As I write this, our local church has been experiencing massive growth. Throughout this process, I’ve been asking and seeking God for a larger gathering place. On one particular blessed Sunday, as I noticed people walking down the street and being shuttled back and forth to our church, I couldn’t help asking God when He was going to give us a bigger building. The buses weren’t moving fast enough to get people from the parking lot to the building, and all our overflows were filled.
“When is it going to happen, Lord?”
But as I looked outside, I saw our church’s Try Me flag blowing in the wind, and it reminded me of what God told me in November 2019:
Try Me, Jerry.
Little did I know then how timely this instruction would turn out to be.
When You Choose to Try God Breakthrough
At the time, my mom and dad had just told me they wanted me to be the lead pastor, but I had said no. Being the lead pastor at that time meant I had to lead service on Thursday nights, while Sunday mornings were reserved for the senior pastor. And nobody held church services on weekdays anymore. But while I was at the church vacuuming, I felt like I heard God telling me,
Try Me. So, I told my wife, Tanisha, what happened.
“You know, they’re talking about making me lead pastor. I had this funny feeling I heard God saying, Try Me. But I don’t know.”
“So, try Him,” Tanisha told me.
I agreed to do it, and we started in January 2020. Two months later, the pandemic hit and shut everything down. Now I was mad.
I told You this would happen. Why now?
But that’s exactly when our ministry took off. Everybody was in quarantine; we couldn’t have more than ten people total in our church. So, it was just me with the audio, video, and visual streaming team—and boom. . . everything blew up.
Through that experience, I learned something that I like to share with others:
You have to remember that God is in your tomorrow today.
You see the corner, but He sees around it.
That was why God spoke Try Me to my heart. I tried Him, and my life has never been the same.
Trusting God’s Timing for Breakthrough
Back to the present day. On that morning as I saw the flag and looked at all the people coming to hear the Word of the Lord—not to hear me but to hear from God—my dad told me something:
“God is setting something up,” he said. “God likes doing this.”
Remember, God likes to get us right next to the Red Sea where the mist is hitting our faces. God likes to get us in the fiery furnace so we can see the fourth man in the fire. God likes to get us close enough to smell the odor of the lions’ den. He wants to get us right up there before He steps in to help.
I needed that moment to remind me. I needed to look back and remember.
Remember, Jerry, God told me. I hear you now just like I heard you back in November 2019. And I’ll tell you the same thing: Try Me. You don’t think that I see this church? These are My people. You don’t think that I care about by My children? I’m going to handle it. You just follow me.
Clearing Your Mind to Try God Breakthrough
In very real time I was experiencing what it looks like to remove the crowd from your mind. I had to remember what my Heavenly Father said and who He is.
God doesn’t want to stand in a long line of clutter filling your mind. His Word won’t be heard in a mind full of fear, worry, doubt, failure, insecurity, malice, and pain. Remove those things from your mind so that the Word can have unlimited access to your heart!
Excerpted from Heart Rehab by Jerry Flowers Jr.. Copyright © 2025 by Jerry Flowers Jr. Published by WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, LLC. Used by permission.
Jerry Flowers, Jr., and his wife, Tanisha Flowers, are the founders of Redefined TV and are passionate about redefining relationships righteously. With numerous videos that have gone viral, and four cross-country tours, these generational pacesetters are dedicated to helping people see Jesus and a healthy model of kingdom ministry. Based in Houston, Texas, they are lead pastors at Time of Celebration Ministries Church and the proud parents of three beautiful children, Melody, Jerry III, and Josiah. Jerry’s debut book, Heart Rehab, releases October 21, 2025.
