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and we're humbling our hearts to god save from the chest [Music] [Applause] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] this is god's word is [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] will [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] good morning good morning good morning how's everyone doing amen amen i would have said how's everyone doing again but i hear y'all so i mean y'all are here hey man man it's fall it's here it's cool outside it's sweater weather for real now so i'm excited is that all right hey man amen okay yeah i wasn't gonna go there all right let's get started let's get started you know i've been pranking [Music] ever is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] follow me [Music] is love [Music] [Music] hey [Music] don't you know [Music] is my heart amen we will give you all our praise for the rest of our days we bow down we bow down we bow down for the rest of our life we will serve and love you right we bow down bow down we bow down we bow down so bow down before the lord worship him oh [Music] oh [Music] we want to give you all the praise for the rest of our days and bowed down before i got into [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] empire [Music] [Music] and it fills this room this is holy ground this is holy ground this is holy ground day [Music] [Music] we will give you all our praise for the rest of our days we bow down we bow down we bow down for the rest of our life we will serve and love you right we bow down we bow down [Music] let us go to our father in prayer most holy and righteous heavenly father is once again we come before your throne of grace just to say thank you father god we thank you father for another opportunity to stand behind this sacred desk and just say we love you lord father god we ask a special blessing as always for the sick and shut in we pray father that you will give them back a reasonable portion of their health and strength that they too may come out and worship with us once again in spirit and in truth we ask your heavenly father bless our minister brother john tillman jr we ask father to crown his head with knowledge that he may impart that knowledge to us that uh all may understand from the least to the greatest we thank you father for health and strength our jobs our businesses and father god for your son jesus christ who left the riches of glory came to the sin cursed world suffered bled and died the most shameful death known to mankind father god we we thank you and we love you father god we ask that uh you just bless this this church its leadership continue to watch over these men who have jeff who have jobs and tasks to perform in this congregation they're doing a wonderful job lord and that's only because of you father god we also ask to bless the men and women of this country who serve the military we ask that you bring them home and protect them lord in this pursuit we also ask heavenly father that you protect those who are members of the household of faith father god when we've gone this last mile long we in this road we call life we ask that you give us a home in your kingdom where we might live forever in jesus name we pray may all the redeemed say amen jesus rose with they tell me [Music] with all power [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] hide behind them [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] jesus is [Music] stand right there [Music] [Music] and i'm going with the chili [Music] amen say [Music] say [Music] amen amen [Music] amen amen amen amen [Applause] [Music] amen amen [Music] amen amen [Music] if you agree [Music] amen amen church amen amen amen i want to say good morning to everyone it's good to see everyone here this morning it's good to see everyone here this morning i love to praise him and you i love to pray [Music] [Music] praise his [Music] i love to pray [Music] [Music] he's in the middle of the week [Music] my [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] all right oh [Music] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah [Applause] to pray [Applause] [Music] to pray i love to pray to praise his name [Music] [Applause] to praise his name good let's go to our father in prayer to the great i am the god of abraham isaac and jacob jehovah jaire jehovah shalom and giova rafi the god that sit high and look low lord we thank you for another beautiful and glorious day all these names but you're still father to us lord just thank you for just us being here lord thank you for just the simple things in life the earthly things in life the air we breathe the water we drink and the food that we eat lord just thank you for just being the great god that you are that allow us to make mistakes but you're still with us lord just thank you for just being with us through our trials and tribulations lord that knows that we put all our trust in you and that all matters lord thank you for the best gift of all your son jesus who came on this earth in a form of a sinful flesh to put all the sin on him because it should have been us that was on trial but it was you that took all this and lord and you defeated death by rising lords continue to bless those who are on route be with them lord put a hedge of protection around them that they arrive here safely continue to breathe with our sick lord touch their bodies that they will be with us the next appointed time and also to pray for our bereaved lord let them know that you're still with them and you get the last word and everything and also pray for our lost blessed with our loss that lord that prick their hearts that they can be with us the next appointed time lord pray that everything that we say and do to the tears of the service is pleased and accepted among your sight continue to forgive us all the sins we committed whether they were thought to be blot them out and remember no more lord when we're no longer in this body one hear those words well done thou good and faithful servant lord pray that all these things that we achieve doesn't mean anything with our relationship with you continue to be with us guide us and protect us strengthen us wherever we and build us up will be torn down lord we ask all these blessings in jesus name we pray amen good morning how you all doing sound good to me but i'm gonna put some of this old school on y'all i like the new school stuff that's good i'm put some of this old school on y'all y'all like to hear the ego if i were in the pathway of duty and oh lord and if i were until the close of the day lord oh yes i shall see [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] that i proclaim the glass story and oh lord and if i see before a sheep gone astray lord oh yes i am sure he will show me all his glory is [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] yes it is [Music] oh yes sir [Music] after this before we blow the roof off this place our minister john tillman jr [Music] jesus hold my hand y'all gonna go with me as i travel through this pier growl and there is a friend who walks with me and he leads me safely through [Applause] to [Applause] blessed jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] well [Music] [Applause] my [Music] i hope to meet you [Music] [Music] of the sun and it leads me safely to a land the risk defile a crowd [Music] [Applause] [Music] and there's no other [Music] jesus hold my head [Music] [Applause] [Music] look down on me [Music] cause when i knew and prayed [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] hope to meet you there blessed jesus [Music] it is the lord's day and we are the lord's people and i pray that what we do this day gives glory to god every once in a while we need to remind ourselves it's really not about us sometimes we sometimes we make everything about us what i like what i feel but but in reality this is not about us it's not about whether or not your song was song it's not about whether or not your favorite person prayed every thing today is about god and it's it's it's got it's got a are we praying all right god are we preaching all right god is our mind all right because see you could be in the right place in your mind in the wrong place and so every once in a while we need to ask ourselves now is this about us or if it's about god and if it's about god then we ought to be giving god our best and so i i i challenge you today as i step into this place to make sure that everything that you say or do is about god i i believe one day god is gonna ask us about stuff and when he calls my name and he starts to ask me about stuff i want him to be able to say well done baby i uh i want to pause this morning and i want to ask you if you have a copy of the word of god whether it's a hard copy like i'm having here or whether it's an electronic device if if you have a copy of the word of god would you just would you just stick it up in the air as high as you can just just stick it up your word your word your word your word from god to you god bless you that that is a statement that it is about god please stand to your feet and if you didn't bring a copy of the word of god it it'll be on the screen we're going this morning to the final book that the apostle wrote we will be in the second book of timothy we will be in the next to the last chapter he wrote he pens a word that is a word that i believe is good for these pandemic times so i pray that those of you that are out there in virtual land that you grab a copy of the word of god also second timothy chapter 3 verse 16 and 17 is where we are today next to the last chapter he wrote ii timothy chapter 3 verse 16 and 17. now the word of god reads all scripture all scripture is god breathe and is useful for teaching rebuking correcting and training in righteousness so that the servant of god may be thoroughly equipped for every good work i've entitled this lesson and you be praying for me and praying for this service i entitled this lesson we need this book the word of god what what if you if you feel like if you feel like you need it you feel like you need the word of god if you feel like you need the words from god would you would you just shout i need it shout it as loud as you can i need it and then shout it i want it and then uh so i can quit being so serious um make some mess with me look at the person closest to you smile real big point with your index finger and just tell them you need it you need it you really need it be seated be seated we need we need this book the word of god ladies and gentlemen it was in the year of 1994 right before god sent me to the garden oaks church of christ he allowed my wife and i to go to washington d.c and i will never forget it though i had been to washington dc before though i had toured the white house before this this particular event in 1994 will go with me to the grave it was it was when i say 1994 it was prior terrorist attacks and so the access to the white house then is totally different than it is now that there is no way possible that you could go to the places and go to the rooms and see the things that we saw because now security is so high but but but but i'll never forget it we had been to the white house before and and and my wife being herself uh recognize that this tour that we were on was not at the same level at the first two first two of they took us to the green room and the yellow room and and we just walked around and and and and this particular time the white house was under construction and so the tour ended and my wife being herself decided to share i'm not happy with this too me being myself i'm in a little corner just shaking the secret service agents picked up on there was something going on between the two of us and and the secret servant agent walked up and said what's the problem if you thought i was shaking then you i was really shaking and and and she said sir i have been on a tour before and this tour is not nearly as nice as the first tour i understand that there are some places that are under construction but i came to see the white house so immediately that that that secret service agent called another agent and they were whispering and and and in just a moment they came back and said ma'am uh what would you like to see my wife of being herself again says well i'm a mcdonald's owner operator and i really want to see the kitchens if i remember correctly we got on the elevator and went down to a kitchen there were five kitchens in the white house and and we started touring and i remember the guy said now where are y'all from and we said we're from houston and we're just walking and then all of a sudden we go through an area and desert storm had just ended and there's a storm it was a desert storm map all on the wall and i'm saying to myself oh my lord i've never been here before are we going to be arrested ladies and gentlemen uh we ended up in the oval office can can i just tell you nobody but dignitaries go to the oval office we we ended up walking inside of the oval office i i remember vividly seeing that desk that little john kennedy played under and and everybody and i touched it and and and then the secretary of the president says come over here look out the wonder we looked out the wonder and that was president bill clinton's dog socks outside plan she says that socks that sucks i can i tell you that being in the oval office touched me deeply the only thing that was missing that day was the president himself the only thing that was missing that day was the president and his voice come here for a second when we when we open the word of god god takes us on a tour that is absolutely unbelievable we we see in the word of god on the tour mount sinai and we see god with his very finger writing the ten commandments then then then he says don't stop there i've got more to show you and we end up at a moment in bethlehem at a stable he says don't don't stop we're on the tour i i i need you i know i showed you the ten commandments i know i showed you mount sinai i know i showed you the stable in bethlehem but i need to take you to golgotha on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross god what are you doing i am taking you on a tour i am giving you things that i want in your head and i want those things to last forever and so on the tour at the white house we miss the president we miss the president's word but when we open god's book his word his presence is obvious and i suggest today with all boldness that we need god in our lives right now please please don't tell me how much money you got in the bank please don't tell me your title please don't tell me what car you drove please don't tell me what neighborhood you live in tell me do you know god what what what what i am led to believe is right now in the midst of this pandemic god wants us to hear from him he understands that we're going through a little something something that we've never been through before and and i believe god keeps clearing his throat and god says i need to have a word with you stop and let me have a word i'll give you strength for the journey i'll give you i said it let me say it again um this this pandemic is a wake-up call so you you turn on the news and and what they're saying now is that the daily death toll has now surpassed 2 000 people a day can i can i give you some facts 000 deaths a day was back in february that was the height of the winter season you and i are sitting in the summer season and in this summer season we are reaching the same death toll number can can i can can i just tell you don't go through this meandering acting like you can get through this by yourself no ma'am no sir we need god and we need the word of god come come come run run back to ii timothy i i want you to see second timothy like you've never seen it before it was it was written in a.d 67 a.d 68 there were about it's 30 years 30 years after the death of christ christ has been dead for 30 years and the apostle paul is writing this last book last book to his protege timothy both first timothy and second timothy were written to timothy it was paul's son first timothy was written years before second timothy and so so first timothy has a different tone to it first first timothy when paul writes first timothy paul is trying to set the church in order paul talks about qualifications for illness qualifications for deacons women speaking in church he is trying to say now when you enter the house of god this is how god wants his house to perform to act to be but when we hit second timothy second timothy has a different tone altogether you see second timothy was written while paul was on death row he's on death row in a roman prison crazy madman nero the one that that put christians on on a pedestal and set them a fire the one that that that fed christians to the line crazy nero is on the throne and he will have paul's head lifted when you step into ii timothy there is a different tone altogether though god has been with paul though god has delivered paul paul recognizes this is it second timothy chapter four six verses from where we are is where paul says the time of my departures at hand it's the place where paul says i have fought a good fight it's the place where paul says i have finished the court paul understands that before him is not a release and so the apostle paul is concerned with timothy timothy is paul's student timothy is paul's convert timothy is paul's son in the gospel soon soon timothy will have to deal with the fact that he has to say goodbye to his mentor soon the news will hit soon the news will hit the ears of timothy that being a follower of christ will cost you and so you you read you read ii timothy and it just seems to to say i am so concerned with timothy and i'm so concerned with the church i don't know i don't know if you have anybody in your life that that that that if you had to exit today you would want to say i love you take care of yourself be good see you later paul paul has a conversation and the conversation is for us but it is also for timothy it's like timothy what i'm i'm getting out of here i know god's calling me home but timothy i want you to keep running the race timothy i don't i don't want this moment to take you away from your mission to share the gospel it will be a difficult moment you will be sad you will be hurt but timothy i need you to stand strong can i stop and preach for a second when we go through those valleys in our lives that's the same question for us will this death of a loved one will the sickness of a loved one will this loss of a job will this loss of your help will all of this act in such a way that you'll say god i i'm throwing up my hands get me out of here if you'll do this to me so paul you you you read it paulus all this he's concerned with timothy's faith will he keep on preaching will he stay in the faith and and so i i do believe verse 16 and 17 of the third chapter has implications for timothy but i also believe it has implications for us examine examine examine examine verse 16 and 17 with me this morning there are three hooks there are three hooks that if timothy is listening if timothy is looking there are three hooks if we're listening if we're looking that we can hang our faith on so that regardless of whether or not the winds start to blow in our lives hello somebody we can say i'm holding on to god and i'm holding on to god's word i i need you to see it come on come on we let's take a deep dive into the word hook number one hoop number one hook number one this book these words are inspired when somebody shout inspire shout inspired again you you say preacher how do you get that out of the text come on with me second timothy chapter 3 verse 16 just look at the a apart there timothy gets the word from paul all scripture is god breathe wow please please whatever you do don't run by that all scripture this that i'm holding today is the breath of god every word every sentence every chapter every book old testament new testament god what are you doing i'm breathing out my thoughts and as i breathe out my thoughts i am having them written down so that you can have it so you can have hope no matter what comes your way and so and so the very first thing that that that paul seems to say in this passage is don't don't miss it these these are god-breathed words these are words that that that you need this is god's breath this is god's dna when i when i when i think of god's words god's dna my mind races back to to 2012 2012. my dad left here my dad was everything to me he was the best man when marcy and i first got married 25 years later when we got remarried uh he was in the wedding he was the elder at this church he worked at the stores he was my dad and so his dna i got feet like him i got hands like in my head his dna though he is gone though he is not present in reality he is present he is speaking he is before me because all i have to do is look in the mirror where you going with that preacher well i have not had a face to face encounter with god but every time i open first peter chapter 1. look look what god says first peter chapter 1 verse 20 and 21 just write it down first peter chapter 1 verse 20 and 21 he says above all you must understand that no prophecy of the scripture came by the prophets came by the prophets came by the prophets own interpretation of things no scripture no prophecy came by the prophet's own interpretation of things for prophecy never had his origin in human will but prophets though human spoke from god as they were carried along by the holy spirit okay can you see can you see paul sitting at his desk can you see john on the isle of patmos and the holy spirit is going to dictate write this dictation down i don't need paul your input you can put your personality on it but paul john i want you guys to write these words this is not a book by good men this is a book by god it's god's formulas god's recipe is god's cookbook revelations 22 verse 18 and 19 here he'll he'll he'll he'll god gets ready to close out this great 66 book that we call the bible he says in revelation chapter 22 verse 18 and 19 i warn i want everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll if anyone adds anything to them god will add to that person the plagues described in the scroll and if anyone takes away from the scroll of this prophecy god will take away from that person any share in the tree of life in the holy city which are described in this scroll don't don't don't miss it um when we get too close to a curve we get too close to an object many of our cars start to say baby is saying don't don't don't mess with that curd don't don't mess with that other baby you're gonna hurt yourself god says in this passage don't mess with my book god says these are my scriptures my thoughts they are inspired exodus chapter 31-18 he writes with his finger so let me let me hurry this is a special book these are special words this is a relevant book a revelation from god it's supernatural you know you know i i have many many books on my bookshelf i recently recently read the book by michelle obama becoming it was the top selling book for 2018. i couldn't put it down uh that that girl can write she can draw you right into it but but then then then her husband's book the promised land came out and and i started reading the promised land both of those books thrilled me both of those books excited me both of those books inform me but there is nothing like god's book you did you didn't hear me there is absolutely nothing like god's book god's book will bless you in this life and it will bless you in the life to come god's book will change your life in this world so that your life in that world will be blessed let me prove it let me prove it let me prove it let me prove it um anybody in here that your life has been changed by the word of god not just blessed changed if if your life has been changed would you you don't need to stand up just shout it changed me see some of y'all y'all so dignified y'all y'all used to drink boom phone y'all used to go to the honey hunt on saturday night y'all used to but i gotta amen and amen is for all of us because the bible says all of us so it's an inspired book but book but race back race back can i give you another hook this book these words are profitable with somebody shot profitable shot profitable again he says all scripture is useful all scripture is profitable it's you it's not just a bunch of words filling a book it's not just bedtime reading to put you off to sleep no ma'am no sir it's useful it's beneficial it's helpful it will help us to live in this mixed up crazy world i thought it was crazy i thought it was absolutely crazy that some people decided i'm going back to the capitol and i'm gonna protest because y'all are treating unfairly the people who tore down the capitol can i tell you this world is crazy can i tell you that old man life doesn't always take you down smooth roads paved roads sometimes old man life takes you down dead in robes anybody want to say amen right there sometimes sometimes old man life doesn't treat you fairly sometimes life is hard and and when life gets hard we need a word we don't need to come to church and show people we got a new dress on we don't need to come to church and act like i am so holy no we need a word from god if he has anybody in here that needs a word with somebody shout i need a word can can i tell you there are many times in my life i needed to work i looked back i was down in the dumps and trying to figure out how i was going to get out of my hole i needed a word but but can i just give you one incident i want to relate to your pain i want you to know that i have pain too in 2019 2019 i went through a divorce 2019 i said it let me say it again 2019 i went through a divorce i had been married for over 30 years and in 2019 i went through a divorce no no no no no no it wasn't a divorce between a man and a woman it was a divorce between my heart and my company mcdonald's september of 2017 a few years ago this month i was in oklahoma or nia's crenshaw my mentor who came here who ran up and down here who told me when my daddy preached you get out of here i got it my mentor arness crenshaw had died i'm sitting at the funeral and i'm falling apart and my wife and i go back to the hotel room and and and some reason another i'm i'm hearing in my head over and over john your life is more important than selling burgers sell them burgers and i'll take care of you baby and so in in that hotel room that night i wrote a dear john letter uh i said uh dear mcdonald's thank you but no thank you what i had actually done is i had filed for a divorce i remember i remember getting back here and i wish john and lena were here i i called lena on the phone and and and john brown came and i was up in my office that was that sunday i i needed to write the letter i i had written it by hand but but i wanted it typed up and so john came to help me but when john came to help me i was on the floor crying in that bathroom can i tell you that what got me through was the word of god you you you you need to hear me you can have mama you can have daddy you can have honey you can have all of that stuff but all of a sudden when the winds start to blow in your life you need an anchor i need somebody to hear me in order for us to make it in life we need more than junk and junk and junk hey hey i had a garage full of junk i had a house full of junk i had a bank account that had junk in it but when you are at a place where you are upside down you need more than junk and junk and junk when when we are when we are physically hungry we have headaches we cannot focus we're irritable and our stomach starts to grow when there is a like of spiritual food problems pull us down to a low low level when there is a lack of spiritual food people pull us down to a low low level when there is a lack of spiritual food life is empty and joyless hear jesus say man shall not live on bread alone but every word that comes out of the mouth of god i i wish i wish some young executive could hear me life is more than toys in the garage life is more than money in the bank life is more than just climbing to the top of the corporate ladder i wish some child could hear me life is more than just a ball and a bat life is more than just a bike and a trike what i am saying boldly today is we need the word of god it is profitable the word of god will keep us from walking out on the wife of our youth the word of god will keep us from going ballistic when we're treated unfairly at the job it was timothy's mother eunice and grandmother lois who taught him the word of god any mother any grandmother any father any grandfather hiding the word of god i didn't ask you where you're buying them toys and trikes i'm i'm asking is there anybody that is intent on planting the word of god in their child's heart somebody ought to talk back to me some grandmother instead of junk and junk and junk and junk we ought to be asking our children can i can i have a bible class with you gmo got some homemade cookies and some homemade ice cream jim i want you to come over but right before we have the cookies and ice cream i i i need to have a quick bible class with you i know you're busy i know you already have too much to do i don't put any more on you but but but somewhere in the word of god it says train up a child i i'm just asking i know you're busy any anybody got time to train up a child in god's way let me stop i'm i'm off script now totally off script we're going to blow time today dickerson dickerson davis y'all stan so so so y'all know every wednesday night they're online with the babies okay i'm gonna roll that camera over there they they're online they've got more to do they're online and they're online because they're trying to teach wednesday night bible class to our babies share some love with them share some love with you bryce dedrick would y'all stand w-would y'all stand dead rico stan you see these guys um they got one event after the other for our kids got many events in october but but you but but you know what if if we're so busy busy with junk and stuff we're gonna miss training up our child in the way that he should go share some love with him would you share some love there there is a scripture in ii peter chapter 2 says like newborn babes like newborn babes crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow up in your salvation i i just i wanna i need to hurry but i need to suggest that the word of god is profitable when when the doctor calls us back for a second and unexpected visit and the doctor says stage four the doctor says inoperable when the doctor says months to live the word of god is profitable when the principal from the school calls or emails us and says i i need to meet with you in my office your child suspension demotion call cheating and the word of god is profitable when the boss pulls you to the side and says i am so sorry to tell you but we are laying off and i have been told to tell you this is your last week so let me let me give you this last hook and then we'll get out of here hook three hook three hook three this book these words are perfecting will somebody just shout perfecting shot perfecting again so run with me through verse 16 and then we're going to put on breaks at verse 17. it says all scripture 16 all scripture is god breathe it is useful for teaching rebuking correcting and training in righteousness then verse 17 says that the servant of god may be thoroughly thoroughly equipped for every good work the king james the king james says may be perfect timothy god knows church of christ john what the word of god is doing is it is making you perfect so that when your knee vows when your tongue confesses god can say i can see the light of jesus in your life i can see you've been walking with him because his glow is just glowing through you you mean let me say that we're all mortal we're all fleshly but the word of god is is perfecting us somebody said perfecting us sometimes sometimes like peter we curse sometimes like david we send for bathsheba sometimes like noah we have a little too much to drink sometimes like haggar we end up with somebody else's man and so yes today we are immature yes today we are incomplete yesterday we are misfits but the word of god the word of god is sharper than a two-edged sword what are you doing i'm eliminating the rough spots in john the word of god like i am and sharpening what are you doing god i'm filing away the word of god like five shut up in my bones what are you doing i'm i'm i'm i'm burning away all of that unnecessary stuff see the word the word of god works to bring out the gold in us gotta go gotta get out of here can i can i just tell you that we have all been invited to the wedding we've all been invited but we got to get dressed somebody shot we got to get dressed we've all been invited to the wedding but somebody shot we got to get prepared we've all been invited to the wedding but somebody shout we need to put on our wedding garments the word of god is getting us all dressed up that's what it's doing it's like wait your lipstick your your makeup is your tires and so you keep looking in the perfect law of liberty you keep going back and forth to the word of god you keep studying the word of god you keep coming to church and sooner or later instead of your top being like this instead of every time that girl walked by you look three times and really look at the real y'all not gonna help me today it's all right holy spirit is with me today see see see what the word of god is doing we got the invitation but but the word of god is getting all of the spots out of the garment the word of god is getting all the wrinkles out of the garment what it's doing for me i don't know what it's doing for you but i'm gonna tell you one thing it's doing for me it's teaching me how to be angry but sin now it is is i can't i can't say it's helping you but it's helping me is it's teaching me how to be in the world but not of the world it is it is teaching me how to flee fornication it is teaching me how to turn the other cheek it is teaching me how to let my light so shine that others might be able to see jesus in me it's perfecting all right y'all we gotta go we got to go shepherds would you come worship leaders would you come when god got ready for his man to be able to see at night at just the flip of a switch conveniently he gave thomas edison the gift of invention when god got ready for his man to travel from one side of town to another side of town conveniently he gave henry ford the gift of invention when god got ready for his man to travel from one side of this planet to the other side of the planet he gave the wright brothers the gift of invention when god got ready for his man to travel from earth to glory and to be able to stand in his present guiltless he gave us his word gave us jesus gave us the holy spirit would you be standing please i know you know i know you know i know you know that in order to be pleasing with god it's got to be an inside out job it's not an outside inside job it's it's inside out not outside in is inside out somebody say inside out and so inside i hear the word of god and when i hear the word of god it starts to change me it's like boy don't don't say that boy don't do that and so i've heard and now i believe that jesus christ is the son of god i tell myself now john you got to stop going to the places you used to go and you got to stop saying the things you used to say and you got to stop doing the things you i'm repenting and then then then i walk down one of these aisles i stand in front of a crowd i go virtual and i say to everybody i believe that jesus christ is the son of god and then i then then i say take me to the water go down in the water god performs that great operation the old man goes away the new man comes you you you had a distance away you want to come closer to god you want to come closer god says draw near to me and i'll draw near to you god says now listen you take one step you take two steps i'm gonna take three steps because i want i want you back though your sins be as red as crimson they'll be white as snow one sing song anybody will come and rededicate their life anybody want to say you know what i i need to get back i need to get back i need to get back where i need to be sing a song you need to come come right now my god is awesome he can [Music] [Music] and sing [Music] then [Music] is praise his holy name my god my god is is [Music] [Music] here's the caller action more than just a hallelujah shout get your clothes out with john sermon here's a call to ask if you believe that the word of god is inspired would you just shout i believe it if you believe that the word of god is right now working on you and in your life would you just shout out believe it so here's what guess what here's the call action the call of action is let's go back to studying the word of god hey listen this is not a plea to run back to the church house but the truth be told we're going everywhere we can go but to the church house we put on those masks and we're going man but but on sunday morning it's the faithful for you something wrong with that on wednesday night i can count the number of people out there something wrong with that oh he didn't say that did he yes i did let's be my last day it's okay my wife would take care of me right baby pops you'll take care of me right yeah thank you pop thank you sid no no no no no it is a pandemic we have to be saved but we have to get the word of god in us what good will it do to be safe and dead so hey pop that screen up uh ruth would you pop that screen up you can say okay well preacher i tell you what i'm not coming out it's night it's dark but i'll tell you what seven o'clock on wednesday nights count on me i am online i i i used to count the number of people online but it got discouraging so i quit doing it don't don't don't tell me the word of god is important on sunday morning and you can shout but then all week long you you pops you did say you'll take care of me right so so the call of action is let's get back in the word let's let's get back in the word do not wait until somebody in your family says i test it positive and then you say lord have mercy no no right now is the time to say lord have mercy what's the call action wake up in the morning get your cup of coffee get your bible what's the call to action hit that screen on wednesday night what's the call to action hit those kids on wednesday thank you i [Music] [Music] to me but i long to rise in the arms of faith and be closer [Applause] [Music] blessed lord to the cross where thou hast die draw me nearer on here to thy precious [Music] we want to be appreciative to brother john for such a fine lesson on the importance of god's word the importance of being in god's word and for the effect that it has had on those who have come to the front we're going to give them time right now to say what you want to say please come to this mic good morning sister shannon powers wrote myself down first and foremost i stand repent of my sins and stand i need a prayer also i'm in a position on my job where i work in hr so um right now i'm going to give notices for layoffs so that can be very difficult at times so pray for me um and also that i remember to meditate on god's word in my dark moments thank you good morning church i'm brother keith hayes i just come i've sinned i repent of those sins i ask you all to pray for me and my family i also ask you to pray for my my oldest daughter in florida her name is chelsea um she has um asthma and she tested positive for covert on friday so please keep her in your prayers good morning church i'll come before you this morning to let you know that i won't become a part of calling oak and all i have to say this morning to brother john continue preach the truth because the bible said there's only thing going to set us free so brother john continue to preach the truth brother thank you thank you shall we pray our father in heaven thank you for your written word thank you father for christ jesus who with whom we can become acquainted through your word we thank you father for god the father we thank you for god the holy spirit we thank you father that you've given us a copy and that we can read it as much as we want and we pray father that we will avail ourselves of those opportunities we come father on behalf of those who have come for our sister shannon in her job how she has to give notices to people who do not want to receive those notices that you'll be with her we pray father for our brother keith hayes and for his family for his daughter in florida we pray father for his family we pray father for our brother who has come to us today and who is placing his membership with us we pray father that we will be the right kind of example for him and that he will help to strengthen us as well we pray father for this congregation we thank you again for allowing us that we might come out and worship you in spirit and in truth this morning and we pray father that you are acceptable with the worship that we are offering at this time in jesus name we pray amen [Music] just wanna say thank you thank you lord we're taking some time to say thank you thank you lord i just i just want you to thank you lord sing it again thank you thank you lord we want to say thank you thank you lord [Music] thank you [Music] good morning church we come to the part of our service that we have communion and we have reference according to acts 20 verse 7 show the frequency in which we take comedian which is on the first day of every week according to first corinthians chapter the man in which we take the lord's supper it reads as follows if i receive from the lord what i have passed on to you the lord jesus the night that he was portrayed took bread and we had given thanks he broke in and said this is my body which is for you do this in remembrance of me in the same way after supper he took the cup and saying this is the cup of the new covenant in my blood do this whichever whenever you drink it in remembrance of me but whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the lord's death until he comes that is pride a father god we just thank you so much for giving us stability father to be able to recognize father you are source for everything we have in our lives we just thank you father for the sacrifice that you made we just thank you father for the love that you've shown us father by giving your life father and we just thank you father for being our god as we take this bread in this cup father we ask that we keep it in remembrance father of what you did for us we just ask and pray father that we do it with clean hearts and clean minds we ask these and many other blessings in jesus christ's name amen [Music] in the power of your name you lift me up you lift me of your grace in the power of your name you lift me you lift me up in the fullness of your grace in the power of your name you lift me up [Music] you lift me are my strength strength like no other [Music] strength like no other reject me you are my strength strength like no other strength like no other reject me [Music] you lift me up you lift me up in the fullness of your grace in the power of your name you lift me up you lift me [Music] other part of our service is that of giving according to second corinthians the ninth chapter sixth chapter the ninth chapter verses uh sixth and following says remember this is remember this whenever you so sparingly you also reap sparingly also when you so generously also reap generously each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give not a reluctance not a compulsion for god loves i forgive forgive let us pray oh god our father we just thank you so much for blessing us father to be able to have jobs and businesses father that we might when you blessed us father we might give back to you may our hearts be such that we give part a call on your father to our faith father we ask to pray father that we you increase our faith day by day father that you might give us the ability to give more than uh uh more father as we increase our faith guide us father this day and every day father as we give back to you ask these many other blessings in jesus christ's name amen good morning [Music] because we love the lord [Music] everybody [Music] hey everybody [Music] is [Music] the lord [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] that's good [Laughter] [Music] hey what's up everyone it's bryce here uh and i'm here with this week's announcements so as we get kicked off today man i know that we need to call the fire department no we need to call the fire department because a preacher just lit the pool pit on fire i don't even know why we're still in here because this mug should be burning down preacher so let's give the preacher a real quick round of applause for that awesome message that he delivered this morning look at the preacher a quick round of applause amen amen also also if you're a visitor and you're here for the first time we ask that you stand up so we can recognize you we want to see you we want to acknowledge you so visitors real quick stand up so we can give you a love deposit visitors amen we see y'all we see y'all we we hope that you all come back again to uh uh in the in the near future we hope that you all had a spirit-filled day and we hope that you all learned something and we're showing a little bit of love as you were here at the garden oaks church of christ as we get started with this week's announcements i want to invite you all to wednesday night bible study we've been having some awesome series and i don't know about y'all but our preacher can think outside the box when it comes to naming these series so this next one that we have coming up is called the best is yet to come let me say that one more time the best is yet to come let's all say that together one time the best is yet to come and this is a series from the book of ruth we're going to be uh discussing and talking about whatever it is whatever your problems are whatever you're going through god will work it out i don't know about y'all but how many of you all through this last year through this year 2020 2021 has lost something how many of y'all have have been through something how many of y'all have had some struggles some some some losses some some something something uh i want to let you all know we want to remind you all that whatever it is you're going through god will work it out can i get an amen amen amen so join us each wednesday as we study how god takes us from a loss to a blessing or as one of my favorite rappers big sean says take a l turn my elves into a lesson so turn my loss into a lesson turn my loss into a blessing amen amen amen so wednesday night at 7 pm this is in person in the um living room or on facebook or youtube live you can join us in this exciting bible study uh as we study the book of ruth as we study the book of ruth i look forward to seeing you all there definitely if you would like to be a teacher for the youth bible class on zoom and wednesday nights please reach out to brother brandon dickerson or sister demetria to get signed up on the list uh teaching is very easy they give you all the materials and if you need help with anything just reach out and we will help you out but we're looking for more teachers for wednesday night so again reach out to sister demetria or brandon diggers on october 16th and 17th october 16th and 17th we're calling all youth to come out to the mendoza ranch we're going to be worshiping with the hidden valley church of christ for the bob owen is going to be out there giving a devotion and remember we are going to have tacos you heard me right tacos so um if you're interested in going please reach out to myself brother dedrick or brother mendoza and we can get you signed up so we can have the right accommodations to get everybody out there again that's october 16th that's a saturday for the youth devotion and then that sunday morning brother bob owen will be preaching so october 16th and 7th every next weekend on october the 23rd we're going to be having our trunk or treat so we're looking for people and volunteers to lend their trunk decorated there's going to be a trunk decorating contest there's going to be lots of candy it's going to be food we hope to see costumes i'm probably going to put my picture in my costume from last year right here again we hope to see you all out there invite your nephews your kids your grandkids everybody invite the whole neighborhood out because we want to make this a successful event and again that's october the 23rd the united ladies of houston presents an evening of inspirational music i'm gonna say that one more time an evening of inspirational music come join us as we uh enjoy the sounds of vision ministries the houston course third ward shady acres and even more on uh october 30th from 6 to 8 pm at the garden oaks church of christ since this is a fundraiser for southwestern christian college if you're 18 and above the tickets will be 30 dollars if you're ages 7 to 17 the tickets will be 10 and if you're under the age of 6 the the admission is free mask and social distancing are very encouraged temperatures will be checked at the door so we want to have fun we want to worship but we also want to be safe as well so please make sure you have your mask and if you don't i'm sure we'll have a bunch for you at the door again this is on october the 30th uh from 6 to 8 pm it's an evening of music and inspiration as we uh lift up and give uh and build up funds for southwestern christian college and also if you have some kids that may be interested in southwestern some kids some high schoolers that are going through their senior year looking for a college to go to look at southwestern bring those kids out let them enjoy the music and let them be encouraged to to go get a christian education so again once again october 30th from 6 to 8 p.m the united lazy ladies of houston last announcement of the day we want to remind you all that if you have any clothes that you're willing to donate for the garden oats clothes closet we are going to be collecting donations for that on every thursday some things that we're looking for are casual or dress attire that's new or gently used clean and it has to be on hangers don't just throw it in the bag and drop it off make sure you you know put some thought into it um gently worn shoes and also no donation should be in need of repairing so what that means is if it has holes in it if it needs to be patched up or hemmed up and the hymn is all jacked up don't bring it don't bring it we want to make sure that what we give to the people in need is ready and it's um up to par with something that we will want can i get an amen amen amen amen some things that we're not looking for we're not looking for any party wear or formal dresses no sweatshirts or t-shirts or undergarments so we want to make sure that um also when you come to donate that you have a mask on when you're donating any uh items so please reach out to brother lc or brother bob butcher if you need any more details um again reach out to pops or brother bob butcher if you have if you uh need more details in what you can bring or what they might need again this is going to be on thursdays from 10 to 12 from 10 a.m to 12. we hope to uh to to give them more than what they need amen amen so as we wrap up today's announcements we hope that you all find something uh to get involved with at the church we have bible classes we have events coming up we have so much to do we're getting back into the group of things and um we're excited to uh have you all back with us of course please make sure that you're wearing masks while you're in the building please make sure that you're wearing masks while you're outside moving around the city of houston or wherever you are we ask that you just be safe and until we meet again uh my name is bryce powers and i will see you all next week like to thank uh brother tillman for the message worship was so good this morning i saw folks as i play in the audience just getting up and excited about god's word but john along with his message he said something that reminded me that this worship is really not for us it's not about you it's about us praising god on that same note the epiphany i had is that we get so excited in the building let us not leave the building and forget everything we heard and did the children used to sing a song that about couldn't tell they said i said i wasn't going to tell nobody but i couldn't keep it to myself so what we're asking you to do you that excited in the church house don't keep it to yourself you need to tell somebody share god's word with somebody let them know how excited you are about serving god and invite them to come also is that all right so if somebody come to me and say y'all getting excited i said yeah but that costs me telling somebody all right is that all right can y'all help me is that okay so we need to make certain that as excited we are in god's building we need to be just as excited about god's word in the street then you're telling somebody and you're making a difference in the community and you're telling the world that you love the lord and you're trying to do his will is that all right may god bless you i have a funny feeling that god has a special blessing just for you what you really need to do is wait for god's blessing when you least expect it when you don't even see it coming it's almost like out of nowhere god is going to bless you whether it means finding that job you've been looking for or finding monies to pay that bill that you didn't think you could pay or your child calling you and saying you know i heard you and i'm going to do what you say those are signs that god is blessing your life so i want to encourage you not to get depressed not to get too excited but for god's children he's going to take care of his children and god has a special blessing with your name on it so let's stand so we can be dismissed our father and our god god we thank you we thank you for this day god we know that we could not have put one foot on the floor without you blessing us lord we know that we could not have gotten dressed could not get up and move about unless you ordered our steps for that we thank you dear father father we thank you for putting a roof over our heads and allow us to have the necessities of life lord you bless us in so many ways that you give us things that we don't deserve and not only the things we need you've given us so many things that we wanted lord and we thank you for this dear father we thank you for your son that died on the cross and as we celebrate his life during our worship service we thank you that he came to this earth and he died a cruel death but thank you lord that he raised up this this lord's day and and because he lives we have a right to the eternal life we thank you for that dear father the father fathers our prayer that everything that we said and did in service today was pleasing and acceptable to you lord it's our prayer that your word will not leave this building void but we will be touched in a way that we want to tell others about the wonderful news that we've heard about your word so god bless us watch over us protect us until we meet again these and so but many other blessings we asked of you in jesus name we pray amen [Music] and i know the train is on time because the lord [Music] and for those of you that are out there listening in the audience you need to know that this facility that we worship in is a facility that has the capacity of roughly 2 000 people and so if you say 25 occupancy i believe you're in the neighborhood of four to five hundred people and so as i glimpse the audience today there are roughly 100 or so people so that means 400 more of you 300 more of you could come and we'd have plenty enough space to worship god [Music] singing breaking always praising things we can't comprehend because i got all i need and i'm on a mission to bring people oh yes i'll pack your bags [Music] is [Music]

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