Pilgrim Rest Service 09.05.21 10:45am

that's that's that's immaterial father we got you lord god and that's enough father that's enough lord god we can make it with you lord god we can make it with you father all the other things are simply icing on the cake so we thank you this morning father we thank you lord god and father god as we go into this time of praise and and of worship lord god we come this morning father pour it on you father so this morning lord god we're gonna sing and we're gonna shout and we're gonna dance and we're gonna glorify you today lord god for you are so worthy you are so worthy lord god thank you father and it's in jesus mighty name we pray amen amen amen [Music] [Applause] come on let's open up our mouths and worship him we bless you jesus [Music] we bless you jesus we bless you jesus your name is holy your name is righteous [Music] we bless your name jesus we bless your name [Music] we bless you jesus [Music] and we were [Music] hallelujah [Applause] [Music] oh bless his name hope blesses me [Music] [Applause] i hope you're expecting something special on today as we go into morning worship please rise stand to your feet yes yes thank you god and let's bless his name because he words [Applause] [Music] oh is [Music] oh [Music] me [Music] has done [Applause] [Music] holy me together yay [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah i can't stop dancing and we praise you come on hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] hungry [Music] we love you jesus we praise [Applause] hallelujah if it's so good [Music] [Music] [Music] somebody make a noise y'all know how to shout out the spirit [Music] hallelujah dancing [Music] come on give him praise right there come on praise somebody shout out [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] at home in your living room at work wherever you are [Music] let him know how great he is [Applause] [Music] you are so hope to me i call you whole lord you a whole holy who i am [Music] your name is holy you are so holy to me i call you i call you holy your name is [Music] your name [Music] [Music] your name is healer [Music] [Music] your name is [Music] your name is [Music] i call you jesus your name is jesus you have been jesus i call you jesus [Music] your name and yeah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we we praise you we pray we praise you we pray we praise you we pray we [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] lord you are holy holy one and holy you'll [Music] be holy [Music] your name is holy you are so holy to me [Music] you right [Music] you [Music] [Music] jesus you are jesus jesus [Music] come on put your hands together and give god [Music] come on and give him praise come on let's take this roof off with our praise give it praise [Applause] lord we praise you lord we know there's none like you and we shout hallelujah [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah i know there's something different going on right now you ain't used to this right now but it's okay it's all right just forget about what you came in here with and think about the change that's gonna happen in your life through your praise and through your worship somebody lift up your hands and give him glory give him glory giving glory we worship you jesus we worship you jesus we worship you jesus we worship you jesus [Applause] worship him let's make time for him let's rest in his presence we rest in your process jesus we rest in your love we rest in your direction we worship you we worship you we love you [Music] [Applause] thank you hallelujah [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] but not everybody can worship take the opportunity somebody didn't wake up this morning [Applause] just lift up your hands all over this building [Music] this is shifting that's happening right now and we're just obeying the spirit one thing about obeying the spirit when you're obeying the spirit you're not the only one moving in what you're moving in [Music] [Music] worship [Music] enter in oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Applause] this is holy grail we can't do anything in holy grail oh [Music] before you jesus [Music] bow down [Music] bow down [Music] bow down [Music] [Music] you're the only living guy you're the only living god you're the only living god you're the only living god [Music] no one else can do the same [Music] you're the only righteous guy jesus we we [Music] you're the only only living god you're the only [Music] [Music] nobody like you jesus [Music] me [Music] hallelujah yeah yeah yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] i was young and now i'm old i've seen a lot of situations in a lot of places right [Music] let's do that first foreign more time let's do the first one time i was young [Music] [Music] right my feet you don't have to worry about the thing is uh like this i never seen come on one more time i never seen it [Music] right here i never seen it [Music] i i never seen i never seen i never [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh hallelujah [Music] describes [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] come on this is your testimony this morning if you love the lord let me hear you sir millions [Music] the feeling i'd have inside [Music] [Music] simply jesus i love you [Music] [Music] dedicate my love [Music] this is [Music] cause there's no other love [Music] [Applause] love me [Music] is [Music] there is no [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] i am [Music] jesus i love you i am me music i am [Music] [Applause] tell me [Music] [Music] love you i am you i am for salvation [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] come on if you love him all over this room let's express our love to our god right now oh we love you jesus you paid the costs for that and we love you [Music] we love you today we love you [Applause] [Music] eighth o'clock service father in love with jesus [Music] is the best thing i have ever done praise his name i know we've done things a bit differently in today's service i have not publicly acknowledged our visitors today online on site but we have to remember that the holy spirit has full control amen i don't want to be one of those program churches where we know who's going to shout next and we know who's coming up next and we know how long they're gonna do it next but somebody know that where the spirit of the lord is they're gonna be liberated and when the holy ghost starts moving we have to stay in tune to his frequency how he shall lead us and god as i certainly will pay homage to our visitors after the sermon today we're continuing with this series of living with losses we've talked about losing our peace losing people losing patience last week we talked about losing passion what do you do when you've lost your power i want to examine that today join with me in second kings chapter six i want to begin reading at the very first verse second kings chapter six beginning at verse 1. [Music] the new international version of the holy word of god reads the company of the prophet said to elisha look the place where we meet with you is too small for us let us go to the jordan where each of us can get a poll let us build a place there for us to meet he said go and one of them said won't you please come with your servants i will elijah replied he went with them they went to the jordan and began to cut down trees as one of them was cutting down a tree the iron ax head fell into the water oh no my lord he cried out it was borrowed the man of god asked where did it fall when he showed him the place elisha cut a stick and threw it there and made the iron float the king james said that the iron swam lifted out he said and the man reached out his hand and took it so we ended the reading of the word i want to focus on that fifth verse one of them was cutting down a tree the iron axe head fell into the water oh no my lord he cried it was it was borrowed i want to preach today about power failure power failure look at your neighbor if you don't like them you chose the wrong seat or the us shall put you in the wrong one and look at them and say neighbor sometimes in this life come on put your preacher voice on and tell them sometime in this life you will have power failure give the lord a thunderous round of applause will you you may have your seats in the presence of of the lord one of my mentors is the reverend william alexander lawson who we affectionately call bill lawson he is the pastor merits of the church where i am a member wheeler avenue baptist church in houston texas and he recalled on one such occasion that he was on his way to a function said that he was dressed to the nines he had on a thousand dollar suit had on a dollar shirt one hundred dollar tie watch cost thousands of dollars eight hundred dollar shoes stepped in a fifty thousand dollar car turned the ignition and nothing happened experienced a i see some of you all have had that experience but he had a power failure when he looked in the car he saw that he had left one of the lights on in the car from the previous day and he remarked that although this car was fifty thousand dollars that he was stepping into with his eight hundred dollar shoes is one thousand dollar suit that he could not move for because of above that cost five dollars a five dollar bill brought a fifty thousand dollar car to a standstill he could not move he was stuck because of power failure and some of you may say that is a portrait of your life but you're trying to move forward but you're stuck because you've experienced a power failure you're not by yourself you're not alone because we're told in second kings chapter 6 that elijah who is the mentee the protege of eli jah was a man of such influence that he was a preacher's preacher he was a prophet's prophet so much so that they had a school a a seminary if you will for budding preachers the bible said as he was the headmaster the leader of this school that his influence began to enlarge and even the more because one of the students remarked to elijah that the living quarters on this campus is too small for us to put it in school terms the dormitory where we're staying where we also are being schooled it's too small for us let's build a larger living space let's build a larger living quarter and elisha commissions them to do the work and now in verse 5 the scene shifts from all the prophets to one of the prophets that one of them was swinging so hard y'all he was hitting that tree so hard with all his might you thought he had an attitude problem with that tree he was hitting with all that he had with that particular acts and we are told that while he was out there you all see me today while he was out there with his axe cutting with all that he had he noticed that the ex handle got light in his hand because the axe head had fallen off of the axe handle and had gone into the water causing this man to experience a power failure notice i didn't say the man didn't have passion because evidently he had passion because that's the reason why the axe head came off of the ax handle this man had a power problem he didn't have a passion issue it was a power problem because passion deals with availability but power deals with the capability even when you don't have any availability see a passion problem is when you have readiness but a power problem is regardless if you are ready or not you've got the resources that is need whether you're ready or not to perform the task at hand see a passion problem is a problem where you are talking about your accessibility but when you talk about power whether you are accessible or not are you able to complete the task that has been assigned to you the power in this text is representing that indispensable tool that indispensable instrument but if it is taken away from you you're not able to perform the task at hand that's what happened to venus and serena williams you heard that for the first time since 2003 both of them decided that they were not going to participate in the u.s open why because they didn't have a passion problem they had a a power problem because venus remarked that she had a leg injury and serena has a bruised hamstring both of them could not compete because they had a power problem they had lost their axe head they had lost their cutting edge they had lost their power and my question to you is what is the axe head that you have lost what is the cutting edge that has gotten away from you what is the power that you used to have but you've lost it isn't your prayer life is it you once a month fasting and praying see some of us didn't got so big in covet because we don't pray and we don't fast anymore we don't put i wish somebody would talk to me we don't push back from the table anymore we're scooting closer in to the table rather than pulling back from the table is it your prayer life is it fasting and praying is it your sitting before the lord is it your meditation time is it your consecration time is it the love of a husband if it's the love of a wife is it the love of the children that you used to have but you don't have it no more and for some of us it's the love of our own selves [Music] some of us when we look in the mirror we don't like what we see we don't have to wait to october 31st halloween in order to see a ghost or goblin because when we look in the mirror we see a ghost of ourselves i wish i had some help in here today what is your axe head what is the power that you used to have that you don't have anymore we must examine the question why why did this man lose his axe head why did he lose his cutting edge why did he lose his power in the first place i believe brothers and sisters it was because of his negligence keep looking at the text brothers and sisters because i'm of the opinion that the act's head did not go all at once i believe with every swing that he was swinging at that tree it was loosening the ex-head from the ax handle and gradually he begin to lose his power that that's how it usually happens it doesn't happen all at once it happens gradually it happens over time if it happened over time and the brother did not see it it's because he was so busy working and he wasn't busy watching and you got to be careful that while you are working at the same time you need to be watching while you're working because if the man would have been watching he would have noticed that the axe head was coming off the axe handle and he would never have lost his power if he would have been watching while he was working we got to watch while we're working that's why in matthew 26 around the 41st verse jesus says don't just pray but the first thing he says is watch and pray because we got to do just as much watching as we do working and brothers and sisters that's why i tell the lord don't just open my heart to receive your blessings don't just open my hands to receive your blessing don't just open up my ears to hear your voice don't just open up my hands so i can bless somebody else but lord open up my eyes not so i can see but open up my eyes so i can watch i need somebody to talk to me out there because it's some folks out here in the world you don't need to see you need to watch them i wish somebody would talk to me out there uh because you talking about lord let me see but sometimes what you see is not real what you see is not really the truth because some people will tell you that they're going to be with you and they're going to stand for you and they're going to stand by you but as soon as you have a power failure they'll leave you holding the bag all by yourself but i asked the lord to open up my eyes to see beyond the facade to see beyond the veneer to see what you really are to see what your true colors really make you to be oh we need to tell the lord to open up our eyes so we can watch but can i fast forward the story can i fast forward the story to tell you because i know you want to know when the man lost his power when he lost his axe head when he lost his cutting edge was he able to get it back i'm so glad to report that this man was able to recover what he had lost i think that's a good word right there this man was able to recover his axe head he was able to recover his cutting edge he was able to recover his power and that's a good word for some of you because you lost some power in your life and the devil has told you that you'll never get it back but can somebody testify the devil is alive and the last time i checked the devil don't have the last word the president don't have the last word the governor does not have the last word the mayor does not have the last word but i need about 300 folk i'll make 301 that will testify god has the last word and when the devil tries to remove it god can restore it because the god that i serve is in the restorative business how do you know he will restore because david said the lord is my shepherd and i shall not walk he makes me lie down in green pastures he leaves me beside the still hear the other he restore can i get a witness in here that no he can restore it but the devil will remove it god can restore it god can replenish it god can refill it god can refuel it god can refurbish it if there anybody in this church that know the god we serve is in the restorative business whatever you've lost [Applause] whatever power you had that you've lost i mean to tell you god can i said god can't i said god can restore david said restore unto me the joy of my salvation he's in the restorative business [Applause] well pastor how how was he able to retrieve that which he had lost and it looked as if he had lost it forever uh i want to show you through the acronym act to show you how you should act to retrieve what you've lost the first aid that i lift up for you the first letter in this acronym stands for admit you in order for you to retrieve what you've lost you've got to admit come on somebody that you lost it you can't find it if you can't admit that you lost it and a whole lot of us like to put on airs and try to act like in other people's presence but we got it all together come on help me somebody we try to fake the funk like all is well but one thing i have learned since i've been living is that you can live a lie but the people know the truth come on help me somebody because a tree is known by the fruit that is bad folk can look at you and listen to you and can tell if you've lost the power that you once had well since we already know let's just go and tell the truth anyway that you've got to admit that you've lost it if you want to find it again uh one thing i'm hearing more and more in different circles i hear people saying i hope i don't offend your sensibilities it's just fertilizer for the sermon i hear people saying often i i'm going to live my truth you've heard that haven't you regardless of what you say about me i'm gonna live my truth i hear you i feel you but as your pastor i need to tell you that just because you're living your truth don't make it the truth can i say it again just cause you doing your thing i wish somebody would talk to me you shaking your thing doing what you want to do with it come on isla brother people just because you doing your thing and doing what you want to do and you living your truth don't try to make us believe that your truth is god's truth because if you don't add up with the word of god baby you're living your truth and don't try to lie and make us believe that you're living god's truth on up to it you live in your truth [Applause] and john 8 32 says that you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free it's time for us to start living god's truth [Music] if we really want the freedom that god can give this this man was able to regain what he had lost because he told the truth he had he admitted that he had lost it and then he could find it not only does he admit it by his words ladies and gentlemen but he admits it likewise by his actions watch this if you please notice that when this man realizes that the axe head has come off of the axe handle look at the text notice he didn't keep swinging he took a break re-gathered his thoughts re-gathered himself and then reassessed what he was getting ready to do next i like him because he's smart enough to know that i shouldn't keep swinging if he ain't got no power [Music] he took a break from swinging to regather himself this is what the holy spirit revealed to me to reveal to you that in the word break through the word break comes first which says that the reason why some of us have not gotten our breakthrough is because we're so busy swinging and won't take a break after we have lost our power [Applause] take a break stop swinging beating at the air we got choir members [Applause] swinging and ain't got no power [Applause] we got ushers ushering swinging ain't got no power come on pastor we got musicians been at the nightclub all night long [Applause] and want to come in here with your holy hands and get on the instrument [Applause] we got preachers preaching [Applause] stealing sermons off the internet [Applause] i wish i had some help in here ain't sit down and talk to god about nothing because ladies and gentlemen i get on my knees every sunday night and ask the lord after i just preach sunday morning give me fresh bread for next week [Applause] i wish i had somebody to help me in here swinging and they ain't hitting us but can i tell you something for those that are still swinging and they ain't hitting nothing can i tell you the objective in this game of christianity is not to swing at something it's to hit at something can i get a witness in here and the reason we can't hit the devil where it hurts the most is we got too many christians that are swinging and ain't got no power but i wish i had some folk in here that say i came in church today because i need god to power me up if you want god to power you up i dare you to raise your hand and say spirit of the living god [Applause] come on don't just say it because i'm asking you but if you really god need god to give you some power if you really need god to give you the holy ghost power that you need ask him to fill your cup and let it overflow he'll do it anybody know he'll do with him anybody know he'll fill your cup he'll give you the power you need to go through monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday and come right back here sunday morning [Music] you you got to admit that you've lost your power the c component in act is you need to consult a mentor i'm still in the text the book says that when he notice his power is gone he doesn't go at it alone but he consults his mentor elisha as to what were his thoughts on the situation what were his thoughts on the matter which lets me know children of god that you need to find you when you lose your power a mentor somebody that has already gone through what you're going through why so you won't make the same mistakes that they have made [Music] notice elisha was this prophet's mentor why because he's a prophet he's studying to become a prophet and he chooses elijah in this instance because he has lost something and he wants to find it because when you begin to run through the roses dance of the daffodils and tiptoe through the tulips of the scripture and go back to second kings chapter four we find that this same elisha lost something and he found it again there was a little boy that had lost his life but elisha prayed to the lord laid prostrate over him and that same boy that had lost his life god gave the life back to him watch this elisha had experience in regaining things that he had lost and many of us are choosing the wrong mentors just cause they are hot on social media does not mean that they fit the bill to be your mentor to help you to get your power back i i find it amazing that that your finances are messed up but you getting counsel from folk that's still borrowing money from you i wish somebody would talk to me what what kind of sense does that make here it is you having marital problems but you getting advice from sister girl who didn't have five husbands i wish y'all would talk to me and she shack it up with mr six right now how in the world can they give you what you need and have not been equipped for the journey i told the eight o'clock service i might as well tell you all i know some of the members of pilgrim rest said pastor mack is only 39 years old what can he tell me i got shoes i got clothes older than pastor mackie what can he tell me can i tell you what i can tell you i can tell you the same thing god told me to tell you i wish i had some help out here and if martin luther king can change the civil rights movement at 27 if jesus can change the world at 33 i can help you do something at 39. and the church said amen [Applause] we have hold on let me say this too because some of us i might step on some toe the reason why some of us can't get our breakthrough is because can't nobody tell us nothing is this microphone out on over there we think we know everything but the minute you stop learning you start dying [Applause] [Music] ask the lord to open your heart to receive what thus says i i tell you church he he he consulted a mentor but but the last thing t is you have to trace your steps because he asked elisha elijah what's your thoughts on the matter elijah asked the question where did you lose it and i lost it in the jordan river that's important because that question led him to retrace his steps have you ever lost your keys in the house and you looking everywhere for your keys but as soon as you sat down long enough to think about where you put them last it forces you to retrace and track your steps and then you find yourself finding the very thing that you had lost why because you can't find it if you don't go back to where you left it you got to go back to where you lost it because it's in the same place where you lost it if you're going to find it children of god i i don't know about you all but do you all watch uh shows like law and order do you watch shows like law and order special victims unit okay let me go back uh murder she wrote in colombo and okay i i knew i would get a few of y'all on some of those in the here [Music] [Applause] some of y'all might not know you need to go back and watch in the heat of the night [Applause] [Music] when you're watching those type of shows somewhere in the episodes take my word for it there's going to be a missing person report somebody's going to be missing and when the investigator asks the people the first question they're going to ask them is where did you see them last why because they want you to retrace your steps why because when you retrace your steps i love this part when you retrace your steps you'll usually find a clue you'll find a lead in the retracing that will help you to gain what you lost and you'll be able to find it and that's all i'm trying to tell somebody watch this sometime and i'm done this is my nice little pretty bowl on the sermon you ready for it sometime you got to go backwards in order to go forward how many do i write about it so sometimes you got to look back before you look forward why because there's something you left back there there's some power you left behind you that you're going to need to take with you on your journey ahead [Applause] uh it reminds me of a story there was this lady who had fallen on hard times she told the lord i'm going to backslide i'm going to turn away from the faith but before i do it i'm going to look back i'ma look back one more time and thank you for everything that you did for me the lady on the knees began to start praying he said lord i i want to thank you that when my job fired me and it looked like i i wasn't going to pull through you gave me a better job than the one that i had lost [Music] said lord before i backslide i want to tell you thank you that when my husband walked off and left me you still stayed by my side [Music] i want to thank you for that to lord before i throw up my hands and leave the faith that i want to thank you that my little girl when she was five years old she swallowed a nickel and i didn't have time to take her to the doctor i didn't have time to take her to the hospital but i scarred on the name of jesus and up came the nickel and i got a witness in here and that lady said to herself i can't backslide now because the lord has been too good to me is there anybody here know time for you to go forward you got to look back over what the lord has done have i got a witness in here i know today when you look on your left side you got trouble you got confusion you got misunderstanding that's on your left side when you look on your right side somebody's sick with covet 19 somebody's in the hospital somebody passed and gone that's on your right side but when you look ahead of you all you see is heels and more heels and more heels and more heels i wish i had some folk in here you want the only one beside me when you look ahead all you see is mountains and all you see is heels but don't stop looking looking ahead you need to learn how to look behind you because when you look behind you you see all the heels he already brought you through i wish i had some help in here you see all the mountains he already brought you through you see all the storms he already brought you through can i get some folk for a few minutes to tell your neighbor excuse me if i get excited today excuse me if i give god the glory excuse me if i give god the praise come neighbor i just had a flashback and i got a witness i had a flashback to how he woke me up this morning i wish i had some more help here i got a flashback i put food on the table i got a flashback i put shelter over my head i got a flashback to her that he forgave me and forgave me and forgave me i waited on you and forgave me and forgave him and forgave can i get somebody to lift up your voice and tell the lord thank you lord thank you lord you didn't have to make a way you didn't have to do it but i'm glad you did do me one more favor say neighbor excuse me i just had another flashback because if he died is there anybody in here that know jesus died for you but sunday morning anybody here know he got up anybody on this side no he got up if you know he got up you still sitting down for a hug can you get up on your feet something must be wrong with your legs can you wave your hand and tell him thank you thank you lord you broke me through up i should have been dead sleeping in my grave but he made a way to help won't he make a way help won't he make a way say yes there's too many folks in here i can't hear you [Applause] [Music] won't he do it won't he make a way won't it bring you out yes here we [Music] [Music] yes he will yes he will can you say yes he will can you shout yes he will get that in your soul get that in your spirit he's able to make a way out of no way he's able to turn darkness in today i wish you tell about three people i serve an able god i serve unable god [Music] if you don't believe it don't say it but if you know he's able if you know he's able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all you can ask or think tell somebody i serve an able there's nothing nothing nothing too hard for my god hallelujah thank you lord every time i turn around he keeps on making it away can i don't want to make you dizzy can you just turn around with your pastor one time just and just say lord every time i turn around ah every time i turn around you you keep putting food on the table every time i turn around you put shelter over my head every time i turn around when i'm broke i find some money every time i turn around when the doctor say no you'll come back and say yes every time [Music] he keeps on he keeps ours [Music] he keeps on oh my goodness come on stand with me real quick we're gonna open the doors preachers come on ah nobody but you jesus nobody but you jesus nobody but you jesus listen i know we say that when praises go up blessings all to come down but can i get somebody that when blessings come down some praise ought to go up [Applause] can somebody open up your mouth give god the glory make a joy for god [Applause] i praise him i praise him i praise him yeah for all that he's done let's see see i gotta want a real prayer see when you got a real praise and you don't need no music the music helps but how many know all you got to do is have a memory to look back over your life and see all the hills and mountains that god has brought you over and if he didn't before i said if he can't before he's able to do it again can i get about 300 processors can go ahead and give god a praise right where you stand for him opening doors for him making ways for him straightening out stuff [Music] oh my god [Music] [Music] he's all right yes he is [Music] he's all right [Applause] thank you my god all right [Music] come on take it up a half step come on come on come on you want as well you might as well come on one more time take me up one more time [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] what you're saying yes too i'm saying yes to my healer yes to my deliverance yes to my breakthrough my soul say yes [Applause] [Applause] [Music] oh yes [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh yes [Music] and we praise you i think you're here today said pastor mackey i'm not saved i have not given my life to jesus christ don't you leave this church today without coming down one of these aisles give me your hand but more importantly give god your heart say i want to live for you for the rest of my life for the rest of my life i'll serve him for the rest of my life i'll praise and worship his name this is what it's all about children of god giving our hearts our minds our soul back over to god nobody has come yet but we're anticipating that you're here we believe that you're here that you need to have an encounter with our lord and savior jesus christ the man lost something valuable he was able to get it back he lost his power he was able to get it back because he had a source of power that source of power for you and i is jesus christ because he didn't stay there in church early somebody shouted early with me early sunday morning he got up with what oh [Music] in his hand he wants that power to be made available to you right now listen the journey from your breakdown to your breakthrough is between your seat and this all time [Music] i'll say it again i said the journey from your breakdown to your breakthrough is coming right here to this altar don't wait don't hesitate don't procrastinate but participate by saying i'm coming come on sister i see you coming bless you come on today [Music] that's right we're waiting come on brother i see you coming praise god for you that's right stand right here for me [Music] my sister stand right there for me bless you bless you listen come on brother i see you coming praise god for you come on if you even up in the balcony press the elevator one and come down we'll take the stairs come on we're waiting come on brother i see you coming that's right stand right here brother stand right there for me brother god bless you come on somebody from this side come on we want you to come the lord wants you to come this is my time this is my moment to connect to communion with our lord and savior jesus christ [Applause] don't put it off another time another moment make today the day of your life change the day of your miracle [Music] the day of your breakthrough he wants that to happen for you if you only would delight in him lord for you lord prepare me lord prepare me lord prepare me [Music] come on [Music] and with thanksgiving [Music] can you trust me sanctuary [Music] [Music] to be a sanctuary come on the door's still open for you for you and your children for you and your husband you and your wife try to true when i see these coming from this side come on let's praise god they came from the balcony come on they came from the balcony bless you [Music] if you would stand right there for me stand right there for me listen six has come but we know seven is the complete number of god i don't want to hold this service hostage i know y'all got to get your grips ready for tomorrow and your brisket and all that thank you lord thank you but seven you know you're here come on seven where are you come on where are you seven come on come on seven we're waiting on you [Music] come on seven we're waiting on you [Applause] come on come on we're waiting on you come on seven yeah [Music] you stand right here for me brother [Music] bless you sir bless you [Music] somebody said pastor megan i know seven came but i couldn't come because i'm really eight i'm nine or i'm 10. i don't want to close the door on your opportunity that god has for you to come and unite with him on today come on ada i see you coming come on come on my brother come on come on i see some more coming down this aisle okay they're going back to their seat [Music] he been out thought she was eight is that another they will trust him on today come on let's thank god for these seven that have come come on we can do better church amen praise god for all of you praise god for all of you on behalf of this wonderful church we'll just please be on measure that god ordered your steps and stops to become a part of our church and we can't wait to see the wonderful things that god will do through you with you and for you as a member of our beloved family come on pilgrims thank god for these wonderful people if you would follow my sister here she's going to share more information with you about your church and how you become more actively involved and engaged in this congregation if you follow her right here my brother you turn that way go listen we're not gonna hold you all hostage all right we're just gonna get your information come on one more time for them [Music] my god you may have your seats in the presence of the lord we're making ready now to read the word of god and as we read the word of god we're making ready to give as god has prospered us come on let's clap our hands and thank god that we're able to give come on i need to clap come on let's clap if we ain't got no money let's clap like we got some yeah [Music] amen yes indeed let's go on and do it amen there are several ways by which you can give today they're going to place it up on the monitor in just a second here as how you can give you can text prbc to 833-810-6600 you can give via our website at www.pilgrimrestphx.org and you can click on the give icon and submit your denomination there you can also give via reoccurring your bank and you can give by mailing your gift in to right here to 1401 east jefferson street in the beautiful city of phoenix arizona 85034 however you give your gift we will greatly receive them for those that use to drive your gift in on tomorrow don't forget that our clothes our church would be our office will be closed in observance of labor day on tomorrow so you can come by tuesday through friday from 9 00 a.m to 5 00 p.m we do still have a worship experience going on tomorrow our jewish brothers and sisters will be here on our campus tomorrow as they are preparing to celebrate rosh hashanah which will start on tomorrow so certainly be in prayer for us uh even as your pastor has the labor on labor day tomorrow amen but be it to be in prayer for our church as we continue our relationship with our jewish brothers and sisters on tomorrow remember read amen y'all give it up for reverend reid amen this is our senior statesman amen reverend reid is going to come and lead us in the recitation of jude 1 and 21 then he's going to consecrate these gifts before our maker today reverend reed thank you pastor would you take your attention toward the screen and read along with me are you ready keep yourselves in the love of god looking for the mercy of our lord jesus christ unto eternal life let us pray over our blessed offering father god we thank you thank you we thank you lord that you gave us your son to demonstrate the love of giving yes lord we know the lord when we give you give back to us press down and running over thank you lord for jobs thank you lord for whatever means that you've given us provisions to carry on this life lord we thank you for your protection we thank you for your provision thank you lord that we know lord that when we give you give back to us thank you more than we can ever ever give without your giving to us we thank you in jesus name we pray amen thank you reverend reid our ushers are coming through in just a moment if you do not have the elements for communion as i am re-emphasizing other announcements they're going to be coming through just slightly slip up your hand and they will pass you the communion elements of the bread and the wine don't forget this wednesday brothers and sisters we will have our virtual bible study as we continue with this series living with losses this week we're going to talk about the losses you incur as you age isn't that something there are some things that only happen to you as you continue to mature and so i'm going to have some seasoned ladies who are going to be teaching on this wednesday night for us i'm going to have our own elder elaine penn is going to be talking about that along with our dear heart sister tonya sibley they're going to be talking about the changes that you face as you continue to mature in age so please amen i've already had an appetizer of what we shall have on wednesday listen you don't want to miss it it's going to be power packed because we're not only praying for those as we age but we also need to pray for those who have to be the caretakers of those likewise who are supporting our brothers and sisters as they are in a different season of their life also brothers and sisters i want to remind us that on the following wednesday on the 15th september the 15th uh sister tanya sibley along with our medical advocacy team will be leading informational on the variants of covet 19. listen we want to give you the right information from your church so you want to stay tuned in september the 15th that following wednesday if you have questions already concerning the variant that you want to be answered you can email sister sibley and that team at ma'am mam at pilgrimrestphx.org mam stands for our medical advocacy ministry so we want you to email them as soon as you can today any questions you might have and we would do our best to answer them uh in a timely fashion if you have not signed up for the asu preparatory academy at pilgrim rest do so immediately if you've got children amen or people you know amen from pre-k all the way to the fifth grade we want your child to become a part of our school come on let's give the lord a hand for that amen we want them be part of our school right here amen my children are going to be attending that school and i'm looking forward to dropping them off and going upstairs amen knowing that their dad is just a step or two away so we're looking forward to that we have about 30 more days pilgrims if you want to sign your children up we need you to do so because we will make room for those others who would want to become a part of the academy last announcement we thank god the third sunday in this month we will celebrate our annual women's day amen ladies let me hear you come on let me hear you make some noise ladies [Applause] uh-uh no that ain't that that that y'all y'all got colds or something out there let's try this one more again hey man ladies let me hear you make some noise okay all right i was getting scared for a minute amen but we're gonna have our annual women's day on the third sunday and i'm pleased to announce that our special music guest will be none other than kiara kiki sheer will be with us the third sunday all day and my good friend dr yolanda burrows will be speaking listen it's gonna be a dynamite power packed service so you want to tell a friend tell a neighbor to get here in person either eight o'clock or 10 50 10 45 amen get a good seat as we celebrate women's day yellow and green all the colors ladies so get your yellow out amen get it out get it out get your green out we're looking forward to a wonderful time together let's stand as we prepare to go to the lord's table to remember his selfless sacrifice that he gave on the heel of calvary the song that is being played is one of my favorite hymns he would not come down from the cross just to save himself he decided and i'm glad he did he decided [Music] to [Music] to die just to say [Music] if you know a singer stands up with us [Music] just [Music] just we lift this wafer it is a symbol of the lord's body and it is a circle a circle has no beginning it has no end to show us just how everlasting the love that god has for you and for me [Music] this wafer represents his body that was bruised and battered for you and for me on calvary it should have been our hands nailed to the cross should have been our seat nailed to the cross should have been our head given to the crown of thorns but thank you [Music] that he took our place and endured the pain in his body so we would not have to do so thank you lord you could have come down from that cross but you would not [Music] just to save us we praise you for it right now because with that praise on our lips and we now eat together in communion [Music] with all of the beatings [Music] all of the whippings was because they wanted to get to the blood can i ask you a question what can wash away our sin nothing but the blood of jesus what can make us whole again nothing but the blood of jesus and you talking about getting your power back coming to know that the blood still has power it still reaches to the highest mountain it still flows to the lowest valley and it gives us strength from day to day it will never somebody shout no no never no no never it will never never lose its power we think about the powerful penetrating blood of our lord god we come now to drink together in communion [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] he decided to die [Applause] [Music] stay tuned for brbc news [Music] i will make this coming i'm seeing too much walking before the benediction hey ban somebody because we've got to learn to be a disciplined church amen we were down the street at the footprint arena we'll be waiting on the bus but the lord has done too much for us to walk on him amen somebody let's just make mention of that as we keep moving forward sting your hand this way and receive the benediction the lord bless you and keep you the lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you the lord lift the light of his countenance upon you and give you his peace and you're going out and then you're coming in your labor and your legion your joy and your story and your laughter is well unto your tears until that day you meet him face to face and cry holy holy to the lord of host my brother my sister go in peace go in love go enjoy the very god of peace love and joker with you now and forever in jesus name amen have a good labor day weekend may the lord bless you real good is our prayer be safe and be secure god bless you have a good week [Music] greetings welcome to pittsburgh we thank you so much for joining us for service today and we pray that you were blessed here's your prbc news for this week ladies ladies ladies women's day is september 19th at 8 a.m and 10 45 a.m our theme is i am the colors are green and yellow and our guest preacher is dr yolanda burroughs young adult and singles ministry of the fountain of praise church in houston see you there due to the variance of covet 19 we have reinstated social distancing and strongly encouraged the wearing of mask temperature checks are still required upon entry let's do our part to ensure our safety pilgrim family this is just a friendly reminder to keep your mask on through the duration of the service and to properly wear your mask covering your nose mouth and chin thank you so much pilgrim family for your cooperation the virtual covet variant forum will be held on september 15th at 6 30 pm this will be led by our medical advocacy team and other leading health care professionals you can submit your questions before the forum by clicking the banner on our website in-person children's church youth church and church school has been suspended until further notice griefshare is a supportive instructional program offered by anyone grieving the death of a loved one this 13-week program is free of charge no children under the age of 18 are allowed we begin september 23rd through december 16th from 6 30 pm to 8 pm each thursday on zoom register on greeceshare.org please join us for virtual bible study this wednesday september 8th at 6 30 pm as we continue with the series living with losses this wednesday's bible study will be held by our very own elder pen asu preparatory academy begins august 2022 right here on campus if you're interested in securing your child's seat at asu prep please apply on the prbc website child crisis arizona's foster care and adoption program is committed to helping children in and out of home care by licensing and certifying parents for foster care and adoption child crisis arizona offers a combination of service and support along with realistic training to prepare families for placement of children of all ages and backgrounds child crisis arizona works with both single and two-parent families if you are interested in becoming a foster or an adoptive parent please call 602-385-7526 or complete the online foster care and adoption inquiry form at childcrisisaz.org and those are your weekly announcements hey did you know if you need any additional information you can always visit us at pilgrimagepha.org be blessed and we'll see you next week [Music] you

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