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Surrendering to God's Plan and Purpose 0:03 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:11 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:23 miracles.0:53 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys. Humphries.0:56 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast. We have a very special guest. This is actually part two. So if you haven't seen part one, you need to go watch it. We have a great guest with us today. Michelle, you1:08 wanna do the honors?1:09 We have just been delighted to have pastor Frankie Mazepika. He is from Celebration Church in The Woodlands, Texas, and he has two books,1:21 at least two books, Your Divine Invitation and Ignite Your Life. And he he walks in signs and wonders, and his church body does as well. Welcome, pastor Frank Mazapika.1:34 Mazapika. That's a tough one. I know. It's a mouthful. But you actually said it perfect, so1:40 good on you. Good on you.1:43 Yeah. Thank you for inviting me. I'm really happy to be talking with you guys. I've heard so much about this program, this show. And before we actually got on air, I was just1:55 mentioning to you that I'm so impressed, so impressed. Shows like this that are so successful can only happen with God resting on it. So I celebrate you guys.2:06 Oh, thank you. We received that. We we were, it's all glory to God as you know. Apart from him, we can do nothing and we mean that. Amen. So, so pastor Frankie,2:19 do you wanna touch a little bit about your, how you were saved? About... What's your testimony on that? Do you have a... Your salvation story?2:28 I tell you what, I I will walk you through it.2:30 I'm gonna start at the end and then go back to the beginning. I'm in, full time ministry, obviously. I'm a pastor. But, you know, so often times people wonder,2:42 should I start a ministry? Should I I start a life group? Should I go into the ministry? And my answer to all those questions, is2:54 you don't volunteer for the ministry. You don't go in the ministry because you want to. You don't start a life group because you want to. You do it because you have to.3:05 Amen.3:06 And so I tell people all the time, don't ever go into ministry because you won't because you won't last very long. It needs to be like, fire,3:14 shut up in your bones.3:16 Right. Yeah. You you gotta say, I have to do this. Yes.3:19 I have3:20 to do this. I I will not be, happy at the end of my life if I don't do this. Like, I have to do this. And so I'm start... I'm answering your question by starting at the end.3:31 I love that.3:32 But, you know, I'm a preacher's kid, and I've always wanted to go into the ministry. But just like many of your viewers, you know, just hit some skid marks in high school.3:46 I remember coming home from a party my senior year, and I think I got home at two or three o'clock in the morning. And I was sitting at the end of my bed, and I told God, I have experienced3:58 the best this world has to offer. I I mean, there wasn't anything that I hadn't tried. And I told God, I said, alright.4:10 You know, if this is the best the world has to offer, I I don't want anything to do with it. Wow. And, I went to sleep that night, just nothing really. There was no really, like,4:22 line in the sand or anything like that, but it was kind of the starting of a new journey. A few months later, I was walking around a a bar. It was called the Handlebar.4:34 And, that's where you go if you you wanna get plastered and and meet people. And, I was walking around the bar and, late at night, and, I told God,4:46 okay. Whatever you want. Whatever you want. And I had always dreamed about making a lot of money and then playing golf all day. But I just told God, you know, just whatever you4:58 want. Whatever you'd want. And it's very interesting on on what God does whenever you say whatever you want. Mhmm. And when I remember saying that, I was like, I don't even care5:09 if it's big, meaning, you know, comparatively to what you're doing in other people's life. I just wanna I just wanna partner with you doing something, anything.5:21 And, you know, when you don't compare yourself to others, you can really receive the satisfaction of a job well done. It's in Galatians six four. And so, you know,5:33 that's how this journey started, and, the journey continues.5:39 I love that. You know, when you surrender all like you did, you just take... Just god, whatever you got, whatever it is, that's pretty huge because you don't know what's coming when you say those things. And, you5:51 know, do you have to you have to be, I believe, so ready because as we know, both you and... You know, there's a fair amount of warfare that comes along with when you're working6:03 for the Lord, and it can be tough, really tough a lot of times. And so do you ever think that sometimes, that you go through difficult6:15 times maybe ahead of the call so that you kinda... You... God sees what you're made of for a lack of better terms, like, that that he knows that you are gonna, like, go through6:27 it, you're gonna get to the bottom of it, you're not a quitter. You know, do you think there's a certain type of personality or what do you think of that?6:35 Yeah. I feel like every season is preparation for the next season.6:40 Yeah. Amen.6:41 And and I also believe that, you know, all of hell is watching and all of heaven is watching, how we're responding in the moment. And to be6:53 fair, there's there's some days where we feel strong. We got muscles on our teeth and lightning in our veins. And then there's there's some days where we just don't wanna get out7:05 of bed. Exactly. But, you know, to think to ourself, hey, whatever I'm going through right now is preparing me for the next season. And,7:17 you know, we talk about seasons a lot, and, you know, we're well aware of when a season starts, but we have to remember that seasons end too.7:27 Mhmm.7:29 In Daniel two twenty one, it says that he starts the seasons and he stops seasons. He wasn't talking about spring, summer, and winter. Mhmm. He's talking about seasons of our7:40 life. And so there are times where he says, alright. You know, I love you. But we're gonna go through a season. It's not for nothing. It's preparing you for the next season.7:52 So let's go ahead and do this. And so when we're in those moments of, I don't wanna get out of bed, you know, we just back up and we say, man, god's He... You're preparing me for8:04 something. Yeah. And I think the key through getting through those seasons is to constantly say, thank you for the season that's coming. Thank you for the season that's coming. Thank you for the season8:16 that's coming. Thank you for getting me through this season. Thank you for getting me through this season. It sounds repetitive, but we have to remember that, you know, angels have been going around the throne for8:27 hundreds of thousands of years saying the same thing over and over. And so when we say something over and over again, as long as we just say it with more passion than we just said it, it's just a8:38 sweet aroma in his presence. And God moves us through seasons quicker when we're praising him.8:45 Amen. Amen. Well, we are going to go to a break. And when we come back, we're going to continue with pastor Frankie Mazzopika. You're watching Grace Grace with Nina8:57 Michelle.8:57 Hello, everyone. We're back. And thanks to you, MyPillow is bigger and better than ever. To show our appreciation, we're bringing you exclusive offers you won't find anywhere else. Our9:09 famous buy one get one free is finally here. That's right. When you buy a premium my pillow, you're gonna get another premium my pillow absolutely free. And for the first time ever, when you buySeasons of Preparation and Praise 9:21 a six piece my towel set, you're gonna get another six piece towel set absolutely free. We all know we have to limit these buy buy one get one free offer, so order now. Our made in the9:33 USA MyPillow mattresses and mattress toppers as low as ninety nine ninety eight. And how about our Giza Dreams bedsheets for as low as twenty nine ninety eight? They're the most comfortable sheets9:44 you'll ever own. So go to my pillow dot com or call the number on your screen. Use this promo code to take advantage of these exclusive offers. And when you order right now, your order ships absolutely9:56 free.9:57 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle and our amazing guest, pastor Frankie Mazapika from Celebration Church in The Woodlands, Texas. And, wow, I could listen to you all day long. It's,10:09 it's amazing. You know, I like what you were saying about, just thanking him, just continue to thank him in these seasons. And we like to say, you know, every trial has a10:21 first day and a last day, but God's there every day. And sometimes you're looking at this trial and nothing has changed month after month. And I know Michelle and I both have been10:33 walking through some difficult things here lately, but, you know, it's gonna end. It will come to an end because he's so faithful. And so, we know that,10:46 times in this world right now are not gonna get easier. It's really not. You know, when we look around us and we see sentences we would not have even uttered, you know, like like people saying that, you10:57 know, God's got all these non binary, all these gender, all these crazy things that people are saying that wouldn't have been sentences people would have even said even five years ago or ten years ago. So what do you11:08 think about that? What do you think, you know, as far as, like, end times right now? What is what is your thought about things and difficult things in seasons?11:17 Yeah. I really like how you worded that that god never promised that things were gonna get easier. Yeah. And, in fact, when you you look at biblical prophecy,11:29 there's no prophecy that says, hey, as time goes on, things are gonna get brighter and brighter, easier and easier. It actually says the exact opposite.11:39 Yeah.11:40 In Matthew twenty four, let me think. I think it's verse, ten or twelve, where it says that sin will be rampant Yeah. Everywhere. Mhmm.11:52 You know, like what you just mentioned, this... These changing the definition of sex and who's... Who and what is a girl and12:04 Yeah.12:04 You know, I... If you would have told me this that people were gonna debate the definition of gender, I don't know, ten years ago, fifteen years ago, I would have laughed. You12:16 gotta be kidding me right now. Exactly. I look around just like you guys do, and I just think I cannot believe that these are issues. I can't believe... I mean, I feel like people are joking. I12:28 feel like they're joking. I feel like, you know, I'm looking for the the hidden camera that... To catch my expression. Like, there's no way that this is debatable. Expression. Like, there's no way that this is debatable.12:39 But as far as a biblical prophecy and end times, this is exactly what the Lord was talking about12:46 Yes.12:47 In Daniel eleven, Matthew twenty four, Mark thirteen, Luke twenty one. These are... We're watching it unfold. And I I tell you, I will say12:59 this, that the battle doesn't get easier, but we get stronger.13:06 Amen.13:07 And so, you know, it's very exciting if we can kind of make sense of it all and just say, okay, the world's getting darker and darker, but God, I just thank you13:19 that you put... You could have put me anywhere in the timeline since the world created, but you put me here at this time. Before the lord comes back, you put me here.13:32 And so, lord, I'm I'm ready. I'm willing. I'm focused, and and I'm excited to see what you're gonna do and and how I can partner with you because here's the key. It's the most13:43 important thing in my life. Amen. Amen. And so, yeah, I'm I'm excited about what's happening.13:49 If... Pastor Frankie, with everything that's going on, and I I mean, like, the Bible talks about, like, having your conscience seared and all of these things.End Times Prophecy and Growing Stronger 14:02 What is our best... Like, if you were gonna do, pastor Frankie Mazepika, you know, warning kit, like, for for the end times, what would you tell14:14 your people?14:16 You know, it's funny you would ask this because I actually talked about it last Sunday. In Romans chapter twelve verse one and two, it says this, in light of his14:27 great mercy, let us offer our bodies as a living sacrifice. Now here's the answer to your question. Do not copy14:39 the behaviors and the customs of this world. You know? But allow the Holy Spirit to transform you by transforming the way you think. I would say,14:51 hey. We cannot be a difference if we're the same.14:56 Amen.14:57 We have to be courageous enough to be different. And this is so... Sometimes it sounds eloquent to say it, like, hey, that's a good preaching point. But god is so firm15:09 on this that in, I think it's second Timothy three five, it says that people will forsake the power that could truly make them holy, and and listen to15:21 this, have nothing to do with these people. Mhmm. They'll have a form of godliness. Yes. Have nothing to do with these people. And so, if I were to15:32 just say one thing to as many people as I possibly could, I would say holiness matters. Being separate from the world matters. Having this, god,15:44 you are everything to me, and I will show you what I believe by my actions. This is critically important, first of all, to your own peace right15:56 now. Amen. Second of all, to your ability to influence the circle around you. And most importantly, holiness determines where you spend eternity. And so the flag16:07 and banner that I would wave is the importance of holiness.16:12 Well, holiness is such a, like, it's a...16:15 It's awesome. You know, do not be conformed to the pattern of the swirl, be transformed, all of those things. What does that look like in real life? Like, what is different about someone who is walking16:28 holy versus someone who's sort of going to church and not really walking in godliness.16:35 The fruit.16:36 Yeah. I think it... You know, first of all, it'd be... The the low hanging fruit on the answer to that question would be the way we dress, and the way we16:47 talk, and the way we look, and, you know, all of those things could be the answer to your question. And they they are answers to your question, but the the first step and the most16:59 important step is our whole attitude about how we live here.17:06 Mhmm.17:07 To say, I'm on assignment from god right now. This is... I'm on assignment. I... I'm not here for very long. I'm on assignment. And and17:19 when you have that mentality, god wants to use me. When you have that mentality, everything flows out of that. It flows out of the way you17:31 talk. It flows out of the way you talk, think and act. God has me here for a reason. It all starts there. And then when that's your attitude and that's17:43 how you're thinking, you feel the holy spirit kinda prick you. Hey. You really need to apologize to that person. Yes. You you feel it and you you17:54 respond to it, but it all starts with your attitude and your perspective on why you're here.18:01 Yes. Amen. Hey, pastor Frankie, we're gonna take a quick break, and we will be right back. You are watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle. Stay right there.18:09 Have you ever wondered if someone was monitoring you like nefarious tech companies, corrupt federal agencies, or hostile foreign countries? News flash. They are the deep state, big tech, and China are tracking your every18:21 move and using it against you up until now. You've been powerless to stop it. However, Quanta has cracked the code with quantum resistant encryption, and we control the entire ecosystem end to end. Visit18:33 quantasure dot com today to take back your privacy and help vanquish the enemies of free speech. When communications need to be secure, use Quanta and be sure. Enter the promo code on your screen for a discount on your18:45 subscription.18:47 Welcome back to Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle and our guest, pastor Frankie Mazapika from Celebration Church in The Woodlands, Texas. And, we have been talking about really holiness. And, you know,18:59 there's the scripture that says, As Jesus is in the world, so are we. And, you know, we can say that about a lot of things. Like, okay, Jesus isn't, you know, drinking in bars,19:11 and Jesus isn't doing these kinds of chaos things, and, you know, you can name that about everything. You can say Jesus doesn't have cancer and so neither do we, right? But he did leave us19:23 with, Go and do. Lay hands on the sick. Greater things will you do. That we are to be doing these things, right? It's not about us. It's about him interceding on our behalf,19:34 you know, with his father, you know, seated at the right hand of his father, and we are with him, and we are to do these things. And so what do you think about that? Like, if, you19:46 know, to walk in holiness, do you think that includes a level of all kinds of these signs and wonders? Because for such a time as this, that's like you were saying, we are here now, you19:58 know, and so do you believe that that is what people need to be getting about doing, taking our authority, laying hands, doing these... Is that part of holiness, do you think?20:08 I think it... I think that the miracles that you're talking about is the fruit of holiness.20:16 Amen.20:17 Sometimes I think we we think that we can live any way we want and and still expect to see God move through us. I mean, that is just... I don't know what kindShow more In this video 0:00 Surrendering to God's Plan and Purpose9:20 Seasons of Preparation and Praise13:50 End Times Prophecy and Growing Stronger20:20 The Critical Importance of Holiness28:20 Walking the Narrow Road of FaithComments No comments yet. Start the conversation.
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