that, right? And we see it in Genesis, like when God calls Abraham, this is what he says. He said, "As for me, this is my covenant with you." A covenant is a relationship. Listen about what you're gonna do. This is about who you're gonna be to me. You will be the father of many nations, no longer will you be called Abraham, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

I will make you very fruitful. I will make nations of you and kings will come from you. I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between you and your descendants. And your descendants. So being a daughter means that you're an heir, that you have this inheritance, right? And you didn't have to earn it, you don't deserve it. But this inheritance, it comes with some territory that he wants to give you. It comes with this authority that you have, that you are not a victim to your insecurities, you are not a victim to your past, but you have all authority to step up with power. And that by being a daughter of Abraham, that she belongs to this family of promise, that she has rightful claim to all the promises of God, that all the promises of God are hers. And what I want you to hear is that the same daughter of Abraham, that calling over her, is that today Jesus is calling you a daughter, a daughter of Abraham, a daughter of the key, and he wants to speak identity and authority, that you have rightful claim to all the promises of God, and that he wants to liberate you from all the lies that the enemy has told you, or all the lies have been spoken over you. And all of us are gonna have lies that we have to wrestle to the ground. Okay, so all of us have believed a lie.

And I sent some of them soon a little bit earlier, and we've all had to wrestle them. And I know for me, I got saved as a teenager, and so there have been a lot of lies that I've had to wrestle to the ground, that you're not good enough, and you're not smart enough. And I did the work, but there was this one lie that had attached itself to me. And I've shared this before at our freedom encounter, but there's one lie that got so on me that it attached itself to me, and I just couldn't shake it. And this lie started when I was about seven years old, and my dad, my parents were great parents. But when my dad left when I was seven years old, my seven year old heart didn't know what to do with that. And when he walked away, there was something inside of me just said that, and this was something I spoke of myself that you're not wanted. And so unwanted became the lie that I believed. And I believed it just like it was true. And it played out in small ways when I was in middle school, or in elementary school, out of the playground, when I wouldn't get picked, I was devastated. Or when I was in middle school, planned bigger ways. When people that should have protected me didn't. And they left me in a situation that was really harmful. And I believed the lie that I wasn't worth fighting for.

And as I stepped into adulthood, this lie being unwanted, it impacted my relationships, it caused me, it caused insecurity. I used to have dreams. Like five years after Todd and I got married, I would have dreams. Like I'd wake up that he didn't want to marry me, that he wasn't gonna marry me. And left me at the altar. I mean, for five years, I struggled with these dreams. It was crazy. And I remember that when I was, there was a time where I just thought, enough is enough. Because I didn't want this to get on my kids. I didn't want to pass this on to the next generation. And there was just this, this moment I was like, enough is enough because I knew that if I kept believing this lie, that I would not be able to step into the call that God had for me. I would not be able to embrace the fullness of the calling that he was calling me to step into. And so this, there was this moment, it was very similar to an atmosphere like this, where God's presence was so- And I remember this moment that-- enough's enough. And I remember this atmosphere, where the spirit of God was working, that I finally laid down the lot, shed the lot.

And there was this anthem in that moment, right? This moment marked me. Because I can honestly say, like, there was a before and an after. I can look back on that day. This moment marked me. But I had to mark the moment. Because in that moment, I remember there was an anthem, an anthem that I was seeing. I have an anthem that marks the moment, that I am no longer a slave to fear. But I am a child of God. And I had to have a declaration from His Word that I am chosen, that I am His child, that I am anointed, that I am called. This declaration, the truth from His Word to replace this lie. And here's the deal, is that this is your call. Like, this calls for you. Because the enemy, if he can get you to confuse your issue with your identity, that he's robbing you of your calling. And what I know is that your struggle, it's not your story. Like, something may have been done to you, but that's not who you are. You may have struggled with addiction. But addict is not your identity. Somebody may have left you, but abandoned and broken. It's not your story. You are chosen. You are loved.

You are dearly loved. [APPLAUSE] It may be that you might have been abused in your past, but you are not a victim. You are more than a conqueror. You may have made some messes. You may have messed up this week. But you are not a mess. You are a masterpiece. And you may not see it. You may not see it, but God, he sees it. And do you know that when God called Abraham to be the father of many nations, he didn't even have a kid. He didn't have a child. And his wife was old and barren, right? But he called him. He called him. And God made a promise of something that no one could see. And he couldn't even see it himself. But this was his promise. And God always calls us according to his promise, not according to our current condition. He calls us according to the promise, not your current condition. You are a daughter of Abraham. And this means that you carry a promise within you. And I believe for some of you, for some of you, this call is for you. And tonight's your night. And you're going to have an opportunity

to lay down the lie and walk in your true identity. He calls you daughter. But if you don't pick it up, you're going to miss out on the promise. If you don't pick it up, pick up the call. You're going to miss out on the promise. OK, I'm going to go to the second-- the second calling, because I've got to get through this fast. I spent a lot more time there than I should have. OK, it's important, though. The second calling in verse 12 is that we see the call that Jesus is making. It says that when Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said, woman, you are free. When he's sorry, he called her forward. Jesus called her forward. When Jesus calls, he's always calling us forward. He's always calling us forward. He wants us to step out of the pain of our past, our history, so that we can step into everything that he has for us. And I can picture this woman, because she had been bent over for 18 years. And like I said, she didn't even ask for healing. So I had to ask myself, why didn't she come looking for the healing? And I wonder if she had just gotten really used to her condition. Like, she just got used to it. She had learned to adapt to her situation. And so this was her perspective.

She didn't even get to look anyone in the eye. She just saw people's feet. She could never see what was out in front of her. She could only see what was beneath her. And what I want you to hear is that when you're bent over, your perspective is limited. And I wonder how many of us have just started to adapt to our situation, and started to accommodate the ways that we've just learned how to live bent over. And we're not walking in the freedom that God has for us. See, when Jesus called her forward, she couldn't stay where she was. To move forward, she had never been healed if she had just stayed where she was. And when I was preparing this message, I really wanted this just to be a really encouraging, uplifting word. But I started thinking about this, and I was thinking, man, if she had she probably would have spent the rest of her life bent over. She probably would have spent the rest of her life because there was an opportunity. There's supernatural opportunity comes in proximity of a supernatural savior. And so, Jesus was getting ready to go to the cross, so I'm not gonna go there. But she would have missed her opportunity and so I started thinking I just love you guys too much. I love you too much to think that maybe you can leave

this place and live the rest of your life bent over. And so I started thinking that there's some things that I believe that are weighing you down that you started to adapt to. Some of you, there's a relationship. I may be a friend group, but you know this relationship is keeping you from the freedom that God has for you. You know, it's not God's best for you. And what he's saying is he wants to call you forward. Step away from that relationship. There's for some of you, there's a habit that you just, you're like, it's always been this way, so I guess it's always gonna be this way. I've tried and I can't break it and it might be alcohol, it might be drugs, I don't know what it is, but you're just thinking, it's always been this way, so this is how I'm gonna live the rest of my life, limited, small, and what he's saying is, it's calling you forward. And tonight's your night, like this calls for you, and this wants you to step out of your history and in to your destiny. For some of you, I really, there's just some things, and as I've been praying about this, I feel like the Lord's been talking to me, and there's some of you that are looking at some things, watching some things on your phone, and on your computer, and the enemy is robbing you. He's robbing you of intimacy right now, and he's robbing you of what intimacy that he has,

waiting for you in your future, and you're stuck, and he wants to set you free. Some of you, that somebody's hurt you in your past, and you've been carrying this unforgiveness and bitterness, and you have no idea that not only have you adapted, but everyone else around you is adapted. It's getting on them, and it's time for you to step forward. It's time for you to take a step. Step forward, it's time to leave what is weighing you down in your past, and take a step in the freedom that he has for you. Can I tell you that your destiny, your destiny, your step out of your history, and stepping into your destiny? Your future is worth fighting for. Your children's future is worth fighting for, and when you step out, you don't step out alone, and you're gonna need some people, like I'm gonna go a little sidebar here, is that the only battle you can't win is the one you're trying to fight on your own, and so you need some people to fight with you. You need some people who are gonna pray for you, and believe with you. Some of you students and young adults, you need to be getting to students, and student ministry and young adults, 'cause you need, people are gonna fight with you. Fight for you tonight, your night,

you're gonna take a step towards freedom, don't stay where you are. Don't stay where you are, because the spirit of God is moving, and he's calling you forward. See, the last call we see is that we see that Jesus calls her. He calls her publicly on purpose for a purpose, and I think one of the most powerful parts of the story is that she was trying not to draw attention to herself, so he could have actually waited, and gone to her after the services, and ma'am, can I pray for you, or just spend a little time with her to heal her and private, but he didn't. He heals her publicly on purpose for a purpose, and for 18 years, everyone around her had seen her struggle, they knew her as a crippled woman, and now Jesus publicly restores her. And I believe that the reason for this is because God loves. He loves to take places of pain and make them platforms of testimony. He loves, see, this video is that the same people, the same people that saw her suffer, would see her stand up straight. The same crowd that had seen her, that had seen her bent over, was now they could witness her bent over, they saw her bent over and bondage,

now they were gonna witness her walking in freedom. See this woman, this was her testimony, and I think that he did this publicly because it was public proof of God's compassion and his power over her life, and this is the deal, is that this woman's healing, it was a testimony to the people around her, you know, there are just some places, some testimonies that, There are some testimonies that are only written through places, painful places. And some of you, like you want to erase the pain. And what I believe God's calling you to tonight is to give him the pain. And allow him that the thing that you're carrying, the weight of the pain that you're walking through is really an opportunity that he wants to have to display his power and his glory. And there are some things, some revelations that only come in desperation. There are some lessons that we only learn in the valley. And as I was praying, like at the beginning of the year, I've shared this to you guys before. Is I always pray that God will give me a word, that he will give me a word for myself personally. Todd and I pray for a word for our church, and I pray for a word for our sisterhood. And I know that May is kind of a weird time to give you the word for the year, but I figure we can have the word for half a year, okay?

For this season, and this word, but this has been what I've been praying for you. This is what I've been praying over you over these last several months. And it comes to the word from God's word is Isaiah 43. And it says this, it says, do not be afraid for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name, you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. You will walk through a fire of oppression, but you will not be burned up. The flames will not consume you for I am the Lord your God. And listen, it doesn't say that you're not gonna go through some deep waters where you might feel like you're drowning. It doesn't say that the fire is not gonna get so close that you might feel a little bit of smoke, right? A little bit of burning. But what he's saying is I'm gonna give you the supernatural power to walk through it. And you're gonna walk through it, but you're gonna get through it. You're gonna go through it, but I'm gonna get you through it. And you're gonna go through some hard times, but I'm gonna give you the supernatural strength and power that you need.

You won't, you don't have to be bent by what you're carrying in this season. And let's face it, you guys are carrying a lot. Like your moms, you're carrying a lot with your kids, and some of your kids are doing some crazy things. Some of you students, you're carrying a lot, like there's a lot going on in this world. And there's a lot of things that could get you bent over and anxious. And some of you are caring for aging parents, you're walking through divorce, you've got sickness in your body, you're carrying a lot. But what this passage says is that even though it's weighty, it doesn't have to weigh you down because you carry this inheritance in you. You carry the power of the Holy Spirit, and His grace is sufficient. And His strength is perfect. So you don't have to walk through perfectly. And there's this inheritance that He has for us here. And can I encourage you that around this, the inheritance is part of His Holy Spirit in you, the part of this inheritance is what you see around you. That we together are a part of this inheritance and this inheritance that He has for you is that you not only will not walk through the waters alone because you have a spirit, you don't have to walk through the waters alone. You've got people around here that are gonna throw you a life preserver, right?

That they're gonna carry the fire extinguisher. And I wanna encourage you because my prayer is that we would be a sisterhood that would testify. Not after we get through the waters or when the fire's been put out. But we would be a sisterhood that testifies when we're wading through some deep waters. When the fire, when the heat gets turned up. That let me just tell you, the end of your story isn't the testimony. You are the testimony. You are the testimony. You are called. You are anointed. You are called to declare the goodness of God. And let me just say that you have a testimony right now whatever you're walking through. Like you're walking through it and your story matters. Your testimony is that this anxiety, He's bringing you through it. The depression, He's healing you now. The baby that's not born yet. The prayer that's unanswered. You are the testimony. And that we would be, we would testify to this visit. And that we would be a sisterhood that, that when life doesn't make sense. When we don't understand what God is doing. Things get really, really dark.

keep us from everything we know about our God, that He is a good God, that He is for you, that He will never leave you or forsake you, that you are called to be this living, talking, breathing testimony, and that you are a part of a collective of testimonies, and that this call, this call is for you, that you would step into your testimony. So I know that the Holy Spirit has been speaking to you tonight. I know it, He has been speaking to me, and I don't want to rush this moment, and so I've asked that Janelle come and sing over us just for a few minutes, because I don't want to rush out of here, this is going to be a great after party, but I just really believe the Holy Spirit is moving right now, and I just need you to just sit in it for a minute, and just ask Him, "What are you saying to me?" Because He is calling you, and for some of you, for some of you, this call is for you. It's calling you daughter, and it's time that you expose the lie that the enemy has been speaking over your life, and that today, you step into your identity, and there's going to be a moment, there's going to be a moment that something's going to shift, and nothing may change in the natural, but something's going to change in the supernatural. There's going to be a shift, because you're going to be able to walk out in confidence in your calling. For some of you, the call for you, the call for you is that you're being called forward, and it's time. It's time to leave behind whatever it is, whatever weight, whatever sin, whatever is holding you back from the freedom that He has for you, today's the day. Today's the day. I don't want you to live the rest of your life bent over. Today's the day to take the step into freedom, and for some of you, He is calling forth. This one's for you. He's calling forth a testimony, a testimony in that you would give Him invite His presence into your pain, into your situation, and that you would allow Him to give you a testimony. I just want to give you just a couple of minutes just to allow the Holy Spirit to work, and across all of our locations, Janelle's going to worship from this location, and ask as she sings over you, that you would allow Jesus to speak to you.

You know that you know that the call is for you, that you would pick it up so that you don't miss out on the promise that He has. [MUSIC] (upbeat music)