Sabbath Service | August 28, 2021 | Family of God SDA Online Worship Experience

[Music] divine as comfort hear my face [Music] foreign [Music] is [Music] of joy i [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] holy sabbath day of rest by our master richly blessed god created and divine and set aside for holy time oh let's have a day of restrictions [Music] [Music] yes [Music] pleasures of this earth with [Music] yes [Music] shall [Music] on [Music] [Applause] is [Music] pray jesus [Music] is [Music] oh victory in the race [Music] me [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Music] greetings brothers and sisters those who are here and those who are online welcome welcome welcome this is the day that the lord hath made let us rejoice and be glad in it in obedience to the word of god we come in his presence the theme for this morning's sabbath school is not my will but dying be done our opening song is aim number five seven zero 570 not i but christ five seven zero i but christ in every low conduction not i but christ in every thought and word [Music] no time [Music] new [Music] cry [Music] he found [Music] my strength [Music] foreign [Music] amen our scripture reading will be done by sister nina [Music] please remain standing for the scripture reading the scripture reading comes up from luke 22 reading verse 42 luke 22 42 i will read in your hearing saying father if thou be willing remove this cup from me nevertheless not my will but thine be done this is the word of the lord amen our opening prayer will be done by sister ivany williams [Music] let us spray [Music] heavenly father and our god we are grateful this morning lord for your mercies and those of us lord that are in this physical space and those that are watching online lord we pause a little longer to tell you of your goodness and your mercy and we just want to say thank you lord for erasing those things that were written beside our names that you did not put there father as we come this morning we are asking you lord that you will send your holy spirit to come and tabernacle with us father let not our will be done today but let your will lord be done take full control of the programs and at the end of the day we all will be able to say it was good for us to be here this is your prayer with thanksgiving amen amen [Music] amen [Music] many times we plan to do something according to our desires or come up on roadblocks we may plan to buy a certain car or do a certain business transaction we tend to be displeased when things do not go the way we want them to go we prayed but wonder why god does not answer the way we prayed praying and waiting according to god's will is very important our mission story this morning arms to us by sister clover reed pleasant sabbath everyone our mission story this morning test yes our mission story this morning is entitled an angel at the gas station lumpy steered in bewilderment at the confusing maze of highways around and above her in the u.s city of chicago she had no idea how to find her husband she looked at the four children seated in the car and wondered what to do next the couple had arrived in the united states as refugees from the south east asian country of laos and they were driving with their six children across the country to find work leaving sacramento california the family first traveled 1400 miles 2 250 kilometers to grand island nebraska where they had heard about a factory hiring people with limited english language skills but when they arrived they learned the jobs were filled and the company was no longer hiring there they were in the middle of the united states with six children no home no jobs and only limited english complicating matters lampard didn't dare to drive on the u.s highways she had just learned to drive and receive our drivers license in california and two friends from california had accompanied the family to nebraska one driving the family car and the other driving a moving truck but the friends could not stay calling everyone who they think of for advice lampar and her husband finally heard about a possible job opening holland michigan another 750 mars lampard decided to brave the us highways and trust god to be with her and the family starting out on the 12 hour journey to michigan her husband led her husband led the way driving the moving truck with two children and all their belongings she followed with the other four children in the car all went well until chicago lampard tried to follow her husband closely but she got stuck in the heavy traffic and lost sight of the truck overwhelmed and confused in the maze of roads unable to decide which way to go she stopped at a gas station neither she nor her husband had cell phones she had no way to contact him and she had no idea how to find their destination her only hope was god she was glad that the missionaries had visited their refugee camp in thailand to tell them about god and brethren up there are no cell phones but i think some of us may can um identify with the fact that even if you have cell phones and you are in this situation and you use a cell phone and call and the person who was supposed to be before you didn't answer just imagine if you have been in that situation you know what it feels like i can identify with what lamprey was going through but then she knew god so of course she prayed as she opened as they opened their eyes they saw a pleasant looking man walking towards them let me guess he said are you looking for your husband voi yes she acknowledged with surprise and then of course she was thinking how did this person know her husband's name and the man said to her get in your car and follow me and he turned and he went into his car and of course obediently she followed him on the road through a maze of chicago highways until suddenly just ahead she saw her husband's move in chuck gratitude squashed over her and the children they turned to wave their thanks to the kind stranger but he was gone his car had vanished before they could even say goodbye the family arrived safely in holland michigan and vui and lampard found jobs in local boat company owned by seventy-day adventist family they began attending the holland seventy-day adventist church soon they invited the new la or friends to join them and the church gave the small group a room where they could worship in their own language the group grew and today as its own church where lampard joyfully introduced people to god who sent an angel to a gas station to help her find her way several la congregations have sprouted up across north american division as a result of a 13 sabbath offering in 2011. with this quarter 13 sabbath offering you will help provide pastors and resources to groups like lampard thank you for you're planning a generous 13 sabbath offering and of course i may have that la us i said it before his insult is sure but another reason why i probably had problems laos is a poor country and it's also a communist country so you can imagine if we as christians live there we would be struggling to really serve god amen amen thank you sister clover let us hope in god and he will see us too our purple this morning will be done by sister patricia campbell happy sabbath everyone in our physical church and happy sabbath for all those who are online in whatever platform you're on we are truly thankful that jamaica wants more god has spared us and today we are giving thanks as we enter our prayer breakout this morning it is with thanksgiving because god is still on his throne we will also use this opportunity to take two minutes to reflect on where god has brought us from and to ponder where we are to look at all that has been happening and to search ourselves this morning and to ask god to search us and to make a new covenant with him our new vow with him to be to ask him to straighten us as we continue on this pilgrim journey so now we are going to sing turn our eyes upon jesus and to look full in his wonderful face and we'll take two minutes two minutes to reflect and talk with him and then we'll sing we need a word from you and i will cover turn our eyes upon jesus look full in his wonderful face and the things of earth will go strangely in the light of his glory and grace [Music] wonderful [Music] in is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we need a word from you we need to hear from you if we don't hear from you what will we do [Music] wait that we can live we need a word from you we need to hear from if we don't hear from you what would we do wanting you more each day show us [Music] almighty god our heavenly father the one who spake and the world came into being the one who molded us and fashioned us after his image and likeness we praise you this morning almighty god for the everlasting love that you have pledged for us your people in spite of our weariness in spite of our rebelliousness in spite of our negligence you continue to love us with an everlasting love father we ask you this morning dear god to have mercy upon us and search us know every one of us every single individual right here in family of god seventh-day adventist church and on the platforms the various platforms that has been connected to you this morning we ask that you search our hearts even right now search us every single one of us our internal beings we ask dear lord that when you have searched us anything that you have found in there which does not belong to you anything that you did not place in there we ask that you will know circumcise our hearts from being stoney search our hearts and circumcise us from being insensitive and unforgiving we ask the lord that will move doubt and fears we recognize that fear is not of you because you have not given us a spirit of fear but you have granted us of love of power power to trample the scorpions trump to trump the young lion and the dragon and the other power to remove ourselves to recluse ourselves from thinking that there is not a god power mighty god to overcome the adversaries we pray dear god that you remove doubt and fears from us and that you replacing it with love and sound minds father god so much is happening around us so much is happening in rapid succession so much dear god is happening of melodies sickness and affliction pains grieving mighty god this pestilence has taken over your world but mighty god we just ask you today that we will not lose hope because our hope is in you that we will not depend on ourselves and our own intelligence mighty god but that you'll open our eyes and remove the eyesight we'll remove the eye scales from our eyes and that you'll wash our eyes with your spiritualized self we ask that you'll remove demonic walks from our ears so we can hear your voice your still small voice leading us and guiding us through we ask lord that you remove disobedience from us and that you will empower us mighty god with your holy spirit that spirit of truth that will always guide us into all truth we are settling doors with that spirit of forgiveness sensitivity that spirit to do your divine will that spirit to obey your will and to listen only to you that spirit that we will not pay attention to whatever is happening around us but that we will surrender all to you and to look up to you because our redemption jordan i we dear lord your people do not see how blessed we are so many things rise up around us so many things happen so close to us even pass over us and go and develop and yet we still cannot see that you are god many are worried still worried and you had already promised us to cast over bread upon the waters because it is sure when we cast it at your feet so this morning reacts you know to help us help us not to be blinded about the things of the world help us to let go of what is material and turn towards you in the spiritual help us to put on the whole armor of god the helmet of salvation the breastplate of righteousness gird in our lines with your truth help us to put on the gospel shoes there's more out there to say that jesus christ loves us and his return in one day to take us to your kingdom help us to walk with that shield of faith and the sword the sword which is a spirit father we ask that you'll help us to bring to our remembrance all that we have studied all through these years that if we have to stand we'll be able to stand and you will bring back to our memory the words that we'll be needing to deliver ourselves help us to understand that it is not about us but it is about you the author and the finisher of our faith there are some among us dear lord who are sick evil right now we play sister maxine mccarthy we place before you our elder dudley hamilton we put before your lord hebert sister reading and brother henry many are sick and don't even know but we put all of them before you this morning all of us replaced before you as we kneel at your throne because none will perish there we put those who are grieving here and on the outside we place all those who are in the cove with isolation words we place all the youth of this church many dear god do not remember some evil were born here in this church and do not remember that it is you that grant us wealth it is you that have given them their education it is you dear god that has given them the jobs that they have and when we need a used mighty god the youth is not stepping forward somebody's evil promise saying they don't promise mighty god i pray that you'll wake up in this church family of god 70 adventist church right now we need to hear from you we need for you to wake up the young people of this church the future of this church the future of this church mighty god we do not want you to go there and wake up the stones because if you wake up the stones and if you wake up the dry bones we are in deeper trouble so i even know i pray that you'll call upon the young people every single one of this church those who are in the university who do not remember it is you that is paying the school fees i pray also because the parents mighty god are no exemption because they know the way and they know that you call upon young men because they are strong and they know so i pray that you'll wake up the parents out of their dwelling place because it's too much of academics and not of the spiritual but mighty god i pray dear god this morning that you call upon all of us mighty god we have men in our church who do not want to mentor the young we have women in our church who do not want to mentor the young all they do is crucify the children when they fail but mighty god this morning it's not about pointing fingers it is about asking you for cleansing for all of us so father god i ask you to speak your words through me and you have done so i have not touched anybody's corn because i did not come to touch khan i just come to warn because you say i'm to warn ourselves and so father god i've placed myself there and i will endeavor mighty god to help those around who i can help but father god we need everyone on board no because your time is short and they need mighty god to know that it is time to tell others about you the laborers are few and the harvest is going bad so father we pray that you'll wake up in whatever way you want to wake up wake us up mighty god because we need it we pray lord that is not about asking you every day it's what is our purpose mighty god so help us to identify our purpose and not only finding out what is our purpose to act according to your willing obediently and fulfilling our purpose to you thank you lord for hearing our prayers this morning and thank you for answering in advance as we tell you thank you lord for attending here despite your angels even now to search our hearts today and to escort our prayers up to you and that will rise up as joint refreshed with new wine and to answer to your call our calling on your behalf in jesus precious name we tell you thank you lord praise god hallelujah bless the name of the lord lord you alone are worthy lord god take your eyes off for what you only did tell us that we must get and share with others take our eyes off it because it's you oh god only you that grant us wealth we can give ourselves wealthies you bless us to bless others so we cause up this man almighty god to obey your will in jesus precious name amen amen amen praise god praise god the songs say i will serve you [Music] me [Music] oh [Music] you're is [Music] [Music] it is now time for our lesson review our let's review this morning will be done by pastor robert e good morning church happy sabbath church happy sabbath pastor good to see everyone this morning it has been a while i have not been here but it is so good to be here very cool and nice inside here i kind of miss that but um you know it's not all about um having a comfortable place on sabbath it's about where ministry is needed um we're going to study our sabbath school lesson um i just just preamble i would like to say that um i'm not here to be an answer man i wish that all of us will be able to uh participate in the sabbath school lessons so i don't know if there's any um deacon or anyone that will be passing the mic around but i need your participation i'm not going to be here to do any a monologue i'm not going to be here just to talk and speak and for you to just listen to me i can do that in a sermon but in a sabbath school lesson it's about participation all right before we um go into our lesson uh let us arm bow our heads for prayer eternal heavenly father we just want to thank you again for allowing us to be here thank you for your word we're asking you now that you'll engage all minds inspire us may your holy spirit take control of our minds and our hearts and as we study your word father may you may we see you in a different way in a different light may we draw be drawn closer to you or we ask with mercy in jesus name amen okay we are studying this quarter about rest in christ and um most of us when we talk about rest in christ we tend to think more just about the sabbath we are we're just going to start talking about the sabbath in lesson number nine unless number ten and so we have studied about eight lessons about rest in christ already before we even reach the sabbath all right so um no lesson number nine we are talking about rhythms of rest rhythms of rest um in previous um lesson we are in the previous lesson last week we spoke about um how we can be free to experience the rest of god the rest that god offers and one of the things after the fall is to be um that we experience is we're being overwhelmed with the brokenness of people remember the parallel paralytic man the way to deal with this we are the way that jesus dealt with it was through forgiveness first thing he did because he knew that this man's um sickness came as a result of his sin so the first thing that jesus did because he knows everything he went to the root of the call not the symptom of the cause he went to the root and he forgave the man and then he healed the man so we have to get to the root of our our sickness we have to find the cause before we can deal with the symptom most of the time we are dealing with the symptom what what we see on what we experience than really dealing with the cause this is the same thing god can with in the case of elijah god can still work with us and heal us regardless of our mental state remember elijah when um after he came from mount carmel and the 450 prophets of bahal was um slain and and and and and it could all even be possible that he was also involved in slain some of them and so so elijah after that became very depressed and then um uh there was a head hunt for him uh jezebel had sent out uh uh um that they were gonna kill she's gonna kill him and she's gonna take revenge so he ran and became very very depressed he was a man who was on this height artist pinnacle and then in the next state he was running from uh jezebel and the next the next way that god deals with us in offering rest is to give us a special day so that we are not under the tyranny of um of work and exhaustion so our memory text is taken from genesis 2 and verse 3. it say it stayed then god blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because enmity rested from all his work which god had created and made so i'd like to ask the question the question and as i said i want you to be responsive what is the purpose of the sabbath before and after sin was there any difference the purpose of the sabbath before and after sin because remember before sin before sin before sin there god the bible tells us that um on the seventh day he created the seventh day after he had me done all of the creation of this world and the animals and everything in it including human being whom he made in the in his likeness and in on in his image when the sabbath was created it was not for rest rest physical risk for for for adam and eve because this was the first 24 hours that they were experiencing and uncertainly god did not was not tired after six days of creation and the bible said he rested so what was the purpose of god creating the seven if adam and eve did not need rest because they were not tired they have never worked before and and god did not cannot be tired what was the purpose of the sabbath can anyone yes whoever okay okay the sabbath is not only for physical resting it is for spiritual rest it is for true communication with god because for this when we have seven days and we have the six days to all that to do that all that we have especially in a time like no when you have to be working so hard to keep the job to make two ends need you don't have enough time to come in communion with god so from creation god wanted to establish this relationship with us to adam and eve so he created the rest for spiritual things so we must make sure that if we can't by ourselves get down to that spiritual race ask god to help us to help us to be able to reach a spiritual realm that it because he said the sabbath is a reminder of the rest established by god to have a covenant relationship with him one to one that is what it is okay all right we have another um what is hand over here i'm i'm liking this where um we have um different response yeah i think the sabbath is a delight they call the sabbath and the light and i think god wanted us to you know come together and communicate you know feel good together that um he had made the heavens and earth and we should communicate and feel good sharing with one another amen amen yes we have another where it says that god rested on this seventh day he set an example i think it is an example for us he wasn't tired but it was an example and he said he sandified it at me and he set it apart for us to observe and if we are true followers of christ then we are going to follow the example that he has said for us and you know as it says the rhythm of rest it is a continue it is a continuous thing truth from that time until no form to adams to adam and eve because they were made on the sixth day and they didn't tired so the next day would be another day so and they rested so god gave them the example and they followed you up to generation but because of person departing from the knowledge and turn away from god then that is why the sabbath become in um this disarray amen so so god so what i'm hearing god pre-empted pre-empted the fall the fall of the the couple eat the eden couple by giving us an oasis of rest a sanctuary because god knew that the this couple was going to um sin and so therefore that first sabbath that god spent with them god must have probably talked to them and and so the sabbath is a time of intimate relationship building with him that's what the sabbath is all about a time of intimate relationship building with god so that we are able to face um the the the future and face some of the the things and the brokenness in this world sabbath is a time of healing is that is a very is a time of reflection a very reflective time upon the the upon nature and upon the goodness of god that's what sabbath is all about and so during that first sabbath god must have um talked to adam and eve and trying to strengthen him and and instructing them and just forming that kind of relationship and bond with him so that so that because he knew that they were going to face the enemy because we already knew that the fall had happened before before the eden and so the enemy the enemy was already thrown out out of heaven and so therefore they were going to face some difficult time and so therefore we also are going to face difficult times so the sabbath is not a time that we just ceased from work some of us think that it's just stopping from work we don't work today and so we can't just relax and but it's a time of building yes yes go ahead because i had it written down but i couldn't find it connection is the word that i wanted and couldn't connection remember we cannot always say that we are same the adventist we can always say that we are participating in the sabbath race every week but if we don't have a connection with god this is the time when we give all the cares everything we let it go and from even before sunset when we're in the preparation mode we are supposed to be you know singing our little songs and saying i'm doing our little prayers like intimate talk with god and listen we do it you know we talk and we pray but we don't listen we are to listen that is all he asks us for a connection with us that's the word pastor was trying to remember connection and so sabbath and so as we live it it's really from sabbath to sabbath the jews when they are referr referred to each day of the week they said one into the sabbath two into the sabbath three into the sabbath until they get to the sabbath day so they are always thinking and reflecting upon the sabbath the sabbath was the central day of the of the week not wednesday not monday the first day but the sabbath which is the last day was the central time of the week central day for the week because that is the day that they were able to um form that relationship um with god so so we were made so and we were made in the image and the likeness of god so whatever parameter whatever god did or does that's what we should do because we're made in the image and the light and god rested on the seven uh we should always also remember that um every time there is a there is a special and well well will not you can say special but there's an event when when god created everything he created he gave they gave the sabbath when when was the next time that god god uh reiterated our god um you know brought back the sabbath to the memory of god of his people the next time was when they came out of egypt and they came out of egypt six weeks after they came out of egypt god gave the sabbath command gave them the the tables of stone and then he gave them again when we read in deuteronomy the next time he gave he reiterated our spoke but the the time before he did not give any any real instructions as to how to keep the sabbath how to keep the sabbath and and and you know but he gave that in about exodus 16 when when he's when the manner started to rain every day mana came if you kept it until the following day it spoiled it stings manna would be um rain on the on the sixth day double portion everybody took a double portion the next day the mana did not stink the mana remain um fresh and they and they um beca and they had a double portion of of the manner and so there was some instruction and they shouldn't kindle fire and all that stuff uh you know so there was some instruction and and then he gave the command again um in deuteronomy 5 deuteronomy 5 about the sabbath and no he reminded them that they were slaves in egypt and that's why um maybe we should read that deuteronomy deuteronomy 5 verse 12 through 15. deuteronomy 5 verse 12 through 15. the the the next time he gave them the sabbath are the instruction deuteronomy 5 12-15 says and i'll read it quickly for you observe the sabbath day to keep it holy as the lord your god commanded you six days you shall live and do all your work but the seventh day the sabbath of the lord your god in it you shall do no work you not your son nor your daughter nor your male servant nor your female servant nor your ex ox rather uh nor your donkey nor any of your cattle nor your stranger who is within your gates that you your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you and remember that you were a slave in in in the land of egypt and the lord your god brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm therefore the lord your god commanded you to keep the sabbath all right so we see here that they were reminded this was 40 years now this when when this was written now this was 40 years after they they left egypt the first time the command the the the the the sabbath well the ten commandments were given was six weeks after they came out of egypt because they had um in egypt they had they didn't have the luxury or didn't have the privilege of of keeping the sabbath because they were slaves and so god now brought brought them out into the wilderness and reminded them of who they were so the first time the sabbath was um uh what was was given to them at sinai they were reminded that god was a creator god six days shalt thou live and and so forth and so on reminded that they were no they were they are reminded no in in in this that god is a god who brought them out of slavery out of slavery because this was a generation now who didn't know anything about slavery all of those people who were they were just about ready to go into the promised land all of those people had died already and this was a new generation they didn't know they heard from their parents or their grandparents about slavery but they knew nothing because this was a generation that did not were born in the wilderness and so god reminded them look that that that um remember that you were a slave in the land of egypt and i brought you out and i brought you all so the the the the sabbath was um reminded they remember were reminded of the sabbath on on especially two different occasions and but there the sabbath was presented in a different way i'm wondering sabat was presented in a different way on three or three different occasions in the garden right after they um left egypt and right before they went into the promised land how do you think the sabbath should be viewed today because this this this um this one was a command observe the sabbath the other one said remember the sabbath one was a command and one was a reminder and a reminder um how do you think that the sabbath should be um should be should be um observed today as a command or as a reminder commandments and then even then we were also reminded that right remember we are going to go to great tribulations and we are expected to wash our robes in the blood of the lamb but also in that same scripture he said we are to keep his commandments and we are also reminded to keep god's commandment and the faith of jesus christ so because god was and god is and god is to come our jesus was israel to come it means that we should be reminding ourselves and reminding each other that just as it was in creation the binding it is still binding no evil more so because we have the bible remember the bible in history you know the bible is history so many of those persons had to face it but we have the history we have the bible we have the constant reminder we have the constant conscience that it is important for us to keep the sabbath some people say that you are legalistic we must be reminded that it's not only the sabbath day alone we worship we worship every single day at least three times per day but we must have the sabbath rest to commune with god again we are being reminded let the carers of the world be left and we just communicate with god he said we must seek him first and everything will come in always acknowledge him and he will direct us just help let us believe this let us just believe this we are constantly reminded no by the word of god amen and so the the sabbath um most time when we talk about the sabbath it's not a it's not um a a command of um do's and don'ts and many times when many people ask us about the sabbath we're talking about do's and don't that's not it that's not it and we as some adventists need to come to the point where we where because i don't know if i there are certain things there are certain things that that we think that is breaking the sabbath that might not be breaking the sabbath might not be breaking because we are thinking about these do's and don'ts for instance they they were told not to kindle fire on the sabbath right if you put some a food some food in the oven i are in the microwave and press a button is that is that cooking or what what is it is it cooking is it kindling the fire it's not the same is it the same not the same thing like them going out in the woods and picking up sticks and and and work and work in a fire so you know so certain things that we do we have to put it in perspective and in context and don't think that because i mean you you see me do that then i mean if it's gonna offend or maybe you know then i will you know think differently but not because you see me do that then you say i'm breaking the sabbath not because you see me do that then you think i'm breaking the seventh you know i mean it it's it's about a relationship and and maybe i'm not if you might think that i'm not at that relate that point in my relationship where um i've done i've been that mature are but god sees my heart and he understands what you know and so when we are looking at it as a do's and don't we look at these little things and and and and we become very legalistic and and thinking that that because i do that i'm going to lose out on heaven because i do that it's not about those little things or it's about that heart relationship it's about that that connection that you have with god and and maybe you might say that i'm not connected enough and so therefore i do that but i'll i'll probably get to that point just like you i'll probably get to the point just like you but i'm not looking at these things um so but i still um try i still by god's grace you know um not to do anything that is going to offend anyone i i still try to um you know do do try to steal from you know the the secular things that we do on an everyday basis and try to dedicate that time that that that time to god really the entire day every day we should be doing that but he still gives us that special time that special time because um during that holy time during the whole time i believe that if we acknowledge him and and spend that that that holy time with him he has put a certain um blessing in it when we observe it has put a certain blessing in it that that um we cannot get any any any anywhere else outside of um doing it on the sabbath not that we can't be blessed on a on a monday or a tuesday or sunday or yeah but when we especially when we when we um um acknowledge and observe the sabbath and observe the creator of the sabbath i think that there is something special in it that he has he has put in that day that we and the blessing that he has put in that day that we cannot get any time else outside of that day okay all right so so as we go on so the sabbath should be a day a day of um of delight someone said that delight a day of thanksgiving a day of praise a day of joy there should be joy i mean we should always be looking forward to the servant many times we are looking forward to the end of the sabbath so that we can do go and do what we want to do really but we should always be looking forward to this sabbath yeah and and and we should reverence and respect the sabbath and the creator of the sabbath all right um there's a question um ellen white i don't know how many minutes are what what what time um should i finish what time should i finish okay all right i'll go on nobody knows that so um on friday if you don't have any more questions on it says on the holy on the holy rest day above all other days we should study the message that god has written for us in nature on the holy rest day above all other days we should study the message that god has written to us in nature because remember when when the sabbath was first given to adam and eve in the garden all they saw around them was this beautiful nature the things that god created and it just bottle it just their minds were were were um just so um moved boggles their mind when they saw all this beauty and everything that is around i mean they were they were so it doesn't hurt to um understand you know um the nature of things and science you know during the the sabbath because that's what it is we should study the message that god has written for us in nature and how god is seen in everything that is around us that he has created yes the sabbath or do we um do we know i do persons overall do we know which day is a sabbath day and do i have to be in church to keep this sabbath can't not stay at home whereas now we are online and even before we have this closing enough um limited amount of numbers coming to church wouldn't i i'm just baptized stay at home observe sabbat and communicate with my god and maybe families okay um the question is um if i'm how do we know which day is a sabbath i mean that might be in the next lesson um should be in the next lesson that we're going to talk about um the day but anyway you know we can still because i mean um yeah there's a question here what do you say to the argument that the day doesn't matter just as long as we have one day of rest it doesn't matter you know some people i'm saying some people think that way doesn't matter once i i i am i i work six days and rest one day then it's fine it doesn't matter what day that falls on i work six days and i and yeah or on the other hand how do we respond to the claim that jesus is our sabbath rest and therefore there's no need to keep any day as a day of rest jesus is our sabbath rest and therefore we need we don't need to keep any day as a sabbath right so the question is thrown out these are the questions you know brother amazon uh he uh raised a question there that i mean if you're baptized and and and um is it okay to just stay home and and keep the sabbath and you don't have to come to um corporate worship yes to prove that it is important to come to church i remember when we were over there the church over there and something happened or maybe things were happening i didn't see i didn't think it showed and so i said i did the same thing that brother hamilton said i stayed home i said i'd better to stay home what's three ibm and worship god and the same reason why i left god proved to me that he is god and he is alive and he still exists he took a sister from the prayer ban of this church that was over there who have never she has children she didn't even know the way to come to earth and view where i live and she found me and when she came i was very ill i mean gravely ill because of what i did and when she came and she started praying she said i can't manage your sister i'll ask the prayer ban if they will come she contacted me and said the prayer ban will come after divine service that sabbath they came when they came i was on my coach can't move and my daughter was a baby i had no help and my husband was away he came the same day the same sabbath and he fell ill also but the team came the same day you have brother harris is still here and brother always and some others sister freedom are clean and some others who came and the lord gave me isaiah 58 through the leader at the time brother donald lawrence who tell me that who tell me me how dear i say that his spirit is not in his church i had to apologize to god in front of the whole prayer team and when i did i not only apologize i said lord i will always be a member of your prayer team from that day the sabbath after i am here every day before this lord known because not even sickness stopped me from coming so this is personal testimony i'm giving and so people may say you are legalistic about this about i am not isaiah 58 says if you take your feet from off my sabbath to doing your own pleasure that is what resonated with me when i was given that and i had to apologize to god so sabbath is real and god is even more real so which we should not he said we are two or more gathered together touching anything concerning him he is in the midst to bless and do good god is the reason why we are still able to come in here you understand this is my personal testimony amen amen and when you have a testimony personal testimony nobody can refute that no one and let me let me also say that the bible tells us that we should not forsake the assembly of the brethren bible in in in uh hebrews 10 it tells us that do not forsake and we saw in the life of jesus that jesus went into the temple so if we are followers of jesus then we have to it doesn't mean that if you don't come to church or you don't you miss a sabbath or you miss a few sabbath but it's what you're doing during those times that really matters yeah if you don't if you are not in church is what you're doing outside of um church on the south that's what really matters what really matters so i you know i'm not going to judge anyone you know because i don't see them in church you don't know what what they're doing what kind of relationship they might be on some spiritual quest or journey where they are in some you know fasting on prayer for for a certain number of days or whatever and and and we don't know that so i'm not you know in any position to judge anyone you know if i don't see them insured they have to stand up and they have to give an account for themselves for themselves but we as brethren we have the responsibility are we need to reach out to these people and see what what's going on with them we are brothers and sisters we are supposed to uh of the concern of others yes yes pastor re church what is gonna happen when we have to flee the city and and and and go in the mountains to worship what's gonna happen not being in a church that's right to worship that's right there are there are many instances like that during the middle ages with with the waldensians and those other um people that um worship god and they are to go into catacombs under earth um chur underground churches and all that stuff so i mean um yes it's good to be in corporate worship it's good to be but there's gonna come a time when you when jesus tell the woman you we will not worship here now in you know in jerusalem now in this temple there's going to come a time and i'm telling you the time is not yet far because we are seeing some development now this is my personal opinion folks this is my personal opinion we are seeing some development right now right now that that scene because everything that happens does not happen in a vacuum it hap it happened for purpose and it and and and it's finally soon god's you know god's purpose is going to be fulfilled we don't know if we're going to leave it long enough to see it but it is being fulfilled every single day because we see something that is happening in the world right now that is creating a situation yes okay creating us and i'm gonna end on this then right my time creating a situation where where there is force and there's bribery people are being you know given money to to do a certain thing and i'm not even going to name it you're giving money to do a certain thing and also you are being forced to do a certain thing the people are um countries and and are enact enacting laws god doesn't force anyone and god doesn't bribe anyone folks you know you might have done it already but you know it doesn't mean that you know but just remember god doesn't force anyone you might have done it on your own free will and that's fine no you know i'm not knocking anyone or anything like that but god doesn't force and god doesn't bribe okay and and it's only the enemy that forces and bribes to do anything that he wants to do and so therefore folks even if you have done it just focus on god yes yes yes focus on him and listen and and read the word because there are some things that are coming down the pike and this is just a precursor this is something but i didn't want to get off on that but you know i'm i don't know maybe the holy spirit brought it to my mind and just just to say that just to say that but god is a god of freedom a god of liberty i got a free choice you he said today he said that you know i've given you on this day you know um life or death and you choose you choose and i i pray that you'll choose life god bless you all let us pray eternal heaven the father now god we just want to thank you again for your word and for your loving kindness father you have been so good to us you have been so grateful and so father we're asking you know that you will help us that in whatever decision we make that we will choose life and father we are asking you lord that we will have a renewed experience with you especially on the sabbath give us a a broader and a deeper understanding of what your sabbath means to us and help us to have a more intimate uh relationship with you in in this day not about just ceasing from work but having a communion and a connection sister um gamble and a connection with you each and every sabbath and each and every day thank you for hearing me pray in jesus name amen thank you pastory for doing the lesson review oh welcome this morning will be done by brother leon ameltan good morning sabbath school good morning everyone good morning to those of us who are here and for those of us who are online we want to extend a special welcome to our deacon and deaconess his day to you all and i hope that what we said it will bring some hope and it will bring glorification to the almighty god again i say welcome to one welcome to all and i hope you will be blessed and i hope the blessing of the lord will be upon you just a little song we are so glad to have you we are so glad to have you with us here today if you listen closely this is what we say welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome all over here welcome welcome welcome we're so glad you're here have a blessed and blessed sabbath day to one and all each morning consecrate yourself to god for that day surrender all your plans to him to be carried out or given up as his will shall indicate in his time in his time he makes all beautiful in his time lord please show me every day me [Music] know [Music] me [Music] in your time [Music] foreign [Music] wow [Music] please [Music] bye from sabbath school until next time [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] team number 567 have thine own way lord 567 [Music] uh thine own [Music] i am [Music] [Music] lord [Music] search me is [Music] [Applause] [Music] lord [Music] help me oh [Music] me [Music] lord [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Music] five eight zero this little light of mine five eight zero five eight zero this little light of mine [Music] um [Music] everywhere [Music] i'm [Music] let it shine [Music] i'm gonna let it shine [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] let it [Music] i'm shine let it shine everywhere i go i'm gonna let it shine [Music] it everywhere [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] my world [Music] foreign [Music] bye [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] happy sabbath church let us all stand [Music] church is now called to worship please turn with me to psalm 100 verses 1 to 5. make a joyful noise unto the lord holy lands serve the lord with gladness come before his presence with singing know he that the lord he is god it is he that have made us and not we ourselves we and the sheep of his pastors enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him and bless his name for the lord is good his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations [Music] is [Music] man [Music] heavenly father we're thankful to be in your course this morning we have come to hear a word from you may you bless us lord and may we feast on your words today and may hearts be blessed in jesus name i pray amen amen our affirmation of faith comes from saint john chapter 14 verses 1 to 3. we'll go together he believe in god believe also in me in my father's house are many mansions if it were not so i would have told you i go to prepare a place for you and if i go and prepare a place for you i will come again and receive you unto myself that where i am there he may be also these are the words of the lord brethren let me say happy sabbath again it is a great privilege and a great honor to be here in the house of the lord today i don't know for anybody else but i know we serve a true and living god i'm glad for the opportunity this morning to be here to welcome our brothers and sisters wherever they are we are few in number here because of the kovid but i know we are watching from all the different platforms and i want to welcome you all our seniors especially our youth our children i know you all would love to have been here today because brethren i love to come to church and look around at my brothers and sisters and see the warm smile it gives you a great feeling when i saw the rain yesterday i was saying it looked like it would not be possible for us to come into the center today but we serve a mighty god this morning we wake up and there's bright sunshine outside brethren let us give god thanks and praise praise the lord god is good god is good his name is worthy to be praised and as we come this morning i know those who are at home watching on the different platforms they would love to have been here especially our seniors this elicit time when you meet your brothers and sisters and you feel that you are a part of the family but this morning as i welcome you all i want to say to you feel like a part of the family today we love you god loves you and for those who are in the center with us i want to welcome you today is our deacon on deaconess day and as we worship under the team not will not my will but thine i pray this morning that as we worship we will just lift up our deacon and weaknesses ask the lord to give them the strength give us the strength to continue to do his work and to be that light that's most of all brethren that light in the dark places may the lord continue to bless us and as we sit today i pray that the lord has a special blessing to be poured out upon us thank you very much sister all would we now come to feed the lambs the little lambs [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] happy sabbath boys and girls happy sabbath also to all our aunties and uncles happy sabbath to all those who are who are joining us virtually i am anti verona and i have a wonderful story for you today but as usual you have to listen carefully because if you ever blink you will miss it that's right the topic of the story is give it with love dante was only seven years old when he attended church for the first time with his dad he was so happy to see other boys and girls his age and could not wait to find out who had a roblox or an among horse game account give it with love store it above give it with a willing heart was the song that started playing during offering time dante didn't know what was happening but he saw church members putting money in an offering plate he asked is that how much does it cost to attend church i thought attending church was free will they kick us out if we don't pay i don't have any money dante exclaimed that answered no son you won't be kicked out this is where we give an offering to help others to learn more about god and to help those in need that's what it means to be a good steward i still don't understand that why should we give them your money that you work so hard for said dante after church dante asked dad if they could go to buy his favorite french fries at burger king when dante got his fries his dad while reaching over asked if he could taste one of his fries the little boy pushed his father's hand and said touch my french fries it's mine the father was extremely disappointed he said imagine i work so hard to take care of you and to provide for you i only wanted one of your french fries and you pushed away my hand with such rage the father could have gotten hungry and never buy his son french fries again to teach him a lesson instead he gave an example of god god has has given us the ability to earn money when he has for a portion some people turn away and ignore him can you imagine if he were to ignore us when we ask him for things what if god were to treat us the same way we treat him but dad i don't have much to give that replied even when we can't give much god can do much with it always give of your best to god not only money but your time talent honesty love and kindness to others second corinthians 9 verse 7 states that if every man according as he purposes in his heart so let him give not grudgingly or of necessity for god love it a cheerful giver let us pray dear lord we thank you for all the wonderful things you have done for us please help us to be cheerful givers so that your gospel can be spread throughout the world amen jesus loves the little children all the children of the world [Music] amen jesus love a cheerful giver and as we are about to um return our tithes and our offering let us pray loving righteous eternal god we give you thanks this morning again to bring us here lord so many things could have happened but you have spiritual life as we return our tithes and our offering to you i pray god that it will go forward to do your work so that it will benefit those who have not heard your word and it will give food to those who are in need bless us we pray in jesus name amen those of us who are here there's a there are two boxes in the aisles where we can return our tithes on offering and those who are online you can go to the church whatsapp group and see how you can return your tithes and offerings remember sparse sewing sparse reaping so bountifully and you will reap bountifully each person should give as he has decided for himself there should be no reluctance no sense of compulsory compulsory god loves a cheerful giver [Music] he gave me [Music] [Music] that's why i'm so happy today [Music] [Applause] [Music] um [Music] that one [Music] whatever it may be [Music] man [Music] episode church our opening hymn is 316. live all thy life within me [Music] me [Music] my [Music] [Laughter] [Music] into this way [Music] see [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Music] so [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh amen [Music] um happy sabbath everyone our scripture readings comes to us this morning from saint luke 22 reading verses 41-44 i will read in your hearing and he was withdrawn from them about a stone pass i kneeled down and prayed saying father if thou be willing remove this cup from me nevertheless not my will but thine be done and there appeared an angel unto him from heaven strengthening him and being in an agony he prayed more earnestly and the sweat as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground this is the word of the lord [Music] oh [Music] all around [Music] is [Music] [Music] is join us [Music] on your eyes for jesus let us pray our compassionate holy and everlasting father we thank you for your goodness we thank you for your mercies we thank you that you are the god who hears and the god who is in charge as we come to you this morning we want to praise your holy name we thank you lord because when we see this week all the things that were happening the rain and everything lord but today your holy sabbath day you have sent your sunshine of this which we are so thankful to you oh lord we just lift you up we exalt your holy name we bless you heavenly father you are great and greatly to be praised from everlasting to everlasting your name is lifted up from generation to generation your word be your mighty ah and so lord as i come i am messed up but lord i pray that you will cleanse me now from all unrighteousness that as i speak and i stand in the gap for your children the lord you will take away every sin from me that lord your the words their prayers my praise will come up to you in sweet smelling incense lord we have messed up as a church we have messed up individually we have messed up as a nation we have messed up heavenly father as deaconess and deacons we have messed up heavenly father oh lord we have war contrary to your word we have disobeyed you many many times lord we have been stiff neck head we have backslidden but most of all we have turned our hearts from you but great god we are so happy that you are a forgiving god oh lord too many emphasis of father is placed on positions too many emphasis mighty god is placed on fashion too many emphasis our place heavenly father on our outside our outside appearance but god you're a god who looks on the inside and you but we pray lord that you will clean us up we pray lord that you will be with us oh father we come to you now not only o god we must study your word you say but lord we must live out your word in our lives because the only bible that others will see is you in us almighty god you have sent so many message through your messengers lord we have been stiff naked we have disobeyed you oh father we have been so disobedient neglectful but lord in joel chapter 2 you call us to repentance heavenly father you so must repent of our sins we must turn our hearts to you oh father god you said blow the trumpet call our son and fast [Music] in prior in mourning and in weeping because the day of the lord is at hand oh father god there is trouble all around coffee trouble oh father hurricanes earthquakes in diverse places persecution mighty god heavenly father heavenly father you said in your word that if you are people who are called by my name will humble themself and pray and seek your face and turn from your wicked ways you said o god that you will forgive us over for our sins you say o god that you will hear from heaven and you say you will heal us of our land and so o lord we thank you we are so happy that you are a gracious god we are so happy that you are a merciful god and so as we come to you this morning we seek your righteousness we seek our father god we seek your face because you say oh god to seek your face so we seek your face receive meekness heavenly father we seek that relationship with you that connection with you that intermessi with you is not as church as you dream but god you call us to turn our hearts our whole eye to you and so lord have your own way let your will be done as we seek you o god send your sweet holy spirit to dwell in each and every one of us hearts oh father of your own way lord we have the sick among us father but you are not a god who is away from us you are not a god who is afar off you are a god at hand so lord we come to you oh lord we place our sisters before you we play sister maxine mccarthy before you mighty god touch her god in the name of jesus from the crown of her head to the very soul of her feet heavenly father we pray in the mighty name of jesus that you touch these testimonies lord we pray for sister lilian clark that you touch her also heavenly father you are the bomb in gideon you're the great i am the miracle worker but lord god we come to you humbly because we know that you care for us we pray for those o god who are mourning we pray for those our father god who are sticking the mind seek all god mentally seek out god emotionally but mighty god you care for those who are sick spiritually lord have mercy on us help us oh god in this time that we will look to you the earth and the finish of our faith oh lord we place our youth before you oh god take charge of them in a time like no lord when so many things are taking place technology and everything but lord we know that you are a keeping god we know that you're a god who watches over them we pray that you guard your minds oh lord help them to think spiritually help them to look to you for the decisions that they made because the decisions that they make oh god let them be godly decisions that they will move and they will walk according to you oh father god let them be examples to their peers but let your light shine in them oh lord they are those also are destitute there are those who are depressed there are those o lord who wants to give up even at this time but lord hold them in your hands because you are our god we pray for the elderlies we pray for those our children instead care we pray lord for those who almighty god are still on two opinions we give them over to you and we pray lord that you will direct them and comfort them in everything that they do almighty god you would have sent a message and you would have sent a messenger heavenly father as you have sent your message lord we pray that you will anoint your messenger under the blood of jesus we pray lord that you will hide him behind the cross that he won't be seen but you will be seen heavenly father speak through him in the mighty name of jesus lord we pray that your words will come with power your words will come with clarity your words o father god will touch the very core of each heart that heart not only will hear the word but god they will be changed lord that they will be converted convicted and converted almighty god you are god speak through him in the name of jesus bring deliverance to those o god who are on the path of giving up you are the god of hope and so lord we pray that you will be with them cover him under your blood cover his family and when he was supposed to finish oh god we pray that you will and let your angels surround him and lord keep his family heavenly father he even know as we tarot more in your presence we pray lord that your will be done today that your message will reach the hearts of your people and that lives o god will be transformed oh god we thank you for today that we can come into your presence to lift you up we pray no lord that all that will be done will be done to your honor will be done to your glory and that you alone o god will be honored and you alone will be praised have your own way and let your will be done is my prayer with thanksgiving in jesus name oh [Music] me [Music] good morning brothers and sisters i have been given the pleasant task this morning to introduce the speaker for today he hears from the beautiful parish of saint mary a humble jovial kind beautiful genuine and one who has integrity this individual is well rounded and he loves the lord he is an active member of the deaconnet body of this family of god seventh-day adventist church this gentleman is happily married and is the husband of a beautiful wife and father of a sweet daughter ladies and gentlemen brothers and sisters the person of whom i speak is none other than brother errol samwells i pray for him your undivided attention as he reveals himself to speak on god's behalf through the holy spirit at such a time as this just before he speaks however we will be escorted to the throne of grace with a special rendition by brother brown after which the consumers will deliver a spiritual meal from god's throne jesus said here i stand won't you please let me in but you said i will but tomorrow jesus said i am he who supply all tomorrow tomorrow i give [Music] but it's almost easier [Music] for tomorrow [Music] take my hand jesus said i am [Music] but tomorrow [Music] easier [Music] better choose the lord today for tomorrow [Music] tomorrow i gained my life tomorrow choose the lord today but it's so much easier [Applause] [Music] better choose the lord today for tomorrow [Music] might be [Music] [Applause] [Music] good morning saints and good morning to all of you out there in listening world virtual field you know i could have just packed up my things and go because from the set go this morning i realized that the holy spirit is here in this place i have felt it and i know that god is moving in this church right now i have felt it it is rich and i know and i want to thank brother brown for his beautiful song and sister maclean for her words of introduction but let me tell you from my i started this morning i realized that everything that was said and done is tied in to what i have to say and i know that it's the spirit of god that is moving i know and i can feel it and and i stand here also as a testimony to you because god has led me to this moment i mean i woke up all this week i had nothing to say but then the lord moved me and placed words upon my heart and here i am today before you thanks be to god for what he has done in keeping with our scripture reading luke 22 verses 41 to 44 and in line with our theme for the day not my will but yours jesus i am entitled my message today what's in your cup what's in your cup but before i move on i just want to say thanks to everyone who have joined in um sister mclean um well i don't know if you had said it i was not sure but i have four daughters amen and um i'm a proud grandfather too yes so i just want to say hi to my children and my wife who should be watching now she better be and i just want to thank you all for being in the sanctuary i want to thank you all for sharing in this program for those online and for those who are unable to come they have a willingness but they are unable to come i want to thank them for and bless them and pray them up so that god in his mercy will smile on them so before we go on can i say a word of prayer please almighty god you have lifted me up to higher grounds thank you for your calling thank you that you have placed me here before your people to say a word may your words come forth now with clarity and force and may hearts be blessed i pray in jesus name amen the text luke 22 verse 41 to 14 44 yes but it's it's it's based on a call to serve because today is deacon and deaconess's day and i want to thank my brothers my fellow deacons for the work they have done and i know that the church leaders want to thank you also because under the pandemic and before have done a splendid job and this morning today is your day may you all be richly blessed on a day like this the call to serve is one we all can relate to in one way or another we have done service of some kind and in so many different ways today we acknowledge the service provided by our deacons and deaconess of this church family of god church but while we recognize the work that they are doing that we all are doing let us find out why and learn of their noble task the bible in first peter 4 11 says if anyone serves you should do it with the strength god provides in order that god may be glorified through jesus christ that's the apostles peter speaking to us here about living for god in philippians 4 13 the apostle paul spoke about doing all things to christ who strengthened him such is the power of our lord and savior jesus christ and throughout the bible you will find that god does not send you out on a mission without providing you the means to get by today as i stand before you i am proud to repeat romans 1 16 which says i am not ashamed of the gospel of christ for it is the power of god unto salvation to everyone that believe it we all as christians should be proud to hold our heads up high and repeat this verse remember we are called to take his light to a world where wrong seems right and i love to repeat this for those who do not know how sweet it is to be loved by jesus i say come taste and see that the lord is good as deacons and deaconesses we occupy one of the two highest offices given to mankind as mentioned by paul in philippians one verse one philippians one verse one the word decon in greek the words mean the word means one who serves now let us look at acts 6 1-6 turn with me to act 6 and we look at verses 1 to 6. the mentors in acts 6 1-6 were probably not the first deacons mentioned in the new testament but also the first to be appointed in the church it says in acts 6 1-6 and in those days when the number of the disciples was multiplied there arose a murmuring of the grecians against the hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily administration then the 12th called the multitude of the disciples unto them and said it is not reason that we should have the word of god and serve tables wherefore brethren look out among your seven among you seven men of honest report full of the old goals and wisdom whom we may appoint over this business but we will give ourselves continually to praying and to the ministry of the world and the same pleased the old multitude and they choose stephen a man full of faith and of the holy ghost and philip and prokhoros and nicanor and timon and palminas and nicolas are protest of antioch whom they set before the apostles and when they had prayed they laid their hands upon them such are the works of the deacons generally their service was meant to free the elders to give full attention to prayer and the ministry and the ministry of the world and you'll find that in acts 2 and act 6 verses 2 and verse 4. note once more that the only two church offices mentioned in the new testament are those of overseers struck stroke elders and deacons it's a very very important position you're holding there let's look for a minute at what's happening around us here at home with with the core with 19 comes sometimes serious indices and that we see a lot of people being admitted in the hospital it has now become overwhelming especially on the nurses doctors and other caregivers they all are called to service in the medical field we hear of some nurses failing to report for duty on a given day reasons were given as to why this occurred but i make reference to this because as deacons and deaconesses when called upon to perform a task obstacles may come in our way but again i refer you back to first peter 4 and 11. what does it say again first peter 4 and 11. if what then is the role of the deacon the role of the deacons it can be summed up in four sentences visiting the sick communion assistance helping the poor maintaining church property preparing for and helping with baptism almost similarly the role of the deaconess to assist the church ordinances support the clergy ministry ministering to the needy and educating female church members edu such noble tasks are as a result of you answering god's call to serve and as you serve i urge you to press on press on towards the goal to win the prize for which god has called you heavenward in christ jesus how sweet it will be to receive your reward of everlasting glory amen church christ choose you all because you have the qualities of a good deacon what then are some of these qualities one let's see one to be committed a committed follower and you'll find that in second timothy two verse three a faithful follower again in second timothy two verse three to 4 to be familiar with the savior's voice john 10 3 3 5 and john 10 27-33 to be a fighter a defender of the gospel ii timothy 4 verse 7 also in jude verse 3 ephesians 6 verse 10 and 18 and number five to be a finisher one who completes the job second timothy 4 7 and 8. no someone said that leaders are not elected appointed or created rather it is god who identifies prepares and appoints them and the church equips them jesus himself was chosen by god for the task of saving humankind from sins by his life death and resurrection on the mount of olives when he prayed he knew that his time had come what was written about him was about to happen and soon he would be arrested tried tortured and on a cross dr luke tells us in luke 22 42 jesus knelt and prayed father if you are willing take this cup from me yet not my will but yours be done yes the cup of suffering our savior cried out in prayer the bible said he was in anguish sister white tells us that the father was beside his son in his agonizing struggle he is beside every soul that struggles with discouragement and difficulty today yes he's there for us the cup of suffering christ had taken from the lips of guilty men you and i and proposed to drink it himself and in place give to man the cup of blessing the rat that would have fallen upon man was no falling upon jesus christ and so much so much so that the angels from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him and what did he do he prayed more earnestly he did not give up he did not show the cop away he could have what he didn't amen praise be to god jesus gave his life for hours is life for mine now we have life a bonding abounding in fullness of joy strength soul and spirit all of us as christians all of us and non-christians alike should know and understand the sacrifice jesus made at calvary so i asked a question what is in your cup are you carrying a heavy burden do you bear it all alone is the life you are living filled with sorrow and despair have you almost lost your way yes the words of a famous song will i tell you saints jesus will help you if you call on him today what's in your cup my fellow deacons and weaknesses press on i say when call to go the extra mile do it for the master stick to the task yes obstacles will come in your way what i say stick to the task don't give up there is a reward for the righteous to my brothers and sisters who are here today and those on various media platforms the message is clear jesus is calling you he's calling you all back to where you began remember your first love when your heart yearned for him oh how you loved him then if any of you do not have a relationship with him now is the time to get started tomorrow may be too late yes brother brown a timely song tomorrow may be too late john 12 26 says if anyone serve me let him follow me where i am there shall also my servant be if any man serve him him will my father honor and that's a word from jesus today first peter four as i mentioned earlier it says if any speaks he should do it as one speak in the very words of god if anyone serves he should do it with the strength that god provides so that in all things god may be praised through jesus christ fear god and keep his commandments we know ecclesiastes 12 13 that's the old duty of man fear god and keep his commandments i did not mention earlier but i'm not a long speaker and i say in closing render therefore unto caesar the things which are caesar's and unto god the things that are god's give him praise give him glory give him honor obey his commands pray him up god is never tired of hearing from you and if anyone you know has some devil in him then don't be afraid to pray the hell out of them thank you [Music] [Music] brethren i want to give god thanks and praise for a beautiful day so far i think we have all done well and i want to thank you all everybody that participated this morning from sabbath school right until now brother samuels we want to give you thanks for such a powerful word as the conan deaconesses it is our duty to serve and i pray that as we go forth from today it will be our determination to serve and to serve in spirit and in truth again i say thank you i hope we're all blessed by such a wonderful service such a wonderful day and as we go forth for the rest of the day we join brother lawrence elder lawrence at 3 30 for sabbath school for bible class and then i'm not sure what was the rest of the program for today pastor again i say thank you very much [Music] let me join with sister salman in saying that we have had a wonderful time in jesus name what do you say we celebrate pasay with our deacons and deaconesses of the family of god seventh-day adventist church as they serve jesus today what are you saying you will agree with me that we would have had a wonderful time in jesus name a very special thank you again um to our speaker that's in my cup um elder brother salmon brother samuels brother sam was and as was indicated earlier immediately after our lunch period uh we will have our bible class which will be led by ella lawrence um he will be looking at roles and responsibilities of deacons and weaknesses in the seventh-day adventist church and how as beacons and deaconesses we can do much more even more for the master and then for our ay we will be having a little discussion along the same matter and so we're inviting everyone to come on we'll be discussing um the matter of the roles and the responsibilities of deacons and deaconesses and then you'll be hearing from deacons and deaconesses as they share their experiences how god would have blessed them as they serve the master and also their challenges and and what you can do to serve the mass as well so we look forward to your support as we have our ay program as well and pastor hilton will be joining with us um from north jamaica conference and he will be encouraging us towards the end of the day we pray for god's richest blessing for each and every member today as we continue to lift up jesus to all those who are connected with us we are grateful that you would have connected to the family of god platform we look forward for you to joining with us on zoom later on as we continue to lift up jesus as a family god bless you we bring you greetings on behalf of the other churches in the family of god district that are also celebrating deacon and deaconess's day have a wonderful and blessed sabbath day for closing him three 331 oh jesus i have promised that's 331. it's done [Music] oh jesus [Music] oh jesus [Music] my [Music] if [Music] [Music] my [Music] near [Music] for jesus [Music] oh jesus [Music] oh [Music] working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask our imagine glory be to him from generation to generation in the church and in jesus name forever and ever amen [Music] is [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] we are going to see the king soon and very soon [Music] no more [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] we are going to see the king [Music] soon and very soon [Music] [Music]

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Published: Sat Aug 28 2021