Bethel Gibson Road - Sunday Service - Sunday 5th September 2021

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the day that the lord has made i will rejoice and be glad in [Music] this glory glory of god i will bless the lord at all times [Music] oh [Music] father in the name of jesus we honor you today we give you thanks dear god because you are good and your mercies endure forever this is the day that you have made and we will rejoice and be glad in it dear god lord i join with david and say i was glad when they said unto me let us come into the house of the lord dear father jesus we give you thanks for journeying mercies today we give you thanks for life and breath in our bodies dear god and as we come before you to honor you dear god lord with the sacrifice of praise dear father jesus i pray is acceptable to you in the name of jesus lord i pray dear father jesus that you will breathe upon it lord we pray that you will breathe upon us saturate us dear god with the presence of your glory dear god the glory of your presence to god be in the midst of blessed move through every role dear god touch every heart touch every mind hallelujah your body's stolen we pray lord we just dedicate this service into your hands today and ask that you take full control these prayers we ask in jesus name amen [Music] praise the lord everybody hallelujah praise the lord can we just clap our hands for this is the day that the lord has made this is the day that the lord has made hallelujah we will rejoice and be glad in it hallelujah praise the lord hallelujah it's all right to clap those hands you've got praise [Music] this is the day this is the day that the lord has made that the lord has made i will rejoice i will rejoice and be glad this is the day that the lord has made i will rejoice this is the day that the lord has made come on let's declare it today this is [Music] this is the day this is the day that the lord has prayed that the lord has faith i will rejoice come on this is my decoration today [Music] and be oh this is the day for this is the day that the lord has made this is the day yet this is [Music] oh this is this is oh i will rejoice [Music] i feel like running skipping praising the lord for what he has done for me he has set my spirit free i feel like running skipping praising the lord for what he had done for me how do you feel i feel like right now praising the lord for what he has done [Music] glory to god i will bless the lord at all times his praise shall continually be in my mouth hallelujah praise the lord hallelujah clap your hands on your people shout unto god with the voice of triumph hallelujah [Music] for what he has done praise the lord [Music] will is him i will praise him i will praise the lamb for sinners i will praise hallelujah [Music] will praise him i will praise him i will praise him i will praise this i will praise thy land for his faith hey give him what will you do i will praise him i will praise the lord [Music] i will praise him yes i will i will praise him i will praise him oh think about his love think about his goodness think about his grace that brought us through for as high as the heavens above so great is the measure of our father's love think about his love think about his goodness that brought us through think about his goodness come on think about it think about his grace is [Music] love grace think about it [Music] is [Music] of i love to worship you your [Music] you're worthy you wife my tears away turn dark nights in today jesus i love you with your heart jesus i love you with my hope heart i love you i love to worship you worthy you brighten up my day you brighten up my name oh you're [Music] my worthy away turn that night's name today jesus i love you with my hope [Music] with god [Music] [Applause] is [Music] make it through the day is [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] i love you lord i love you lord you heard me i love you i love you i love you jesus hallelujah i worship and adore you i just want to tell you lord [Music] hey [Music] i just want to tell you i just want to tell you i love you more i just want to tell you i love you i love you i love you i love you jesus i love you jesus i love you jesus i love you jesus come and tell him [Applause] i i love you jesus i love you oh [Music] waiting for the moderators to come can we just take a moment just to love on the lord [Music] [Music] [Music] search the whole world and find that there is none like one more time [Applause] praise the lord we commence our day service by turning to our scripture that we read the opening of our service psalm number 27 we will read together in the name of the lord the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear the lord is the strength of my life of whom shall i be afraid when the wicked even my enemies and my force came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell though and host should encamp against me my heart shall not fear though war should rise against me in this will i be confident one thing of i desire of the lord that will i seek after that i may dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the lord and to inquire in his temple for in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me he shall set me up on a rock and now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me therefore will i offer in this tabernacle sacrifices of joy i will sing yea i will sing praises unto the lord hear o lord when i cry with my voice have mercy also upon me and answer me when thou saiters seek in my face my heart said unto thee thy face lord will i seek hide not thy face far from me put not thy servant away in anger thou hast been my help leave me not neither forsake me o god of my salvation when my father and my mother forsake me then the lord will take me up teach me thy way o lord and lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies for false weaknesses are risen up against me and such as breed out cruelty hired fainted unless i had believed to see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living wait on the lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait i say on the lord praise he the name of the lord our opening song will be from the pentecostal imminent number twin m number two in the name of jesus blessed be the name [Music] name of jesus blessed be the name of the lord [Music] oh blessed be the name of the [Music] blessed lord the name of the lord blessed be the name blessed be the name of the lord [Music] [Music] of the lord be the name of the lord [Music] bless that be the name of the [Music] of the lord blessed be the name of the lord [Music] blessed be the name of the lord is of the lord of the lord send me the name of the lord oh oh name of the lord the oh let me amen we are going to access the marine martin to come and to read a portion of the scripture lesson saint matthew chapter number seven reading from verse 18 to verse 29. amen the scripture lesson a part of saint matthew chapter 7 reading from verse 18 to 29 with sister maureen martin in the name of the lord praise the lord saints praise the lord good to see you all this morning praise the lord and the scripture reading matthew 7 verses thank you 18 to 29 we'll read responsibly and that's alternate verses and it begins a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them that doeth the will of my father which is in him many will say to me in that day lord lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name done many wonderful works therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them i will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock the rain descended and the floods came and the wind blew and beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded upon the rock amen and when and everyone that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand and the rain descended and the flood came and the wind blew and beat upon that house and it fell and grief was the fall of it praise the lord we'll read the 28th verse together sorry my bad i'll continue and it came to pass when jesus had ended these sayings the people were astonished at his doctrine or read the 29th together for he taught them as one having authority and not as one of the scribes praise the lord may the lord bless his word today in jesus name god bless you sister maureen martin for the reading of today's lesson in the name of the lord we will be going into a time of prayer and there are many that is to be prayed for today we will be singing for prayer number 139 from the pentecostal pentecostal imminent nearer my god to thee and at the last verse we will ask missionary susan higgins to come and to lead us amen in prayer we continue to pray for our president bishop bishop dexter edmond and his wife praise the lord lady yolanda and the family in the name of the lord prayer requests for caroline johnson sister dawn johnson's daughter-in-law janet cudner cousin of sister dawn johnson pray for evangelist cynthia morrison in the hospital sister beverly lammont praised the name of the lord sister pam beckford her uncle who has stage four cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy let's remember him sister charming salman deacon sidney walker mother louis marlon sinclair the brother of minister sinclair brother let's pray for brother and sister what sister broomfield we also asked to pray for him in new york new jersey as they afflicted with the flood and many at this time are out of their homes and discomfort california fire people of afghanistan and also remember the land that we love beautiful sunny island of jamaica as they go under the crisis of lockdown and many lives are in jeopardy and in danger and they don't have the facility as we have here in this country so let's remember jamaica remember the president amen president andrew wholeness as he lead the people over on that side in the name of the lord let us remember elder ashley murray who is in the hospital and also ben white a 28-year-old young man who has been experiencing kidney problems in a request come in by viral elder junior murray let's remember this young man in the name of the lord let's also remember sister pam wilkie and sister harris amen also in the hospital there are many others that are even sick and afflicted even of the crisis that is happening and many are still at home many are still in the hospital many are out of the hospital and they are recovering at home and some of us are here none of us are a hundred percent so let us pray for one another in the name of the lord continue to pray for the surrounding countries that we live in amen we can see the devastation of what has taken place amen but the lord is still god and is able to deliver his people out of them all praise the name of the lord the son will be singing is 139 [Music] from the pentecostal hymnal amen nearer my god to thee let us sing the song with great reflection as we present these people and ourselves before the lord in jesus name [Music] to thee [Music] [Music] shall be me [Music] [Applause] oh uh [Music] [Music] is he wants to be [Music] here [Music] if me [Music] hey [Applause] [Music] me i wanna be right [Applause] [Music] two praise the lord i think i see mother cooper amen god bless you ma'am and she's in the house today she went in the hospital amen and god has been good to her she's in the house of the lord give the lord thanks for mother cooper and all those that were sick during this week and you'll hear we give the law thanks for you in the name of the lord missionary susan higgins in jesus name hallelujah you know bethel our pastor said something two weeks ago and it got my attention he said this is a healing list come on bethel he said it's a healing list it's not a sick list but it's a healing list and before i start to pray before we pray together mother cooper is here elder henry just said so that's that's the healing list come on that's the healing list jose luis rubia fernandez is out of the hospital he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer he's the father of my new daughter-in-law my god they had said three days to three months was his life expectancy two weeks ago he's out the hospital bethel you prayed kurt obasaya bethel you prayed didn't you did you believe it i believed it i believe oh hallelujah that when we call on the name of jesus oh glory to god come on raise your faith oh hallelujah this is not a play thing it's not a joke thing every one of you or hallelujah that is spirit-filled god almighty hallelujah there is a god that stick it closer than a brother hallelujah hallelujah sister yolanda will testify there is a god that in the midnight hour when everybody sleeps oh hallelujah he draws close and sometimes as dark as the night is and we don't think we're going to make it through to daylight or hoshende hallelujah the blood of jesus has drawn his bloodline around us and many are here today hallelujah brother lawrence is here today glory to god hallelujah elder martin mother martin are here today oh hallelujah because the blood of jesus has not lost its power and i don't know who is here today but somebody's here who woke up with a serious issue and you said i don't think i can make it another deer you said i don't think oh hallelujah i can raise my head above the parapet but god care messiah who is rich in mercy oh hallelujah i was allowed for you to be here for you to hear the words that are going for it so we are going to pray we are going to pray hallelujah in faith believing it's a choice thing but we're gonna pray in faith believing hallelujah the list has gone forward the healing list hail on the side the comfort list oh god almighty we bow our heads today god almighty oh hallelujah care of messiah who to know his life eternal oh god i hear my pastor say that in their mosaic hallelujah glory to god i thank you today i lift my hands in adoration to you you alone god determined that everyone would be here oh god almighty from the eldest to the youngest those listening online there is life for a look at the crucified one oh love ocean day hallelujah we worship god almighty we adore you we love you oh god hallelujah you are beautiful for situation god and that our souls know right well and so today god almighty for every name that was called we lift up almighty god sister dawn johnson to you double bereavement god but deep calleth unto deep care messiah god surround her with your love lift her up above the shadows god and sucker her to you in the name of jesus god almighty we give you thanks lord god that you visit us god almighty that those who are on the bed of affliction evangelist cynthia morrison today okay the mighty god of heaven you know her uprising in her damn setting you are acquainted with all her ways and you know god what the situation is and so we lift her up to you god because you alone lord jesus are the answer to every prayer cover her today hide her under your blood protection draw your bloodline around your servant mighty god and heal i pray the god in the name of jesus for marlon sinclair god oh hallelujah we may not have met him but god you know him calendar draw close to elder sinclair today and to his brother oh god remember sister valerie and the family cover them and keep them god almighty hide them lord god where the enemy can do them no harm father for every name that has gone forward hallelujah we present them before you i put my pastor oh hallelujah bishop dexter edmund before you right now god almighty and lady orlando edmund and their family children grandchildren god almighty for rachel edmund for all of the names on the list but i pray god a special covering over hallelujah our pastor hallelujah jesus of god almighty god even as he stands in our midst god teach him and grow him care messiah hallelujah rest your hand upon him god continually god almighty has a heart for your people i pray right now in the name of jesus god your presence continue to rest and remain and abide with him speak to him and encourage him god continue to lead and direct his steps hallelujah pray for our moderator today elder henry for sister henry and the family god almighty for the praise and worship team oh hallelujah they come and do this out of love unto you and i pray hallelujah for our deacons today god almighty rest your hand upon them god for deacon sidney walker and mother walker sister angela god hallelujah sister maureen martin these young women god who love and care god for their seniors i pray god for each and every one hallelujah who provides love and care oh god that you cover and encourage and strengthen oh god remember lord god my father remember my father cover him and keep him god remember our families we pray your continued blood protection got over the children as they return to schools colleges universities draw your bloodline around them god almighty shut down cancel every abominable plot plan and device of the enemy for their lives hide them jesus plant excellence in them god that they excel in whatever they do when they commit their ways unto you i pray right now for the furtherance of this service god almighty the one who will bring the word rest upon such a wand speak through them god anoint i pray thee god remember mother louis god remember mother enes remember mother evans remember all of our bishops god almighty remember elder maclean and all of our elders cover them under your blood god and let nothing get to the sire hallelujah harm them and i give you thanks as i look unto you god we turn everything over to you god you are the author you are the finisher of our faith and victory assures because you are in control we love you and we bless your name hallelujah in jesus name amen lord in jesus name amen come on amen in the name of praise god praise god i'm feeling very happy talking about the good old way i'm feeling very happy talking about the lord let's go on on and on talking about the good old [Music] i'm feeling very happy talking about the lord let's go on our hearts talking about talking about the lord i'm feeling very happy talking about the buddha feeling very happy talking about the lord talking about the lord i'm feeling very happy talking about a good old way happy talking about the lord talking about i'm feeling very happy talking about the good old way i'm feeling very happy talking about the lord let's go on and on and talking on the lord i'm feeling very happy talking about the buddha i'm feeling very happy talking about the lord talking about the lord i'm feeling very happy talking about the buddha oh i'm feeling very happy talking about the lord let's go on and on talking about the lord [Music] i know that i'm up here because i'm talking about jesus jesus makes me happy oh hallelujah hallelujah if nothing else make you happy my god jesus makes me happy that's why i talked about him that's why i praise him that's why i lift him up that's why i magnify him he makes me happy when i'm down he makes me happy when i'm sad he makes me happy he makes me happy happy talking about i'm feeling very happy talking about the lord yes yes hallelujah hallelujah glory glory glory glory i am happy in jesus i am happy in the lord i am happy before jesus makes me happy talking about jesus today hallelujah i'm talking about jesus hallelujah when you look around and see what's going on in the world the world that we're living now getting sadder and southern but as we continue to trust in jesus in the midst of trouble in the midst of trial in the midst of depression in the midst of mental health [Music] god bless you god bless you god bless you hallelujah if you travel around the community that you live or you have the chance to pass an hospital are you visiting somebody in the hospital some of the patients they have a emergency button to press to call the nurse some of them can't even lift their hands to press the button as close as it is because pain has wrapped in your body [Music] i remember i get up this morning and i could put my own clothes on without asking for help hallelujah i could go to the bathroom without waiting on somebody to take me there i could drive the car to carving way without the hate of somebody thank you you tell me not to praise god you're crazy i come to praise him i come to lift him up i cut the magnify the name of the lord oh god almighty god almighty god [Music] god is good [Music] [Music] oh [Music] one minute i was listening to morning glory this morning the bishop says [Music] and i was glad when he said it he said from he was born the only time that he's been hostile is when his daughter was born and he fell asleep and he never get back to hospital for any sickness and if he do get there now he said when he gets there he's just gonna lie down look up to god and give god thanks but he's not gonna let his blood pressurize you know why because he has the strength now to praise god he has the energy now to lift up jesus why you have the transference why you are blessed with strength and with god's favor lift him up [Music] [Applause] [Music] lift him up till he speaks through eternity he said he finally fell from the earth i will all men unto him glory to god god bless you god bless you i was reading this morning and let me hear this two verses three verses of psalm 71 verse 8 verse 7 says i am a wanderer unto many but thou art my strong refuge my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honor all day not someday all day verse 14 said but i will hope continually i will yet praise thee more and more [Music] some people praise god only more [Music] but i need some people who know god's goodness we praise him more and more you know some people they look at you strange when you're praising god and say i wonder what's wrong with henry today but it's because i know the praise god more and more if you look at me bud i'm going to praise him more and more if you work with me i'm going to praise him more and more because of his benefits and the cause of his loving kindness oh hallelujah more and more praise belongs to god god bless your church in the name of jesus to our president bishop bishop dexter edmund to praise the lord his dear wife amen lady yolander amen who is in our midst today we greet you and salute you in the wonderful exalted name of jesus we are so glad to have you with us amen continually working in the vineyard of jesus christ to amen bishop bailey who was to ellen mclean held the robert murray to l martin and to all the mothers and to all the beautiful saints and all the rest of the saints greetings in the sweet and precious wonderful holy exalted magnify name of jesus christ it is a good thing to give thanks unto the lord for he is good and for his mercy endure it forever praise the lord church the church is real because god is real and some of you can testify and be a witness with me [Music] that there are some people in our community that people sometimes pass by they said they are crazy they are mad because they are mentally disturbed but you know something those people while they are mentally unwell the only thing that they hold on to is the bible when they cannot trust anybody they hold on to the bible the bible become dear friend the bible become their partners the bible become a companion to them praise the name of the lord sometimes we who have mental capacity sometimes we ignored the benefits of god's word but the bible said he that happened years to hear let them hear god bless you today amen as we continue to worship the lord in the beauty of holiness for without holiness no man shall see the lord god bless you it's time for amen tides an offering in the name of the lord and the singers amen will be singing praise the name of the lord while we gather amen the tithes and offering in the name of jesus bless the name of the lord let us stand amen and let us bless what god has blessed us with in the name of jesus let us pray father in jesus name we thank you for your goodness and for your mercies we thank you for your provision we thank you for what you have allowed us to achieve today oh god almighty and through the weak my god and we bring back now a part to the house of god we are lord jesus it shall be used oh god as as in the storehouse lord for those that are in need and for the benefits of your work bless every cheerful giver as we give cheerfully to the work and the cause we had concerning your will in jesus name amen all good gifts around us are sent from heaven above the lord for all his love good is [Music] is oh [Music] oh you [Music] oh [Music] is is hallelujah oh oh oh oh now listen i'm looking for the praisers i want you to look down your row and see if you're sitting next to any praiser i want all the worshipers and praises jump up on your feet get a tambourine in your hand get something to make some noise for almost two years we have been locked down in all kinds of ways but how many people are blessed today just let me see the hands of those that's blessed you know that the lord is on your everybody [Music] oh [Music] all good things [Music] [Music] i just want to hear the voices leave your voice and sing only from heaven [Music] all the sisters sisters you sing this [Music] [Music] everybody all good things around us all good gifts [Music] around us [Music] oh [Music] i feel the lord in this race today there's a spirit of worship there's a spirit of worship in heaven so thank the lord [Music] oh [Music] redemption coming praise the lord what a wonderful feeling glory to his name is what a wonderful freedom freedom glory to his name what a wonderful freedom god bless everybody somebody lift up your voice and say hallelujah is [Music] by the blood of my jesus praise the lord praise the lord before you sit down before you sit down i want you to clap your hands for elder henry campbell and mother anne campbell who were in house today where is elder and mother where are they [Music] bless you bless you bless you elder god bless your mother amen in the name of the lord you may be seated but bless also to have with us our sister minister shirley where's minister god bless you we give god praise for you today this is evangelist ford's daughter we praise god for you in the name of the lord jesus i've got a couple things that i need to do anybody happy in jesus today if you're happy in jesus say amen today is brother darren and sister fiona blackwood's wedding anniversary is that right god bless you sir we thank god for you before we leave here today we're going to be praying for our children our students who are heading back to school this week amen we want to cover them in the name of the lord god is good amen amen uh well oh my god let me do this and then i have another thing to do bless bishop bailey and all the saints that are here someone else is here today let me read this very quickly dear bishop greetings in the name of the lord jesus to the elders and ministers i greet you all in the precious name of jesus i'm giving thanks that my mom mother baxter and myself are able to be in the house of god today after being absent for over a year where is mother baxter where is mother baxter and sister bella god bless you clap your hands for them will you please amen we thank god for them mom is still physically fragile these days but her spirit if you know mother baxter you know that her spirit and her thirst for christ is still very strong we thank the lord for her and for each and every one just wave with a few people around you and say thank god for you thank god for you in the name of the lord jesus we're blessed today during covid elder felix lewis and sister merlin lewis celebrated 50 years of marriage and they are here today elder elder bought a new ring for his wife nothing wrong with that and and and they have asked me if i would bless that new ring that represents 50 years of marriage elder and sister lewis will you come down bring the ring with you amen as we ask god's blessing amen thank the lord for you today come on clap them 50 years [Music] amen 50 years lord jesus we thank you amen bless you sir amen we're not going to sing here comes the bride we did that already come and stand right here next to come and do both of you stand right here this is it stand with me everyone let's ask god's blessing upon this 50 years must be god god is the glue that holds it all together and we pray we thank god for you both thank god for you both and i ask god's bless father you're such a good god to us and now i pray lord god and bless this ring in the name of jesus that represents this golden jubilee this year of incredible release we thank you for the anointing that rest upon this couple and we pray that you would continue to be with them now as we bless this ring in jesus name that name that is above every name and father we pray that you will continue to keep them buying them closer together even now in jesus name let every heart say amen well elder you did this a long time ago let's do it again amen 50 do you remember which ring to finger to put it on that's right you're going to put it on this one okay to each his own god bless you bless you sir congratulations and may the lord bless you and continue to bless you in the name of the lord jesus thank god for you you may be seated everyone amen yes yes thank you lord [Music] thank you lord my god you know i know that i'm i i'm a preacher i'm expected to preach that's part of my role but sometimes i just want to praise god sometimes i just want to praise him and just just love on the lord because he has been so good hasn't he been good he has been so good hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you father thank you father hallelujah my god jesus oh how sweet the name jesus let all saints proclaim his letter be named foreign [Music] sing it again [Music] [Music] his worthy praise forever [Music] can you help me lift him up today jesus oh how sweet [Music] every day every day [Music] is [Music] [Music] oh how sweet it there ought to be a is in here today jesus [Music] every day my god [Music] [Music] [Music] i release that name in here today release that name in here today [Music] that's the yo-breaking name that's the cancer healing name jesus [Music] let all saints proclaim [Music] his worthy prayer forever [Music] jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus something about the name jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus everybody ought to say jesus jesus [Music] jesus jesus jesus said [Applause] [Music] save your savior save your therefore matthew chapter number 7 and verse number 24 hallelujah therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and do with them i will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock and the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock everyone that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand when the rain descended and the floods came the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it that everybody who loves the word of the lord say amen there has been no teacher no rabbi no prophet no soothsayer or person that can predict the future that equals the power and authority of our lord and savior jesus christ without question his coming into the earth the womb of a vessel chosen by god is indeed the greatest event in human history the birth of our lord jesus christ equaled only by and exceeded only by the fact that 33 years later he went to the cross suffered bled and died so that you and i might have access to the tree of life there's many things that jesus did and said while he was here but there is a prophetic promise that jesus made in the gospel according to matthew chapter number 16. verse number 18 where jesus declares prophetically upon this rock i will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it's a prophetic word because it is the first time that we are we have been given insight into what we now and have become part of the church and i want to just encourage someone today that if you and i are part of the church we're victorious no one who is a part of the church need lament neither lose sleep over the prevailing circumstances in which the church may find herself because we have eternal promise from god that the gates of hell shall not prevail i want to talk a little bit about the church not long because i think that really maybe what's bubbling up in me all day today is just a great appreciation for the church i will not join with those who are bashing the church i will not give audience to those who feel that they have a better plan for his church the church now you can come to church and not be part of the church you can come to a building but not be part of the church but the church of jesus christ that paul writes to timothy and said it is the ground and pillar of the truth my brothers and sisters you and i ought to give god praise that we are a part of the church we should be cautious with our criticism we should be far more wise with our thoughts because this is one thing i do know god will take care of his church he's a young man he's not so young now a man by the name of charles stanley a prolific teacher in the zeal of his early ministry as he was a young pastor desiring to build and develop a church he reports that in one of his prayers he said to the lord lord he had a young family he said lord take care of my family while i take care of the church and charles stanley reports that the lord tapped him on the shoulder and said you got it wrong you take care of your family i'll take care of my church and this is something that ought to give us great praise and every now and then we need to be reminded of what god in his mercy has allowed us to be a part of this is not a club it is not a social organization it is not a political movement it is the church everybody say the church what god did through his word is give us now the instructions as to how we must operate in the church the first call of everyone who is a part of the church number one is to praise and worship almighty god hallelujah it's the first ministry that a man or a woman when we first came into christ before he called us to do anything he called us to praise him and to thank him for what bishop for being a part of the church for allowing us through his grace and mercy i won't belong that he has called us out of nature's darkness into his marvelous life god's plan god's will for you and i is that we come into the church of jesus christ and that we spend our time praising and worshiping him hallelujah hallelujah that's why we i know we've got we got to go and maybe this season has taught us some things but there ought to be just the determination as i get in the car as you come to church if i don't do anything else when i get there i'm going to praise god hallelujah if i don't greet anybody and that does not intentionally pass but if i don't do any of those things what i must do what i have been called to do what it has been mandated for me to do is to bless the lord at all time and to ensure that his praise hallelujah shall continually be in my mouth praise is not something that god should be waiting on us for my god the psalmist david understood this principle when he said i will enter into his gates with thanksgiving in other words the psalmist david said nobody's going gonna have to encourage me to praise god i will literally walk through the doors of the church and there will be praise on my lips there is nothing more powerful in the earth than a praying church and a praising church hallelujah a praising church and a church that prays is a formidable group within the world hallelujah church that praise my god a church that understood and understands the power of corporate prayer hallelujah you know prayer takes place on various levels there is there is personal prayer there is a prayer that you and i pray let me say it like these are teachers that's not prayer meeting prayer there is a prayer that the child of god prays you don't want anybody to hear that is what jesus when he teaches us about prayer he says that we should go into our secret closet anybody have a secret closet and you can pour out your heart before god the other dimension of prayer is when a church comes together corporately when a church comes together corporately and moves from the dimension of personal prayer into the dimension of corporate intercession this means that jesus when he teaches us about this principle he says now i'm not expecting the multitude to come but he said if any two or three this is corporate now this is not this is not personal this is corporate if you will come together and agree you in other words simply put when we come together for corporate prayer a group of us can't be praying for peace and another praying for corn no that is confusion there must be a prayer mandate that is released in the corporate worship that speaks to the agenda of our prayer when one joined together with another in corporate prayer the bible said that when we pray the prayer of faith we believe that something is going to happen nothing more powerful in the earth than a praying church there is nothing more dependable in the earth than people who know that when i come to the church and i ask for prayer that prayer will be made for me and that as a result of prayer miracles shall be released hallelujah glory to god prayer and praise are cousins they're twins they're identical in that all prayer should begin with praise hallelujah we do not just show up at the altar with our personal petition we come to the lord first of all with praise hallelujah glory to god let me see yes i'm new god we thank you now we have a list of things that we need but we don't begin with the list we begin with the praise can i just talk for a little bit i i have noticed that when i begin with praise i forget about my list i want to focus on the list but when i focus on praying i forget about the list because faith will always teach me in fact gospel according to matthew jesus said now listen to this jesus said that there are some things that we shouldn't even pray for says your heavenly father knoweth you have need of these things but if we believe god and trust him then god has a way of opening up windows of heaven and pour as our blessings that we're unable to receive jesus is teaching in the gospel according to matthew and chapter 7 is the conclusion really of what we call or what is known as the sermon on the mount the sermon on the mount includes the beatitudes which begin in chapter 5 where the bible said and see in the multitude jesus went up into a mountain and he began to teach if jesus was anything he was a prolific teacher a teacher is one that is able to bring things and the beautiful thing about jesus when he taught jesus was very concerned that we understood what he was teaching us jesus was not a teacher that wanted to impress his hearers he wanted everyone to understand and because he wanted everybody to understand he used a he used illustrations to bring about his point so jesus wanted to teach us kingdom principles powerful principles and jesus would begin like this a man went out to sow immediately now he captures the minds of the hearers because now he has presented the word at a place where everybody can understand he's come now to the end of his teaching and in chapter seven he says if anybody hears these words now this hearing of the word saints is it's very important because james would later tell us that we must not only be hearers of the word am i in the right church no no i must not only be a hearer of the word but i must be a doer now no pastor how how do we go from hearing to doing there is a word there that is called application i hear the word and then the word now is applied into my life is that right it's it's one thing to hear the word because you can hear the word and the word not impact you so if i can put it like this and i'm almost done the written word does not become the living word until we do the word the written word has no impact upon the believer until the written word becomes the living word and the word does me not not become living until i am applying the word in my life my god my god john writes in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god the same was in the beginning with god he's talking about the logos he's talking about the word that was before we came now we can rejoice we can rejoice over john 1 1 and john 1 2 and we should this powerful word but it really doesn't get really really sweet until verse number 14 because the word did not stay in the beginning the word did not just stay as a thought the word became flesh and what did the word do the word dwelt among us and the word dwelt among us in such a powerful way that we beheld the glory of the word the transforming transfigurating power of the word of god jesus says if you hear my words if the words become part of you watch this john 15 verse number 7 i believe he says if he abide in me here it is here it is and my word abide in you you shall ask whatsoever you will and remember now saints you shall ask whatsoever you will you shall ask whatsoever you will you shall ask whatsoever you will whatever you will if you ask it shall be done but jesus is here talking about his words if his words abide in us amen i like this because i believe this to be true if god's word is in you god's word will come out of you my god my god if there is word in me word is going to come out of me so when we are praying what jesus is teaching us don't use your words i am not bound to answer your words so sometimes a person especially a new convert you know someone new to faith they say pastor you know i i i like to pray but after a while i run out of things to say what should i do pick up the word and start praying the word pray god's word back to him because i tell you what god will never do he cannot and will not deny his word somebody say amen if he abide in me and my words abide in you you shall ask what you will that's the power of prayer you shall ask what you will and it shall be done coming back to the church john 7 he says if you hear my words i will liken you unto a wise man here is the church now here's the church that has been built he built his house upon a rock my god he said the man is liking it now building a house either upon rock or building it on sand he said a wise man built his house upon the rock in john in in matthew jesus says upon this i will do what i am going to build my one listen to what jesus said dexter i'm not building your church on my rock neither am i building my church on your rock i am going to build my church upon my rock and the rock is jesus christ let me finish if you were to chart the history of the church from the day of pentecost of which this church now is a part of we trace our spiritual lineage back to the day of pentecost from day five i'm gonna give them five days because i think it really started on day one the church of jesus christ has always been under attack persecution came to the disciples in jerusalem so strong that they had to scatter and leave and take the gospel to the other parts of the world which was always the plan of god you see how god gets his way god used persecution to scatter his disciples so that they would go throughout the world with the gospel hallelujah sometimes when i consider what we go through it pales in comparison to what the apostles went through for the gospel sometimes our little inconvenience and our little it's a matter of degrees and dimensions because little for some might be huge but when we put it into context no one today has to fear anybody walking into this building and arresting us because we're praising god we can worship the lord with liberty and in safety nobody has to run as a bishop because they're coming in and yet for our early christians for our brothers and sisters many parts of the world it was against the law for them to be a christian and yet they did not hide their faith they did not hide who they belong to they openly declared that they were children of the most high god hallelujah hallelujah and the reason why they were so bold and the reason why they were so brave is the same reason that we must be bold and brave in the church because it has been built upon the rock jesus said this he said i builded a wise man he said if you hear my words sayings and do it then i will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock hallelujah hallelujah the next verse says whatever god builds must be tested whatever god blesses must be broken whatever god has his hand on will always be distributed and the rain descended because now god had established his church upon the rock the rain must descend hallelujah the rain must come the rain must come the rain must come why why must the rain come the rain must come to test who we are hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah anybody in here they may not have to raise your hand but anybody in here had have you ever had to experience rain falling in your life my god my god i i we were coming up and i i was just scrolling through through the news feed and cnn i think elder henry talked about it for those of us that have folks in new york over the past few days they have seen rain in new york like they have never seen before now this is what someone when the official said this is what the officials said about new york new york was not built to handle so much rain and when you have not been built to handle that kind of rain lord jesus help me the rain is going to destroy the city i'm coming saints i'm coming but i want you to know beloved ones the church has been built to last lord jesus lord jesus the rain will fall my god and the wind will blow and beloved ones amen you cannot be in the church and be part of the church and don't expect some rain walk with your umbrella lord i'm trying to help somebody walk with your raincoat because if you are part of the church rain is going to come if you are part of the church winds are going to blow hallelujah glory to god but here is the confidence that the child of god has we said my god we were raised amen psalms number one blessed is the man blessed is the woman who what walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly that that blessed is the man of the woman that does not listen to the prevailing winds of the world hallelujah glory to god you've got to be resolute blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly come on know what you know why saints you know why nor standard in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful you know why because you're a part of the church come on and one next verse and one but his delight i need 26 worshipers right now his delight my god i sometimes listen to the saints talk and we talk like we're already defeated we are so negative in our outlook we are so pessimistic in our view but beloved ones understand we are part of the church my god my god his delight is in the law of the lord and in his law come on zion come on zion in his law now when the psalmist was talking about law all he had to look at was the five books of moses hallelujah you and i have the entire revealed word of god and in his law does he what think that word meditate is is likened to what a cow does when it eats grass chews it takes the grass eats it chews it up amen amen then what does the cow do swallows the grass but then what the cow does is regurgitates and feeds off of that which has already been eaten that's meditating upon the word of god i wonder do we have anybody here that meditates on the word of god watch the connection watch the connection watch the connection he or she meditates upon the word day and night now here it is verse number three and he shall be my god in heaven he shall be like a what a tree i said this morning and i say it again i don't know about anybody else in here but i tell you what's keeping us today is not what we got last week it's not what we got six months ago i'm so glad that we were built upon a rock my god in heaven somebody holler glory in here where would you and i be today if your faith was not built upon the rock christ jesus good god almighty i've got to finish what would happen when the winds blew if you were not founded upon a rock my god some of us in here amen i'm looking at people in here you know how to pray yourself through you know how to lay hands on your own self lord jesus you know how to have church in your car you were so built upon a rock you can praise until praise come i feel like preaching now and i gotta stop i need 28 people who absolutely know that you are built upon a rock i don't want you to play with this praise i want you to open up your mouth and shout hallelujah build upon a rock my god built on a rock hallelujah yes sir and not just any rock but i have been built upon the solid rock winds blow you know sometimes i was thinking about this the other day luke we're about to finish i was thinking about this the other day saints sometimes when you're in the church you know winds will blow oh i thought i would get a louder amen than that you can be where jesus is and winds blow god help me jesus can be in your life and reigns will fall and it will rain so heavy and it will rain so hard we will be like the disciples in the boat and we'll wake jesus up and say that jesus cares down not hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah cares down not that we perish and the bible said jesus was they described jesus as being asleep but how many people know that jesus never sleeps jesus just wants to know how we're going to act how are you going to act when the rainfall i've been giving you all of this word i've been building you up in the faith it's a test to see how are you going to react when rain falls how are you going to react when the winds blow and they woke him up and said jesus uh cares down not that we perish i can imagine jesus must have been upset because they already knew that he was in the hinder part of the ship notice where jesus is positioned i've got to finish but somebody on this side say hallelujah i've got to finish notice where jesus was sitting notice where jesus was lying anybody with me the bible said he was in the hinder part in other words that's the place for the person in control that's the place for the person who is in control of the vessel remember in the ship where uh experienced fishermen they had seen rain before they they had heard wind before but they had never heard this kind of wind and they woke up jesus can i say something to this church can i say something to this church jesus said leave him alone after all the word this church has received after all the worship this church has received if there is any other church on this planet that ought to know there is a god in heaven if there is any other congregation that ought to know that jesus never slumbers and sleep you can lift up your voice and shout hallelujah [Music] my god somebody say yes lord somebody say yes lord you can't don't touch nobody but it's raining saints hallelujah don't let no prophet come and tell you it's not raining it's raining not only is it raining it's pouring look at what's happening in the world not only is it raining but the winds are blowing lord help me i've got to finish but let me tell you what the wind is designed to do god has designed the wind to blow off anything that's loose anything that's not committed anything that just has mouth but no solidness god has allowed the wind to blow the church he has allowed the rage but you see after this whatever is left that's the remnants that's the people that won't know i will bless the lord at all times his praise the remnant remnant you see remnant prayer you don't need a whole group remnant church don't need a whole group you just need one to come one will chase a thousand plu will put ten thousand to flight what i really want to leave you with today thank god for the church thank god that i'm a part of the church and i'm on a rock somebody say rock [Music] my god my god my god lord jesus in all my years no let me not go up of being a pastor i have visited this genesis of what i was trying to say this morning i have visited people in the hospital my god in icu hallelujah and they say pastor i wish i could lift up my head pastor i miss the church says god and this was the same person when tubes was not in their hand they did not have the inside to say let me just lift up my head but you see and so what i was saying when if per adventure i'm ever in a hospital for more than 48 hours my blood pressure ain't gonna run up because i know you see when i could raise my hand i knew that when i could run around the church i know when i could live there would no be no regret there would be no regret because when i could i did so i need 17 people who know you are a part of the church you don't just come to church but you are a part of the church that is built upon the rock i want you to say hallelujah in him and give god the glory hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah three more minutes and i'm done hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah if the church was a house you see saints of god it's not just that you have to be in the church you know the church must be in you if the church was a house can i just use this illustration if the church was a house and the house was on fire i just could not walk past the church and not find some water to try to put out the fire because the church is inside of you but you've got a generation of people today the church they see the church on fire i'd rather come and help but no no no it's as if they want to see the church fail it's as if they want to see the church go down but the devil is a liar the church of jesus christ it doesn't need me to be a part of it it doesn't need you to be a part of it it was here before we got here and it will be here when we leave it's a privilege it's an honor to be in the church of jesus christ can i say it one more time it's a privilege it's an honor to be in the house of god it's a privilege it's an honor to be numbered among the saints and you can't miss the opportunities to praise almighty god somebody said yes to the lord he said listen the winds will blow and the rains will fall but because the house is built upon a rock come on zion lift up your head are we gay don't think about it just bless the lord at all times where are the worshipers where are the praisers who know that sickness will come sickness will come just because you're in the church doesn't mean sickness won't come sickness will come but i'm in the church and i know that's this he sent his word and it healed me pain in your body but because you're part of the church you believe that he is a healer you believe that he is a deliverer don't have no money in my pocket but i'm in the church so i can depend on god he shall supply all of my leash why because you're good looking why because you live in birmingham why because you got the right job no he said in his word i will supply all of your niche according to his riches in glory let the redeemed of the lord [Music] somebody hollered the church [Music] my god [Music] my god my god my god he gave his life for the church [Music] he bled and died [Music] him of the keys of death helen the grave why did he do it why did he do it for the church [Music] then he ascended into heaven told his disciples go and tarry in the upper room of jerusalem until you are empowered [Music] now [Music] if he gave his life for it i'm going to let you into something because maybe this message is coming from god's own conversation with me dexter don't forget who belong who the church belonged to dexter you don't run the church all you have to do follow me don't dex don't complicate it don't complicate it don't complicate it don't complicate it just follow just follow [Music] and how you're gonna follow [Music] his word [Music] gives us direction you see he's saying why why and i'm finished you see why zechariah 4 and verse 6 is so is so poignant to me in the age that we're living in the time that we're living in because we have a lot of might you know yes i think sometimes we're so brilliant now we don't even need jesus for anything we are so brilliant and that is the false sense of security so what the lord is reminding us and reminding me and reminding us do not depend on your own might do not and remember now i've given you power you know but don't depend on the power and let me tell you what else the lord told me play a little louder luke said edmund you must only take counsel from spirit-filled people [Music] so you have to discern not just me you know you have to discern because it is not my might it's not my power but it's what by my spirit i will not join with those who have lost hope in the church i think part of the challenge [Music] we are yet to show the world the church that jesus built see we're building the church so when people look at the church all they see is man-led [Music] and that church can't help nobody that's politics anything that man run is going to end up in politics but the church that jesus built it's a church that every man every woman every boy every girl but want to be a part of if you're part of the church of jesus christ i want you to say amen i'm going to do one last thing before i go this week our students yes zechariah 4 6 don't stop reading it don't stop reading it i'm going to thank you for the church god come on let's take 20 seconds and thank god for the church thank god for his church thank god for his church thank god for his church it's gonna be all right it's just the way he planned it i want all of our students that are going back to school this week some may have already gone back and if you're a teacher i want you to join me here come on all of our students i i forgot now when we do nursery in for whatever school you're going to whatever school you're going to i want you to come i want you to come we're going to cover our children amen they are part of the church you know that's right my god look at them come and stuff cece you're in school come that's right come on come on that's right come on come on that's right come on come on that's right god bless you this is a good group this is a good group we thank the lord for them today i'm going to pray we're going to pray with them come on those of us that can stand amen thank you for our teachers [Music] you know why we have to pray for them because they are the church [Music] i want our leaders come on elders and officers will you come and just let's just surround them i have something to give each and every one of you before you leave here today my god in heaven no we love our children today thank god for you [Music] thank god for you in the name of jesus in the name of jesus hallelujah thank you father thank you father oh ways [Music] the name of jesus [Music] [Music] jesus always keep him on your mind always [Music] thank god for the church young people you're gonna fall in love with the church and you see when you fall in love with the church the rains will come the winds will blow to the name of jesus [Music] so father it is in the name of jesus that we pray [Music] thank you for the church father we release anointing now the anointing of protection and the anointing of provision [Music] your word tells us that the fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom so father we pray over our students now we pray god that you will cover them keep them that you will touch their minds their intellect father we release the blessing of abraham upon them in blessing we bless them we pray for our teachers god we we pray for those that will serve and work at all of the schools that these children are represented we pray for every head teacher we pray for every head of year we we pray for the custodial staff we pray for everything and everyone that's connected to these children we thank you for the parents god we thank you for patience we thank you for love we thank you for provision and we believe you god fill them with the holy ghost cause their light to shine cause their light to shine cause their light to shine right in that classroom let the mark of the holy spirit be upon them and we will forever give your name the glory and the praise we ask all of these things in the precious and mighty name of jesus because god is a good god and he is worthy to be praised we thank you now in jesus name someone clap your hands and give god praise for our children today amen now i want to do something very quickly because i want you to know that your bishop loves you your pastor loves you it's been a long time since i was in school [Music] now when i was here what year what age does secondary school start i'm so old eleven all right eleven so i want all of the eleven and older you come on this side all of those that are eleven you're eleven years old i know that i want you to start stop come stop ready come on this side come if you're 11 and older oh lord you really need a math teacher lord jesus help me god yeah so if you're 11 12 13 14 15 16. all right i want you to stay right here then all the babies now on this side these all the babies right all right come reverend now now sister missionary sandra johnson i want you to come in i have something all of the little girls you're gonna get a pink pencil cake oh let me give one to my cc first there you go baby that's you we're the other little girls come girls give the pink one to the girls [Music] give the pikmin to the girl [Music] [Applause] [Music] i'm giving you guys two each all right all right that's for you and here you go and take these take these take these take these take those give them out come on clap them clap them clap them clap them yeah those go in there those go in there give them out i'm not trying to take any now these are the big people right here i want you to know how much i love you my wife and i will love you dearly and this is going to be a great year for you all what kind of year did i say it's going to be a great year come on say it's going to be a great year gonna be a great year i've got something for you because i didn't think that you would want a pencil case i didn't think that you would want a crayon but i have something for you because i want you to go back to school with the word of god [Music] i want you to meditate on the word of god sometimes you'll be in a class and things may not be going the way that you wanted to go but i want you to remember this verse of scripture [Music] comes from joshua 1 verse 9. it says be strong and courageous do not be afraid [Music] do not be discouraged for the lord your god will be with you wherever you go it's a little keychain i want you to put it so you don't lose your keys there you go there's one for you this one for you hey troy how are you elizabeth this one for you put it on you put it on your your whatever god bless you go oh lord i think i know who you are there you go who else who else who else guys i'm sorry it's orange i know it's not it's not it's not a manly color but [Music] there you go sebastian we love you take the name of jesus with you child of sorrow and of woe the lord bless you the lord keep you the lord calls his face to shine upon you the lord be gracious unto you this is my prayer for you now and forevermore in jesus name let everybody who loves the lord say amen say amen let me know we're the teachers come on teacher i don't want the teachers to feel left out bless you man of god come on teach let's pray god for them in the name of the lord clap them all the way back to their seed will you [Applause] god bless you beloved [Music] bless you bless you bless you bless you man thank god for you all [Music] bless you [Music] have a good year god bless you beloved ones remember on thursday nights we're in prayer thank you for those that are coming to prayer my goodness each week the number is getting more and more come prayer at the church tomorrow amen let's be blessed stay safe the lord loves you and so do we now may the saving grace of our lord and savior jesus christ the love of god the father the full fellowship of the holy spirit the comforter restaurant and abide with us now and forevermore in jesus name amen bless you church we are the church go in peace and be blessed in the name of the lord remember all of the announcements there on the screen the newsletter is out this week has everything in it [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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