ABOVE & BEYOND TOGETHER ... LOVING SERVICE" Sunday, January 16, 2022

[Music] who am i that the highest king would wear me i was lost but he brought me and know his love for me all his love for me who the sun sets free always free indeed [Music] yes he died [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] say i am you are for me not against me i am true [Music] i [Applause] am always free [Music] is [Applause] [Music] there's a place for me i'm a child of god yes i am i am [Music] i am who you say i am [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] i am me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is free [Music] [Applause] [Music] let us stand please everyone [Music] when it comes to praising and worshiping the lord scripture gives a rather passionate invitation listen to this oh come let us sing unto the lord let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms for the lord is a great god and the great king above all gods oh come let us worship and bow down let us knee before the lord our makeup for he is our god and we are the people of his posture and the shape of his hand this is a golden opportunity for every one of us to respond positively to the invitation from the word of the lord to worship the lord in spirit and in truth let's worship hallelujah [Applause] [Music] we give you praise we give you praise we give you praise hallelujah we give you glory bless your name jesus move in this place you are always fighting for us heaven angels all around mighty light is found in know that you wear the victor's crown you're my health and my defender you're my savior and my friend by your grace i live and breathe to worship you at the mention of your greatness in your name i will bow down in your presence fear is silent for you where the victor's crown your glory fill this temple let your power overflow by your grace and live and breathe to worship you hallelujah hallelujah [Music] [Music] jesus you have overcome the world [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah you have over the world say hallelujah [Music] hallelujah jesus yes [Applause] [Music] you [Music] [Music] jesus oh [Music] thank you jesus thank you [Music] in the jesus but the graves could not contain [Music] hallelujah [Music] we bless your name every high thing must come down every stronghold shall be broken [Music] every stronghold [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] shall be broken [Music] [Music] break every chain break every chain break every chain break every chain break every chain break every train break everything break every chain [Music] break every day [Music] i [Music] [Music] i hear the change for them whatever it is [Music] break it right away [Music] [Music] break every chain break every chain break every chain whatever it is break every chain break every break up retrain break in jesus break every chain breaking jesus break your jesus break in jesus you're free you're free you're not shackled you're free breaking jesus breaking jesus breaking jesus breaking jesus breaking jesus breaking jesus breaking jesus breaking jesus break break [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] he's doing something in the spirit he's doing something he's doing something he's doing something breaking jesus breaking jesus ah oh god it's falling it's fine it's fallen oh god thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] you have overcome you have overcome heaven [Music] jesus [Music] thank you for doing that chief thank you for doing the chief [Music] thank you thank you thank you [Music] [Applause] he brought me out of the mind he set my feet upon the rock to stay [Music] hallelujah [Music] he brought you out from the my reclaim he set your feet upon the rock to stare he put a song in your soul today a song a praise hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] hello [Music] [Applause] people [Music] [Music] i am [Music] [Applause] [Music] right here [Music] [Music] [Applause] i he gave me [Music] is [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] i praise him [Music] oh [Music] thank you [Music] he brought me from me [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] i don't know about you this morning thank you pastor but when i come through these doors it's not so much about praise the lord and how are you for me it's about the fact that the almighty god put on flesh took my place on the cross pulled me up from the my reclaire pulled me up again from the my reclaim and again and again and again now if you want to not praise him that's okay but let me praise him for a second for pulling me up from the miry clay [Music] hallelujah not because of any good that i have done but because of his grace and mercy hallelujah thank you jesus has he pulled you from the miry clay are you glad that he's pulled you from the miry clay i am too hallelujah you may be seated at this time the lord bless you [Music] thank you jesus hallelujah all right [Music] glory to god hallelujah my god um we welcome you to our sunday january 16 2022 service sunday morning the first of one service we are so glad that you are here this morning very quickly we want to welcome uh those of you who are here as a first-time guest i have won this morning and that is uh uh and when i call your name would you please stand when i call your name we have with us this morning carrie morris carrie morris carrie would you please stand you sure two seconds all right there you go give her a round of applause please hallelujah carrie carrie is a guest of sister uh patricia bell carrie we are so glad that you have come and you've heeded the invitation uh to be with us this morning we pray that although it's cold on the outside that you're feeling the warmth that is in the house of god this morning and we pray that you would make yourself at home that you would worship the lord feel at home in his presence and feel after him this morning amen let's clap our hands for kerry for being with us hallelujah and if you're nearby just give her a love greeting and a welcome as thank you so much the lord bless you very quickly i have uh some announcements before i go to announcements could you put up the offering screen please brother brown um we want to let everyone know that you have various ways we have various ways for you to give to the kingdom's work amen and i want to say that again you're giving to the kingdom's work you're not giving to a man or a woman you're giving to the kingdom's work amen and here are the ways to give we have several ways for you to give they are all listed there on the screen zell is a personal favorite of mine uh but you can also text donate to the number on the screen as well as go to our website website all nations apostolate.org and you can give there of course you can always bring your cash and your checks into the storehouse and if you are not able to come into the house for whatever reason we have a zolo ministry and our ministers stand ready and available to pick those uh items up and bring them to the house for you amen amen so god bless our ministers as they give themselves to that cause very quickly these are the announcements for the week that begins uh sunday january 16. we want to remind everyone that we are currently in a journey of consecration amen how have we fared during the first week haven't we had some good times amen amen i feel myself getting tuned hallelujah tuned where where's the tuning fork here it is the tuning fork right here hallelujah amen to get me on the right frequency with the holy spirit amen our project 22 you tuning for harmony with god continues this week who's excited to continue in the journey yes amen amen amen it continues this week the corporate prayer on the i pray telephone lines you can see there morning noon and evening our fasting plan hallelujah is listed there on the screen but let me remind you one meal in 24 hours for the first 14 days that's january 10th through the 23rd and by the way you can't split your one meal up over different portions of the day okay don't use that as a tactic have an honest heart with the lord amen just sit down at one time and eat your one meal all right all right and don't make it a three-course meal either amen just just just look if if you deny yourself for a little bit the lord will reward you i promise you amen so one meal at 24 hours for the first 14 days and that continues this week um and then we're gonna do a complete fast for three days which is the 24th through the 26th that's next week that's monday through wednesday of next week and then we're going to do a daniel fast for two days the 27th and the 28th we also want to remind you that the new york metro district prayer conference uh will be live streamed amen so while officially our fast here at the tabernacle will will end on the 28th uh through the the 27th to the 29th we will be hosting the annual new york metro district prayer conference 22 under the theme of upside down upside down scripture tells us about those who have turned the world upside down and we we're living in a world that needs to be turned upside down amen and and if there are not people who are giving themselves to the lord to turn themselves upside down what will happen to this world so uh through the 27th through the 29th the conference schedule is there listed on the screen the speakers are also there our pastor who also serves in the role of district superintendent will be speaking to us pastor miguel garrick who serves as our district prayer coordinator we'll be speaking as well as reverend jason cisco from pasadena texas who will be with us for that time how many of you will promise that you will be praying for our upside down conference amen amen how many of you will be praying that you will be turned upside down amen amen so be be on the lookout for that that covers our upcoming events once more one more item i need to share with you before i leave this stage next wow it's the 16th of january today right wow okay next sunday january 23rd right we will have one how many services will we have one we will have one service at 10 30 a.m the arrival time for our medical protocols will begin at 9 30 a.m the lord bless you as we go above and beyond together let us stand please everyone and let us let us stretch our hands up as far as they can go and let us just worship the wonderful god whom we serve absolutely amazed thank you for loving us facing our hearts your love thank you for extending so much mercy to us thank you for touching our lives bringing with your touch so much meaning oh god our hearts are so warm with your presence blessed be your wonderful name hallelujah thank you lord most holy and wonderful god hallelujah hallelujah praise god saint mark's gospel chapter 14 records a very important story jesus is in the house of simon a leper his disciples are there they're sharing in a meal and unannounced a woman walked in with an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard she opened the box and poured the ointment upon his head those who were there were asking why was this waste of the ointment made jesus intervened and said to them leave her alone she hath wrought a good work upon me sister michelle bonfield comes and she will lift her voice with her heart open as she ministers the song the alabaster box the room grew still as she made her way to jesus she stumbles through the tears that made her blind [Music] she felt such pain some spoke in anger heard folks whispering there's no place here for her car [Music] still all she came through the shame that flushed her face until at last she knelt before his fear and though she spoke no words everything she said was heard as she poured her love to the master from her box of alabaster i've come to pour my praise on you like oil from mary's alabaster don't be angry if i wash his feet with my tears and i try them with my hair [Music] you were there the night he found me you did not feel what i felt when he wrapped his loving arms around me you don't know the cause of the [Music] [Music] i can't forget the way life used to be i was a prisoner to the sin that had me bowed and i've spent my days poured my life without measure into a little treasure box i thought i'd found until the day when jesus came to me and healed my soul with a wonder of his touch so now i'm giving back to him all the praise he's worthy of i've been forgiven and that's why i love him so much [Music] i've come to pour my praise on him like [Music] thank you jesus don't be angry if i wash his feet with my tears [Music] the night he found me you did not feel what i felt when he wrapped his loving arms loving arms around me you don't know the cause of the oil oh you don't know the cause of my prayers [Music] [Music] you were there [Music] the night jesus found me you did not feel what i felt when he wrapped his loving arms around [Music] you don't know the cause of my prayers [Music] you don't know the cause of my [Music] foreign [Music] you know true genuine praise is not cheek there's a cost to it [Music] there's an experience that is associated with real true praise sometimes when you're praising god it comes out of your greatest pain [Music] sometimes it's your greatest disappointment sometimes so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] sometimes it comes out of your greatest fear when you think about what you're facing [Music] you think about the future you think about so many things there's some genuine cause that's associated with true genuine praise i know it might hurt somewhat for you to release that praise but not only does that praise hurts to get out but thank god for what it produces would you take a moment and just release that praise to the [Music] lord nobody around you know the cause of your praise only you know the cause of your praise [Music] people hear sounds they see expressions but they don't know the cause [Music] sing that verse [Music] i've come to born my praise on him like holy from mary's alabaster park [Music] don't be angry don't be angry if i wash his feet with my tears and i try them with my hair [Music] you weren't there the night he found me you did not feel what i felt when he wrapped his loving [Music] you don't know the cause of my praise you don't know the cause of the oil in my elementary [Music] you don't know hallelujah [Music] you weren't there [Music] allow him to touch you today [Music] hallelujah praise the lord praise the lord so we're going to turn our attention in this wonderful atmosphere great presence of the lord let's turn our attention to his word today i believe god is setting us up for something beyond our own imagination and it's gonna cost you praise the lord it definitely is gonna cost you praise god praise god praise god will you lift your hands one more time [Music] just leave them and say tell him how much you love and appreciate him today i love you lord i truly love you with my heart i love you praise god amen we're going to turn our attention to ephesians chapter 3. ephesians the third chapter this morning we want to talk a little bit about soaring above and beyond it's gonna cost me to soar amen soaring is absolutely a challenge it's not for the weak of heart praise the lord ephesians chapter 3 verse 16 we begin that he might grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man that christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that he being rooted and grounded in love may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height and to know the love of christ which passes knowledge that he might be filled with all the fullness of god now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh within us and paul tells us the source where the power is where god wants his power to be so let's tune our minds right now to soar we're going to have to rise up above [Music] some little things some challenging things some difficult things some some of the things that bug you for a long time we want to be able to have victory over them so we are soaring above and beyond my present challenge and this text speaks volume to where the lord wants to take us today realizing that if i'm going to soar i can't soar with my own strength my own ability not just a desire but that he the lord would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened everybody says strengthened strengthened with might by his spirit where in the inner man how many are prepared for an infusion oh lord of the power and presence of god in your life that would give you the ability to soar nobody want to soar lift your heart and ask god to help this lord help me lord fill me lord according to the riches of your glory strengthen me with might with might by your spirit let the inner man praise god praise the lord you may be seated god bless you so as a church our theme for this new year 2022 we did choose above and beyond together and i'd like to put one more word with that forever so all of us are summoned to go above and beyond all of us must become uncomfortable with our present state where we are we cannot be satisfied with the progress that we have made so far we have more territories to conquer anybody see any other territory that you need to conquer one more mountain to climb one more valley to go across praise the lord one more test in temptation to overcome one more you know spirit of anger that haunt me to finally get over it one more victory in the area of forgiveness we're gonna have to soar above these things now the motivating factor behind our theme above and beyond is to have a rapture ready church dead are alive and to be rapture ready we've got to be ruptured ready for boat state because if i'm wrapped already dead the scripture said the dead in christ shall rise if i'm rapture ready and i remain focused faithful and victorious it says we are going to rise amen so we need to be rapture ready so let's see it today that as a summons when you get a summon you know it's kind of serious is that right here summoned by the government by the by law enforcement by the court you probably want to take note carefully that you must answer amen so as a body of christ as a member of the body as an individual that is made by god your his creation your summons you're called to go beyond the call of duty you're called to exceed ordinary expectations and requirements i'm called to be a christian is that right so i now need to understand that it's not just the normal run-of-the-mill [Music] you know exercise that i go through that's a part of my daily curricula it's duty and i must make much out of it i must exceed ordinary expectation everyone is summonsed to give your best your best praise your best worship your best sacrifice come on your best love in every way that should be our goal to exceed ordinary expectation and requirement i'm not just turning up i'm not just involved i am committed we're told not too long ago one of our preachers that came here that everybody can get involved but not being committed to go beyond the ordinary it takes more than just involvement i'm involved in music i'm involved in the choir i'm involved in preaching i'm involved in teaching it's going to be a little bit more than just meager involvement i need to be committed i need to exceed ordinary for example it is an expectation that we come to church today because this is the lord's day come on so you put on your nice dress you put on your nice suit brothers and you come that's expectation but i need to exceed the ordinary expectation and requirement what do i do having come every member is summoned to go beyond the ordinary in the things that matter to the lord so we need to find out the things that matter to him we need to exceed in these things so the goal is to go above and beyond in one our love and our dedication to god to are reach for lost souls three are prayer fasting and dedication for the giving of our time and resources to the kingdom of god i must be progressively better praise the lord to achieve these noble goals it's not going to come by just wishing there's a little old saying i learned to say that if wishes were horses beggars would ride you can't wish to dedicate you can just wish to reach you can't wish prayer you can't wish fasting it's going to take more than that we're going to have to actually do it you're going to have to feel the effects of your fasting and your dedication what you're doing is going to cost you something if it's going to mat it's going to be matter praise the lord jesus said if any man will come after me must first deny himself that's the cause take up his cross that's a requirement follow me praise the lord hallelujah so to achieve our goals we must get strength that's why we are in the book of ephesians post told us some very unique things in this text and we need to hold on to them so to achieve our goal we must first of all come boldly to the throne of grace be prepared to lay aside ever wait here is what hebrews chapter 4 and 6 tells us let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help anybody need help anybody need assistance where do you find it come boldly to the throne of grace find help find mercy in your time of need there's one great thing that's going to help me to soar hebrews chapter 12 1 instruct us he says wherefore seeing we also are compassible with so great a cloud of weaknesses let us lay aside every weight it's gonna cost you i say christianity is it's it's not something you can just just do occasionally it calls for dedication lay aside every weight and sin which does so easily beset us run with patience a race that is set before us looking unto jesus the author and finisher of our faith and notice the cause here it caused him who for the joy that was set before him what did he do he went above and beyond he endured the cross despising the shame and now he can sit down and he sat down at the right hand of the throne of god my sitting down time is not yet hallelujah hallelujah praise the lord so the the purpose of our texts the purpose of this strengthening by the spirit that paul is praying for in ephesians chapter 3. it's important to take note of that that christ may establish his presence in your heart praise the lord it is fourfold that's number one christ may establish his presence in our hearts if jesus christ ever get the opportunity to establish his presence in your heart you realize that you're on the victorious side number two that we may be grounded in sincere love for god grounded when you're grounded you are not going to be moved by any ordinary thing number three that we may comprehend with our mind and experience in our hearts the love of christ praise god and for that we may be filled with all the fullness of god that is god's presence may fill us that we reflect every one of us and manifest from our innermost being the character and statue of jesus christ so when you step out there in the workplace when you deal with your neighbors and friends and everywhere they're not you're just seeing you they're seeing what he has established in your heart he will be able to be manifested fourfold christ's presence established we're in your heart you're grounded we comprehend and notice this comprehension is as verse 18 and 19 tell us it's with with our minds we experience in a genuine way the love of christ then i love that that we may be filled everybody filled with the fullness of god when you're full of god filled with god come on now you can fight your battles you can fight sickness you can fight discouragement come on you can fight your fear you don't have to fear anything yet do i walk to the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no evil why for thou art with me so i don't need any other watch man anybody feel confident on your walk this morning if i can get to that place where i am filled with the fullness of god there is something about his fullness praise the lord somebody wrote this i like to think of the apostles petition as a staircase by which he climbs higher and higher in his aspiration amen his prayer staircase has four steps that's the fourth thing we mentioned there four steps whose key word is strength love knowledge and fullness so when you walk in the house of god and you start worship god you're an intelligent worshiper they that worship he must worship him in spirit and in truth some people are only excited by the flesh emotion but this is more than emotion when i'm filled with the fullness and the knowledge of god amen so he's talking about you know this the staircase the key words strength love knowledge and fullness more precisely he prefers that we may be strengthened by the indwelling of christ through his spirit secondly that we might be rooted and grounded in love thirdly that we might know christ's love and its dimension there is a dimension to the love of christ that goes beyond knowledge that's why i gotta go above and beyond unfortunately that they might be filled right up to the very fullness filled to the top god delights to fill us press it down to the top run it over you see yeshua's love that we're dealing with today is knowledge is love has breath there's a breath to it one can see the breath of his love through the gospel his love has length it continues forever his love has height it carries one spirit upward into the presence of god the love of god has depth it meets everyone even most dire and distressed and this you know discouraged individual can now be reached god's love it reaches the highest mountain it flows to the look i need to know that there is hope in the love of god and it can accommodate any condition you and i are going through praise god somebody praise him hallelujah so in our text throughout the inner man strengthened the inner man strengthened by the spirit is to have our feelings brothers and sisters take your time with me now feelings thoughts and purpose place more and more under his influence under his control under his direction amen that the spirit can be can manifest his power through us in greater measure the lord wants you know you and i should make ourselves available to become conduits that he can flow through you come on praise the lord everybody we're not living in a time where we only expect the priests to be holy to be dressed up holy and righteous because in bygone days the people depend on the priests to take care of their sins guess what they do they go out they get their sacrifice their stipulated sacrifice bring it to the priests and they walk santa monica and present their sacrifice for the priests to go in and make offering you know what just happened back there that when the priest goes in especially for atonement time amen people were on the outside kind of nervous whether or not my sins are going to be a tone where we don't have no priests going into the innervate anymore you've got to go there come on out the tampa vale has been rent from top to bottom he remove all of those stuff you don't need to stand outside there expecting a pastor a preacher an apostle a bishop a prophet and we get to a place today where we are cultured for everybody to come along and speak some things in our spirit let's stop it and get to the place where we say oh lord you come into my heart fill me up in 2022 don't ask anybody else to speak into your spirit here is what paul is saying we want god to speak into our spirit we want to be we want christ present to be established where not in just in a building in the church in my heart open your heart and let christ establish his temple his kingdom his operation we're not just in a church building not in a preacher but in my heart how many are prepared for operation like that an operation of the holy spirit we used to sing as young people what some of the first songs we learn into my heart into my heart come in to my heart lord jesus come in you know what we are trying to say in that little song whatever it was is that we want him to establish his kingdom his presence that that you know what we need to have the inner man strengthened by the spirit everybody should be walking and living by the strength of the holy spirit that should be your experience that's what's going to take you through your tough days when you're challenged when your body's rock with all kinds of diseases when you when you're all by yourself and you realize what you're dealing with you need that strength of god his influence amen is power working through you in greater measure so you don't lose your testimony faith is a part of our journey so we're going to go above and beyond true faith everybody said through faith faith is a journey not a destination amen we need faith for this journey why scripture said without faith we cannot please god he that coming to god must believe amen so conversion when you read the scriptures for the early christians for the first christians was not a destination it was the beginning of a journey that's why when you go to the acts of the apostles the bible said you know they continued steadfastly acts 2 4 42 i'm sorry acts 2 42 they continue there has to be a continuation that's why the scripture said we walk by faith not by sight amen absolutely necessary for this journey going above and beyond the account of mary's anointing or lord is found in matthew chapter 26 verse 6 through 13 mark chapter 14 verse 3 to 9 pastor read that earlier when we look at the anointing of our lord by not only this one particular mary because during his lifetime he had more than one anointing and sometimes we tend to confuse who we are talking about when we read the book of mark so the event must not be confused with the account given in luke chapter 7 verse 36 to 50. you can write that down because you're going to read that luke 7 36-50 talks about and you know i was reading this and i looked at it i said oh my goodness not very many places in scriptures that people are identified by their deeds but when you read luke chapter 7 verse 36 you know what you're gonna see in luke 7 36 this woman is called a sinner i i know today you might think i am rude to look at anybody and call them a sinner you might say pastor you you could be a little more polish but when you read luke chapter 7 verse 36 to 50 we have a woman that came into one of the feasts that jesus was invited to she came in in luke chapter 7 and she anointed him she she even had an alabaster but that's not the one we were talking about in mark 14 because i noticed she did what she did she came in and she anointed him and she let down her hair and she washed her feet and she was weeping and not only that she was kissing his feet and when the only criticism we get in luke is those kind of upscale christians if i call them that they say if this man was a prophet he would have known the kind of woman that's kissing his feet so you can see that they were not established their mind gone somewhere else amen so jesus asks simon a question in luke chapter 7 and i'm getting to luke mark chapter 14. so jesus asked sam and a question if you know if if two people had certain kind of death and they were forgiven which would give more praise right well simon made it clear that lord the one who was forgiven much so the behavior of this woman in luke chapter um luke chapter 7 i am i'm i'm very challenged and blessed by what jesus said and you know let me let me read something from it here let me pick up about verse 45 because all right verse 43 simon answered and said i suppose that he to whom he forgave most and he said unto him thou has rightly judged and he turned to the woman and said unto simon sees thou this woman i entered into thine house though gave us me no water for my feet but she has washed my feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head though gave us me no kiss but this woman since the time i came in had not ceased to kiss my feet my head with oil though does not anoint but this woman has anointed my head my feet with ointment wherefore i say unto her our sins which are many are forgiven notice everybody for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven the same love it little i was reading that last night i'm saying oh my goodness you know some of us were in the church and we said well i wasn't i wasn't an alternate i wasn't a bank robber i didn't do this i didn't do that i didn't do the other all i did is just a few lies so you feel like you're entitled to be where you are so your praise is based on your perception of the level of your forgiveness but jesus is saying you see why why she's behaving the way she's behaving it's because number one notice first when she's identifying luke chapter seven she was as a sinner so there's gonna pour out of your heart that kind of love my my mind anybody can look back and see where the lord brought you from no i turn to the next mary because the next mary in mark chapter 14 she's doing something unique the the the two the difference between these two incidents one was done in judea and the other was done in bethany we are now in bethany in mark chapter 14 right this mary was a virtuous woman she anointed jesus in the house of simon the leper the luke event that we just read that was done in in judah amen the fact that there were two simons in the cases too you need to know that you're dealing with simon the leopard one over there in judah and one of you in bethany is that right so don't don't mix them up actually because you know both mary and simon were very common names back then amen so when you combine all three accounts you learn that mary anointed both the head and the feet of our lord it was act it for this mirror we are dealing with now is an act of pure love on her path and i might even stretch that a little further to say this love is deep gratitude she was gratified what the lord meant to her caused her to do what she did how important that is the way i'm behaving and behaving because of my perception of him what he has done for me and i i think this mary that we're now dealing with she's putting it together would you put your joy in here let's put it together because our expression of love or anointing jesus which her here for she knew our lord this mary in bethany she knew her lord was about to endure suffering and death she knew that in a few days he's going to be going to calvary to pay the ultimate price and nothing could stop her how in the world did she know that this mary follow me everybody you know why she knew because she was always this mary was always found at the feet of jesus is there right there that's why when we when we got there and you know when mary and when or lazarus died you remember that and martha was cumbered with a lot of stuff she was at jesus's feet she wanted to be strength with might from above in the inner man the value that was in her soul brothers and sisters let me say to you this morning you've got to be hungry for god you've got to want god you've got to have an appetite for god some of us have zero appetite for spiritual things we're not moved by spiritual things we're not hungry hitting the word of god today that hunger and thirst of the righteousness may ask when last have you felt your hunger for god i know that that is a natural condition because you can you're on fasting right now and one thing that is present is your stomach speaks volume to you you need to go eat and especially when when you know everybody in the world is not fasting right now and and some of us are not even fasting and and your children not fasting and you know god bless you mothers you gotta go and you're fasting but you have to make breakfast and make this for your kids and you're getting the smell of food every day right fun center god bless those of you working restaurant because restaurant is all about food and everything in your stomach is saying give me food give me more food i love that i love this i want this and i want that well let's switch that over to the spiritual side of it when last the innermost begin to cry out for god like what what the what the scripture said my soul thirsts for thee my flesh long for thee i want to feel you god anybody hungry is there a brother is there a father or men in the house brothers brothers brothers brothers real tough hard brothers is there any real desire hunger in your soul come on take a moment and reach out say straight me give me some food spiritual food let me eat so i can be strong to resist the enemy anybody feel like you need that where am i gonna get that but i have to be like this mary she's there at his feet brothers and sisters and she learned some things so now she's motivated to do some things nobody's telling her to do it come on now when she reached and brought that alabaster box and she came to anoint jesus put it on his head amen anoint his feet because you know where she learned what was going to happen to him because she sat at jesus's feet and listened to his word jesus must have revealed that to her in one of the encounter mary while martha was cumbered and serving mary was over here the secret of the lord is with them that take time in fear to wait upon him so anybody want to make a decision right now to to cease to be that busy and get to where you open your soul like mary that the secret of the lord can be revealed to you maybe one in one of those encounter jesus must have opened to mary and said mary you know in a few days and jesus didn't speak a lot pastor publicly when he had to but he must have said a few days i'm gonna go to calvary they're gonna kill me don't worry white people are busy she had that she got that she heard that that was communicated to her you know what she did she decided i've got to do something before that day come i've got to show him that he's not the lord i've got to show him and i'm one of his supporters it is significant that miriam bethany brethren hear this this is brand new to me never noticed it before it is significant that mary of bethany was not one of the women who went to the tomb to anoint his body now the mary but not this one she didn't have to go to the tomb did what she wanted to do in the 19 jesus and jesus said it mary was showing her devotion for him before it was too late mary here was giving him the rose while he was yet alive instead of bringing that rose to his funeral there are those who hurry to go to anoint his body for his burial but you notice when you begin to make when you begin to make that push to become hungry for god to be straightened you're going to be criticized because as she broke that box that alabaster box expensive ointment the cuss of the oil that was there or the ointment it would take one year's wages of ordinary person to pay for that and follow it brothers and sisters watch those who always have something to say judas when judas walk in the room and smear the oil and knew the value he judas echoed what was why all of this who did this somebody would not really value your praise because they don't know where it's coming from well not only the judas you know it wasn't only judas alone that that that kind of had that on in mind because the other disciples kind of figured it was right he thought that this oil could have been sold and the money be given to the poor and then jesus note what jesus said he never said this about luke chapter seven but for this mary he said you let her alone let her do it give her out of knowledge she knows what she's doing and jesus said she has anointed me for my burial so all those who are anointing him after his burial myth but she did it ahead of time how many want to annoy jesus now jesus call it a good work a matter of fact the lord jesus both commended and defended her from judas's accusation and all the others around him praise the lord yes it was expensive but you you and i would learn today that what really give honor and glory to god is not you mary must have read ii samuel chapter 24 and 24. about king david trying to pray for his sin in second psalm verse 24 david said i wouldn't make a sacrifice to god that cost me nothing don't lift your hands with any praise that doesn't cost you anything praise the lord a beautiful act of worship and that was real worship you know what that worship did let me tell you brethren worship has a smell worship has fragrance you can smell good worship you can feel good worship come on you can taste genuine worship because as she broke that box and that fragrant begin to fill the room everybody begin to understand that something happened even though the critics were there the lord quickly shut them up and not only did he shut them up he said everywhere the gospel is preached this is going to be a memorial so guess what even right here right now in this service we're smelling the fragrance come on come on that's why that's what was happening a while ago as a as a praise group on the and and were ministering to us whatever they were singing praise the lord and just submission with that song that's why our soul began to be so enraptured would you open your heart come on though let's take another deep smell of mary's worship [Applause] when she found your way at his feet and broke that box hallelujah let me tell you when you break the alabaster box everything comes out and it fills the room but what i'm here to tell you this morning it didn't stay in the room because jesus said everywhere the gospel is preached we're going to smell it that's what they talk about soaring above and beyond your praise must be bigger than you you know what let me tell you something brothers and sisters and this is a secret the devil can't handle your praise [Applause] the reason why the reason why he's throwing cancer at you is to stop you from praising the reason why he's attacking your heart is to stop you from praising the reason why he's giving you out righteous don't think it's just there is to stop you from praising the reason why you have migraine headache is to stop you from praising the reason why some of us are broke don't have no money he's stopping you from praising but through your brokenness and your arthritis and your pain and your cancer hallelujah hallelujah he can't handle that he can handle your praise [Applause] that's that's why he's throwing so many things at you to shut you up but my god every stone [Applause] praise him to your child praise him through your pain broke your box i said break your box [Applause] if if cancer shuts you up if like a financial shut you up if the scourge man shut you up if people talking your name shut you up the devil has won but you need to look in the face right now that's why that's why we're going above on beyond that's why we're seeking to be stranded with might from above hallelujah hallelujah that's why i need strength in the inner man in the inner man so i can resist the devil come on now [Applause] receive the holy ghost right now come on hallelujah hallelujah in the name of jesus in the name of jesus you may be seated for a while that is why that is come on here it is here it is that is why you're gonna have to be creative in your praise they're gonna have to find all kind of means to praise him if you can't get up just sit down there and say oh well you're tying up my feet i can't walk but you can't tie up my praise come on though [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] you know you know [Music] watch this watch this when the devil when the devil i'm using this when the devil throws something at you bomb you know you know the devil liked to the devil liked you the devil is not going to put one thing at you if you watch how he dealt with job he's hitting job right left and center he's coming from east from the west from the north and from the south why is he doing that he's doing that because he wants job to shut up he wants job not to praise god he doesn't want job to see god hallelujah so he's hitting him right come on out cancer finance family going down marriage turning south so everywhere right here it's like i'm betwixt and between the bible said job refused to curse god even his wife say curse god and die can't take it is there anybody feel like i can't take it anymore when you get to that place guess what you do you start having pity parties would you cancel your pity party cancer calling people cancer telling people you know you know don't seek anybody to fight for you rise up if you are strengthened with that the apostle paul said with might from above come on in the inner man and i understand the height the breath and the depth of god you don't know the cost of the oil in my ala you don't know you don't know what it takes to break that box but here it is you will not you may be seated you will not get the fragrance until the box is broken is can i tell somebody right now and i believe this sincerely is from the lord you only have [Music] glory brothers and sisters please hear this you only have one way out of your rut not two one you're gonna have to break that alabaster box that is the value of your praise your praise is your ticket to go above and beyond your challenge your sickness your fear i'm speaking to somebody you're not disadvantaged god's not judging you you're not sick or in a tight spot because god is judging you what god is doing is giving you an opportunity to go above and beyond so you may have had this issue for years and you think you're going to die with it you will die with it if you don't understand but if you understand and you become strength with might and you understand the length the breath the height and the depth you can begin to say to yourself i have room he has given me re-hobart rehoboth i can flex now and begin to release my praise it was costly and what you're going through has cost you and it is costing you it might cost your life little did mary know that night that her love for christ would be a blessings to believers around the world in every century survival of her praise and that's that's where gratitude is differs with thanks her gratitude caused her to break that box when she came to the feet of jesus look what happened let's take a little more when she came to his feet you know what happened she took the position of a slave i've got to go down to go up when she undid her hair she undid her hair and those ladies are pretty long here she had did her hair she did something jewish women did not do in public so what she did she humbled herself and you know when you look at first corinthians chapter 11 verse 15 a woman's hair is her glory you know what she did she put that glory she used that glory washes she literally gave him use her glory at the lowest part of the body the feet of course she was misunderstood and criticized why do you do that only slaves you know jesus she learned that from jesus because remember what jesus did jesus is not going to just he told the disciples when he washed their feet i'm your lord and your master so he took the place of a slave can you see the spirit of jesus in mary at his feet a slave she was prepared to give her best to the lord i want us to glorify him today what what will you surrender to him what can you surrender to him i looked at this message and i think i have three different sections in this message in releasing what i feel lord place in my soul i'm not going to get to the next two section but the second section is luke 19 with with zacchaeus he went above and beyond and the third section took me to first corinthians chapter eight with the church that gave themself to the lord the macedonian church i'm not going to make the macedonian narcissus today i feel the holy ghost is wanting to give an opportunity for everybody who want to break your alabaster box praise the lord praise the lord that's why ephesians chapter 3 is so important that prayer that paul prayed strengthened me with might i've got a fight i've got a battle can we stand now somebody understand why you're going through what you're going through somebody understand why god have you here this morning somebody understand that nobody set this on you come on you know when we think about sickness some things that haunts us it's on me with sickness when when my father my father was alive he had glaucoma and it did him it was bad so the fact that he was my dad and he had glaucoma you know when you go to the doctor one of the first questions they ask you anybody in your family had this or that or they call it genetic is that right and because of genome genetic you think you're going to have to have it too so i i you know when he died i make sure every year i go and check the optimize to make sure i don't have glaucoma i mean no a lot of times we think that we only think about genes my mom my dad my great-grandmother had a heart situation so i'm going to have it well even if they did how am i going to handle this one am i just going to roll over and play them am i just going to feel like i'm disadvantaged am i going to feel like god's not kind to me maybe you can look at look in your lineage everybody and see what's in your line and maybe you can even identify some of those traits in your line how am i going to do it you know when when people begin to look at genes and look at what happened in different lines they can tell you this one never passed 30. and the other one ever passed 40 and the other one died at this age so that that's where i'm gonna die too and sometimes we write our own obituary would you tear up your obituary today [Applause] [Music] would you get to the place today where you say well i'm a child of god you know what job said though he slayed me yet yet is somebody saying yet though this is there yet from going i'm gonna go above and beyond my dedication my praise i'm gonna break my box this morning join me my soul i want the soul to cry out this morning and you know while she's singing this song find a place [Music] [Music] sauce [Music] oh [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] foreign [Music] hallelujah [Music] yay [Music] ah [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you know [Music] i feel like the holy ghost is saying something to all of us this morning the lord wants everybody to quit observing [Music] and looking at what god's doing with the other brother our sister he wants you right now to break your box come on everybody for the next five ten minutes open your mouth and release from your innermost come on everybody everybody release i praise come on ah come on yes everybody yes yes [Music] hallelujah [Applause] glory [Music] hallelujah hallelujah come on everybody hallelujah hallelujah [Music] this is your victory this is your victory [Music] young people come on young people come on young men come on ladies come on everybody hallelujah [Music] wow [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Applause] [Music] oh my lord lay your hands all over me [Music] be my light be my god be my will be [Music] come lay your hands all over me [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] yes [Applause] [Music] i don't know but this precious lady over here i believe god's touching a very powerful way isn't it begin to speak with tongues as the spirit of god give out to ranch if this was your first experience that's a wonderful experience lift your hands again and thank him for it come on come on i would like i would like to see some of you maybe just step out a little bit because god wants you to break out it comes out of your praise come on out praise is the raw material that god's working with if you would praise him that's what caused him to say leave her alone leave her alone [Music] amen she's done what she could she's anointed me for my bes somebody wants to annoy jesus right now with your praise come on now through your pain hallelujah come on hallelujah come on brothers come on your people [Music] hallelujah beautiful beautiful [Music] beautiful come on young man come on young ladies come on moms and dads come on young people come on now let's break out that box i've got to loose myself i got to release my praise i've alabaster [Music] don't be angry if i wash his feet with my tears [Applause] [Music] you weren't there the night he found me you did not feel what i felt when he wrapped his loving arms around me [Music] i like somebody right now i like some folks right now who know that [Music] you're facing some situation you have things that you're working with that nobody knows what god you're nervous you're fearful [Music] i said in the holy ghost today that you only have one [Music] ticket out [Music] and that's your praise [Music] don't go light with it those in the balcony i love you i love you [Music] those up there i love you you're not forsaken and forgotten let me tell you what's going to happen jesus is not going to speak until you break that box [Music] he's not going to speak until you anoint his feet come on until you anoint his head for those whom he has forgiven much [Music] there's more to your praise than you're giving right now [Music] the holy ghost is for you not forbidden but for praising come on create the kind of praise from your hearts say hallelujah hallelujah in the name of jesus [Music] you're not waiting on somebody else's praise no god's not waiting on somebody else's praise is written on your praise to release his word and his comments to you come on you praise him everybody god see you you praise him sir you praise him ma'am you praise him man you praise him woman come on everybody you praise him [Music] hallelujah glory [Music] [Music] oh you weren't there the night jesus found me you did not feel what i felt when he wrapped his loving arms around me you don't know the cause of the oh you don't know the [Music] know the cause of the oil in my [Music] to pour my praise on him like holy from mary's master ball [Music] don't be angry if i wash his feet with my tears and i try them with [Music] you were there [Music] the night he found me you did not feel what i felt when he wrapped his loving arms around me you don't know [Music] your praise [Music] your praise to the lord is of greater value it's richer the fragrance is more pungent before the pain than after the pain the praise that you give after can't be compared with the praise that comes when you're tied when you're wounded when you're bruised when you're broken the praise that comes commander when you're healed is different from the praise that you give before you're healed did you hear me and he loved that praise more than the one that comes after you love the praise that you give when you're going through your go through you relish that praise oh whether your hands can't even raise above your head or you put it as high as you can come on and when the pain is rocking your body instead of you groaning you praise he loves that praise he loves that praise he loves that praise he love will you give it to him right now he loves that praise oh lord [Music] oh lord oh lord oh lord not when the battle is over not when i'm healed not when i'm set free or when i'm behind bars when i'm shackled like paul and silas and our feet are in stocks amen and i'm feeling the the the pain of the whips hallelujah nobody washed me yet no nobody put anything to help me to bear my pain but praise begin to flow out of my pain somebody release the pain the praise right now even while you're going through your go-to hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah somebody open your mouth and shout hallelujah come on somebody said it's hard to say [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah somebody say hallelujah somebody say hallelujah hallelujah somebody open your mouth wide hallelujah come on come on defy your feelings defy your feelings defy your feelings [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] don't care what anybody say break your box anyway open your mouth wide hallelujah [Music] hallelujah come on come on hallelujah [Music] get out of your corner come out of your corner come out of your corner walk out of your corner come on now i have my high set and going above and beyond walk out hallelujah [Music] hallelujah come on young man i never lost my hope [Music] i never lost my choice most of us [Music] i never lost my praise [Music] my choice [Music] is [Music] oh thank you jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] thank you jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] is [Applause] is [Music] [Music] [Music] i never lost my [Applause] i never lost my [Music] anybody feel like before you walk through these doors come on or you want god to just finish get every ring every inch of your praise out to him today you want to express it come on he can he's ready praise the lord hallelujah sing praises unto god sing praises sing praises unto god sing praises hallelujah i sing praises are true god sing praises sing praises unto god sing praises [Applause] [Music] so clap your hands and [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] troubles in your life [Music] is [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] troubles in your [Music] in your life yes [Music] [Applause] foreign is [Music] [Music] um here i am is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] it's like [Music] [Music] it is [Music] [Music] fire fire it's coming down coming down [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he is he is [Music] [Music] god [Music] he him in is heart is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] i've been baptized [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] just like [Music] [Music] i got the just [Music] [Music] just like the bible [Applause] [Music] i've got it i've got it i've got it i've got it you're something by the power of the holy ghost up i can't explain but i got it yes [Music] [Music] is [Music] thank you lord thank you lord hallelujah you know brothers and sisters [Music] there is something about true praise that's why it's so costly there's something unique about it praise the lord you ought to be able to process and release those praises out of your present situation praise the lord it's everybody that's going through something right now and you oh you know when you consciously intentionally push your feelings aside [Music] and say i'm going to praise god i praise him for a bad situation so somebody said in the good time praise his name and in the bad time do the same in everything come on in everything i believe it's in the holy ghost today that god is revealing to you and me that the devil can't handle your praise when you start praising god you confuse the devil when he shoot those fiery darts at you you expect you to go down and begin to bawl and he see you praising god i lift my hands in total praise to you [Music] anybody can do that you are the source of my strength is he is he really is he really you are the strength of my life [Music] [Music] you [Music] is [Music] is [Music] to the [Music] peace [Music] you are [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] you so [Music] praise is what i do yeah when i want to be close to you [Music] is who i am i will praise him while i can i'll bless him [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] through [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] i am praise is [Music] [Applause] i will praise him while i can [Music] [Music] you [Music] so so so as we walk through the doors [Music] hear this everybody [Music] here it is everybody the walls around you are real the shackle might be real like the apostle paul and silas and i have to acknowledge i have to acknowledge that where i have where i am is not where i want to be i don't want to be in a jail [Music] i can honestly acknowledge where i am [Music] but where i am and what i'm going through doesn't determine who i am i know who i am everybody know who you are so that's why i'm going to praise god wherever i'm at could you lift your hands with me right now everybody and you fall to the lord today i'm i'm leaving this church house but i'm not leaving your presence god i know where i'm going back to i know the challenges i face but i'm gonna praise my way through come on i'm gonna praise my way through in the name of jesus keep your hands up in the name of jesus in the name of jesus we release trench hallelujah in the name of jesus keep your hands up come on like you're grabbing it i'm taking a hold of it i'm breaking down my strongholds with my praise i'm breaking my stronghold this prison this person can't hold me any longer [Music] [Applause] chains are broken [Applause] [Music] i hear the change [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] i is i heard that austin just received a holy ghost up there changed bro [Music] come on yes [Music] [Laughter] [Music] is what i do [Music] is [Music] i hear the changes [Music] [Music] break every chain [Music] break break break every chain break every chain break every check [Music] break every chain break every chain break every thank you jesus yes [Music] [Applause] falling he's been wanting the holy ghost a long time come on everybody rejoice in aston this morning receiving the holy ghost come on we're all those little boys that love him hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah praise [Music] god in my spirit [Music] i hear the change i hear the chances [Music] thank you jesus what a wonderful thing come on come on give on all you boys come on rejoice me come on rejoice with come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] i [Music] yes i hear [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] so you can't you get no shake come on i've got my holy ghost stone in my soul just like the bible say hallelujah i got the holy ghost down in my soul just like the bible says i've got the holy ghost down in my soul just like the bible says what i've been to the water and i've been baptized my soul cries happy now i'm satisfied i wouldn't travel for my journey down just like the bible just like the bible you know what you know what we have a right to celebrate by this generation that's so i was when i received the holy ghost and my generation is going out and this generation is coming in come on so look what church church don't take it in life come on rejoice everybody rejoice yes hey just like the bible says [Music] just like the bible says [Music] [Music] [Music] just like the bible jesus [Music] jesus [Music] jesus [Music] jesus jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] my friends [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] jesus christ [Music] [Music] is [Music] so sweet [Music] [Music] so sweet so [Music] sweet sweet [Music] about jesus [Music] [Music] so we go home we go home saying it is so sweet to trust in jesus that's what you're going out with just to take him at his worst [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] jesus jesus [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] hallelujah [Music] thank you you

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