🚀 Welcome to Your Launching Pad
📍 Speaker: Bishop Naté M. Jefferson
📅 Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
🔗 Sermon Recording:
📖 Scriptures:
1️⃣ Luke 9:23
2️⃣ Matthew 4:19
3️⃣ Luke 23:34
4️⃣ John 13:35
5️⃣ John 15:16
🎣 Let’s Go Fishing!
The night opened with unapologetic declarations:
“It’s a done deal!” ✅
“Fall back and let God be God!” 🧎🏾♂️🙌🏾
“You just got thrusted into the greatest launching pad of your life!” 🚀💥
If you’ve been feeling turbulence lately 😩—you’re likely closer to takeoff than you think.
🔥 The Discipleship Download
1. You Were Chosen Before You Chose 💫👣
📌 John 15:16
God selected you on purpose before you even knew how to respond.
You weren’t a last-minute draft pick—you were divinely pre-approved 🕊️✅
🗣️ “God still chose me… even knowing everything about me.” 😮💨🙌🏾
2. Discipleship = Process + Purpose
📌 Matthew 4:19
➡️ “I will make you” = process 🛠️
➡️ “Fishers of men” = purpose 🎯
🫣 That “make you” part? It’s not cute.
You have to let God shape you—even when you wanna tap out 😵💫
📍“The shaper holds you in submission!” ⏳🫱🏾♂️💪🏾
3. False Discipleship vs Real Denial 🪞🚫
📌 Luke 9:23
❌ False discipleship = comfort without crucifixion
✅ Real discipleship = lifestyle of daily surrender
🤯 “Everybody wants Christ, but nobody wants to let go…”
👀 Who’s discipling you—The Word 📖 or The world 🌎?
4. 🐶 Housebreaking Saints
Church isn’t a hangout—it’s a housebreaking zone 🚽👀
Like training a puppy, your spiritual formation takes patience & repetition
👃🏾 “If I see you squatting and making messes everywhere… you just haven’t been trained right.” 😭
5. When Love Feels Like Correction 💔🛠️
📌 John 13:35
You can’t be a disciple if you don’t love people—even the difficult ones 🫠
💬 “Fine linen doesn’t know how to identify with dirty dish rags” 🥴👗
💬 “They can’t embrace who you are because it overwhelms them.”
🫶🏾 Love discerns.
🛑 Love corrects.
🙏🏾 Love does not ignore.
💭 Quick Fire Quotes That Slapped HARD:
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“God’s no is protection.” 🚫🛡️
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“You ain’t a bed warmer, baby. You’re royalty 👑✨”
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“You mad at them, but the real question is—what in you allows this?” 🤯
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“Some of y’all need a vacation from your vacation—’cause some people are a trip.” 🧳😩
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“You’re settling for a Ford Fiesta when God put a Mercedes in you.” 🚗➡️🚘
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“The cross is not just sacrifice—it’s alignment.” ✝️🔄
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“You don’t need a platform—you need to be pruned.” ✂️🌱
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“Church isn’t just a vibe—it’s a vetting ground.” 📍🧠
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“People can’t mishandle what they’re not supposed to manage.” ⛔🫱🏾♀️
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“The problem isn’t just who hurt you—it’s why you keep handing them the knife.” 🗡️😮💨
📓 Editor’s Note
One of the quietest but deepest bombs dropped:
“Being a disciple is not Bible study, but it’s a lifestyle.” 💡
This hit like a spiritual uppercut. We can’t keep shouting over sermons and ignoring the actual shaping. The better version of you is on the other side of discipline.
That means love, patience, boundaries, correction… and consistency.
💪🏾 Application Time:
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Ask yourself: “Am I being discipled… or just attending?” 🤨
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Who are you inviting to church? 👥
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What part of you still refuses to be “housebroken”? 💩
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What version of you are people reading when they see your life? 📖
🗣️ Final Call to Action:
✅ You were chosen
✅ You are being shaped
✅ You are being sent
Let the process do its job.
And don’t forget—you’re not just going through it, you’re growing through it. 🌱🔥
