Promotion of the International Leadership Summit in Dallas, featuring renowned speakers and emphasizing the importance of spiritual development for leadership.

• Announcement of the International Leadership Summit, featuring speakers like Kirk Franklin, Adrian and Israel Houghton, and Bishop Noel Jones.
• The speaker reflects on past experiences with Bishop Noel Jones and Bishop TD Jakes, reminiscing about old school revivals.
• Emphasis on the Summit as a tool for leaders with a kingdom assignment to learn how to operate in the world while maintaining spiritual integrity.
• Urging attendees to register for the Summit, noting it will not be streamed online, suggesting rearranging schedules to attend in person.

The speaker sets the stage for the sermon, referencing Acts 1:4-11, and prepares for a spiritual encounter through prayer.

• The speaker announces a shift from announcements to a sermon, starting with Acts 1:4-11.
• A change in sermon title to 'A Mirror and a Model' is mentioned, with an intention to explore the concept.
• The speaker prays for the Holy Spirit's guidance and for the audience to be receptive to the message, seeking transformation through the upcoming sermon.

The sermon explores the concept of social mirroring and its spiritual implications, emphasizing the need to reflect God's image.

• The speaker introduces the concept of social mirroring, where individuals unconsciously mimic others' behaviors, attitudes, and emotions.
• The importance of modeling behavior for children in parenting is noted, demonstrating desired responses instead of mirroring negative ones.
• Discussion on how social environments and cultural norms can make individuals mirror survival behaviors, sometimes compromising authenticity.
• The speaker connects social mirroring to the spiritual realm, where Christians are called to mirror the image of God's spirit, not just external behaviors.

Analysis of how sin distorts the spiritual mirror meant to reflect God and the resulting need for a divine model to restore it.

• The speaker discusses how sin distorts one's ability to reflect God's image, likening it to a cracked mirror.
• Exploration of how the serpent's questioning of God's word in Genesis leads to a broken spiritual image of both God and oneself.
• The speaker emphasizes the importance of being made into God's image spiritually, not physically, and how Jesus modeled the spirit needed to fulfill one's mission.
• A call to rebuke spirits that exploit the cracks in one's spiritual mirror, urging attendees to reclaim their spirit and the image they were created to be.

The speaker encourages embracing the mission God has given, highlighting the transformative power of the Holy Spirit.

• The speaker reflects on how Jesus commanded the disciples to follow Him and be made into 'fishers of men,' a transformative process.
• The concept of being made for one's mission is explored, with an acknowledgment that failure and challenges are part of the making process.
• A call to attendees to embrace the making process and the spiritual growth that comes with it, relying on faith and the Holy Spirit's empowerment.
• The speaker asserts that the Holy Spirit will provide the freedom and transformation needed to fulfill God's mission, moving from glory to glory.