"Is She Your Sister or Is She Your Wife" Pastor Nathaniel Urshan

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah all across this building let's lift up the name of jesus god we've come to praise you we've come to magnify you we've come to lift you up god we put all of our focus on you lord we love you tonight oh that's it church give the praise to the lord he's worthy he's worthy to be praised he's worthy to be exalted someone clap your hands into the king of kings and to the lord of lords let's magnify the name of jesus [Music] [Music] love every day [Music] [Applause] [Music] when power and majesty [Music] glory love every night [Music] [Applause] [Music] you wait [Music] [Music] with power and i just [Music] late [Music] lord every night [Music] oh [Music] every night [Music] oh [Music] another chance [Music] oh [Music] you [Music] you're right [Music] [Applause] [Music] you're right [Music] [Music] you're right [Music] [Applause] let's give it to the lord he still reigns death couldn't stop him hell couldn't stop him he still reigns he's still sitting on the throne [Music] the bible says that one day every knee is going to have to bow and every tongue is gonna have to confess that jesus christ still reigns religiosity is gonna have to say jesus christ your lord false doctrine is going to have to say jesus christ is the lord i'm glad i have revelation tonight that he still reigns somebody lifts her voice and somebody give a shout unto the lord with the voice of thanksgiving that's it give it to the lord give it to the lord give it to the lord he still reigns tonight [Music] [Music] [Music] he goes performing he goes before me defender behind me defender behind me [Music] anointing [Music] [Music] no weapon can harp i won't fear [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he always guides me he always [Music] it restores my soul [Music] give me [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] alone [Music] for her [Music] oh [Music] [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he's my comforter [Music] oh [Music] is from me [Music] [Applause] is my [Applause] [Music] hallelujah the presence of the lord is in this place i want to invite you for just a moment one more time i want you to lift your hands the comforters in this place the comforter is in this place jesus is in the house you don't have to worry those questions those doubts that arise at the midnight hour the comfort is here hallelujah turn that shave into a victory turn that defeat into a victory tonight turn those tears into a victory right now come on if you need a touch from the lord turn it into a victory we're not a defeated people not a defeated people so don't hang your head low i want you to lift up your hands and i want you to lift up your voice let's get all across this building let's build us in this place there's consolations [Music] lift up your face the lord can touch you right where you are god i praise the church no matter where you are the lord knows where you're at he hears your voice [Music] is [Music] [Music] change your strategy paul [Music] is [Music] [Music] i am [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] i'm thankful we're not alone tonight i'm thankful that he's the god that sees me i'm not alone i'm not off in some corner where no one can see my circumstance he sees my circumstance he knows where you're at in your need we are to give him praise we are to thank him this evening hallelujah come on that's all right [Music] maybe you're thinking tonight well wait a minute that stuff's good but my problems are complicated when i leave here i got to figure this out and i got to figure this out i want to remind you that the word says if i be lifted up i will draw all men unto me we don't have to figure it all out we don't got to come up with the steps to do it if you'll lift him up he'll draw all men if you lift him up he'll be there if two or three agree he's there in the midst of them hallelujah thank you lord thank you lord thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] there's a beautiful presence of the lord in this room as you return to your seats clap your hands to the lord [Music] jesus [Music] thank you jesus amen you you may be seated to all of our guests we welcome you the first pentecostal church are we glad our guests are here this evening amen each of you that have taken time to worship with us thank you for being here we have a gift it's our way of saying thank you and we do this for all of our first-time guests you can text the word welcome to the number on the screen behind me 919-364-5236 and we have a gift it's our way of saying thank you and at this time our ushers are preparing to come as they do so if you need an envelope for ties are offering just slip your hand up and they will bring an envelope to you tonight following the service is our last seed money dinner it's a barbecue meal at nine dollars a plate proceeds toward efforts that are are happening in the kingdom of god homemade desserts for a dollar fifty free tea and snacks and we want you to join us over in the family life center come fellowship with us and let's eat unto the glory of god tomorrow night is a special night how many of you love family prayer amen amen it's 7 to 8 p.m right here in the sanctuary and simultaneously tdv will be at gear street from 7 to 8 pm also join us in prayer we will not be having leadership training meeting but we will be joining for that first hour and then this upcoming saturday plan on joining us for combined men and and ladies outreach um we're meeting right here in the sanctuary at 10 a.m on saturday morning we encourage you to participate in that and if you are interested in learning sign language we have a wonderful sign language team and brother troy weaver is beginning classes it is on october the 7th if you are interested see him and for any details regarding any events you can refer to our instagram page we're posting some details there and we're going to do so on a regular basis and you can also refer to the bulletin we email that out if you're not on that we want to get you on that visit the welcome center and we can make that happen amen i'm glad to be in the house of the lord tonight god is good he is merciful and he loves you and it's no accident that you're here god wanted you to be here tonight amen and i'm just going to go ahead and open my heart up to receive from god put my weak to the side put next week to the side there's no such thing as tomorrow because tomorrow is not yet and there's nothing that i can do about yesterday but i'm right here in the presence of god amen i wish we'd get that mind tonight what happened yesterday is yesterday what's coming tomorrow i can't control but i'm here in the presence of the lord and in this moment i'm going to worship in this moment i'm going to lift god up hallelujah hallelujah come on as we pray let's glorify god lord we've come to give you our praise we magnify you and we worship you let your spirit dwell with us in this place in jesus name [Music] [Music] above all names [Music] [Music] magnifiers [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Applause] [Music] [Music] hey [Music] hey [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] okay [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] holy days [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] she [Music] how did he know he's exalted tonight [Music] oh come on how many know there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved that at the name of jesus everybody has got to bow [Music] i wish i had some apostolic people in this sanctuary that said he's exalted lifted high he's all ten he's to be glorified [Music] [Music] [Applause] water is [Music] hey thank you jesus glory to god glory to god glory to god i'll give him praise oh give thanks unto the lord he is good and his mercy endureth [Music] to all generations [Music] praise god let's give the lord a handcuff of praise [Music] somebody asked me they said how do you get people to come to church on sunday night i said what do you mean that's our biggest night they said what how do you get them to come to church i said maybe you're not in the right church maybe what's happening over there isn't the same thing that's happening here but i can tell you what's happening here we're exalting jesus [Applause] with all my heart with all my mind with all my soul with all my strength [Music] praise god look at the person next you tell them i'm glad i came to church tonight glory glory glory glory glory glory glory praise god praise god praise god i feel like praising him [Music] i feel like praise in him [Applause] [Music] how many can testify the lord has been so good to me i feel like praising him i feel like clapping my hands [Applause] [Music] i feel like stopping my feet [Music] well it feels good in the house of the lord [Music] you just don't know what's going to happen when you lift up your voice and when you call on the name that's above every name just try it are you in a trial lift up your voice and call on jesus [Music] what do you have to lose you already tried everything else [Music] i feel like shouting for joy i feel like shouting for joy the lord has been so good to me i feel like shouting for joy well i feel like praising him i feel like praising him oh the lord has been so good to me i feel like praising him [Music] i feel like oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] well i feel like running the aisles [Applause] [Music] in here [Applause] [Music] [Music] and shout out to god with a buzz of triumph [Music] well praise be to god [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus you can find a seed in close we are glad you are in the house of the lord we're glad you came to lift up jesus with us tonight it is great to have kevin chetham with us tonight guest of brother joe vega i see you up there kevin god bless you good to have omesa mendez here again from florida she was here a few months ago god bless you mr men does god bless you it's good to see you in the house of the lord gene and luis may are back again with us we're glad you came back to worship god with us deborah howard is here again helen allen is with us again jenny panagos diana hernandez are visiting with savannah henry god bless you all it's good to have you in the house of the lord sister rosanna herrera's mom sister arlene is here with her again tonight amen glad that she can be here and brother macy scarborough has his cousin with him brother parker williams from texas amen came here to make sure everything's going all right [Laughter] amen and we are glad if if we didn't catch your name if we haven't met you yet we want you to know you're welcome in the house of the lord there's exciting things happening in the house of the lord we have baptized four people in jesus name this week between carver street and gear street amen and we are just getting started let me say it again we are just getting started i'm more in love with jesus now than i've ever been i'm more excited now than i've ever been praise god praise god and we are happy that you're here amen we've had so many good things happening and i just can't keep up with it all but one person i am so happy is here i'm glad bishop godair is here amen amen bishop i want you to come greet the people they want to hear from you we love you we stand on your shoulders and on your years of sacrifice god bless you everybody say praise the lord why don't we just remain standing for a moment it's good to be in church tonight i'm glad we have sunday night church i'm glad it's not sunday morning only anybody glad to be in god's house tonight oh let's give him a high praise [Applause] when you get in love with god you love his house you love his name you love his people you love the church you love your pastor you love the work of god oh let's give god a hand clapper pray [Music] oh let's glorify the lord tonight praise god praise god praise god amen amen amen trying to keep up with everything that is happening a few names i want to mention you can remain standing we're going to open up the word of the lord but a few things i want to mention remember with the charles wood and his family in prayer the passing of his father that god would keep his hand upon them i want you to remember little tucker tonight he was taken to the hospital late last night and and the family was with him but rebecca said he was there till early in the morning just pray that god would reach down and touch that little body in jesus name and also sister linda jones she's gone through a pretty severe surgery brother as he's with her tonight let's lift these names up can we do that right now just take a moment ask god to reach out and touch our brothers and our sisters minister to them jesus help them be with them we love you dear god we claim your healing promises we claim your great promises from your word stretch forth your mighty hand o god let the glory of the lord rest upon them we need you jesus we love you jesus and we claim all of your great promises and everybody said in jesus name amen if you've got your bible i want you to open with me tonight to the book of genesis chapter 20. genesis chapter 20 and i i'll start reading at verse 1. genesis chapter 20 verse 1 if you have it say amen and abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country and dwelled between kadesh and sure and so joined in gerar and abraham said of sarah his wife she is my sister and abimelech king of gerar sent and took sarah but god came to abimelech in a dream by night and said to him behold thou art but a dead man for the woman which thou hast taken for she is a man's wife i have often seen people grapple with who they are in god they love what they feel in an apostolic pentecostal church but they look at the way we live and they look at how we dress and they look at the way we conduct ourselves and they say i'm not sure if i could do that i want to talk to you tonight i want to communicate and preach to you tonight i'm going to preach a message and try to bring out a few things i think we need in 2021 and my title is simply this is she your sister or is she your wife is she your sister or is she your wife god bless you you can be seated let me take a little time to lay a little foundation here um you don't get what you feel in this place tonight by accident nobody just stumbles into a strong church nobody just turns around and falls backwards and wakes up says i'll let you hear this is a strong church but it took a lot of dedication to build a church like this it took a powerful man of god and his wife to build a church like this and the god who honored them i'll say this it took an abraham and a sarah to build a church like this it took people of faith to build an assembly that loves god it doesn't happen by accident we have to be very very particular about how we do this we have to be determined we have to plan to live for god i don't know about you tonight but i plan on going to heaven i'm going to heaven i'm not sitting here waffling around well i don't know i hope i'm making no i'm gonna make it to heaven god is my redeemer god is my exceeding great reward and i forsook egypt a long time ago and i plan on seeing jesus i want you to go with me praise god but we're living in a world that doesn't like commitment even in natural marriage i don't know if i want to lock myself up i don't know if i want a commitment like that i want all the pleasure of a relationship without the covenant and that is the mantra of this generation and so as people pursue their own pleasure the bible said they would be lovers of pleasure more than lovers of god as they pursue that children are born out of wedlock men chase women women chaste men and nobody understands covenant anymore you don't get a godly life by accident you don't get godly children by accident you don't get a strong church by accident you got to fight for it you've got to be intentional about it you got to set your feet you got to plant yourself and say i know who my god is i know what i believe i know how to worship i know where the blessing of the lord comes from and i'm in covenant with jesus tonight you have to get in covenant with jesus praise god that kind of a lack of commitment it's tearing our society apart now we have a generation of fatherless boys that are losing their minds we have a generation of fatherless young ladies that that are nothing like the young ladies of the past what used to be every now and then it'd be scandalous now it's everywhere now it's commonplace and it's because people don't know how to enter into covenant with the lord hallelujah i'm not just living my life anyway i'm not just wandering to and fro i'm not wandering bible says of cain he was a wanderer that's a good message i'm going to preach that one day mark that down he was a wanderer he just kind of wandered here and wandered there no particular destination but it doesn't say that about abraham abraham looked for a city abraham had a destination in mind he was looking for a city whose builder and maker is god so i'm not wandering around to clubs and i'm not wandering around to pleasure dens and i'm not wandering around with the websites of this world but i am on my way to heaven i am on my way to the kingdom of god i am in love with jesus hallelujah i need some people tonight that understand it takes commitment it takes prayer it takes preaching it takes doctrine it takes rejoicing it takes rebuke it takes correction help us jesus abraham is an example of a man who walks by faith and if you walk by faith you're going to come to the same place abraham came to you're going to have to ask yourself do i really believe this do i believe this or did my parents believe this do i believe this or did my grandparents believe it am i really as involved with god's church or is this a is this a flame are you treating the things of god like a one-night stand or are you ready to make the commitment to the things of god are you ready to say i'm in this for the long haul i'm ready to sign on the dotted line i'm ready to commit myself now i will confess to you that there are a lot of people that are very attracted to things in god's kingdom abimelech was attracted to sarah and there are people who are attracted to the church they want the blessings of the church everybody likes the blessings bless me jesus give me give me give me give me give me just go ahead and open up those windows of heaven pour me out a blessing everybody likes blessing and there's there's a lot of of con man preachers out there that'll tell you that you can just be blessed anyway it doesn't matter how you live doesn't matter what you believe and that didn't take all that you just show up and and you just keep on giving your money and god will bless you you just name it and god will give it to you you're blessed no matter how you live and that is a lie from the pit of hell the angels of the lord don't encamber around about everybody the angels of the lord encamp round about them that fear him hallelujah god's looking for a consecrated people god's looking for a blessed people he's looking for a people that will give their heart and their life god did not bless abimelech god blessed abraham and so we don't just preach about blessing and we don't just look for blessing people are attracted to provision the lord is my provider the bible teaches that god is to us both lord and christ now everybody wants him to be the christ but there's not a whole lot of folks signing up for him to be the lord and you can't enjoy the blessings of the christ if you don't submit to the king of kings in the lord of lords god's not just handing out blessings and miracles and provision like lollipops he's not the ice cream man he's not santa claus he's not the easter bunny he's not the tooth fairy oh no he blesses his children he blesses those whom he he blesses those he corrects those he chastises those who are willing to submit themselves to the blessing of god to the favor of god to the authority of god and though people may be attracted to blessing and provision it takes a whole lot more than just wanting it i want sarah oh do you because there's a whole lot more to sarah than than you might think i want my children to to live for god well then you got to get in with all your heart people are attracted to godly families but but you got to get in with all your heart you can't show up one sunday and take a couple months off and come back later and say why are my children turning into little monsters you you've got to get them into the presence of god you've got to get i'm glad we have sunday night church too bishop because this is where the blessing of the lord is at this is where i'm changed this is where i am i'm formed and conformed to the image of jesus christ this is where i'm transformed by the renewing of my mind [Applause] godly families don't just happen praise god but it takes it takes a consecration it takes a covenant i remember years ago we had a young man in church he was a strong young man broad shoulders worked a good job had a a promising future he was single and he served the lord he came to church he was the first one there he turned the church on he'd get it ready he'd help us he ran different ministries and he was looking for someone to love someone to share his life with couldn't find the right woman finally there was a girl at work and his this young man was faced with am i going to serve god or am i going to pursue a natural relationship with a woman and if you've been serving the lord for any amount of time you know what the scripture tells you we are not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers what fellowship does light have with darkness if i'm going to marry somebody i want to be yoked together with somebody that loves jesus somebody that is as sold out as i am i want somebody that's going to run the aisles next to me i want somebody that's going to be faithful in their tithe and offering i want somebody that wants to raise up our children like i want to raise up our children in the fear and admonition of the lord i want somebody that's submitted to the pastor and the word of god i don't want just anybody i want a sarah and if you are a sarah you want an abraham he came to me he said do you think this is the lord she's pursuing me i said it is not the lord i wish i could tell you he fought the good fight he didn't she pursued him and what she was attracted to was his steadfastness she was attracted to his responsibility she was attracted to his good job she was attracted to his kindness she said here we have a man that i can build a life with so i am going to pursue him and she chased him and she made herself available she seduced him she would knock on his door she would come to his house and finally he relented and he was with her now the problem with all of that is you can think you're getting something but if you don't do things god's way if you don't learn to control yourself if you don't do things in a godly fashion if you don't pursue the blessing listen abimelech this doesn't just happen there's a lot of prayer that goes into this there's a lot of doctrine that goes into this there's a lot of consecration that goes into this and if you use ungodly methods trying to find a godly solution it will never work you might get the person but you'll undo everything that made him great if you undermine his covenant if you undermine her walk with god if you tear apart the thing that attracted you in the first place you're going to find out you're not getting what you thought you were i've got to be in love with jesus there's a right way to do things there's a wrong way to do things they did it wrong and it wasn't three months later that he was physically abusing her he went back to what his father was when he fell into fornication every other devil that used to afflict his family came out and the blessing of the lord that was upon his life lifted from off of his life i am just telling you this thing takes consecration amen this thing takes going to church it takes prayer it takes the oneness of god it takes baptism in the name of jesus it takes the infilling of the holy ghost on a daily basis it takes family prayer it takes time and offering it takes commitment it takes fasting it you gotta sense yourself and say i'm in covenant with jesus christ blessing doesn't just happen and just because you're attracted to the things of god doesn't mean you're willing to pay the price so i know the world wants it i know the world's pursuing it but the world can't have it the world can't have it until they forsake sin until they enter into a covenant of faith until they walk with the lord and when they walk with the lord god will make a way we've got some we've got some people here that used to do it the old way but now you found god's way amen now you found the way of the kingdom you found the pathway of righteousness how hallelujah and i'll just go ahead and say this right now that that living for god is the best life i was young and now i'm old still yet i've never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread can anybody testify that god brought you through can anybody tell i need i need some old-timers to say tonight the lord was with me it was worth it every minute was worth it every hour was worth it every prayer meeting was worth it every revival service it was worth it [Applause] hallelujah somebody say thank you jesus amen and if you are making these steps and you are consecrating your life don't be afraid abraham because abraham was afraid he was afraid the bible says that that he said do me a favor sarah tell the leaders of this land you're so beautiful you're so so precious they're going to be attracted to you and and we do have a family connection so i'm technically not lying tell them you're my sister and he he lessens the covenantal relationship from what it really is god didn't call us the sister of christ he didn't call us the cousin of christ or the nephew or the niece of christ but he called us the bride of christ this thing's a whole lot more involved than any other kind of relationship this thing is a whole lot more profound it's a whole lot more intertwined living for god is a whole lot more than just every once in a while or any other kind of a connection but it's intimate it's precious it's it's covenantal his blessing flows when people are connected to him don't don't let him know what it's really like why her her question was why and he said because they might kill me you got to be ready to pay the price to have the bride be who you are don't you back up one inch don't you hide from what makes you great they might kill me abraham was afraid they were going to kill him i find that a lot of people are reluctant when it comes to giving it their all and that's what that killing me came down to was am i going to give it my all am i going to give it everything i've got am i getting am i going to give him my life my heart my soul my spirit i think when we worship god we should give it our all i don't want an ananias and sapphira kind of a get at giving when i come to church i don't want to give god 50 of what god gave me i want to give him everything i'm dying to myself i'm dying to myself hey you serve a god that gave everything and i want to return that to the god that gave everything i'm ready to die for him hallelujah i'm ready to give my life for him the way that translates into this modern day is they might talk bad about me folks there's some there's some people that are just pathetic with how weak they are there were people that died for this people that were thrown to the lions for this people that were crucified for this one apostle was crucified upside down for this [Applause] in the early turn of the century they threw things at them they beat them they mocked them they said if you come preaching that jesus say message in our city we'll run you out of here we'll tar and feather you there was one man they stuck in a sweat box and they locked the door masked men took that apostolic preacher and shoved him in a box left him there all day long in the southern sun and heat and when the day was over they unlocked the door and said now you'll learn not to preach about jesus name and he fell out half conscious and delirious from exhaustion and when he walked into church the next day he walked in preaching the name of jesus just like he always did you got to make up in your mind i've given god everything i've got [Applause] you're facing the devil that's ready to go all the way you got to be ready to go all the way you got to be ready to give him all your heart all your mind all your soul and all your strength [Applause] praise god the great miracles of the scripture were always coupled with people ready to give their all will you stop praying in thread of lion's dens will you stop refusing to bow with thread of fiery furnace will you stop if you if we tell you we're going to imprison you but the bible said that they kept on they they they rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer for the sake of jesus christ and today we got to worry that somebody might say something sarcastic to us what am i going to do it's going to take a whole lot more than than mean words and and and looks and sarcasm it's going to take a whole lot more than that hey we've never had it easier serving god than right now come on grow a backbone stand up straight plant your feet look the devil in the eye don't you let him push you around you plant your feet and say i am committed to this church i am given to this church i am in covenant with jesus i'm married to jesus christ i'm going to sit at the merit supper of the lamb i'm waiting on the midnight cry when the bridegroom comes my lamp is trimmed and my wick is ready and my lamp is full hallelujah the bible says that abimelech later isaac came through his land with rebecca and and isaac had the same fear there's a stand you have to take what are they going to do when they find out i'm apostolic when i walk into the garage tomorrow and they find out i go to that church oh you go to one of those churches do they handle snakes in your church i told one guy i said i got a rattlesnake with your name on it buddy [Laughter] no we don't handle snakes we handle devils we shake off devils we handle that snake we handle that old serpent we're not afraid of it you know those snakes that bite your friends snakes of alcoholism snakes of drug addiction snakes of dysfunction and divorce and chaos those snakes that are killing society we grab a hold of them in the name of jesus and we tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the wiles of the enemy don't get it twisted we know who we are praise god and you're living in a world where everybody's coming out of the closet i got to live my truth see you see how that works i got my truth you've got your truth everybody's got a truth well how about you live for the truth i don't want my truth i want his truth i want the bible said because they did not receive the love for the truth god would send them strong delusion they would believe a lie i want to live for his truth and if the world wants to come out of their closet you better believe i can come out of mine and i don't have a closet of perversion i've got a closet of prayer and when i come out of my closet i've got healing in my hands when i come out of my closet i've got the word of god it's a sharp two-edged sword when i come out of my closet i'm coming out singing dancing shouting rejoicing come on abraham come on isaac this is not a casual acquaintance this is not something i fit in around t-ball practice this isn't something i fit in if i get around to it i build my life around this if my family comes in town on church days i don't go with my family i stay with the house of god and my family knows that if they're having a barbecue schedule the barbecue on saturday because a sunday i'm going to the house of god i'm married to this you got to know who you are you got to know this thing doesn't work halfway you've got to give it everything praise god praise god and when you come to our church services this this is how church works the bible says that that abimelech looked out his window he looked out his window there's a lot of people that look out their window michael looked out her window at david a lot of people looking out of windows jezebel looked out of her her window at jehu a lot of people looking down from their ivory towers a lot of people from their lofty position look out of their windows you can look down on what we're doing all you want to i'm still going to glorify him you can judge me all you want to but i'm in covenant with the bride i'm in covenant with the master i'm in covenant the bible said he looked out the window and he saw isaac with rebecca for sake of mixed company i won't go into what was happening but it was enough to where he knew they weren't sister and brother and there are people that when they look into our lives they're going to realize this is not a casual thing this is a husband and wife thing i can remember bringing people to church when i was very young i'd bring them to church and i would pray for a calm service i would pray for one of those the anchor holes one of those kind of services they'd sing let the lower lights be burning lord give us one of those don't give us one of those barn burners where wherever the power of god just fills the place because i'm afraid of what they're gonna think of me and that abraham isaac dynamic of am i gonna enter in with all my heart am i going to if am i going to take ownership am i going to jump in with everything i've got don't praise him halfway don't live for him halfway don't be too reserved and too collected that's not what marriage is about marriage you give everything you've got you pour your heart out you become one you're in covenant i'm married to the things of god people would come to church they were expecting incense they were expecting gregorian chants and monks and robes golden crosses and and quiet sermonettes that lasted 15 minutes and what they found when they got there abimelech looked out of his window and said oh this thing is not a casual you really believe this you're really into this aren't you it doesn't work any other way it doesn't work every once in a while it doesn't work as just a social thing you get involved with periodically this thing is an everyday relationship with god that's right and when you when you look into how we live our lives you're going to find hand clapping you're gonna find shouting when we leave this place sometimes you gotta loosen your tie up sometimes you gotta make room for the holy ghost sometimes you dance until your hair falls down sometimes you pray until there's nothing left i believe you should give god everything you've got i said i believe you should give god everything you've got i believe the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man a faileth much oh somebody lift up your voice right now i'm not trying to have reserved church i'm not trying to have calm collected church i'm trying to give god my whole being i want to praise him until the chains fall off i'm gonna praise him until the addictions break i wanna [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you gotta praise him like your family depends on it you gotta pray like your marriage depends on it because it does people look out of their windows it's it's a it's a metaphor for being removed from it they look down upon it but apostolic worship and apost the pentecostal experience is a fiery experience it's an experience where people pour their heart out to god and they speak with other tongues as the spirit of god gives the entrance it doesn't work any other way it doesn't work except in christ it doesn't work confessing with your mouth the way they teach it it doesn't work going through rituals and ceremonies you got to have the holy ghost you got to be in covenant with isaac you've got to be intimate with abraham you've got to be in love with jesus christ my prayer is with everything my worship is with everything my giving is with everything people say you give 10 to god i say actually that's just the minimum i give offering i give missions i give building fun and i give 10 and they say how in the world could you ever do that and then that they betrayed that they don't know who jesus is i am i have more now than i have ever had i am blessed i can't handle the blessing of god [Applause] when you're married to jesus you're a tithe paying church you're an offering offering giving church you give everything you've got you give your heart mind soul your being your substance your increase i'm not just saying it i'm living it well how in the world how in the world i said how much money you spend on cigarettes how much money you spend bailing your kid out of jail how much money you spend on rehab how much money did you spend at the horse track how much money do you spend on the lottery how much money did you lose in the stock market [Applause] when you're living for god he'll open up the windows of heaven over you he'll rebuke the devourer from your life prove me now prove me now prove me now herewith and you can look out of your window all you want to but i'm married to this let's lift our hands to heaven musicians can come right now hallelujah i want somebody to lift up your voice right now hallelujah right where you're at right where you're at i don't want to live for god halfway i don't want to live for god partially i don't want to live for god incrementally i don't want to be afraid of what they're going to say or do to me [Applause] oh i feel the holy ghost here right now i feel like we need to look at the abimelech of durham north carolina and say we're not afraid of who we are i'm not afraid that i'm apostolic i'm not afraid that i know who the one god is i'm not afraid that i've been baptized in jesus name i'm not afraid that i'm faithful to the lord [Music] this is who i am in 2021 this is who i am this is how i live this is what i'm going to be [Music] oh somebody come down to this altar and give god everything you've got [Music] when the devil tries to talk you out of it give god everything you've got in the lion's den give him everything you've got in the fiery furnace give him everything you've got hey [Music] oh somebody lift him up right now right where you're at lift him up [Music] lift him up come on abraham lift him up [Music] come on sarah lift him up [Music] oh i feel the holy ghost in this place right now [Music] i'll lift your voice [Music] lift your voice lift your hands and call on his name [Music] this is who we are this is how i live this is how i praise this [Music] this is how we go to church this is sunday night church take the foundation [Music] i hope you came to give him everything you've got stand out strong in jesus name tonight you've got all right [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] let's love him tonight [Music] [Music] this is what we've got to do [Music] give him everything you've got your heart your mind your soul [Music] [Applause] hold it right there the bible said that michael looked down at david she looked down at david and she despised him a lot of people that right there would say oh well i guess i can't do this anymore i guess i can't praise god like this because the bible says he was dancing before the lord with all of his might [Music] in that moment michael had a decision to make am i going to be saul's daughter or am i going to be david's wife which one are you going to be are you going to keep it at a distance or are you going to inherit the promises of abraham isaac and jacob are you going to follow a backslidden king a lukewarm worship are you gonna compromise and lose to the philistines or are you gonna get out there and dance with your husband i can't speak for michael but i can speak for me as for me and my house we're gonna serve the lord somebody help me praise him [Music] oh [Music] [Music] you are [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i know what's going to happen tomorrow when you get to work the devil's going to hit you with everything he's got he's going to criticize you the problems at home financial problems are going to hit you when that happens you can curl up in a ball and you can get depressed or you can grab a hold of what the people of god have always relied upon when that happens open your mouth and begin to glorify god lift up your voice like a trumpet change the atmosphere in your house and take authority in the name of jesus you are the dance you are the shout you ought to praise to the glory it might start out kind of quiet it might start out kind of subdued as you work your way through it but as you start to feel the holy ghost you crank the volume up and you let hell know who you are in the name of jesus [Music] you are shocked you are the praise to the glory come down here [Music] [Music] [Music] you are [Music] [Music] [Music] children [Music] [Music] [Applause] how many know the lord is worthy [Music] [Applause] one tonight [Music] [Applause] [Music] tonight is [Applause] [Music] somebody lifts up your voice [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Applause] hallelujah [Music] god praise god praise god somebody say thank you jesus [Music] can we lift our hands right now in this house let's ask god to help us [Music] let's ask god to be with us [Music] let's ask god to strengthen our hearts [Music] i'm not afraid of the spirit of this day i'm not afraid of abimelech i'm not afraid of paying the price [Music] this is the only way that church works when a person pours out their heart to god [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah glory to god [Music] today today marks a year since brother albert passed from this life since god gathered brother al into his bosom god took one of his precious jewels home [Music] and the other day sister chris byrd miracle and brittany they were out on the streets bringing people to the house of god working on the buses laboring together working together this is our third sunday back from beginning bus ministry we're getting close to a hundred young people coming on the buses we're thankful to god we're thankful for the people who work so hard and dedicate themselves they know who they are they give themselves they are fighting the spirit of this city and i believe god is going to help us amen and there's no other message that can save than the gospel of jesus christ there is no no sporting event no youth league no basketball no softball no no football none of that changed the heart of a young man or a young lady casual approach to church will not work god chose marriage as the description of how we are with the lord and i want to live my life that way let's give the lord a handclap of praise thank you jesus praise god praise god [Applause] amen amen amen take the spirit of god with you tonight as you go seed money dinner the last one of the year let's go out with a bang we've bought cakes [Music] we've auctioned off stuff we have labored we have worked together this is the last week to get our seed money in thank you for your labor of love thank you for the effort you have done such an amazing job this is a great church god has great people and we're working together for the glory of god let's go down to the gymnasium let's have some fellowship let's take the blessing of the lord with us god bless you you are dismissed in jesus name [Music] [Music] you

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