About this episode

Pastor TJ Tyus discusses the importance of emotional leverage in overcoming repeated mistakes and achieving transformation through faith.

Can you see? You've been hearing the Word. You've been receiving the information. You've even believed it. But nothing's changed. And the question God is asking you today isn't whether you heard it. It's whether you can see it. Because meaning determines seeing. Change the meaning, you change what you see. Change what you see, you change what you do. Pastor TJ Tyus delivers one of the most transparent, convicting sermons of the year using the story of Nehemiah and the 52 day rebuild. With raw personal testimony about kidney disease, losing his daughter Aries, and the moment his neighbor's grass became better than his, Pastor TJ breaks down the real reason you're still stuck. It's not because you don't have the information. It's because you don't have emotional leverage. Nehemiah wasn't the only person who knew the wall was broken for 140 years. But he was the only one with an emotional burden strong enough to rebuild it in 52 days. The difference between those who start and those who finish isn't discipline. It's meaning. The five elements of faith are hear, receive, believe, speak, and do. When you do those five, you get two: transformation and testimony. But most people stop at…

People in this episode

Host: Eric Thomas Ph.D

Guest: Pastor TJ Tyus

Topics covered

• faith
• transformation
• emotional leverage
• personal testimony
• rebuilding
• meaning

Keywords

• faith
• transformation
• Nehemiah
• emotional leverage
• mistakes
• testimony
• meaning

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Nehemiah

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