Finishing Unfinished Business | Pastor Elaine Flake | Allen Virtual Experience

[Music] [Music] welcome to the ave here at the allen virtual experience some of you may know us best as the creator alan and me cathedral of new york listen this is a great day to praise the lord and i want to encourage you right now to lift up holy hands unto the lord come on just let out a big shout unto the lord with the voice of triumph hallelujah hallelujah he's a mighty god isn't he he is awesome and perfect in all of his ways listen if you are watching us on our facebook or youtube live please message us in the chat send up a praise in the chat hallelujah let someone know just how good god has been to you also we encourage you to please feel free to submit a prayer request where i promise you our ministers are there who will respond to you live also we would like to welcome our seniors and those who are listening in to our service also listen everyone our mobile vaccination continues through august the 28th so please go to our website at allencathedral.org where you can check for days and times come on beloved let's enter into praise and worship right now praise the lord everybody come on praise the lord everybody yesterday the word of the lord was that we're entering into a season of answered prayers i don't know about you but there'd be a praise on my lips if i knew that my answer was coming soon i said i knew i'd be praising god because i understand that my answer is right after my praise god will lit you up in the sanctuary god we magnify your name oh magnify the lord with me there we shifting god will thank you for your power we thank you for your anointing we thank you for an overflower of your glory from yesterday unto today god we believe that we were transformed we believe that we have been moved into another dimension a dementor of answers a dimension of strategy uh god we thank you up for divine intervention we thank you touch up this congregation uh god we thank you for answering us up we thank you up for healing us we thank you all for delivering stuff we thank you for breakthrough we thank you i can worship him worship him cause your answer is about get ready for your answer a greater gloria a greater anointing a greater i can let you praise you for my answer that clap your hands up all over the sanctuary and give god praise is [Applause] but i'm excited to praise the lord with the people of god put your hands together hallelujah come on y'all one more time hallelujah come home now here we go hallelujah do this oh i'm is won't you lord we lift you hallelujah hallelujah right here i can't hear you hallelujah you've been good nobody right here me so we lift you i wish i had somebody that would lift him up this morning i wish i had somebody that would lift him up this morning i said i wish i had somebody that would lift him up this far i said i wish i had somebody that would lift him up this morning he said if i be lifted up that i would draw all men unto me i wish somebody would open up their mouth today and lift up the name of jesus come on it's a good day to lift him up it's a good day to give him praise it's a good day to shout his name it's a good day to give him honor i'm glad that he saved me today i'm glad that he woke me up this morning i'm sorry man i said it's a good day to give him praise it's a good day to give him praise come on why don't we shout this morning because the lord is our joy hallelujah we shot today because we've had the power to turn our mourning into dancing and somebody put your hands together every time i think about it i come on let's see it this morning this morning for [Music] this over and over and over [Music] oh does anybody have joy this morning is right here i need somebody to think about the time that god turned your morning into dancing think about the time that you were going through and he actually switched that thing around and you have to give it praise because you have to sit down and say it couldn't have been nobody but god for me foreign oh for turning around i need you to open your mouth this morning when i prayed you gave me an answer and when i looked up and i turned around it was already done for me i need somebody with that kind of praise this morning is oh just for me my god and act like god didn't turn nothing for you in this whole year that you spit aloud why we bury oh and they would say you didn't know what words to say turn it and say [Music] somebody's watching i feel you watching this morning i want you to say right where you are there's some things in your life you need the lord to turn around come on shout turn it lord turn it in my favor begin to pronounce it over your family over your children hallelujah over your job over every situation in your life somebody shall turn it lord turn it lord turn it lower turn it lower hallelujah we're getting ready to go on the prayer with that same faith with that same belief and i want everyone who is under the sound of my voice for those of you who are here in this room and even those of you who are watching at home i want you that to be your declaration in prayer that i'm believing god is gonna turn everything in my favor that no good thing will he withhold from me hallelujah to jesus that he works everything together for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose and everything that i think is impossible it's not impossible for god hallelujah you can begin putting your prayer requests in the chat room let's pray father we thank you so much lord for your spirit we thank you that you are god over everything you are not just god over some things but father you are god over everything so father we place everything in your hand this morning not just the things that are impossible for us but even the things that we think we created with the work of our hand we give it back to you father and we say lord god do exceeding abundantly above everything we can ever ask think or imagine father for what we cannot articulate in this moment we pray oh god that you would go far above for everything that we cannot declare in this moment we thank you that your spirit is making intercession for us hallelujah to jesus father i lift up every bowel down head right now in the spirit in the name of jesus father i pray for every sick body under the sound of my voice every secret infirmity every person who's not even bold enough to admit god that infirmity has ravaged their body father i pray that your spirit will begin to go and rescue them father in the name of jesus every person sitting in a pew every person sitting beside their bed every person making breakfast everyone driving to work father i pray right now in jesus name your spirit will begin to move in their body turn around every negative report turn around every negative mindset turn around father everything in the name of jesus father we yield it to you we submit it to you we thank your god that we have authority over infirmity so we take it right now in jesus name we thank your god that you are the god of comfort that you are the god of peace and i thank you father that your spirit is bringing peace right now through every home through the airwaves i thank you father that your spirit is bringing peace oh god to every depressed spirit to every heavy spirit to every family god who's had to make our difficult arrangements this week father i thank you that your spirit of peace is moving upon them right now from the crown of their head to the souls of their feet to the depth of their spirit father i thank you that you are meeting every need and father we thank you o god for all these things that we have asked believing that they are already done in jesus great name we pray come on everyone shout with me hallelujah hallelujah and amen praise the lord how many know that there's no problem too hard that god can't solve hallelujah can we just lift our hands this morning everything that you need from the lord we could take it to him this morning in prayer hallelujah we worship your name come on every hand lifted in the sanctuary open up your mouth and begin to worship the name of the lord hallelujah his name is worthy his name is also and we give him glory this morning come on open up your mouth and magnify you're slow we give you glory this morning give you glory this morning come on begin to lift up give you glory this morning come on right here what a friend we have in jesus come on lift your voice everything you need glory this morning hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah come on that's it sing to god [Music] oh is oh take it to the lord [Music] is is [Music] and give it over to jesus take it too long take it to the lower [Music] make it oh what peace we often forfeit oh what needless pain we bear all because we do not carry everything everything to god in prayer aren't you glad today that we have the opportunity we have the privilege we have the authority to stand before the throne of god and make our petitions known art we glad that we the people of god can take everything to the lord in prayer i wonder what you put your hands together today wherever you are one more time open your mouth and give god praise god we thank you for another day we thank you god for another worship experience god we thank you for your power and your presence in our midst god we give you praise on this day again we greet you with jesus joy what an honor and a privilege it is to be able to worship the lord in spirit and in truth we do want to thank god for yesterday as we gathered for pracation 2021 we were blessed by words from pastor kenneth mose and uh bishop elect courtney bradley they blessed us on yesterday those who lifted prayers were certainly on point the power of god was in our midst and we want to thank god and we ask you to continue to join us nightly uh for our eight o'clock pm prayer we are going to continue until god says otherwise but we need to pray because we know that prayer not only changes things but prayer changes people that the people of god say amen and amen just a couple of announcements we continue to offer testing here at the church the testing times are 10 am to 5 pm also the van is back outside of the church and they are offering vaccines for those who wish to get them monday wednesday and friday from 10 am to 5 and then thursdays from 1 to 8 pm no registration is required next sunday next sunday is men's kickoff season men's kickoff service as we kick off men's season all the brothers in the house shout yes amen we are so excited bishop jason nelson will be with us again not only is he a prolific gospel artist but he is certainly a master pastor and a great preacher and brother certainly we ask that if you can come out and join us on next sunday certainly we want you to tune in view us uh on facebook and and and the other avenues because we are going to have a wonderful time that is next sunday august 22nd men's kickoff and then lastly we are excited because on august 28th we will be giving away backpacks and sneakers we are excited we're excited the orders have been placed and we are gearing up to have a wonderful experience on august 2 8 10 a.m to 2 p.m god is good to us god has given us the resources that we need to do outreach in this community and we are just looking forward to it and we hope for those of you who can come out please come out and be a part of this children will be on site to receive their sneakers and their backpacks it is giving time at the cathedral and as you are preparing to give i do want to remind everyone that you can go on our website and get a list of all of our upcoming events see what your church is doing the lord continues to bless us and that's why we ask you to continue to support this ministry many of you who are viewing today have not set foot in this church for over a year and i want to thank you i want to congratulate you for your faithfulness because though you have not been in the building amen you have supported the work somebody shout amen amen and so we hope that you will indeed continue to sow into the ministry of the greater allen cathedral this is good ground i promise you we do everything that we can to make a difference and to represent the name of the lord jesus as best we can let the people of god say man and so the giving instructions are on the screen the giving instructions are on the screen and so for those of you who are in the building you may give electronically as many of you have started to do or if you have your gifts please hold them to the end of the service and the officers will be there to receive your gifts as you depart from the sanctuary we do remind you my brothers and sisters that for those of you who are not uh accepting of electronic giving you may mail your gifts in you may bring them by the church we are still here seven days a week to receive you to serve you and you may mail your gifts in to the greater allen cathedral of new york 110-31 floyd h flake boulevard formerly merrick boulevard jamaica new york zip code 11433 let the people of god say man somebody shout hallelujah let the name of the lord be praised amen [Music] i don't know about you but i know we serve a god who was always right on time and right in time anybody know that today listen [Music] you show yourself come on yes show yourself to say show yourself is show yourself show yourself sure you're so strong jesus oh is no matter what is show yourself mighty jesus show yourself strong hallelujah i believe that someone's petitioned this morning as you think about what's going on in your life that's your song show yourself mighty show yourself strong i want you to turn your attention this morning to the new testament book of mark mark chapter eight i'm going to read verses 22 through 26. this is the word of the lord and they came to bethsaida and some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him and he took the blind man by the hand and let him out of the village and when he had spit on his eyes and laid hands on him he asked him do you see anything the man looked up and said i see people but they look like trees walking then jesus laid his hands on his eyes again and he opened his eyes and his sight was restored and he saw everything clearly and he sent him to his home saying do not even enter the village the word of the lord for the people of god today as we preach to you this morning from the sermon topic finishing unfinished business finishing unfinished business amen you may go to your seat many of us saw on the news this week that 59 year old carlton roman was released from jail after serving 32 years of a 43-year sentence for a murder that he did not commit queens d.a melinda katz has a newly in newly formed conviction integrity unit and that unit determined that mr roman had been falsely identified in a 1989 murder case they also determined that there was since there was no dna evidence that put him at the scene of the crime and because they found that the prosecutors in the da's office back then just flatly refused to reveal to the jury evidence that would have proved that mr roman had nothing to do with the murder because they proved all of this he was able to be released we thank god today that the unit reopened the case because they found that one of the eyewitnesses has now confessed that he lied lied about mr roman's involvement he submitted his case twice once in 2013 and once in 2018 to be uh reviewed reinvestigated but of course he was denied uh he saw he knew that there was evidence to exonerate him but to no avail but we thank god this morning that his conviction was finally vacated his conviction was overturned because someone in the da's office cared enough to finish unfinished business as it relates to that case now clearly brother roman was overjoyed that finally his voice had been heard and justice had been served but the reality is this he spent 32 years in jail for a crime that he did not commit and he can never get those 32 years back he declared that he felt like he had been living in hell while serving a sentence that forced him a sentence that was forced on him by a broken legal system and he added uh and and and and even though we're the six other men of color have been recently exonerated by the uh that that that conviction integrity unit we thank god for that he said there are still many more innocent men and women mostly of color behind bars waiting to be exonerated because they have been wrongly incarcerated they have been robbed of their freedom by a system that seems to be designed to destroy them and they are waiting their families are waiting for justice to be served so many lives in limbo all because there is so much unfinished business my sisters and brothers i am sure that even as we think about what's going on around us i'm sure that all of us can say that we've had to confront the impact of unfinished business in our lives personally folks have lied on us and lied to us relatives have abused and mistreated us those we love have attacked our very humanity systems have worked to destroy us those in power have done everything they can do to uh push us to the periphery of life and those wrongs cannot be undone and like mr roman we have to face the reality that things have been done to us things have been said to us say amen somebody experiences have come to shatter our souls and injustice has robbed us uh uh to the degree that our personhood has been challenged amen uh there are a lot of wrongs that need to be righted in our lives say amen and all we can do is try to find the healing that will keep us amen on the right track the healing that will keep us from self-destructive behavior the healing that will keep us from destroying the lives of others and i implore all who are under the sound of my voice today not only to whisper a prayer for mr roman but whisper a prayer for those men and women who are yet wrongfully incarcerated whisper a prayer for your neighbor who is still struggling uh uh down on the inside because because of some wrong that has been perpetrated against them pray uh that somehow mr roman and many others around us can move full speed ahead into a future that the system would want to take from them but we understand that even though systems are rigged against us the hand of god is on us and we are the people who have been empowered say amen everybody we have been empowered to transcend the plot of the enemy we've all got some past hurts with which we just have to live we cannot isolate ourselves from the world we cannot isolate ourselves from god but we must be those who appropriate our spiritual heritage and move beyond what has been done to us and what has been said about us and move ahead to a a a life move ahead to live in the tomorrow that god has given us the tomorrow that defies the reality of the lies and the abuses and the rejections and the betrayals of yesterday oh you ought to put your hands together today and declare in spite of everything god is still god and i'm moving ahead oh there is one with one reality with which we must all deal and that is things have been done to us but we also must remember that many of us have done things to ourselves and to others we would like to undo i'm talking about unfinished business today we all have regrets about the wounds that have been uh uh uh uh have come into our lives the wounds that others have inflicted on us but we should also have regrets about the wounds that we have caused the tears that others have cried because of us and the unresolved issues in our lives that need to be resolved while there is some stuff in our life that cannot be undone some things that we have done that we cannot undo the truth is there is some unfinished business that we can carry out some unfinished business that needs our attention somebody say lord help see many in the kingdom today are battling depression and anger and even mental illness because they uh would so desperately like to be able to change and undo some of the realities of their past and our constant struggle in this life uh must be to strive to overcome the regret strive to overcome the pain of unfinished business that is why we must live each moment with the greatest of care and we while we cannot undo what was done in the past what we have done what we have said in the past we can now from this day forward guard our tongues and our actions so that we do not have to live wishing we could take words back or undo an act that produced pain in the lives of someone else while there are some things in this life that we clearly cannot undo there are some things hallelujah that we can change there is some time that we can redeem there are some things in our lives that we have not dealt with that we need to deal with turn to somebody and say just go in and deal with it some things that we should have done that we know god wants us to do there are some things that are wrong in our lives that we can fix and so today we must acknowledge and we must claim opportunities that the lord gives us to finish unfinished business there's some jobs we need to tackle some roads to productivity that we need to revisit there are some relationships that we should have ended a long time ago some words that we need to speak some pain that we need to walk away from there is some healing that we have not pursued some growth that we have not realized there are some relationships that we need to go and apologize so we can reclaim i believe that there is some forgiveness that we have not conferred on others some re uh some repenting that we have not done help us lord some some some processes that we have not completed processes that would empower us to become our best selves and i believe that god is speaking to us today i know that it is god's desire that those who belong to god those who are serious about living the abundant life that jesus came to bring us it uh uh you need to know today that the time has come that that that that we must be committed listen to me to tying up the loose ends of our lives and now today is a good time to begin to finish our unfinished business now let me define what i mean by unfinished business unfinished business is anything from the past or even in the present that you need to deal with because it is preventing you from reaching spiritual fulfillment and prosperity unfinished business is when there are some emotional or spiritual odds and ends that are clearly hindering us from rich and productive spirit-filled lives the life that god has planned for you unfinished business is when we must come face to face with the reality that spiritual emotional and mental development is impaired because we're walking in the uh uh uh a spirit realm we are walking with guilt and shame and areas of compromise we are still dwelling on failure or some kind of family uh division or personal indiscretion amen something that is preventing us from fully becoming the person that we need to be and the lord is saying to us deal with it deal with it now deal with what we need to deal with instead of always finding fault with everybody else unfinished business it is that reality that past situation that you have not been able to get over but you need to get over it and move beyond it so that you are free to walk in the glory of god you owe someone or someone's an apology you might owe somebody some money that you know you could have paid back but you have not paid it back it might be a an opportunity that that that that is before you but you have not uh accessed that opportunity oh my god unfinished business is something that you need to do to redeem your character and and and establish your integrity uh uh uh we all have some unfinished business unfinished business can simply be defined as that what you must do to become your best self it is an act that is needed to restore or elevate one to places of greater somebody shout greater it is whatever is needed for one to do to be able to move on emotionally or mentally or spiritually it is the forgiveness you need to seek the behavior you need to correct the hurt you need to express the truth that you need to tell and that thing you need to accomplish it is the fear you need to conquer the lifestyle you need to rethink and the pretense you need to quit [Applause] business is is being healed of grudges jealousy pettiness and it is it it it means that i'm ready to move fully to a place of surrender as i surrender my life to jesus it is the thing about yourself that you have refused to deal with it is the mountain you should have climbed it is the valley you should have escaped it is that call from god that is still on your life but you're still running in an opposite direction let us think about those things my brothers and sisters that we really need to do next for ourselves for those we love and for the jesus to whom we belong let us remember that jesus will always be in our midst and you ought to put your hands together and give god praise because jesus will always be in our midst to help us finish unfinished business there is some next level living some healing some deliverance some fulfilling of an assignment that is waiting for us and we just have to enter into what one writer calls uh moments of fixability that means god is giving us the opportunity to fix it but we just need to grab that moment so that we can get everything that god has for us because we know that jesus is always at work in our inner being everybody say amen jesus is always ready jesus is always available to us and today jesus is here jesus is in your home jesus is in your life jesus is in your inner person to finish every bit of unfinished business in us i love the text that we read this morning because in my opinion it is surely a text that speaks to this notion of unfinished business as we enter we know that three years of jesus ministry on earth was very productive and we can surely say that there were those who loved him and there were those who hated him there were those who desperately wanted to be in his presence and there were those who resented him with every fiber of their being but the truth is the longer jesus walked the earth the more people came to know that jesus was a loving and indiscriminating healer such was the case of the men in the text the bible says that there were some people who brought their blind friend to jesus believing that jesus would heal him now i love this brothers and sisters because there were some people in this man's life who cared enough about him to take him to jesus for the healing that he needed oh you know i have to say it's good to have some folks in your life that want to see you well it's good to have folks around you who want to see you at your best it's good to have folk around you in your life that will take you to jesus see too often we have people who are governed by spirits of envy and jealousy hanging around us and they want to see us stay in the state that we are in they are happiest it's a shame to say it but they are happiest when we are hurting or confused or in need and so the thing we need to do is to rid our lives of all of those who pull us down those who drain us and who do not really care about our well-being uh we all need people around us who believe in jesus those who will be our intercessors those who will be our spiritual advocates those who will uh help us help guide us to jesus those who will care enough about us to uh go to jesus on our behalf when we are too weak or too hurt or too blind to go for ourselves so our prayer today should be god revealed to us the ones that we need in our lives and give us the wisdom give us the courage to walk away from those who are really not interested in our healing you ought to say amen so the bible says that the men implored jesus to heal their friend and jesus honoring their requests took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village it is interesting that jesus moves this man away from everyone and had a very private encounter with him and so you know i just need to remind you that every now and then we need to have private encounters with jesus hallelujah we don't have to call attention to ourselves but we can go in those prayer closets and even if you don't have a prayer closet get down on your knees and if your knees are bad just sit on the side of the bed and have a personal and private encounter with jesus and so the bible tells us that jesus when he had spit on the man's eyes and and he put his hand on him amen jesus asked this question do you see anything now let me say this many of you i know are grossed out because i said he spit on the man's eyes but historically speaking the use of salava is probably while not appealing to us it is important for us to note that people of that day believe that spittle had healing power so for this man who had not yet developed real faith in jesus the use of saliva was not as much of a turn off to him as it would have been to us for it was a familiar remedy but then after jesus did the familia he did the unfamiliar what did he do he touched the man just as his friends had asked him to do in the first place now normally that one touch would have done the job jesus would have sent the blind man on his way or we've seen it in the text one touch was all that was ever needed because when jesus touched wrongs were righted when jesus touched bent over women were able to stand up when jesus touched leprous swords were cleared up so what was it today uh normally that one touch would have done the job but jesus for whatever reason deviated from the norm jesus asked him a question that he already knew the answer to do you see anything in the man looked up and said i see people but they look like trees walking around what an odd thing to happen surely this was not how the story would end this man could not possibly leave the presence of jesus with fuzzy vision and what is the message that we are to get from this man now some sources say that this man uh with the blurred vision listen is the prototype of those of us who may have had an initial encounter with jesus but we yet lack the spiritual maturity needed to experience divine revelation he had partial vision he is any of us who may have had uh we we may have seen the light of the gospel but we do not yet discern or apprehend the full power that comes when we are really in relationship with jesus see there are many in the kingdom who are saved but they ain't sanctified and they need a second touch say amen somebody and his partial vision symbolizes the spiritual condition of many who are already in the church they have had a jesus encounter but they do not yet have a vision for all that is available to us through the power of the holy ghost [Applause] this man lord have mercy represents those of us who have accepted jesus as savior but cannot see jesus clearly cannot see the path that he wants us to take we are blind to the realities that we have power in christ enough power to defeat the enemy of our souls y'all there uh the church is full of those who who have experienced the initial touch of salvation but they are still battling demons of anger and unforgiveness and alcoholism and cigarette and drug addiction and meanness and low self-esteem oh hallelujah there are many who have accepted jesus but are not completely whole and need to be delivered from lust from fussing from fighting from needing to get high or from lying those who are not yet free from fear or ungodly ambition oh you've accepted jesus but there's still some unfinished business as it relates to the pain of your past and we pray today with all of our hearts that we will all remember that jesus stands ready to complete the process of sanctification and restoration and we can be confident my brothers and sisters that he who began a good work in us he who saved our souls he who picked us up out of the muck and the mire he who began a good work in us will be faithful hallelujah to carry it on to completion until the day of jesus christ stand up on your feet wherever you are and shout from the depths of your belly jesus finish the unfinished business i need you to touch me again anybody in here thank god for a second touch and a third touch hallelujah you may not see as clearly today as you need to see but jesus is in the sanctuary to touch you again to show you what he needs to do in your life to get you to the fullness of the power of god that is available to all now put your hands together as you go to your seats um i'm almost finished finishing unfinished business we need to think of the things that we have not done or the things that we have done to others that may have robbed them of their self-esteem or their peace or their joy we need to think honestly of the things that may have prevented those we love or those maybe with whom we work that have prevented them from becoming their best selves even though we have been hurt we should not be those who exemplify the saying that hurt people hurt people oh you may have been messed over but don't you mess over anybody else you may have been lied on but don't you lie on anybody else hallelujah [Music] so when the man let it be known that his vision was distorted that his vision was indistinct and partial jesus laid hands on the man a second time he was committed to completing the process jesus put his hands directly on the man's eyes and after the second touch the man's sight was restored and he saw everything clearly now please note that this story is the only is only told in the gospel of mark it is set in the gentile territory of bethsaida and it is different from all of the other healing stories recorded in the gospels because this is the only miracle reported to have required a second touch but this deviation from jesus usual one touch healing i believe church was jesus way of speaking to the reality that there are those of us in this christian work who have gotten stuck with partial vision can i say that again there are those of us who have gotten stuck in the place of partial vision and uh uh the uh because we are stuck the results are an arrested spiritual development and jesus is reminding us that he has more for us oh thank you jesus that we need to be delivered from fuzzy vision the fuzzy vision that is giving too many in the kingdom a distorted and inaccurate vision of the world and the realities of what it really means to live for jesus we need to see clearly jesus is reminding us that we should not miss the truth of progressive insight and deliverance and we should never be content with foggy's spiritual vision and so that means we have to reject the pervasive blindness that is plaguing those in washington dc who do not care about the least of god's children we want to see better than those who have a darkened understanding of what it means to be christian and they are allowing their flesh to control their lives see there are those in positions of power who are incapable of discerning truth those who see sin as normal and acceptable those who are blind to moral correctness but today our prayer is that we shall all know what we need to do to live in the victory that jesus gave us through his death and resurrection and so as the people of god we come against the tendency that many in the church have to shout and dance and sing and preach but yet be plagued with a disease of partial vision fickle faith non-biblical living non-biblical giving and so many levels of bondage ah when we ask the lord to bless us we need to ask him to finish all of the unfinished business that's yet in us i'm almost finished let me just say this when the man's vision was restored jesus sent the man home with the instruction of not to go in the village now why that meant that the miracle of his second touch was the step that he needed to take to be able to go home completely restored his healing would benefit family first friends would come later in other words he needed to go home and he had some unfinished business that he needed to finish oh let us see church that we need commitment and we need the devotion to spiritual maturity i've been saying that for the last few weeks let us see the things that we should do let us see lord help us to see the things that we should not do and the places that we cannot go let us see all of the things that are contrary to the word of god in our lives things that do not genuinely glorify god help us holy ghost while others are sheep in world views let our prayer be lord hold us accountable to hold up the bloodstained banner and we ask you now god to touch us heal us of any blindness that may be on us uh if you want to go to the next level if you want to be healed if you want to be delivered if you want to feel fulfill your godly assignment finishing unfinished business is what you must be about somebody say man don't you know that it will make you a better person if you finish unfinished business the glory of god will be revealed in your life as never before i i need you to stand up i'm finished wherever you are i need you to lift your hands and even as you repeat after me let this come from the depths of your soul we cry out today lord if there be any unfinished unattended business in me that requires my attention that requires your attention oh god we ask you to give us that second touch we long for another touch others may drop out others may run away all but my prayer god is that you will show me today how to be free of all toxic internal and external realities lord touch me in my brokenness touch me in my insecure places touch me in my arrogance touch me in myself a denial my self-realization helped me to be free today to walk in the healing of the presence and in the future that god has promised come on church put your hands together let's give god praise thank god receive the second intelligence ah hallelujah receive the second touch be filled with his spirit be consumed with his purpose be released from your mental anguish be free from irrational guilt let him finish the work that needs to be finished in you somebody say man there are some things in this life that we cannot undo oh but the lord is saying to us that your mistakes have been redeemed by the blood of the lamb but even with that there are some things that you can do there are some things that we can allow god to do in us through jesus christ and so today we rebuke the spirit of blindness we rebuke the spirit of unclear vision we rebuke undisciplined lifestyles we rebuke hallelujah the tendency that we might have to hurt someone else and declare today with me that we are on a mission to enter into a place of obedience a place of surrender a place of healing a place of empowerment and we call down the spirit of clarity of spiritual clarity and we ask god to touch us come on lift your hand and cry out to god wherever you are touch me lord jesus with your hand of mercy touch me as i reach out and touch the hem of your garment i want to be right i want to be saved i want to be whole i want to be filled with the power of the holy ghost so [Music] so much the lord could have done in us we became content with fuzzy vision [Music] all of the services we attended all of the conferences we went to even all of the moments of meditation in our personal time even all of the prayers that we have prayed we have not allowed god to finish the work [Music] but this scripture this scripture reminds us that while salvation [Music] is essential sanctification is to and as [Music] people who have been walking with the lord and worshiping and and singing and dancing and preaching that and serving but yet have not received the clarity the clarity of vision that is needed and that jesus offers us daily as we have been talking about soul caring as we have been asking god to cleanse us and just be clear it is a process it is a work and some of us need that second touch [Music] or another touch because as we are living as we have moved through this pandemic stuff has come up in us that we did not know was there see one of the things that i found out this pandemic made everybody slow down and then slowing down your mind began to rehearse [Music] the pain the memories the anger and so finish unfinished business [Music] and let god [Music] let jesus come in and touch your heart and make you brand new you don't want to walk around saying i see men as trees [Music] you want to see men and women as fully human see one of the realities is this when you have partial vision then racism and hatred [Music] can fill your heart because you see men not as humans but as trees [Music] as inanimate objects with no real feeling see it's that second touch that helped him to see men as they really were men and women and that's why we need that second touch because the people that we hate the people we don't speak to the grudges that we hold is because we don't see people as fully human people is needing the lord jesus like we do and so we need the holy ghost to do a work in us and if the holy ghost does that work in us if the holy ghost does that work in us then we can pray for those who have wronged us because we see them as humans and not as trees not as inanimate objects people who are the objects of our hatred [Music] listen if this word has blessed you today my time is up if you're in the sanctuary we offer you this opportunity to come to the altar and pray there may be some unfinished business that you need to enter some process that you need to enter on today ministers are here and they are here to receive you and to pray with you you'd like to give your life to jesus christ if you're here in the sanctuary you can just walk forward if you'd like to join the church if you're here in the sanctuary you can walk forward if you are viewing please text the word salvation to the number on the screen the lord is calling us to higher levels of living and clearly if you've never accepted jesus today is the day that you need to finish unfinished business or perhaps [Music] you just need the baptism of the holy ghost you don't have to type salvation for that you just need to lift your hands and you need to ask the holy spirit to come into your life and help you live in victory and if you are not a member of our church but you would like to become a part of the gac family please know that we would love to welcome you and make you a part of this church so type uh text the word membership text the word membership to the number that is on the screen you know i believe the lord is doing great things and and and marvelous things in the lives of god's people and so we don't ever want to miss the work that god is doing in the kingdom and so if you have separated yourself you need to reunite today because i promise you it does not yet appear but the church shall be because it is the church of the true and living god that is going to make all the difference not only in our lives personally but all the difference in the world let the people of god say amen and amen [Music] let us sing that to me [Music] is [Music] come on and give god praise for that word that god has poured into your heart today finish unfinished business all of us have something to finish just ask god what is it some of you know what it is and just allow god to move through you even in this week somebody say amen let's lift our hands before the lord hallelujah now unto him who loved us and freed us from our sins by his blood he made us to be a kingdom and a priest to serve his god and father be glory and power forever and ever and ever let the church praise the lord shout amen come on now give him some praise he loved you freed you from my friends [Music] the vaccination ban is back vaccines are available at the church monday wednesday and friday from 10 am to 5 pm and thursdays from 1 pm to 8 pm no registration required cova testing is held at the church weekdays from 10 am to 5 pm no appointment necessary registration is closed for our backpack and sneaker giveaway children come pick up your backpacks and sneakers on august 28th between 10 a.m and 2 p.m in the cathedral parking lot children must be on site to receive items worship and the word reimagine bible study continues wednesday august 18th at 7 00 p.m stream on our website facebook page or youtube channel our worship and arts practicum will be held on saturdays at 11am under the 10th get ready for men's season kickoff sunday august 22nd with guest preacher bishop jason nelson registration for our in-person worship services open wednesdays at 10 a.m you can also continue to worship with us online for more information regarding our virtual hybrid and on-site events please visit our website at www www.allencathedral.org we encourage you to subscribe to our weekly newsletter and calendar to receive weekly notifications of upcoming events [Music] thank you for worshiping with us today we invite you to stay connected with us on our website at allencathedral.org and across our social platforms including our youtube channel facebook page twitter and instagram accounts listen to our daily prayers watch bible studies see featured videos give tithes and offerings and more on our mobile app which you can download from itunes or google play subscribe to receive our weekly digital event calendar and text alerts by visiting our website at allen cathedral dot org and follow the prompts to subscribe you are invited to join us on our live audio prayer line weeknights 8 pm to 8 20 p.m and saturdays from 9 am to 9 30 a.m the dial-in details are available on our website again we are so grateful for the opportunity to worship with you today our church continues to slowly open its doors keeping your health and safety in mind remember you are the church to god be the glory have a blessed day you

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Published: Sun Aug 15 2021