Dimensions - The Day of Mega Ministry Is Over!

Dimensions - The Day of Mega Ministry Is Over!

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Welcome And The End Of Mega

SPEAKER_00 0:04

What's going on, everybody? It's another wonderful day here in the Kingdom of God's Tuesday evening. Dimensions is here. Your boy is here. And listen, I'm so excited. I didn't get a chance to get into some things last week because there were some technical difficulties that we had, but I'm ready to get into it now. I want to talk to y'all a little bit today about how the day of mega ministry as we have previously known it is over. Yeah, I know there can be some controversy around the word mega, but we won't get into that because you're going to see exactly what it is that I'm talking about. I'm also going to talk a little bit about the passing of some of these icons that have passed away, that have gone on to glory, and uh some that have passed away in it. Well, some that have gone on to glory, and some that I don't know what their spiritual walk was, but there's some in the faith that I want to talk about as well. So it's going to be an awesome time. You're not going to want to miss this episode of Dimension. It's going to be a blessing to you. So I want you to lock and load and ready your weapons because Dimension starts right now. I'm so glad that you have tuned in with us right now. And the purpose of Dimensions is to help keep oil in your lamp, love in your heart, and sin and leaven out of your life to prepare the body of Christ for the return of Jesus Christ. Because, ladies and gentlemen, yes, he is coming back soon for a bride that's without spot, wrinkle, or any such blemish. And that's the reason why I'm bringing these episodes to you. So as always, would you take a moment to like, subscribe, follow, and share? Make sure you click the bell as well so you'll be notified every time we go live here on Dimensions. It'll be a blessing to you. And listen, if you have not downloaded the Dimensions podcast, take a minute right now. Go and download that podcast episode and go ahead and subscribe to that because every time we finish our live portion, we upload it and it'll come directly to wherever you have subscribed to, and you'll never miss an episode. And I tell you what, we're going to get into some prophetic stuff here on the show. We're going to have some laughs. We're going to have some anointing. Each and every day, we're going to be bringing it to you in a way that's going to be a blessing to your life. So I'm really excited about that. And I can't wait to get into some things. But before I go any further, I want to bring up a couple of people. I was watching the late great Dr. Ron Cannoli's funeral just a few days ago and watching his sons. I grew up listening to the music that he had so beautifully composed with his team and you know the songs. Matter of fact, I'm bringing some of them songs back to our church because it was such a blessing. And there's just such an anointing upon it. Then you have the late great Richard Smallwood. My goodness, that man brought some music to us that will forever change all of us. And then even though he wasn't, he was more of a political figure and an activist, Jesse Jackson that passed away. Another man I didn't put down on here, but Robert Duvall passed away. A lot of these major icons uh that had passed away, but in the spiritual sense, someone like Dr. Ron Cannoli, Richard Smallwood, two major, major, major anointed men of God that spoke and sang and taught us the ways of God. You know, if you ever get a chance to listen to Dr. Ron Cannoli's music, something has truly been lost in the body of Christ. The music, you know, this is what the Lord spoke to me, and I want you to catch this. This is really powerful. I said, God, how come when I began to listen to the lyrics of the songs of a Ron Cannoli, you listen to the lyrics of a Richard Smallwood, you listen to lyrics of some of these men and women of God that truly just touched lives and had an ability to put pen to paper and just cause phenomenal things to happen. And I was in the middle of my prayer time and the Lord spoke something to my spirit, and he said, Jay, I would love to give the church back those songs. And I said, Well, I said, Well, how come we're not singing those songs? I'd love to give it back to them. They already have them, but they don't sing them. He said, Because there's songs that their heart doesn't have capacity for. That'll preach right there. There's songs that their heart doesn't have capacity for. God will never give you a song your heart doesn't have capacity to sing. As a matter of fact, if you look in the book of Ephesians, I believe it is the Bible says that we'll sing with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. So there's three levels. I believe psalms are dealing with the outer court. Let us enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. So you have psalms, then you have hymns. The word we get hymn is where the same word we get the word hymen. It's the place where intercourse begins. And then you move into a place called spiritual songs. And a lot of times we don't tap into those. We sing a lot of psalms. And if you look at the songs that are number one on the pop charts in gospel music, look at what they're saying. What they're saying, now hear me. What they're saying shows the capacity of the heart of the body of Christ at the time. Not every single person, but the songs that are hitting the charts are for those people, them are the songs that are where the body of Christ is at this moment. And I said, Well, Lord, you know, we want more of that. He said, listen to, listen, listen, listen to the lyrics of a Ron Kanoi, listen to the lyrics of a Richard Small, listen to the lyrics. You go back to songs like Amazing Grace. You go back to certain songs like In the Garden. These were written many, many years ago. And you look at those songs and what they sang and the lyrics behind them, it's completely outstanding. The things that they said. And then you look at the shallowness of a lot of the music today. It's really self-gratifying. It's really about me and being blessed. And think about a lot of the number one songs people listen to. You know, that I'm going to be blessed and I'm going to have this, and it's about me. And God hasn't forgotten about me. And God, me, me, me, me, me, me. When you listen to a Ron Cannoli, when you listen to a Richard Smallwood, when you listen to these men of God that put pen to paper to write the songs of heaven, it was all about the honor and the glory of God. When you listen to them, and a lot of people don't want to sing about that. Why? There's no capacity in the heart for that.

SPEAKER_01 7:01

You know, I remember Ron Cole singing a song, All Honor, All Glory, All Power To You.

Longing For Tears And Holy Roar

Mega Church Culture Versus God’s Glory

Pharaoh Pastors And Spiritual Abuse

Shepherds Discipleship And A Great Divide

Final Encouragement And Tomorrow Night

SPEAKER_00 7:11

And if you don't remember that, I mean, you can go back and listen to some of those songs. It was amazing the lyrics as I listened to them. He had a song that he wrote with his sons called I Love to Love You, Lord. You know, a lot of these songs are not about glorifying God and honoring God. The number one songs are about either God putting up with my sin, understanding who I am, I'm not perfect, and all these types of things, or it's songs about being blessed, or songs about going to the next level, and songs about I'm changing things, or it's a song combating somebody else. But what happened to the songs of heaven? What happened to when you read in the Psalms? What happened to those songs? You know what? Listen, there are songs that I know come from the heart of the Father. There are songs that God wants to give the body of Christ that will usher in his presence. There are songs that God wants us to sing that causes him and his glory to want to dwell and to abide. There are songs that we can get back into if our heart has the capacity for it. I'm preaching better than some of y'all are shouting right now. There are songs that truly will change our lives, and they cause us to glorify him and to lift him up. Think about songs like hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Those songs that people still sing. It's just one word, one word, but they sang it, but there were songs that were birthed. There are songs, I call them AOD songs, ladies and gentlemen, anointing on demand. There are songs that God gives to the body of Christ that just completely bring his presence in immediately. You know, there's somebody that I so admire them. They're such great people. Uh, and every one of their songs, when they sing them, they are the songs of heaven. Every generation, now watch this. Every generation has men and women of God that are anointed, watch this, to sing the songs of heaven. David and Nicole Binion are some of the most phenomenal people I have ever met. And what I mean by that, not just their music, but what they sing and their heart. And you know, you see a lot of these different people that have big churches or people that have big music ministries, they don't have a servant's heart. And uh, I David and Nicole, I tell you what, they are the real deal, genuine people and uh love them very much and uh, you know, just so appreciate them. Every chance I get a chance to minister with them, it's such a blessing uh because they're just wonderful men and women, um wonderful man and woman uh that just do great things for the Lord and just have a heart for God. And the songs that they write down, they're all about glorifying God. Next time you have a song, watch the lyrics, see if it glorifies God. Now they'll talk about giving God the glory, and they'll talk about the car and the house and you know the great things and thank you, God, for keeping all of your promises and all those things. And there's nothing wrong with those. There's nothing wrong. Please hear me. I'm not dogging the music, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the music. I'm saying the depth, the depth. You know, you know, it there's something, ladies and gentlemen. I hope that you catch this. I'm kind of getting off piece here, but maybe not. It is there's something about getting back to where we're moved by God again, where we're moved by his presence, where his presence is so moving to us. When's the last time? Let me ask you this question. When's the last time you were in the presence of God and you were moved to tears? Not in a service per se, not that there's anything wrong with that, but I'm talking about you and Jesus alone. You're in your car, you're moved to tears. You're listening to worship song, you're moved to tears. There's songs, and I'm realizing a lot of the songs today don't move you to that point. When's the last time that you were moved to tears because of the presence of God? This is what we've got to get back into the body of Christ. We need songs again that move us to tears. When was the last time that you were moved by God's presence? When's the last time we were in a service and it was all about lifting up the name of Jesus? When was the last time you were in a service and you heard a holy roar? If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you don't know what I'm talking about. When is the last time you heard a holy roar in the house of God? No music, no nothing, just people shouting the name of Jesus. Watch this. Not because of a praise break, not because somebody got healed and delivered. Not that once again, now mind you, this does not mean there's anything wrong with that. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with praising God for those things. But I'm saying, when is the last time you're in a service and it was a holy roar just because of God's presence? Nobody's talking about getting a house or a car or breakthrough, and this is your time, season, and moment. Just totally 100% effactuated and in love with Jesus Christ. Just so moved by his presence and by him and so thankful that he would welcome you into his presence, so smitten by his presence that while you're in the glory of God and in the anointing of God, you begin to abhor who you are, but not on a way of condemnation, in a way of the fact, man, I'm so terrible, but you sense the love of God at the same time. When's the last time you were moved at that point where you experience a thing where you're like, God, I'm not worthy, and you're weeping because you know you're not worthy, but he's not, it's not that he's telling you you're not worthy, but you know you're not worthy because you're in his presence and he still loves you welcoming, and you feel so unworthy because you're involved and so enraptured in his love and in his presence, but you know you shouldn't have a right to be there. When's the last time you were moved to that type of place? These are the songs that bring that back. My prayer is, Lord, give us back those songs. God, give us back those songs that cause us just to sing about your honor, that cause us to sing about your glory, that cause us to sing about your goodness, that cause you causes us to sing about his love and cause us to sing about just honor. When's the last time you've been in the Prince of God? You just started singing glory. You started singing holy is the Lord God. He's so holy and you're so moved by his presence. Oh, that God would bring that type of presence back. Oh, that God would bring back that type of an anointing. Oh, that God would bring back that type of glory. How we so need that in the body of Christ today. We need his anointing and we need his grace and his goodness. And which leads me to where I wanted to get to today. I believe that we have been so enraptured in the word mega. Now, this is the thing I know some people may not like it because people think that I'm gonna be dogging mega churches. No, no, no, no, no. I've said this before and I'm gonna say it again. When I speak of mega, mega is not bad. Big is not bad. It's what we've done with it. And I've mentioned this as well. If you haven't got a chance, go back and see my little short five-minute clip. Mega is not just about numbers, it's not just about the size of the ministry, it's about the mentality. We're big, we're this. And I mean, you can be a small church and have a mega mentality. Mega is not bad as the word big in itself, it's the mentality of how we treat people. It's what we've allowed mega to become. We've allowed big to become the standard, we've allowed big to become the status, we've allowed big to determine success. And you know what? There's a lot of people with big ministries and things like that that ain't no closer to Jesus than the devil himself. And that's the truth. There's a lot of people in small ministries. And when I say mega, people start feeling like they're mega. People start thinking that they're mega, people start thinking that they're better than everyone else. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not what God wants. God wants pastors, shepherds after his own heart. You know, the day of having the big spotlight on you and all of those things, I think God is completely done with that. For people that are looking to get the glory for themselves, God is looking to raise up people in this day and in this hour that truly have a heart for his glory, that have a heart for his presence. I believe that we're in a time, ladies and gentlemen, that God wants to bring the ark back. Hallelujah. He wants to restore the presence back. I believe this is a season that God is gonna bring the ark back to his house. He's gonna bring the ark back to the church, he's gonna bring the ark back into our homes. And I believe it's time to bring it in the right way. I believe that we've been in a time that we have brought the ark in on a new cart. We're trying to bring it in on a new way. And I think the way that we have done it, God is not going to do it that way anymore. I believe that God's got some people that he's gonna anoint to bring in his presence the right way. And what I love about 2 Samuel chapter 6, the Bible says how David put the ark of God on a new cart. And instead of the priest carrying it, there were oxen that were carrying it. And they carried it, and what happened is the oxen began to stumble, uh, and they tripped over it, the ark began to tip over, and a man named Uzzah touched it. And when he touched the ark, he tried to secure it. Think about it for a minute. He tried to touch the ark to secure it, and God struck him dead because of that. And listen, this is the thing. When men and women of God carry, watch this, the presence of God irreverently or not at all. What happens is we see people touching God irreverently. It's time to bring back honor back to God's house. It's time to restore honor back to God's house. It's time to bring his presence back to his house, ladies and gentlemen. I believe this is the time, season, and moment that God is gonna bring back his presence and in a supernatural way, and we're gonna see the glory of God fall down like we've never seen it before. And so I want to encourage you, even in this season, to look at the music that you listen to. Look at those things. Just think about that for a minute. What are the songs? What are the lyrics really saying? Is it about just glorifying him? Is it about him getting the honor, the glory, and the praise? Is it about blessing, honor, and glory, dominion and power be unto him? Is it about those things? Is that what's moving us? Or is it about other things? And so I want to encourage you to take a look at that because I really believe the day of mega as we've known it, as it's been previously constructed, is over. And please hear me. I don't believe that that means there won't be big churches. I believe that mega mentality, and when I say mega mentality, where you have people that feel they're bigger than life, preachers that don't know how to worship, preachers that don't know how to pray, everyone else is praising God and they're there with their arms folded, just standing there like there's something. When is God gonna bring back the Davids that dance before the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength? Come on, somebody. I believe that God is getting ready to raise up some men and women that are gonna dance like David dance. I believe that God is getting ready to raise up some men and women that are gonna be undignified like David was. Come on, somebody. I believe God is getting ready to raise up some people that where the singers are gonna forget all about the crowds and say, God, I'm here to worship you. I believe God is ready to raise up people in this day and hour that are making him mega and not trying to build mega. We try to build ministry. We're trying to build these things instead of just glorifying God. And I'm not saying that every big church is bad because that's not the case, but there's been too many pastors that have abused people. We see it more now than ever before. The abuse, the things that have transpired. And let me say this to some people real quickly. If you've been in a ministry and you have felt controlled and you have felt like you have been mistreated, that is not what God would want. God is tired of pastors. Watch this. Let me say this. He's tired of pharaohs, yeah, disguised as pastors. And what do I mean by that? God is tired of people that have a pastor's title, watch this, but a pharaoh's heart. I'm gonna say that one more time. God is tired of people that have a pastor's title, but a pharaoh's heart. And what does that mean? Pharaoh, if you read in Ephesians, I'm sorry, in Exodus chapter 1, verses 7 through 11, the Bible says that Pharaoh used the people of God to build for him cities without straw. And you may say, well, Pastor Jay, what does that mean? Symbolically, I believe the straw is symbolic of the grace. So he's got people working and slaving and doing all these things, but won't give them what it is they need to feed them. So then therefore they could build something for God. Many churches are not building things as under the Lord, they're building them unto themselves. And how do you tell that? Because they don't love the people. So what happens? You have pastors that mistreat the people, that dog the people, that because they're trying to build something, the people aren't moving as fast as they want. So they go, there's nothing wrong with having a standard. There's nothing wrong with having excellence. There's nothing wrong with having, hey, we need to honor God. But the reality is you run your ministry with an open hand. You call people out. And if they hear the voice of the shepherd through the under-shepherd, then they follow you. If they don't, then you've got to let them go. Jesus said it like this My sheep know my voice in the voice of a stranger they will not follow. And if pastors cannot, listen, pastors are not called to drive the sheep, they are called to call the sheep. And if they don't have any influence in the calling, it's because the sheep are not a part of their pasture. And so the reality is, is you've got to be secure enough to be okay with that. And so many pastors, I've heard, listen, I've seen the tears. I've seen them. I've heard the people talk about how pastors will yell and scream at them and berate them. I don't see any place in scripture where God gives us that authority as pastors. I'm not talking about a loving correction, but I mean, I'm talking about pastors will cuss out sheep. I've seen pastors make other sheep feel bad, make the people feel bad. They drive them and tell them. I've seen pastors use their platform. I mean, we've seen it use their platform in order to manipulate people to get what they want out of them. I mean, there's been people, pastors and ministers where they've used their platform and their influence to get sexual favors. God is tired of pastors that have the title but have the heart of a Pharaoh. They want to use the people to build for them what it is that they want. That's what I mean by the day of mega. The day of mega, where you see what's happened, a lot of these ministries have a lot of influence. They got a lot of power, they have a lot of authority. Nothing wrong with that, but it's how you use it. It's how you use those things. And some people get that power and authority, and they use it to hurt people. They use it to berate people, they use it to condemn people, they use it to say, I'm gonna drive these people to do what it is that I want. I heard somebody say something really good recently, and I and I've always felt this that if you're really a pastor, you should smell like sheep. A lot of pastors don't ever come out of the pulpit. They Want to come out and say hello. One thing I've always admired, and to what I've heard, I've never been to his church. I've always admired about Joel Steam. Uh, a lot of things I've admired about a lot of people, but one thing about him that I admired about him, I heard that every service he comes out of his platform and goes out and greets the people. That's a shepherd's heart. That's a shepherd's heart. It's somebody that goes out and wants to mingle amongst the people, not for any other reason, but they just love the people. You know, a pastor that doesn't want to be around anybody, doesn't want to talk to nobody, doesn't want to pour into anybody, I just want the platform, I just want the honorarium, I just want the lights, I just want the popularity, I just want to have the jet. I just want to have the car, I just want to have the money, I just want to have the power, I want to build these things, but I don't want nothing to do with people. And so watch this. Hear me when I say this. This is what I mean by mega is that we use people to build these big auditoriums, we use people to build these big things, but yet and still the people's hearts are like the little Grinch heart. Not because there's something wrong with them, because nobody's poured into them. Where are the shepherds that pour into the people and feed the people? The Bible says in the book of Jeremiah, verse number three and verse 15, he says that I will give you shepherds. This is so good. I will give you shepherds after my own heart. Hallelujah. Look at this here. And I will give you shepherds according to my heart who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. Now, that doesn't mean that every senior pastor has to feed every person. I don't mean that. I don't mean that. But if a pastor and senior pastor or someone in ministry is not feeding the people around them, but they're only there to serve them, something's out of order. And so the reality is, is we've got to feed the people around us. You've got to spend time with them. You've got to pour there. Begging for. And I've seen, listen, I've seen it. I live here in Pittsburgh. I've had people in other churches come to me, come to my wife, and just weep because they're so burnt out. And nobody even picks up the phone to ask them how they're doing. They're forced to do this, they're forced to do ministry, they're forced to do this, and nobody takes the time to pour into them. Nobody makes themselves available. Why? I'm driving the people to build what I want, but I could care less about their state. I could care less about who they are, I could care less about that. That day of mega is over. The day that people have used people in prominent positions, have used people in order to get what they want, to build what they want, but don't care about people. God says, I'm done with that day. God is ready to raise up shepherds after his own heart. Now, let me let me go here because a lot of people may think that I'm just gonna sit here and dog uh uh um all the pastors or something like that, or people in ministries. And listen, mega can be small. I don't know, you can be a small church and not pour into people. You'd be a big church, not pouring. I've seen small churches. I knew a person, I shared this before. I knew a person that had a church, maybe uh 50, 60 people, and they had a person and they had a phenomenal job making what eight back, this was back in like the 90s, probably making$80,000,$90,000 a year, which is good money, uh, in the city where I was at. And I'll never forget, the pastor told them, you need to leave your job and quit and come work at the church. They left that job, came with it, came and worked at the church, ended up losing their home, losing everything because they felt they would have been in rebellion if they wouldn't have done it. They had a phenomenal pension, they lost it all because somebody took advantage of them. Let me tell you this: pastors have spiritual authority without a doubt, but you still have to hear from the Lord for yourself. You know, a pastor that doesn't mean that you become a cult. Pastors are called to be shepherds. They're called to, you're supposed to hear the voice. See, pastors have spiritual authority mainly. Let me say this, mainly in regards to the church, not over every air of your life. It's not like they can tell you what to wear, where to sleep, where to eat. There's a balance when it comes to those things. So a lot of people lose that. They come into the church and they throw their brain away. God doesn't want you to do that. And that's how people get abused. And there are people, I believe, even watching right now, that have been hurt, that have been abused, that have lit, that are going to listen to this, that have been abused. I hear the stories. I'm talking about people that just get berated and get beat on and uh made fun of and hurt and talked down to and disrespected and all these things. That is not spiritual authority, ladies and gentlemen. Matter of fact, Jesus said, look at this. Where do you see the only time you ever see Jesus ever going off on anybody was against the religious elite, the religious leaders? Jesus called them hypocrites. Jesus said that they were wolves in sheep's clothing. He he he said all these things to them that they were, they were false prophets. He talked to the leaders, but to the people, the Bible says every time he saw the multitudes, look at what Jesus said. This is so profound. He said he was moved. Now watch this. He brings them all together, he begins to heal them all, he feeds them, he does all these things, and then at the end of the day, he looks at them and he says, He was moved with compassion and his heart began to break because they said they were as sheep having no shepherd. Now, now stay with me for a minute. Think about this for a moment. Jesus healed them, delivered them, provided for them. But at the end of it, he was grieved. He had mega going on, but the people weren't being fed. I'm not talking about physical food. They weren't being fed spiritually. So watch this. You can show up for a conference and get healed. You can show up for a conference and get delivered. You can show up for a conference or be in a big church or a small church or be in a tender in a church. And if mega, the way that I'm talking about it, infiltrates your life, you can still see signs, wonders, and miracles, but never grow spiritually because you've never been under a pastoral anointing. Now, watch this. I can't let everybody off the hook here because there are some people that they may have a shepherd, but they don't want to be shepherded. There's some people that don't want to be poured into. There's some people that don't want to be ministered to. It's not that they don't have a shepherd, I don't want it. I believe, y'all ready for this? What God is about to do, there are churches right now that have true shepherds, but people don't want it. And then there are people that do want it, but don't have true shepherds. God's about to do some cross multiplication. He's about to take the people that don't want a shepherd and give them to those that aren't shepherds. And he's going to take the people that do want to be shepherd and link them up with shepherds. God, listen to me. There are false prophets and there are real prophets in this day and hour. There are true pastors and there are false pastors in this day and hour. There are two brides being raised up in this moment. There is the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ that's being raised up without spot, wrinkle, or any such blemish that have a heart and a passionate desire to serve God with all of their heart. And then there is also the pseudo-bride. There's the fake bride being risen up for the Antichrist according to 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. Those that don't receive the love of the truth that are going to be reserved for the devil himself. They're being raised up in this day and in this hour. And I believe in this season, God is getting ready to bring a great divide. And I believe some of the greatest battles of the real church is going to be the pseudo church. It's not always going to be the world because the world wants, let me say this. Many of the world want what the real gospel is. They just can't seem to find it. But God is getting ready to raise up his bride. At the same token, he's separating the pseudo-bride. And listen, this is the reason why we are going to see, like never before, the true bride of Jesus Christ rise up. So listen, if you're looking for a pastor, find one. If you're looking for a shepherd, find one. Where is the church that they want to pour into you? Not use you just for your gifts and talents and ability. That doesn't mean you can't serve. But ladies and gentlemen, the day of everybody serving, you got to serve, you got to do this, you got to do this. But nobody's feeding the people. Nobody's walking with them at home. Nobody's walking them through the difficulties and the trials and the tribulations. And watch this. Here's a word discipling people. What do I mean by that? Let me help you real quick. Discipleship is not a class, discipleship is a lifestyle. It's walking with somebody each and every day. And I don't have time to go into it because I got to wrap it up. But this is the thing I want you to catch. The day of Mega as we've known it is over. God is ready to raise up some people. There are people that want to be discipled and want to become the best they can be. And there's pastors that have a heart for that. I want to make you the best you can be. And that's their heart. And then God's going to link them up with those people. And then there's people in churches. They got great pastors, but the people don't want it. God's going to give that pastor to somebody that really, really wants it. And I believe in this day and in this hour, God is raising you up. If you're watching right now, whether you're a pastor or whether you're a parishioner, and even pastors need to be pastored, but God's going to link you with the right people to help you to grow and to develop. So I hope you've been blessed by this today. I hope that it's encouraged you. I hope that it's lifted you up. And I hope that you're ready to keep moving in the next dimension that God has for you. I am praying for you. And tomorrow I'm going to be ministering again. I'm going to be back here at 8 o'clock, as I always am, ready to minister to you and to be a blessing to you. Keep moving forward. If you've been hurt by a pastor or by a false shepherd, realize this. Let me just say this in closing. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. God's got a shepherd out there. There are great churches out there. There are great big churches and there are great little churches. But watch this. There are churches that have that mega mentality as I'm sharing it. And a lot of people say, well, yeah, but mega just means big. No, no, no, no, no. It does. But the mega is not because of the size of the church, it's the smallness of the heart of the shepherds of that church and the leaders of that church. And the mega deals with their pride and their ego and what they want. That's what I'm talking about. God doesn't want that anymore. He doesn't want that for you. And if you've experienced that, don't give up on the church. Don't get bitter. There's great men and women out there that'll be there to pour into you and to be a blessing to you. So God bless you. And I look forward to seeing you tomorrow right here on the eye.