Live | EAC Worship Service | 28 Feb 2021 | EAC Portmore

[Music] so come on bless the lord o my soul and all that is within me bless is all the name come on just welcome the presence of the lord in your midst right now hallelujah we serve a mighty god a god who is supreme a god who is above anything anything that you can think of that god we serve a god that is above every single situation and circumstances we want to welcome you to emmanuel portmore this morning where we worship the true god the living god where we worship the king of kings jesus christ is his name hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we want to welcome you just invite somebody to join us at esc portmore um on youtube on facebook and all the platforms just invite them to join us this morning as we welcome the presence of the lord hallelujah come on just lift your lift your faith right now as we give thanks unto the king of kings the lord of lords heavenly father we thank you we thank you lord for another day we thank you lord for opening our eyes this morning lord we thank you lord god because you have preserved us for this time for this moment and lord god you have preserved us almighty god to be an active member of your kingdom lord god in this very moment and so lord god we give you thanks because lord we are going to make a difference we are going to bring change lord god to this nation lord god to this world almighty god because father your spirit lives within us and so lord we give you thanks this morning god we pray a blessing over each and every one who touch and and connect with us this morning almighty god father we pray healing over their bodies we pray healing over their minds almighty god and lord god we pray restoration lord god for their souls this morning in the mighty name of jesus lord let your will be done in our lives as we give you thanks in jesus name hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah at this time we invite missionary sila lindsey to read the word praise the lord everybody this morning's lesson is coming to us from psalm 64 verses 1 to 10. hear my voice oh god in prayer preserve my life from fear of the enemy hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity who wet their tongue like a sword and bend their bows to shoot their arrows every even bitter words that they may shoot in secret at the perfect suddenly do they shoot at him and fear not they encourage themselves in an evil matter they commune of lame snares privily they say who shall see them they search out iniquities they accomplish a diligent search both the inward thought of every one of them and the heart is deep but god shall shoot at them with an arrow suddenly shall they be wounded so they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves all that see them shall flee away and all men shall fear and shall declare the work of god for they shall wisely consider of his doing the righteous shall be glad in the lord and shall trust in him and all the upright in heart shall glory this is the word of the lord [Music] there we go [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] uh is [Music] [Music] is [Music] he has overcome [Music] jesus i am [Music] [Music] god oh foreign [Music] is [Music] that cannot be shaken in the name of [Music] jesus is jesus name [Music] declare that in the atmosphere one more time [Music] is is is foreign [Music] in the morning in this atmosphere of worship [Music] i'm holding in my hand this morning prayer request i presented them to the lord and we're just gonna come in agreement in prayer every situation that's written here this morning we're putting it at the throne of god [Music] and he already told us that he's able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ever ask or think [Music] father in the name of jesus how great are you lord we magnify you this morning because you are god we exalt you because you are the king of kings and you promised to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ever ask or think and right now in this atmosphere jesus ever written requests and every unspoken one in this sanctuary this morning we lift them up to you those who need jobs we need clear jobs in the name of jesus those who need healing by your stripes i declare that they are healed now in the name of jesus those in the hospitals god move by your power touch each and every one of them you are the great physician you are the doctor above every doctor and no situation is impossible with you nothing god there is that you can't do so we lift them to you right now god you know all the names you see the situations even before it happened turn it around for your glory fix what need to be fixed remove what need to be removed open whatever do i need to be open in their lives you are a god who cannot lie and you honor your word above your name and your word declare this morning that if we act in faith believing we shall receive mighty god we want to thank you for the blessing of this motor vehicle even in the midst of pandemic and turmoil you are still blessing your people and we pray right now god for a special covering over this vehicle splatter your blood all over it i assign angels to sit inside and outside of this vehicle god there will be no theft there will be no accidents there will be no issue with this vehicle because you never bless your people and it becomes a curse so i speak a blessing like no other on this vehicle and on the driver and god if there are payments to be made i pray for open window timely payments in the name of jesus father god we approach you again for the situation in your country mighty god the crime mighty god the numerous murders daily father god the problems that we're facing right now god we present jamaica land we love into your hands again jesus christ blood is being shedding every day babies to the elderlies are being killed for no apparent reason but in the name of jesus we send out the stop order on the american men we sent out the stop order on the murderers we sent our dust up order on those who are turning this country into havoc god almighty angels to chase them chase the mighty god and if they don't surrender move them out of the way enough is enough we stand on your word god you're sending the people who are called by your name recall we are called by your name this morning we have humbled ourselves god and we're seeking a face for a divine intervention the families that are in turmoil god almighty show up step into these homes god the children that are being abused mighty god you said suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not god almighty we are placing every situation in your hand this morning because in your hands it is well in your hands god almighty you will turn it around in your hands mighty god it will be transformed so we lift our voice to you right now and we clap our hands as a sign of thanksgiving as a sign of thanksgiving and we decree and we declare god that it is well in jesus name amen hallelujah it is well it is well in jesus name if you really believe today that it is well can you just lift your hands in the presence of the lord and say it is well just turn to the person you are nearest one say it is well hallelujah you may be seated bless the lord o my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name today we want to extend a special welcome to everyone who is there are you happy to be here today i know i can't see a smile in terms of your teeth but i can't see your eyes can i just get some bright smiles that light up your eyes you're shaking it sister patsy i can't see the smile amen we want to welcome you and for those who are on our online platforms we thank you for joining please take a moment and share our broadcast it's on youtube and facebook we are always happy to have some special people with us and these persons are visiting with us for the very first time are there any first-time visitors this morning if there are any you can just stand so we can acknowledge you amen quite a few good to see you on behalf of our leaders bishop c e e thomas pastor jillian thank you for joining us you are always welcome to worship with us and our praise team will be serenading you with a special song this morning [Music] christian today [Music] is [Music] here in jesus name okay thank you president we want to invite our first-time visitors to come back again and again and again for the month of march all members are asked to fervently pray for our nation let's pray for social and emotional issues reduction in crime and murder mental health and conflict resolution the marriage department handed out some bookmarks with prayers for marriages and if you did not get a bookmark as a married person we just ask you to raise your hands so that the ushers can hand you one of these bookmarks it has a prior where we are declaring that our marriages will be unstoppable and we want to believe that as well amen that's critical for our nation please save the church whatsapp number it is eight seven six eight two four one three eight and send us a message with your name so we can add your number all inquiries registration for sunday morning worship should be sent to the church whatsapp number if you didn't get the number just know you can call the church office and it will be given to you please note that babies are blessed on fourth sunday of each month please contact the church office at the same whatsapp number it's 876 824 for information on this process kingdom kids please remember to log on to our zoom kids praise this and every sunday afternoon at 3 pm and we want to acknowledge those persons who will be celebrating birthdays or wedding anniversaries this week anybody are here who oh much karim everybody else is so excited just stand up we're going to serenade this morning anybody stand because our musicians will be playing the happy birthday song and for those with anniversary just take it for happy anniversary so the musicians of the plane and we just want to pick you up on this week your special day [Music] amen we wish that this week will be extra special for you even though you missed it because today is the last day of the best month of the year you know but you missed it but wish you happy times these are our our announcements please pray a special prayer this week for sorry please pray a special prayer this week for the protection of innocent jamaican citizen and you see we are stressing these saints it is very critical that we pray corona is um kobe 19 numbers are going up but that's also happening in our crime numbers and this week we really want to spend some time to pray let's pray for god's divine intervention eternal father bless our land guard us with thy mighty hand keep us free from evil powers be our light through countless our sins let us not forget to pray for our nation god bless you have a wonderful week amen amen amen come on keep clapping that's my good thing that the lord has blessed me with amen amen amen all right um the youth are for this generation and today we want to present to you our our youth council who will be the operational arm of our youth and children employment ministry for the next two years and this is a new new mandate in terms of how we'll be operating we'll still still have the youth board but our youth council is is new uh we haven't had a an operational council in the last couple of years but today we want to present them to you and first of all i want to present our our youth president and this is a youth president for emmanuel portmore and it will be sister anisha rose i want to put your hands together for her she's not here today but you'll see her picture on screen i'm just going to ask the council just to come quickly and her assistant will be under vice president will be sister abigail sparks just come and stand in the front quickly so everybody can see you all the others just line up quickly then we have sister shanice hardy sister shanice batis sister shani morgan sister tatiana cummings or brother orin campbell social distancing please and brother kadeem may jackson and this will be the youth council who will be in operation over the next two years ensuring that our youth at emmanuel portmore are active are touching god and are staying connected in the kingdom and i want you to look at them they will be your immediate contacts they will be the persons who will be putting our programs together they will be running the the friday night programs as well and starting this friday we will resume our friday night youth service that's joshua generation and we're going to ask everybody remember to log on remember to connect and if you need any information please connect any one of them any one of the board members please please please contact them if you need information and let's get 20 21 going because we are here to take over we are here to take charge and we are going to be warriors in the kingdom amen come on put your hands together for them this is your ysm youth council and just remember to log on next friday and also this sunday is the children's ministry will be having their sunday school at 3 p.m invite your kids to log on trust me the information the word the word is rich and we want you all to join in the nurturing of our youth and our children to be in charge for this generation amen amen come on put your hands together for them again thank you thank you council members thank you and it's no offering time everybody it's no time to give back some of what we have to the lord amen amen come on put your hands together again it's offering time it's a time of celebration hallelujah hallelujah and we're going to do our declaration this morning remember the ushers are not allowed to give change so you can go to the to the office and have um have your large notes changed also if you need to swipe your debit on your credit card you can go to the office as well for those who are online our banking information will be posted online you can go to www.eacpotmore.com to make your contributions or you can use the the bank account details that will be on the screen that's for ncb and sagicor you can also use the dropbox that are located at our um two two churches which is esc portmore and asc slipe road and you can give your tides and your offerings through those avenues amen just stand everybody as we do our declaration this morning come on let's read together as we we receive today's tithes and offerings here at emmanuel apostolic church we declare 100 tithe payers we declare that our people will be debt free we declare that our church will be debt-free we declare jobs and better jobs we declare successful business ownerships we declare raises bonuses and promotions we declare sales and commissions benefits we declare scholarships and fellowships we declare favorable settlements we declare estates and inheritances we declare interest and income we declare rebates and returns we declare checks in the in in the mail and also deposits in your account that you don't know where it's coming from we declare gifts and surprises we declare bills paid off we declares blessings and increases we declare salvation and healing for our soul this we believe in jesus name just move strategically to the osho is closest to you and our music ministers will be ministering at this moment bless you [Music] [Music] do [Applause] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah come on everybody just stand just stand and be excited about your gifts this is what you have planted come on hallelujah hallelujah heavenly father we thank you for the gifts of your people father we pray that you'll provide returns beyond their expectation in the mighty name of jesus father we pray that they will have increased almighty god and father even some who have sown out of their need almighty father lord god i pray that you'll bless them abundantly lord god and father we pray that these seeds almighty god will go towards the building of your kingdom we say be fruitful multiply replenish subdue and have dominion in jesus name hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah put your hands together for our pastor pastor jillian thomas praise the lord everyone [Music] happy black history day today so many people let me see those who dressed up in the african print and their jamaica colors just stand to your feet this morning as we acknowledge black history month and black history day our praise team is all decked out come on i see some of you just stand to your feet at this time and come on just give yourselves a hand and as we celebrate this morning god bless you well at this time we will be having some babies to be blessed um and like jesus we had that little challenge this week where we had more persons than we wanted to but we did not want to turn away anyone so we're going to try and do our best and stretch them out as best as possible so i might need the help of a couple of our ushers our head usher we have these babies to be blessed we have 13 babies to be blessed this morning so we are going to work it out and i'm asking the parents not more than two persons are to come with the child and also we have put some markers out and as we call your name we invite you to come and as an usher i need an usher to come and help to place him we have amari auret hales just come at this time [Music] amara moncrieff just stand at the marker please onilio rolando black jada khalia cunningham tiana kylie mcfarlane kira jamilia folks [Music] emilia zariah blair oh my god um tava alicia malcolm bishop tutu is in the house nikon raja anthony tibi casey hope annaswana white sadoki kemar brown could we just spread out please thank you [Music] okay so i just want to make sure we have everyone so do we have amari hills baby hills okay baby moncrieff [Music] baby moncrief baby edwards okay baby black [Music] edwards and black cunningham by two [Music] macfarlane folks blair [Music] malcolm tb white and brown a couple of them are missing it's supposed to be 13 but it's all right let's get into the frame of mind we're about to bless these babies [Music] as a pray team sings us a verse of this song as we pronounce [Music] the um bless you and keep you make his face shine upon you be gracious to you the lord is bishop takes it from here put your hands together for these infants that are being presented this [Music] morning we thank god for this beautiful day this beautiful opportunity that we have to worship him and this is a part of our worship i've heard it said over the years some people say well we're gonna take the blessing of the babies out of the way it was never in the way it was a part and still is a part of the worship service the lord when the disciples rebuked those that sought to have jesus bless their babies he said no no no suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for such is a kingdom of heaven and so as we bless these babies this morning 13 wow maybe some are not here but however many quite a few this morning and we just thank god that you chose to come you you you didn't have to do this but we want to urge you to not let it stop here babies are sensitive and responsive even in the womb even as fetuses we've seen evidence of that now they're here you'd be surprised how much they know already they just can't verbalize it and articulate it and they're picking up everything that you do your moods your actions your smiles your words your tone they're picking it up so it's important that you train up a child the way he should go that when he's old not depart from it so we urge you to bring them back to the house of god not just when they're going to do an exam or getting married but let them be raised in the fear of god let them be raised in the fear of god and so we applaud you this morning for doing this and urge you to keep it up by letting them become a part of the family of god as they are grown we know the pandemic is on and that's that's that's understandable but that won't be here forever and so we're going to pray a prayer of dedication of these infants one prayer at the end i will stretch toward each child and pronounce a blessing we invite you now to bow your heads and those of you in the audience that can stretch your hands towards them please do heavenly father we come to you in the mighty name of jesus we thank you today for your love and your mercies we thank you for your manifold blessings we thank you god this is the day you have made and we'll rejoice and be glad and even as we stand now in your courts presenting these infants to you we remember when you said suffer the little children to come unto me in other words allow them to come permit them to come don't stop them you took them up in your arms and blessed them we pronounce blessings on these infants now in the name of jesus we speak protection we speak provision we cover them under your blood every attack of the enemy that the devil would seek to bring on them as they're raised i pray against it now we shut it down in the name of jesus the angels of the lord will be around them we thank you and we declare it in jesus name that they are blessed come on somebody say we declare that they are blessed we declare that they are blessed i pronounce a special blessing now on this child in the name of jesus i pronounce a special blessing on these children in jesus name i pronounce a special blessing this child i pronounce a special blessing this child i pronounce a special blessing this child in the name of jesus i pronounce a special blessing on this child [Music] in the name of jesus i pronounce a special blessing on this child i pronounce a special blessing on this child in the name of jesus i pronounce a special blessing this child in the name of jesus everybody put your hands together and say you jesus name [Music] um that means it is [Music] we thank you this morning you may go back to your seats your children are blessed can pick up the certificates immediately after church or you can come to our church office during the week between tuesday and fridays god bless you just before we get into the word this morning just a matter of just a couple of reminders to our congregation and we hope our congregation understands the stand that as a minister we have to take so we're just reminding our members or visitors that wearing of a mask inside of the sanctuary is mandatory it is mandatory it's not a choice this is something that we have to do and we ask that you cooperate with this the ushers are having a warm time with many of our people not not cooperating with this social distances also also the gathering after church and getting into groups that's not allowed also please stay sanitized we have put sanitizers around all over you also have your personal sanitizers please use them and if you have any pre-existing conditions asthma flu-like symptoms whatever it may be what is it that you should do please stay at home if you need prayer just call calling we have a prayer line we will pray for you but we're asking if you have flu-like symptoms if you have asthma if you have whatever whatever it is you know you have please stay at home remember also to call in your names to register because we have a limited amount of seating in the church all right and of course for refreshments after service please support our juice cafe next door so we want to stand now sister don is going to come as our psalmist the praise team as we prepare for the word of the lord they're going to do a song of worship this morning everybody stand to your feet and then immediately after that our bishop will be coming with a word from the lord can we just lift our hands in the presence of our supreme god he is worthy he deserves every praise and in addition to raising your hands just open up your mouth right now be grateful lord we thank you we honor you we magnify you you are the only true love not can compare to you [Music] you are always fighting for us heavens angels all my around is found in knowing that you wear the victor's crown you're my help and my defender you're my savior and my friend by your grace i live and breathe to worship you at the mention of your greatness in your name i will bow down in your presence fear is silent for you wear the victor's crown let your glory fill this temple let your power overflow by your grace i live and breathe to worship you [Music] hallelujah you have overcome you have all back home hallelujah the world you are always fighting for heaven is i live and preach you have overcome over jesus christ everything must come to you everyday my oh every stronghold [Music] every be stronghold [Music] [Music] you have won [Music] you have wanted all four [Music] you are the reason here you are hallelujah one more time [Music] hold on everybody lift your voice lift your hands and lift your hearts [Music] hallelujah hold you down [Music] come on somebody open your mouth and give the king of glory the praise that he deserves this morning all the glory belongs to you jesus all the honor belongs to you lord come on somebody come on give him give him the glory give him what he deserves give him jesus hallelujah the presence of the lord is in this house and where the presence of god is there is liberty you better claim your liberty this morning you better claim your freedom this morning don't leave here without it [Music] grab your bibles grab your bibles [Music] yes [Music] we thank god for this beautiful day this day of worship the day that he has made the day that he has given another day another day to worship him another day to bless him another day to glorify him amen and this is the lord's doing and it's marvelous in our eyes before you take your seats i want us to read job 13 and verse 15. job 13 1 3 and we're doing one verse today job 13 and verse 15. let's read together though he slay me yet will i trust in him but i will maintain my own ways before him though he slay me yet will i trust in him i'm going to be preaching this morning yes but i still believe look at somebody and tell them yes but i still believe bow your heads father we thank you it is in moments like these that we need the assurance of your presence it is in times like these when we need to be reminded that you're always with us and like job yes he went through but he still believed so regardless of what we go through today we still believe hey we believe that you will see us through in the name of jesus somebody said amen again we say amen don't leave praise team there's a song called i believe i want us to sing that this morning amen i won't preach more than 15 minutes we're trying to get out of here within an hour and a half amen and so uh this is black history month today is the last day of february it's also the last day of black history month and we told you if you could wear something african uh if you couldn't that's fine just come as you could calm but come to worship god anyway and we look around and see all the the wonderful people of god however you're dressed today africa jamaica just anyhow amen turn around tell somebody you look good tell me you look good man i i bring you greetings from africa today i will try to preach in an african language is that okay i will be preaching in the national language of south africa which happens to be english amen praise god hallelujah you know there's so many things that black people have accomplished in the world that we don't know so many of the inventions so many of the things we use and take for granted were created by black people you ought to have black pride you want to be proud of yourself and this does not mean that we are not proud of our white and indian and chinese brothers and sisters it just means we are proud of ourselves we are proud of our race amen we we're we're that good amen when we're good we're good and when we're bad we're good bad i mean it's just it's just an amazing thing so on behalf of my african queen stand up and press jillian hallelujah start playing very softly let's start amen are you ready are you ready come on you ready [Music] everybody [Music] oh i believe you are i [Music] needs more than you're giving it especially those of you just like africans [Music] i want a few praises to come out not too many now social but those of you that really want to dance a holy dance amen just step out then begin to praise god this morning are you ready and wherever you are come on lift up your feet you gotta pick up your feet if you have arthritis we're [Music] [Music] come on [Music] i trust i believe i'm [Music] am goodbye oh one more time [Music] oh my [Music] everybody [Music] say oh oh come on somebody come on somebody i don't know who it is but somebody's getting ready to get the pain to put mine somebody's getting ready to tell your sorrows goodbye somebody's getting ready to tell your sickness goodbye is it you is it you is it you you you god bless goodbye thank you thank you thank you you may be seated if you can praise god yes but i still believe that's what job said though he slayed me [Music] in job 13 and 50 yet will i trust in him but i will maintain my own ways before him it is interesting when you read the book of job and even how it opens up where the sons of god presented themselves before god and the enemy showed up also how many knows that the enemy always shows up when you show up but he doesn't show up for the same reason he does not show up for the same purpose you are here to worship god as a matter of fact there's a song we sing are you here like me for the same reason are you here for the word the devil doesn't come for the word the devil doesn't come to worship god the devil doesn't come to sing unto the lord so god said to him and so from whence cometh down and he said well i've been just walking up and down in the earth going to and fro see the enemy why do you think trouble always seems to be following you because the devil is just walking up and down the earth to and fro the bible says he seeks to devour whom he may and that means he cannot devour you unless you allow him unless you permit him in other words satan comes to you and says i need your permission don't forget it he doesn't come and do what he wants to do just like that he says i want can i have your permission to mess with you to mess with your emotions can i have your permission to throw you off today at work can i have your permission to make you get upset with your husband or your wife he needs your permission he he he goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may not whom he wants to devour not whom he is going to whom he may devour so that may there is a strong word in that sentence he only does it if you allow him how many know that you don't have to allow the devil to do anything in your life put your hands together and praise god so god said to him have you considered my servant job he's a just man he is a he's a whole man and he he astrudes evil and and and and and the devil said yeah but you acting like job serves you for nothing haven't you built some kind of hedge around him a protective hedge around him you better thank god for the hedge of protection that's put around you come on somebody and that's why when we come to church we we get renewed and our faith is revived and we ought to leave here knowing that we are stronger leave here knowing that the fence amen is patched up wherever there was a little breach we ought to leave here knowing that the worship has corrected that we must leave here knowing that our protective hedge is firm and ready again to ward off the enemy the only way the devil can penetrate that hedge is if god permits him or if you permit him so so so haven't you put some kind of hedge around him and the lord said okay all right let me prove something to you that he's gonna serve me regardless do what you want with him just don't touch his life and you know the story how job became afflicted nobody in this room has ever been afflicted even one-tenth of one percent of the affliction that came upon job and and we have so much complaints where do we find so many complaints when we're not going through anything we have to know therefore that whatever you're going through in the same way that job was able to be tested and he came out victorious oh my goodness you will come out victorious can somebody put your hands together and say amen yes because what we realize is that job had troubles not trouble troubles plural one after the other does it ever seem to you like just when it seems like things were about to get better it got worse does it ever seem to anybody that just when it seems like you were at the point of your breakthrough that things just took a turn for the worse come on somebody well you've got to be careful because job lost much he lost family he lost fortune he lost fitness and he lost friends in the story of job it's interesting to see how they came and what they were saying to him don't be swayed by friends who like to run up their mouth and just tell you what they think you should think what the word of god says you should ground your faith on what the word of god says concerning you not what your friends are saying can somebody say amen because the bible says none of us will go through life without troubles but he says counted all joy what do you mean god count my trials the fiery darts count it all joy what can i find joy in the situations that i'm going through right now the circumstances that's plaguing me how can i find joy in that when you see troubles will do one of two things to you troubles for those of you who are taking notes number one trouble will either draw you closer to god or it will drive you further away amen they can drive you away from god but at the end of the day god is still in control how many know that god is still in control regardless of what you're going through god says to remind you he's still in control that's why the word says in romans 8 28 and we know that all things work together for good notice it did not say all things are good but all things the good things the bad things the not so good things the not so bad thing all of them work together for good this is why you have to allow the the trying of your faith this is why you have to allow the circumstances that god allows in your life in the same way he allowed it with job if god did not allow satan to touch him he could not touch him so job had his troubles and and and by the way please remember please remember this everybody you cannot get out of life alive something is gonna go wrong something is gonna take you out some sickness or other is gonna take you out of this you cannot get out of life alive and troubles will come and press you sore but in the name of jesus if your mind is made up if your heart is fixed if you have decided to go all the way with jesus it doesn't matter what the enemy throws at you can somebody put your hands together and praise god so we see job's troubles but we also see his temptations because when when these events occurred in job's life he was faced with certain temptations these are the same temptations that all of us will face today as we go through our troubles he could have blamed god but uh because god said put forth thine hand now and touch all that he has and he will curse thee to thy face that's what the enemy said but then god allowed allowed allowed it so that the devil could know it doesn't matter what you do to the child of god who knows me the child of god whose mind is made up the child of god whose heart is fixed it doesn't matter what happens they're going to serve me anyway job could have blamed god he could have blamed himself because when you look at the scriptures in job his friends came and all his friends came and had all kinds of things to say they were all wrong i'm telling you sometimes your best friend might be giving you advice you've got to know whether that's the good advice or not good because they are telling you what they think they are telling you from their own experiences and all of job's friends one came and he was saying oh man i've been there and done that i i know what you're going through another one came and said well well let me tell you man this is how it is and this is what you need and everybody had something to say but when you are going through your trials you've got to stand flat-footed and know regardless of what people are saying regardless of how you feel on the inside you cannot blame god and you cannot blame yourself oh my goodness one of the great benefits of suffering is that it reveals the true character of the people around you the bible says that his friends came to comfort him and they all they did was level one attack after another ah a job but look at what they said to him eliphaz this is the man of testimonial experience he has already been there and done that no matter what you are going through this kind of person will always come and try to comfort you but you've got to listen to the voice of god and not just to the voice of those around you they flattered job they flogged him they did all kinds of things and then they floored him when they says that he is self-righteous not accepted by god if job didn't know better he would have listened to them and missed the mark but job kept on looking at god i'm here to tell somebody today that regardless of the trials that you go through do not listen to the voices even if they seem to be voices of wisdom you listen to the voice of god because god is going to speak a word of comfort god is going to give you direction and so his other friends came bill dad came and so far came you can read it in job i don't have time to go through all of them this morning and every one of them thought they had the right solution they thought they had the right suggestion and recommendation but job kept on listening to god not only his friends even his very wife said why don't you curse god and die if there is really a god how can he allow you to be going through what you're going through how many of you have ever been to a place where it really seems like if god is for you and you heard the word you confess the word if god before us who can be against us and you stand on that word you claim that word you hug that word but then it seems like your life is upside down it seems like everything is just topsy turvy how many of you been to a place when it seems like you're this close to giving up come on talk to me somebody when it seems like you tried all you could you've borne all you could but it just seems like nothing now get better my god and it's getting worse as a matter of fact and money is failing your friends are telling you one thing the doctor is telling you something else your spouse is telling you something else you go to work and it's another set of problems how many of you have been to a place where you didn't know what to do what do you do when you don't know what to do well you look at what job did and tried to do what job did because joe said all the days of my appointed time i'm gonna trust god i'm gonna stand on his word so he slayed me yet will i trust in him in other words though he kills me my god what kind of faith is this that job had to some of you haven't been through much you've just been through a little bit and you're ready to give up you are ready to curse god and die the devil is a liar i came this morning to declare to you that things may not go the way you want them to go things may not look the way the prophecy spoken over your life declared it but just hang on just believe god come on somebody is there anybody with a prophecy over your life and you're wondering where is the fulfillment of the prophecy didn't they say that this would happen and maybe they even gave you a timeline but i came to tell you my god you've got to hang on to the word of god when it seems like there is no help around when it seems like there's nobody to lean on you just lean on god where do i go when there's no foundation stable i go to the rock i implore you to go to the rock this morning this rock is jesus job had his troubles he had his trials he had his temptations he could have chosen not to bother with god and that's what the devil is telling some of you this morning whispering in your ears don't bother with god but i came to tell you don't you give up on jesus for jesus is not giving up on you if you can take it you will make it if you can just hold on it's gonna be all right it's gonna be all right i heard the word of god says weeping may endure for a night but joy comes in the morning joy comes in the morning so go through your midnight crisis go through your trial period it's just a test it's just a test it's gonna be all right you're gonna come through the fire you're gonna come through the flood you're gonna come out all right to get somebody say yes because after the trials after the troubles that job had he came out with a testimony to i came to tell somebody your testimony is being baked in the oven god is baking a testimony my god if you just wait a minute you're going to hear my story if you just wait a minute you're going to hear my testimony because i've got something to say i've got something to declare that the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear the lord is the strength of my life my god when the wicked of the enemy came upon me to slay me here to eat up my flesh they fell back they will come at me one week but we'll flee seven ways i declare unto you today yes trouble comes sometimes but i still believe look at your neighbor and say yes i'm going through a crisis but i still believe yes i'm broke but i still believe yes i'm sick and not getting well but i still believe yes my child has given me trouble but i still believe yes sir my husband walked out on me but i still believe yes trouble on the job but i still believe the trouble in the neighborhood but i still believe how many believe this morning how many believe yes it doesn't look too good but i still believe yes it may not be what i thought it would be praise god but i still believe yes trouble comes on the right but i still believe the trouble is on the left but i still believe friends are telling me this and friends are telling me that but i still believe anybody be leaving here today stand up on your feet and say yes but i still believe it may not look too good but i still believe it may not look too right but i still believe laid me off the job but i still believe that they reduce my hours but i still believe my wife caught the virus but i still believe yes yeah yes put your hands together i still believe i still believe i still believe job had a testimony at the end of it all he renewed his commitment with god this is what we need to do whenever we find situations present such struggles in our lives renew your commitment with god because the the the the watch this the trouble came to cause you to renege on your commitment to go back on your word the devil is a liar ain't no demon in hell it's gonna cause me to go back on my word i made a vow unto the lord and though he slayed me [Music] though he slayed me yet will i trust him i trust you god i trust you god it's hard but i trust you i trust you i trust you i trust you i trust you when i can't see clearly i trust you when i can't hear your voice i trust you when i don't know which way to turn i trust you [Music] because all my life you have been faith [Music] why should i stop trusting you now all my life you have been so so good yes i'm going through right now but with every breath that i am able [Music] i will say of your goodness [Music] lift your hands and say yes yes but i still believe yes but i still trust god [Music] [Music] jesus yes lord it's been a rough period but i still believe i still believe i love you lord [Music] yes i've been held in your hands [Music] from the moment that i wake up until i lay my head come on worship god worship god worship god [Music] it's been rough you are close like it's been rough but i still believe you as a father i know you as a friend and sister jackie it's been rough on my life but still believe god oh oh is is is is even when it doesn't seem like by taking them just humming humming grace you just hum it the spirit of god is saying some of you here you have been waiting on the lord it's been years i don't know who what i heard god saying tell the people some of you been waiting just waiting and waiting waiting on the lord and nothing is changing god said to tell you you're going through a job experience it was written for your learning for your example and you have waited as long as job waited you haven't lost as much as job loss family finance his fitness his flesh began to fall from his bones [Music] friends were gone everything he had was gone but joe maintained his integrity job maintain his faith in god i encourage you this morning to hold on you may not see even the slightest glimmer of hope but hold on for in the end job got doubled for his trouble [Music] hallelujah your double is coming your double is coming your double disc double double double double double it's coming it's coming job saw it he experienced it didn't think he would when his friends spoke to him but thank god he never listened to his friends be careful of the friends that's talking up in your ears be careful of the friends some of you need to delete some friends some of you need to block some numbers some of you need to remove some friends from your facebook page some of you oh my god if your friends are not there to help you they're there to hurt you [Music] you've been waiting but god said it's okay it's okay i have not forgotten you the lord says my people i have not forgotten you i know what you're going through i see the circumstances in your life right now and i know the pain you're here but god said it's it's coming it's coming it's coming sooner than you think you'll be able to say goodbye to your pain goodbye to your sorrow goodbye to your troubles goodbye to your brokenness my god how many are ready how many are ready to receive the blessings of god and the blessings of god may not lead the breakthrough it may need the grace to hold on yes yes yes because if you can take it you will make it if you pray you will stay and if you fast you will last but god is watching you hallelujah let's sing that again as we get ready to close [Music] hallelujah if you're here today this is a great time to surrender your heart to the lord if you're here today and you don't know god the pressures of life will destroy you and let me tell you it's when you get saved sometimes that the the enemy begins to attack why should he attack you when you belong to him he's not going to give you trouble i mean you have trouble but it's a different kind of trouble but when you get saved then you expect that now that you're saved things are just gonna change for the good oh no that's not how it works can i get a witness here this morning that's not how it works but you've got to maintain your integrity and hold on hold to god's unchanging hallelujah i'm gonna pray a prayer a prayer of faith [Music] we're gonna declare some things in the atmosphere [Music] are you ready raise your fist [Music] symbol of fight every ounce of fight that you have in every modicum of strength that you have raise those two fists if you can father in the name of jesus christ of nazareth we thank you because you have won the victory we thank you because you are our champion we thank you because you've never lost a battle you are a doctor in the sick room a lawyer in the courtroom jesus you are our bridge over troubled waters mighty god today we stand in your presence looking at the life of job looking at the experience of job and how he dealt with the hand that he was dealt how he trusted you in spite of everything that happened around him when his friends gave him bad advice when his wife told him to curse you and die oh he said though you slay him he was gonna trust in you oh god give us the job spirit give us a job anointing to go through what we're going through in the name of jesus i release it over this house right now you will not complain you will not be bitter but you will be bitter you will not complain but you will come rejoicing you will not speak against god but you will witness of god you will tell of his goodness you will declare that there is no god like our god even in the midst of your trouble the mids in the midst of your problems you're gonna declare that god is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek come on put your hands together now and receive them as we come in agreement today with the word of god yes the battle may be hot but i still believe the conflicts soar but i still believe the devil is out like a roaring lion but i still believe i still believe i still believe don't rock in the road i still believe [Music] hallelujah glory be to god we're getting out of here rejoicing this morning come on victory victory victory oh oh right [Applause] with is me is me oh is yes me ah [Music] in the name of jesus hallelujah i have a few questions for everybody and the answer i want from you is yes but i still what are you going to say let's practice yes but i still believe yes [Music] some of you been going through trials beyond measure is that right yes but i still believe aren't you frustrated at times yes but i still believe aren't you carrying a burden that's so heavy you can hardly bear it yes hadn't you been waiting on god to come through with a breakthrough for a long time doesn't it look like god has forsaken you yes doesn't it look like god doesn't remember you [Music] does it seem like some people came long after you and got their breakthrough before you you still believe you still believe you'll still believe let's sing that song and let's get out of here today one soul is here another that wants to be [Music] baptized [Music] [Music] is is i believe [Music] i just [Music] me [Music] [Music] me yo [Music] you're not welcome i is this morning hallelujah if you know you've got the victory give my victorious praise in the pool this morning hallelujah and now may the saving grace for lord and savior jesus christ love of god the father full flesh restroom and abide with us both now and forevermore let everybody say go with your blessers [Music] you

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Published: Sun Feb 28 2021