Dharius Daniels - I'm Name Dropping

Here’s the title of today’s teaching: «I’m Name Dropping All Year Long.» Clap your hands if you’re ready for God’s word! So this past summer, my wife and I were hosting our Mastermind group. It’s a group of faith-based knowledgepreneurs—people who have something they know, some education, some insight, or some experience that they want to put in a format that serves other people and creates a stream of income for them. We were hosting an event for them in Miami, and I wanted to get a workout in before one of the sessions started, so I went to this place in Brooklyn that I work out at when I’m in Miami. When I was walking back, I ran into someone who was a follower of the ministry. When this typically happens, even though there are different people in different places, they usually say similar things, right? The ministry has blessed me; I’m a part of Change Global, etc. This gentleman said something a little different, and although he was quite complimentary, he said something that exposed an area of sensitivity in me. He was dapping me up and said, «Man, you are OG.» So, outwardly I said thanks, but inwardly I thought, «Did you just call me Uncle?» I am too young to be OG! I thought about it and said, «Now, wait a minute. This February, actually next month, I will have been preaching for 24 years. Don’t clap, don’t clap.» And I thought about some people on our staff who are not even 24 years old! I said, «Well, I don’t hit Uncle status yet!» First lady, you are 18. Aquaman, ain’t you? I accepted it after that experience. Now I’m in an age and stage where, in some areas of my life, I have to accept I’m OG. But preaching is not the only area where I accept OG status. I claim OG status not just in preaching; I’m an OG when it comes to gaming! All right, I see you. I know some of you were not born in an era where the only consoles you are familiar with are the PlayStation 5, the Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch. But I’m an old-school gamer! I go all the way back to something called Atari! See, y’all don’t know about that. Thank you! All the way back to Atari! Y’all don’t know nothing about a Sega Genesis! But one of the games I spent the most time on was on Nintendo. Now, I’m not talking about the Wii; I’m talking about version one. I’m talking about Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt. I’m talking about when the game wasn’t working right—you eject the cartridge, blow on it, put it back in the console together. I remember there was this one game I loved to play on my Nintendo; it was called Super Contra. Look at those graphics! You don’t know anything about that, GNC! You know nothing about those graphics! Y’all got your 4K resolution and you’ve got to be committed to video games to play that! I remember playing this game on my own. I enjoyed it, but there were times when I felt trapped, stuck, and frustrated because I could only get so far; I could only accomplish so much! I kept getting stuck at the same levels until one day I went to Greenwood, Mississippi, to visit my cousins, who were also gamers. We got ready to play Super Contra together, and before we started, my cousin Skip said to me, «Hold up, let me enter in this cheat code.» I said, «A cheat code? What is that?» He said, «Yeah, it’s a code you enter so that when you normally would have three lives or three times to die, and the game is over, the cheat code gives you 30.» I said, «Well, I’ll be! What’s the code?» He said, «Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start.» All right, he entered that code, and I saw 30 lives! Y’all missed it! Where I could recover only three times before, now I could recover 30 times! The game would have been over sooner without the cheat code, but once the cheat code was entered, the game got extended. Once I entered the cheat code, I could go to levels I couldn’t reach before. Once I entered the cheat code, I could defeat enemies I could not defeat before. Once I entered the cheat code, I could accomplish things I could not accomplish before! And I came to tell you today, Change Church, there is not just a cheat code for Contra; there’s a cheat code for Christians! If you learn this cheat code, you can reach levels you haven’t been to before! Elisha learned this cheat code, and it shut up heaven, and heaven didn’t rain for 40 days! Moses learned this cheat code, and it split the Red Sea! Jonah learned this cheat code, and it spit him out of the belly of a whale! And if you and I learn this cheat code, it will swing doors open that no man can shut! It will close doors that no man can open! If we learn this cheat code, it will make our enemies our footstool! If we learn this cheat code, it will take what the devil meant for evil and turn it and work it for our good! Dr. Darius, what’s the cheat code you’re referring to? This cheat code I’m talking about is prayer! Yeah, prayer is the cheat code because prayer is an indication that we have a revelation that…