Bishop David G Evans Live Stream

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] welcome to the encounter worship experience here at Bethany Baptist Church where Bishop David G Evans is our senior pastor I'm Reverend Kelly Mobley your I host welcome you once again into this morning's worship experience and we're excited to be out today to lift up the name of Jesus we are in what we call our transforming lives month so what does that mean you know that we are a church number one that is biblically based in its Christ centered with a heart for God's people and also some excellence and what we do is we talk about transforming lives one at a time and we do this transformation through healing who delivers through preaching through teaching through fellowship through touching and agreeing with one another as we're doing right now on this morning so we're prayerful on today that something will be said through our Creator fine arts ministry through our songs and the Word of God that's going to help transform your life and what happens it happens one day at a time doesn't happen overnight but we're growing more and more into that perfect place Bishop is in a new series of messages and we're so excited about what God is gonna say into we're talking about vision imagination and open now throughout this year that is our year's theme and we're excited about what God is gonna say to us but I don't want him just to say it to us we want to make sure that we share it with your community of believers on your social media council make sure you share and let them know that someone that Bethany is streaming live and right now I want you to close your eyes think about Jesus and allow the Spirit of God to come meet you where you where you are a blessed one let's enjoy this morning's first service of the new year [Music] we honor the god of our salvation for he is good he is kind and we come together as Kingdom soldiers to just lift him up and make him great in this place can you offer up a sacrifice get you a proper sacrifice can you offer up a sacrifice hallelujah set an atmosphere that is conducive to praise conducive to blessings conducive to outpouring to induce it to overflow hallelujah we stand in expectation this morning God we believe that you're going to do all that you promises that you can and we know that it will all be done and finished Lord God and it will all work together in our favor everybody that's standing under a favored anointing come on you've got some worship give it some praise we are experiencing 20/20 favor right now hallelujah thank you God and we just want to say these words because we are grateful sing [Music] yeah [Music] yes [Music] [Music] anybody want some victories over the past year you testified that you could go on and on and on about your work yeah because I'm grateful to praise your Lord [Music] so as we stand here we say flowing slowly drop apart are the issue [Music] yeah thank you God come on and worship it this morning they don't know your lover let him know your magnify up you are great guy and greatly two memories hallelujah I am grateful come on [Music] grateful for me [Music] yeah the victories how many conquerors are in the room [Applause] I could go on and on and on about it about your word God because [Applause] I see you singing it all over the road come on corporately together slowly from [Music] are the issues issues up my heart hallelujah thank you God it's open every grateful heart in the room of couples a mother's grateful gratefulness we're in the fluid from [Applause] thank you God but everything that you've done we are breaking Oh [Music] gratefulness shut it out it's fluid taken I'd say ah [Music] [Music] can you stay right there a minute flowing from my heart say Oh you got a heart full of gratefulness flowing blowing from Baja are the issues hallelujah it's grateful there come on and clap those hands if you're glad to be alive if you're glad to be in a place of worship come on and give Him glory this morning you may not feel like you want to feel you might feel something in your body but guess what you are still here you're still alive and you're able to give Him glory hallelujah hallelujah thank you God thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] ekam Oh worship worship worship within the beauty of his holy nation come on give it to him give it to her hallelujah hallelujah come on let that worship break true that that worship great true hallelujah we are here for you come and do what you do go thank you God hallelujah what a mighty God we see thank you God so right now we need a move we need [Music] we need we are here for you singers [Music] [Applause] [Music] come in do we are here a day to just slip your heads up and request his presence set our hearts on you God come and do what you do [Music] come on say that again we are here for you [Music] ooh [Music] come on requests as presents come and do we come to set our hearts on you guys from you God come on hallelujah we need a move [Music] we need [Music] that's the request this morning [Music] let's say that again for right there we are here for you [Music] [Music] [Applause] come and do what you do we're calling on your spirit God set our hearts i'ma do shout it out we need let your request be made known come on I don't know what you're looking for this morning but you could call it for we need a whoo let me tell you a story about the god you serve body that still be in room [Music] yes we come on you're here for him come and do what we do that hallelujah I played a set your heart on him come and do what you do we need a boom [Music] we need we need yeah hallelujah guess what if you eat here tonight if you hit this morning and you're looking for a favor cool you're in the right place at the right time to get what God has for you because miracles happens would you allow the Lord to move healing happens and it's in this move for you come on the few cohorts of miracle the miracle will respond to what you say and bring back that that you smoke out of your mouth the power I dare you just speak that miracle babe hallelujah all the believe in miracle densified miracle miracles happen here [Music] that believes in a miracle miracle if you got it now safe Maricopa yeah [Music] me do you believe that the moon is here we didn't move this this is a boo he's already given it to you [Music] [Music] the miraculous is happening we are here for you we are here for you [Music] do what you do but like you got it all over the room set our hearts on you come and do what you do [Music] because we need a move [Music] [Music] I don't know what the miracle is you're looking for it but say [Music] Thank You ban everybody this is a bull [Music] [Music] [Music] this is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] forty hallelujah thank you Jesus Pauline ooga thank you Jesus [Music] oh thank you lord thank you alone hallelujah hallelujah do you feel the presence of the Lord this morning hallelujah thank you Jesus the choir say that we are grateful we're grateful that the Lord brought us into another year if you're grateful wave your hand and tell the Lord thank you thank you Jesus for a new year hallelujah thank you Jesus Ephesians 1 in 18 weeks I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people our prayer today is that God will open your heart to see God and all that he has for you if you see it you can believe it amen turn to neighbors say if you see it you can believe it thank you Jesus this approach the throne of grace father God we thank you this morning thank you for this another Lord today thank you God for bringing us out of the old year into the new Oh God many pains and sufferings and trials and tribulations God we have come through but you brought us on over and we thank you for we give you glory we give you honor and we give you praise dobe thank you for watching over us last night as we slumber and slept how you rebuke accidents as we traveled here to the Church of God thank you for coming us with your blood thank you for protecting our families and thank God we thank you because we're still closer than our right mind and we have the activity of our limbs we give you glory hallelujah we don't take this for granted God that we can move about hallelujah but we thank you today now god we thank your whole God for saving us thank you for keeping us thank you for all God convincing us with your blood we you glory today thank you for keeping our loved ones thank you for keeping our families thank you because we have a shelter over here thank you because we have food to eat Oh God we thank you God for protecting us and preserving us thank you God hallelujah we only give you the glory we don't give it to ourselves because we have degrees god but we thank you for what we have because all that we have you gave her to us everything God you bless us with and we give you the glory now god I'm praying today in the name of Jesus that you will save every synagogue reclaim backsliders today in Jesus name look on our Bishop the angel of this house god I'm pretty she was strengthen them and keep him a person a knee our family God keep them in Jesus name encourage his heart God in the mighty name of Jesus continued to send souls in the vineyard that they will work in Jesus name for your glory now God I'll pray should there be any sick among us that you will perform a miracle somebody stands in need of a miracle today and you are a miracle worker and God we believe you for the impossible in the name of Jesus we thank you for testimonies testimonies of healing testimonies of encouragement lift up every hung down head in Jesus name I pray God that you will come for those who are believing right now God comfort them go on in Jesus name and now God we thank you in advance for what you're gonna do for us we thank you in advance how you gonna make ways out of no ways be thinking in advance for how you gonna heal our bodies we thank you in advance for how you're going to restore hallelujah thank you for restoration today we thank you we give you the glory we give you the glory for God with an appraised you now and testify about it later hallelujah thank you Jesus hallelujah thank you Jesus hallelujah thank you Jesus thank you for your anointing thank you for your power thank you for your spirit and we give you the praises in Jesus name Amen [Music] verse 1 2 3 baka chapter 2 verse 1 and it reads I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower and will watch to see what he will say unto me and what I shall answer when I am reproved and the Lord answered me and said write the vision make it plain upon tables that he may run that readeth it for the vision is yet for an appointed time but at the end it shall speak and not lie though it's hairy wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry may God have a blessing in the reading of the word [Music] welcome to the Bethany News Network I'm Jody in it's a new year so you know that means our studio is currently under renovations so for the next few weeks we will call this home let's jump into our top stories for the week linked couples ministry is launching their new quarterly series called dreamers fulfilling the dream together this series will tackle the challenge of the dreamer the ability to manage personal vision and marriage can the dream be supported does my dream benefit our marriage can I support a dream I don't believe in what happens if the dream fails we will discuss these things and more during our monthly empowerment sessions on January 23rd at 7:30 p.m. childcare is available but please email us by 5:00 p.m. January 22nd at linked couples at go to Bethany comm women of Bethany get ready for our first empowerment session of the New Year taking place on Tuesday January 14th at 7:00 p.m. we can't wait to see you as we believe God for the manifestation of vision imagination and those things that we speak light refreshments will be served be sure to grab a sister friend The Diamonds women's ministry is excited to announce their participation and the when we are vote campaign this is a nonpartisan organization that we have teamed up with to help all eligible voters to register and be ready to vote in our next election your vote counts and we want to be sure that everyone at Bethany and in our surrounding community is registered do you know what domestic violence is it is more than hitting and pushing it is more than physical bruises and scars if you would like to learn what domestic violence really is please join our quarterly empowerment sessions beginning February 2020 the empowerment sessions are for anyone who's interested in learning more about the warning signs of domestic violence how to cope with domestic violence building up your self-esteem and how to solve this major problem of the domestic violence you do not have to be a victim to gain knowledge that will help save a life sessions will be held on Saturdays in February at 10:00 a.m. I'm free it's also in need of licensed counselors who will volunteer with the ministry to offer counseling services to those in need during the course of the sessions and possibly on a monthly basis all counseling volunteers who work with the I'm free ministry must participate in a 40 hours specialized training prior to working with any of the participants of the program connect with them today for the missions or from Proverbs 21:26 says the righteous gives and does not hold back giving is a sign of character we serve a generous God and he is looking for us to adopt his generous nature we are the most like God when our love causes us to give to benefit others this missions offering allows us to express the character of God prepare now for the missions off [Music] I'm so glad to be with you here today this is the first Sunday in the new year year 2020 our Bishop has declared it the year of vision imagination and the open mouth isn't that awesome it has been a wonderful time we had a great time at our New Year's Eve service hopefully you were able to tune in or join us in person if not we hope that you can get on down here it's a new year so that means it's a new opportunity for you to get involved with Bethany Baptist Church as always you can find us online on Facebook YouTube and of course on Twitter at BBC of NJ please tune in with us throughout the service you can tag us you can hashtag the encounter again we're at BBC of NJ and you can follow our Bishop at David G Evans one that's the number one of course you can find us online at www.norfolk.gov evan e.com well we have a lot of things in service for you today we want to make sure that you're paying attention go ahead and hit that share button hit some likes and hearts on the screens stay involved with us we want to connect with you a if it's coming up to here with some more words thank you praise the Lord I'm so glad you've taken the time to join us for the encounter worship experience here at Bethany church and Lindenwold New Jersey what an awesome time we're having as always those are we that are familiar with the ministry and for those that do not know our custom January is what we call our transforming lives model as always we're a soul-winning ministry but in the months of January and August we put our evangelism in hyperdrive every Sunday and every Wednesday every time we come to church it's each one bring one when devran can bring someone who does not know the lord who knows the lord but their relationship has suffered the fellowship has been broken ask you to bring them to church bring them to worship invite them if you are locked out geographically to join you in streaming the worship services all of them focused on restoration focused on resuscitation focused on salvation I want to welcome you to the encounter experience and I want to ask you right now to join us as we endeavor to help some people who cannot help themselves if we need your help this morning part of our job in the kingdom is to be that extended reach of the Lord Jesus he came the people that were impoverished those that were less fortunate might be helped it was part of our kingdom assignment here on earth to become the mediator the intercessor for the needs of some groups of people that are less fortunate than you and I and I need you to help us extend the reach of Jesus right now as we endeavor to help feed clothe and house those in the region the nation and the world as we minister to those returning from incarceration as we Minister those whose families a fraction as we help children find their destiny and peace early in life you can help us reach all of these people by simply participating and this part of worship called giving I want you to decide prayerfully write down to sow a seed as we call it to give an offering to share your resources for a cause that I believe it's a wonderful Kingdom cause and that is to become the mediators situationally for those that can't help themselves so go to the icon on the screen share a generous gift be liberal be extravagant help us extend the reach of the kingdom once you get ready as this month with a series about transformation will be centered around the character Mephibosheth in the Old Testament Bible says his life was permanently he thought affected because he suffered a fall watch us open the story up to your very untraditional way we want to have an impact on your life this month where you will never be the same today the title the message is another chance God wants to give her another chance no matter what your life looks like to you there is another chance there's another blessing another life another breakthrough that God has for you after you give I want you to get your Bible get ready for more worship with our music ministry and then watch Garden for those of you that were with us on Tuesday night thank you for joining with us you did not give your first fruit on that night you can give it today go to the special events special offering line put first fruit or FF we'll make sure it goes to the right place now get ready for the word get ready for worship and I'll see you as God is going to give us all another chance see in just a few minutes [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] if the Lord said if the Lord said it you can count he'll do just what he said grab somebody's hand builders just what he said oh yes he will [Music] everything he said it is so oh yes it is it is it is so oh yes it is Hey [Music] father thank you right now you said before one little bit of your word would fail heaven and earth would have to pass away first you said if I abide in you and your words abide in me I could ask what I wanted to ask [Music] and it shall be sold the Bible says you hold your word higher than your name I thank you have how will your word has power you can't fail your word cannot fail everything is defeated by the power of your declared words so we speak victory into this atmosphere we speak healing into this atmosphere restore your people now thank you we're looking back on another decade you didn't just keep us for another year you kept us another decade [Music] the enemy tried but he failed over and over again we're here standing now with our hearts lifted up saying thank you you've been good to us thank you hallelujah yet and 11:30 column also to the Mossad are you these under is [Applause] [Music] in the name of Jesus I pray for everyone in this room and those watching around the world this first Sunday of a new decade we declare decree noun not just a leap year we declare this as a leap decade [Applause] [Music] every answer will be sooner than expected [Music] save somebody in this afternoon we claim a backslider today help us to remember [Music] yes it is so [Music] [Applause] it is solar yes it is so it is so yes it is so Oh thank you Jesus father I declare healing in this now [Music] I declare breakthrough once again thank you for not giving up on us [Music] thank you for holding on to us [Music] thank you for another chance save souls this month reclaim every max money that he is our voice that shares in our worship today settle those one from home to home on a church home today and I thank you in advance Holy Spirit we need your assistance once again open our eyes and open our mouth open our hearts increase our understanding that we might not just hear what you have to say but the fruit of your word will become reality in our life now God you know the challenges I face pree gently through me teach this lesson for me Olli go and I give you praise in advance because you never fail in Jesus blessed name we pray then everybody say come on give God a head [Applause] come on put your hands they give the Lord some global colony make you see different kid help me welcome my internet church family worldwide to our worship service today if you were able to be here on Tuesday night why don't you give God some praise in this place amazing time in the Lord Amen amazing time we're not able to make it you need to get the the recording of that service and the concert all that good together God did a mighty thing in here one Tuesday at a great time on the Lord I want to thank all our volunteers for such a great job on Tuesday night from outside to inside to serving a couple thousand people food you all were just amazing and what you did and we were glad that the people of God was served amen we had a party right here to church praising y'all look real cute walking around them little plates in your hand amen just doing your thing praise God one of the best God for Jazz Band amen ladies one bicker is they accompanied us on that night this January like every January is our transforming lives month where we celebrate more so than usual people getting saved coming into a relationship with God reconnecting with the Lord or connecting with the church home amen this is the month where every Wednesday and Sunday when you bring some when you come you need to bring someone with you now we're gonna make it real simple for you you can bring save focus not hard to get save folk to the church but you may have some people that I have challenging lifestyles and they think they've already judged that we they will be rejected we want to let them know we're open to anyone that wants to come amen so if you know a drug dealer and you want to get them to come to church you tell them we haven't drug dealer Sunday amen amen you know some pimps tell them is pimp Sunday praise the Lord whatever they do and tell them that's the Sunday we have and praise the Lord your job is just to get them in the house amen amen I want to invite you back to the first communion of the year very significant that you understand what we do this year will set the tone for the next 10 years need to hear me this is the first fruit of the new year 2020 is the first fruit of the decade set the tone for your decade by what you do this year amen we establish the Lord in a way that sets him on a mission to do over what you did first amen I want you to come on out tonight we have an amazing preacher Bishop Samuel Blake's from New Orleans Louisiana will be with us tonight we want you to come on out and be with us during our communion celebration I also want to and service begins promptly at 6:00 if you're going to be baptized and we need you here by 4:30 so we can get you dressed get you comfortable and then take into the pool and baptize you if you unite it with the church during the year you've not come back for communion come on back tonight but if you haven't participated in the formal welcoming ceremony for our church that happens at the communion service so we want you to come on back tonight so we can formally welcome you into the Bethany family amen Oh spring semester for our Bible College Oh Bible Institute begins soon the registration starts today classes will begin on the 13th of January classes this year Paul a man of grace and grit old testament survey when heaven invades earth growing toward spiritual maturity soteriology navigating new wineskins rediscovering faith and more see a representative in a harvest hall when I ask you to pray for sister Jennifer attitude and brother James mother Phyllis has died that service will be held here on Friday the tenth viewing is at 9:00 services at 11:00 as always keep the families in prayer amen but additionally get the address from the church send a card and as always when they shake the card make something falls out amen amen amen you can get blessed if all of us send you something in a car at Amen won't make up for something but it might help alleviate some things amen we want to make sure that we participate in the mercy that is compassion that is given to our bereaved families and make that a part of your lifestyle Eman y'all look blessed this morning [Applause] you don't look like survivors to me you look like overcomers to me you you didn't barely make it the 2020 you stepped in the 2020 mmm hey man walked in with your head up [Music] believing the promise of God bless his neck want you to put a hit list together people you're gonna invite to church this month we need to get him in here get them saved amen invite all your friends we got some great great things planned for you I'm excited about this particular series that we're going to begin today am I forgetting anything okay I want to draw your attention to two passages of Scripture my ear monitor is cutting in and out can we see if we can do something about that attention first to second samuel chapter 4 and then we're going to 2nd samuel 9 as I give you the scriptural background for our conversation today for this teaching over the next few weeks [Music] second Samuel Chapter four when you have that please say man let's start at verse one and then we'll jump over to as my friend Jamal Bryant says well J walk over to chapter nine amen verse 1 of chapter 4 second samra says and when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron his hands were feeble he got shaky and all the Israelites were troubled Israel didn't get nervous until their leader got nervous and Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands the name of the one was bana the name of the other was wreck haba and the sons of riemann aburrá thanked of the children of Benjamin for be Roth also was reckoned to Benjamin and the Bureau thights fled to get them and was sojourners there until this day pay close attention and Jonathan Saul's son so Saul had a son named Jonathan Jonathan that means was a prince in the kingdom Jonathan and David were knit together as friends in their spirit so they had the only soul tie that is depicted in the Bible and that soul tie was good the Bible doesn't teach us about negative so times Jonathan and David was the right tie so Saul son had a son that was lame of his feet I mean he was lame on his feet he was 5 years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan meaning when the news came that Saul and Jonathan were killed because a new administration was coming into the kingdom and the custom was that the previous administration would be wiped out completely so that there were no problems later for the new king and his family so the news came that Saul and Jonathan were dead out of Jezreel his nurse because she loved the Sun took him up she grabbed him up and she fled she ran and it came to pass as she made haste to flee that he fell got injured and he became lame and his name was Murphy go over the chapter 9 watch the words and David who's now King said is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul anyone left around thats related to saul watch the words that I may show him kindness another word for favor for Jonathan's sake these are someone the king can show favor to based on the promise I made to the king's son and there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was ziba and when they had called him unto David the King said unto Him art thou ziba and he said thy servant is he and the King said is there any not yet any of the house of Saul that I may show the kindness of God the favor of God unto Him and ziba said unto the King Jonathan hath yet a son but he's laying on his feet King said unto Him where is he and ziba said unto the King behold he is in the house of makea the son of mal in lo debar then the king sent and fetched him out of the house of Makia the son of abl from lo debar now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul was come unto David he fell on his face and did reverence and David said Mephibosheth and he answered behold that servant David said unto Him fear not coz Mephibosheth expected David to kill him but I will surely show you kindness not for your sake but for Jonathan's good God Almighty and will restore the all the land of that grandfather soul thou shalt eat bread at my table continually and he bowed himself and said what is thy servant that thou should us look upon such a dog as I not just a dog but a dead dog as I am talk to him from the subject another chance take your seats [Music] touch your neighbor tell them I've fallen and I can't get up one of the dilemmas that we have as children of God is becoming comfortable first accepting then becoming comfortable with this new kingdom identity that God gives us the Bible lets us know very clearly that God uses illustrations such as trees to describe men and women says that you know a tree by the fruit that it bears it means that whatever you display those that are observing you have a right to believe that the fruit you display is connected to the nature of the tree then I am only producing in your sight that which my nature is revealing so what I do reveals what's going on inside of me now in the modern church we have begun to believe that our gifting gives us our identity then when God gives you a gift he is replacing if you will what you were known for but I submit to you that if your choices don't change with salvation that your gifting will not give you a new identity because it is our choices that brans if you will our character because I am known not by my gift but I'm known by the fruit that I reveal you want to ask yourself if someone hangs around you for a week how healthy will they be consuming the fruit that you display how strong will they be in the spirit walking and talking with you especially talking with you what type of fruit are you bearing because the problem with bearing fruit and the consumption of it is all fruit contains seeds so that means my behavior has a longer effect than the moment you experience it I consume how you behave it is absolutely essential that we become truthful about the fact that when people judge our behavior they are within their rights to do so I'm of the mind if you don't want me to think of things don't display it but you can't display it and expect me to ignore it it looks like a duck so we are not known contrary to popular belief by our gifting although gifting can contribute to a new identity but gifting does not brands you in the Lord's eyes people will give you a break based upon how anointed they think you are simply because we have a tendency to place identity on an individual because of their capability but the reality is I'm identified by my choices not by what I'm capable of capability does not truly identify you and I why is that because we are not designed to live from the outside in we are designed to live from the inside out so the choices I make the things you see me do reveal my true character to you we all know someone and it might be you that talks a real good talk a grand mom used to say all you have to do is watch a person for a while and you'll see the fruit of their choices and see who they really are so capability is easily mistaken for identity capability is easily mistaken for identity with capability does not identify a person choices identify you and I I don't know about you but I can fully remember some choices that my parents tried to persuade me not to make because I thought the choice the effect of the choice only lasted a little while but mom and dad had been through some stuff grandmom and Grandpop had been through some things so they saw the well paved road of previous choices simply were trying to get us to avoid that part of the journey because we thought that a choice did not reveal our hearts unfortunately choice and character are connected character puts our choices on display we cannot separate what we do from who we are so choices display character watch these words now how I behave is that interpretation of the environment I think I dwell in behavior is an interpretation of your environment it is why you'll see in urban settings at times we'll burn down our own neighborhoods but you go out where the houses are half a million dollars and up they carry signs and shout but they don't bring any fire with them the behavior is an interpretation of the value of their environment trees respond productively or unproductively to their environment they can't help themselves the response of the tree is based on the nature of the tree it's why the Bible says you know a tree by the fruit that it bears you can't disconnect my fruit from Who I am so the response of the tree is in response to the true nature of the tree so we have to get away from this foolishness I know I acted crazy but my heart is good no ma'am no ma'am no ma'am I know I said a whole lot of stuff but that's not what's in my heart no ma'am no sir no sir baba says out of the abundance of your heart your mouth speaks in other words what's piled up inside of you comes out of you because we're not designed to live from the outside in we're designed to live for the inside out so when salvation comes along salvation comes along to challenge and change our nature to challenge and change our nature change our nature to challenge the fruit we exhibit they did not tell us that when we got saved controversy would be established in our lives almost every day of our lives salvation is supposed to change my responses to my environment I'm only supposed to feel like cussing you out now that's the first stage of maturity to him I feel like it and then I don't feel like it but I go from doing it to just feeling like it I wanted to say but I didn't say it that may not sound like much growth to you but that's good to me for the rest of y'all sanctified folk that's not clapping I know I'm in your head so Salvation ought to change the way I respond to things so there's this warfare that's established when the Holy Spirit comes to take up residence [Music] salvation and the transformation of your mind and the new individual that salvation creates is an arena where our choices are extremely important taught you some months ago that everything you do now has eternal consequences because everything you do now speaks to God it's important to understand this because the work of the Holy Ghost is supposed to be revealed in the choices we make every day you should be able to tell you saved based upon the choices that you made and the fruit that you display others should be able to tell that you're walking closely with the Lord now I'm under no misconception sometimes there are certain people in our lives that make displaying righteous fruit difficult ain't nobody talking to me some people just seem to have a license to get on your last nerve just-just-just there's no how to get to you just they show up and your mood changes it's it's but that's when you prove to yourself that something different has happened inside of you when when when you could react but you don't when then when you get to the point where your peace is no longer disturbed you've arrived at a wonderful place in the Lord now choices are boiled down to two spiritual principle God's will or my will somebody say God's will or my will now here's the insanity of sin if I choose God's will I get God's fruit but what I really want is to choose my will and still get God's fruit I want to do it my way but receive his promise can I talk to the right people in here I can't be by myself sometimes I want him to bless me in a high and truth be told a lot of my blessings have been in spite of I don't know about you but he's blessed me when my faith was not strong he's blessed me when I doubt in him I'm ashamed to say it they taught us how to doubt him if it be your will I got a book to tells me what his will is it's right here to declare what his will is even if it looks like it can't happen cuz my God is bigger than my problem he's got more strength than my sickness more power than the devil I need to believe what he said not what I feel but there are times when my feelings get in the way of my faith so I need to choose God's will I'm taking you slowly because I'm taking you somewhere just stay with me all right I need to I need to I need to choose his wills I might say here's with choices reveal your kingdom identity choices reveal your identity the Word of God and the spirit of God's work are revealed by a process enter you out of you many people don't understand that you're strong as you are because you look the same but you know you're not to say some people have a hard time believing that you're saying because they knew you win and they can't see the work that's being done on the inside of you now that's not a cop-out my brothers and my sisters because what's going on inside ought to produce some fruit on the outside God will give you righteous fruit to shut your doubters mouths so in your life in my life things must happen in us before they happen for us the renewing of your mind creates a clean heart the renewal of a right spirit the Liberty produced by the Holy Ghost like a tree or fruit or evidence begins on the inside our fruit begins in the invisible we must mature past wanting people to see something we don't possess time for us to stop advertising something in the window that's not in the warehouse got all this going on but you still mean as hell something wrong dad maybe something wrong can't say hello bud but you can say praise a lot something's wrong now we're not alone in having one of the biggest dilemmas in my life in Christ was I knew God had made me new but I had a problem being new can I talk to some real people in here he called me righteous but I didn't feel right just all the time let me talk to this side of church since y'all don't want to say nothing he said I was holy but I didn't feel like I was holy all the time and I had gotten rid of my public sin I had my own evidence in privacy let me talk to you up in the balcony they don't talk to me down here on this floor I was I got real good at looking saved but when trouble came my mouth would reveal who was really in charge my choices would uncover me I wish I was in the right church this man I became discouraged because I didn't see evidence of what I was being taught then I started to understand who I am in Christ and I realized I was hearing a good word but I had a stony heart the word was good but the ground wasn't good so I had a problem being this new creation in Christ ahead that I had a difficulty I was I was having a problem negotiating my new identity I was I was I was I was I was some tiny Christian the proof of our kingdom identity is not really challenged in church it's when I would go out after work with my co-workers and they they were ordering up all the drinks and I'd whispered to the guy don't put me out coholan my put one of those umbrellas on it so I look like I'm sitting like everybody else here I had an identity issue I didn't want to stand out I hope you're hearing me today I don't want you to feel isolated because identity challenges are consistent in the Word of God Adams identity was challenged by the serpent and Eve's identity was challenged by the tree Moses identity was challenged by his background he had a he was a fugitive Samson's identity was challenged because he wanted to be normal even Jesus had to tell people when you see me you looking at the father identity is challenged so what is identity identity is the fact of being who you are as a person but for us in Christ Jesus I don't mind you keeping it 100 M is 100 Christ and I'll have a problem with you having the truth if your truth is Jesus Christ [Applause] so identity the fact of being who you are as a person or sometimes what a thing is identity has to do with what's this sameness and oneness but I thought identity means meant you were uniquely different no identity is about sameness and oneness this culture that we live in is somewhat confused I'm claiming to be an individual but I only like wearing what looks good on somebody else I'm unique but let one of the major stars to our sport a new haircut we're so caught up in being like others that you're considered not cool if you're not duplicating somebody else's look Christians want to look like they're gone for a job interview at a strip club [Applause] Christian Mann dressing like the gangsters because we really don't want to be unique I'm in the quietest church in America [Applause] but real identity is about sameness it's about Who am I like Who am I at one with the Bible calls us christ-like now that you know Jesus you're a Christian so identity is now revealed in the qualities that you believe in the person personality that you project and the way we look in the expressions all these things play into our identity all these things that I've mentioned make you self-identify or make you part of a group so identity has to do with your own mental image of yourself so my question today is do you see yourself like God sees you he's your self-esteem and the Lord based on how you see you or on the manifestation of God's Spirit are you an individual based on who you think you are or who God says you are the way you think about yourself will tell you what kind of identity you have but also impacts the way you're seeing other people angry people like other angry people angry folk don't want to be around a peaceful person angry people want to infect you with them anger you know you've been hoodwinked when you're mad at somebody that doesn't even know you just because somebody convinced you you need to be upset with them how am i managing you never did a thing to me so I can't see others out of my own issues because it's unfair I can't decide I say this to people out of time don't think for me [Music] ask me a question don't guard your ignorance ask me but people would rather make up their mind about how you're thinking because they need you to agree with how they're thinking so I'll make up my mind about you without talking to you so the only foundation I have for making up my mind is my own issue where's Pasteur taking us this morning so I see others like I see myself I have no other reference point I mistreat you based on what would hurt me I say to you what I think hurts me you know someone that's hypercritical always got something negative to say they're expressing their own failures they want company in their misery my problem used to be that my visible characteristics define me I wanted you to ignore my fruit and believe I had a good heart the church taught us how to tell that lie charge it to my head nah no Bible says if we came at your mouth it was in your heart that thing lost his altitude it crashed from your head to your heart so why don't we have this dilemma because the Bible calls it something intriguing calls it the fruit of the Spirit why do we have this problem because there's a fruit of the flesh and there's a fruit of the Spirit there's something your flesh produces versus something the spirit in your producers there's something the old you produces versus the new you producing the Bible says this sets up a conflict and if you're honest every moment of the day if you say you don't have this conflict you're ignoring it but everybody in here from the pulpit to the back door to the outside there's a conflict going on between who I used to be and who God is trying to create me to be right now I've got a war going on inside of me and watch this and each of them are going to fight until it wins go to Galatians chapter 5 let me show it to you they'll stay with me I'm just setting you up a little bit amen all right Galatians chapter 5 when you get there same in we're going to start a little backwards we're gonna go down to verse 22 when you get there same in Galatians 5:22 are you there are you there alright that's about two thirds of you we'd known the other third Galatians New Testament five fifth chapter twenty second verse when you have it say that's that's a little better amen some of y'all y'all have no difficulty because your phone slow in here probably got one of those handicapped phones don't have a one eye get a droid and Liam get a droid and live a man get a girl they got both eyes I got both eyes evening verse 22 are you there alright now you know a tree by the fruit that it bears correct read verse 22 for me the one of the Spirit oh so the Spirit is in you this fruit Huestis ought to be displayed somebody say spontaneously did you know you can act pretty ously and not be a courteous person did you know you can act nice and that really I'm just saying verse 22 says what go ahead so there is no law against loving on purpose joy on purpose peace intentionally long-suffering intentionally gentleness on purpose goodness on purpose faith on purpose meekness on person moderation there's no law against that so fruit of the Holy Ghost in a believers life but not only are they the attributes of a person with the spirit they're supposed to be the fruits of a church your love can't be calculated has to be a part of who you are have you ever been nice to somebody you wanted to be mean to that you're actually got mad at yourself for being nice talk cuz it didn't deserve it that's eight people so this fruit of the spirit of the attributes of a person or a community living in accord with the Holy Ghost we must win the battle that is raging in verse 17 look at verse 17 are you there what does it say all right what's the set go ahead go ahead so the flesh is in a battle with the spirit and the spirit is in a battle with the flesh because they're opposites their agendas are opposite their missions are opposite Jesus comes into your life and kicks the old you off the throne and the old you wants his seat back and the old Jew fights every day to unseat the new you stay with me I'm setting your questions now so that's what it says and because this conflict is going on you cannot do the things that you would do so the Bible's let me know there are times when my flesh wins can I talk to some some real Saints the only things stronger on earth then the will of God is the will of man [Applause] I don't know about you but I've rejected his will that's too honest with some of you lean over to your neighbor say excuse me I need to touch you cuz you're always in his will look at them one more time say uh-huh [Applause] no sitting up here lying in church no no no so there this fight going on inside of us the flesh is Who I am Paul says in my flesh that is in me there's no good thing so the flesh is that's something you have the flesh is who you are and then here comes the Holy Ghost trying to tell you you're going to be something different and a war breaks out because the ole you doesn't want to give up the throne to the new you now I don't know about you but every now and then the old me gets slick [Applause] creeps into my conversation before I realize he's there ain't nobody talking to me in here well y'all being so phony [Applause] you phony I wish I had strong faith all the time but I don't have strong faith all the time [Applause] I'm just glad God doesn't reveal the weakness of my faith in public [Applause] so my flesh has an agenda the spirit has a mission my flesh has an assignment the Spirit has a purpose and they're warming with each other all the time go to Romans chapter 7 let me show you something you've seen it before I'm gonna show it to you again then we'll that's the foundational stuff we'll be done and we can just about know we can get to the new stuff that has me excited but I needed to lay this foundation and again so when this revelation comes we'll have a solid foundation on which to base it Romans chapter 7 go down to verse 14 when you get there say Amen all right so Paul is writing to the Roman Church he's writing to Roman Christians so verse 14 what does it say so the law is what go ahead he says that we know that the Word of God is spiritual but I've got a problem I'm fleshly and the other thing I'm a slave descent I've been sold to see verse 15 what does it say all right slow down listen to me say this for that which I do I allow not for what I would that I do not but what I hate that's what I end up doing got this battle going on inside of me start out with the right motivation but I can't follow through say I'm not gonna do it I end up doing it can't tell you how many times I said I wouldn't go cuss and cussed anyway it's too real for y'all [Applause] had a conversation with myself earlier in the day get to the afternoon and forget my own conversation what's your Bible go to verse 22 are you there what does it say after the what what kind of man cuz we don't live from the outside in we live from the so I delight in this new law this new system I got going on in the end with me O Lord verse 23 what's that first word though if I delight in the law of God after the inner man but something else is going on I see another law in my members in my hands in my eyes in my ears in my legs warring against the law of my work and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin so it starts with my members and it leads me to being captured by the law of sin so the flesh gets a victory over the spirit okay you with me and the sin is in my members watch what the Bible is saying I can tell me I'm not gonna do something but then my members vote [Applause] so no we're gonna fight you on this one [Applause] are you getting this then Paul goes on to say all wretched man did I am now you got to understand who's talking here this is the guy that wrote most of the New Testament while he wasn't changed so he's writing and change and liberates you while he's incarcerated he writes a Liberty for you that he's not even enjoying at the moment every time he moves his pen it reminds him that he's locked up he hears the sound of his incarceration he says Oh Richard man this the guy wrote most of the New Testament Oh wretched man this is the guy thousands of folk got saved Oh wretched man this is the guy Jesus came to save him face to face knocked him down off his horse and he said oh god what's going on he said man how come you can't fight me that guy the mighty apostle of God calls himself a wretched man who can deliver me from the body of this death who can deliver me from all the negative evidence I've collected all the bad stuff I did people can't see it but it's following me around in the spirit all the bodies that are behind me all the deeds that I did follow me around you can't see it but God's looking at it and he knows that all wretched man that I am who can deliver me from the evidence good God Almighty this thing is strong look at this thing look at this thing he's I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord so with the mind I myself serve the law of God but to flesh the law sin but there is therefore now no death sentence to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not according to the flesh but I'm walking according to the Holy Ghost the evidence is cut away it's removed I'm not condemned anymore I did it but he doesn't charge it to me he forgave me [Applause] hallelujah [Applause] [Applause] the devil is in court right now accusing you and I devil has to go to God every day bringing evidence before God told you they were no good Jesus sometimes an objection told you shouldn't have an objection hallelujah told you they wasn't worth it objection though [Applause] [Music] you don't have to live condemned anymore you did it yes and for forgive you you didn't go back and get it again somebody said I'm free [Applause] come on let's keep going like I'll show you something [Applause] it's law of the Spirit now it makes sense because I'm not designed to live from the outside in I'm designed to live from the inside no a tree about the fruit that it bears which we can't display what its nature does not contain so what could be the cause what is fueling this conflict every day that's playing that's playing wreaking havoc with our spiritual identity I got so much stuff to tell you I don't know what to tell you first okay okay okay okay okay okay repeat after me seek you first kingdom of God hears righteousness all these things shall be added unto you but my says now appear to be all these things shall be added I need I need to get this in your spirit sew sew sew sew all the things you're concerned about you're pursuing them right now you're pursuing them because you don't know who you are in the kingdom because the things you're pursuing will start to pursue you once you figure out who you are in the kingdom when I am sure my kingdom identity then all those things will come looking for me I don't have to go looking for them because God has promised then if I put him first I'll spend my prayer time thanking him instead of begging him such works tell us right okay so let me show you let me show you how this conflict happens now I'm not trying to hurt your feelings I got seven minutes so I can't hurt them too much I think the conflict comes from the conversations hi baby where are you I think the conflict comes from some of the conversations were having I think you forget the spiritual dynamic of who you are and you're hanging around too many negative people I think you forget that you are soil took four weeks to teach you that and words are seeds I need you to remember that whatever you say you reap in other words we receive what you plant when I understand that my words are seeds I have to be careful about what I say to myself but I've also got to be mindful of who I allow just so into me he's just making sense to you I can't let everybody try to influence me with their words you have no business allowing someone to cause you to dislike someone who has done nothing to you but you start hating someone who you don't even know is because you've been sown into just making sense so my problem is I forget who I am and that the Bible says I have whatsoever I let me show you something let me show you something so so so I have whatsoever I say repeat after me the word is seed I am the soil I have whatsoever I say watch this now I says so if the word is seed if words are seed and we are soil then you've got to ask yourself I'm not talking about correction until my seeds of negativity because correction is not negative question that Nick so so so what I'm talking about something simple so so watch this now watch if you're not careful how jealousy can prepare you to hear negative things about an individual so say me and trade have been friends for 30 years somebody walks up and starts talking negative and I started wondering is this true now they known him five minutes I've known him 30 years been through seasons of storm and rain and when I was down he came and when he was down I came then you let some knucklehead walk up to you and talk to you for five minutes why in the world would you begin to believe something about somebody you've known so long only thing makes you open to that is India but I love them Bishop you got a twisted admiration I respect you but it bothers me how good god is to you I can't say that publicly so I feel it privately have to be careful that you don't allow the enemy to use someone to speak words to you to put a divide between someone God has sent into your life I can't I can't talk to you well too quiet oh I got three minutes okay here we go I gotta show you something all right let me show you something so so some I say identity okay okay go to Hebrews chapter 12 and we get you out because I need you to come back to communion night amen I need you to come back all right now no I'm gonna read this for you now I'm explaining it to you it's gonna it's gonna blow up as a revelation in your spirit amen and what I'm trying to do is to teach you how to protect yourself from words that will separate you from destiny situations and people assigned to help you fulfill your destiny the only reason someone would you you know you can kill somebody talking to you about somebody ask them why are you telling me this [Applause] because the first thing I need to know is why is my enemy so comfortable with you that's the first thing I need to know why they feel comfortable sitting down talking to you about me cuz ii can't walk together except a betrayer has to have allegiance on both sides the only way they can navigate both pigs people have to have your trust to betray you you're not hearing what I said turn your neighbor asking you're not a double agent are you I can depend on you to praise God for me from your heart when you see me but it getting blessed I can I can depend on you to praise the Lord for me when you see my prayer getting answered you're not a double agent are you real some of y'all struggling right through here what you can't celebrate in somebody else's life you'll never experience in your own you barely able to celebrate a breakthrough in somebody else's life or you won't get the breakthrough in your life jealousy will hinder your destiny watch this now Hebrews chapter 12 okay I'm gonna tell you all to stand up in a minute cuz I won't stop Hebrews chapter 12 go down to verse 14 alright you there Hebrews chapter 12 go down to verse 14 you there what's the first part of the sentence a I follow peace with all follow fees attempt peace with everybody which implies that peace won't be possible with some people that will get out of control if you don't have the fruit of the Spirit the fruit of the Spirit will cause you to love your enemies cause you to pray for those that are trying to use [Applause] they can sense that's just now alright look at where it says follow peace with all men correct and what and what so holiness is not a denomination holding this is a lifestyle the holiness of God is an example the holiness of Jesus Christ is an example follow after that so what God is telling us who follow peace and follow holiness do you see all right that's not the good part what's this now because without those two nobody shall see the Lord verse 15 what does it say lest any man fail of the grace of God how can I fail great when I'm intentionally take advantage of the grace of God when I give myself a pass just because I'm saved when I tell myself before I sin there's grace for it so I can do it I'm in the quietest church in America we can fail at grace instead of appreciating grace the fact that I have grace should cause me to sin less not sin more because I don't want God to feel like I'm giving him the okey-doke y'all young folk don't know what oh you don't mean that's all here it's know what oh you don't mean amen watch this now looking diligent less any man fail of the grace of God watch this lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and because of that many have become defiled or polluted wait a minute so our understanding of Agriculture it immediately places us in a dilemma because roots don't spring up roots go so if I understand my Bible this root can't be what I historically think it is because roots don't spring what's this Chris that's beautiful I know which way roots grow okay it's gonna be wonderful I saw what is God talking about and what does this route look like hmm go to Deuteronomy 29 Deuteronomy 29 show you something what's what's this route mmm-hmm what's this Deuteronomy 29 are you there yet go down to verse 18 say man 1 you have it are you there alright what's it say waitwait meet y'all wait wait yo yo yo y'all can't read no better than that [Applause] it's got to be the raggedy-ass mask choir in the world okay have you been let's start over take your time it's not a competition amen I know you're anxious look you ready you ready all right verse 18 go ahead so so so the first thing we need to understand that the root is a person the root can be a family the root can be a tribe that when they talk all they spew forth is bitterness their whole point is to get you to turn away from the Lord so a root in this context is not a root of a plant is the root of a person now the person is not poisoned what they say and by us entertaining what they say they poison us against our God and against the promises of God so I've got to be careful that I'm not sitting next to a root of bitterness in church you know the root of business hey I don't like that song huh they prayed too long whom they didn't mention my condition this morning huh that he didn't have to tell us all that who will need this much Bible he got tennis elbow at a time you leave Church some negative all the time [Music] root of bitterness only reveals themselves when they speak oh good god am i that quiet in the house dinna Chris alright I need I need to stop I go to first Corinthians chapter 15 no I'm gonna reach out y'all to stand up cuz I don't I need to make sure you get this revelation completely because there's some people you'll you'll now be able to recognize when the enemy has sent someone to talk to you someone that intends to decrease your faith and change your relationship with God is a root of bitterness but you won't know it until they open their mouth watch others words each other's words first Corinthians 15 all right here we go are you ready go down to verse 33 some of you have never seen this verse 33 what does it say if you talk negatively enough for long enough it'll change the way you behave evil communication corrupts good manners not table manners this is not about salad forks this is about behavior that if you indulge in evil communication enough times it will change the way you conduct yourself so the conflict between the flesh and the spirit is me guarding what I allow to be fed I come to church so my spirit can get fed and starve my flesh to death I want to feed my faith and starve my doubts y'all stand up please now we know from our text that mephibosheth was the victim of a fall the New Testament speaks of Adam in this way for by one man sin came into the world because he fell and by another man we were redeemed who's Jesus Christ so we fell Jonathan and the Lord came along and got us back up so you and I like Mephibosheth are victims of a fall victims of a fall Jesus comes along and there's something tremendous he says first I want to live with you so I'm gonna send my son second I have a conversation with you like I had with Mary I'm gonna talk to you what my idea of you is what my vision for your life is and you have a hard time accepting it Mary because they have this conversation with the angel that came from the Lord the Messenger of God and an angel comes have a look girl you bout to have a son the son of God she said well that's gonna be kind of hard cuz I'm you know I ain't never been that way with no man before how's that gonna happen she says something to me she says be it unto me according to your word [Music] all of a sudden meri has this identity challenge how can someone that comes from her background we suddenly chosen by God to be the mother of the savior of the world next we were going to look at Moses Moses was rescued out of a river by the daughter of Pharaoh he's raised as an Egyptian as it gets older he looks like an Egyptian but God gives him a passion for his people so one day Moses is out walking on the beach and he sees a Hebrew young man getting beat up by some people by some Egyptians and he goes to the young man's defense he goes too far kills the Egyptian buries him in the same he didn't know that that passion was giving him a glimpse that God was going to use him to deliver Israel he had the power and the assignment but he was using it the wrong way don't ever ever discount your passion nothing to talk about you think those hips look good and you think he got muscles I'm not talking about that nonsense I'm talking about when you see certain things you get inspired to act when you see hungry people you want to find a way to feed them seeing hungry people get you inspired to do something for God get in the food ministry help us feed the hungry every week you have a hunger for souls you see unsaved people you get geeked about that join the evangelism team there's something that it sights you that it makes your passion that God wants to you in minute using ministry when I see unsaved people I get geeked cuz I love leading people to Christ not seasick folk I want to prep for him because I love seeing them getting healed my passion for it reveals God's purpose for my life something inspires you it's your righteous passion to act so Moses looks like an Egyptian but is Hebrew underneath his captivity cannot erase who is cuz you know a tree by the fruit that it bears he's a deliverer in the wrong clothing he's hidden bullet revealed by his passion to help there's a problem God wants you to help him solve this year and your passion for it it's gonna feed your ability to run after it with all your spirit all your power all your zeal all your passion it begins with a relationship with God so he can begin to give you the blueprint that he has for you I'm gonna show you next time we come together that your life has been written in a book already and God wants to reveal to you what's in the book you're not an accident before I formed you in your mother's womb I wrote some stuff down about shoot I'm the author and the finisher of your faith I want to reveal my story for your life but it begins with a relationship with him I'm so glad you're with us today I'm so glad you're gonna be with us this month so we can those watching us around the world those that are coming every Sunday every Wednesday so we can reveal to you your story in his book so you can find out what he wrote about you and he said before one word of what I wrote fails heaven and earth will have to pass away if you're here today and you don't know the Lord for yourself I want to invite you this afternoon the first Sunday of the new year step into the nearest aisle please come meet me at this altar take my hand [Applause] and got used to you fix come on let's celebrate our new sister is there another won't you come come on you can do it here they come [Music] okie-dokie is there another won't you come is there one more won't you come if you're walking and you just have to walk you should be giving if not we want you to honor the protocol of the house very sacred time for us because we're watching God work in the lives of men and women if you're here today you're here today you need to be saved come to the Lord for the very first time if you need to come back to the Lord we were walking with God you were passionate about your relationship with God but something distracted you you allowed yourself to be veered off the journey of the purpose the pathway God had set for you I need you in this first Sunday the new year step into the nearest aisle come meet me right here let us assist you in the journey getting back on track you can't get up on your own but with the help of the Spirit of God Jesus Christ the Holy Ghost and ministry will get you back on your feet again God has brought you into another year to give you another chance I need you to step into the nearest aisle and come meet me right here and begin the process of recovery process or transformation don't wait on somebody else come now last but not least you love the Lord your saved God has led you here today oh here she comes Hey [Applause] it's a new year it's got to be a new you need to be saved for the very first time need to come back to the Lord a pastor I do I feel like the Lord's drawing me today but you don't know I've done this two or three times before you have to be in the right place with the right people and if you've been on a journey but God has brought you back here you took the long way around to come back home I need you to come I need you to come up in the balcony down here on the floor need a church home today why don't you come let's give God a hand praises our new sisters take your seats for just a second don't forget tonight is our communion celebration begins promptly at 6:00 the first communion of the year please make sure you prioritize it and show up tonight great man of God coming in to serve us this evening we're back on our regular schedule this week those of you that are in the embrace class that's the new members class tomorrow night I will see you then amen we're having a good time and embrace on Monday nights amen have a great time need you to come those are that work at night but you want to attend the class we have one Tuesday morning at 10:00 a.m. if your week is occupied by work come on Saturday morning at 10:15 you can't miss it amen just come on out get the foundation that you need to run the race that is set before you to live the life successfully that God has planned for you if you're gonna be baptized tonight we need you here by 4:30 so we can get you robed up in everything if you have not participated in the formal welcoming ceremony that only happens at communion and United with the church got saved in the last year so come back tonight so we can formally welcome you into the church family amen I mean that's everybody you want you to come on out and bless the Lord with us as we get ready to participate in worship called giving the brown basket that our deacons are holding for your tithes and offering the white basket is your sacrificial gift for those of you who did not get a chance to saw your first fruit on Tuesday night you can sow that into the white basket today also I want to make sure you don't miss your blessing amen are we ready to rock and roll all right stand on your feet please [Music] let's welcome pastor Jonathan as he comes [Music] [Music] praise the Lord I'm so glad you took the time to join me today I'm excited about this series centered around focused on the life of livable chef as we're going to reveal some things to over the next few weeks that I believe will change your life for the rest of your life right now won't you join us as we see the work of the kingdom as we invest and what God is doing not just in this city not just in this region but around the nation and around the world when you help us you help us to promote ministry in West Africa in India in the most rural parts of the United States you help us but also you help us feed clothe minister to the impoverished and the disadvantaged in this region in the county that we dwell in does it make sense to me to send money overseas and bypass the people that are in trouble 15 minutes from the church so like Jesus would do we take care of them so right now won't you go to the icon on the screen release that time they're not offering in a second for tribute but also if you were not able to be with us from Tuesday night and did not lock into the custom we have a blessing is called the first-fruit I need for you go ahead and join us in that giving I want you to join us tonight at six o'clock as we have our service our communion celebration like nothing you've ever seen I'm excited my good friend Bishop Sam you're Blake's is gonna be with us it's gonna bring a word I didn't know he's from New Orleans Louisiana old of you that follow him online get in your cars this afternoon to come on over and celebrate with us now go to the icon release your gift thank you for participating Tuesday night through streaming understand there were over 40,000 of you that viewed us on Tuesday night what a blessing from the Lord well stay strong stay sane and remember faith acts like a thing is so even when it's not so that it might be so god bless you and I'll see you this evening at 6 o'clock

Channel: Bishop David G. Evans

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Length: 151min 31sec (9091 seconds)

Published: Sun Jan 05 2020