Get Out of Your Own Way | Pastor Jamaal Bernard

About this sermon

Are you praying against demons while refusing to confront yourself? In this life-shifting sermon, Pastor Jamaal Bernard of the Christian Cultural Center’s Brooklyn Campus exposes the ultimate bottleneck to your spiritual growth: you. While it is easy to blame external forces or the devil, the hardest truth we must discover is that nobody holds us back more consistently than ourselves. We live life on levels and arrive in stages, but we cannot pull the same old discipline into a new level. If you want to step into the big things God has prepared for you, you must learn to get out of your own way. Key Takeaways from the Sermon: The Paradox of the Human Condition: We can love God and still sabotage ourselves, pray for change while protecting the habits destroying us, and desire freedom while clinging to dysfunction. The Danger of Internal Chaos: The devil may knock at the door, but insecurity opens it, fear unlocks it, and pride welcomes it in. Unhealed Pain & Self-Sabotage: Unresolved trauma and untreated wounds create self-destructive cycles. Because dysfunction feels familiar, people often do not trust peace because chaos raised them. Comfort vs. Calling: The flesh resists transformation because transformation requires death. Christianity is not self-improvement; it is self-crucifixion. Every higher version of yourself demands the death of the lower version. Scripture References: Genesis 3:6-9 – The fall of man and the internal fracture of humanity. Romans 7:15 – The internal struggle between desire and discipline. Proverbs 4:23 – Guarding your heart, because what is in your heart leaks into your behavior. Galatians 5:16 – Living by the Spirit vs. the desires of the flesh. Connect with Christian Cultural Center - Brooklyn Campus: Subscribe for more powerful worship experiences and live streams. Share this video to help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Website: For more information about CCC Brooklyn, visit www.cccinfo.church Welcome to Christian Cultural Center's Worship Experience How can we pray for you? Prayer Request: https://bit.ly/3bgzdZo Morning Prayer Line (M-F, 6am-6:30am/EST & F, 10pm-11pm) Call: (425) 436-6277 Access Code: 565636 - Ways to DONATE Online: https://bit.ly/3dNcVPX Text: Text “CCCINFO” to 77977 Phone: (833) 269-2652 Mail-in: Mail to: Christian Cultural Center - Po Box 1008 Smithtown, New York 11787 GIVE ONLINE Christian Cultural Center depends on the generosity of our members, friends and partners in ministry to maintain our beautiful campuses and facilities. Weekly, thousands receive hope, encouragement and growth in their faith. Especially important are the many lives that are shown the love and compassion of Christ through our missionary efforts at home and abroad. - Connect with CCC: CCC Brooklyn on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Gc1U9U CCC Long Island on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2KVKRwx CCC Brooklyn on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2jRLHhm CCC Long Island on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2rE1MLM CCC Brooklyn on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2KVVNde - Find Christian Cultural Center at https://bit.ly/33IirQh Find A.R. Bernard at https://bit.ly/33U6Uxz Find Jamaal Bernard at: https://bit.ly/39iEkqC

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