Dr. Jasmin Sculark | Boldness To Serve! | March 24th, 2019

[Music] the glory of the [Music] the phrase is a party [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] let us talk [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I'm sister Shantou home and I'm digger mo and we have your worship leaders VGC is founded on first Corinthians 15 and 57 but thanks be unto God who has given us the victory through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ our mission is to glorify God by gathering people and growing them to grow and victory and grace VGC would you please stand and repeat the affirmation I am a victorious believer I am a champion I am a winner I am a part of a victorious army I walk in complete victory I have victory at my face my family my finances and my flesh thanks be unto God who has given us the victory through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ VGC now let us pray Jesus take the world dear Heavenly Father thank you please continue to guard and protect everyone that's in this congregation my go-to outfit you want to Rebecca only you know what our knees on the Lord please continue to God how sharp it as she comes in and she does a deliverance today for anyone who needs a lower third Lord please consider goddess each week as will being faithful in to be it no unless season in Jesus name we pray amen now let's join our praise and worship team as they lift us higher in worship keep your hands going anybody come to magnify the Lord magnify the Lord [Music] as we love on you receive I receive on and as we shine see Bob raises see Bob raise a speeder [Music] let's do you shy yo [Music] I'll see you around as we love Oh the shocker [Music] and as we shout as we shall [Music] Oh [Music] No [Music] but be glowy like you your name not be lured to operate - are you crazy - before for you all right you are crazy to be brave come on say for your way you are to be and this is what we do we live tour there yes [Music] thank you for loving me first taking the lovely needs thank you Jesus if you think on the love of Jesus and the love you've experienced in your lifetime I guarantee you'll never find like Jesus open your mouth and speak well of God gotta hurry we appreciate you thank you God for loving [Music] is jealous for me loves like a hurricane I am a tree all of a sudden I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory and I realize just how beautiful you are and how great your affections are [Music] Oh [Music] we are his portion he is our prize drawn to redemption by the grace [Music] inside my time to maintain these requests when I think about the way [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] because the pizza [Music] [Music] [Music] the mid-south thank you guys [Music] ready [Music] [Music] [Music] what is that for me [Music] what is taught to me thank you Jesus ha never somebody just yell it never yes God hallelujah thank you Jesus for never never leaving our side thank you [Music] you may be seated in the presence of God what's wrong with Chantal and move don't come up here now don't come up here now let's run the video [Music] [Music] [Music] everybody who knows me know this man what he means to me so on a sty dr. booth went home to be with the Lord so we solicit your voice there's only two ropes like these he's got the one I've got the win [Music] and while many people say he's my father in the ministry he's just my father and so that great him [Music] would you stand down I hit one today [Music] [Music] now [Music] [Music] father we honor your this morning and stuff don't even make sense we can still say it's a victory day because we know that victory gives us the strength to even wake up this morning we thank you for the life and the legacy of the Reverend dr. Charles Edward booth and what he means to us what he has meant to me a great card for his wife crystal and his daughter and home on Olivet family and the entire preachers community father we pray that you will continue to strengthen us and to value what really matters in this world and what matters in life I thank you for my family the victory grace for Emily that stands with me on this day I thank you that in the midst of Tears that I know where he is I thank you he's not lost but he's in your presence and in your present is fullness of joy and at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore we celebrate him we celebrate you dr. booth I'd be thank you for your life I can see you love your laughter and I thank you God for you are our almost sufficiency and be honor you me bless you we pray like Jesus taught us to pray together out loud our Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom the power [Music] whatever and the people of God come on give the Lord I have no praise if you find out for this amazing man would you do me a favor just hug at least three people and say I'm so glad to be sitting next to you a couple [Music] yeah yeah [Music] verse you need God proverbs chapter 20 Matthew chapter 6 in Acts chapter 13 in Psalms 100 proverbs chapter 28 Matthew chapter 6 Acts chapter 13 in Psalms 100 most of us are not familiar with dr. boozled the culture that he came out of and the culture he came out of is the preacher always stepped to the pulpit with a robe which always dressed up and I know we in a different culture in a different time but he did Sunday best by not just preaching his best but wearing his best he had Sunday's outfits and when I went on staff without the booth I couldn't stand him not kidding I didn't understand him but he was a hymnology when I was presiding he was saying you gotta open into him at the cost at the cross for our full of sodor laughing and I couldn't stand him solve I do verse 1 and verse 2 and then go take my seat and you'll send me back out there wait a minute its two more verses he said no you gotta read you gotta sing first one two three and four and then there's some places that have five y'all don't know nothing about that those were the churches that had him knows y'all remember those little y'all remember don't smother him nothing but the blood and last year two years ago when I had to have surgery y'all remember that it and I had to be away from VGC for month and I didn't know who I was home called to preach and I was telling him about it he said hey I'll come on Sunday Reverend bass he came and he sure enough preached and then he came out to my house and had dinner with me and I give him his honoraria and he said don't insult me he wouldn't take the check they call him the Prince of preachers many of you think that preaching starts with Jamal and John gray many of y'all thing preach you start with Bishop Jake's but it was a generation way before that [Music] they didn't which for popularity didn't which for profit they just preach I had to go in my closet and find my Sunday best this is when I graduated with my doctoral degree he says his symbol that he placed on my when he conferred on me and it's symbolizes the wounded healer crazy that's you're the healer but you know the one did heal my doctoral degree was a wounded pastor who was a wounded healer ministering talking the church that doctoral degree turned into my first book as if I had called it wounded healer pastor in our wounded church y'all wouldn't abort it so i remixed it and called it dancing with polka bones well share more information about his homegoing last year dr. boot got married less than a year and I got to see him do his first dance out on the dance floor if he was gonna go home to glory I knew he was gonna go before Sunday because if he was still here on Sunday he'll be in the pulpit preaching so God took him last night so he can get the glory just in time to preach the first sermon to the Angels I wish I had somebody in here so I was talking to my friend the Reverend guy slide the Reverend Derrel Sims we all want staff together of course I was ducks favorite they say got my first ring from dr. booth made my first $30,000 and dr. booth said daughter you need a watch took me to buy my first David Hume and watch my daughter you need a car that white car that 430's see Lexus coupe he took me to buy that I started traveling daughter you need some luggage took me to buy my first to me then when I got called to preach for a woman died loose he said you tell that Bishop Jake's I don't care if it's called woman died lose I will be there and sure enough I looked up 85 thousand women and one chocolate black man then when I preach I drop the mic and ran out and I'm selling all my books and he's rude he ran out there with me and I'm selling all the books and he's wearing Miss Margaret is and he yells out to me daughter yes you are rock star I've never seen this many people follow anybody in my life that's it so I'm stalking the guy sly said I don't know if I can preach tomorrow he said please don't insult dr. booth you better preach because the way you honor him is doing what he equip you to do and so I'm gonna preach this morning proverbs chapter 28 Matthew chapter 6 Acts chapter 13 in Psalms 100 moving share Chantal thank you it's not you guys it's just me this morning so I know y'all were just following orders and Ryan and all that good stuff so charge it to my head in that my heart problems chapter 28 verse 1 the wicked flee when no when no man pursueth it but the righteous or what let's read it out loud together the wicked flee when no one pursue it but the righteous are bold as a lion Matthew chapter 6 verse 33 Matthew chapter 6 verse 33 let's read it out loud together but seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added on to you for security purpose let's close that door man let's read it one more time but seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you let's go to Acts chapter 13 verse number 36 Acts chapter 13 verse number 36 Acts chapter 13 verse number 36 hold on one minute looks like we've got a round scripture go to Psalms 100 it sounds 100 let's read out loud from the top start reading all right let's start from the top one more time make a joyful noise unto the Lord and serve the Lord with gladness come before his presence with singing no he that he is the Lord and not we ourselves and the Sheep of his pasture enter into his gates with Thanksgiving and into his courts with be thankful unto Him and bless his name for the Lord is for the Lord is for the Lord is for the Lord is fantastic and finally Acts chapter 13 Acts chapter 13 verse number 36 so you guys you may have that wrong Scripture because it's the correct one Acts chapter 13 verse 36 y'all there okay your Acts chapter 13 verse 36 for David after he had served his own generation by the will of God fell on sleep and was laid on to his father and saw no corruption let me read it from King James for David after he had served his own generation and allow me the liberty to put dr. Bhutta name in there for dr. boot after he had served his own generation by the will of God fell asleep and was laid on to his father's and saw corruption as God should guide at a time we have I want to dedicate this message in honor of dr. boot and I want to preach from the subject bonus to serve boldness to serve I want to dedicate this message to the man who's taught me not just a bonus to serve but for the last couple of weeks we've been talking about what God expects of us God expects you and I to be winners touch'n even say I'm a winner I'd expect you and I to be winners for screen chance 1557 says but thanks be unto God which gives us the victory through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ God expects us to win secondly we learn that God expect us to witness the Bible tells us in Acts chapter 1 verse number 8 but you shall receive power after the Holy Ghost have come upon you and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem Judea Samaria and the uttermost part of the world God expects us to win God expect us to witness but number three God expect us to worship worship is easy when your heart is together worship is easy when you haven't lost a loved one worship is easy when your heart is not burdened but even in the midst of pain you and I even in the midst of being wounded God still expect us to worship I could have stayed home this morning but when I think of the goodness of Jesus and all that he's done for me my soul cries out hallelujah remember what job said in job chapter 1 he said the Lord giveth and the Lord has taken away blessed you're still here blessed be the name of the Lord in spite of the pain in spite of the struggling in spite of what you're feeling job said I will still bless him he said the Lord gives and the Lord takes away but blessed be the name of the Lord you know there's different forms of worship in one of the worship that we normally don't teach you is called a lamentation anybody ever heard of a lamentation she worship is not always joyful worship some time is when tears is running down your cheek and your hearts are broken and you're walking back and forth it's called lamentation and some of you think if you're crying you're not worshiping some of you think just because you're sad that you're not worshiping but sometime all you can do is cry and God takes your tears and he can interpret your tears and he understand your tears I wish I had somebody so don't let nobody makes you feel bad when you're crying in worship don't don't let nobody try to snatch you out of it it's because praise is what I do even when I'm going through I wish I had somebody in here I wish I had somebody that understand that sometimes I don't even need a high priest I don't need a loud please I just need to tell God what I'm feeling that's what worship is all about and sometimes it's energetic sometime it's exciting but sometimes it's been your head I bend over it's when your heart are broken that you can say I will lift up my eyes on today hills from whence cometh my help for my help coming from the Lord the maker of heaven and earth a thousand shall fall on my left and a thousand fell fall on my right but it will not come there because he's giving his angels charge over me you know when it's real worship when you can say weeping may endure fun night and sometime it indoors for a week sometime ending doors for month sometime it lasts for you but joy is coming in the morning I wish I had somebody give your name I - and say don't get it twisted just cause I'm crying don't mean I'm not worshiping just cuz my heart is broken doesn't mean I'm not worshiping in fact worship is my medicine can I preach up in here I said worship isn't I got to worship I got to praise am I got to serve him in spite of it expect me God expect me God God expect me to win and God expect me to witness but God even expect me to worship that's what the psalmist says I will enter his gates with Thanksgiving I will enter his courts with praise and I will bless his name for the Lord is good god I wish I said the Lord is good now we can see that where we haven't buried nobody when we haven't lost anybody but the Lord he is good he's still good I wish I had so I said he's still goodie he's a good God I'm on all the time God is good but not only does God expects us to win not only does God expect us to witness and remember I told you guys in witness and that God in it's an witnessing that God reveals who we are it's in witnessing that somebody see how we respond to even difficult time come on away your greatest witness sometime is at the loss of somebody because somebody want to know if your praise is for real if your testimony is for real if your song is for real if your preaching is for real and they don't know it until you in a difficult situation that's why that's why you've got to practice it when you got it going on because practice listen your practice does not make perfect it makes pumping and I knew what I was gonna do this morning because all y'all missing okay I said practice I said practice doesn't make perfect it makes pullman and that's why the bible said even when job lost everybody he still worship God because he didn't wait till he lost somebody to praise God he worshiped God when he had something because he was practicing when he had it so when he lost it he still did it God I wish I had somebody in here who said you don't have to wait til tragedy shows up for you to praise God you can praise Him on the mountaintop so when you get to the valley what you gonna do I'm gonna do the same thing I did in the mountain I'm so bless him I'm also blessing so so we we've been set aside to win somebody said all I do is win we've been set aside to witness still here it says somebody is watching you some somebody is watching you we've been set aside to witness but number three we've been set aside to worship the worship in difficult times in hard times in sad times in bedtime we've been set aside to worship but number four number four we've been set aside to serve or to work and out of the form of them I think doctor Buddha was a great witness I think dr. Bhutta when even when he transitioned because sometimes you can win here or you can win over there okay your men said I said you can either win here or you can win oh it's still a win y'all missed it ah I said it's still a win you can eat a win here or you can win there you see you have to understand miracles shows up in two ways miracle shows up either here or it shows up over there and so when we ask God to heal him I got decide to heal him by taking him there now that was an awful choice my first choice is heal him and leave him here but father knows best I wish I had somebody we got the understand that God's will and God's purpose is great in and our purpose and sometimes we want God to leave them here not because of them but because of us can I preach this morning sometimes we want them to stay here but God knows if they remain here their body is too rough with the illnesses they're going to be suffering by so I'm about to liberate somebody so God said listen I'm gonna have to take them there because there's another miracle it's still a miracle it's just a different middle column and that's why you got to be able to pray the prayer father if it be possible not my will I wish I had size and not my will but whatever your will not my will but thy will be done it's still a win you eat a win here oh you win over there but it's still a winner everything was a great worshipper he was a great winner he was a great in fact he was a great winner if you don't know the story he was blind in in his left eye because as a little kid somebody hit him with a wood and in the wood had a nail in and it took the left eye out there and so that's why dr. Bhutta never had a manuscript when he preached because his left eye was off that's that's winning in the midst of difficulty and winning in the midst of adversity many of you may not know he went through a divorce and men they said it was over for dr. bull but he kept on preaching and kept on teaching he was a winner in every regard he was a warship on in spite of battling the illnesses that he had to battle but out of the all of the description that I can talk about dr. buddha and i had no plan I had no thought that it was gonna be transitioning this weekend I out of all the description I can talk about dr. booth was a worker he was ice over he saw he served he serve he's so he's so I don't know what happened to this generation that just comes to be so in that suit god help me right here help me right here I don't know what has happened to this generation now that that looks for somebody to do something for them but never acts what they can do for somebody else God God I'm going somewhere this morning uh dr. boot when I was in the most difficult time of my life I had just experienced a divorce and I went to a great church called New Salem Baptist Church in Columbus Ohio and my good friend guys looked at me and he said you look like you need a wood and I got in his car and he drove me to 428 East Main Street the Mount Olivet Baptist Church and I got into balcony and when I got into balcony this six-foot man walked in there double-breasted suit chocolately black and I knew right then he was gonna be my daddy now that was gonna be my daddy and so I connected with dr. Bhutta and dr. booth hired me give me my first ministry assignment ordain me I didn't confer upon me the doctoral degree installed me at all three churches or talked to part in all installation install me at the Shiloh Baptist Church where so for 11 years came and preached at Jericho City of praise where so for one year and then came and preached at victory grace Center and out of all of the things that I've seen about him the one thing that stood up is how we serve humanity how we serve different people how we serve his church or rather how we serve Christ how we sold this church how he served the community and how he served the country in the midst of his sickness in the midst of being tired in the midst of having surgery upon surgery he still serve and that brings me to the ax Tech's the ax Tech that David served his generation and then he fall asleep don't miss that David serve his generation and then he falls asleep listen my brothers and sister it's not the duration of your life that counts it's the donation god I just okay you're mister that's a tweetable moment I said it is not the duration it's not how long you live it's the donation that you make while you live come on up in here you see some people have lived a short time but makes a large donation and some people live to be a hundred and haven't made any donation because you failed to understand it's not the duration of your life that comes it's the donation what donation are you making what contribution are you making and it is your assignment that when God places you on the earth it is your tasks and your responsibility to make sure that you serve your generation that you serve your generation whether your generation is the X generation whether your generation is the Y generation whether your generation is a millennium generation whether your generation is the CD generation whether your generation is the lp generation whether your generation is the iPhone generation service is the wind that we pay for living on earth I just said something I said service is the wind that we pay for living honored service is a limb that we pay for living on the earth God place us on this not just to be served but to serve so so how is it how is it I want to talk about three things and I'll take my seat I want to talk about why we serve why we so why why did this man so van why the mayor said this morning from Bladensburg why she served the former mayor it's why she's why many of us why why we serve why we serve I got at least four things to help you number one we were created to serve God what did I say we were created to what we were created to serve God as Ephesians chapter 2 verse number eight we know that full by grace are you saved through faith not of yourself it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast and then it goes on sunset for we are his workmanship created under good works that's verse number nine for we are his workmanship we were we were created we were created put your hands on yourself and say I was created to serve God come on I was created to serve God God God created me so I can solve him number two number two we were saved to serve God we were we were saved to serve God number one we were created to serve God but number two we were we were saved to serve God we can just deal with Ephesians chapter 2 verse eight that's the same scripture it says for by grace are you saying if you are the recipient of grace then you ought to be the river of grace did y'all catch up if you are the recipient of grace you ought to be the river of grace if you get grace you want to give grace to somebody else and the way you distribute grace is through service my God my God in fact second Timothy second Timothy chapter 1 verse number 9 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse 9 you're getting 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse that it's on the screen let's read it out loud he has saved us and he has saved us and to what the Holy life not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace - grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the my god number 1 we were created to serve God number 2 we were saved let me see the saved people in here we were saved not to sit but to serve let me see this a people saved by his power divine light now with sweet and my joy is complete I am save not to set but I'm saved to serve I'm safe to say number one we were created to serve God number two we were saved to serve God out of everybody could have saved he saved me he saw out of everybody he coulda said he saved me and sanctified me got a wish I said he saved me and sanctify me so I can be a prophet to the nation's number three number three number one we were created to serve God number two we were saved to serve God number three we are called to serve God be your call we are called to serve God that's Romans chapter 7 verse number four number one we were created to serve God number two we are saved to serve God number three we are what call I believe this is why doctor butsu because he was created to serve God he was saved he understood he was saved to serve God but number three we are called to serve God Romans chapter 7 verse number 4 let's read it out loud together so my brothers and you also died to the law through the body of Christ that you might belong to him who was raised from the dead in order that we might bear that we might do what that we might do what that we might do what that we might do up that we may be a food of for who for God and beer and food is another word for good deed bearing food is another word for service let me start from the top number one we were created to serve God put your hand on yourself say I was created to serve God number two put your hand on yourself I was saved I served God come on say I was saved to serve God number three I was I was called to serve God my god Bible tells us but you are chosen generation a royal priesthood a peculiar people and you've been set apart you've been set apart nothing calls that not because you're better than other people you've been set apart so you can't show for his glory that's what the Bible said let your light so shine among men that they may see your let me see what not your shout not your days not that you had the ability to speak in tongues that they may see your service that they may see your service and glorify your father which is in heaven number one we were created to serve God number two we were what save to serve God number three we are called to serve God here's number four in fact touching mister neighbor you better answer that call real fast come on tell let me say come and say come on say I just got a feeling God is calling you come on God is calling you to say come on say you better answer say God got your number he's been calling you I said he's been calling you he's been calling you and you don't want to end up like Isaiah said in the year that King Uzziah died you don't want God to let something die before you answer the call the Bible said in the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord High and lifted up his trail fill the temple I heard the some of them flying back and forth and then I heard God said whom shall I send and who will go for me damn I see you said yeah send me and there's a theological interpretation that you sire had to die because you sire was in the way of Isaiah so this God put you here I'm trying to tell something y'all you better know head oh come on I'm trying to tell you if you don't answer it if your job is in the way if your career is in the way if your money is into it god I will have no other God beside me and yeah what does God have to let die for you to serve Him what does God let die for you to serve them is it a relationship is it a career is it your finance yes what I said put your hands on your server say yeah my god send me wherever you want me to go go whenever you want me to do up to however you want me to live on live it doesn't matter where you send me send me send me send me send me to the hedges send me to places where other preachers don't wanna go send me to people there people ignore send me to the franchise send me to the neglect send me to those who are under pélissier send me the dose to the community I was I know you get this calling thing mix-up you are so only me and doctor Buddha's talk but I have been cold hello somebody look down your go say everybody got a call in come on look everybody got a call it and the reason why you still alive and doctor Buddhist now is because you have an answer yet Jesus I said you have an answer here take your phone out and go ahead and answer that calling God is calling you come on I've been call I was having cold days are calling on my life that's why the drugs didn't kill me that's why the might wanna didn't destroy me that's why what you said about me can't stop me she says I feel something pushing me there's an assignment touch three people say there's an assignment on your life there's a calling on your life there's an anointing on your life that's why you can't be like everybody else I wish somebody know what I'm calling is somebody seven set apart come on top three verse seven set apart come on seven set upon me and I'm so glad before you in your mother's womb before the foundation of the world and the Bible says that the calling of God is without repentance in other words it didn't change his mind would you slap five at your neighbor and say they called you last year he didn't change your spine if he called you last week it changes if they call you fighting it did changes my first church give me some volume on the monitor my first shoot my first channel they had this crazy thing where they will always vote on you every two years they didn't understand calling they missed him every two years I was up for reelection on if I been a pastor every two years they didn't understand calling because when God calls you you enough for reelection god I wish I had somebody tell you never say God in your mess and I wish somebody know what I'm talking about you'rethe thank God that he calls you in spite of you tell you they miss answer that so baby come on answer that phone don't let God has to kill you I was telling mr. neighbor newsflash service and even an option God gun come on till you miss a neighbor there are somethings that are option you have a option to brush your teeth if you want to you ever option to come you're here if you want to you have an option to dress up if you want to but there's something it is non-negotiable with God please pathogenesis and one of them is praise and the other one is service i've been command that's what Matthew Matthew chapter 20 verse 28 Matthew chapter 20 verse 28 just as the son of man did not come to be sold but what he came to do and to what and to do it and to give his life as a ransom for many if you call yourself a Christian these two things must ever be evidence in your life and give him you'll miss it if you call yourself a Christian let me see all the Christians in here Christian means christ-like if you call yourself a Christian err two things must be evidence in your life and that is solving and gifting if you're not serving or giving up you must be something but not a question professor because if you call yourself a child of God did Euterpe like your daddy and your daddy came but so look at your neighbor's around me I serve you oh that's the wrong enemy sir how may I serve you can I serve you with my words of encouragement huh I'm a ourselves you cannot serve you by playing for you how may I serve you do you need a gas stack come on action er say how may I serve you I've been assigned to sit next to you because I've been anointed to serve you come on come on put your head come on put your hand say have me I Sylvia I know y'all don't wanna serve because you think you're old a bag of chips I feel a spirit of dr. booth man came not to be served but servin give himself back that's why we sue that's why we give y'all let me give you a number 5 we serve God by serving others what I say we serve God by so how many of you know God don't need a drink of water but I do how many of you know that God don't need no money the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof how many of you know God don't need no clothes so the only way I can give God all of that is I have to give it to you hello somebody okay okay Matthew chapter 25 verse 44 I'm sure Matthew chapter 25 they also will answer Lord when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger needing clothes Oh when were you sick and when were you in prison and we did not help you next verse next verse he said he said when when when did we see all of this and we didn't help you in fact in Matthew chapter 525 it talks about the content of the Lord is talking to these believers and he said when you've done it to the least of these you've done it you've done it you've done it you've done it unto me when you've done it to the least of these when you feed the hungry you're feeding Jesus when you can we pray truly I tell you whatever you did not do father for the whole list of these you did not do it for me now you wanna stop the greatest you want to serve those who are important in your eyes but listen can you tweet this in the kingdom of God there's no little people I just said something I said in the kingdom of God there is no love that's what the Bible said you gotta be kind the stranger looked on your roll if you don't know the person name they are stranger you got to be kind to strangers because you may be entertaining you may be Houston angels unaware last Sunday I met an angel I met a prophet last Sunday immediately after church this prophet had on jeans and sneakers he maybe was 19 years of age I was in the back there and he had left the building and he came back around because he had to tell me something that God told him to tell me he was shaking Novus because he says to me dr. J's I have never done this before I've never dreamt before I've never done this but God told me two weeks ago to tell you this that he told me he was a young boy he's hip today and he was all nervous he said because I look up to you I said listen brothers you better be released that prophecy out of your mouth and he says to me the Lord told me to tell you that the TV show you wanna start is paid for god I wish okay y'all messed it up okay y'all missed it okay y'all missed it now you okay y'all miss your cue to shout out now listen listen IRA he didn't have a clergy color he didn't have no robe or now he didn't have a cross around his neck he was a young whippersnapper he had on jeans he had no sucks on just nigga's honor but he had a word from the Lord and some of you are missing the word from God because you're chasing somebody that looks for you my show you're gonna catch this you'll miss it I was in Panera Bread and I started talking to her she said I saw you at Bishop Jake's when he laid hands on you my mama something jumped in my spilling that told me I'm supposed to do something with that woman to your church but I'm so glad you came to put an arrow pour it because there's prophets in common places god I wish I had somebody I said there are prophets in common places you better watch how you treat strangers because somebody but anointed to pray for your lies I need somebody to open your mouth and give God a shout for every common whomp we comment bishop by serving fight we serve God by serving we serve God by let me ask you a question if God were to ask you first see this morning would you give it to him why won't you give the person next you one God would I ask you to slide over would you if God would I ask you to Joe come on you know we are commanded and we serve God by how by what by so V naught as well well and when you've done it you in serving you in serving when you're serving greatness you see when you serve somebody who's as great as you there's no reward in that it's when you when you sew into somebody who can't even pay you back Oh y'all game hear me it's when you bless somebody yeah come on up in here when you bless somebody that that you know they come you you know that's why I don't lend people stuff because I don't want to put that burden on their me if I have it I won't give it to you because if you ask me fall alone every time I see you I'm gonna be looking free because I'll own Mena you gonna pay me back overtime that's why they call it pay it forward you're in hearing me and that's why you oughta give away something not looking for anything in return and whenever we serve greatness and greatness does not respond to what we expect did we leave the culture because we got the wrong motive for self enough but in your summoned just with God in Maya it doesn't matter if they're rich or poor it doesn't matter if they're black hole why I'm doing it it doesn't matter if they're straight or gay your problem is you wanna pick and choose for yourself do you wanna pick who you wanna sir but uh God came to save the entire okay let me move on let me talk about hindrances that's why we sue can I talk about hindrances hinder and sister solving I know we know why we serve and it's nothing new you know from The Purpose Driven Life book you know why we serve it's it's in the Purpose Driven Life book those are the five same reason if we know why we serve why don't we not serve if we know that we are created to serve if we know we are called to serve we are saved to serve we commanded to serve and we serve God by serving others why don't we not sir why why isn't it nobody's signing up to serve why is why is the recruitment in the church all-time low why is it that Islam is growing faster than Christianity why is that that counts are recruiting more than churches we know why what is it well I got a couple of reasons I got at least five of them number one we're not truly born again we're not truly born again we got membership we're members of a church but we're not members of the body of Christ yeah we got religion without relationship are you born again because one of the evidence of being born again is you serve one of the evidence they will now we are Christian my god by our love love is a verb which pastor J is love love is an action word they will know we are Christian based on what we do in not what we say in God deliver us from our whole bunch of talking believers but ain't got no action between what they say come on I used to be young and I used to get in a fight because I took a whole talk but I can back up my mouth got preach pastor yeah yeah but my God if you're saying if you're a believer you got the back it up there's some evidence number one the hindrance the servant is maybe you not really save you're not saying but number two the reason why many of us don't say is we have a consumer mentality we have a consumer we have what's a table we have a what we have a consumer you know what a consumer mentality is we consume everything we we consume everything we we believers we are we are we are over we consume the world we can assume the service we consume everything but the problem is we consume it but we never give it out we we are spiritual hoarders which message as I said we're spiritual hoarders all this revelation all this insight all this encounter you don't need another revival you don't need another prophecy you don't need another church service you don't need another Good Friday you need to take all that word you've been dealing with for the last 20 years of being saving stop dishing it out you are my god you're spiritually overweight God preached man that's why you can't even eat when I want to feed you because from last Sunday to this Sunday you ain't give it to nobody my god so you come to just thinking it's a buffet preach passage as you come to just thinking all you're supposed to do is eat either and you're just consuming it but you're not giving it out and if you keep on consuming it and you never give it out up you become a believer you become a Christian and that's why it's hard for you to shouter it's hard for you to pray Zimmy because you're spiritually overweight and that's why 40 days fast is giving you a nervous breakdown because you kind of consumer mentality you got to always eat either but I here got sick in the spirit this is not the season to consume anything this is the season to contribute to somebody to give it away a consumer mentality everybody serves you McDonald's does the restaurants do the hospital does so you bring that same mentality to church so you passed 20 people who served you today but you never saw the stuff in there first of all thank you and secondly try to see how you can give them a break so they can sit and you saw my god please pass again it's the same people every Sunday you pass them by you don't think they want to consumer what you don't think they've had a loss you don't think they will want to sit where you sit but because they understand the call the suit they sub wounded hot and all they need is one person to send him one Sunday why don't you go sit where I'll sit and let me sue a consumer mentality number three number three our priorities and schedules are off however what Matthew 6:33 what they say but seek a sickie what the first the kingdom of God and His righteousness in all these things shall be added on to you your priority and schedule is off yeah your priority is off yeah you you cannot manage in the words of be subject you cannot manage time but you can manage tasks you cannot manage but you can manage tasks how what way we service on your task list your priority and schedules are off wherever God is in your schedule and priority that's where you will be in his you can't expect to be number one and he's 99 but sick he's sick he first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things what are all these things that brings us to number four the reason why we don't serve is we chasing sucks and not significance preach dr. booth we chasing we chasing what and not and we have a warm our definition of success we assume more cars means we successful more money in our bank account means success more houses we got mean success more jobs and more promotion means success but I hear the word of God say what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses God y'all in here me losses that the essence of who he is success is not in what you get but success is what you give away preach pastor Jesse's yeah you're chasing success you you're pursuing stuff you're running after stuff you chasing after stuff you yeah if you're sick the kingdom of God and His righteousness you never have to chase things things will chase you god I wish I had some yeah you never have to chase promotion you never have to chase elevation you never have to chase money money won't chase you this morning you're chasing success yeah you've allowed the world to define success John Maxwell said it best way John Maxwell said success is knowing your purpose it is pursuing your purpose and it is sowing seed to benefit others that's a John Maxwell he said success is knowing your purpose it's pursuing your purpose but it's also it is also making sure you give back to somebody after you've been successful the problem is some of you stopped at success you never transition from success to significance my god God wants you to succeed that's what he says in Joshua chapter verse 6 he said my god this book of the law will not depart from you and you will have good success God ain't got no problem with you being successful he's got a problem with where you think success is the period and not the beginning you see your first 50 it's all about success your second 50 it's all about significant when you have arrived and get to the place of successor you got to reach back and help somebody yeah you got to make sure you encourage somebody uh that's why I'm gonna miss the Reverend dr. Charles Edward Buddha because he was one of the most successful preacher he was one of the most greatest preacher and yet every door that I walked in beside Bishop Jake's door was open because of this man this man made it his duty that if he walked in a room I will walk right in behind him when he was at the Hampton ministers conference and he preached there he dropped my name in there every pulpit and I preached there was a Baptist pulpit from Walter Scott Thomas huh from Billy Curtis from Jerry Carter from every Baptist pulpit up which Tina is because God used this man of God to transition from success to significance he leaves a legacy of service' and whenever we don't transition from success or settle significance we're really not successful is number five we don't know where to serve yeah you don't know where this uh you want to soar but hey Galasso tell them it's the neighbor take 301 301 well let me move on let me talk about how we serve y'all still here what's number one I talked about why we serve Hindu once the service and just put a circle on which one you are but here's number three how we serve how do we serve Psalms 100 sub the Lord with gladness see that come before his presence with singing number one serving the Lord must be God focused it must be what whose focus Oh pastor people the ministry leader VGC yawning Tang hint you're into convinced who serving the Lord must be who focus cuz if you're doing it for anybody less than God when that person offend you you gonna stop serving if you're doing it for anybody but but God Colossians chapter 3 verse 23 for whatever you whatever you want whatever you want whatever you want whatever you want at home whatever you and church whatever you on your job whatever you do whatever you do work at it with all your with all your won nothing is worse than a heartless servant anybody been to a restaurant that somebody's serving you but they're harming in it hello somebody I mean anybody ever you called the receptionist and you know she need another job because the way she a walkway hello yeah okay hold on wait a minute you together attitude you can because their heart is not in it my god whatever you do work at it with your as working for who tell you the neighbor I got word for you I don't work for that black woman with the mic come on John I don't work for that black woman with the bank I don't work for that pastor I work for the who whatever you do do it with your heart as working for the Lord not for human look at the next verse since you know since you know that you will receive and inheritance from ooh esse it is the Lord twice you are who are you serving your Union your skin who are you serving who are you serving when you're cooking who you're serving when you're driving who you're serving when you're serving as an ambassador who you're serving when you look back in look who you're serving when you're feeding the homeless who you're serving when you're clothing the naked who you're serving when you visit in the seniors who you serve in when you're singing who you're serving when you're playing who you serve it when you God focus it's not what pastor think God focus best so don't come over here this don't look right if God sees it what would he say would you give God a book and glass would you give God a filthy glass but you give God a a filthy table would you give God half-hearted service God focus number two serving the Lord must be Christ focus production let me lead y'all y'all don't leave me serving the Lord must be Christ focus grace focus Ephesians 2:8 and 10 so it is bye you have been through what and this is not from yourself the grace is a gift from not buy so that no one next verse for we are God's your what created him to do what to do what I asked ix dr. booth one day I said why you worked so hard to do such good thing he said because when I was unsaved I did so much bad things I'm trying to let my good I'll be my bad I wish I had somebody I did so much bad in my in my in my ex Christ life that I got some making up to do I wish I had somebody in here yeah which God prepared in advance for us to do something is the Lord is the Lord must be God focus number two serving the Lord must be Christ focus I serve gracefully you know you in the right ministry when you got grace for it if every time you serve every Sunday somebody's plucking your nerve it may be you in the wrong ministry who Jesus because when you got grace for it even with the meanest cult the nastiest attitude if you got the grace to serve you Jesus your that's why I'm not an ambassador that's why I'm not a rusher cuz I know I ain't got the grace the surface or sure cuz if I find you a seat and I turn around and you in took that seat you don't know what gonna jump off y'all in hearing me the only thing I got graceful is behind this pulpit y'all don't want to be real when I come out from behind this pulpit I don't know what's gonna jump out of me that's why I'm not on the pocket love ministry but some of you got the way through it some of you got the grace to serve in those ministries and I know it because you find joy in it you know you're serving in the right place cuz you excited about sovan ain't nobody get to remind you you got to so nobody got to call and tell you there's real hustle you can't wait Savion must be grace his number three oh it's so quiet in here yes nobody serving the Lord must be goodness focus what did I say it must be what that's Ephesians 2:10 for we are God's handiwork created created in Christ Jesus to do God work which God prepared in advance for us to do it must be it must be Christ focus it must be goodness focus here's number four here's number four serving the Lord must be greatness focus what did I see oh Jesus somebody said preach dr. booth which it must be it must be it must be what it must be greatness remember I said it must be God focus it must be grace focus it must be goodness focus it must be it must be greatness focus it's why they in Matthew chapter 20 verse number 26 my god not so with you instead whoever once to become great among you you must be your servant okay y'all y'all know that scripture Jesus is talking about the disciples saying Lord when you come in your kingdom can one of us sit on your left in one of us sit on your right and the Lord said sure if you want to sit you got to serve because where you sit in the heavens it's based on where you serve I said how you see where you sit in heaven it's based on how you serve how many of you want a front-row seat in heaven how many of you one VIP sitting in heaven how many of you I mean it's gonna be a whole lot of people in heaven when I get to heaven I ain't trying to sit in the balcony and trying to sit in the bleachers I'm trying to sit down front with Paul and Jamie I'm trying to sit down front with Sat meshach and abednego I'm I'm trying to get so close that I don't need nothing to point out who Jesus is because you see when we get to heaven we're gonna see him for who years and the Bible said when we see him this I'm gonna talk about this next week the reason why you want to serve down here it's because one of the things that you get is you get a crown for your service the Bible said if you're faithful over a few things he'll make your rulers over many things and I hear some of you saying I'm just trying to get to heaven I don't need no crying I'm just trying to get in I don't need no chrome but tell you they say you wanna cry come and tell you never say you wanna crown you see the only reason you need a crown is because when you get there the Bible says in the book of Revelation Deacon huffily that when you get over to heaven now that they are going to crown him king of kings and Lord of lords where you think they're gonna get the crown to Cuong him king of kings and Lords of Lords from it means that you got to have a crown when I get to heaven I don't just wanna mention I want them to give me my clothes and when I get my trunk and the Lord shows up the bright and morning star when the Lord shows up the Rose of Sharon knows when the Lord shows up the lily of the valley which doctor boot window your old shows up in a bright and Morning Star the Bible said the angel will begin to sing that song holy holy holy is the Lord God Almighty the whole earth is full of his glory the Bible said the angels are gonna come and bring their koala and the Bible said those of us who've got a Cuong we gonna cry him lots of logs every gonna come him King of Kings I pull your neighbor by the hand out there and say neighbor get into heaven is one thing it's another thing to get a crown uh-huh so I'm looking for my crown tell you never say I'm looking for my crown I meet with the seniors every Wednesday and I love meeting with the seniors and this past Wednesday uh I was talking to Sheila in the office I I said Sheila have you ever heard this song the song said if when you've done the best of your service tell him the world the Savior has come say well done and she looked at me I never heard that song before I said you may not have grown up in showjumping because every old believer every believer who's been in church for 20 years of you knows that they're on the battlefield encourage the preacher just go ahead and [Music] take me some energy if when you've done the best of your service I said be not dismayed I said be not dismayed don't believe you and say that this is for dr. Bhutta to grow in size understand your family won't understand ha let your feet ronita want to keep your joy ready dip your piece what is what is [Music] yes yes I feel child yes the south yeah I'm trying to quit it's like rest in peace let the peace well I'll make you I'm gonna make you ruler I'm gonna make you ruler over many well done Thank You doc Thank You doc Thank You doc thank you done thank you God for the life of the weapon dr. Charles it would thank you that you had the bonuses of thank you for being a bold man and having the boldness to survive when you've done the best of your service telling the world to say there has come be not dismayed if man don't believe you he'll understand and he'll say sometimes just play softly a melody wasting don't move sometime people quit ministries or stop serving because they don't get recognition see my seven and asked the never even say thank you I didn't get a V honors award I didn't get a trophy I didn't get something go go to another church cuz I want to be appreciated I want to be recognized they under use in my gift and I started as a intentional practice that every Sunday I get here only enough to go through the front row the front door so I can say to everybody thank you everybody likes to know they appreciated and Alain a couple of Sunday's the Lord told me I only want you to do when I tell you to do it and he said because if you give them your well-done you can get a well done from pastor and don't get a well done from God [Music] get a well done sometimes when somebody say thank you [Music] they don't let me hard so welcome because it's I used to it's like when you're safe it's over to a day you got so you stay they don't put nothing in it but if when you've done the best of your service tell in the world the saviors comes down all over this bill be not dismayed if men don't believe it he'll understand yeah what are you gonna say well done I want to hear him say well done and all man told me just in an old man told me this week how after serving as a chaplain and working with hospice miss Pam Pittman people dies [Music] he said they they say all the people that he witnessed hundreds of thousands of people who died he says they always end with these a transition life saying one of these six things he said the average person who's dying when they die before they close their eyes and takes their last breath these six one of these 16 comes out of their mouth number one forgive me number two I forgive you number three I love you number four thank you number five goodbye [Music] and number six I've made peace and this old man said to me Venus he said you should live in such a way that when it's time for you to pass you just pass you don't have to call nobody in to tell them forgive me you don't have to look at nobody and say I forgive you you don't have to tell nobody when you're passing I love you coz you're telling them every day you don't have to wait til you get to the end to say thank you because all of those should be in your everyday [Music] he said they taking dr. booth home and put his putting him in hospice two days ago everybody's calling me same are you going to Columbus I said I don't have to because I live with him every day without I never let a moment go by that when we're getting ready to hang up that he didn't say daughter you know I love him and I don't never hang up without saying doc I wanna say thank you so are you holding grudges holding grudges somebody offend you or something when you get to the point don't let your last minute have to have all six live in such a way that when it's time to die you can just and the way you just die is based on so who you still getting around unforgiveness oh you need to call and say I love you who you need to call and say hey I just want to say thank you all you need to call and say would you forgive me oh I forgive you who you need to call it was January the 8th we were all together March the 24th one's gone I'm always not promised [Music] the Lord says whatever you do do it [Music] only the Sun go down they were wrong hey hey that's not the issue live in such a way so when you die all you have to do [Music] if you practice those six things every day that go in and practice what your name is I just want to sell [Music] wait would you just just tell them thank you if you're sitting next to your spouse go ahead you don't know just tell him I love you tell them thank you thank you thank you thank you go ahead tell them thank you come on release it release and tell him tell him I don't care they talked about you come and say if you talked about me I'll forgive you if you don't they talked about you going for it just just in case they say if I pluck your last move if I offended you go ahead tell him so what you forgive me Claire summer you need to forgive yourselves some of you you need to just forgive yourself yeah just go ahead tell yourself I'll forgive you for making a fool of my life when I was about 20 is my felonies [Music] come on but those mic to those boys come on come on sing it sing it sing it [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I'm gonna put on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] somebody never trusted I'm Lord and Savior but you want to own this phone and as that melody plays softly would you come you've never trust him as Lord and Savior you're looking for church you're looking for church would you come would you come but you come would you come but you come you're backslidden come but you come would you come with you come with you come with you come with you come with you come with you come would you come would you come which you come but you come clap one more minute come on would you come they're looking for church you're backslidden would you come but you come but you come but you come you're looking for Churchill you're backslidden would you come but you come we got a safe house come on give the Lord a hand the priests we got a safe house give the Lord a hand the priests right here just like we got a safe house listen we want to serve house so glad welcome home welcome home who's standing with her who stand a bit huh who's standing with her come on clap for her anybody else is there somebody else hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we got it we got a safe house we want to move from a safe house our selves house ourself house and we got twenty percent of our church carrying the weight twenty percent of our children I want to say thanks to all of the volunteers we call you team members unpaid staff you'll get your Krong and your reward I'll preach about that next with the reward of solving you may not be able to serve every Sunday but you can give something when you get into the lobby today there's a Sylvan table with all of the ministries with the emails just need to send an email to watch ministry the Lord has draw you to from photography to camera operators to ambassadors to and thanks to the young adults who served on today two parking lot and the great thing about our church is we just do Sunday you have to serve no other day but Sunday and you don't have to serve every day we can just sign up to serve one from social media you like to be on social media we like to post our messages if you want to be interested all of those are listed with emails let's not just be hearers of the word but let's also be doers and we want to celebrate we've got a safe house oh my god we want to move listen an audience into an army an audience intern army and if we do you can't yet God say well done good and faithful servant the Bible rejoice over one we got one let's celebrate oh god bless you this wonderful lady's gonna take you to the back and share some stuff with you god bless you welcome come on thank God for two things two hallmarks of a believer and that is a server and a giver a server and a giver would you gather your tights and your offering to give to the Lord a portion of what the Lord has given to us Amen would you gather your tights and your often in your hand he may let's get ready to give back to the Lord a portion of what the Lord has given to us [Music] hallelujah hallelujah the whole body comes out once a year I'm gonna get this for clean in the cleaners and then I'm gonna just for him it there's anybody in the church who knows how tough for you Monroe please let me know just gonna clean it I'm just going for you it this is the Charles Atwood booth preacher teacher you need an envelope slip your hands up the ambassador's we'll bring one to you [Music] dr. boots on me preaching a couple of months ago and he said daughter you always kick in your shoes off I said dad you always loosen your tie taking my shoes off his equivalent do you take in your tie off the only thing I will not do that dr. boo does is climb pews google him somebody come get me back VGC thank you so very much indulging me today just preach on his behalf is that okay I'll be back I'll be back on next week with my hip hop stuff my Gucci and Louis Vuitton but we wanted honor the Godfather today got you tied to new orphan in your hands he's a hardware meet you from Howard dr. booth says real meaning he matter Howard boys went to Morehouse [Music] it was a hood wind and fire go back to the temptation you can tell him nothing he thought it was my goodness daughter when God made when he booked the moment I don't know what happened when he made you but I know what he did with it man said you tell that Bishop chicks I don't care this woman died loose I will be dead in the front row he was there ready to give y'all ready to give two things we want to be known for the question given and even if you're not doing either of those who may be Muslim [Music] atheists a Jehovah Witness but you can't be a Christian that's Charles be quietly come on let's pray father thank you for both gift and give my blessing even now in Jesus name we pray amen amen amen if you given your regular tithes and offering the ambassadors are handing our baskets drop it in there if you're given above you're tied singing off way and I love gifted pastors love offer it you can drop it in the basket on the left and the white man and in honor of dr. booth we have two bald-headed brothers are for hallelujah all right hey all right ambassadors you may serve the people bless come on [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] look everything is going on we got dreaming for God class we've got also the business class and we have something for those of you who are processing grief a good grief class sometimes you just need to go through the grieving stages there's five stage of grief we don't want you to agree upon yourself we do this every fourth Sunday immediately after church so again the dream every class the victor are the business class and then also the good grief class amen amen father thank you for what eyes have seen when our hearts are felt or our hands have touched with our minds of comprehend thank you for bringing us to this stage not as we leave this place but not from your present whoever we need to call and say we love give them that give us the courage to do it whoever we need to call an actual forgiveness give us the bonus to do it whoever we need to forgive give us the bonus to do it whoever we need to gracefully tell thank you give us the courage to do it and then God when it comes to our time all we have to do is Geor transition so the Lord bless you that will keep you no more lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace peace in the name of the Father peace in the name of the son peace of the name of the precious Holy Ghost until we meet again it's our victory day goblet

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