I received alot of positive feedback in regards to the sermon I preached at our annual Victory Outreach East Coast G.A.N.G. Spring Retreat, so I decided to give you guys the 12 points just in case you didn't get a chance to catch them all
 My introduction had to do with fact that Joseph in Genesis 50:24-26 made his family and people promise to bring his bones to the promise land because he was CONVINCED that God was going to do something great among his people and we read in Exodus 13:19 that the children of Israel did indeed get delivered and they brought the bones of Joseph with them. I then asked the youth region not to bring my bones but to save me a seat when God does something great in there lives and when they past the season of preparation and enter the season of destination to save me seat, when they become Pastors at world Conference save me a seat, when they graduate college save me seat, when they start that great business or land that awesome job save me seat(or get me a discount), when there ministry reaches the next level save me a seat and etc (it got pretty emotional because I know many of these young men and women from ages 15-20 something since they were kids) i then proceeded to tell them that the accomplishment of great things was not just going to fall in their laps, that there are steps they must take..and here are the 12 steps to greatness I gave them

1) Desire God in a greater way- Daniel 11:32b
2) Divine dissatisfaction- we must get angry at average, frustrated with failure and mad at mediocrity that hold us back
3) Dream really BIG: The bible challenges us to have a vision....Faith is spelled r-i-s-k....cutting edge is attained when we are in the edge of what we can do so we need God to step in
4) Decisions- we must make a quality decision to go all the way and be willing to pay the price for the prize
5) Desire- We must get hungry and extremely motivated to become a world class christian achiever and leader so we can become trophies and display of God's grace and power.....our desires must be evident in our actions , words, prayers, financial investments etc.....the true proof of desire is pursuit, we must chase and go after what God has for us
6) Dedication- we must become committed and loyal to our vision

I'm going stop here. I hope you are enjoying it so far I promise I will finish 7-12 ASAP if you like what you read so far don't be afraid to leave a comment.


I want to give a shout out to Juan 'Tha Reason' Torres his Holy HIP HOP album is coming out next Sat April 21 2007 and I know it going to be HOT (Paris even said it was Hot  j/k) check out his my space page
                                           http://www.myspace.com/thareasonsmusic  
and hit up and tell him pastor Ed sent you and buy his album c'mon how much longer can you listen to 'stomp' its time to upgrade your collection. In my opinion he is the best christian rapper ( yeah he is better than that guy that just popped into your head) out right now bar none and the fact that he is like a lil brother to me and his son Jeremiah 'Air' Torres is my Godson and his wife got 'saved' under my ministry and is like a spiritual daughter to me has no bearing on my opinion (no really he is that good..trust me)

I also want to give shout out to my friend Pastor Cesar and his wife Monique they just had a baby boy yesterday...welcome to the wonderful world of parenting and say goodbye to sleeping in, sleep in general, going out any time you want..... but its awesome     tell them Jermain and Kisha