This is Transformation Church Podcast. Here at TC, we represent God to the lost and found

for transformation in Christ. From wherever you're listening, we hope you're encouraged

by this week's message.

Here we go. Week three of a series that we've been calling, who's the minister here?

In case you're just tuning in, I want to say welcome. I'm crazy. I'm black and yes, I'm

wearing yellow camo pants. And this is about to be the most impactful message and the most

deploying message in this entire series. The whole premise of this thing is that most

people think I'm the minister, but I'm not the minister here. The Bible tells us that

pastors, teachers, apostles, prophets, their whole job is to equip the minister. Yes, you

to do works of service. I dare somebody say, I'm the minister here. Come on, say it right

now. I'm the minister here. And that's why God doesn't need another pastor or bishop or

apostle in government or in entertainment or in the music industry or in teaching. He

needs you to take ownership of the calling that he's placed on your life. And if you

would just stand up and not be silent, he said, my ministers already in every place that

I need them to be. And last week we talked about, all right, if we're going to be the minister,

we're going to have to mature. And so we're not going to be a Toys of Russ minister.

We're going to be a maturing minister. And this week, I believe God told me that it would

be irresponsible of me if we would go through this entire series and then not deploy people.

So like if we would talk about, oh, I'm the minister here, but all you do is sit back

on your couch and be like, well, I want to transform my shirt. Well, I watch my mic all

the time. Oh, he's so good. No, no, no, no, no. That does not move the kingdom of God

forward. Many times all that does is pacify the things that are in us. And a lot of times

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