Can You Hear Me Now?

You’ve been praying. Reading your Word. Going to church. But if you’re honest, you still feel disconnected.

In this message, Pastor TJ Tyus uses John 15 and the story of Nehemiah to expose why so many believers struggle to hear God clearly. It’s not that God stopped speaking. It’s that we stopped staying connected.

Pastor TJ compares our relationship with God to wireless vs. wired connection. Wireless can mean dropped calls, static, and interference. Wired connection brings clarity, consistency, and stability.

Jesus repeats one word throughout John 15:

REMAIN.

Remain in me.
Remain in my love.
Remain in my Word.

No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain connected to the vine. Fruit is the evidence of connection. Whatever fruit you’re producing reveals what you’re connected to.

Pastor TJ breaks down the REMAIN framework:

Retreat — remove competing inputs
Engage — connect with God consistently, not just in crisis
Monitor — pay attention to what God is doing around you
Align — bring your decisions into agreement with God
Internalize — get God’s Word so deep in you that your response becomes automatic
Navigate — choose obedience over emotional impulse

Through personal stories about a difficult Delta flight, losing his AirPods, and the pain of losing his daughter Aries, Pastor TJ reveals the cost of disconnection and the power of staying plugged in.

God spent four months correcting Nehemiah before He spent 52 days constructing the wall.

Because God often has to do something IN you before He can do something THROUGH you.

In this message you’ll discover:
→ Why “remain” is repeated throughout John 15
→ The REMAIN framework: Retreat, Engage, Monitor, Align, Internalize, Navigate
→ Why fruit is the evidence of connection
→ What wired vs. wireless connection teaches us spiritually
→ Why intimacy must come before activity
→ How God prepared Nehemiah before the 52-day rebuild
→ The 3C Formula: Connection, Correction, Construction
→ How to turn pain into purpose
→ Why God must be your primary connection, not your backup plan

📖 KEY SCRIPTURES
John 15:1–11
Nehemiah 1:1–4
Nehemiah 2:4
Nehemiah 6:15
Proverbs 4:23
Romans 10:17
Ephesians 6:12
Philippians 2:10

CHAPTERS:

Chapters

• 00:00:00 Welcome: The Gift of Connection
• 00:00:39 Can You Hear Me Now? John 15 and the Power of Remaining
• 00:04:29 REMAIN: The Acronym That Changes Everything
• 00:05:00 Retreat: Remove Competing Inputs Like Jesus Did
• 00:05:37 Engage with God: Praying Consistently, Not Just in Crisis
• 00:06:43 Monitor What God Is Doing: The Burning Bush Moment
• 00:08:06 Align Your Decisions and Internalize God's Word
• 00:10:20 Navigate: Choose Obedience Over Emotional Impulse
• 00:10:40 Fruit Is the Evidence of Connection
• 00:11:24 The Delta Flight Disaster: A Lesson in Patience and Testing
• 00:18:20 Wired Connection vs Wireless: The Cost of Disconnection
• 00:24:43 The 3C Formula: Connection, Correc