Brooklyn Tabernacle Singers - January 21st, 2022

willie rice i'm the pastor here at calvary and uh amen we are going to have a really fun night and a great night and a night of meeting with the lord and being encouraged together we are looking forward to this so for all of you who are guests come in from other places welcome tonight and we're just going to enjoy being together in the presence of the lord you know sometimes there really are you hear this people who need no introduction which i'm always in the congregation like well then why are you giving them an introduction but uh but there are people who need to know introduction usually for two reasons one because they've accomplished enough everybody in the room kind of knows so you don't need to say anything but the second reason the reason i really love is because if you're around those people um you you get the sense that it really isn't about them at all that it really is about the lord and they just deflect the praise because they they want it to be all about somebody much much bigger than a personality or a talent and i don't know if there are two people that describes better than jim and carol symbola the ministry of brooklyn tabernacle has gone around the world and uh jim symbol of the pastor there and his books his writings his messages carol symbolic grammy award-winning artist director songwriter the music of the brooklyn tabernacle choir literally around the world god has used them in this church to encourage the body of christ and you are going to be encouraged tonight so would you join me in giving a warm clearwater florida welcome to jim and carol symbol we're so glad you're here thank you good evening everyone how are you all is well good we're so happy to be here tonight this trip is unusual for us because we carol and i felt very strongly last year we wanted to come we we came down to odessa where we have a second home that we rarely use and we came down on march 8th for four days to just rest in 2020 and it turned into 16 months because they called us and said don't get on an airplane don't go anywhere that there's this thing has exploded in new york so we were here 16 months and we got to love pastor willie rice his wife cheryl so much this church and some a whole bunch of other friends and we just said wouldn't it be great if the brooklyn tabernacle singers as my wife's smaller group that we could come here and just have a concert and share a little something from the word of god because if there ever was a time where we christians need encouragement it's right now do i get an amen for that yeah let's put our hands together for that we all need that so we're so happy to be here carol tell them a little bit about the group and who they are well when we went back home to new york uh this past july uh in 2021 there weren't too many people from the brooklyn tabernacle choir that came back to the brooklyn tabernacle and so there were about 20 people that were in the choir that offered themselves and said carol we're ready we're ready to sing and uh and so anyway those are the people that you're gonna hear sing tonight they represent the brooklyn tabernacle choir and uh we're just so happy because um uh many of them you know took off from their jobs to come on down here and they're so excited to be able to sing and lift up the name of jesus tonight and that's why we've been singing all these decades what we love to do is lift up one name and one name only and that name is jesus amen so just so you understand what she was saying she has 230 members in her choir they won six grammy awards but when we came back it's not at all like florida so i wanted to just clarify that the people are locked away in their apartments many afraid to be in any kind of room with a large group of people and new york city right now is really deteriorated in every way singers come on out wherever you are um and so when we went back we have so we are so now they're slowly starting to come back but for example we had a shutdown on december 26th and then july 2nd and 9th and 16th we're just going back to sunday now to reopen because of omicron after four weeks of just a bombardment there plus the crime now is out of uh it's beyond belief i'm born and raised in brooklyn she grew up there too so uh we're just like we haven't been this way before so god help us and he's raised up these great people behind us so you're ready for a lot of music right you came here for music so there's going to be my wife has written some of the songs arranged them all and there's a lot of different styles of music i really love these people behind me let's give them a loud welcome the brooklyn tabernacle singer [Music] the hello says that everything that has breath raised the lord so sing with us as we worship the lord tonight and we sing praise him praise him in the sanctuary him with the timberland dance praise him with the sound of the trumpet praise him for his mighty ass praise [Music] is [Music] [Applause] foreign 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the bronx new york city yes i have a little bit of swing in me you know um any new yorkers in the house yeah that's right make some noise awesome so wonderful to be here with all of you tonight my name is lynette and on behalf of the brooklyn tabernacle singers thank you so much for being here amen [Music] we really pray that these songs minister to your heart and bless you and that god would just speak prophetically to all of us tonight because you know we all have ups and downs in life and sometimes on the down portions of our lives we can't always hear god and one of those moments where i experience that actually is when i'm actually doing a lot of good things but i do so much good that i don't take the time to savor the moment to be with the friends and the family that god has blessed me with and even just to be honest with you just to sit and be in god's presence to pray to hear the word especially as we begin this new year right we all want to hear from god like what does god want to do specifically in your life this year that he didn't do last year or in prior years but he wants to do it this year 2022 and so i encourage all of you that as you hear this next song that you open up your heart and that you also just take inventory you know because sometimes when we rush by life we don't get to always hear the whispers of the spirit and and god wants to speak to you he wants to give you a word he wants to give you direction he wants to show you how to treat and even pray for that unkind co-worker or to pray for your unsaved family members even business projects or whatever god wants you to do he wants to speak directly to you and he wants to prosper you he wants to give you the direction that you need but sometimes that means being still and knowing that he is god and savoring the moment and being present because when we're not we're just kind of like being you know going being in our in our duties just like okay i did this check this off check this off check this off check this off but then we're missing out on the whispers of his spirit so let's be sensitive to him tonight amen amen [Music] i've been thinking about time where does it go [Music] how can i stop my life from passing me by i don't know i've been thinking about family and i was going so fast will i wake up one morning just wishing that i could go back i've been thinking about lazy baby i can make a change unless you change me [Music] [Music] i don't wanna miss what you have for me [Music] when i wake up in the morning don't let me stray i just wanna stay where you are [Music] is [Music] no way [Music] keep me [Music] [Music] until the day you call me home we're [Music] keep me in singing moment help me live with my wife [Music] i don't wanna miss what you have for me want to listen together [Music] [Applause] keep me [Music] [Music] [Music] you don't have to worry [Music] comes in the morning troubles they don't last always [Music] who will wipe your tears [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] you don't have to worry [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] and loved ones [Music] jesus [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] i can say [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] i know oh [Music] yes [Music] [Music] bye [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah say [Music] uh [Music] [Music] for me for me the [Music] been greatest how jesus picked me up [Music] is [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] me [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] i want to see jesus [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] [Music] hello [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] foreign [Music] bye [Music] [Applause] ah [Music] [Music] [Applause] me [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] i want to see them [Applause] [Music] he's [Music] [Applause] ah [Music] [Applause] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] praise the lord hallelujah hallelujah praise the lord praise the lord with me somebody praise the lord hallelujah he's worthy to be praised amen hallelujah well my name is joanne and um i've been asked to introduce the next song which is i speak jesus went out of my head for a second and what can we say about jesus he's our everything amen you know the bible says that uh at the name of jesus every knee every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess us how powerful the name of jesus it says every knee so that includes everybody no king no president can just stand straight jesus you bow amen and we also know that amen praising we also know that there's power in the name of jesus and that's the name that was given to us whereby we shall be saved by the name of jesus amen all things by the name of jesus and we learned that his name jesus meant and it means that he shall save his people from their sins amen so we know that he's powerful we know that there's no one greater because every knee shall be we know that name was given to us so that we can be saved amen we can call upon that name we know all this and yet we struggle with little things every day every day we lack the confidence to come to jesus and it could be that we don't come to him enough so that we feel that he won't hear us when we call but he will hear us he's merciful and i encourage you today whatever the situation whatever you're going through the name of jesus is above all it's it's it's the greatest name for the great god that we serve we don't have to cower away shy away be afraid we can be bold because of jesus it's all because of jesus and whatever the circumstance you speak that name in authority because you know him and you're called by him amen speak jesus hallelujah amen [Music] [Music] i just want to speak the name of jesus [Music] over every heart and every mind [Music] cause i know there is peace within your presence i speak jesus [Music] i just wanna speak the name of jesus till every dark addiction starts to break [Music] declaring there is hope in there is freedom i speak jesus [Music] cause your name is power your name is healing your name [Music] break every stronghold shine through the shadows [Music] i just wanna speak the name of jesus [Music] i speak jesus is [Music] [Music] shout jesus from the [Music] i jesus the holy name of jesus [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] response [Music] uh [Music] [Music] yes [Music] i just wanna speak the name of jesus [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] me [Music] see she's [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we thank you god that you have so much power lord that we can find power in your name lord that when we call out to you jesus that there is power in your name lord and we say hallelujah hallelujah jesus thank you lord [Music] i speak the holy name of jesus [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] i am [Applause] hallelujah praise the lord [Music] [Applause] [Music] will you stand up with us [Music] let me [Music] see [Music] there is a place [Music] changed in his presence touched by his [Music] on grace ground [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] the city [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] it's a song [Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] my [Music] amen beautiful taliah you may be seated oh my goodness the lord has met with us tonight amen god is so good to us to just be here with us can you imagine that the king of glory is sitting in this room right now he's taken his time to be with us and how honored we are to be here with you my name is taranda i have the privilege of traveling with these beautiful people every one of you i love you so much and i'm so thankful that i get to stand and proclaim the name of jesus with them every time we take the platform we just want jesus to be glorified don't we guys and um it's true and hopefully you can see our hearts and hear us as we're singing these words to you that they mean something to us that they're not just words coming forth but we've lived our stories and we've lived under the grace of jesus and we've experienced his mercies it's been several years ago now that my husband my first husband passed away he had kidney failure i had given him a kidney that worked great for a year and he developed a lung disease his body couldn't fight and it's been 2010 so this year we're coming up on 12 years that my husband went to be with jesus i had still have two daughters when he passed they were six and two and i thought really that that was the worst day of my life i i didn't know hardly what to do without my husband's beside me he was my best friend he was my boss he loved that we traveled together and we sang together for over a decade before he passed um after he passed i found it difficult to open my eyes to what my new reality was [Music] and i tell you this tonight because maybe some of you are having trouble opening your eyes to what your new reality is coming through the last two years or whatever it is you're dealing with tonight because i do know that if you're here you've either come through something you're going through something or you're just finished [Music] i had trouble um focusing i had trouble figuring out what it was that i was going to do to be a single parent and um just going to be honest with you i started looking in the wrong direction i started making the wrong choices and falling in with the wrong people and honestly i was just trying to find something to numb the pain um pastor symbol would call me the lord would lay me on his heart and i wouldn't answer the phone sorry about that pastor i love you really do i i don't have an answer for that i just didn't answer the phone i didn't want to talk to anybody i didn't want to be honest with anybody i didn't want anybody to see how dark it was [Music] my mom asked me if i wanted to move in with her and she would help me take care of my kids so i moved in with my mom and dad and we tried to get along i i was not very good to get along with at the time my mom took my kids to school and made them dinners and made sure they were okay took care of me i'm so thankful for my mom and um after a little while of this of me not being being able to get out of bed my mom says let's go to the doctor so i went to the doctor and through a series of tests the doctor diagnosed me ocd psychotic which does not mean psycho probably severely depressed he put me on four medications that day and i took those medications no matter what because the thing is when i didn't take the medications i was so emotional no one could stand to be around me but the problem was when i took the medication i was completely numb to everything just kind of paralyzed mentally and emotionally and um and that was a problem because i was raised pentecostal and and when you're pentecostal you feel everything i mean even when there's nothing to feel like there's a so you can see how that was not an option for me i know pastor symbolize miss carol prayed for me and these singers and this church i know people around the world were praying for me and one afternoon my mom said let's go shopping so i was getting ready to go shopping and when i looked in the mirror the person looking back at me i did not even recognize through choices i had made and things that had happened to me i just i didn't see myself and for the first time in a long time i was really broken and i started praying and i said god i know i'm not living how you want me to live and i know i'm not behaving like i should behave but god i don't know how to do this i don't know how to wake up and my best friend not be beside me i don't know how to be a single parent i don't know how to make a living for my family god i don't know what i'm doing and i'm so scared [Music] and god i need your help and you know what jamal if you can stay in that key god reminded me of a song that my mom taught me when i was a little girl and it says greatest thy faithfulness [Music] oh god my heart again there is no shadow there is no love not thou changest [Music] thy compassions they fail not [Music] you know this let's just sing the chorus great is thy faithfulness grace [Music] greatest thy faithfulness morning my morning new mercies i see [Music] and here's the part that really got me all i have needed thy hands have so provided as thy faithfulness greatest lord [Music] so beautiful and as i sang that song that day i remembered that what i was going through was in some kind of punishment or uh repercussion for things i had or hadn't done but that song reminded me that god loves me and not only does he love me but he has compassion for me and he saw me right where i was he sees me right where i am and he loves us right where we are can you believe that i asked god to forgive me for where i failed him and where i'd failed my children and the next day i woke up and i took my daughters to school and the next day i made them lunch and they didn't die and that was really cool and every day since that day has been a step and another step and another step and here we are and i get to tell you that jesus was right for every single thing wrong with your life and if you're in a spot tonight if you're in that hole if you're aware it's really dark let my words be a testimony of the faithfulness of god and let me tell you he's there for you and all you have to do is reach out and touch the hem of his garment to be made whole he sees you he loves you and he's not going anywhere amen we serve a faithful god and i'm so grateful for that michael go ahead i'm so thankful that god is faithful even when we're not he's just loving like that isn't he [Music] of fear through every pain and every tear there's a god who's been faithful to me when my strength was all gone and when my heart [Music] he has promised is true do you know that and what i thought was impossible i've seen my god [Music] [Music] his love and mercy [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] come on if he's been faithful to you let's thank the [Music] lord when my [Music] many heart he was faithful to me [Music] just reaching out for what pleased [Music] to me and every time that i come back [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] two [Music] [Applause] [Music] let's hear it for the brooklyn tabernacle singers tyrande green you can go off there they're going to come back and they're going to come back and do a song as you leave thank you very much you may be seated they're going to come back and do something to send us out running out in the streets praising god have you been ministered to tonight we prayed yeah let's get thank god for every lyric every word every song tyrande durander and her husband landon um she uh married landon and um they're great they're great friends of ours now and she helps us in the church comes up from tennessee where she lives occasionally regularly and travels now on this trip so we're great grateful i'm happy for every one of you that is here tonight and our prayer was the last thing we want to do is entertain you jesus christ never died on a cross so we would entertain each other on a friday night amen he died so that we could know him and then minister to one another encourage each other which i want to do by giving you one verse to kind of end the night with and get us all singing the singers will come back and this kind of sums up everything that tyrande was talking about and um different songs that we've been hearing tonight it kind of brings us all to a good truth that applies to all of us there's a verse in the new testament that says in first thessalonians 5 18 in everything give thanks for this is the will of god for you in christ jesus give in everything give thanks the niv has it give thanks in every situation every circumstance give thanks and that word thanks gets commonplace with us but i just want you to stop before we go out tonight telling you just how important giving thanks is uh you know in the old testament there's two words hebrew words that were used for thanks and they were used actually interchangeably with the word for praise so to give thanks is to give praise to god and it's used over and over and over again these two words giving thanks to god in fact you all know right psalm 100 enter his gates with and his courts with praise as you approach god as you come into his presence be thanking him ingratitude is a terrible sin being ungrateful um when you see children grow up or children when they're younger and they're not grateful to their parents it's a very annoying thing isn't it and grieving so think how that is when we're not grateful to god our heavenly father we just go from one problem to another bouncing back and forth one dilemma next crisis god help me god help me and very little of just taking time to give him thanks you remember when jesus uh go new testament now remember when he was walking and then 10 lepers came to him and they were calling out to him for help and he spoke a word told them what to do and when they went on their way they were all healed and and only one came back one came back and fell at his feet and thanked him and and jesus himself said whoa whoa time out didn't i heal 10 weren't 10 healed how come there's only one to come back to say thank you but that's the way we are we when in an emergency we call on god oh lord help us and then it's so soon that we forget to say thank you take time to show gratitude we bounce on to the next problem so colossians actually has a verse that says just be thankful it's a command it's not an option it's not a suggestion from god here is a command from god in everything every situation jim and carol symbola you here in florida all the singers tyrande her husband landon pastor willie and cheryl in every situation be giving thanks to god and that's the will of god so when we're not giving thanks when we're grumpy when we're complaining just doing real talk as they say in brooklyn here doing real talk when we're grumping and complaining and not giving thanks we're out of the will of god because god's will is to give thanks to him that puts him in a proper position in our lives god is great god is the giver of every good and perfect gift how could we not be thanking him all the time but what happens is we look at the clouds you know there's a lot of clouds now we'll get to them in a second there's a lot of clouds nowadays but if you stare at the clouds you'll forget that the sun is shining on the other side of the clouds the sun hasn't gone away on a cloudy day and you know the typical florida day here when carol and i are here especially in the summer it's you know it's beautiful in the morning and the sun is shining and early afternoon those clouds start rolling in and in am i right isn't this area uh lightning capital of the country right and uh and the clouds roll in and it gets real dark and there's thunder and there there's that four o'clock 4 30 coming down the sun hasn't moved just the clouds blocked it for a little while and that's the way we are in life we we're so taken up with the clouds that we forget that god is still there god has been good to us we ought to give thanks to him now what makes thanks so important also is this in romans chapter 1 god gives a summary of how after creation mankind womankind humankind turned away from him and if you know that passage it's what even though they were surrounded by god's creation how could you not know there was a god when everything around you you know had a source there was a creator a first mover and the bible says that they turned away from god and they started to worship idols they ended up worshiping birds i mean really and worshipping birds and then they got involved in sexual immorality then god gave them over because he rejected they rejected him he gave them over the perversion of every kind men with men women with women and then the bible tells us that he gave them over that's a terrible thing boy when god says oh you don't want me you turn your back on me fine you want yourself and your desires go for it in spades go for it and he gave them over it says to all evil all wickedness all terrible things this that's a awesome dire summary of what's happened to humanity turning away from god do you know how it all started do you know the first steps that led away from god to that terrible place that i just described they would not honor god or give thanks that was the first step away they would not give thanks to god he was blessing him every day providing food gave him a bed to sleep in gave them health gave them a family they would not thank god they thought like they were entitled like i'm just supposed to have this my brains did it my talent did it they wouldn't give god thanks and when you and i stop giving god thanks we're taking little baby steps away from him we're getting into self-dependence and a life of independence from god so that's what the bible always is repeating in all the psalms there's dozens of places in the psalms where the psalmist says i will give thanks to the lord i will give thanks oh god answer this prayer so that i can give thanks sometimes the psalmist actually says something like this god answer me in my trouble so that i can give thanks to you in the midst of the great congregation i will let everybody know that you did it you came through for me i will give thanks so [Music] that's a pretty awesome thought that the first turning away from god is when we become ungrateful and we forget that everything we have comes from god in everything give thanks now this pandemic has done a number on thanksgiving satan has used the pandemic and other things to get people to get their eyes off of god a childlike thankful spirit no no we've lost that because we get worried there's fear insecurity what's the future you hear people in new york say what's the new normal i mean we're going back tomorrow morning god willing to new york they're shoving people off of subway uh platforms uh crime is up uh murder rate is up 21 in america over the last year and when you see all those stats you're tempted to just focus on the clouds no more thanking god as if god had retired and and moved to florida yes if god had just just gotten out of business of being god and and no more things just to work and work and work and the rat race and more money as if that's going to give you peace or drugs or the oxycontin dilemma and anything but giving thanks to god because that when fear and anxiety comes you can't be thanking god when you're fearful and anxious about tomorrow so satan wants to rob glory from god satan wants to rob us from praising god so he gets us focused on the negatives we don't count our blessings we count our problems come on brothers and sisters that's the truth most of us are counting our problems we're not counting our blessings and we all have problems i have problems i'm not i'm not being unrealistic i'm not in denial there are problems lots of problems but compare that to the blessings of god and his faithfulness we should be thanking him all the time come on let's put our hands together say amen to that thanking them all the time so it's not only the pandemic that um now look unbelievers out there in the world i mean whatever they're going to do whatever satan is the god of this world so if you're into like changes in this world you've got to start reading the bible jesus said lawlessness will increase it's going to increase oh no i don't believe that you can believe whatever you want jesus said it lawlessness will increase okay he said it'll be like in the days of noah before he returns am i correct as the days of sodom and gomorrah that's how it'll be so come on buckle up we're not children we're we're sons and daughters of god jesus is on our side whatever we go through he's going to go through it with us come on amen he's hey wait wait i only have a certain amount of time you can't clap too much all right no i'm only joking so but you know we got to keep our mind focused on how good god is so beside the fear and the pandemic and all of that all this other stuff that's invaded the church masks no masks vaccines no vaccines fox news cnn liberal conservative are you kidding people have been so invaded by that they don't thank god they're not childliking their things they have an edge oh yes they do no i'm white first i'm conservative no i'm black yo i'm black you understand that i'm black i'm latino no we're not supposed to be saying that we're supposed to be saying i'm a child of god through faith in jesus christ that's our identity nah some of you are some of you are not clapping i feel for you because that's you got the wrong identity listen how are you going to give thanks when you're angry at people satan has divided the body of christ over nonsense people are defending godless people who don't know god and they turn on their own brothers and sisters social media has turned into a sewer listen it's a sewer it's a sewer arguing about bible positions no you dare to disagree with my political position my position on vaccine and mass you demon how dare you think differently than me no thanksgiving and by the way can i just say this for those of you are into that stuff that nonsense uh don't put your trust in princes put your trust in the king of kings and the lord of lords but listen it's very hard it's very hard when you attack somebody on on on in social media or all of that and oh you devil and you're the antichrist whatever and they're putting a chip in you in a 666 whatever and it's very hard after you fight someone like that to say but did you know jesus really loves you for god so loved the world that he gave his only don't you see what satan is doing i've been thinking about this lately it's a key to us giving thanks too jesus is god how many say amen god is love how many say amen jesus is love how many say amen antichrist the spirit of it will be anti-love which is hate the spirit that's going to come upon this world it's not just pornography and abortions and all that stuff it's going to be hate and it's in the church now it's in the church now pastors are leaving 1500 a month you know why not getting sermons three points in a conclusion they're leaving because they can't take the turmoil of what you're going to wear masks you little devil you'll never see me in that church again what you're not going to wear mass i knew you were one of those just think of how christians think and talk they don't read their bible if they were reading the bible they'd be thanking god and loving their brothers and sisters listen wait wait wait wait wait can't we agree to disagree does it have to be fighting but those people have lost their way they have they've lost their way and jesus said the days will get so evil that the love of most of his own people will wax cold see when evil happens and you see all the violations of law if you're not baptized in love you're going to get so angry he knew it he pro he said it would come the love of most will wax cold did you know i was reading today and what is that first timothy paul said or ii timothy in the last days difficult times will come you know that portion where it says they'll be lovers of money and lovers of self and lovers of pleasure pleasure more than lovers of god this is invading the church too and one of the signs is this they'll be unthankful they won't have the gratitude they'll have an edge you meet that i mean pastors i travel now i'm back traveling and going around the country going to go south america next month you're just with people it doesn't even take you three minutes you just say one little sentence that triggers them their edge comes out about jesus without thanking him no they want you to know how upset they are about things you don't have to say amen i'll amen myself keep going jim this is very good how many know it's true say amen it is so so now what are we going to do maybe god brought me here and the singers today so that he could encourage all of us to start being thankful you know when when you don't pay your taxes the irs comes after you what do they come after you for back taxes i bet right here in this auditorium and i'm i'm not condescending preaching down to you i'm preaching to myself this is what have been my my besetting sins in my life i'm not thankful enough i can complain feel sorry for myself have a pity party you ever have a pity party for yourself invite friends wear little hats and have a real a whole thing but seriously what does god think what do the angels say when they see day after day week after week he's so faithful and we're not grateful we don't say thanks oh god knows my heart the bible doesn't say god knows your heart only it says this give thanks in the old testament let me close in the old testament there was a series of offerings so any offering in the old covenant that had to do with sin had blood you had to bring an animal the animal had been killed without the shedding of blood there's no remission of sin and jesus was that lamb of god who took away the sins of the world just think brothers and sisters not one sin we've ever committed has any record against us in heaven all our sins are gone there's not come on can we not clap our hands together every wrong word every wrongly has been washed away but there was another set of offerings they were called fellowship offerings and one of the fellowship offerings was a grain offering and it was called a thanksgiving offering so what you did was there's leviticus i believe it's seven leviticus seven tells us that that you get your grain and you pour some oil on it and you bring this and you had to go to jerusalem you had to go to jerusalem no matter where you lived had to go to jerusalem so imagine the the the um deep conviction about i got to do this i got to give thanks to god and you brought it you hold it all the way jerusalem and you went to the priest and you said priest receive this offering high priest priests this is a thanksgiving offering god has been so good to me i haven't deserved it but here's my offering and that was done over and over and over and over and over again they would come with their offering of thanksgiving so you know how the irs is after you for back taxes some of us probably are really behind on our thanksgiving we have back thanksgiving to give to god no no serious serious listen serious i mean how long are you going to go with god doing this this this this bailing you out of how many situations jamal if you would come and singers if you would come back how many situations do you have to bail us out of until we start saying god i'm just going to give you the thanks that you're worthy of because i could stay here till midnight tonight and just give you thanks and it would still not be enough for all you've done how many of you honest have a track record going back with god looking back over the years he's been very good to you could you just lift your hand no just lift your hand high wave it at me so i see look that's that's that's how god's been to us now here's the other question do i thank him for that in everything give thanks for this is the will of god that you give thanks to god that you stop and you say god i love you i praise you i thank you not just get into some bitter distraction not just uh oh next emergency you know that that's what a terrible thing that is when i'm in trouble i go to god and he helps me i don't say thank you i'll just come back again when i have another problem that's no way to treat our lord no we should stop and say thank you our sins are gone we have jesus we can speak that name over our families we have abundant grace we have the bible we have the holy spirit living inside of us that's not something to thank god for yeah but did you read what they're doing in washington i don't care what they're doing in washington i care what they're doing in heaven the bible says think on the things above not on the things below one of the signs of people who have lost their way is their mind is on earthly things politics glamour money all of that that's what their mind is on paul says just our mind is in on heaven and jesus we have so much to thank him for so what we're going to do is we're going to sing a little song aren't we singers move a little forward would you please walk a little bit closer thank you and there's this song called the goodness of god we're going to sing it for you in case you don't know it and then what we're going to do is we're going to end the service by all singing it together one more time how many have a lot to thank him for tonight just wave here i mean really but now we have to do it not think it and oh that's a good truth no do it it's an action word give thanks show gratitude say the words that's what god loves oh one last thought did you know a psalm says that more than the sacrifices that they brought to the temple god says a song of thanksgiving meant more to him than even the stuff they brought to jerusalem he loves when we sing with our hearts to him listen to song i love you lord [Music] i will [Music] save that chorus come on all my life [Music] with everybody [Music] [Music] we're gonna sing it again and if you're here today and say pastor jim you know what god really reminded me of all that i have to thank him for and i've been a little slow thanking him and i want to draw a line in the sand now and ask god from now on god make me more thankful give me the grace to look past the clouds and be rejoicing in you you can come out of your seat and bring your offering not in your hands but in your heart you come forward as we sing i love you lord [Music] [Music] come forward if you want but wherever you are [Applause] [Music] is [Music] come on everybody life [Music] [Music] let's lift up both hands come on do what the bible says [Music] [Applause] good with every breath that i know anybody else want to come forward with a special thanks to god how good he's been to you everyone [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] save everyone [Music] is [Music] [Music] let's send the [Music] oh your verse never fails [Music] let the church say like the church [Music] me last time let's wave our hands come on [Music] [Music] oh my gosh [Music] all right [Music] [Applause] [Music] guess what we're gonna do for all eternity just what we're doing now no one will be looking at their clock no one will be worried for listen the bible says on and on and on without end around the throne they give thanksgiving to the lamb who sits on the throne he's so worthy you know what one last song we'll just sing it once or twice through jamal let's about do that chorus that they did back in the 80s i think we're going to go back a little bit but we've been singing it lately sometimes hallelujah sometimes praise the lord sometimes gently singing our hearts in one accord i feel his love here in this building today don't we among you you've been so gracious and uh i want to just give god praise i am so unworthy i am nothing i have nothing anything i've ever done god's done it for me same with you right so let's do this you'll learn it real quick the words will come up sometimes [Music] sometimes [Music] that's the whole song come on church let's sing together sometimes sometimes sometimes [Music] come on here sometimes [Music] come on lift your voice now and lift your hand if you'd like sometimes [Music] sometimes [Music] let's tell him how much we love him sing loud sometimes [Music] [Music] sometimes [Music] [Music] sometimes sometimes sometimes [Music] last time the benediction let's sing it again [Music] sometimes [Applause] [Music] jesus jesus we love you tonight jesus and we thank you father god we thank you for all your blessings gracias and your portolo thank you god you've been so good when we're at our worst you're at your best you've lifted us up supplied when we didn't know what to do calmed our nerves healed broken hearts we have so much to say thank you for forgive us for any ingratitude we show forgive us for running from one problem to the next clowning our problems not our blessings forgive us everything we have comes from you the jobs we have the intelligence we have the strength we have the beds we slept in the food we eat this church being built and resting here pastor willie and his wife all of it comes from you everything comes from you and all we can do is receive and then say thank you so give us a new spirit of not complaining and worrying nervousness anger wrath fighting fussing with one another make us little children just saying thank you all day long we love you jesus we praise your name thank you that we have this opportunity to be among these great people get them home safely but just before we go lord we want to sing it one more time sometimes [Music] sometimes [Music] let's give them one last hand clap come on no praise one thing i want to say thank you for your kindness stay where you are thank you for your kindness the singers are going to come down and want to shake hands with you if you're interested in meeting them and we have a product desk there's not too much left we were at a meeting on sunday at concert we have some cds they're only 750 each cd hey i'm from brooklyn you got to make a dollar somehow here i'm only joking we hope there will be a blessing to you we love you just imagine we're going to be in heaven one day together and there'll be no end no end we'll just keep singing forever what a day that will be i also want to recognize he's somewhere here i've been told in this audience a guy who's been singing gospel music for a long long long long time he's retired now but his music and his contribution to gospel music has not gone unnoticed you might not know his name i know his name his name is dwayne nicholson he's here somewhere i'd like to meet him at the end could our put your hands together for dwayne who's here today [Applause] what can i say god bless you and go bucks go bucks are we buck fans here okay greet one another in the name of the lord god bless you come on singers say hello god bless you oh listen oh i am so wrong go back singers singers go back go back singers my bad my bad no we got to go out with this song if you have to leave you can leave if you want to stay you're going to end up dancing so stay if you'd want go if you want god bless you [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] so [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Applause] team um [Music] um [Music] uh [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign 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