(What You Need Is An Upgrade)

John 15:1-7 (KJV)

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

WORD OF GOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD

VERY BRIEFLY

IF I COULD GET A BAPTIST AMEN A METHODIST NOD AND A SANTIFIED CHURCH HALLEJUAH

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(WHAT YOU NEED IS AN UPGRADE)

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

UPGRADE IS A PHRASE THAT WE ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH

IF YOU HAVE EVER WALK INTO A CELL PHONE STORE AND THE PHONE IN YOUR HAND IS OLD

9 TIMES OUT OF 10 THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPSENTATIVE IS GONNA ASK YOU

DO WANT TO GET AND UPGRADE

IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH AT MC DONALD

AND ORDERED ONE OF THERE MEAL DEAL

THEY ARE KNOWN FOR ASKING YOU IF YOU WANT AN UPGRADE YOUR ORDER

BY GETTING A LARGER ORDER OF FRIES AND A SUPERSIZED DRINK

YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

AN UPGRADE HAPPENS WHEN WE GO FROM NOTHING TO SOMETHING

AND FROM SOMETHING TO EVERYTHING

IT HAPPENS WHEN WE GO FROM POVERTY TO PLENTY

AND FROM SOWING TO REAPING

AND IT SURE HAPPENS WHEN WE GO FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW TO WHERE GOD WANT US TO BE

IN OTHER WORDS

IN HAPPENS WHEN WE MOVE FROM ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY

AND IT`S CALL AND UPGRADE

AND IT`S MY FIRM BELIEF THAT GOD HAS ONE PLAN FOR EACH OF US RIGHT NOW

BECAUSE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS NOT A STOPPING POINT

BUT A STEPPING STONE

IN OTHER WORDS

IT`S A SET BACK FOR A COME BACK

BECAUSE IF YOU ARE STILL GOING THRU THE SAME OLD RELATIONAL WOE`S

THAT YOU WE`RE GOING THROUGH LAST YEAR

AND STILL DEALING WITH THE SAME OLD DEAD BEAT PERSONALITIES OF YOUR PAST

AND YOUR BOO CAUSES YOU TO BOO HOO

WHAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER IS AN UPGRADE

BECAUSE GOD BRINGS US ALL TO A PLACE

AND HE KNOWS WE ARE TIRED BECAUSE OF WHAT WE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH

BUT IN RESPONSE TO WHAT GOD IS DOING

WE ALL SHOULD BE PLEADING OUR CASE BEFORE THE LORD

OUR CASE OF

HOW WE ARE TIRED OF THE NORM AND IN NEED OF AN UPGRADE

IN OTHER WORDS

WE SHOULD WANT MORE OUT OF OUR WALK WITH THE LORD IN 2017

EVEN THOU IT MAY COST US SOME PAIN - SWEAT AND TEARS ON THIS SIDE

BUT WE WILL REAP THE BENEFITS ON THE OTHER SIDE

AND I DON`T KNOW ABOUT

BUT I DID`NT COME TO THE WORSHIP EXPERIENCE THIS MORNING/EVENING

JUST TO BE COMING

BUT I CAME THIS MORNING/EVENING

BECAUSE I`M IN NEED AN UPGRADE

AN UPGRADE

IN MY PRAYER LIFE FOR I CAN LEARN HOW LOVE MY EMENIES UNCONDITIONAL

AN UPGRADE

IN MY WORSHIP SO I CAN GIVE GOD MY BEST ALL THE TIME

AS I WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH

AN UPGRADE

IN PATIENCE SO I CAN DEAL WITH PEOPLE IN LOVE

WHO GET ON MY LAST BLACK NERVE

AN UPGRADE

FOR MY FAMILY AND CHURCH FAMILY FAITH

SO WE WILL BE A LIVING EXAMPLE AT HOME AND IN THE MARKET PLACE

I WONDER IS THERE ANYBODY HE`RE WHO IS WILLING TO BE HONEST WITH GOD AND YOURSELF

THAT YOU ARE IN NEED FOR AN UPGRADE

BECAUSE GOD WANT US TO HAVE MORE OF HIM AND HIS WORD

(REACH OVER AND GIVE YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH FIVE AND TELL THEM )

(WHAT YOU NEED IS AND UPGRADE)

IN THE TEXT

IN THE TEXT BEFORE JESUS GIVES US SOME BIBICAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO GET AN UPGRADE

AND THERE`S AN UPGRADE FROM GOD IN THE TEXT THAT IS BEFORE US

AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS

RECEIVE THIS PRINCIPLE ACTIVATE OUR FAITH AND TRUST JESUS AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

WELL THE 1ST THING WE MUST DO IS BE RESTORED BY THE WORD OF GOD