Bethel Sunday Morning Service November 17, 2019 Message by Dr. Zahra Oliphant

in in their youth and children one day convocation hallelujah let's put our hands together hallelujah for the children hallelujah they are our future glory to God and we're gonna worship with them this morning as we encourage them in the Lord let's join as we sing our own in him I am determined [Music] oh geez [Music] ah Oh [Music] [Music] I was away Oh [Music] to the [Applause] stay with Jesus then he will keep us till the very end hallelujah hallelujah at this time we will go into our scripture reading which will be taken from first John chapter 4 and will read from verses 1 to 10 we are going to be reading with sister Jill from Bethel Portmore first John chapter 4 verses 1 to 10 if you have found it please say Amen and we will read alternately that which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our eyes which we have looked upon and or our hands had filled and of the Word of Life first darlin first john one versus one to ten please pardon me beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world [Applause] and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God and that this is that of is the spirit of Antichrist whereof ye have heard but that it should come and even now already is it in the world they of the world therefore speak they of the world and the world hear them beloved let us love one another for love is of God and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God in this was manifested the love of God towards us because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world and that we might live through him verse 10 we'll meet together hearing is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins here endeth operation of God's holy word [Music] or some for prayer this morning will be him to 21 from are Pentecostal hymnal close to thee we will be led in prayer by sister Carrie and Haywood [Music] though my everlasting Porsche [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] me too [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] as we continue to hum the chorus and as we prepare to go to the throne of grace this morning we just got word this morning that one of the new converts from Harborview sister Alicia I do not remember her last name just know her son was shot this morning and it's very hard on the Family and the Roy Evans is out there right now with sister opal and also brother key Thomas is at this moment in the accident and emergency area of the university hospital suffering from a cloth in the blood clot in the leg so we just want to remember them in Pearl and all the other requests that we have received just pray one for the other but please just lift up sister Alicia and her family this morning and the Thomas's family in Pearl praise God close to me again [Music] [Music] she sucks oh Jesus Jesus hallelujah cheese's Lord as I come before your presence Lord Jesus we come before a holy God hallelujah we come before a righteous God we come before a God that is touched with the very feelings of our infirmities we come before a comforting God we come before a god that understands our needs and Oh God I understand all the tears of our hearts Jesus we come before you today there is nothing that you don't see there's no heart that is not revealed unto you you know every utterance of the high cheese sauce hallelujah God Almighty I pray Lord Jesus that you will come and you will dwell Jesus the god of our peace the God of our comfort the God of our joy the very God of our salvation hallelujah cheese's we honor you today we honor you God because you are worthy to be praised hallelujah Jesus Lord as we come hallelujah we pray for your forgiveness Jesus even in our very thoughts we sin against thee even in our very action God Almighty we see all the rapportive Lord Jesus we pray for your forgiveness hallelujah Jesus and Lord as we hear the reports God I mean there's just so many bad reports one after although God Almighty but Lord Jesus God Almighty we believe and we know that there's a balm in Gilead we know that ears of God in basil we know that there's a god that understands and we know that there's a god that still saves we know that there's a god that still heals Jesus all these report driving fear if it's not for young man it's fear of tomorrow it's fear of faces it's fear of illness yours are so much fear God but today Jesus we stand resolute because we know that is the healing God we know the views of God that comforts wheels and not as we put these family members before your presence this is sally's anatomists family God you see and you know Lord we said healing Lord Jesus The Situation's wants us to believe that you don't healer but God we said healing in the name of Jesus Lord we send comfort to the family there are so many family members are the grieving Jesus we said Kolkata hallelujah Jesus Lord Jesus we pray for your covering hallelujah Jesus we pray against sicknesses Lord Jesus we pray against it in Jesus name because you still healer you still deliver you still give us a good report God and we believe in you Jesus hallelujah Lord Jesus us today is youth Sunday Lord we pray for our youths God Almighty because the enemy wants us to fail but we are not failures why Jesus you said to Jeremiah before he was born you knew him and so you know each and every one of us and I pray God Almighty that our ministries will come for it I pray God Almighty that Lord Jesus you will grant unto all turtle alert Jesus I pray about life that you will feel yourself unto us that when we are out on the battlefield we will stand resolute that means one God and he says that he delivers we will not give you any false doctrine in Jesus name we will not bow to the system of man in Jesus name we will know our status in you God Almighty we will know that we are children of God hallelujah we will not backslide in Jesus name Lord Jesus I prayer against the spirit of witchcraft Lord Jesus I pray against the spirit of homosexuality and their tendencies that it will not be named amorous cheese's no cheese are the spirit me I ain't trafficking human trafficking Lord Jesus there are not of our children God Comoros Lord Jesus that when we step out we will come back in one piece of bones or Jesus underworld maybe we are different we are the salt of the earth a peculiar SATA nation we are for God hallelujah hallelujah Jesus we will not die and not confusing spirits for Justin see now he can be whatever we want to be that there is a liar we will be what you say we are God [Applause] we will live play that bow for you Jesus [Music] hallelujah hallelujah cheese every child and by extension the children of our nation no cheese are so much reports of missing I mean they're not even save on the school compound anything can happen at any time but let me pray for your protection cover us under your wings Lord Jesus give us a word in due season so the enemy will not have dominion over us help us to cross the very head of the Leviathan god help us to stand up for you Jesus God Almighty and I pray I pray for our parents I pray for and lead us that you'll grant them the wisdom and the patience and understanding to direct us God in you Alleluia that you will go into the homes Lord Jesus that your love will be in the homes your direction your word God Almighty hallelujah Jesus you have been providing for them to provide for us and so we pray a special covering of our parents our leaders God in Jesus name because they need your strength we need your strength God in this time in this age we need your strength God as we support under all we know that what will happen Lord Jesus what we need your strength we need your guidance God hallelujah Jesus God Almighty oh can I forget to pray about the marriages a mean-girl already so much bad reports God my Lord Jesus what you have put together let no man god almighty pull apart Jesus we pray if I love in the homes love in the marriages love in the Union God Almighty notice a institution for you God joy Jesus Lord God Almighty let here be oneness Lord cheese are so much bad report but you are a God like Jesus that are not marriages Lord Jesus God Almighty we pray for our leaders of the land Oh Lord Jesus coz whatever they do Lord Jesus whatever they Institute God Almighty Lord Jesus affect us directly indirectly Lord Jesus and so we pray that you will be in the parliaments God Almighty that Lord Jesus you'll be on ahead and Lord Jesus helping to make decisions Oh God Almighty Lord Jesus hallelujah God Almighty the righteousness would reveal North God Almighty that this nation will know you are God that this nation will look to you like Jesus hallelujah God Almighty hallelujah Jesus hallelujah even for family members that are not saved our fathers our mothers our bread or sisters or save them Jesus not God Almighty as you grant a revelation unto us and Lord Jesus you even grant an obedient spirit for us to receive it Lord Jesus we pray God Almighty that they will receive you God hallelujah Jesus hallelujah remember Lord Jesus those who are backslidden God Almighty we will not forget them nor Jesus we pray that you'll bring them back home Lord Jesus God Almighty Lord Jesus reveal yourself who to know is life eternal hallelujah Jesus hallelujah hallelujah Jesus hallelujah Jesus we pray God Almighty Helen we are poor pastors and for leaders or assistant pastors Lord Jesus Lord that you legrand them the strength and you'll help us to pray God Almighty hallelujah to pray for them Lord Jesus it's not easy to lead God and I pray Lord Jesus that you will strengthen them you give them the double portion for this season because yesterday is God I said I need another 19 for today she is us so we pray that you will cover them hallelujah Jesus we pray God Almighty that you will cover them cover their families be with them God you let them direct them Lord Jesus hallelujah our Lord we pray that you will have your way in today's service remember speaker for today Lord Jesus that you will anoint I even know to bring forward your word Lord Jesus we pray that he will comb the very God of our peace the very God of our joy they were a god of our salvation you have become ourselves Sun God we pray that you'll come annual Tabernacle today know Jesus as we put today's service before your presence we pray in all things that you will be glorified as we give you thanks Lord Jesus we truly give you thanks we give you thanks Lord Jesus we give you thanks today Jesus name I pray [Music] [Applause] in this place Lord you are welcome in this place Lord you are welcome [Music] your way you're welcome [Applause] Lord you are [Music] hi your way [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] by [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah we bless your name Jesus not worship the Lord the Lord have to do with what he did so let us worship the larger day let us release all our worship everything that we've held back in the past will let us release it in the house of the Lord today we want to live here blessed we don't want to leave the same way that we are come so let us worship the Lord let us give him honor because he's truly deserving of our praise hallelujah hallelujah thank you Jesus at this time we are going to invite the children's Mass Choir to minister to us in Jesus name hallelujah we worship the Lord that was not my truck this morning but I'm here and I'm here to worship I encourage you to worship with our children today bless the Lord [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] Oh [Music] enjoy that if the toilet [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] my keys my joy is my joy he is my [Music] [Music] your tights my George Jetson George [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] - joy - joy - James Burchard tighten to tighten to tighten George tight tight tight tight tight [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Giselle Mackenzie she'll be bringing the welcome greetings praise the Lord everybody praise the Lord everybody Jesus is my joy it is such a blessing to be in the host this morning we could have been elsewhere we could have been laying in a hospital bed but to God be the glory we think he has done who wants our knowledge the presence of God right now in the host pastor Michael G Lewis in his absence and his wife associate pastor Jean Hilton you also like to acknowledge our elder in charge other advanced in his absence as well mr. Jolyon the resource camp youth president she apologize is also for her absence for Anika or assistant youth president is he here he's here Oh Veronique Oh we have with us but Alomar one is from the lights Assembly resolution II elephants use president from far more we have a leaf on the National Youth president and she's also our speaker for today we also have the port more assembly joining us carry out co2 stun press the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord we our knowledge all of our sins this morning your looks so beautiful praise the Lord we have some visitors with us this morning as well we have sister Dylan d'marie Maureen visiting from bomb in Palm Bay posted by pastor widow that's the Lord we also have with us sister Judith Thompson visiting from Connecticut's press the Lord we also have mr. Albert or Albert or prayers alert sir thank you for coming and and say ye cup whom's praise the Lord thank you so much for coming is there any other visitor that I did not call your name I didn't get your name could you please stand no other visitors or greeters are doing well alright so I'm gonna ask all our business is done just one more time we're going to sing for your welcome song stand up stand up visitors stand up resinize it's so good to see your face [Music] it's all good to see [Music] this is the house of let us pray well come to bed it's too bad there [Music] it's you will a special undersquare SCR and on Facebook at wwe.com slash vessel and C are at least I would say the time out to congratulate sister Gabrielle her [Applause] sister Gabrielle attended the women's high school and she did account and along with some other subject was before accounts she was at knowledge as the first place across the entire Caribbean [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] she's not here today okay so I just heard that she's not here today but in her absence would like to congratulate her and encourage her to continue doing great things for the Lord bless you my my my Jesus is my my my [Music] [Music] [Music] we are going to have some greetings from our visiting churches this time I'm going to invite sister Abigail and a sister Giovanni to come at this time after which or president from Portmore will also come and give greetings in Jesus name praise the Lord everybody praise the Lord everybody praise God I just acts that you worship with us as we Minister this song the Lord has brought me through all of my sorrows when I failed him he didn't cast me away he stood right by me through all of my troubles when I was down he let me go astray took me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] praise the Lord praise the Lord let me see all my young people jump up and say hallelujah [Music] okay you see at my church in Port more over the seas our young people start from ages a hundred and below so I'm gonna ask one more time for all my young people to jump up and shout hallelujah praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord isn't God good isn't it good to be connected to the king of kings praise the Lord praise the Lord we are so happy to be here in our other home saying it felt a little strange being welcomed to your own home but we thank you on behalf of my pasta Romano Willis and the Saints from Portmore and those who are with me we are happy to be here another time to worship you in this special day praise the Lord hallelujah and today we are talking about status status and when I think about status I think about that little thing on whatsapp that I don't use but most of the time you're updating your status right for the people using it you can agree with me you're updating your status whether it's us you're at the mall or you just had something great to eat so that there are people who see and then I know that you go out or as I need to check how many views you got on that post right and you feel really good when you see a lot of views for somebody posts right young people yes no man don't be shy near man you know you're checking those views on who viewed especially who view the status so one of the things when I think about what's up on the status and what you're posting on your posting so that people can see and it's the same thing when we talk about number sign that number sign that's what hashtag status connected to god we want people to see so that when you are constantly connected to him every Sunday morning you're updating every to the night you're updating every Friday or updating every Wednesday every time you read your Bible every time you fast and pray you're updated and as your update that's that's awesome so the people around you see how you are connected Jesus and then you can see how many people have just viewed and know who God is and who you are some just reminding us all to keep updating our status in Jesus so we can stay connected god bless you are we invite brother Lamar Wallace from with the Lloyds to greet us in Jesus name there is power in the name of Jesus shall we show to pray shall we shut up ray hallelujah praise God I want to greet you all in the mighty name of Jesus I bring you greetings from or a pasta pasta Seymour Brown and the youth department in noise and the Saints we greet you all in the mighty name of Jesus greeting to our associate pastor Pastor Jean praise God and os or president in Jesus name I just want to encourage young people today that there was a there's a saying that I heard last week it said that if you want to get something new you can't do the old things that you used to so you have to do something new in order to get new result amen so if you want to see God operating more in your life as a young people pray more fast more see god more so I'm just encourage us all today to just trust in God I'm blessed and privileged to be here today at the huge and and children one day convention god bless y'all in Jesus name [Applause] sister paulette watson and sister angeles lady from the daytona assembly were slated to be here today however because they are having their anniversary service they were unable to be here but they send their greetings in Jesus name you are all invited to return tonight at 5:30 p.m. for the children the children's choir presentation it starts promptly at 5:30 and you are all invited to come this time we will have a poem by sister Jada grant from the soul cow [Applause] Brizzy Lord everybody my status connected to Jesus today I update my works of status not really trying to attract others my status connected to Jesus I have a friend who I can call he is never busy not as all my status may put me push me away but he's always here to stay sometimes we may feel so distant disconnected from the source which gives us power and force and keeps us off and keeps us on the correct course we may think it's our sin that is keeping us away but it possibly could be something else we often end up saying what is the point the law of peace and compassion has gone maybe it's that time in life Jesus has given us one more chance to grow having faith where we lacked stay connected no matter what because Jesus is the only way to make it through never give up what finish the race because I'm sure we all want to make it to that Judgment Day hearing well done my good and faithful servant praise the Lord at this time we will prepare for our offering we will read from the Book of Chronicles first chronicles chapter 16 verses 28 to 34 please stand we will have praying for the offering sister Courtney Blair after we have read or give unto the world let the fields rejoice and all that is there any financial the trees of the woods allow the presence of the Lord because he comment to judge the earth sure bar heads feels that many part of the Camorra one more time over there were assets oppressed those who don't have to give mine those who have to give some next time those who don't have to give no offer they can have a offering to give see you next time just name I pray please be guided by our Usher's we will now have the ministry of the Bethel Children's Choir bless the Lord since let me ask you also to give an offering in the blue basket that will be collected as our speakers offering god bless you as you give generously in Jesus name [Music] [Music] Oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] Oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] I am alright praise God some might say if you know the Lord is keeping you if you know the Lord is keeping you what are you worried about if you know the Lord is keeping you why not singing shout hallelujah [Applause] every day is still the same if you know the Lord is keeping you what are you worried about hallelujah praise God praise God praise God we thank God for his presence in the house today praise God can you feel him in the house today hallelujah touch your neighbor and say neighbor have you felt him this morning hallelujah come be honest go if you don't believe say so hallelujah glory be to the name of Jesus some people may not have found him yet but he is here all you have to do is open up your heart hallelujah and worship please God please God please God I honor the presence of the Lord in the host today accept all the greetings from our pastor pastor Lewis who is worshiping with Pastor rose green and the scenes in Daytona today as they celebrate their church anniversary praise God and he just sent his greetings let's pray for them over there in Daytona as they celebrate their anniversary and they continue with two nights of meeting praise God and I am asking that you go out and visit especially those who live out in that area go and just swell the crowd with the Saints over there in Daytona amen amen brethren praise God holy greetings to all our young people young people's presidents let me start off by saying greetings to our young people director and the officer in charge of today Minister Roy Evans praise God to turn hands together for him hard-working news director hard-working officer in this church I have seen him back yet he went out just to give support to the Brethren over there in Harborview you would have remembered that we were out in a half of you for a long time during our month of evangelism and quite a few persons have been coming from that area and we just want to support them during this time of their bereavement a lot of them are not here today because the incident happened just about when they were getting ready to come to church so let's continue to pray much for them greetings also to all the other youth presidents in the halls since our own sister Jody is not here but her two very well-seasoned health in the personal Minister Nico Allen and brother - in Lawrence put your hands together for them praise God praise God - hard-working young person in this church and they really have been working hard with young people to get them to just stay in Jesus and just to keep on keeping on praise God our national youth president and our speaker for today sister Zahra Oliphant praise God welcome and to all the Brethren who came with her let me see them standing all the Brethren who came from poor poor praise God put your hands together all of you wonderful people [Music] [Applause] this morning all of you all our officers and all of you God's wonderful people holy greetings in the precious name of Jesus God remains faithful brethren God remains true to his words and it doesn't matter what comes our way we know that we serve a God who is always faithful always victorious always watching over his people praise God so we have every right today to sing and shout because we know that we have a God who will never fail praised be the name of Jesus can you show to that God this morning do you know his name this morning let's show that wonderful name praise God praise God we have a long day today we need to come back for the presentation by the choir at 5:30 so let me just get some announcements out of the way next Sunday that's the 24th of November will be our pastors fourth anniversary service praise God are you bless do you think you are blessed to have a good pastor this morning hallelujah praise God we really want to thank God for keeping him really guiding him helping him as he navigates his way through this pastoral overseen so we really want to thank God for him this morning the work of a pastor is not an easy one and you know when he started out he asked that all we do is to pray much for him let me see the hands of those who pray for their pastor okay some of you're honest enough you don't pray let me encourage you pray much for your pastor it is not an easy task not an easy task brethren and he needs every bit of your support in / so next week we will come out and share with him how much we love and appreciate him and they officers the greeters not the greeters rushers have some envelopes which they will be given out they would have started giving them out already if you have not yet received one let me ask you encourage you to take on envelope and just put whatever the Lord has laid on your heart to bless your pastor in the name of Jesus so let's come out next week collect an envelope and come next week as we just honor the of God in Jesus name on December 14th less than a month away we will have our 50th anniversary banquet and this will be happening at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and I'm just reminding all of you who have your tickets do not lose them we do not have any more to give so do not lose them those of you who have asked me to put away tickets for you you need to see me today after today I cannot guarantee that you will have tickets you will get any more tickets so please come and see me today and let's just get ready for our 50th anniversary banquet praise God it will be an exciting time and we have been celebrated throughout the entire year and the banquet is one of the few activities that we have left and we are inviting you to make an effort to be there it will be a grand time in Jesus name so let me invite you just to stand at this time remember to get ready this evening let me ask you brethren come out and support the children as the minister this even let me invite you all to stand everybody if you are able to do so praise God it's time for the word amen amen let me see the hands of those who need a word from the Lord we need a word from the Lord because if we don't hear from him we know not what we will do and we are come to worship we come to give Him praise but we come also to hear what thus said the Lord so without further ado let me invite to come to us this time to bring to us the bread of life our speaker since the Zahra elephant receive her with hallelujah praise praise the Lord everybody praise the Lord everybody if I were a butterfly I'd thank you Lord for giving me wings and if I were a Robin in the tree I'd thank you Lord that I can sing and if I were a fish in the sea I wiggle my tail won't you wiggle with me but I just thank you Father for making me me for you gave me a heart you gave me a smile you gave me Jesus and you made me your child and I just thank you Father for making me one more musician do we know it children do we know that song Oh some of you have ever heard it all right listen carefully I'm gonna sing it one more time you're gonna catch on and then we're gonna sing it together all right one two if I were a butterfly I'd thank you Lord for giving me wings and if I were a Robin in the tree I'd thank you Lord that I can sing and if I were a fish in the sea and wiggle my tail won't you wiggle with me but I just thank you Father for making me me or you gave me a heart you gave me a smile you gave me Jesus man you made me your child and I just thank you Father for making me are you all should catch on though you got it good mother the friends at the front can we spend come on sand it's your day Stan oh yes yes don't give me that expression it's your day we got a smile on our faces right one two if I were I thank you Lord for giving me wings and if I were a Robin in the tree I'd thank you Lord that I can't say I did I work I fish in the sea I wiggle my tail won't you wiggle with me but I just thank you Father for making me or you gave me a heart you gave me a smile you gave me Jesus man you made me your child and I just like you Father poor baby Oh ah thank you Jesus you may be seated in the presence of the Lord if I were a butterfly thank you Lord for giving me wings if I were a sister Jean I'm sure there's something that I'd be giving God thanks for praise alone if I were a brother oh and I thank God for the camera skills that I have amen and if I were brother Dave I thought God he's not in favour brother car I thank God for thee the auxilary skills that I have and if I were a dr. Ferguson I thank God for my ability to inject people right doc because if he's injecting any doesn't get it right it's gonna be a problem whatever we are this morning we give God thanks he gave us a heart did he give us a heart is there anyone in here that doesn't have a heart maybe I'm presuming too much we all have a heart right young people children put your hands on your chest what you feel what you feel feel your heartbeat so you get sure your heart not seen your head oh you know your heart is right here you feel it can you see it no but your feet you can't can you see it inside you can praise Jesus that's a gift of prophecy and prophetic vision let's pray him up he gave us a heart he gave us a smile where are the smiles this morning let me see them let me see them let me see the smiles these are the smiles we got from God she said oh boy that's a smile that's just me if I know your name you know I'm gonna pick on you sister Rochelle that's a smile alright he gave us a smile he gave us Jesus he gave us himself and he made us his child so we're thankful this morning for him making me me Lord thank you for making me sorrow Lord thank you making me me and there are some of us that haven't gotten to that point yet but we're gonna get there amen I greet you all in the wonderful exalted marvelous beautiful absolutely amazingly phenomenal all the great objectives that I can think of name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ praise the Lord hallelujah greeting so pastor Lewis and his family in their absence greetings to sister Jeanne associate pastor Jeanne greetings to our central district president brother Dechaine Lawrence can we give him a hand praise God hallelujah he is you all know he's the central district president right yes he is and let me report this a gene that he has been doing a very wonderful job he has been doing very wonderful so I'm sorry to tell you I'm sorry to break it to you that he's not just your brother Dechaine he's our brother the shame so he belongs to the Central District so we have borrowed him for a while and and I give God thanks for him and the support that he has been to the national youth committee his support has been invaluable and he's already making an impact in the churches last week Wednesday we were at Lloyds and so the churches know him they know his face they know his name and they're getting to know him more and more and he is depositing all that he can in them for this period of time so please pray for him pray his strength as he works locally and on the national committee greetings to minister Roy Evans in his absence the brother Niko sister Judy and greetings to all you wonderful Saints the brother Lamar from Lloyds bless you doing an awesome job over there yes it's so good it's his work is to be commended the lights young people are on fire they're on fire it's not a large group but they are on fire for God greetings sister shiny and the youth from poor Moore and the beautiful young people of South Kemper can I see the South Carroll just jump up and give a shout of praise one more time young people from South kappa praise the Lord it is good it is good that we continue to pray for the work that is happening here also I bring greetings from my pastor elder Willis in the name of the Lord and I think I have covered everyone and so let us hear what the Lord has to say to us this morning amen it's children's and youth sir Youth Sunday so I don't want to lose them I want them to be awake and alert young people look at me young people know that busy looking outside what's it's okay we have them behind me you're with me right where are your Bibles you don't have any Bibles don't worry we have a lot of adults that will read for us this morning let's turn to the book of 2nd chronicles 22 we're gonna start with verses 10 to 12 I love the the choir the minister of the choir this morning I love the choir director oh my god my sister I love you I don't remember your name but I love you she's dancing up here and I tell young man I want to take off my shoes and dance too I love what you have done with the choir god bless you god bless you alright have we found the second chronicles 22 from verses 10 to 12 is where we will start if we found it say Amen amen let's read together but when a valley of the mother of AAHA saya saw that her son was dead she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah but Jaeho shabbiha the daughter of the king took Josh the son of Isaiah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber so Jaeho shabbiha the daughter of king Jehoram the wife of jehoiada the priest for she was a sister of Ahaziah hit him from italia so that she slew him not and he was with them hid in the house of God six years and Athaliah reigned over the land amen we will be going through the scripture this morning as we speak both to the young people and the young at heart Amen because once you're under 101 you are young so the scripture this morning tells what we just read tells the story of a lady named diphallia and she was a mother of a king children know what a king is right we having the Kings in Jamaica yes somebodies know somebody says we are working I need to find out who is the king in Jamaica come again who is the king my God in heaven my god of glory we have a king in Jamaica Jesus Christ of Nazareth out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Who am I to disagree so I found I was the mother of the king and when her son died when her son died what she thought was a good idea was not to have the kingdom go to her other sons to his other sons but her her idea was if her son is dead this is my opportunity to take over this is my opportunity to rule and so what she did was she killed she sent out an order to kill all the children of her son and her son's name was Ahaziah so she wanted to kill all the children all the young people look at these beautiful young people before us look at them how can somebody with a mother's heart have the heart to see go and kill children all because she was selfish and she wanted to rule but it would just so happen that although she made an order to kill the children there was a plan there was something that was put in place from many years before where the Lord said that he would not hello the scepter to depart out of the house of David a king a son of David will always sit on the throne and so there was a lady on auntie let me see the hands of those who are auntie's in the house auntie are any auntie's in the house praise the Lord we have some auntie's in the hall until did you know that you are not just regular auntie there's under-21 that's an auntie to God be the glory it can be an auntie at any age I can't put your hand on oh there was an auntie in the house there was an aunt that was looking out for her nephews her nieces I'm not auntie didn't just take her role as as something that is said that's okay I'm auntie Sarah I am auntie Shani I'm auntie Danielle she took her responsibilities seriously and I don't have to ask I'm sure that if she could have saved everyone she would have saved everyone but she was only able to save one child just one and his name was Josh and while the Queen when the Queen sent her the order to kill all the children she saved auntie can we can we give her a nickname because the Jaeho shabbiha is a little little long so let's just call her Auntie Jaeho that sounds nice so auntie Jaeho save the her nephew Josh and she took him and she hid him in her bedroom and he was hidden and what was her bedchamber was a huge place it was like a hose and she hid him for six years so that the Athaliah the queen would not be able to kill him so italia wanted to kill all the children but there was an ant that stood up to her responsibilities so what we don't just call ourselves aunties we have a responsibility to look out for our children we are our nation is in crisis by the way I love the prayer that was prayed by our young sister she touched on some of the points that I will touch later on and looking at some of the data our children are in crisis and a lot of them don't have a mother or a father figure that will rescue them the enemy has centres are called to destroy them you know who the enemy is children who is the enemy yeah so is the enemy who is our enemy a bad guy a bad guy who is our enemy Satan is our enemy who is our enemy enemy is Satan God wants to destroy us Satan wants to destroy us yes well it's the one who is our enemy devil is already there there's a hard way over here yes who is our enemy somebody who wants to kill us somebody who wants to kill us is there anybody trying to kill us right now yes the devil the enemy Satan so you all of you are correct the enemy wants to kill us he wants to kill our young people our young people are not just our future they're also our present they are very much here you all are very much here with us right now and so the enemy wants to kill and so the Lord has set us up us who are older to be that aren't Jaeho in their lives because we have a lot of young people among us that don't have that have a Natalia literally they have a mother a father that when they get home these adults are these uncles are whatever their their only intent is to destroy them to beat them until they're blue or to beat them with their words to say things to them that hurt and tear them down so so also our the on TJ hos and the uncle J Lo's we are here sitting in the congregation on a Sunday morning not just to look at them but to be that in that position of a rescuer for them that is what the Lord has called us to do so we we have to literally rescue them so so aunt J who took the child and either in our bedroom normal days if I go and try and take this it's a cute one here and carry him home of course sister Jean going to call the police to come for me and then you know it went beyond the newest sisters very kidnap a young boy and whatever but maybe I was trying to rescue him sometimes we might not be able to take them out right but what do we do when we have them in our space so for that six years aunt J who who was married to the priest jehoiada they hid him from the Queen because they didn't want him to be slain they didn't want him to be killed we have to hide our young people we have to hide them with our priors we have to hide them with our words or positive words our words that don't destroy them that don't come down on them and tell them that that you expected this to happen or even though I look Oh atone how we talk to our young people did you know that it makes a very large difference what your tone says if I come to see such events this is a gene you're looking lovely today with a smile yes together thank you as opposed to me coming to sister Gina saying boy she says you look good you know what's the difference the difference is that even if I really think she look good based on my tone based on my expression based on my body language she doesn't see that she doesn't see election look good probably thinks at all actually some woman have one you know so we see our young people that maybe want to say a word of encouragement who want to say a word a nice word to them but sometimes a way we said it Doreen its own - nice you can do better look at my church every day you can do better would mean whether you know what because I've always say they don't come off well so the child is left thinking that she was actually thinking that she trying but no she feel like she hasn't even started to try so I'm saying that when we are hiding our children like hold on javelin and uncle jehoiada hit that child what they did in that time period that they had that child was they could deposit the word into him they could deposit love they could give him something that he was lacking from the environment that he's coming from and that's what we want to do for our children if we haven't been doing it before let's start no and if we have already been doing it let us let us continue and let us get even better at it amen so we're going to jump to second chronicles 24 and we're going to read from verses 1 to 3 so just skip over to chapter 24 and we're reading from verses 1 to 3 everybody found it Amen let's read together Jewish was seven years old when he began to reign and he reigned 40 years in Jerusalem his mother's name also was the buyer of Beersheba and George did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of jehoiada the priest and jehoiada took for him to wives and he begat sons and daughters let me see all those were seven years old Stan them is the seven year old son if you're a seven stand up seven seven one two three four five six they're really seven seven year olds Wow I'm amazing have a seat well one of you coming units of one come here come here what's your name Johnny - Johnny okay and you are seven years old all right how would you like to become the prime minister to make it does that sound like a good idea for the prime minister Jamaica yes alright if you're a prime minister Jamaica what's the first thing you would do let's give her at least a moment if you're a prime minister of Jamaica what is what is that you really want to see for Jamaica what you would really love to do preach Amen let's give her a hand amen the price of preaching Prime Minister M remind me of the name again - Johnny - Johnny is seven years old no Saints be honest with me if one day you came to church a South Carroll pardon me from breaching protocol and it's time for service and you see - Johnny's sitting in pasta seat right here citizen iam my apologies for preaching oh this one this one okay my apologies for breaching any protocol you see T John is sitting in passes chair with a robe on you come in for service and seated on a sitting in passage here with a robe on what would your reaction be would you be shocked would you think that somebody has gone crazy but of course there will be some pity key top tell me no say same way there would definitely be somebody running home and if tyranny says no but I have been anointed to take over Bethel South Camp Road the reaction would be Pitney goes where my today way up away here mommy come to church okay just soon come in Jesus name grandma is here what grandmother yes Graham Martin when I call for Grandma same time Thank You Annie you can't go back to sit down Jewish was that age when he became King King at that age and I was seven years old when I was baptized there used to be a pool right back here so young people don't know about it November 1st 1992 I was 7 years old when I got baptized I was 8 years old when I received the Holy Ghost meesh any money can ever at all got baptized bad brother Paul writes another pool about this so everybody whole church could watch us being baptized that was kind of nice you know it was kind of nice I was seven years old my little sister got baptized at six years old and so what I'm saying is that at that age at her age if the Lord so calls her to lead a group of people who are we to say no it can't work if the Lord would call me at seven years old who is anyone to say no that's not what he's supposed to happen that's not the protocol that's not how it works Josh was seven years old when he started touring and the good thing about josh is that he had his uncle jehoiada right there with him to help him jehoiada went as far as to find husband and wife sorry why for him Lord forgive me he found a wife for him he found two wives and the Jewish begat sons and daughters so Josh although he started to Reena that age could he have done it alone he needed to have guidance just like her young people every one of them that came and did something today I'm sure whether the shame gave them a word of encouragement I'm sure but at Nico said something to them I'm sure they were encouraged and and yes some things might not have been perfect but are we going to condemn them and tear them down no we're going to be right there with them we're gonna be that uncle that aunt to help guide them along the way so George George started her in and the Bible said that he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of jehoiada the priest Josh was so passionate that when he noticed that the temple was broken down he told the priest to go on to fix up the temple anybody any young people says anything in in South cam that's gonna want to fix you know that we were you another while ago again know what you want to fix if I read my sister Jean sister Jeannie's cool like that what you want to fix what you want to fix anything in so in the church you want to fix the broken glass is what you want to fix easy what the TV okay what you want to fix more five more from the AC not working which is he are you want easy or to God be the glory we're not on a port more what you want to fix the bond or the mic brother Dave alright so you've made Alice sister Jeanne they want AC there weren't more fans and the broken girl where's the broken glass you see all that end point to the broken glass so so that was what George did George saw that there was there were some problems in the temple and he wanted to fix them and he told the same uncle Jay who I had to tell the priest to fix up the place fixed up the place man fixing up fix you up and George was so passionate that when they were taking too long you know what George did the same uncle him calling him once and I'm saying Kawai are going with Y enough fix of the place yet this was when he was thirty years old so at 30 he still had a heart after God he still wanted God he still was passionate after God and so when he saw that the temple was not fixing up as quickly as he wanted to he himself said guys you need to get it together and the priest listen they didn't feel bad about being scolded by a young man amen amen they didn't feel bad that a young person came and told them that they need to shape up and fix up the place they could not hit it they didn't feel offended like some of us might feel offended when a young person come and say sister Zara I don't like how you did that or whatever I think maybe I should do do it this way pick me where I go you know from long me day or from when Mena pentakus somebody clapping around there I want to kiss who from women a pentacle fair try tell me over to whatever jehoiada was the priest who grew Josh and the same Jewish could turn around and instruct the priest and scold him went as far as to say you guys are being very schmuck with dealing with the work of the Lord Regina forces younger the pin accomplice is that you got being very slack woody and with the closed doors of the Lord the front way where we plan a broke glass to fix any can fix I don't know I'm saying so I'm saying that they did not take offense by being instructed by a younger person because guess what once we all have been baptized in his name filled with the power of the Holy Ghost it's the Holy Ghost that is in me different from the Holy Ghost that is in the young people he is the Holy Ghost that leads us into all truth so the same truth that dwells in sister Abigail is the same shoes that dwells in me because we are both filled with the power of the Holy Ghost so lord might use abigail to come and tell me something the Lord might use her to come and pray for me young people you ever felt like pray for an adult be honest ever felt like pray for somebody in church and other than just because the older than you do but ago yeah it has happened don't it I went tell me brother Kevin what do why do you feel like you can't go and pray for that other person tell me be honest with us miss like sometimes you know like hear God talking to you right you knew that it's God talking to you it just can't stop the voice in your head you want to stop at any time stuff II know sometimes you hear God talking to you and sometimes the person you must in it to Jesus had a person a a senator I don't know and sometimes he bills of fear comes over you like you feel really fearful because of the person that you're going to and sometimes I I shy away from me there's only one time I've ever been that brief to do it and what was the reaction not so good so I normally shy away from doing so you're scarred for I know because the end result was not so good life but you know I am hesitant to do it again that's why young person speaking right I know ever that person is if they're in the congregation we don't hold anything against anybody right I'm saying that we don't want our young people in our assemblies greetings to those on YouTube god bless you my youtubers and Internet people we don't want those in our congregations to feel like whole brother Kevin feels if the Lord so leads us to pray with somebody we shouldn't have to worry if this adult is going to shun me if this adult is going to put up a face to say that you are not in a position to pray for me right because at the end of the day the same spirit that dwells within it's not an age determinant factor the Lord fills and uses whosoever he will and the Lord used Josh to instruct jehoiada and generally that did what it is that she needed to do and all was well and all was good but young people this is where I talk to you because I spoke to the adults this is where I speak to you the Bible said that George did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of jehoiada the priest watching while I was alive and well Josh did that which was right in the sight of the Lord but there comes a day when those who have gone before us pass on you know that young people when I was your age and I never think about my mother father dying idea I used to say nope not going to happen it won't happen I could not I could not accept that it was going to happen it's still not easy to accept it they're both still alive I love them very much but it is an inevitability because either we're going to die we're going to be raptured right so one way or the other so eventually my mom my mom is the one that instructed us in the word as children because my dad got saved a little later after and this is the same with Josh jehoiada instructed him in the word and brought him up in the sight of the Lord he became a great king and a righteous king but let's turn to verse 15 of second chronicles 24 verse 15 we found it's amen but jehoiada walks all that was full of days when he died 130 years old was he when he died and they buried him in the city we suppose be reading together let's go again 1 2 and they buried him 1 2 and they buried him in the City of David among the Kings because he had done good in Israel both toward God and toward his hosts now after the death of jehoiada came the princes of Judah and made obeisance to the king then the King hearkened unto them and they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers and served groves and idols and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this was their trespass yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again unto the Lord and they testified against them but they would not give air let's pause right there do we see what's happening Jeremiah that young people was 130 or so anybody know anybody wants to go into that turkey you had the patent or some way that should be under than 3000 well you know wow that's amazing that's absolutely amazing 130 years older Joanna died and when he died and they buried him III I have to imagine I have to say to myself for a janitor who grew grew Jewish I was like a father figure to him in the absence of a father his death must have meant something right there's no way gyroid I would have just died and Joyce just keep going on about his business it must have affected him in some way most have affected him in some way and after his death here comes the princes of Judah here comes his brothers his cousins whoever that would have qualified as being a a prince here they come to Jewish King George that was grieving King George that was sad here they come and they say the Bible doesn't tell us what they said but they made up be sons to the king they said some things to the grieving King they said some things to this young man who just lost a father figure and who know how to rule the kingdom Noah thought he must have ever you know every once in a while I run and say uncle uncle I have this case when we can do uncle home we can approach this uncle so here they come they saw an opportunity they saw a vulnerability this our young person a young man that had just lost something important to him this are a door open to come and to feed in some words that I don't know what they said but whatever they said to the king the King hearkened the king listened to them and first verse 7 verse 18 said that they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers then backslide and they served groves and idols and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this theirs their trespass so we're talking about status connected to Jesus right we're talking about having a connection and even for a new converse you know there are some new converts who come into the house of the Lord and they are they have a father figure or a mother figure that they so look up to a removal of that mentor in their life shakes their faith and even some old converts have some persons in our lives that when they when they when they are moved all so far away their faith is or faith is shaken we've heard of persons who a grandmother grandfather their parents died and they are so shaken that they work straight out of the church because they couldn't handle that grief they couldn't handle that situation and so they leave praise Jesus and so that is the situation that happened here whatever it is that these persons saw and said what they said to Josh cause an entire nation to backslide Josh turned away from the Lord perhaps they went and they said if God was God your uncle wouldn't have died perhaps they said if God was God he would have cared more about you your know left motherless fatherless nothing to your name perhaps they said that you're worthless you're not a good king you can't rule without somebody so you're going to have to turn to these idols that are helping all the other nations but whatever they said they saw an opportunity and an open door to go in when the young people when this young man was vulnerable so you see when I talk about us being aunties and uncles in Zion is not it's not a joke we have to see through spiritual eyes to see when our young people are at their most vulnerable state when brother Kevin was feeling like he can't go to this person feeling like he's shutting off his ministry he needed an auntie and uncle to come and encourage him to say don't hold back on the Lord don't hold back on God and I'm not causing any blame on anyone in here I'm just saying that this is it's just an ideal scenario because we inclusive there are a lot of times and we don't or eyes aren't open enough to see what is happening around us and not just for young people on brothers and sisters sometimes in in in the time of vulnerability when grief strikes when when things are happening that's a time that they need persons to come and encourage them not to be miserable comforters at what job hell so Josh was a young man that after his mentor died he forsook the way of the Lord yeah just get up on gone tell me who in church is it that you look up to anybody in charge you look up to anyone in church anybody in church that you say yeah I like them there they're big but you know they're all right I think I'm not explaining myself too well is there anyone you look up to in church who is that that this young lady right here somebody on the choir that you look up to that's good you can't remember say no after church you need to connect with her right you should go and talk to her anybody here look up to anybody who you look up to in church Chris D'Elia where's Chris Talia she's outside okay who you look up to in church you look up to anybody in church sustained tone sister Jeanne Fred I think I just found a mentor mentee pair you look up the sister Jean who you look up it to in church just a Mickey oh just a Tommy Kia you see sighs I make it here no not here today you look up the endpoint in shortage just a friend mommy sister Chun it's a true honor we look up in each other like everyone brother Leo brother Li but really up to my gun they need somebody in you and it takes them will you look up to in church nice Chris D'Elia crystianna is really popular hi to your auntie all right Pastor Mark Paesanos I look up to him next next week and need to let him know okay what about you Krystal to Grayson or it's a contact anymore well you did you know that the young people are watching us you know young people look up to us you know the young people they they watch like if them see we are aware that the summer on you know disappointment turn up they won't even tell you the courage to say it but the disappointment is high something that the persons that we look up to when they leave us what happens next Josh unfortunately forgot all of what J Hoyer that taught him he forgot all the growing that he grew up in the way of the Lord one the person died I'm Jewish backslidden calling it caused an entire nation to backslide young people when we're serving a little we're serving him for us not for somebody else not for not for not because this is a mummy's way not because this is daddy's way it has to be our own way we have to be convicted for ourselves you hear me young people young people we have to be convicted for ourselves so let's look at verse yes let's look at verse 20 and the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of jehoiada the priest which stood above the people and said unto them thus saith God why transgress see the commandments of the Lord that he cannot prosper because he have forsaken the Lord he has also forsaken you Zechariah was who Jehovah's son yeah and Zachariah he was a son of jehoiada which means that he would have been like Josh's brother right I can't see a brother that mean to be like a brother to me I call him my baby brother although he's obviously not a baby anymore so Zechariah would have been like Josh's brother and Zechariah stood and he said this is wrong you're not abiding to the commandments of the Lord I know what Jewish reaction was they conspired and they killed him they killed him now if brother than me come on I don't think you're doing the right thing I don't think it my reaction is to in this day I wouldn't kill him physically but my reaction is to whether it be spread rumor on him talk bad about him postings are my status about him to try and kill his his his mind to break his spirit because he he he was arrogant enough as far as I'm concerned to instruct me so Josh really went full circle and not full circle he just completely made a turn away from the way of the Lord and that shows that as much as jehoiada was depositing into him as much as a hiya young people was speaking to him and instructing him it was not fully and all that cemented we have to know God for ourselves our status or a connection to God has to be something that is not based on what it's not based on my pasta it's not based on sister Jean it's not based on my mother and father because if they come out of the equation what happens next sister Leah can I use it for a demonstration come come brother them in no cop no right here right here at the front and I want a little one you and the pink hat come here let me in turn that way no yeah you turn that way as well sister Leah no certainly I go in front of them mean my friends of that mean okay so I want the three of you are going to start walking right and the main I want you at whatever point to turn aside and Leah I want you to keep on walking straight all right so after two one to go walk all right come back thank you she's so perfectly demonstrative come Cecilia Paul said follow me as I follow Christ so Cecilia stood in the position of Christ that mean in the position of Paul now what some of us does this form the positions again some of us Paul says follow me as I follow Christ so the three of them are walking walk that may turn the side and this is the one turns right to side with him because who is she really following so Christ is going straight ahead and because this one that main turns aside what her eyes were not looking to Christ they were looking to them in so when the main moves she follows right along with him thank you can't return to your seat that's what when Paul says follow me as I follow Christ when we come into the church and we're falling or following our paths though we're falling she said you were funny voices that we look up to the sister what's your name cut cut cut cut Lisa tell us you know the one that everybody knew was called a popular Kris Talia yes sister Chris Talia is the almond and we'll talk mr. Chris Talia it's just our Christina sighs should we step aside oh it's not Chris area where is she come here oh my god oh my goodness Oh what's your name this is a little one not every so many Brittany said what I tell you it cannot use age as I can hold are you see look at how many persons look up to a six year old look at how many purse and I can see are she cannot come over here so those who can I see you can't see you look at sir she's sweetie you are the one skipping out to get off rain or this young man love you god bless you she gave her offering and I watched her in on I said listen I need to give my offering a night that everybody get him offering I just keep on walking she was so glad offering to skip from right here to come all the way our own so if everybody's looking up to her I say in a very serious position you know because what crystal yeah does guess what others will follow but we need to be looking yes we can mentor people young people we can maintain have purses we look up to what who is it that were ultimately looking to Jesus Christ so if our mentor steps out of the way we're still seeing Jesus hallelujah and we're still following after Jesus I'll never forget years ago one of our friends said to me and shiny that why if we four come onto Church in my following now I said no you can't say that but I'm sad true because if God if if way if God can't keep Oh No then Oh Mia go manage because he saw himself as being you know struggling and whatever else so we said it was an operator on a cycle it's not so I go we follow Christ so young people what I'm saying to you today is don't be like Jewish where once the person who you look up to once a person who meant as you goes then that there goes your salvation who are we living for worth living for God we're serving God we're serving Jesus Christ Cecilia your father's fire man and I'm sure that come come with a lot oppression a lot of expectations don't it I know become a sister on the front picnic so the eyes alone that the expectations by virtue of of whose child you are it's there and sister Oliphant picnic I mean that title alone carries a lot of weight firemen pick me you and Joanna Woodleigh poet that and I'm sure you feel the pressure and the effects of it so there are some process that that some of our young people so Cecilia I don't think that's the case but you have you have children you have young people who they're serving the Lord just by virtue of food appearances that's why they come to church then no other word to because I can't recite it because they've been to so many Bible studies but when 8921 come there fly father's gone because the conviction was not a deep connection it was superficial and dependent on the persons that are in their space so when I'm going off the University and an integration tourists this @ue and that's the only one I know what I don't know I didn't go to any so I don't know what the rest of them are called but integration Thursdays was a thing and whatever is the thing know when they get off the UE to you Tech when they fly all the way go offering to America that has so much problems what are they doing what is the life that they are living some of them Christianity has has been a chokehold because of how it was presented I feel like I always keep coming back to the adults if when I'm talking to the young people because I have seen it Christianity should never be a chokehold it should never be something that our young people feel that God is is called a terror and torment we have the first percent colors.i goddess of love that they are there desirous of serving but sometimes because of all we talk to them and how we present God that desire isn't there the one desire them have is for each year teens footsteps both angered when Wando because I feel so stifled by this version of Christianity that we present Bertrand we cannot continue like this all young people are valuable we have to pause and look at them we have to find out who they are what is your name what is your story is everything all right at home when was the last time some of us asked them if everything is all right at home some of us don't even know if they live with their mother father of dead living with some grandmother our uncle that we don't present we don't put ourselves in the space so that if something is happening and if they are being abused we can be the ones to help them a child who is abused always looks to find somebody that they can talk to but there's no way that they can talk what happens is sitting it for the rest of their lives until they can't really escape and they come to church I never move the I'm miserable I was the only camera ship got a water on the Pitney not knowing that at home they experiencing hell at school they're being bullied I don't know what Jaeho ADA was doing I don't know how he was instructing Jewish in the world I don't know we have to be so careful with how we instruct and how we present Jesus to them and yes even our very best intentions sometimes at the end of the day they don't walk the path we want them to walk which is why young people I'm saying to you know Jesus for yourself love him for yourself have a relationship with him for yourself you know Jesus loved 100 no semilunar he died for us he did say when I'm dead just like oh you can't see a heart right but you know it's true jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so that's how we know it's true no we're not singing it yet so what happened with George was a sad kiss he killed somebody that was like a brother figure for him and his end he was at the end of the day he was assassinated by servants he wasn't even buried where the Kings were buried and when he was assassinated the Bible said that his servants killed him because of what basically because of his treatment to jehoiada and the the principles that he taught him so his servants were so torn about no Jewish switch and become this evil King that they killed him for it George had a good grandpa grandpa ASA was his grandpa he had a goal was great-grandpa ASA grandpa Jehoshaphat so he had good grandfather's he had a good father figure and yet he only did right when the priest was alive young people we cannot earn the right when we were in church we're in Jamaica where we know somebody will see us because some of you are gonna go off to different country we have to live right because it is what we know because our status is one that is connected to Jesus and so we're not going to stray from the path God is a God of love and He loves us and he extended his hand towards us and so if there's anything if there's nothing that you're going to remember about today I want you young people to remember this know God for yourself love him for yourself follow your mentors as much as you want look up the sister Hilton as much as you want but always see Jesus beyond and it is good to have mentors all the young people I'm asking us to not ignore young people not ignore our children befriend them and I'll shameful shamelessly plug come to youth service night and spend some time with them amen see what they're doing know what they're doing what are they doing a new service what's happening there some of us don't know because we've never been we have to put ourselves in the positions to get to know our young people and to talk to them it's you essential during Sunday and this is the opportunity that we have to talk about them all we want but after today are we gonna forget and then couple months on a level say oh yes one sister the community says her she's a preacher good message teach preach teach a good message and is it good enough yeah and that's all it was how can we change how can we change our interaction with our beautiful children and young people look at them are they not beautiful do we remember when we were younger no do remember when we were at 12 when we were 10 15 you remember what it felt like when an adult gave you a commendation gave you a sweetie because it did something good give you a bad a fruit because you know just because it did something good and other would come and give you something here yeah times like that sister Jean we have a sister that always give us sweetie phileas I have a good teeth cuz all them suited immediate eats I don't know how it would I go other ways but do we remember those times when we remember those times I just think can i replicate that in this 2019 Internet technology era can i replicate that and extend something to them you're looking so nice today brother Kevin let me give you a sweetie oh you don't eat sweetie you're too big it's all right take it anyway lets us remember what it was like when we were young people what made us feel good and lets us do the same for our children amen I'm gonna ask all the children to stand from ages if you are up to 19 years old no before that those were 10 to 19 stand 10 years old to 19 years old stand come on up last night 10 to 19 yeah 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 church look at them do you see them keep standing young people let me share something with you church young people listen carefully listen Shh listen did you know that in 2016 of the 317 persons who were seen at hospitals for attempted suicide 125 of them that's 39 point four percent of them were from this age group 10 to 19 in 2017 of the 263 people who attempted suicide 121 are 46 percent of them were from this age group a looking at right here last year 2018 of the 240 persons that attempted suicide 99 of them which is 40 one point two five percent are from this age group that is the 10 to 19 age group accounts for only sixteen point two percent of the entire population of Jamaica and yet the highest suicide prevalence attempted suicide prevalence comes from this age group that you're looking at today what does that mean look at them look at this beautiful set of young people and yet in Jamaica they are the ones and this is only the numbers that get to the hospital they are the ones who whatever situations whatever circumstances they face this is the age group where they feel like it is so hard the only owed for them is a transient in life ten to nineteen years old I want you to have a very good look at them you are you here turn around so that they can see you yeah I know it's kind of awkward but still turn around they need to look at you turn around the congregation needs to see your face they're so shy look at them they're so cute they're so shy thank you have you looked Church is this a group that needs protection this is a group that we need to look out for why is it that so many of them are seen at our hospitals a year in a year because they try to take their own lives what is happening and what can we do as a church aside from coming here every Sunday and going through the motions and speaking in tongues and then go back home what can we do to make sure that they are preserved thank you can sit and just to mention that of all the persons that attempt suicide from 10 years old all the way up to old age seventy one percent of them are females our girls are trying to kill themselves our young ladies are trying to kill themselves what can we do about it and interestingly enough 71 percent of persons to attempt suicide are emails of all those who actually go through and finish and commit suicide 91 percent are males so the women are trying but I guess sister Jean we're not brave enough it is a men that are succeeding at it men account for 91% of suicide cases in Jamaica why are our men killing themselves our sister Priya earlier mentioned missing persons in 2018 2299 people were reported missing can you get so many what the percentage of that for children 45 nope not 90 nope 70% of those reported missing last year were children by the end of the year fortunately 1768 were returned but 368 persons were still unaccounted for by the end of the year 199 of them were children that means there are 199 families right now that are still every morning they wake up they remember their child is missing they go through the day and they remember their child is missing when we look at persons that are committing crimes of all the persons that are arrested for committing crimes it's a carefully let me see all those 25 to 34 standing for 25 to 34 stand 25 to 34 what a minute Excel I had to calculate a little bit 25 to 30 for 910 persons from this age group were arrested for category 1 crimes murder rape warning with intent assault came from this age group 910 people 32 percent of all those who were arrested came from this age group you can sit from the 18 from 15 to 34 that age group alone accounted for 75% of persons that were arrested and guess who the majority were the men the men and who are the victims all the victims are actually not just the females of all the people that were arrested last year 81 females were arrested on 2757 men were arrested and this is just those who were arrested because a lot of criminals were not caught and most of them belong to the young age group let's look at the victims MICR those who are 15 to 34 stand 15 years old a 31st and 15 to 34 alright Lotteria see that's why I'm not hearing for the 15 to 17 years 274 persons were victim of category 1 crimes 18 to 24 years one thousand two hundred and thirty five persons in this age category were victims of category one crimes 25 to 34 year old age group 1620 people in this age group were victims of category one crimes have a seat let me see those 35 to 44 don't be shy 35 to 44 this age group accounted for listen I'm not talking numbers losing you but listen 30 of 25 to 34 year old age group 1620 persons in this age group were victims of category 1 crimes in 2018 this is a largest number and of that number 507 were females 1113 were means you may be seated so what I'm saying is that there's so much issues there are so many issues that are happening and it is affecting the young people and the data proves it and so it is even more important that as a church we mentor our young people and we help them to stay connected to Jesus young people you don't want to be part of the statistic you don't want to be a child that is missing what if when you're praying remember remember please 199 children are still missing from last year did nobody knows where they are and we don't want our children to continue being a liability a target of the enemy we don't want the enemy to operate like how he did enjoy time where when George was at his most vulnerable point that's when the enemy went in and just talked all kind of foolishness he's going to try that but what can we do we have to be the one to stand up in front of the young people and block that foolishness from coming in we can't just allow other person's to come in and to feed them with garbage it's so important that the food that they eat the spiritual food is one that is relevant and good for them praise the Lord so I know this isn't the type of message that you might be accustomed to but I really want this to sink in that our young people are in a danger zone they're in a danger zone they are targeted on the outside and unfortunately they're also targeted in our churches but the church is where it where we we present that haven for them to be rescued we have to be that aunty ji ho we have to be that uncle jehoiada in their lives our young people we have to stay connected to Jesus who we're doing it for who we're doing it for say it louder for the people at the back same with us older young people we stay connected to Jesus for ourselves those in our space that we love might die they'll eventually die things might not go the way we want it to go but because of that are we going to turn our backs on the Lord and go outside some of us have some co-workers that give us some very bad counsel some of us have some people at our universities that give us bad cones so that encourage us to turn our back on God because he's not doing anything for us that tells us that there is no God but we have to remember the principles that we were taught how we were grown in the world and we have to walk in it for ourselves and not for anybody else it is a relationship between us and Jesus not a relationship between us and the so the pastor is there to be your guide or mentors are there to be our guide and to help us along the way but we have to know God for ourselves our status has to be a deep connection no teef can't come T if the cable line let with them I do it flow and digital I another connection at home our connection has to be a deep connection that it doesn't matter what the storm is it doesn't matter what the circumstance sis are it doesn't matter what the situation is that we face we stay connected to Jesus because we know him for ourselves he is my god before he was presented to me as a child he was presented to me as my mother's God he was a God of my mom but no he is my god I know him for myself I know what salvation means I know I have my own testimonies or young people need to have your own testimonies because the testimonies that will keep us when we get to that point in life where where our logical mind starts saying to us there is no God what is a testimony we can hold on to say he is real if we don't have that testimony to say he is real young people it's gonna be hard to hold on because trust me I went through that I shared that earlier at convocation with you I went through that time when my logical mind started battering me I'm proving with all the proofs that he could come up with that Jesus is not real that this God thing is just a myth I had to get into that space where I literally leaned on my own testimonies if I didn't have my testimonies to keep me I might have just stepped right out of church or become the shell that some people are the shell of a person that comes to church that follows all the motions but in the mind there is do't if God is real or what testimonies are what anchor us to God when we talk about stay connected if we don't have that experience we won't know him he will forever be brother Michaels God and forever be sister jeans God how can we make him over god we have to transcend into that position where he is my god we have to know him you're so young you're so beautiful you're growing you're growing and right now this is just church that you come to anything and yes jesus loves me and yes the Bible tells me so but as young as you are you can have a testimony God healed me I was sick mommy prayed God healed me that is my testimony that's how I know God is real so as I stay connected let us not just say it because it sounds good let's re-evaluate our lives Lord am I really connected am I really really connected to you do I actually know you for myself or am i leaning on somebody else's testimonies can the only testimony eyes III stand and say is when I look back over my life and I think things over I can truly say that God is but I am best I have a testimony I sit back down when we pause and think of our lives do we see God in it or do we see the ritual that we have become accustomed to what do we see do we see God or do we just see coming to church on a Sunday morning who is he to us doesn't matter what age we are who is he to us and what are we going to do when we recognize that Lord and we're just eyes I said lord I actually don't know who you are to me all this time you were just my father or my mother or sister Jane's God are you reading my god we have to put ourselves in a position to get to know him we have to read his word spend time in prayer and when look I'm telling you when we ask the Lord to give us that testimony he's going to give us that testimony he's gonna put us in you put us in some situations because we have to pray our way through them he's will do things just to draw out of us what he needs to get from us and for him to do that he works upon the good desires of our heart so if before if we recognize know that lord I actually don't know who you are to me all we have to do just say to him Lord I want to know you for myself and that desire is a good desire and you will work upon the good desire Lord I want to know you for myself god bless you do you know my Chi do you know my friend have you heard he loves you and that he will abide till the end one more time do you know gee do you know uhh you and that he will hallelujah hallelujah the speaker said shared with us the story of johash how he did right all the days of the life of the priests the mentor in his life but after that everything went downhill for him [Music] and that could be because he didn't know Jesus fully for himself he was hid in the temple and they kept him in the temple for six years and that could be so symbolic of some of us we have been coming to church for ten years for five years for six years we've been coming to church Sunday after Sunday first day after first and night Wednesday after fasting the fasting after fasting services but we do not know Jesus for ourselves children get to know Jesus for yourself young people know Jesus for yourself others look into yourself and ask yourself do I really know him for myself because I can testify to the fact that all along I grew up with the same parents but when I came to Kingston when I came from as it were under their covering where I could hear them prayed for me every Wednesday morning every Saturday morning every Sunday morning when I came to Kingston I realized that I had to pray for myself yes I know they were there praying for me but I couldn't hear them and I depended on those purse so much I realize I have to know him for myself and I had to get serious now and find a space where I could have this relationship with this man Jesus because all along I thought I had won and so today we are challenged to get connected for ourself the speaker asks what is your status are you really connected do you really know him let me invite you to stand let me invite the young people if you feel that you are not truly connected today the altar is open if you're in the hosts today and you have not yet given your life to Jesus you are not connected with him and you need to get connected with Jesus the altar is open huh I know this man of whom we speak today he is a burden bearer he is a young man's keeper he is a young earth keeper but above all he is the savior of the world and he wants to save you today so as we sing this song the mantra is open I invite you to come [Music] my friend five you Hey and that he will by oh do you my Chi do you know my friend [Music] that's young people if you are in a space that you are not happy about come to Jesus come and us pray for you come and talk about it my G No my friend ah he loves you and he cares about your presentation he cares about you a shot come at me you will abide till me one more time my Oh my friend they may not somebody just a comment that's me my pie Oh he loves you and every tradition you he is concerned about it Oh my friend yeah you Mattie Oh too you know my G oh do you know my friend you heard if you do not have to leave me spend some time with these at the halter and [Music] my Oh I oh do you know my friend have you heard [Music] [Applause] hallelujah hallelujah as we close this session of the youth and children's one-day convention we just want to encourage the young people one more time as we sing this song number 180 from our Pentecostal hymnal there to be a Danielle dare to stand alone dare to have a purpose firm and dear to make it new [Music] standing by oh they're very faithful to the newsmen here to be here to be many Giants great and troll great at twelve Sparky [Music] [Music] to be near to have a bus where to make me I've seen that one more ten as I invite missionary Chinese Rome to close us in prayer and just to say a prayer especially for our young people [Music] yeah thank you dare to be a Daniel dear to stand alone dear to have a purpose firm and dear to make it known our Father you want to thank you for today we want to thank you that you are God the great god of the universe the goddess for this world in Sabine the God will create every young person here today we thank you for the word Lord we thank for your woman's servant and so as she gave hallelujah I pray that you receive a hundredfold and as she sold that smoke your words that somebody would be our to be touched today they be eternal on of somebody that they will look at all God you and you alone that there nor the God whom they serve then I be just followers well leaders or young people leave me to lead my examples mighty God I pray for those who are leaving all the appearance salvation I prefer those who see Church as a ritual I prefer those who see Church as somebody telling them to promise son after Sunday not having a mind to comma but because they are pumped to come but I draw a young people into the knowledge and it's true that's your comedies every table they are coming is near and every man have to work on their own salvation with fear and trembling not bless our young people this morning know what God knows that I desire to serve you I called for that desire again I put a portal because of that desire to pray I pray Anna though some people have a desire to fast I call it for fast in Agana Lord Jesus those who have all got intent to commit suicide I cut it down in the name of Jesus I put your blood against those or plenty to take their own lives ha ha Shama god I pray for those also disobedient to their parents they don't want to miss anymore but your blood are covered this morning got me pinned up against those almighty Caesar who want to have their own way but but I pray that there be order I call for order in the lives of that shouldn't of methyl or got a children's choir as they sing as a minister I prefer the leaders I pray O God let it do it as unto you that they were worshippers unto you whatever Lord our young people find to duel it's a me unto you let me come against those who plot to kill them ha ha those are Platina to take her away young people let me spray the blood in the East in the West in the north in the south we piay blooder aku Shama oh that in the camera captain mana or that six-year one in the car and his zipper was Dona Dona come against those kind of behavior in Jamaica Hashem God is spirit Lord mighty God of Daniela there's a settlement I think and they plant shrub to choke my children we play a blood this morning our appearance may be period we'll see over here with this ritual years and this ritual eyes or we listen to our children oh god somebody want to listen here somebody wants to listen here even right now because they're going through so much but God you are a God the god of Daniel they got a Jacob the god of Isaac they're not in a plan Josh Oh but Almighty but they'll follow your blueprints and your footsteps we cover every young person Bethel we cover every children every one of them wherever they live it's in your blood to the homes I love oh shut up God we ever deliberately their heads Oh God cover them we're even a couple will never grow empty the planes are better they always have for their children halleloo airplanes are better we'll have a family altar then we have an imprint for our children Lord go before right now and blesses the family blesses our old God as a team bless us together make us one one in faith one in love one in unity and father as about to go not from your presence but lo Aprilia cover us and those remain for the next activity we pray the remains of is centered on you because any day now we'll be going home our preeminence and punching the Blessed Cesaro and the members are poured more and the young people of Port more they stand guard until attention and what you work those who came for prayer but I still there with the blood of Jesus those who need salvation my good open your heart so many understanding little under senator the last days I know and behold remind every woman to be ready water baptism in jesus name is a and they'll come to New Year's their Savior God cover us and we have fence around us we think of on the victory we think of for the words we think of other songs we think about the testimony they thank you all God for everything and bow before us right now in Jesus name hallelujah hallelujah praise God praise God hallelujah praise God

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Published: Sun Nov 17 2019