Chaplain Barry Black - February 3, 2018 (evening)

praise the Lord praise the Lord praise the Lord I received my first music lesson from brother Victor during the dinner hour and I would have sung that song myself but he he decided that he would be the one to sing it so we're praising the Lord for that but I want you to know you got a new you got a new singer on the block here don't go they taught me how to stand and all I dumped next time tell you I'm gonna be I'm gonna be ready for the call the next time praise the Lord now immediately following our service we're going to make available to you a one hundred and fifty-five page book that is based upon the Perec for speech or message the Lord gave me in February of last year I never thought I would begin a sermon with the words President Trump but that's the way that sermon began vice president Pence King Abdullah of Jordan Ukrainian Parliament Romanian Parliament but there are 15 chapters how to pray with assistance many of us don't have power in our prayers because we try to do it all by ourselves and the fifteenth chapter has to do with praying with a partner amazing verse in Matthew chapter 18 verse 18 says where two of you agree on anything it will be done for you by my father in heaven and verse 19 says for where two or three I'll gather together in my name there am I in the myths there's a chapter on praying with purity Isaiah 59 says the arms aren't short that he can reach you his ears on heavy that he can hear you it's your iniquity has to come between you and second Chronicles 7:14 God says if you turn from your wicked ways and seek my face I will heal your land and then most people don't know how to pray the Our Father very interesting the disciples only asked Jesus to teach them how to do one thing and that was pray they never said teachers how to teach teachers how to preach teachers how to sing they said teach us how to do that thing you do before the power erupts they saw a causal connection between his prayer life and his power you you put us in the boat and you went up to the mountain to do that thing you do and then you came to us walking on the water teach us how to do what you do before you do that thing you do so the the our Father is not to be prayed by rote you know just our Father provides you with an outline for praying that permits God the courtesy of starting a conversation so that's a wonderful prayer and then how to pray fearlessly how to go boldly before the throne of grace pray when God is silent we know what to do when God says yes we know what to do when God says no what do you do when God says nothing when praying when God is silent and we have a chapter on praying with effectiveness okay James 4:2 says you have not because you ask not so what are some strategies to ensure that you pray effectively pray to escape the squeeze of temptation [Music] that's a sweet chapter their prey is a good when prey when you don't feel like being good here here the sister said that's all the time lord have mercy you know the philosopher Luther Ingram he was talking about praying when you don't feel like being good when he cried out when loving you is wrong Lord Jesus I don't want to be right that's when you really got to pray lord have mercy and then there was another philosopher who said me and mrs. Jim help us Jesus all right and then pray that pray with patience I had a lady in my Bible study tell me that she had given up on her grandchildren he'd given up on a daughter she had some gifts for our grandchildren and she had my book she said I would read a chapter a night for my my devotions and she said I would I bought them some some gifts said my my daughter hadn't brought them around and she said it was months and I decided I was so angry I decided that I was gonna throw the gifts away but then that I said they'll be grown and the gifts won't even be worth anything but she said I read the chapter pray with patience and I changed my mind and just said I'm just gonna keep on taking it to the Lord and she said within 72 hours my daughter called and said she wanted to bring the kids by and she said I'm so glad I read that chapter and didn't act impulsively pray with patient you gotta persevere remember first Kings chapter 18 when Elijah called down fire on Mount Carmel God answered immediately but then in verse 44 when he asked go see if it's gonna rain he had to send the sermon back seven times before all he saw was a cloud about half the size of a man's hands Oh pray with patience spray with celebration pray with intimacy yeah how intimate are you with you know when when I call home and I say hey sweet how's it going if my wife responds who is this she's got some explaining to do when I get home you mean who is it you supposed to know my voice so so pray with intimacy pray with fervency a chapter on that the effectual fervent and on and on it go so like I said the the the the Barry black special tonight is $10 and we will of course make sure that you have the signature I don't want to just talk for just a little bit on becoming a responsible renter becoming a responsible renter the American Dream is homeownership and you saw the Holi dance that the pastor did today he was rent last Sabbath that he wasn't dancing all over the place like that so homeownership is the American dream but ownership beloved is an illusion first Timothy chapter 6 verse 7 says you brought nothing into this world and you will take nothing out and Bible study I was teaching one of my Chiefs of Staff he and his wife just had a beautiful baby boy and I was trying to make a point and I said what kind of what kind of suit did the child have when he came into the world and they all laugh and have any clothes on you brought nothing into this world so for you to talk about my house my car my voice it's an illusion ok you have a piece of paper with your name on it but the moment you dye everything you own is transferred to somebody else and Ovid's with three senators when they died and I know how quickly hundreds of millions of dollars can be transferred Shakespeare really kind of describes it he says tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps on its petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time and all our yesterday's have lighted fools the way to dusty death out out brief candle someone down is like blowing out of candle light out of pilot light out out brief candle life's a walking shadow a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more it is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing it's an illusion so I sometimes pretend when I'm flying I pretend that I own the airplane I'll get a napkin and I write you Delta Airlines 747 Barry black so I've got the deed right there flight attendants on my flight attendants I'm gonna praise the Lord come on over and help the man of God that that is how fragile this thing you call ownership is in fact when I think about death because I know my three boys and I know what they think of the thousands of books I have and I know the moment I shuffle off this mortal coil they will call we got junk or however you know what one of them things we where all you have to do is point and everything big they will wipe me out easy get now well those are Lerner just take them all you know I don't know why my daddy wanted all these silly books in it huh and back many times when I think about what my sons or my wife for that matter will do after I'm gone I try to spend more just sad you know just the thought of it let me spend some of it in the living years so that I won't leave all of it to them you know let me where's the good it gotta be a good restaurant around here sigh well how can I spend it you know I get into a fervor so we are all renters first Corinthians 4:7 says what do you have that you have not received and if you've received it why are you getting the big head if you sing like brother Victor why would you get the big head the Lord giveth yeah something happened to me between my retirement and my transition to the United States Senate I lost my voice now I've been preaching for over 50 years okay started when I was six months old but anyway no see there comes a time you sold there's no way to make it sound like you know you've been preaching for 50 years you oh okay good anyway I did start early but still and never had a problem with my voice this voice showed up when I was 11 years old okay I'll ever talk about me I walked into the kitchen and said hey mom how's it going and never had a problem with the day I was 411 119 pounds and they had come here the boy preacher okay the little boy with the big voice I've been preaching for many many preached in high school did my first 10 effort when I was a little when I was in the 11th grade at pride for doing 10 effort in Columbus Ohio over the summer break but all of a sudden I sounded like this this was the best could give and the doctors couldn't explain it so word got out you understand you know how gossip yeah I knew he was a false prophet I tell you the Lord he finally caught up with him yes indeed the chickens have come home to roost friends were calling from all over the world they understand they tell me you got cancer of the esophagus is that did you know you know how's the chemo going you know it was it was bad it was bad and as mysteriously as my voice disappeared it came back just full-throttle know you know now imagine trying to interview for the job of chaplain of the Senate or imagine trying to pray into the Senate will now come to water chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the Senate in prayer I'm gonna work right he came back and the Holy Spirit said to me it really startled me brother Victor Holy Spirit said to me Barry I don't know why the Holy Spirit never calls me at my is it dari never calls me dr. Barry was not not impressed with any of that he said dari where we want to take you requires significantly more humility than you currently possess so God the Father stuck out his little pinky finger he didn't take the gift he just he decided to draw it back a little bit just to get give you a little feel for what he can do he's the one who gave it to you I had no idea and I would be in the Senate any but I said my bad I understand so if you see sir you hear some of my prayers they are super humble prayers usually when I've been caught in traffic a lot of times the Lord let me get caught in traffic and I don't know what I'm gonna make it or not the c-span cameras are gonna roll whether I'm there or not and I'm the only chaplain I don't have a backup so whenever you hear to doom to the chap senator will now come to order the chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the Senate in prayer and I get up there thank you Jesus today that means that got through some traffic I didn't think I was gonna get through praise Lord what do you have that you've not been given I wanted to just briefly look at a text and then I'll be out of your way I don't know if it mark chapter 12 because this is a beautiful passage that I don't you know many people talking about mark chapter 12 beginning with verse one I don't know if we can get it up on the screen mark 12 1 through 12 but let me start reading it if we can get it up on the screen would then Jesus began teaching them with stories a man planted a vineyard he built a wall around it dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice and built a lookout tower then he rented the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country so we see here a generous owner okay God has blessed us beyond belief you know you just look at the the generosity of the talents that we have experiencing in worship today my god look at look at how God has blessed us with these these world class talented and gifted musicians may so there is this tenant same way great hit for the for the pressing of The Grapes wall around it lookout tower everything you need then he rents it out at the time of the grape harvest he sent one of his servants to collect his share I need my rent of the crop but the farmers grabbed the servant beat him up and sent him back empty-handed so he is going back to the owner in another country boss I know I'm bleeding I know I look bad this is what they did to me verse four the owner then sent another servant but they insulted him and beat him over the head it is the second servant coming back all bloody which shows the patience of God thank God he's patient and here's the patients even more clearly verse five the next servant he sent was killed others he sent were either beaten or killed until there was only one left his son whom he loved dearly this is all in mark 12 1 through 12 the owner finally sent him thinking surely they will respect my son but these crazy farmers the tenant farmers said to one another here comes the abbe - there's this estate let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves so they grabbed him and murdered him and threw his body out of the vineyard Jesus then said what do you suppose the owner of the vineyard will do jesus answered I tell you he will come and kill those farmers and leased a vineyard to others now beloved this this is this is critically important because we need to become responsible renters we need to recognize that we are renting everything we have these bodies second Corinthians five calls them earthly tents and the older you get the more you got you realize you gotta patch it here you know we do the best we can so it up there okay and if we're going to become responsible renters we need to remember that whatever we have we have been given by God first Corinthians 3:6 Paul says I plant Apollo's waters but God does what gives the increase James 1:17 says every good and perfect gift comes from the father so you must become a responsible Rena first of all by remembering everything I have has been given don't be getting the big head the second thing you must do if you're going to become a responsible renter is to remember that you are a steward SDE W ard you supervise what you do not own okay 1st Corinthians 4 verse 1 says think of yourself as a servant of Christ and steward of the mysteries of God so you got to take care of the property one of the reasons why I would never buy a rental car you know they go to these rental car places device is because I know how people treat rental cars and we abuse many times what God has given us I was looking at the newspaper once I'm one of this great preacher had died and everybody was talking about the Lord took him and I was looking at the photograph of the preacher in the newspaper and he had a triple chin you not allege God and have anything to do with that premature departure and you got that kind of a chin you got to take care of the these bodies just because you made the sweet potato pie you don't have to eat the entire pie okay praise the Lord okay oh I should have said just because you made the a key my bad my bad but there yeah yeah so think of yourself as a steward praise the Lord third if you're going to become a responsible Rena remember you're gonna become one one remember whatever you have you been given to think of yourself as a responsible steward three strive for faithfulness God is not interested in success or failure edgar guest says if you can face success and failure and greet those two Impostors just the same first Corinthians 4:2 says it is required of stewards that they be found faithful can God depend on you how reliable are you is it two out of three four out of six five out of eight okay I have three sons these are adult lads if they asked me dad can I borrow your car keys two of them would get it get the keys immediately okay sure sure sure you know when is the last time God bragged about you mm-hmm what is the last time the gods God said to the devil have you considered my servant Victor you can't touch that nobody like him on the planet when is the last time God or does our beloved intercessor remember who still retains his post resurrected body do you have to say well father is very again you you know weep yeah it's the said that it's the same sin yeah yeah yeah are you faithful and the parable of the talents the one with one Talent is not condemned for losing the tality picture it is what you gave me he is condemned for not trying he is condemned for not making the effort if you're going to be a responsible renter you have to be faithful you have to invest what the master has given you and you are accountable to God for what you do with that investment I decided to join the Navy did a lot of praying did a lot of fasting everyone whom I respected told me it will be the worst mistake in your life don't do it don't do it one preacher I won't tell you his name he said don't do it boy don't do it you'll never preach it above a seventh-day Adventist Church so that I'm not calling any names this one one yeah another preacher said Jesus is coming soon I can hear the sound of his approach don't do it son don't do it and I went anyhow I said I'm only signing up for three yeah I can stand on my head for three I don't know no okay years went by I went from lieutenant j.g to lieutenant from lieutenant to lieutenant commander from lieutenant commander to commander when we commanded a captain from Captain to one star Admiral from one star Admiral to two star animal and then one of the day started introducing me on program and one of the others up I encouraged him to go into the military [Applause] you know I was hard for me to get up and preach he he came to me I still demanded that I said yes go go go with the strength of the Lord you know that's the Lord ever so I just said selective amnesia you know you've got to take judicious risks if you're gonna walk on water you got to step out of the boat that's the faithfulness that our Blessed Lord requires and then finally what I love about this faithfulness and this renning know that God is going to one day provide you and me with that permanent home we rent down here relationships Phil Reynolds they're unreliable you can be victim from a relationship you know you no control over it at all you know good people die bad things happen to good people but uh I know somebody who told me Barry let not your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me you don't know this there's no way for you to know this but in my father's house oooo we got plenty wait a minute mansions if it were not so what I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you now there I understand you were evicted three times before your 13th birthday and and I know you're very insecure you wonder how steady will this be will I be able to stay here but but better I want you to know that where I am that's where you're going to live there you will be also so I hope pastor that when we get to heaven you all can come over to my house it's right in the area where Jesus lives you go down hallelujah Boulevard and you make all right at thank you Jesus Avenue did you see you see his love his play there but if you keep on moving and you make a legal u-turn praise God okay you will you will get to and still rise Luke called the sack then yeah my living room is about this size so we can we can hold all of you and we can celebrate mm-hmm and that's what God was talking about in second Corinthians chapter 5 first one when he says and if this earth lead 10 that's what it is it's a tent is that a hole is that yes a tent is dissolved mm-hmm we have a building not made with hands eternal in the heavens and bath I just got to say one more thing and then I'm out of your wigs just as soon as my feet strike Zion lord have mercy I feel him in here day I'm gonna lay down my head it burdens no more Renan I'm an owner now I'm gonna put on my robe in glory oh yeah yeah yeah I'm gonna shout and tell the story I don't know about you but I'm gonna move on up a little higher I'm gonna talk with old man Dan yeah I got that I got some things that were I'm gonna move up a little higher I'm gonna talk with Shadrach Meshach and Abednego that's what I'm gonna do praise the Lord but I'm not gonna stop until I see Jesus I want the man with the nail pierced and I I want the man with the thorn crown brown and I'm gonna cry out worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honor power riches and strength forever and ever and ever and hallelujah hallelujah amen so become a responsible renter remember that what you have you have been given and the Lord can take it in the twinkling of an eye think of yourself as a Stuart Greek word okano mo supervise what he's giving take care of what he's giving you stay here for as long as he wants you here and then strive to be reliable strive to come to the place where God will brag about you passed out one of my goals is for for for God to say to somebody have you considered my servant Barry just that just once if he just say that I could have you considered my servant I want to make him proud I want to be faithful be thou faithful unto death fight that good fight finish your course keep the faith and I want dad home lord knows I want it got a nice place now that nice place if somebody's dream home nice place telling the past about it but be honest with you I'm satisfied with just a cottage below little bit of silver a little bit of gold Lu it's an illusion anyway but in that city where the mansions were shine I've got a gold one I own that with a silver ladder I got a mansion just over the hilltop in that chair and where we will never grow and someday yonder will Nevermore wonder see influence in the pasture or walk the streets at a purest gold hasten that day Maranatha even so come Lord Jesus put your hands together give him praise hallelujah hallelujah I want to I want to pray and before I pray I want to invite you to make a commitment to Jesus Christ to avoid the illusion of ownership to stop talking about my house my car my job no no no no and to realize I didn't bring a thing into the world and I can't take anything with me but my character and I but those things that I've sent ahead by laying up for myself treasures in heaven you willing to make that commitment Lord by your grace I'm going to avoid the illusion lordship just wave your hand Lord you see the waving hand seal our commitments with the role of the righteousness of Jesus Christ in his mighty name we pray amen and amen okay I don't remember we'll be having wolf this thing is hot my goodness pastor we be having a hot sale make your voice heard in heaven be blessed come on put your hands together everybody I wasn't I wasn't planning on shouting too much when I came back this evening but that as long as he don't tell his wife she let him come back next year we'll try to reduce the assignment next year but I don't know about you I've been blessed all day long I've been blessed all day long and I hope I hope when you go out you you will just appreciate what has happened here today this is a man that has sat with and ministered to the last three presidents of the United States this is a man who sits with senators every day ministers to them on a personal level speaks prophetically over their lives that man is so down to earth that he can relate to the poorest of the poor to the person who has no education as well as he relates to the person who is the president of the United States and I thank God for his humility for his down-to-earth spirit I don't know about you but you know when we get up there some of us can get a little highfalutin tell the truth shame the devil noses in the air come on somebody you know what I'm talking about but to be able to relate to people wherever they are and and to be able to be down-to-earth and love and appreciate and respect people of all walks of life is a marvelous gift and I thank God for bringing Chaplin black here today that he was able to minister to us you know this this month is just getting started can I get a witness somebody I know some of y'all are from churches around here and I know it's hard to go back to your churches we're not trying to steal any sheep and especially view from the Allegheny East Conference are you with me everybody now we'll take you if you go to a New Jersey Church conference but if you're in an Allegheny East Conference Church we want you to go back and keep building up your church but if you're new coming to this area you want to know God is doing a mighty thing here at the Church of the oranges and we want you to be a part of what God is doing and where he's moving brother Morris I need to touch base with you for a minute so please come down let's all stand now everybody for the benediction children I think there's jr. a.y still going on downstairs in the primary room for the kids for the little kids so the kids want to go hang out downstairs so the junior a while we still got stuff going on with them there'll be a whole lot of fun is that all right let's look to the Lord in prayer everybody father in heaven we thank you that we have a home in glory land that outshines the Sun way beyond the blue oh do Lord oh do lo oh do remember me and we say to somebody here today I took Jesus as my savior you take him to well he's the best friend you could ever have we thank you God for how you moved in this place today and blessed every heart ministered to this waiting body now take us safely to our homes and keep us under the canopy of your almighty wings in Jesus name let everybody say Amen and they made everybody ought to get a book and I'm gonna talk to brother Mars to see if we can use this prayer book as the next book for on the prayer line because we've been talking about what is the next book for us to use and I just want to talk to him about that to see if we can do that god bless you [Music] you

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Published: Sun Feb 04 2018