Bishop Jackie McCullough - "The Only Safe Place"

we have come into this house and gathered in his name to worship Him let's forget about ourselves and concentrate on him and worship Him he is all our righteousness we stand complete in him and we have come to what worship heaven we've come to worship worship Christ alone if that's what you came to do give him a standing ovation come to worship come to worship come to worship rose up towards it live to worship even with tears worship amen amen amen so glad to be here this afternoon with you in your annual women's convention thank God that you're still here and you're still carrying on the work of the Lord you're still giving God what he deserves amen and while you're yet standing I'm going to ask you to acknowledge the bishop the pastor the senior leader of this church and organization in none other than Bishop Rochford put your hands together let's see let's see let's see and then we recognize all of the leading ladies The ministers evangelists those who are working with him a men in the women's Department I congratulate you two and give you a Scot to give you the strength to build the work amen so that next year this time greater things will happen amen so Toronto some money I'm glad to see you I'm glad you're in church with me amen amen you may be seated praise the Lord I'm not going to be before you very long but we have some products out in the lobby in the area where the other products are and at the end of the service if you have any money left you can go by and just pick up a few of these CDs and DVDs that you don't have in your library amen and just be a blessing to the ministry but right now I'm going to ask you to turn your Bibles to the book of proverbs chapter 18 proverbs the eighteenth chapter and I'm just going to read one verse verse 10 that's proverbs 18 verse 10 I'm reading from the King James Version proverbs 18 verse 10 reads the word of the Lord reads the name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous run it into it and is safe so far the text and the title of the sermon nothing fancy nothing too colorful or catchy the only safe place tell your neighbor there's only one safe place The Book of Proverbs belongs to that section in the Bible called wisdom literature and it fits into that section with Ecclesiastes and even job Song of Solomon the Hebrew Christian of the Hebrew Saints or the ancient Hebrews should say properly they had questions about life they had questions about death they had questions about honesty about righteousness they had a lot of questions and they look to the wisdom leaders or the sage of those times the people with sagacity recall them to give them some guidance in the Jewish community it's the rabbi in the Christian community it should be the pastor but it's not the past any more you just google and you get an answer about anything but anyway they went to people who had sound words people who could help them to live their life differently and that's what Solomon attempted to do in the book of Proverbs he was a man with uncompromising wisdom as what God gave him as a gift and so these writings help us to grapple with questions in this particular text in this chapter you'll find discussion about the fool and the wicked and and and the word proverbs means comparison so how is how is the right are going to help the reader I'm going to compare you and show you the difference between the wicked and the righteous I'm going to show you the difference between the fool and the person who fears the Lord so this is constant comparison hoping you'll have enough sense to choose the right thing so the word proverbs means comparison so in this chapter you'll have the fool and the wicked talks about wisdom talks about the contention of fools the tale bearer and the sloth well all the things that we try to act like is not important but it's important to know a tail bearer is weird to know that you can't tell certain people everything as they going to tell it and then in the midst of all of this counsel this comparison it drops this verse that seemingly doesn't belong in Proverbs it belongs in the Psalms probably but it's right up in here because you see in Proverbs and psalms it's not like reading narratives where you can go from one chapter to the other and find the story moving along they can talk about one thing from the other and you doesn't see to connect and that's what it seems like here what is this birds doing in the mids of talking about fools talking about evil people and wicked people well I choose to think that this verse is a verse that ties it together because if you go to the tenth verse and you're walking in the tenth verse then you're not going to be anybody's fool you're going to live a certain way so we need to look at the tenth verse the first thing it says the name of the Lord and name for the Asian Hebrew is supposed to tell you something about the person's character we went crazy a couple of years ago and still little crazy by naming our children names that they can't spell and and people are still trying to find out why somebody would name their daughter latrine and latrine is an outhouse but but anything that is a little quaint without any meaning to life should be filled with meaning so the first one is all in the name the name marks honor Authority renowned position and character looked up my name the other day because everybody's into xn and ancestry.com some things you believe alone because you know you will find something about your grandmother you won't know but anyway looked up my name looked up my name and my name the the derivative of my name comes from Jacob hmm thank God I'm saved because Jacob was a trickster thank you Jesus for the Holy Ghost anyway so it says the name the character the honor the character of the Lord and there are many names for God in the Bible but in this verse it is Jehovah so the character the honor the thing that we should remember about Jehovah is that his name means I am Who I am I am who I say I am and I will be what I want to be it literally means I'm a self-contained God I'm I don't need anything or anyone to make me God and you can't subtract from me and make me less of a god or you can't add to me and make me more of a God I'm God within myself so when you're praying when you when you're thinking about the name you're thinking about the character and the power of who God is in Genesis 17 and 1 it says when Abraham was ninety and nine years old the Lord appeared to him and said I am God Almighty walk before me and be blameless and the Almighty God means I have no contenders there's no way that can whip me you understand that you crying over some supervisor there's nobody that can whip me Exodus 3 and 13 Moses said to God suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them the god of your fathers had sent me to you and they ask me what is his name then what you like tell them God said to Moses I am Who I am this is what you ought to say to the Israelites I am sent you I am what I want to be I want to be your healer I am that I want to be your deliverer I am that I want to be your corrector I am that whatever I say I am whatever I want to be can't nobody stop me from being revelation one-in-eight says I am Alpha and Omega said the Lord God who is who was and who is to come the Almighty God now that should really create excitement in our hearts we should be hopping on one leg we should be excited because this is not a jack leg talk and now this is not a con artist this is not a wannabe god this this is God this is it you understand and his name means just that I have all that and more Saints are not excited any more about that you know in the old days the old folk you just have to say Jesus and church was over him say you just had to strike up a little tune then you have to have a lot of words of Jesus and then add a little moan to it and church was over ain't got no organ or nothing just Jesus because they understood what it meant they understood that his name is wonderful he's a wonderful counselor he's a mighty God he's an everlasting father and he's a prince of peace when you know him for he is his name his name describes him I am I am the almighty so it says here the name of the Lord meaning the Lord Himself you understand be careful how you name your children because it's telling you something about their character the name of the Lord the character of the Lord the righteousness of the Lord the holiness of the Lord the wisdom of the Lord the greatness of the Lord the power of the Lord this is not just a name this is who he is who he is who is he is it strong and the word strong tower means a strong place it means a hiding place if you read Genesis 11 for that's what Nimrod wanted to do to build a strong tower to get up to heaven in 2nd Samuel David cried the Lord is my rock my refuge and he's my stronghold now you may not need a strong place to hide because you know you got it going on you you may know how to take care of yourself you might have you know bodyguards and you might have people that you can call to handle it but to the average saying we need a place to go to in this evil unpredictable world this world that is Antichrist anti-god anti-bible anti Christianity I need to know that I am protected I need to know that I have someplace to run to when I'm in despair and the reason why Saints in the Church of committing suicide and preaches a committing suicide and Saints a drinking liquor to get over people in church are taking antidepressant drug because they forgot this you see when you forget this you better take something you got fix up in this world of pressure and stress do you know what causes 95 percent of the physical illness stress anxiety fear anger frustration disappointment all of that stuff affects us so you've got to have someplace to go to some trust in horses and some trust in chariots but I will remember the name of the Lord for the name of the Lord is what you've got to remember his name we were we were flying in from Atlanta just took off the runway to come back home and the engines blew out and the plane was hanging in the sky over water the name of the lake just glided the plane and landed us safely listen I know who you callin in those strange times listen to me ain't no other name like his name he knows how to fly a plane sings oh yes he does the name of the Lord some ninety one and two says I would say of the Lord he is my refuge and my fortress my god in him will I trust now this is what blew my mind Bishop you know when I used to go to school together years ago I'm sure you've heard the story in Bell truss but um we just go to Calvary and take Greek together would drive together in them I could always tell when he's challenged he would chew his lip - it was there so studying the word has always been our passion not just taking a verse and making the tune out of it but we were always hungry for deeper understanding and there was another word Bishop that blew my mind you can shake me and me because it caused me to have church by myself another meaning for the word tower or strong tower means a wooden pulpit I'm almost finished now because I can stay right there so the name of the Lord is like a wooden pulpit and it refers to when Ezra stood up in the streets and as a first-time pulpit was mentioned in the Bible when the children of Israel returned from captivity and had never heard a real sermon before they they had never heard the law read in all them 50 years they were down in Babylon so everybody was in the street from morning until late afternoon some you're looking at your watch now from morning and to late afternoon and Ed step that's right Santa may no see so he always just died st. no seat and no air-conditioning nothing just stand it up and it was a wooden pulpit no fancy plexiglass and a little funny things we have in church none of that stuff but a simple wooden pulpit to what we just read the word of the Lord just read it here o Israel the Lord your God is one Lord teach it to your children when they get up in the morning teach it to them when they walk in the way teach it to them when they come back home write it on the forehead put it over your tour poseur that the Lord your God is the only God that you need oh come on church we need to go back to the wooden pulpit strong tower of the church is in the name of the Lord which should be ushered behind the pulpit that's the problem the wooden pulpit has become a stage for cliches and entertainment no wonder you can shout and be suicidal no wonder don't wonder you can speak in tongues and still cut yourself no wonder you can come in here and dance and still go in the club cuz ain't nothin coming from the wooden it's a safety when you sit in that seat you ought to be safe because of what comes from the pulpit your life ought to be protected because it's covered by the Word of God and if there's no word coming you're not saved the name of the Lord it's a strong term one of the ministers preached this morning so that's why I got no curls look like I didn't comb my hair forgive me Saints but I just shout it out just I just carried on badly this morn is carried on let's dance my way out the church and dance back in and come back and dance again that's why I was running late almost forgot I had to preach because the Word of God shifted my life Word of God gave me answers oh weekend long I was wrestling and when the men got through the Word of God settled my spirit and now I'm safe oh come on and put your hands together for being saved not in a field good naina made me feel good cuz feel good passes away but the Word of God what stands forever so the name of the Lord in your life the character of God the power of God in your life is as strong as the pulpit is in your life if there's no strong words there's no shore security if the word of God is not given to you there's no hiding place if God is not exalted if he's not taught and taught again as we don't like teach it that's why we have Sunday morning service and nobody come to Bible study but you ain't say if you ain't say when you don't have no word you ain't say I'm sorry I don't care how much I get up here and try to fake it I'm not safe in the arms of God without the Word of God Bible says and the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth so what you're living on what keeps you from going crazy what keeps you from cussing what keeps you from giving up what keeps you from backsliding quietly what keeps you from giving up it's the word Oh somebody help me howl a word word work so strong the word of the Lord the name of the Lord is a strong tower a strong pulpit make us safe people we only have a few minutes up here and we don't have a long time before you run out of here to eat dinner you ain't got not much time and some of the time you don't even show up so when we get you we got to work you to keep you out of the hand of the enemy to keep the devil from eating of your soul and when the enemy comes upon me like a flood it's a spirit of the Lord that takes a stand against it you can't endure temptation and overcome without the word you can't go through the storm without the word you can't make right choices without the word you can't keep your pants on without the word can't keep your zipper up without the word take the whip you cannot keep yourself from new-age phenomenon without the word is seeping in the church you know you have more ha ha moment than you have Bible moment come on we replaced the language of the world with the Bible when the Bible said the word of the Lord is sharp it's quick it's like a two-edged sword it cuts even to the marrow it divides things asunder it assists and gets down into the deep quiet darkness of our soul you need the word to operate in you so that you become what God has called you to be when the feeling is gone you need the word when the shout is over you need the word when the church doors are closed you need a word when the pastor is not available you need a word when ain't nobody answering your phone you need a word when you've got to make a choice you need the word when your pocketbook is empty you need the word when they're getting ready to evict you because you ain't paid your rent you need the word come on now not everybody wants this word it's very clear the righteous runneth into the safety of the preached word the name of the revealed God because when we preach the word we reveal God to you see there things that are covered and the word comes to uncover God's and the more God is uncovered is the stronger you get the more he shows himself to you is the more clarity you get you see and that's why many of us are going around in circles cuz he's still covered not that he's hiding no but that you're not there to hear it you don't read your Bible during the week you don't read it for meditation you're in Kerry and now that you have I this and I that you have it and we think that you're following the text you textin while we preach it you ain't following no work the righteous x capes into the word tell your neighbor that's an escape route that's an escape right there when I get in trouble I run there's a place to hide from those vexing situations from those things that have you pinned up in a corner and nobody can bring you out when when it seems like Oh hope is gone and there is no way of escape I run up into something run to the word but not everybody likes to run to the word even in church cuz that everybody's righteous the word righteous means straight miss all it means it means straightness it means conforming to a standard whose standard gods and if you're not conforming to his standard then you're not straight and talking to a young man you know just came off the plane Bishop and her girls they call him because they know I call when I get ready and I'm carefully in the bathroom on the toilet I'm calling get up off the toilet answer the phone because certain say and he's very skillful you know I told you should have been a lawyer but then you're talking to another lawyer see because you know I've been there and I know what you're doing so just let's start the conversation off with not trying to be so skillful it's a game let's just not play the game in the airport because then I get loud just just this takes the crookedness of the tongue when we want to do what we want to do we get skillfully crooked we get creatively crooked we even use scripture to get crooked I said boy you know were you talking to what's my name take my name cuz you forget who you talking to on this phone because you can't take that scripture and cover sin you can't you can't you can't pull that out of context and make me think that God is going on a fornication I if you find that then if you find and I must be missing out on some fun here cuz righteous means that I have accepted the righteousness of Jesus Christ because there's nothing in me that wants to do right and I hate to I hate to say this is some of you who believe you were born special but we were all born with a propensity to want nothing but evil a nothing straight about me from the crown of my head to the sole of my feet all my righteousness is as filthy rags I don't want to be right is that what Paul said when I should do a right evil is present see that's why you keep singing cuz you think you would never do it you think you know that's not me as ask anybody who got hooked on drugs I never be a drug addict I never I never I never you're the same in this flesh this wonderful flesh that we spend a lot of money on there's nothing good but it is the righteousness of God when I accepted Jesus Christ his righteousness was imparted injected into me like an IV put it up in my vein so when I do right is not because I want to but he that is right is it me oh you better thank God he's up in there tell you them I'm so glad he's up in there if it had not been if it had not been if it had not been for the right nice of God I would have no idea what right is what happened so don't think you know good deeds make me right know being a philanthropist make me right never never ever been to jail makes me right never got drunk makes me right no none of that the only reason why I'm able to walk right from one minute to the other is because I trust him he lives in me and he tells me what's right from his word other than that I would be crooked I'm a master at being crooked you and I said you to know me Sidney rang like I knew it huh crookedness comes natural as ask your child which I can't even talk good ChaCha's living diaper and they're crooked they didn't they haven't learned much yet the Bible said the wicked is estranged from the womb they go astray as soon as they be born speaking lies its natural but the Spirit of the Lord in me thank God he lives in me where would I be this morning with my crooked self if Jesus didn't put himself in me what would I be doing this morning with my rotten skunk himself if Jesus did not die on the cross for me what would I be doing with my mind and my body if Jesus didn't give up himself for me come on and put your hands together for the righteousness of God so the right just run it now the word runneth means you run all the time it just don't run when you're in trouble and the word running doesn't mean run or to break off it literally means to hasten to move quickly towards God so you don't wait until things get totally out of control to run you don't wait until you're almost out they're almost out there you know you call this one you called that one you try this now he is like an afterthought no you run to him first you hasten that means he's priority before you start calling all the crack people in the world the people that tell you all these crack things that's based on earthly decision you're up you hey so wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute I'll call you back I koi I just need a minute I just need a minute I just need a minute to get it together she said well you know if I were you I would not know I don't want to hear if I were you today this is too serious this is my life you're talking about I don't need if I were you I need to hear what thus say unless you come in with a word from the Lord give me a minute I don't need your counsel I don't need your feeling I don't need your opinion I need a word from the Lord and I want to hasten I don't want to give the devil in your room I want to hasten to close the doors of any other opinion I want to hasten I don't want another three months wasted out of my life cuz I didn't hear what thus saith the Lord I don't want another year of going around in circle I want to hasten give it to me quick give it to me quick give it to me quick ah come on you better tell the people who are bringing the word to give it to me quick give it to me quick don't fool around oh don't call me two months later and say the lord ladies on my heart no give it to me right away whether I roll my eyes or slam the door give it to me quick cuz I got to be safe safe from myself give it to me clap only the righteous now some of you some of us you know we go to the doctor and we don't want the doctor to tell us the whole truth but the some people said no listen don't play with me doctor this is my life just tell me what it is so I can take care of this some of us don't go because we don't want to hear righteous people want to hear come on ladies and gentlemen people who follow Christ they want to hear him people who believe in Christ you believe in Christ ask a neighbor you believe in him you believe in him you believe in his name do you believe in what he says about himself come on do you believe that he's able to do exceeding an abundant above all that he asked her think by the power that worketh in you to believe that he's holy and righteous and that he's an a man that he should lie neither the son of man that he should repent do you believe that he's not a con artist that he's not gonna bamboozle you do you believe that he's not a player hearing playing you what he said he'll bring it to pass what he spoke he'll make it good if you believe it run run run run to him run to him if you believe that he'll make a way out of no way no try to make no jacked up when run to him he's got the answer put your hands together and let me hear you praise Him hiya the song said I'll hasten to his throne you took too long to get there many of us got in trouble cuz we went there afterwards see instead of going there first we went somewhere else and now we got a whole lot of stuff so we run into him now when we should have ran to him first he's my hiding place he's my refuge he that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High he that dwells he who lives he who hangs out he who stays lord have mercy who sleeps he who wakes up he who eats in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty I was sayeth the Lord he's my refuge and my fortress my god in him will I trust I know where to hang I don't know where you hang but I know where the heck I got a hangout spot lord have mercy when I get in trouble there's a hangout spot in my house and the devil knows when I get to that hangout spot I'm gonna get a word from the Lord oh come on I want to hear you praise him for your hangout spot Hayato shovin so VI I feel appraised yet to come on an unknown shotty I robo-puppy I Saturday yeah God come on and praise him for your hangout spot sometimes it's a dashboard of your car sometimes it's a shower in your bathroom but it's a hangout spot that's where I hear something I hear something and no matter what's going on he gives me a word for the day come on and thank God for the hangout spot hasten tell your neighbor run there now run there run there come on stop running from him room to him stop it stop it stop it stop googling and run to him stop asking the wrong people and run to him stop following the world and run to him now the marvelous thing about this is you know the pump it can be anywhere the puppet doesn't have to be in church you can have a pulpit in your house the dashboard can be your pulpit I remember bishop before I I you know before I accepted fully the call to preach because you know you can accept it halfway act like you don't know and I was catching hell because I acted like I didn't know see when you act like you don't know you catch hell but anyway so because I was trying to act like I didn't understand and now I'm in hell some fully understanding cuz sometime you got in help going hell to understand see before I worked like I didn't know but now I'm in hell it's clear it's clear it's clear it's clear so I remember used to line up the pots and the pans and preach a full-course sermon see I wouldn't do it before but hell made me hell hell made me have a sermon no hell will make you have a sermon ish come on Soviet ah somehow the Word of God can be some so clear to you Shelly that you start preaching to yourself uh when you get that word that word starts transform in your mind anybody can preach to you like when the Holy Ghost bring a message so tell your neighbors stop panicking and run or run where you going - I'm running into the name of the Lord I'm running into the word of the Lord it can't nobody bring me out of this but God can't nobody bring me out of this no-cut even my friends can't bring me out I don't care much you love me you can't do nothing with this he's gonna take the Word of God to break it that's why you grab your Bible and even if you don't feel it just read it just walk around your house and read it till God give you a word and read it and then when you read it you're right it put it on a little you know card and index card put it in your pocket book write it big on your refrigerator so when you're going to eat at 3 o'clock in the morning slaps you in the face put it on your iPhone and put it in your ear and start hearing the word and I guarantee that word is gonna break the gloom I'm telling somebody run to him run to him run to him ain't no safe place like in him there's nobody that can protect you now than the Lord listen there's evil all around evil in your house some people sleeping with the enemy evil evil evil evil evil evil evil I hate that movie can't watch it can't watch it I get nervous when I watch camera can't watch sleeping with the enemy why are you sleeping they plotting to kill you huh you hear what I said you can't play with nothing like the evil on the job you think that the person likes you and they've been trying to write you up and set you up to get you up evil everywhere the institutions are evil America is in an evil place any day now the stock market can crash the banks can take your money any day now they can put a bust button and stand put you in utter darkness they can shut down the grid all over America will be in darkness for months evil is all around and here you are acting cute that you don't know who your God is you better run to the rock that is higher than I yes churches sleep tell your neighbor get in the safe please get in there get in there I've been we've been doing a series of the church on disaster relief and they act like they don't understand what I'm saying but disaster is coming sandy was just a wake-up call New York never thought in New York never thought we would have that kind of storm New York never thought we would have earthquake and flood in that way very very ill prepared tell you never stopped being ill-prepared it's a wake-up call find a nook find your nook right in the word find your rock and hide in it get it ready get your family get your house in order and tell them to run to the rock you can wake up one morning one way and go to bed that night a different way and the only way you didn't lose your mind is because you're wrapped up tied up in him come on and put your hands together for a safe place if you're righteous ah you're running tell your neighbor I'm running I'm running I'm running I'm running from every lie I'm turning off the TV and spending fifteen and sixteen hours watching stuff that can't help me I'm getting off the internet and putting dumb stuff on Facebook that can't get me out of trouble look at all the hours I spent on Facebook now I can't find one friend that can loose me I'm gonna take back my life come on tell your neighbor I'm gonna take back my life and spend some quality time with God the hours that I spend on the town on the Internet I could have spent that time finding answer signing answers I could have been prepared for what the devil was getting ready to do I could have had instruction and how to set my house in order so I rebuke the dullness that are taking over the church and I come back at your to the rock run to the rock run to the rock the righteous runneth tell your neighbor I'm moving now I'm moving huh if you ain't going in the same direction please get out of my way I'm not gonna spend my time with deception the enemy is coming to steal he's already stolen and he ain't satisfied he comes to kill what he has stolen and then he comes to destroy tell your neighbor I can't afford another stealing in my house is coming out to my house to steal he wants to destroy he wants to tear down it wants a siphon out everything that God has given me he wants to punch a hole in the blessing and pull it out so I'm gonna put my house in a safe place the righteous run if they're in to him is that what it says run it in to means when you read the word into it means position it means to position rather say that we are new creation we're into Christ that means I am positioned not just in because you can be in the church and not enterprise you can be in this building and you're gonna left me long time ago as soon as I start reading the text and he nicked me can you feel nothing you're gonna let your body's here but you ain't into it we're into it just like you can be married and ain't into any hard when you up in it Jesus have mercy there's a different kind of Sun when you get up in it not only when you get up in it but when it gets up into you you understand what that means that no matter where you go you're a walking talking word ah you're not starving for the word you empty you're not dry you're not just a a surface Christian the Word of God pulsates in your bosom when you get in trouble the Word of God explodes in you just when you're about to give up gives you strength to come up cuz where I I'm into him baby I'm into him I'm into him sorry I can't get into that cuz I'm into him so I'm saying you see what my choice went I can't go there cuz I'm into him cuz he don't go there hmm he doesn't visit there you know hang there you're gonna find him there and if he ain't there I ain't there cuz I've been to him I don't wear that I don't wear that cuz I'm into him and we found into him you don't want me to look like that I'm almost finished I feel a shout coming home and I don't I don't smoke that cuz I'm into him I don't drink that cuz I don't need it cuz I'm into him cuz I'm so into him I'm full I don't need nothing else ah I don't have to go and follow every New Age phenomenon cuz I got everything I need right here I'm it this is deep I'm into him he satisfies the longing of my soul I can taste him right now I don't need anything else to taste my mouth is full of it somebody help me praise him right I set up full of him oh Jesus you know when you got a thing for somebody you're into there the righteous run it into him not into it went into him the security is in God tell your neighbor my security is in God the security the security of my life is in God and then when end with this you know I have a brother I don't always talk about my family there are three of us my sister who lives in Atlanta now and my brother and my brother is adopted and I used to work at Harlem Hospital as a nurse and this baby was born mother was a heroin addict and she just left him dropped him and left him no father no mother so they he was in a ward of the state I'm sure those in social work knows what I mean and and they call them boorda babies at that time because they stayed in the hospital until someone adopted them wonderful beautiful big eye baby but had some withdrawals from the heroin but anyway it just so happens that his last name was the same as my family name Phillips so that's my daddy you've been somewhere that we don't know about but anything so we decided to I said mommy you know we were out of the house my sister and I I was in college or finished school whatever I was working and and I said to her there's a beautiful little baby boy and you love children you know you should you just check him out so she went fell in love with him and the judge immediately gave Charles to us and he got to a certain age and got restless because that heroin was still working in his system could play the organ and can preach rings around me because my dad had taught him to preach but anyway he got out in the street and he was giving us a hard way to go and you know we couldn't keep anything in the house where that you know you would come by we'd be watching anything you know we're the pocket balls see so he you know he knew by the enemy where to find certain things so I went to preach one time and I came home and hid the money under the bed thought it was secured and um he came by and he on a new leather jacket and just you know just talking happy cuz no drugs make you foolish because if I if I had stolen the money bought leather jacket I would disappeared I would just show up with the jacket see so he showed up with the jacket and in those days that have boon by you know those big old boom boxes he ain't got no job now I got this big old boom drop box and a leather jacket and supporting it in my face I said you must have gotten a job he just you know laughing and joking and old ago said check under your bed and the money was gone well ladies and gentlemen I must confess this is confession I'm sorry I know I just came off the feeling I preach but I beat that boy so bad I know where I got the strength from and he went all the way down the stairs in that leather jacket then he went to court and we were going to you know got him a lawyer and we were going to do so many things and I'm sitting in the court and the judge released him on bail and I'm waiting for him to come and it was cold and dark it was 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning and I waited him to come and meet me so he could go home and he slipped out the side door and went back in the street and I cried all the way home and the Lord said to me you want him to behave when I want him in heaven back up and let him go I had to hear the Lord tell me what to do I was getting ready to put up the house to get a lawyer I was good and I'll never forget I was preaching in in Detroit my mother called me say he's back and he stole Zozo and I started crying and I'm standing from the audience with the Bible open to preach and getting ready to cry and the Holy Ghost said either you cry and hold on to him or you preach the gospel and trust me and that moment I let him go now he's still in jail but he got a prison ministry he's preaching the gospel he studies the word he knows he's called to be with the Lord but it took all at that to get his attention but I had to run to safety if I didn't run to safety I wouldn't be able to trust the Lord for him and for me these are vexing times you can't play any many money more with your life you need God to intervene and put you on a straight path and ladies and gentlemen he's the only safe place in the world how many times the doctors have said to some of you you have cancer and the word of the Lord healed your body how many times the enemy came to take your mind and the Lord snatched your mind out of the enemy's hand so why are you running from him and going to astrology why are you running to other sources to get quick fixes when the character and the name of the Lord and the word of the Lord creates a hiding place and I promise you when he hides you can't nobody find you they'll come in your face and still can't see you so I came to pray for a few people today that feel as if they're not safe right now feel as if they're not protected as if they're left to the whims of circumstances on this day I want to pray for you so you could hasten to your safety place if that's the way you feel come now don't be ashamed come and stand around this altar

Channel: Bishop Jackie McCullough

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Length: 61min 41sec (3701 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 11 2016