In the sermon 'Raise Up a Voice (Compilation)', the preacher emphasizes the necessity of having a heartfelt cry for courage to resist returning to past comforts and ungodliness. He illustrates that true followers of God, like David, make conscious decisions to pursue God's anointing over societal favor, even if it means enduring hardship. The message calls for believers to seek God's presence and power, urging them to break free from the influences of a dying society and to boldly proclaim God's truth. The preacher encourages the congregation to ask Jesus for the strength to obey His calling and to be vessels for His kingdom. Ultimately, the sermon is a rallying cry for the church to rise up and be a voice for God in this generation.

Beloved, in this generation, we've got to have a cry in our hearts. And the cry has got to be, Jesus, give me the courage not to turn back to what I've left behind. Give me the courage. And it begins now, here in this sanctuary. Well, mighty men and women of God just aren't born in the moment. Mighty men and women of God have made decisions along the way. I'm sure it might have been very favorable to stay in Saul's kingdom. That's where the supply was. That's where the favor of the king, as they saw it, was. But there were 400 in that particular time, that particular era, that says, No, it might be more advantageous and less risky for me to stay with Saul. But I'm going where the anointing of God is. I'm going where the truth of God is. We've seen the spirit of God on David. And even if he's living in a cave that seems to be pursued like a partridge in the mountains, I'd rather be there with him. Folks, there's a time coming when you're going to have to make a decision to say, I'd rather be with Christ than to enjoy all the pleasures and seeming securities of this society all around me, than to have the favor of men. I'd rather have the favor of God than have the favor of the whole society that's dying around me. I'd rather live for God. And that's where mighty men and women of God are born. They make a decision. I'm not going to go back to what I left behind. Even if I have to live in a cave. Even if I have to suffer for a season. I'm staying with God. I'm going to walk with God. And folks, there's a season for those who make this decision, that one day you step out of that place of seclusion and the spirit of God is upon you. And you begin to preach like you've never preached before. You have authority. You have clear thinking. There's a power working within you. The kingdom of God has come to you. Christ has found somebody He can walk with. And His life begins to flow through your life. His hands begin to touch through your hands. His voice speaks through your voice. His eyes begin to see through your eyes. And you begin to understand, Oh God, your kingdom has come within me. God, thank you for giving me the courage not to go back to what I left behind. There's nothing. There's nothing there. There's nothing there. There's nothing there. There's trembling. There's fear. There's perishing. There's confusion. I'm not going back there. I'm walking with God. I'm going to walk with God all the days of my life. Until the end of this journey. We need to be able to cry, Jesus, give me the courage to seek you and not to be afraid to follow where you lead me. Give me the courage, oh God, to go into my prayer closet, the housetop as it is. And Lord, no matter what you show me, give me the courage to believe that you're well able to give me the power to do it. Even if I've never done it all of my life. Even if I don't think I have the strength to do it. God Almighty, even if it's not favorable to the people around me, I will go. I will obey you. I will do what you call me to do. Give me the courage to seek you and not turn back into my house and get my old stuff and begin to build my life on these things. Help me today. We should cry to make the break that I need to make from ungodliness. Help me, God, not to live too close to an ungodly society. Help me not to live a life of mixture because there's no power there. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. You need a voice in this generation. You need a voice, oh God. That voice has to be your church. You need a voice. You need a voice your people will not hear. If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, how will the people prepare themselves for the battle? Oh, God, help me to speak for you. Help me to stand for you. Help me to live for you. Help me to be found where you are. Help me not to limit you. You made my eyes and my hands and my heart and my body. You are well able to do, God, everything you say that you want to do through me. Give me the courage to obey you. Give me the courage not to turn back, oh God. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Son of God, be everything in me that you want to be in me. Let your kingdom come and through this earthly vessel be glorified. Let the desires of your heart be made known. Let the desires of your heart be fulfilled. Let the kingdom of hell shake off of its foundations. Let men and women rise up out of obscurity and darkness and let them know you as King and Lord and Savior, victor and deliverer and healer. Let them know you. Let them know you.