Bethel Sunday Morning Service November 10, 2019 Message by Pastor Aletha Simmonds

join without choir our Usher's and a Deacons of ministers repeated some 27 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 the one host telling camp against me my heart shall not fear the war should rise against me in this when I become one thing have I desired of the Lord and that's 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 enquire in his temple for in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the secret of his Tabernacle shall I hide me he shall set me upon a rock and now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me therefore will I offer in his Tabernacle sacrifices of joy I will sing yay I will sing praises unto the Lord here Oh Lord when I cry with my voice have mercy also upon me and answer me when thou see'st Sikhi my face thy face Lord will I seek high not thy face far from me but not thy servant away in anger that was been my help leaveme knots neither forsake me O God of my salvation but 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 witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness in the land of the living wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait I had fainted hallelujah unless I had believed to see Oh hallelujah the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living hallelujah and so the Word of God says wait on the Lord hai-yah total devotion and while you're waiting on the Lord be of good courage that word good courage means keep on holding on and hold God with expectation that God will do what he says he will they that wait upon the Lord shall not be disappointed but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings like an either they shall run and not be weary they shall walk so the song man says teach me Lord here's a blessing just telling if a neighbor there's always a blessing in waiting on the Lord wait on the Lord be a good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart wait I see oh praise the Lord join me as we repeat our mission statement and our pledge if you're new to our congregation we ask that you join us by looking on any of the monitors that is before you and join us in repeating our mission statement and our pledge we endeavor to love obey and serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ striving always to fulfill our purpose in making disciples of all men for the advancing of the kingdom of God on earth under the direction and power of the Holy Ghost and with an empowered people we will foster unity love and fellowship with in the Apostolic community in carrying out our mission we pledge to build God's kingdom through the ministries of apostle prophet evangelist pastor and teacher as we seek to rescue of fellow men from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light teach believers the word necessary for maturity growth and mission and prepare believers for the glorious appearing of Jesus amen bless the Lord everyone Amen come on and give the Lord a hallelujah praise hallelujah this morning we're going to begin our divine worship by turning to him number 133 from your Pentecostal him none I believe the true reports hallelujah [Music] I believe [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] King unfreeze the God [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ah [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] our first lesson which will be read by sister Belle the lesson will come from First Samuel one reading from verses 1 to 21 first time you'll one verses 1 to 20 once it's a bell we'll read the reading but lead the reading praise the Lord everyone praise the Lord one more time hallelujah so we'll be reading this morning from 1st Samuel 1 reading verses 1 to 21 and we'll read alternate verses if you have founded please say Amen praise God now there was a certain man of Rama the hymns of him of multiframe and his name was Elkanah the son of Giroux Homme the son of allah who the son of to who the son of zeus and and if Ephrata fight sorry and this man went up out of his City yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of Hosts in Shiloh and the two sons of Eli hophni and Phinehas the priests of the Lord were there but on Suhana he gave a worthy portion for a loved Hannah but the Lord had shut up her womb and has he did so year by year when she went up to the house of the Lord so she provoked her therefore she wept and did not eat so Anna rolls up after they had eaten in shell silo and after they had drunk now Elad pre sat upon a seat by a pose of the temple of the Lord and she vowed a vow and said Oh Lord of Hosts if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid and remember me and not forget thine and Mead but wilt give unto thine unmade a man-child then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life and there shall no Raisa come upon his head now Anna she's faking her heart only her lips moved but our voice was not heard therefore they're therefore Eli thought she had been drunken and Hana answered and said no my lord I am a woman of sorrowful spirit I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink but have poured out my soul before the Lord then eli answered and said go in peace and the God of Israel brandied a petition that thou hast asked of him and they rose up in the morning early and worship before the Lord and returned and came to their hosts to Rama and elkanah knew Anna his wife and the Lord remembered her 21 we will read together and the man Elkanah and went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice and Israel hear him and that's a reading of God's fourth word praise be to God Amen bless God as we enter into power in our one day ladies convention 2019 under the theme breakthrough we want to pray for all the woman of this country today we want to pray for a woman in prisons we want to pray for women in institutions those in the mental institutions we want to pray for women in education woman in business woman who are just walking the streets woman in leadership woman who are mothers woman who are Mentors women who are pastors of churches woman who are choir directors women who are on the choirs woman who are willing to stand up for God today we want to place all the woman before God hallelujah this generation and the next and we will sing for her Jesus breaks every fetter number 143 if you have your Pentecostal hymnals or we will look on the screens for the word as we sing prayerfully the first three verses and the last verse of fourth verse we will all stand amen [Music] Jesus pray every time Jesus praise Jesus [Music] I am now [Music] [Applause] ah ah which one [Applause] [Music] me I will ah [Music] my [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] yeah [Music] [Music] so I will rest [Applause] [Music] ah Oh [Music] to me promise this moment Jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] this morning we're gonna pray Tamika Anderson as we say I will shout Alleluia ah ah [Music] ah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I will shower I will sow [Music] ah [Music] [Music] ah as whereabouts approach the throne of grace this morning let's just agree with each other and she's asleep father in the name of Jesus you are the great I am you are the only potentate immortal invisible by you were all things made and we thought she was nothing main that is made God you sit on a circle of the earth hallelujah are the immortal invisible God Lord it is you that we worship it is you know we praise hallelujah we need them before you this morning we empty ourselves Almighty God of every sin Lord searches you search the inward parts let your Holy Spirit and comforta move within the midst of your people this morning search us all God and no heart O God try us Lord nor thoughts see every wicked thing in us God cleanse us from every sin this morning and set us free we place our mind we place our hearts on your altar this morning God we caught both your fire from heaven to consume every dead works every works of the flesh selphie slam this morning let no flesh glory in your presence Lord let your kingdom come and your will Madonna in the midst of your people we put method in your hands by your people your ecclesia your called out we are your people and the Sheep of your pasture so we answered your gate this morning with Thanksgiving we answered your course with bread we give thanks unto you Lord and we bless your name because you are God you are God you are sovereign and we submit to your sovereign will of God every thought every action every attitude all God even worth of disobedience we place into subjection to your spirit Lord you are gonna let every power be subjected to the higher polishes in Europe which is you there God as we stand here before you God we all ourselves we know that without you we can do nothing so we petition your throne this morning in this National one day woman or God conference Oh God 20:19 o we declare that you are God over your women were minor the womb bearing manner you created us you took the red from Adama your folders hallelujah breeder present was we became a living soul Allah Almighty God you make us to be happy for the man Almighty God to us strengthen the backbone of society of man or the family but God Lucia woman we are under attack our bodies under attack health on that chakra we know the gold tend to be breadwinners Almighty God and the stresses increase of the roles of expanded Almighty God you see a black woman black apostolate women bodies under soccer with fibroids with almond of diseases with the pressure now women struggling with mental health issues depression hallelujah single mothers seek a woman married woman married mothers crying for their children crying for their families crying on oppression norming to be leaders in place of business in politics on a Brescia mighty God but we pray God by a special covering [Music] [Music] [Applause] we [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] we promotional pressure also many bitter so many women are bitter oh my god because oh my god oh my god so we can bring [Music] oh my god fresh fire correct oh my god upon us let your image be formed in us oh my god and let your will be done for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory I will appear together in agreement that the gates of Hell shall not prevail against a woman but we shall rise up and we shall fulfill the mission the purpose for which you have been called for such a time as this we give it that so God to heal emotions bodies to do it you can give babies you can remove noises you can either cancel us their God you suck better we chose to behave that's Christ and you Randall Carter we something to your burner I received a book report and Jesus name come on praise him for the victory come on praise him for the victory woman of Santa Maria hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we said breakthrough we said break through with that breakthrough we said breakthrough hallelujah the combined woman's quads was now in Jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] ah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] or since [Applause] it's why [Applause] [Music] what it's Laurie sorry [Music] let's pray [Music] [Music] [Music] you story and a small pump is fun [Music] [Music] [Music] lord [Music] singing all these shapes with water [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] Oh [Applause] [Music] praise the Lord Jesus hallelujah sister Trudy amen one of her younger woman Amen in this assembly she's coming to do the welcome but we want to especially highlight those ladies presidents who are coming in from the different districts and churches we'll also be asking you to do two minutes like right after the Welcome is finished I will come back and introduce you also so Trudy could you come right now amen praise the Lord everyone can we show to praise I'm here to welcome all our visitors today when I call your name I'm going to ask you to stand we have with us our guest speaker pastor Simmons of faith temple stand and shout sorry let me pardon me I made a mistake I should have greeted or past the first greetings to our pasta oversea America doing or ministers and elders or missionaries and evangelists all of you got wonderful people special special greetings to you this morning we have with us the K and M management team and when I call your names I'm gonna ask you to stand we have Tracy on some Moodle welcome Stacey she's upstairs we have TAS Ian Dolph welcome we also have Tanika Goldson welcome Latoya five and Javan welcome to you petia brown welcome Deandra Rose welcome to you we also have visitors from other assemblies I may have I may not have your name away to us you also stand and although visited visiting friends please stand welcome to you we may we also have ladies presidents from the various Bethel assemblies with us this morning we have our national ladies president missionary prudence Dennis from Stony Hill these shots of praise we have with us or central district president missionary Charmaine prince from the fourth war assembly hallelujah we also have with us missionary Sean Brown from the Lloyds Assembly hallelujah we have sister Marcia Edwards from Daytona and with her is sister Vita Lawrence and brother Josh Edwards hallelujah we also have missionary Harris from the Lloyds Assembly welcome to you all we also have people visit viewing on the internet via Facebook Twitter and our YouTube channel on YouTube we welcome you watching on vessel United Church of Jesus Christ Apostoli on Twitter at Bethel underscore SCR and on facebook www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Denis to come and give two minutes of greetings in Jesus name after which I'm going to ask missionaries Charmaine Prince to do the same greeters in two minutes let's alert Jesus can we not shout the name Jesus shout hallelujah praise God today I agreed the Holy Spirit first was ahead of my life who's known reason why I am alive and able to greet you today I offer greetings to the host pastor pastor Luis and greetings to his lovely wife the guest speaker all the officers ministers choir brethren visitors I greet you in the name of Jesus I offer I also bring special greetings from Bishop Brown who's on his way to I think he's in lights today he sent greeting to you all in the name of Jesus Christ and also missionary MacDonald was unable to be here as she is on mission in Cuba with elder rule and a group can we - oh - hallelujah today I just want to tell you that God is good god is awesome and he's able to do above what we can even imagine god bless you all in Jesus name [Applause] let me hear the church say hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah to Jesus Christ the King hallelujah to Jesus Christ the Most High God hallelujah to Jesus Christ the holy God of Israel we worship You Jesus we worship and bow down before you God hallelujah thank you Jesus we give you honor Jesus we give you praise you are worthy you are great you're mighty and you're the reason we came today so god we just bow down and we worship you thank you Jesus thank you Lord for taking us here safely thank you God for bringing your people here together we give you praise in Jesus name praise the Living God praise the Living God I want to say give God a big shout-out today allowing someone like me to be standing in this holy place in this holy position once upon a time brethren it was not like this no but look at me now I am standing in the presence of God's wonderful people the people who are getting ready to go to heaven I am a part of that family and today I stand proud I stand grateful to God for bringing me out of that pit that I was in that I'm no called a son of God I am no the righteousness of God a holy nation a royal priesthood and a peculiar beard and I'm grateful I wanna take time out also to greet hosts faster and Oh Michael Lewis and its family in the name of Jesus associate pastor Adriene Hill turn in the name of Jesus against our guest speaker I greet you in the most exalted name Jesus to all the offices everyone in your respective capacity I greet you in the most exalted name Jesus I greet Our Lady's president agreed local presence is at wrong with somewhere work in a very hard worker can you put your hands together praise the Lord and all the other ladies presidents from the different assemblies just about everyone little children the Saints at a company for important accompaniment for important work just about everyone those that are visiting with us I greet you in the most exalted name Jesus the name that is above every name and I just want to bless you this name as you celebrate another year of your holy ladies convocation I pray that the Spirit of Almighty God will rest upon this house that it will never be the same but that will live out here charged and ready and get not breakthrough that we are so praying for in Jesus mighty name at the end of the service are as fast to give me permission I speak to you a little more about weep alright praise the Lord I was I was being obedient to the two minutes praise God alright this this year will mark the third staging of the woman empowered through effectual per seminar praise the Lord now this year the woman we have recognized that there is a serious issue in Jamaica very serious crime and violence is on an all-time high corruption rape senseless killings they are just rampant brethren they are coming so close to us now and some people are living the reality is some people are living in this situation every day brethren I'm not saying that the church is not praying but brethren if there's ever a time that we need to intensify offer it's now it's now so the woman of the Central District we have recognized this evil in our society we have recognized that mankind no longer have respect fearful life imagine a little accident and you splash somebody you won't even kill him you step on somebody's feet there you will be killed you don't know what will happen very simple things people no longer has respect for each other we curse peace will we just carry on as if there is no God you know but we have recognized this and we know that the Lord said if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and seek his face and turn he said he will hear from heaven and he will heal our land so on Saturday November 16 we the ladies of the Central District we have decided to go to Lloyd's this year we take we've to lights and we'll be barley not before God woman ladies transform in the nation through prayer we it's going to be a day of Barlow bridging it's time for the church to get radical and bar load so our ladies please come out this Saturday at 8 o'clock we begin I am pleased to announce that there will be two three buses when I say three buses they will be paid for but not on your expense so the first 30 persons will give their names the sister Tron from this assembly you have 130 procedure was for yourself Amen sister John will give you more information as to when to leave etc what we're doing just comfortable come home and dangerous this Saturday November 16 Lodz Daytona start at 8 o clock like st. Thomas sorry come out brethren are you ready to fight do you believe that there is a need for us to get down it's a radical prior normal address opener come on soldiers for battle come with your helmet cover the shield cover the sword we are gonna fight this in Jesus name God bless you everybody are you ready to fight come on jump to your feet right now we are soldiers in the army we gotta fight although we gotta cry we got a hold up [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] ah Oh [Music] [Music] Jack [Music] [Music] [Music] nobody can't touch me [Music] [Music] I can see [Music] [Music] Oh you like baseball let me see my space [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah we gotta fight bread against all evil never honor never look behind if we are to win a not in our side we've got to keep on the firing line hallelujah women have better just give a hallelujah shout done you can say [Applause] service today we want to move right along amen but I just want to acknowledge all the local workers here in the woman's Department assisted aureum could you get ready and come right here all the woman on the local executive could you stand up this moment please amen I don't see you there's one here anybody up amen there's one over there sister Tron is on the outside I'm I'm missing it okay okay put your hands together for this wonderful women of God who keeps the women's Department afloat and we want to just thank God for them and today they have a very very special presentation to a woman of Valor today amen a sister Dorian will come she'll read a citation for this woman of Valor and then reveal her name to you in Jesus name citation presented to Marlene rosetta Allen favor is deceitful and beauty is vain but a woman that feared the Lord she shall be praised province 31 verse 30 sister Marilyn Allen was born on September 5th 1936 in the parish of Hannibal in quiet tone of Clermont on August 8 1959 she got married to mr. Hurst Allen know deceased the Union yielded two children Sandra and Sharon both of whom are here today to celebrate with their mom in this wonderful occasion as a young lady she felt the pull and calling of God on her life and finally he led to this Colin in 1965 when she was baptized in the name of Jesus Christ in her early years sister Alice spent a number of years in England where she worked at a Goodyear company she finally returned to Jamaica and has been a member of the Bethel United Church of Jesus Christ Apostoli for over fifty years sister Merlin Allen has made tremendous contributions to the Bethel Church family and in particular to the latest apartment over the years how can we forget the rules pork and puddings that she took on a number of occasions to the then ladies auxilary meetings which were held once every month however her most noted contribution has been a dedicated plain of the organ at church serving not only the latest apartment with this god-given talent but the large church community as she plays the organ Sunday after Sunday sister Allen has been a mentor and advisor to many children young women and men as her wisdom advice encouragement and sometimes gentle rebuke has endeared her to their hearts her children we tell you that they were grown up to fear and respect God hence there could be no hanky-panky at all and how they lived had to reflect the values that they were taught sister Allen worked at the st. Joseph's infant school on Duke Street for a number of years before she retired almost 20 years ago as a teacher of music she took many of her students to the national festivals where they want many awards in a larger time sister Allen enjoys cleaning playing the piano she has had numerous classes at home over the years and she's taught several persons to play the piano including some of our very own members despite her age just the Allen still enjoys cooking mr. Allen your philosophy over the years has been I can't do all things - cries - threaten me and as such you believe in remaining active for as long as the Lord sees fit sister Alan your ability to motivate to guide and to solve problems coupled with your calm spirit has made you our companion of the brave light to the Wonder joy to the pilgrim guide to the Pioneer helper to the laboring man deliver to the oppressed strength to the victorious friend to the poor and hope for the less fortunate how can we forget your comrade your humility perseverance and love you have been the epitome of the fruit of the Spirit as given to us in Galatians chapter 5 verses 22 and 23 but the fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance against such there is no law mrs. Merlyn Alan you are a tremendous woman of God and asteroid and foundation member not only in a church community but also in the leaders department sister Alan on behalf of our pastor / CEO Michael Lewis the members of this congregation and most importantly the members of the latest department led by sister journey so I salute you we wish for you continued productive years happy associations and further personal growth and achievements and may God continue to inspire and bless you kandi congregational stand and as I am going to ask our pasta Michael George Ulis to me [Applause] to say I Lord bless you in fact the Lord has already blessed you you are blessed of the Lord it is no secret what God can do for over 50 years God has kept you and he continues to keep you it is my pleasure on behalf of all the ladies of Bethel and all the members of this great church to present to you this gift as a token of our sincere appreciation for your dedication to service you have been faithful since the day you came back from England and started to worship in this church you have been faithful and even up in age you continue to remain faithful and a true soldier the Lord bless you and keep you in Jesus name [Music] [Applause] I'm gonna wait on the cameraman I'm gonna try and be as patient as I ready for me [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah keep standing Amen the Lord will reward you great work went done amen some of us work in silence for years on and on and on and on but we are just so happy we're able to recognize sister Allen today put your hands together again for her amen hallelujah to get your Bibles please stand with me we're about to collect the offering amen and we will read from 1st chronicles 16 verses 28 through to 30 for those without a Bible can read from the screen so we invite you all to stand at this time as we read the Word of God we ask sister Simone right to get ready for prayer please be on the podium here so we don't have a delay let us read together first chronicles 16 verse 28 to 34 give on to the Lord he kindred of the people gave unto the Lord glory and strength give on to the Lord overdo on to his name bring and offering and come before he worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness fair before him all the earth the world also shall be stable but it be not moved let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice and that meant say among the nation the Lord reigneth let us see roar and the fullness thereof the fields rejoice and all that is therein then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord because he cometh the judge that her o give thanks unto the Lord for he is good for his mercy endureth forever let us pray Heavenly Father we thank you that were able to be here this morning even to give back that which you have blessed us with thank you Lord for the abundance of blessing Lord we give it back a portion to you even though logically that you bless it to the furtherance of your ministry learn remember those who don't have to give bless them Lord even though Lord Jesus are in the next gathering that they'll be able to give unto your house Lord we give you thanks in Jesus name a man as you match for your friend the combined choir will minister at this time the blue baskets are for the speakers offering and the offering and tithes for the red baskets god bless you [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Thank You Pete right now as we welcome the Shepherd of this house everybody stand with me please we want to welcome our first lady sister Monique Lewis amen we welcome her to this one-day women's convention and thank her for being a leader amen amen and also to our associate pastor passage in Hilton please put your hands together and help me welcome pastor Michael G Lewis in chief short hallelujah and take your seats we are not a sprit of the Lord today and we thank God for the grace that is given unto us to see another day Amen this is the day that the Lord has made we shall rejoice oh praise the Lord we shall rejoice and be glad in it and so we thank God for the opportunity to be in his house one more time amen some of us we didn't see each other from last week amen but God has kept us to see each other another day amen and another week oh praise the Lord Jesus oh praise the Lord Jesus oh praise the Lord Jesus or praise the Lord Jesus - associate pastor Hilton - lady Monique - visiting preacher today in the person of Pastor Lee therus immens from the faith temple Apostolic Church let's praise God for her amen for those who came with her we certainly welcome you we are Bethel so blessed to have with us out of Toronto Canada ladies samwell's amen the wife of the late Apostle Felix samwell's we you would have known that just maybe a week or two ago a man he was married a man one of the early foundation members of this church amen was baptized at this church in fact he was the one who invited all the width of the church amen and so she's here amen going through a difficult time but she's here because she has another death in her family and she's here amen to take part in the funeral but we continue to bless God for her amen and we continue to pray God's strength amen we know that God is able to keep us amen let me ask her at this time just to bring a short greetings to us in Jesus [Music] choirs I want to greet all wonderful things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ present on the Lord for been here one more time thank God for this sputter groan I swear I was baptized yes and as well my husband was not a believer my bread can honor you go sent one I go 72 but each time I come back I still come here I visit here and I visit other church praise be to God I'm given God tons for each and every one that is here today when we were here with enough so many people like no but now there's a lot of people here people that I don't know all those people that I know I don't even see them but praise be to God we are still one in Christ Jesus and she's a bristle ya know saints of God my husband died from cancer Byrd last week it's really thick Holland stay sometimes and I wondered so when the count about 20 years after 20 years after we can see 20 yearsI of the cancer and after 20 years and some months it come back and come up with the venture this time when they come back we take him up so many pain so many hates right now I just wanted was to get away I said let me come to his hunting fin around and then when I about to come to his anti funeral I get to understand my sister died Gladys she's living right in Kingston here and then I said well I'll try and make it I don't know only God knows sometimes my foot name is like but just and believe in God he was a wonderful man of God stand up for holiness for righteousness preach all eNOS preach righteousness sometimes not even church members could take him because too much of the holiness and the right but you know know that the word is true they're gonna stand up for the word the word sense of God not just coming to get a 99 speaking tongues and to roll over the chair but to live your word you're gonna live the word when you preach about the value live it when they testify about you like a living what you sing about you got to live it because if we don't live it we're just fooling our sin and that did but wanna hear it did one way ou nd you prayer my strength I really needed strength saying I needed strength sometime every time I think I bought it I started to cry and sometimes and even when he died I didn't cry that much but no sometimes I go alone he's coming back to my mind because 450 almost 50 years but pray for me pray my strength [Applause] hi I'm prey I thought you would be standing for you they've been on the road a long time they paved the way for those of us who are here [Music] oh you one more time for you [Music] Fred whoa give her strength green card touch her touch her body touch her mind comfort her Oh God but your comfort that cometh from above sustainer which address be a shield and her Butler Oh God Almighty you know you know the heart you know the pain but I pray in the name of Jesus that your healing virtues Oh your lover your grace will flow a heart and bring peace of mind little will be done Oh God let your name be glorified in her life strengthen her remember the rest of the family in the name of Jesus give them and it grace today Lord God we commit everything into your fatherly care even as we declare right now for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory now and forever boy let the church say Amen No [Music] [Applause] we continue pray for mother Sam ones and the rest of the family Bethel these are the days when we need each other no man is an island no man can really stand alone each of us need hallelujah each other and we continue to pray you would recognize that they came to this church and was a part of this church in the early days of this church when there wasn't as many folks in fact we didn't need so many seats but they have kept the faith hallelujah it is a testimony that God can keep you hallelujah he is a keeper and we continue to bless his name we're happy to have our assistant national ladies president our central district president we have representatives from the toner and from Lloyds Amen let's put our hands together for all the visiting ladies who have come to share amen to all our visitors to all our friends amen especially that wonderful group upstairs from K and M amen may the place look so beautiful today amen we bless God for them amen we thank God that you have come to Bethel the passionate and compassionate Church and we continue to worship God in the beauty of holiness to all our other visitors those whose names we were not able to call we welcome you and trust that you are blessed and that you will continue to be blessed in our service even I want to say a special thanks to those who came out last week Sunday night to our school of wisdom and it was really really really a good attendance amen really much better than I expected it to be so some folks like their handouts a little later than others but we really had a very very good turnout amen almost look like a Sunday morning almost we just needed upstairs him and we thank God amen we are journey and we are journeying tell somebody the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom is the beginning of wisdom the fear of the Lord and so with thanks to those who came out amen we have a very pack agenda for the rest of this month so our next school of wisdom will be on the first Sunday in December amen so we prepare for that amen the first Sunday in December but thanks to those who came out next week Sunday amen you would have heard on Saturday please let's support weep amen we need to pray and so let's support weep on Saturday amen as was announced by our central district president sister prudence now on next week sunday is a one-day children and youth convention right here and again it's in collaboration with the central district Sunday school ministry and the theme this year is my status connected to Jesus amen so if you want to know what our status is we are connected to Jesus and it will be next week Sunday that's the 19th right here amen starting at 10:30 in fact it really starts at 9:00 because our young people will be involved amen in Sunday school they'll be teaching the classes on the direction of the set teachers and so our young people will be stepping up to the plate we teachers for next week Sunday nivara Sunday School classes starting at 9 and then our morning worship will be at 10:30 as usual our guest speaker will be our own national youth president sister Zara elephant and you would have seen or heard a man on the last graduation at the University of the West Indies she proudly received her doctorate so rightfully so dr. Zara Oliphant Amen will be our speaker and we know that there is a blessing Amen in store now in there will also be an evening service at 5:30 now remember on this day we do not go as late as normal so an evening service will be at 5:30 and our children's choir will be presenting so our children will be ministering to us amen at 5:30 now as is customary dinner will be available after church for sale only 250 dollars that's a little special because you can't get breakfast lunch or dinner anywhere for 250 all right so you're getting dinner for 250 I'm gonna ask that you give your names today to sister Sandra Darby in order that we can make the necessary arrangements amen so please it's not going to be an exciting time I sense it in my spirit so let's be out next week Sunday for that special special one-day children and youth convention also next week Sunday morning our sister Church in Daytona they'll be having also their anniversary service amen and so pray for us pray for us because we have to be at Daytona we want to be here for one day a convention don't know how it's going to happen but with God all things are possible but we have to be at the eternal Amen have to support the tuning this there and they'll be followed by three of evangelistic campaign and so we want to support the the tuna Church I'm sure pastor Ruth green is looking for us amen and so we have to find a way to make both things work on Sunday and so we continue to pray also let's remember and pray for elder Roe or nationally this president missionary Grace and McDonald and her husband and a few others are in Cuba as we speak amen on the missionaries journey amen so we want to cover them just lift your hands and say in Jesus name in Jesus name wherever they are we sent more anointing and more power upon them we agree in Jesus name Amen and we bless God for them amen and we bless God amen just to remind us that the next event that comes up on our calendar for over 58 anniversary amen is our 50th anniversary banquet amen now sister Joan car is off the island but associate pastor Hilton is here amen and those who have not yet taken their tickets Amen I know some folks waited wanted to wait until November are closer to the event you must collect your tickets today amen today if you're going if you well it's not a matter of if because every one of us should be excited about the 50th anniversary banquet as I said it only comes once every 50 years and so I don't know if I'm going to live to see another 50 years I do not know but if I add another 50 to my years I'd be a very very old man and so while I'm still a relatively young man I don't want this event to miss me at all at all and you should have wanted to miss you too so please those who have not collected their banquet ticket the banquet is on December 14th Saturday December 14th you don't want to miss that homecoming reunion banquet amen we do have quite a number of the sins who have migrated have already booked their passage to come home amen to worship with us immediately following the banquet will be on the Sunday our anniversary service which will be a big big big big service here on Sunday December 15th amen and then the following Saturday will be a grand reunion concert even right here at 20 soul camp Road so I'm asking everyone to let's get in full gear 'man let's get in full gear and get ready amen for our special special banquet amen I know most of your coming I know all of your coming I know you have started to purchase that special fabric and make your you're done done for the banquet whoo praise the Lord oh praise the Lord well you know church can I be very honest we don't have any club or dance or anything like that to go and enjoy ourself because we have put away a worldly enjoyment so when these things come up this is our time to step up dress up enjoy ourselves fellowship with one another amen amen amen so let's get ready let's get ready let's get ready amen please immediately after service collect your banquet tickets amen and those who have made arrangements you know we have been announcing for several months now those who have made arrangements reacts that you come in with the payments that coming in Amen thanks to those who contributed to the voice of holiness broadcast anniversary amen those who have made commitments and pledge we ask that you remember the dates and honor those pledges amen amen I want to last week we recognized quite a number of persons who graduated from the University of the West Indies and did very well amen today we also congratulate another member of our congregation not graduating from the University but did so well in his school even in his exams and so I'm going to ask about the Dominique mcFarland where is Dominique where's Dominique all right I don't see by the Dominique but he did so well amen he's coming he got first place award in visual arts in the CXC examination at Jamaica College and then that was last year and this year he got first place again in all the students at Jamaica college in information technology capable unit one Wow Eamonn as soon as they find him we will present it to you hear them coming brothers strong enough the steeps of light Lord in glory shining Oh [Music] Oh [Music] sorry [Music] Oh Oh amen so whether normally we want to congratulate you for working hard and setting an example for other young men to follow we believe in excellence in every area of our lives and so we congratulate you on your achievements in visual arts and in information technology that bless you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] amen amen amen there for fear the clouds of sorrow never fear the storms of we shall try it's me [Music] and uh Oh [Music] I'm getting ready to present those people but we have to honor our hard-working local ladies president in the first of system joy [Music] in the kitchen so we're working must be recognized we cannot Peter but we moved here well done finally better it is my pleasure real real pleasure to have the inner Amit's pastor Simmons amen I have been praying and trusting God that she would come and share with us she is no stranger to Bethel no stranger to the history of this church he meant one who has been saved for a long time in fact she is the cousin of her own Bishop IRA and D Thompson so she's family she is no stranger she is one who got us calling us called he-man she has worked for several years in the ministry of education as an education officer amen and I remember the days when I would fear seeing her because she was the education officer for the school that I taught that and when I would see that blue car pull on the compound I was there hope she doesn't come to my class but somehow God has always been good amen it is my real privilege to turn over the pulpit of this church into the hands of a woman of God who has been an example to the Apostolic community one who has stood the test of time a woman of integrity and a woman of character better please welcome to this pulpit Elita Simmons in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ [Applause] we are soldiers in the army we'll have to fight we have to meet me let the Lord O my soul and who love that is within me bless His Holy Name tell you bow your head everyone Heavenly Father I come to you in the name of Jesus I come bowing before you because you are God Lord you are my healer you are my father you are my everything you are my all I give you sons holy God for being with me ever since I was born until now I bow before you Jesus because there is nothing that I can do without you I cannot draw another breath unless you give me power and so holy God I'm totally dependent on you and as I stand in this congregation Oh God Almighty to minister to us I pray God that you may annoy me right now Oh blessing God Almighty and help me father to say just what you would have me say to this congregation today I thank you God Almighty for hearing an answering prayer in Jesus name Amen amen amen you may be seated please to overseer Luis and his lovely wife lady Luis and to assistant pastor Hilton and a sister Nelson with the ladies a president here and to all God's a wonderful children I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ or praise the Lord I am happy to be here today not necessarily in this position but I am happy to be here you know I would rather come and sit and listen instead of having persons listening to me I just like to listen but if it is the will of God then I should be here and although the devil struck this morning and the devil didn't want me to be here I have had the flu and I'm saying I've had it because I'm claiming healing in the name of Jesus so I had the flu right and I have come out of it I was tempted to say I'm coming out of it but I have come out of it Oh bless the Lord bless the Lord and this morning I drove by the church and I went upstairs and I prayed and I said God because I really wasn't feeling too well and I said God if it is your will for me to be there please give me a touch and if I didn't get that touch then I would remain at Phillipe Road but God touched me Oh bless the Lord bless the Lord bless the Lord and there are hills I saw about he touch me oh praise the Lord praise the Lord and from time to time he has touched me oh praise the Lord now over the years we have had the pastor's of this church ministering at our church Bishop Thompson started it and when he stepped down Bishop URIs continuance and when he stepped down in which ever way your present pasta continued its and he preached for us in July of this year and when he called me and he said you know I have never seen you at Bethel oh one time I saw you there and it was at the funeral of Bishop Ewing's we are asking you to come and speak for us it's the ladies day I wanted to have said no but I just I just couldn't and they have always been a blessing to us at Philip Lord and let me thank this family for lending them to us when we were and are in need of them I thank you very much because they belong to you right but they were unknown to us at Philippi Lord so I do thank you very much now based on my age I prefer not to speak I prefer to listen in many instances I just prefer to listen but because I'm investing for such a long time you know I'll have been saved for over 60 years I got baptized at age 8 years I wasn't very sure what I was doing but one thing I knew I didn't want to go to hell and my father who was a pastor he preached a lot of messages about going to hell or heaven and the soul I didn't want to go to him and so I got baptized but coming along I didn't know much I said what I was about but coming along I learn and then I got to appreciate God to appreciate Jesus as my savior and he has been with me for over 60 years in the church I am now in my seventies so he has saved me for over 16 years so not many persons here just a few person just looking I'm just a few persons maybe of my age just a few just a few just a few just a few but God has been with me he's a good God I can I I can recommend him I have had the experience with him so I can recommend him when I am sad he makes me glad when I am sick he heals me when I need comfort he comforts me whenever I am in need of anything he provides for me what a wonderful God I serve a wonderful God and I am recommending him to you all those who are saved today I can tell you that God is good is good all the time and we can rely on him we can rely on him for whatever we are in need of now I did not hear what your theme was it since i sat there your assistant pastor told me what the theme was however based on my plan I would like to encourage us today to stand despite the contrary winds in our lives stand stand despite the contrary winds in our lives there are many contrary winds that are blowing and the sometimes the storm but the storms are raging and sometimes we allow the storms to hit us down because sometimes we are not prepared when we hear that a storm or a hurricane is coming we prepare for it right but we know that this spiritual storms are in our lives every day and we need to prepare for them right we need to prepare because if we don't prepare then definitely we are going to lose our salvation I would like today just to look at three scriptures that I have here first Peter 2 verse 9 just the one verse and also first Peter 4 verses 12 and 13 and Ephesians chapter 6 verse 13 okay now if we dance up to 6 verse 13 says wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that he may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all stand also first Peter first Peter chapter 2 verse 9 States but he are a chosen generation a royal priesthood an holy nation a peculiar people that he should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light and chapter 4 verses 30 12 and 13 States beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you as though some strange thing happened unto you but rejoice in as much as ye are partakers of Christ's suffering that when his glory shall be revealed he may be glad also with exceeding joy oh praise the Lord now as we approach the end of time we need to realize that Satan is working overtime to deceive us is working overtime to deceive us therefore our faith will be tried in different ways and I know that you your faith has been tried my faith has been tried all so many so many times but we need to remember who we are we need to remember who we are it is important that we remember who we are sad to say that many times when we are tempted when trials come our way we seem to forget who we are we seem to forget who we are and of course it says that we are Choza generation a holy nation a royal priesthood a peculiar people now that's who we are we are knowledge a criminal no man we are no little commoners right we are a royal priesthood and so we should Lord our heads up high or yes and do what is right right when we think of who we belong to right and who we are and us we are then we should be motivated to live according to the Word of God and it says we were in darkness we were not a people we were in darkness but he has made us into a people oh praise the Lord right he has taken us out of darkness into his marvelous light and we thank God for that now that being so our behavior and our attitudes should reflect who we are our behavior and our attitudes should reflect who we are and I want to encourage us today to make sure that our attitudes and our behavior reflects who we are right it should be a reflection of who we are and when people have to deal with us whether at the workplace whether at school whether in the home wherever we are we are to make sure that people are able to say my god you know she's a Christian must be Christian where's me of like that such an such a thing happen I wouldn't take it like that I would tell her off yes I'll give her a piece of my mind and all of that and she just took it like that you know why because you're peculiar people holy nation right and your attitude must reflect just who you are now for this to be achieved though we have to fight it's not very easy it takes fun we have to fight and as the Sun writer say we have to fight although we have to die no no you know there are some persons who will fight physically but as for fighting spiritually they're not putting up any fight right but they will fight physically others encouraging us today and I say I can encourage us because I have passed through it I have walked this way and long time and so I can tell you that is not easy but guess what is possible not easy but is possible it is possible I have made it and so can you Oh bless the Lord you can if you really rely on God self cannot make it self cannot make it because we were born in sin and shaped in iniquity so we cannot make it by ourselves but if we rely on God and we make our selves a pliable in his hands then definitely we can make it to the end now as I said we have to fight the younger persons they fight against the pleasures of this world and this worldly lifestyle right they have they have a battle where that is concerned right they have a battle and know that I mean social media or God it's right in their lives they have to fight even harder but then those of us who don't care about the lifestyles now because we have passed that stage you know what we have to fight against we have to fight against bitterness we have to fight against a hatred fight against unforgiveness right we have to fight against that because so many times we who are the older ones right we will say a body of people young people young people young people young people but then we are not so concerned about the styles the dress styles and all of that and and what the young people are concerned about but many of us are bitter many of us are unforgiving some of you will never ever forgive some of those persons who hurt you years ago even years ago some of you you are nursing unforgiveness for a long time and we need if there's anybody here with guilty of that you need to get rid of it you need you're destroying yourselves when you don't forgive you are destroying yourself because sometimes the person who we don't forgive maybe that person gets forgiveness and on his way are on her way to heaven while we are here with the bitterness in our hearts and our way to hell now we have to watch that because many times we we don't think of that many times we think of yes we need to wear our our skirts right length and our sleeve that the right length and all of that and all of that and we think so much about things like those but the inner man the real man the real person Myka the cedar in person we don't see the real person the real person is on the inside right and we have to think about that person it's very very important and many times we don't think about that we cover up right we make sure that we we dress properly so that somebody will say what a lovely Christian girl is that Wow you know her dress is so modest and no wonder why the Bible says that man looketh on the outward appearance but God looks at the heart God looks at the heart brethren our hearts we need to look inside of us it's very very important and many of us don't really look at that right the heart is very very important let us make sure brethren that we don't just gloss over that and make sure that we are dressed properly so that people can say we are Christians but the heart the heart and what I find brethren is not as a first be the for st. beloved think it not strange right concerning the fiery trial which is to try you burning inner world fiery trials are ready to try us to let us know who we are not to let God know who we are because he knows who we are right but we would not know who we are until we are tried until we are tried because so many times we say I would never system really did that I would never do it but guess what when you are trying the worse is when we are tried we know who we are yes because if we are not tried at some time ago somebody interfered with this Christian person and the person and the way the person reacted the person today the expression that was used was if you don't mash hands you don't know what is the inside of it and so we have to be very careful right when trials come and Olek trials I don't know about you I don't like trials but I know the trials are inevitable and knowledge they will come because I know that Satan wants me to go to hell with him and he wants all of us to go to hell with him right and so I know that trials will come right trials will come to try me and I am not at all suggesting that for the 60 odd years that all the trials that came I was successful I I wouldn't try to fool you you want to be fool anyway if I told you that you would never believe it there were times when I were tried right and I have lost the battle yes I lost the battle and we all will lose battles as time goes on but if we lose the battle one time that should teach us that we need now yes we need thank you to regroup right so therefore as we go through life some storms are going to blow us down some storms are going to blow us down but let us not stay down get up brush off and go again brush off and go again and as they the scripture says we must rejoice I don't know who finds it easy to rejoice in trials somebody tell a lie on you and people believe it right and I will say oh thank you Jesus no it's difficult it is difficult but guess what it can happen right it's difficult and when you are going through the trial it's going to be difficult right but at the same time there's a part of the scripture that I generally use that all things work together for good to them that love the Lord and I just I stop it right there and I say well yes I love the Lord and I have reached the stage that I get more matured right when things happen as a Lord what is in this what good is in this for me now I just ask the Lord so as we get more mature right so we we need to study God's Word we need to pray we need to fast right and we need to get matured in God because as we get matured in God where whatever comes our way we can just ask God Lord what good is in this for me now that's the stage that I have reached because of my maturity in God right but it says we are to rejoice and in in in Acts of the Apostles chapter 5 the Bible says that the Apostles were beaten and they were commanded not to preach in the name of Jesus Christ right and guess what the Bible says they then left the council rejoicing they left the council rejoicing that they were found worthy to suffer for the name of the Lord can you imagine so they are our example and we need to follow their example many times when things happen to so now instead of rejoicing some people blame God so God why you allow this to happen to me you may have an only child and the child dies oh my god the child that you were expecting in your old age right to be there for you the one child died you know that happened in our church earlier this year since the hope is one child died at age 28 only child and even know if she talks about it she cries right and it is difficult but at the same time the Lord giveth and the Lord has taken away and one very good thing was that she was saved right she was saved so if God and decides to take her at that time when she was ready so be it right but people were still more you may be married for many years and no child is forthcoming lejana it was read this morning no child is forthcoming and you pray about it you fast about it your answer the persons to pray and fast with you and no child is forthcoming and then you start to ask God what what happened what's the difference between me and a of our sister X and sister why what how many children they have and is it one likkle one I want from your God on you refuse to let me have one and sometimes the people may not talk what they are suffering right but there are some persons who will tell a few persons what is happening right but I'm encouraging you ladies if anybody who is here and you're trying you're married and you're trying making every effort to have a child and the child is not for coming be encouraged continue to work for God right continue to work for God don't give up stand it is important that you stand you are not to allow anything right to hit you down to make you be defeated you are to to stand and there are some persons who are sick for many years you have been to the doctor many doctors and you wondering what is on your face your prayer you give your times right and you're wondering how God can heal you right and you know what some persons are so weak that that's a boy cannot be sore sore so I have to go look now if you if you do that you are seeking another God you are turning against the God of heaven if you try to go to an obeah man to look to see if is your neighbor put your soul yes are are is somebody maybe not your neighbor could be a co-worker that's where to look that co-worker you know because I know session work in obeah see what up now it catch me now we are never ever never ever to think of that because they are they are other gods and we cannot afford right to go to any woman right and so many of them are in Jamaica now oh yes saying all the nominations are welcome the blood of Jesus is against them and there are so many problems in their country and they cannot solve them if you watch the news you will see how many problems are in their country and they can solve them but they come out there what is will we don't have any sense is it that we don't have any sense so that we believe they can solve our problem and the can solve ears as a children of God don't try thus it is indeed and no no it is us no no it's a no-no for Christians now there are some young ladies in the church who would like to get married I think all I think all young ladies growing up in life from your a child right you are saying why I want to get married and I want to have three children I want to have how many children now my mother had 14 children and it's 14 times and I can tell you you know she has never been to a doctor when she was pregnant with any of them just the same spring is just the same free right and well maybe they were not so many doctors were wrong too when she started them but the same times Bay Hospital was there and she has never been there they believed in prayer you're not better may have commissary a far way because I must confess that know that when I get older and realize some of the things that happen I said what appearance have no sense yes I struggle with some of the things that they do because that three of the children died when they were very young as young little babies not even seven days only eight our soul but one of them was six weeks old when he died now instead of taking the children to the doctor when they were seat you know what my parents did fasted and prayed and say God if it is your will let them live if it is not your will Lord we will accept your will and you know sometimes when I think about that accepted it when our a child you know but growing about me it why they did not take those children to the doctor but if you put your trust in God you see brethren in those days you know people put their trust in God and it's wrong God's will to be done I remember my father said well you know God knows what these children would grow up to be and God has taken them at this stage who say that no I don't think anybody here would say that no and one would say oh yes this is information age that is how they use us Oh Pentecostals used to be in those day they were God's will to be done God's will must be done and I'm not telling you to do that you know but my parents wanted I will tell you to let God's will be done right because God's will is always right and sometimes God's will is not our will all right so I'm talking about those who want to get married now and guess what you don't see any young man coming to pop the question yes and you are getting frustrated are you pray about it you fast about it and you look alone in the church and there are some ladies now you know different age know where the ladies will try to pop the question that's the days we are now living in when the ladies will pop the question and if you pop the question and the man says no you are disappointed that's one and you are embarrassed I'm not telling you not to do it but I know that that's not the right way pray continue praying young people continue pray continue praying yes right continue praying right and they said drowning man catch of the straw don't catch of the any straw the straw maybe on the outside of the church right and you claim you don't see anybody nobody saying anything to you right so therefore you are going to leave the church somebody at the workplace popping the question somebody somewhere else popping the question and nobody in the church doing it so I might as well just agree and then we don't see you again we don't want that to happen we continue working for God and continue praying right be of good courage and wait on the Lord right wait on the Lord your person will come in due time and if your person did not come continue to worship the Lord stand right continue to stand stand for holiness stand for righteousness stand right don't be defeated stand and of course if he's on six take unto you the whole armour of God that he may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand no an Armour is needed only if we are going to fight right and say we are soldiers in the army we have to fight although we have to die so we have to continue fighting and the to withstand the shows the ability to win against whatever comes you can withstand sometimes you look at the whole storm is coming and a sail Orion or the roof cannot withstand the storm that we stand with stand so you have this it does have the ability right it doesn't have this the ability to hold out through the storm but but stand in this context shows the result of the battle you are victorious or you are standing you are not defeated you are standing right so in this context and means to be victorious so at the end of the day you are standing you are victorious despite all the different things that are happening that have happened to you you are still standing and God has equipped us with the armor I want to go through what the armor is because we are all acquainted with the different parts of the armor I'm not going through that but God has equipped it has equipped us with the armor to fight so we are to make sure that we use the armor to to fight stand despite your temptations stand despite your disappointments stand despite your afflictions stand despite your persecution stand despite your failures get up and stand when you fail you jump up again and you stand stand despite your trials your crosses one songwriter says oh the unsearchable riches of Christ who would not gladly endure trials of fictions and crosses on earth hallelujah riches like those to secure there are precious more precious than gold and so whatever comes our way we are encouraged to to stand some marriages are failing they are falling apart some persons are under the same roof but nothing is happening you have been married and if you believe that God has put you together stay together if you believe God has put you together stay together there are so many things that are happening when we think of job you lost all that he had but he stood job lost all that he had he lost his wealth and he lost his health but he stood he stood he did not turn against God he said though he slay me yet will I trust him though he slay me yet will I trust him and tarry temptation Joseph was tempted and there seemed to be a sex demon going around these days where everybody feels you know have to be married you can be engaged in sex it's the Bible to say that the Bible didn't say that right so we are to be very careful where that is concerned so Joseph remembered who he was and he said how can I do this wickedness and sin against my god recently somebody said to me that she did something that was wrong and I said to her how could you do a thing like that she said to remember that she was a Christian yes she said ice I didn't remember that I was a crystal and I did it we have to remember who we are you know how could I forget that I'm a Christian no we are not never ever to forget but the Little Miss forgot that she was a Christian and where forgiveness is concerned let us think of Steven and Joseph Steven while he was dying he was told to death and while he was dying he asked God to forgive those who are killing him also do that many of us on us got to kill all of them did not kill I'll do a zoo trust to enough me that's how many of us would react but Steven asked God to forgive them right and so we have to make sure that we stand and all those persons who believe that just can't forgive I'm asking you please forgiveness forgiveness is important and as Christians we have to learn to forgive and we have to stand up for what is right the four Hebrew boys they stood up for what was right they stood up and and when three of them Sun is fire right many of us will be scared enough it's easier said than done for us to say I would do the same scene easier said than done but they stood up and they said well our God will deliver us and if he didn't deliver us we will be still not bowing we are still not bowing and so they stood tall and Daniel he went they threw him in the lion's den he also stood tall at the end because he refused to pray to any other god other than the god of heaven so they all came out victorious and the last one pawned after his trials he was beaten he was shipwrecked he was imprisoned and after all of that he was able to say at the end I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith and I'm encouraging all of us males and females alike live the type of life and let us continue to fight and know you are fighting continue to fight intensify your fight because the devil is intensifying his fight so let us intensify our fight so that at the end of life's journey we will be able to say like Paul I have fought a good fight I have finished my course and best of all I have kept the faith that is a vital important stand for holiness stand for righteousness because holiness is still a requirement for heaven god bless you [Applause] God has spoken let the church say we have received an instruction from a mother so many areas were touched today so many God knows God knows God knows that as a minister to so many needs in this house today and I want to open this altar to those who are struggling if you're in this house and you're not saved you're not a part of this great Christian army and you want to be a part of this great Christian army I'm invited to come but I want to open this all to the doors of us who might be struggling the preacher said we should stand amidst the contrary winds in our lives you've been struggling struggling one thing after the other and it has been struggling we want to open this altar you may make your way to this altar come for prayer make your way right now wherever you are in this house we want you to come let's sing that beautiful hymn of the church number 96 of my Pentecostal hymnal or the unsearchable riches of Christ well that can never be told riches exhaustless of mercy and grace precious more precious than gold is there somebody else that will come for prayer yes this altar is open let's come [Music] can never be told riches X lossless of mercy and grace precious more precious than gold Oh precious more precious well that can never be told oh the unsearchable riches of Christ precious more precious and gold oh the unsearchable riches of Christ who shall dare glory declare jewels luster oh I shall the poorest man Oh [Music] the riches of [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] the [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh the upside Oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] they were neither hallelujah summer at the verge of making a decision to be baptized some are the words of me in that decision the enemy is whispering to some of them that you can't make it your way to backslide [Music] but we have a weakness before us today that you can make it that God can preserve you is there a soul or what a baptism is it regulating is there a or are you ready today are you ready Jesus is ready for you Jesus is for one of you if you're sitting and you can't stand we're gonna pray father how we love you we thank you for your goodness and for your verses how do we thank you that in all things your God we thank you Lord our that you are our preserve you're our keeper father we thank you we thank you we thank you we thank you O God that you can preserve us even in the midst and cheering winds in the mids of the students when the storms are raging you can keep us and so God we thank you for set in your works to us reminded us that we should stand refused to quit refuse to give up to put on the Ola we were able to stand even even as we pray even as we pray we pray that you give us the courage to remain steadfast unmovable always abounding in your home God we thank you for speaker we thank you for pastor Simmons god I pray that to cultivate the bless her pray God that you could do today your hands on her for good and even as she has ministered to us god we pray that you'll restore word sure god almighty strength fertility bless her ministry continue to bless the church over which you're given her oversee continue to bless everything that she does and say keep her in your will your way in we pray for these or the authenticity some are in need of strength than why we need of just another touch I pray about that you touch them today someone with me no God oh one of those that will to say yes to you yes the salvation we pray we pray right now God Almighty that you're rid of Sunda never God there is spirit of deception everything that the enemy puts in their way to block them from saying yes to you we pray in the name of Jesus that you'll remove it right now tear don't have a plan of the enemy pull them from sin death hell and the grave bring them into a saving knowledge of who you are bless this church continuity with Pyrrhus God for your common Lord we want to make it in the rapture we want to be with you thank you for continuing to speak to us in plain and simple language that we can understand that you love us and you are preparing us for your coming make us ready God as we be clear Oh God for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory I went for evermore in the name of Jesus Christ we pray let the church say Amen and adjourn say Amen let the 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Published: Sun Nov 10 2019