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Stop Looking For Help You Are The Help
May 1, 2026 · 28 min
Matthew & Anthony discuss our responsibility as Christians to stop looking to others for help & be the help. We have been entrusted & equipped to be the change God wants to see.
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Stop Looking for Help – You Are the Help 0:30 Hey. What's up, Game Changers? Thank you for tuning in to another Prime Time podcast with pastor Matt, my guy over here. I'm Anthony. Yo. Just wanna let you know. Check us out as well. Game0:41 Changers YouTube. We're also streaming there. Make sure you hit that like button. Hit the subscribe button. Whatever it is you gotta do to make sure you get the notifications on our YouTube channel. And as always, we are0:52 always streaming on OVTV. That's 1 Voice TV where we cannot be canceled. And, you you know, we have our podcast. I don't think too many people know about that. But all of your major platforms, you can1:04 check us out and listen to us if you're working out, running, driving in the car. You can be filled and encouraged to go out and be a voice. Now speaking of voices, man, today,1:16 we have a powerful message that I believe is going to encourage you guys to continue to be bold. Big things are happening, and make sure you turn this up today because this is1:28 gonna be some crucial information that'll help you.1:31 Yeah. And, you know, Anthony, I really do wholeheartedly, like, believe that this title is important for people to understand. It's like, you know, the whole, like,1:44 asking for help thing, like, you know, all the time because we don't wanna do anything. Look. If we're asking for help because we wanna learn, that's different. But when you're asking for help in regards to, you know,1:56 I just don't wanna do anything, so, hey, help me do this for me. You know, it's like that student in school that's just, like, needs his classmates to help him with his or her homework because they just don't wanna do2:06 it. They just wanna get the answers to the test or the answers to the, you know, homework assignment. Like, we don't have time for that. We need to go be the help. We need to go find things to do. You know?2:19 It's like that person that works at an office or a church or any sort of company, and it's like their first week on the job, second week of the job, they're kinda like learning what to do.2:31 Right. The thing is usually promotion comes with those who don't just do what they're asked, they go find things to do to make the overall company2:43 better. And I think in the body of Christ, we should be having that outlook of, like, hey. I need to go and not just do what the Lord has asked me, but go find more things to do that2:55 will bless his kingdom, his heart, and bring more souls into the kingdom. Like, go out and be innovative, you know? Go out and find things to do. It's not just3:07 about the 4 walls of the church. It's not just about our social media platforms. It's it's we've got to start having conversations with people again. And I feel like for the longest time, there's3:19 been more arguments than there has conversations.3:23 That's true.3:23 There's been more division than there has been unity and just being able, like, what are the days of just being, like, hey, let's go grab a bite to eat or coffee and just have a conversation about something.3:35 And people grow from that. Like, there was growth in that. Like, the problem is there is no growing in things that we refuse to challenge ourselves to learn. You have3:47 to be willing to put yourself in a position to learn, and here's the key though to this, is us in the body of Christ, especially those that have been serving God for a long time have been under the stewardship3:59 of mentorship. Like, you are trained and equipped now to go out and do the work of the Lord. So why are we sitting back like many people have Mhmm. Since4:11 20 19, 20 20, and here to the present, doing nothing? Like, this is where we have wasted too much time having to kinda, like, rekindle the fire when the4:22 fire should never have left, and we should be out sharing that with other people, sharing that light with other people, getting involved, fighting for our countries, fighting for our our our churches, fighting to bring4:34 people closer to God. That is ultimately where it's like enough of asking for help, go be the help to somebody.4:41 And there's today's title is stop looking for help. You are the help. And just like you said, you know, it's time for us to4:53 stop kind of just looking around and being like, hey. You noticing this, wrong thing happening? You seeing this train wreck that's going on? Is, you're gonna take care of that? Right? No.5:05 No. If you're noticing it, that means it is your responsibility. Perhaps God has put it on your heart, especially as as as people who are in the kingdom of the5:16 Lord. We have a unique and uncanny ability to see things that others cannot. Why? Because we are led spiritually. So we have spiritual sight. We have spiritual vision. We are able to perceive5:28 things differently than others who may not be as connected. So that means because you know, you have now been tasked with the responsibility to use that to help5:40 further the kingdom With great power comes great responsibility. To help promote the kingdom, to go be a light for others maybe who haven't had the eyesight or don't5:52 have the eyesight that you have so you can shine they can shine the light themselves. And going back to what you said, man, about why people are kind of just I don't know. I guess you call it mailing it6:04 in. Kinda just being like, you know, someone else will come in and take care of it. I think a lot of it boils down to what happened to us in 20 20. Right? And why we were6:15 so complicit in the whole shenanigans that took place, which was the whole shelter in place thing.6:22 Yeah. Complacency's gotta be6:23 They told us they told us that, you know, for your safety, why don't you just go ahead and isolate? You know, that turned in that 10 days turned into, you know, 21 days, and it turned to a couple weeks, and it6:35 turned into months. Yep. And we were just okay with it. But I think the only way that happened is because our society had already been conditioned to how do I put this?6:49 It's like this. You have a you have a grocery list, and you go to the grocery store. Well, if do people even do that anymore? Okay. Well, how about you just online store. We just shop online. Right? And you've got your6:59 list on your on your phone. And so for everything you put in your online cart, you check the box.7:04 I would check the box. Every 10 times that I grocery shop, maybe 2 of 10 is online order.7:11 Oh, so you prefer to go in?7:12 I do, actually. Really? Okay. Because sometimes they don't have your item. Dude, I hate that.7:17 Okay. Alright. So we're gonna we're rabbit showing for a minute.7:20 And then if something comes up and it gets delivered, what am I gonna do?7:23 Well, you know well, so Actually, I'd be okay if you delivered it. Sometimes they're just like, oops, sorry. We didn't have anything. So you get the you get the package and it's like 4 of the 33 things that7:35 you ordered. Why am I wasting my time with this if you're just gonna give me7:39 a refund? 8. If, you know, or or and that's the thing.7:43 Like But but why even why even give the option that's like, okay, here's the substitute. And then the shopper doesn't even bother to get the substitute. They're like, well, checked it off. It wasn't there. You know what?7:53 That's actually the sermon that we have right now is anyways, you so you go to shop, you prefer to go in in store.8:02 Yes. Because I and I'm more of a Friday night, Saturday night grocery shopper. When everyone's out partying, that's when I like to go to the gym and the grocery store because everybody's not gonna be there. So I I8:14 it's like empty. It's like a ghost town in both areas, and it's just perfect. I can breeze through. I can make my life better, you know, with food, with working out, with all of it. And And you get all of your items. But8:26 you mentioned something. We just get the, like, leftovers in the grocery store, you know, when that shopper brings it. We in the body of Christ has gotta stop giving people our leftovers or our scraps. Please, sir. May I8:37 have some ore? What? Give people your full heart, ma'am, when you're having a conversation. Show them what god has made you and stop giving the scraps. Like, you know, enough of, like,8:50 just throwing something aside or throwing piecing something together and just wasting someone's time. Like, we need to actually, like, be willing to, engulf ourselves9:02 into the call, into reaching people, into the hurts that somebody may be having and facing and really trying to, like, see what we can do to9:13 fix that being, you know, led by the Lord. You know, in Luke 14 verse 23, it says, and the Lord said under the servant, go out into the highways and the hedges and compel9:25 them to come in. That's what my house may be filled.9:30 It's good.9:30 So it's saying we're bringing them to the house. I'm not asking you to come to the house.9:36 Wow. Okay.9:36 We're going out and bringing them to the house.9:39 Yeah. So going back to I wanna touch on that because going back to what I was saying about the grocery list and why we were conditioned to just be okay with isolating and just, you know,9:51 whatever. I'm I'm doing my thing and whatever else is happening in outside world, so be it. I'm safe. It's because I think for a while now, we have been living off of these premade checklists. Alright. Did I go toBreaking the Checklist Rut 10:03 work today? Check. Did I go work out today? Check. Did I go to church on Christmas and Easter this year? Check. Am I a good person? Yeah. I did all these things. Check.10:15 Let's mail it in. And we've chosen we've made decisions to live this way trying to build our own little sense of, utopia. All the while all10:27 the while, it's very segmented and disjointed. And so what that has caused us to do is, oh, I'm just worried about mine. And I checked off everything today,10:39 so I don't even do any help.10:41 Saying we're we're so concerned with trying to live by being this good person that we're not out serving and, like Well we're we're more concerned about our own, like, personal identity as far as, like, good10:53 deeds and, like, hey. You know, I'm, like, I'm filling out my list of to do items more so than, like, you know, I'm out actually11:04 reaching somebody for the Lord. Like, it's more like, hey. I gassed the car today. I kind of I get what you're saying.11:09 Yeah. So it it it's what I'm what I'm trying to say is if if we're talking about it's time for us to be the help, there's a certain level of investment that we have to we have11:19 to a rhythm so much.11:21 We have to start operating in to truly start making a difference as as believers, as patriots. And what we've been doing though for the last few years Too many is okay11:33 just waking up every day with the same thing.11:34 Yeah. And then and then that's just it. Like, I don't see anything beyond this checklist that I've done. As long as this is all completed on my end, I'm good. I'm not worried about anything else or anyone11:46 else, and that is the mindset that is not kingdom. We cannot just call it good after a certain number of things that we have on our own personal agenda is11:58 done. No. This is about God's purposes for us, and that is a continuous 24 7, 100 percent effort where it is not just about ourselves. It's not12:10 even just about our family, but it's about, being a light towards others. And there are gonna be times where it's not enough to just say, oh, I go to this church and it's great.12:22 There are gonna be times like we were talking off camera with some of the some of the people that we work with here who are awesome and asking amazing questions. You know, it's gonna be more than that. There's gonna be,12:32 hey. I'm here with you. I'm here to help you in these moments. I'm here to support you. And and then that opens the door to having some of those conversations. That12:44 opens the door for them to start to see the love of Jesus, to start to to feel his presence, and then there comes the awakening. We can't just be like, oh, I talked to 3 people today about12:55 Jesus. You know, we're good.12:59 What are we13:00 doing to go above and beyond in our purpose, in our calling, in this season to make sure that what God has for each and every 1 of us is coming to its full13:12 fruition.13:12 That's what I'm13:13 trying to say.13:13 It's time to get out of the box and put stop putting ourselves in a box where we're focused on the checklist that has to do with our13:19 shell. Yes.13:19 You know, it's like we're shelling ourselves to everything else, but we're not shelling our own checklist.13:27 Yes. And and what I've and how that ties in with this title is so many of us have just stopped ourselves at just this premade checklist.13:36 We've got speed bumps that are on a rhythm.13:38 Yes. That's the other thing. But what that has caused is that has that has created a society where we are unwilling to take the first step to be that person to be a stopgap. Yeah. To be13:50 that person to speak up. Now it's it's shifting for us to finally be like, oh, yeah. That's us. And I'm saying because we have just been caught up in our own checklist. We've been caught up on our with our own 9 to 5,14:02 our own daily lives that we have forgotten what it's like to truly be a neighbor, to truly be a brother or sister in Christ to help others.14:09 We let rhythm overtake servanthood Yes. And sacrifice and faith and14:16 And and and be about a rhythm. And some of us maybe have wanted to, but we've been hesitant because we've been out of practice. And so we've been afraid to speak up. We've been afraid to step out and and be bolder that14:28 be willing to help others or to tell truth. But you can't you can't be out of practice and all of a sudden just turn it on. And so now we're coming into a time where it is crucial. It is imperative14:40 for us to be so in tune in our relationship with God that it is just second nature for us to jump in as soon as we feel the Holy Spirit. Say, hey. It's time to jump in.14:50 Yeah. And I I mean, I would totally agree with that. It's like, you know, it's really time to get out of hibernation with Yes. Stuff.14:58 You know?14:59 And, you know, I think a lot of people had their head in the sand when it came to the issues that were going on the last few years because, you know and and why I say15:11 rhythm is because too many people have gotten into a rhythm of just doing the same thing every day every day.15:16 You're right.15:16 It's like, if that's how I'm gonna live my life, then I'm happy because, you know, people are are so focused on, the world's way of, you know, the American15:28 dream and the people live through what the world says you need to live by. Like, we will we we wanna look through a catalog of, you know,15:40 how a catalog will have, like, families in a catalog at home or, you know, a model or something that like a model home and a model backyard and a model couch and, like, all of this.15:52 And it's like, people have all these, like, desires and wants in life, but it's like more people are concerned about filling their checklist as you said of, you know,16:03 hey, I got up, I went for a run. I went to work, I shook that person's hand at the, at the Walmart and, you know, waved at somebody at the drive through, and I was nice16:15 today. I at least smiled at somebody, but we're not pushing ourselves to do the extra. That that part. It's time to put Yes. It's time to take the training wheels off. It's time to be the bird that has16:27 to actually just jump off now and go fly. Like, enough of sitting in the nest. Like, the nest days are over.16:35 It is. You know? But and and it's because we've been conditioned that if we just do these things within the comforts of, you know, the neighborhood grocery store, our home, hey. I put out, you know, the,16:47 we stand for Israel flag on my social media banner page. You know? Those are just superficial niceties, and it's what we don't even realize is we've been Everybody's We've16:59 been conditioned by the whole stay at home environment that when it comes to actually help, we don't actually know what that actually looks like anymore.17:07 That's why I said conversations. We gotta go out and have conversations,17:10 man. And it's that. But but I what I wanna encourage people is I feel like I'm not bashing anyone on the head. I'm trying not to bash you on the head. I promise. It's what I'm trying to to encourage you and awaken you to17:19 is god has equipped you already. He has already he has already endorsed you, and he has already given you what you need to actually go out and do the things that I know in your heart. In17:31 your heart, you're like, man, I would love to be able to do this. Or, god, I really wanna try to do this, but it feels like a risk. It feels like I'm it feels like a leap. I can't see myself doing this. I can't see17:43 myself starting this business that can help others. I can't see myself being a part of this nonprofit organization that is really changing the city. I can't see myself actually giving my all to17:55 God. And I wanna encourage you that, yes, you can and you are made for it. And here's how. Luke 10, this is Jesus talking to his disciples and it says that the Lord nowNow Go: Your Anointing and Protection 18:06 chose other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns, and places that he planned to visit. Guess what? It said that he planned to visit, meaning since he18:18 didn't go, you are called to go. These were his his instructions to them. The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest. Ask him to send workers into his18:30 fields. Now go and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among the wolves. Alright. I wanna break this down really fast. We we don't have a ton of time left, and I wanna make sure Pastor Matt's got plenty of time18:42 to to to add to this. But the revelation that you and I talked about this is so crucial. 1, just in that first verse, he called people to go out in pairs 2 by 2.18:54 But and and that's a whole different topic, but, the fact that he sent them out to go to places he intended to go, Meaning, he's already entrusted us19:04 to19:04 go to the places that he has desired to go. Now the other part that's really cool is when he said now go. The Hebrew word for that, it's a directive. It is a heaven backed mandate, just upago.19:17 Upago, I guess, however you wanna pronounce it. U p a g w. And this directive is given by Jesus after every single time he heals someone, after he healed the blind man, after he healed the lame19:28 man, after he the the woman at the will that he spoke to and told her to send no more and go, this was the directive. He even told Satan in the wilderness, go. Why am I saying this?19:40 Because that directive is, I believe, was Jesus speaking just in a way that his father said, let there be light. So he was creating a future and an end for that person.19:52 Even for Satan, he was telling to Satan, you can go to hell. Mhmm. He was telling that blind man, now go in the new vision I've given you. He told that woman at the well, now go in the new20:04 identity that I've given you. And he told his disciples in the same way, now go in the anointing that20:12 I have given you. I'm saying go in that ability.20:15 He he was creating a future and a purpose for that person identity. And what it was doing was it was reaffirming what was already in them. Because if you look at Matthew 10,20:27 Jesus, it says he gave authority over his disciples over all unclean spirits. And then going to Luke 12, he gave them that directive. Meaning, if you already feel that20:39 pull inside of you, Jesus has already equipped you and anointed you to now go your way into the fields to be that person,20:51 to be 1 of those workers, to harvest those, to reach those who are lost, to reach those who are in need, to reach those who truly are in search of truth. That21:03 is you and that's what we're trying to say in this moment is no more. No more just mailing it in. No more just doing your 9 to 5. No more of just doing just21:14 enough within the confines of your comfort. You have been given a directive in this season to go and be 1 of those crucial pieces that will help complete this kingdom.21:26 It's time that we don't just run the first lap to get through the first lap, but we're running the first lap to start the second slap.21:35 You You know? Beginning. Like Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.21:37 Yeah. And and and and really, like, it's kinda like what you said before of, like, we've gotta run through the the finish line. We can't just stop at the finish line because stopping at the finish line is, like, with the21:49 mindset of, like, I just ran to get there, not to Yeah. Run through it with, like, I completed this fully.21:56 You know? 100 percent.21:58 Running through the finish line says, I want more if there's a door there for that. You know what I mean? Exactly. And so I think that's where we're at is, like, we as the church are already equipped,22:10 and we are already trained. We're empowered. We're anointed. So we should not be having discussions anymore about, oh, we're wasting our time.22:22 We haven't done enough. Correct. Yes. There's not enough people speaking out, and we should be talking about, hey. We've spoke out. This was the result. Now let's build upon this. Like, this is why22:34 I say, like, we have got to go out and start trusting the anointing in us. Instead of just being, like, used for a particular thing, we should be22:45 letting the Lord use us for life and stop with the mindset of, well, I'm not trusting myself enough or I don't believe in myself. That's22:57 nonsense, man.22:58 It is nonsense. Completely nonsense.23:01 And and too many people, like, at the beginning, you were talking about the whole COVID thing and people just staying home. Too many people got complacent and allowed themselves to be23:13 controlled. See, there's a there was a controlling factor, and too many people have gone down the lines of wanting everything handed to them, and let's just hit23:24 the easy button and, you know, get through life as easy as possible. And the thing is is, like, we aren't seeing enough people that are challenging themselves to23:36 do uncomfortable things because that uncomfortable thing could ultimately be see, it could ultimately be what gives you your own blessing, your own23:48 anointing, and creates a new door in your life. Yes. How can you get a new door, a new blessing if you're constantly in the rhythm of your own shell and checklist every day? You said it perfectly. You're24:00 just gonna be stuck in square 1. See, and then and then it leads people to just always complain about their life and everything is wrong with me. Everything's wrong with this. Put yourself a gun. Because on 1 hand,24:11 you're saying, oh, I'm doing just enough. I'm fine because I'm doing my checklist every day. But you've used that checklist to get so much in a rhythm that you don't allow other squares to be checked.24:24 Or if24:24 you come on that checklist Yeah. Because you have predetermined your checklist instead of allowing god to determine your checklist. God has given you what the checklist needs to be right here. And24:36 realistically, that's why I like there's no retirement to reaching people for Jesus. There's none. Like, that should be something you are doing for the rest of your life.24:47 Exactly.24:48 And too many people feel like, well, if I just focus on me and get my shell, it'll never be infringed by they're coming after your shell, quite frankly. So you better get out of your25:00 shell and find a way to fight back and to speak out and to stand your ground and to reach more people because this is the thing. They don't care about trying to change our25:12 mindsets whether we're in a shell or not. That's what they're trying to do is change the mindsets of people. Okay? But people have got to get out of the shell of, like, I'm just doing enough25:24 to where I feel like a good person or enough to get by. And then when things in their life aren't going correctly, they wanna blame God. But it's like, wait a minute. What about God's checklist? Did you even look at25:36 it? Did you even attempt to see what's on that checklist, or are you so focused on your checklist, your shell that you didn't step out of your shell to look at a new checklist?25:46 That's good, pastor Matt.25:48 You know?25:48 Yeah. And I wanna add to that because I still feel a little bit that there are those who are like, well, I still don't know. I'm I'm what if I fail? Luke, Luke 10 3, the next verse says, Jesus26:00 tells his disciples, you're going out as lambs, as lambs among the wolves. They're like, why would Jesus scare them after he told them to go? He wasn't. He was encouraging them and reassuring26:12 them. Okay. If you look at, shepherds in the biblical days, what they would do with their sheep and with their lambs is they were actually be kind of like in this enclosed26:24 walled structure, and there was only 1 way to get in and 1 way to get out. And so they would be protected in this area. And what the shepherd would do, a good shepherd would do to keep predators from coming in26:36 or to keep stray sheep from getting out is he would lay down in front of that entryway. So what am I saying to you? In the same way that shepherds go26:47 at great lengths to protect their lambs, to protect their sheep, to feed them. Right? Even with baby lambs, it says that they'll preserve them. But what we're saying is Jesus is laying his life down just26:59 as a shepherd would to ensure and guarantee that you will succeed in what you're called to do.27:05 Amen. That is a word right there. Thank you guys for tuning in with us. Go out, talk to people, reach people, and continue to pour into people's lives, and God will use27:17 you. K? Get on your face before the Lord and and and and talk about how you are a servant to him and watch him use you. K? Watch him use you in this season. The seasons of old and sitting on the sidelines in years27:28 past are27:29 over. Yes.27:30 Now is about going out and changing a nation, a game that people are playing and start bringing people into the body of Christ. Enough of the games. Be a game changer and we'll see you soon on the next27:41 episode. Bye bye.In this video 0:00 Stop Looking for Help – You Are the Help10:02 Breaking the Checklist Rut18:03 Now Go: Your Anointing and Protection
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