Bust a Move – Dr. Jamal Bryant – Sunday, January 18
Dr. Jamal Bryant’s sermon centers on the urgent call for movement—spiritually, physically, and socially—arguing that stagnation blocks miracles, progress, and justice.
Using Matthew 14 (the feeding of the 5,000), Dr. Bryant emphasizes that miracles are activated by motion. The food did not multiply while it was held—it multiplied when the disciples began giving it away. His core principle is repeated throughout the sermon:
“When you start moving, God starts multiplying.”
Key Themes
- Stagnation is dangerous: Physically (sedentary lifestyles harming health), spiritually (passive faith), and socially (silence in the face of injustice).
- Movement is medicine: Physical activity sharpens the mind, heals the body, and restores balance.
- Faith requires action: Biblical examples (Red Sea, Naaman dipping himself, lepers healed while walking, widow pouring oil) all show that God moves after people move.
- Blessed, broken, and given: God often blesses people before breaking them so they can survive hardship and be used to serve others.
- Justice demands movement: Dr. Bryant calls out racism, systemic oppression, and ICE abuses, urging the church not to sit comfortably while others suffer.
- A generational charge: The church must stop sidelining young people and actively disciple them, placing them in leadership now—not later.
- The church as a movement, not a moment: Like the Civil Rights Movement, faith must be lived out through action, protest, service, and sacrifice.
Practical Challenge
- Commit to physical movement (walking, exercising, stewardship of the body).
- Commit to spiritual movement (active faith, obedience, prayer).
- Commit to social movement (speaking up, showing up, resisting injustice).
- Stop waiting for God to move first—move, and God will meet you in motion.