Welcome back to "The Best of Detroit Gospel"
and this is yet another day that God has given you
I hope you're using it today.
So many powerful things coming up, and I have my good brethren
I'm so proud to be here with him
taking the art, and the gift, and the ministry of mime
and changing the face of a generation
none other than Brother James C. Hayes!
I wish I had some applause.
There's a story that talks about Prophet Ezequiel
and at that time everyone would always present messages
the regular way, they would.
They would say, "Hey, we're declaring
this needs to happen in the city!"
Well, Ezequiel had a different assignment
He realized God said, "I'm going to use you differently"
The people in their season were desolate
they were crazy, stuff was going wrong
They were rebelling, they were tying up stuff
So he acted it out
He cut half of his hair, burnt half of it
threw the other half into the wind
But it was a metaphor
He really was saying, "If you all don't get together
your city, your kingdom will be divided"
And now, this season is changing
that it's the same times, that people are desolate
they have not hope, they're tying up our city
they're killing each other
and God is still speaking, he's still talking
and something has to be done differently
to get their attention
A real mimer is worshipping God
but what they do on the streets just to get money
they act like they're going downstairs
or going upstairs, or in a box!
It's just so sad
because they do it for money
Why you won't just do it for God?
The generation has changed
and therefore, some old way of methods
they just won't relate to
- I'm just right here. - Jesus!
- I got ten! - Jesus!
The culture has changed
We still preach Christ. We still preach hope, love, forgiveness
but our methods have changed
It is so popular now, but back in 1998
when we first started doing it? We were kicked out of some churches
because to them it was new
and anytime something's new and you don't understand it
usually fear creeps in, and if you don't know how to handle that
you bash it or you ban it
Some people were saying, "We don't see anywhere near
tossing out some whiteface!"
And I would tell them, "No, we don't
but we can back up what we do, as far as in the principles
of what God talks about
Romans 12:1-2 "Present your body as a living sacrifice"
Everything that you have, present it back to me
Basically, he saying that the gift that I gave you
I want it back
I gave it to you to use it
It's about how you use the gift