Sabbath Worship Experience Jan 27, 2018 | Speaker Dr. Carlton Byrd

[Music] [Music] let us pray like that woman came to the well that day we come today seeking in encounter with you O God but not just in a counter we come today as empty vessels and we plead that you would fill us with your spirit bless everything that has said and everything that is done today and when we shall have left this place may we rejoice in knowing that we become not only those who hear but those who are willing to do thy word I pray in your Holy Name Amen let the church say Amen come on let the church say Amen again amen it's good to see the house of God come on say Amen we have a lot going on this weekend today at the new Life Church we're having our youth Federation so all of our pathfinders and our young people are over there today in fact my daughter said daddy can I go - you know cuz you know how I am by Oakwood Church she said daddy can I go to the youth Federation I said where's the youth Federation Oakwood church she said no I said well I don't know she said please get this I say you can go but we still gonna have Church or Oakwood Church anyway come on say a bad we are happy to be in God's house I missed your last Sabbath I missed your last supper but God is good oh let me try it again I said God is good and all the time let's try one more time God is good and all the time amen amen we have made it can you believe it already to the end of January it's hard to believe it but God is still in the prayer answer e-business what do you say everybody amen it's good to be the house of God brother Everett wheeler where is brother wheeler today where is brother wheeler sister will I see you where his brother wheeler he's in the back serving well he has turned 84 years young come on say Amen on Thursday he turned 84 years young praise be to God and I am also grateful today to learn that on yesterday on yesterday sister Norma Roddy had a birthday come on say Amen in fact sister Adi you and brother Adi were down in Birmingham but I want you to know that one of your nashville sons drove all the way to huntsville yesterday to wish you a birthday and he tried to surprise her but the surprise was on him cuz he drove all this way and she was in Birmingham y'all don't hear what I'm saying but dr. Edward bloke came all the way yesterday and he came to wish you a happy birthday he said I went by the house she was there so he said if I come by the church I know you gonna be there so sure enough he came by the church I took him through the Family Life Center and then asked him for a donation come on say a man but it was good to see it but he wanted me to wish you a very happy birthday he loves you and in fact come on pastor Bolden he brought some flowers by just for you and I promised him that I would not let them go awry that we make sure we present them and a card I think there's something in that car camber a round of applause happy birthday sister ah tea from all of us and from your Nashville son dr. Edward hello Amen well it's raining on the outside but God's Spirit is going rain on the inside what do you say everybody now next month what did I say alright next luff and I may be this late in the services everyone gets here and gets present but next month we have a full month come on say a man on next Sabbath when did I say everybody come on on next Sabbath when did I say everybody next night we want to call it as we enter in Black History Month almost an International Black History Month are you hearing what I'm saying on next Sabbath we have a very very very very special guest that is gonna be with us next Sabbath it is we call it His Excellency Sir Patrick Alan come on say Amen now some of you may not know who Sir Patrick Allen is His Excellency is the governor-general of Jamaica oh that's big he is the governor-general of Jamaica all right now if the President or the Secretary of State or the governor we're coming to our church next Sabbath United States that would be a big deal amen well the governor-general of Jamaica is coming to our church next Sabbath amen and so we're looking forward to his Excellency being here his lovely wife is coming and we want to pour on the good Oakwood University Church hospitality what do you say everybody so next Sabbath we're kind of making this black history and we're beginning with the International Black History what do I mean during the personal ministry spirit next Sabbath we're gonna have a steel band mini concert oh you don't like that so we have a steel band coming all the way from Atlanta Georgia and they're gonna share their music ministry doing personal ministries is that alright then we're gonna just begin divine worship and after we would have given the greetings of whatnot we're gonna have a parade of Nations I thought y'all be more excited than that we're gonna have a parade of Nations individuals are gonna walk in and their native attire with their flags and we're gonna say we are one in Jesus Christ amen the aioli ins are gonna sing we're gonna acknowledge his Excellency Sir Patrick Allen they ain't seen again I'm gonna preach the word and then after that we are gonna have dinner for everybody next Sabbath amen and then after that at 5 p.m. what time everybody we're gonna have a full steel band concert at 5 p.m. is that Alright and then at 7 o'clock what time everybody we are gonna have an international food festival at the church school amen so come to spend the whole day i'ma eat my roti come on say man I'm gonna eat my rice and peas and peas and rice depending on which country come on say hey man I'm getting ready for my hot spicy tongue to get the nice food but we're gonna be fed the Word of God on next Sabbath what do you say everybody then the following Sabbath February 10th our young people the young people vote could are gonna be in charge Khalil Clarke our United student movement religious vice president is gonna preach the word and we're gonna be here to support him amen then the following week February 17th everybody say February 17 oh you too dad I'm too exciting you're too damn let's try it again February 17th what date did I say everybody that's much better On February 17th yours truly will preach the Word of God our special music will be brought to us by the Central State University concert choir from Wilberforce Ohio amen and our special guests will be Martin Luther King the third and Denis Cleveland legend come on say Amen and so we're looking for a great time with them and they will be with us on Sunday the 18th we will hopes the annual biannual festival of spirituals so all the HBCUs from across the south will be with us as we host the festival of spirituals and then on February 24th I can get a witness in this place on February 24th we don't cut the ribbon to our new Family Life Center amen and we are excited the Johnson family will be with us come on say Amen and they will be with us mama Johnson and Cookie Johnson and all the siblings will be with us as we cut the ribbon I talked to the mayor this week he's gonna be with us come on say Amen and we're looking for a high time in the Lord yours truly will preach and our friends from Alabama and in the university they the concert choir will bring our special music on that day and so we're looking for a high time then at five o'clock on that day many of you you hear all the time about Earvin Johnson but cookie his wife has a story she has a story and on Sabbath afternoon at five o'clock what time everybody she's gonna tell her story and she's gonna tell her story about how through life realizing challenges with children realizing the revelation of her husband's HIV prognosis how she said her faith in God and her belief that she had to keep her family together brought her to this point are you hearing what I'm saying and so she's gonna tell her story and then afterwards we're gonna have a book signing she's written new book we got a book signing Saturday night she's gonna take pictures and do all that kind of good stuff so we're looking forward to a great time in the Lord on February 24 now I know I'm taking some time but I wasn't here last Sabbath don't worry we're gonna get you out on time we're doing better come on say Amen all right so recognizing as we move into 2018 that the Lord is enlarging our territory that he's enlarging our territory and we recognize ministry cannot be insular we have not built the Family Life Center just to minister to us are you hearing what I'm saying everybody it's not just for us but we have built a Family Life Center so that we might have a deliberate intentional community ministry you see there's a myth out there that we must D myth that suggests that only what transpires in this church is for the people in the Oakwood community so in other words you gotta be only Adventists in order to come worship here are you hearing what I'm saying you see me walking closer for a fact but we have not built that building for the purpose of just us yes we want to minister to us and we want to minister our children but we want to minister to the nearly half million people in north alabama are you hearing what I'm saying so therefore we want to minister to everybody so with this new sense of ministry not just to us but to everybody not just the Family Life Center because if it were just the family I said we still would need to do this we are gonna have a renewed emphasis on customer service [Applause] alright let me try that one more time we're gonna have a renewed emphasis on customer service people need to know we are Christians by our love a lot of times we think we're customer friendly but we're not are you hearing what I'm saying so I I think I told the store before delivery tell it again repetition deepens the impression so you know I told you all that I was stuck in Atlanta when they had the power outage in the Atlanta Airport you remember I told you that and I was stuck and I have a great wife notice I didn't say good wife I said great Wyatt couples say men I have a great wife and she drove from Huntsville to Atlanta to pick me up so I wouldn't be stuck in that Airport but while I was stuck in that Airport while I'm stuck we get a call over the the megatron's you call them because the PA system is out because all the electricity is gone we got called over the Megatron and the Megatron says we'll listen don't leave stay where you are food is on the way I'm like okay food is on the way we learned that the CEO for chick-fil-a restaurants called all of their employees in southeast Atlanta and they told them eat at our plants and we're gonna make 5,000 chicken sandwiches and take them to the airport and feed everybody now you need to understand the impact it is they don't work on Sunday because historically in their organization sunday is their worship day it's their rest day are you in what I'm saying but they got up out of their beds on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Atlanta Georgia went to the production plant made 5,000 sandwiches raw to the Atlanta Airport and said everybody y'all don't hear what I'm saying they weren't talking about well these aren't veggie sandwiches they weren't talking about well it's our Sunday we can't do this they saw need met a need and fulfill the need and so now pastor bird when I'm in the office and I'm working I get a little hungry even though I may not be going to eat the chicken or going to eat whatever they serve I say to myself I've got to go on when driving University buy some waffle fries drink some lemonade to patronize and support people who believe in ministry are you hearing what I'm saying it's a faster goods and I were talking we said we got a good idea here let's talk to the owner and operator of the Huntsville franchise and let's ask him will he come to our church and do a customer service workshop the Bible says we have not because we ask we asked he answered he said I go to church but after church I will come to your church and I'm gonna do a customer service workshop come on say Amen so that means tomorrow at 2 o'clock what time did I say everybody serve all right what time everybody if you eat some type of stipend to some of this church tomorrow at two o'clock can he be here all employees are you hearing what I'm saying but not just our employees our church board our church elders our officers our departments we need you here tomorrow at what time everybody 2 o'clock as we engage in a special customer service workshop people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care tomorrow at 2 o'clock what time did I say everybody Oakwood Church employees breath of life employees officers members two o'clock let's be here tomorrow and let's show him what ministry at Oakwood is all about is that Alright everybody I'm happy to be in the house of God today are you happy to be in the house of God today I said are you happy to be in the house of God put a smile on your face show me all 32 Orient's million 32 as you have whether they're yours or whether you bought them put a smile in your face this is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it we want to acknowledge our visiting friends if you're visiting with us today we want to welcome you at this time our greeters have something they want to give you and as our greeters give you something you're gonna fill it out turn it in and all the way out of worship today you're gonna receive a complimentary DVD of word worship so if you're visiting stand up if you're visiting stand up stand up stand up if you're visiting I see a couple of people of your visit and stand up a man Church give these individuals a big round of applause god bless you god bless you we're gonna give you a gift and let's invite all of our members let's all stand it's welcome time let's all stand at this time turn your neighbor greet your neighbor tell them happy Sabbath love chef tell them so too I as we welcome one another in worship today now every week we've been trying a new song and so today we gonna try another new song we're trying until we get this right everybody's saying it's a good day it's a good day all right it's me good day why is it a good day it's the Sabbath day good day let's shake each other's hands rocking one another worse the boat is gone we don't see if this works we worship God on this Sabbath day in spirit energy [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] you sound good this morning praise the Lord a new belief God is all good this morning he's a Jehovah Jireh he's our rock in a weary land and he is our everything do you believe that this morning hallelujah we could be the glory Lord we give you all the praise Jesus sings together sing you're my everything you're everything to me [Music] you're everything to me you're everything to me you're everything to me [Music] [Applause] you're everything to me [Music] [Music] every beam [Music] me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Music] [Music] you're everything to me you're everything to me [Music] sure everything to me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] we start in the chorus praise praise the Lord praise [Applause] crazy rejoice [Music] [Music] crazy [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] three things [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] hallelujah as we're lanes tonight be prepared for prayer I want to say this y'all know I travel everywhere and I got a bunch of different churches a bunch of churches charis what you have at Oakwood I go to a bunch of churches to come in here Sabbath in and Sabbath out and you can see Lord your everything and then turn around a scene to God be the glory with the green enthusiasm the same way you sing the praise song with him cherish what you have believe me this is not everywhere sometimes I got drop own I got a look at it and listen to cherish what you have the Lord can give and the Lord can take away [Music] I failed to mention earlier that the floor arrangement lest he be cited is from mr. Otte to his wife because we we would want dr. pulao to give an arrangement and a mr. Rottier a man Thank You mr. Ronnie it's prayer time so before I went out of town I went to see brother Matthew Kirby he was in the hospital and yesterday I'm in the barber shop getting my body cut for the Sabbath and I see brother Kirby he's at home praise be to God over the remember him in prayer for our left I went to see sister seola Austin and Chris would Hospital be 405 and now she's not in the hospital she's now at millennial and she's recuperating we're gonna continue to pray for her strength before I left I would disease sister Earl they're in Huntsville Hospital now she's in Valley View rehab we want you to remember her in prayer sister eulah williams is at home recovering from surgery reciting to learn that sister Patricia Clark this is the sister of our the Lenox long she had a stroke while driving in Lancaster Massachusetts so we want to remember her in prayer that God would heal then the brother-in-law the system area Epson Cystic Aretha Phillips Donald McGill Chicago suffered stroke this week before I came out I was able to call him speak with him in Chicago at prayer he thinks the church for your prayers today [Music] sister Anne Ginetta he'll remember her in prayer she is now in HealthSouth rehab we 326 and I'm confident she will appreciate our prayers and our visits that's often why we not just pray for the sick but we must pray for the caretakers of the city because she was taking care of her husband then she had a stroke and so we want to lift her in prayer today so this is your prayers from breath of life tomorrow a portion of our team of Bible workers will board the flight to build a California getting ready for our spring evangelist of their we're trying that God would give them traveled mercies as they are there I'll be here but God would protect them as they go door-to-door telling men women boys and girls of a savior then these are the audible requests today I know there are unspoken requests as we click ready to close the month of January if there are unspoken requests just lift your hand to heaven God sees God knows and God is recording right now [Music] some writer said that God said I mean if you just trust me I know it seems a zone the world is caving in on somebody today but God says if he just just I'll heal you features trust me good to see you brother sheriff now you've been sick praise God he's heard and answered there are others force it today maybe you're interceding on behalf of somebody else that's you you have a special need and a special prayer requests no way baby unspoken bite you to meet me here at the front of the altar the front says and signifies to heaven board we each we're depending on you we're putting our trust in you so we get ready to sing that song of an accession as we come to the altar today I will together let us see my [Music] [Music] [Music] second out [Music] find your battle [Music] [Music] [Music] me Almighty God ruler of the universe Majesty of a heaven on earth Lord we have come to give you the glory for you have done great things we are so thankful for what you have already done Lord Reed we didn't deserve any of it but we want to be careful to give you all the honor what do you view all the praise want to give you all the glory Lord we are thankful that we have a measure of health enough to be in your presence today we are thankful for the sweet fellowship we have round about us we are thankful for the words of encouragement we are thankful law that you are doing mighty things among us you are healing the sick you are restoring your relationships Lord you're keeping our families together you are helping us overcome trial and tribulation and we want to give you all the glory all the praise for you are worthy of our highest praise thank you lord thank you for our spread lies thank you for keeping us safe in this nation we are thankful that although there are wars and rumors of wars we still find safety in your house of prayer today we pray Lord that your special grace will be with us now we are think that we have the opportunity to present our needs before your throne of grace thought we are thankful that your ear is not heavy to hear we are thankful that whenever anyone says Lord save me that you always respond to that plea and so we present the hearts our lives we present our families our homes we present our loved ones some children are wayward some parents need your help Lord we pray that you will bless us in our homes bless our families and Lord we will pray that you will bless us in a special way as we call pray on behalf of all of our students today Lord we know that they have great potential they have great challenges they have great need of you we just want to remind every brain student today that our God is sufficient for our every need whether it be a financial need whether it be an emotional need whether it be a physical need whether it's a material need our God is able every knee should be near to us bless us Lord those of us who have gathered around this altar Lord you know the reason some of us around this altar because we beating our own breasts and be saying it's not the alder it's not the deacon but it's me alone standing in the need of prayer some of us are here praying on behalf of a loved one praying on behalf of a family member praying on behalf of a friend praying about somebody else Lord we pray that you won't fail in granting the petitions of our hear our prayer and bless us according to your riches in glory we also want to pray on behalf of those who need a healing miracle who need your restoring power who need your saving grace some some a year and some are not but Lord we want to pray for all of our known sick and shut-in today we want to pray for seola Austin going to pray for Preston Calhoun Aaron Chester Louise Kolya Martha Crutchfield burma davis winslow flood i'll meet at door bring the Haraway engineer helo james Lathan Mary Mobley joy mosque it would last Jeannette nurse Jonas pain early person Lloyd proceeded Salinas Simmons a Selena Simon's Florian Ward Ruth Warren violet Wilson and if there are any names I may have failed to mention Lord in your mercy please reach out and bless at Norton today we want to plead that you will do a special cleansing miracle for us remove from us everything that is unlike you remove from us everything that will hinder the free flowing of the Holy Spirit and then Lord we pray that that sweet Holy Spirit will speak a message through your manservant dr. Carlton people that you will use him once again to be your mouthpiece and ritual people once again draws close to you and make this worship service a blessing to us and when we shall leave this sacred place let it ring in our hearts surely it was good to have been there this is our prayer we pray in Jesus precious name it all God's people [Music] [Music] [Music] offering charge I want to remind you again we got one final push we need to make for the Family Life Center come on say Amen one final person say what I've given mine you can give some more God keeps on giving and we want to follow God what do you say and so we'll encourage you let's make one final push to give to the Lord but today at 4:30 we want to courage me back in the sanctuary doctor the Leath white our only will give us special health ministries presentation on cervical cancer you'll be surprised that this afflicts not only women but men and so young and old male and female we want to encourage you to be back this evening at 4:30 as she shares in this very very very special health ministries presentation brother Dmitri come at this time and lead us in the worship of giving good morning and happy Sabbath Church perhaps one of the most amazing attributes that I have come to love about God is the fact that he keeps his promises to have a witness in that despite our inconsistency and our inability to remain faithful God is constantly and pathologically and obsessively commanding his love towards us in giving as a matter of fact when we begin to look at and analyze the Bible we see that God is always coming through for people who put their trust in his world allow me if you will the opportunity to draw from the sacred scriptures testimonials of the goodness of God and his faithfulness that will cause you to see that God is indeed faithful a come here Adam and testify that God forgave you and gave you grace when it seemed as though all hope was lost I come here Moses and the children of Israel and testify for God will make a way out of no way even when even if it's in the midst of a Red Sea come here Abraham and testify but he may not come when you wronged him but he'll show up at the last minute and provide around caught in the thicket come here Daniel and testify for God will preserve you in the midst of what was meant to kill you come here Joseph and testify that what the devil meant for evil do I have a witness really begin to look at how faithful God is we will discover why God is faithful even when we are not free and I just believe that I have some witnesses in the house who when they begin to look at their own lives and see how far God has brought them from they too will come to the conclusion that God is shown oh there are many of us who can testify but God saved us from from fatal accidents there are some of us who can testify but God kept us in our right mind when it seemed as though all hell was breaking loose there are even some of us who can testify for God deliver us out of situations that we should have not been in but it's only because of the grace of God that we are that's the sermon right there somebody ought to give God are still here freeze talked about what I'm still here lied on but I'm still here I've been tried treading and killed but I'm still here God made away from me but I'm still here and what I've come to understand is that there's a difference between an historian and a witness and then story and simply tells somebody else's story but a witness tells the intimate details of their own personal experience I guess that's why they all black preacher used to say can I get a witness I'm going to my seat but before I do is it alright if I testify about the goodness of the Lord God's been good to me can I get a witness God made away from me I get a witness indoors for me for me [Music] somebody I'll testify but it is because of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed for his Compassion's fail not they are new every morning great I said great I said great is his faithfulness a sword is for this understanding that we do not give begrudgingly but we give for understanding for God that has been so faithful to me goddess goes I said god is good greatly to be praised maybe it's me Stan [Music] let us proof father never be fine two summers good if I'd in spite of our unfaithfulness God you've always been faithful and God even when we've gone astray and leave them and we did our own fingered you still showed up on our behalf even though we were so unworthy oh so we find you today we praise you today because you are a great God and beside you there is no one else and so father as we give our offering and as we return our tithes to you may you bless it and may you multiply it and may you continue to be faithful on behind we give you all the praise all the glory and honor our nativity let's do your name in Christ's name we pray amen choir [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] just wants you to join in good question [Music] is the old church ham it just says Jesus the light of the world you know a secret [Music] walking the line answer [Applause] [Music] beautiful [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] walk into life beautiful [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] the world [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] now I have seen pasta character sing with the choir and if my eyes do not deceive me pastor Bolden was singing with the choir [Music] pasta Julius you're next [Music] when you sing a song that has bass that I'll join in with and pass the bird you can alright we are so grateful for the opportunity to praise Jesus Christ and at this time we have our children's story now I recognize that many if not most of our children are over at new life for the youth Fedder the tribe Tennessee River youth Federation but I still see some children in our congregation and we don't want them to feel slighted or left out we want to let them know that we have a story for them too and so as they assemble and I see sought some of them already starting to assemble in the back to get the green offering receptacles ashes I want to ask you to help out in collecting the offering for the children we may not have all the children that we would normally have that go everywhere so I need you to help out going through the aisles to make sure even in the balcony to make sure that we collect all the offering for our children this goes to support Christian education it goes to support what we do here at the Oakwood elementary school awkward middle school and awkward Academy and so as you are preparing to give we want to remind those of you who are watching we still have opportunities for you to send your videos of your children and your grandchildren or your nieces or nephews your neighbors singing the song that I am a promise I'm a possibility and send it to videos at oh you see SDA org videos at oh you see SDA now before we sing our children's song and water reminds you next week doctor bird mentioned that we have an international flavor to our Black History Month and part of that is the International Food Fair now our pal find us you need to see one of our pathfinders to get a ticket a ticket that entitles you to a meal so make sure that you see the par finders or come by the store we'll have some at the tickets available at the market as well as the church office so if you want to support our performers and taste the International that will be prepared next week then support them and support us so let's sing our song of a promise I'm a possibility [Music] I I am we're the capital [Music] [Applause] [Music] just a hair I just [Music] just [Music] enjoy [Music] promised to be [Music] promised [Music] anything God wants me to be [Music] [Applause] all right good morning boys and girls all right thank you for coming thank you for coming to the Oakwood University Church we have a very special story for you do you know that this time every Sabbath is your time we make sure that we have something for you each week and so this week we have a very special story and we have a very special person telling our very special story and so after three I want you to say good morning miss Hearne Andy okay can you say that all right so off to three one two three [Music] hello hello good morning everyone well I'm so happy to be here today especially doing children's story this is my favorite part in the church so before we get started okay so I have a few things in this bag right so I have this picture and this picture is full of something can someone tell me what's in here so we have rice in this picture right so in this picture is rice right and we have this Cup so this cup represents what we do every day so pretty much this is our day so we're gonna go ahead and take this rice and we're gonna go ahead and pour in this Cup and every anything that we do during our day like going to school or just going to the store with mommy we're gonna go ahead and pour in this Cup right so let's just go ahead and start off our morning so what are some things that you guys do in the morning when you first wake up you eat breakfast okay so we're gonna go ahead pour this is a little bit breakfast and then what are some other things you do when you wake up in the morning you make your bed right with some other things you brush your teeth yes that's very important and then what do you do after you brush your teeth in oh you take a shower yes that's great and then with some other things after you take a shower you pray oh yes that's very important yes and then what about you go ahead and put on your clothes get ready for school so you go ahead and get out the door Wow our day is being filled up with lots of things that we're doing right so you get to school you go ahead and learn a little bit of reading a little bit of math and what some other things that you learn when you're at school science yes my favorite subject so what's the school bell rings you go ahead and go home and then you see your mommy daddy again so what are some things what you do when you get home you do your homework right so after you do your homework you have a little snack and then your go ahead and wash your hands for supper right so after supper you go ahead and take a bath where some things you do out this up or you watch a little bit TV oh you play the what the computer ray and then after you play you go ahead and brush your teeth and you lay you're better than oh you're tired so you go ahead and lay down and get some sleep right so look our day is filled right but we have one problem it's kind of half empty what are we missing Jesus is right jesus is missing during our day now let's see so I have these little ping-pong balls right so these represent God so let's go ahead and try to get caught it in our day so let's go ahead let's put God on top of our day and but look God is at the top and trying to squeeze an idea and it's not working what can we do about this we take some of the rice out ok let's see what we can do so let me suggest you let's go ahead and start our day with God first right so before we do anything we're gonna fill up herself with God because he's very important in our life we can't go on and do anything without him first right right so let's go ahead and start the day over but with God so what do we do in the morning we eat breakfast take a bath brush our teeth let me go ahead and pray and then we eat our breakfast go ahead and get our book bag make our way to the door go to school give mommy a daddy a kiss goodbye and pray that you have a great day go to class do a little bit of homework in class assignments I mean go ahead and get ready for recess and then just school bell rings and you go ahead and come home and thank God that you are home again you do a little bit of homework play on the computer or watch TV wash your hands for supper and then you pray with your family because you're going to eat a wonderful meal and then you go ahead and get a little bit of tired get a little bit of sleepy so what do you do next brush your teeth so you can get ready to bat so you know there we go our days half way over and then we get in bed and before we get about what do we do pray so once we pray we go ahead and shut our eyes and we thank God for all that he has done so now look our cup is full right so remember right so remember guys can you do me this favor remember before you do anything during your day you keep God first okay you pray you read your Bible you to allow God to lead you okay so can I have a little girl or boy to come pray [Music] there Jesus thank you for this day was continued church summers I have a good thing thank you all I thank you boys and girls you may we return to your seats quietly we thank you for paying attention and remember to always put God first seek ye first the kingdom of heaven and His righteousness and all things will be added to you [Music] [Music] you do for me [Music] he's a workout to me [Music] No [Music] things work [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's working it out [Music] he's working out with somebody right now [Music] it's bounced a bird he's working it out [Music] oftentimes you know the pastor's supposed to smile the past was supposed to be the source and catalyst of inspiration and encouragement but the pastor deals with stuff too but I'm so glad I serve a God who's working it out [Music] he's worked it out for my good he's working out for your good thank you brother Steven ironically Steven directed and brother lived in sang the solo today I don't know for those who are stay there freedom he's working out I'm talking and stay there [Music] Stephen directed in [Music] Lynden say the solo I'm very proud of them both of them within the past month Stephen just this week have released their own single [Music] in terms of a song by Tunes I'm proud to be their pastor the pastor's have persons who are not of our faith in churches and not of our faith have people within their church and they write music and they write songs and they sell and they go all across the country and I'm grateful at the Oakwood Church we have two indigenous members who are writing music writing songs it is being produced and published and I think we ought to affirm both of his brothers today he's working it out for them earnest hankins his wife is Irish you're not blasphemy to you she teaches in our music department he is a pun to a hospital recovering from surgery their children are here today to my right your left and we want to remember on his Hankins and special prayer today sister Gert as John said where are you very sprightly on the front row she is here today she was in a horrible car accident car flipped over and she and her husband have been out of church for a while but they are here today praise be to God that the Lord is working it out but they're good today I want you to go to the book of mark mark chapter five verse number 21 [Music] Gospel according to mark chapter 5 verse 21 the Word of God says in mark chapter 5 verse 21 if you haven't them here you say ain't mad Jesus was fast over again my ship unto the other side much people that means a lot of fold gathered unto Him and he was nigh unto the sea behold they're coming one of the rulers and some of God's arias by name when he saw him when he saw Jesus he fell on his feet and besought him greatly saying my little daughter lieth at the point of death I pray thee come lay thy hands on her that she may be healed and she shall live and Jesus went with him much people followed him and throng him so understand what's going on Jesus is by the seaside and there are a lot of people who are by him but then Jarius comes and Jerian says I need you to hear my daughter Jesus gets up goes with chariots and great number of people begin to follow him verse 25 a certain woman which had an issue of blood twelve years that suffered many things of many physicians and had spent all that she had and was nothing bettered rather grew worse when she had heard of Jesus she came in the press bond and touch His garment for she said if I may but touch his clothes I shall be whole you understand the degree to faith to that if he doesn't even see me but if I can just touch his clothes [Music] straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague Jesus neatly knowing in himself that Bert's you had gone out of it turned around said who touched my clothes Society said to him Jesus now see there's all these people throng in D and says thou who touched me and he looking round about the sea heard that had done this thing but the woman fearing and rippling knowing what was done in her came and fell down before him and told him all the truth and he said unto her daughter thy faith everybody say faith have made the whole go in peace and be older that plague while he yet spake to this woman there comes from the ruler of the synagogue's house somebody so this is one of the servants of the ruler and he says to Jarius my daughter is there why trouble astound the master any further as soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken I wish I had time just to preach that friends because in other words the man is talking but Jesus hears what the man saying at the same time he says under the rule of the house be not afraid only what everybody and he suffered no man to follow them saying Peter James and John it's the story of net to count me to the synagogue to the house in the rue de synagogue and see the Tollman and then that wept and well brady and when he was coming he says on them why may eveness and do and weep the damsel is not what but she what everybody and then verse 40 says they laughed at it here Jesus is pronounced in America and they laughing at Jesus but we need to put them all out you put him out taking the five of the Louisville to them some them that were with him a North End where the dancer was lying and he took the dancer by the hand and sent it to her Talitha Coulee which is being interpreted damsel I say unto thee knew what everybody and straightway the damsel roles of walk for she was of the age of twelve years and they were astonished with great astonishment and he charged them straightly that no man should know it and commanded that something should be given her to eat they are subject is entitled God's miracles own father blessings now speak through me to speak to your people forgive us for our sins and Lord have your way work it out far good in Jesus name we pray let everyone say Amen back in the day before we had C and in MSNBC HL in Fox News and other 24/7 news channels and breaking news streaming into our iPhones iPads androids and other digital devices people only got the news from one of two sources they got the news from either the newspaper or the evening nightly news does anybody remember what I'm talking about but now we live in a world and in an age where we have instant access to news that happens around the world and news that happens in the world in an instant we can be sitting in church we can be on our job and if anything newsworthy comes up we can see it right come through on our mobile device but more than not it is the nature of the news to report the bad things that happen over the good things speaking of good news and bad news I was reading a story this week about a man who came home from work one evening the man walked into the kitchen divine his state home my wife rather who took care of their three preschoolers looking terribly frustrated and upset the man can tell that she was about to deliver some bad news to him so he held up his hand said honey hold up wait a minute before you start let me tell you I've had a bad day at work nothing went right and I can tell that you have more bad news but whatever you do babe don't give me any more bad news give me some good news so his wife smart lady that she was looked at him is all right honey you have three children and today two of them didn't fall out of a tree and break their homes that's what I call good news and bad news to add a witness in his place in mark 5 we have two people with bad news Jesus brings some good news mark presents us with the story within a story in the sense you can get proud of 10-15 sermons out of this one thing's mark princess presents us with a story of Linda's story and there are similarities in both stories for one both are women one is a lady one is a little girl number two both are physically sick one has an issue of blood and one is sick unto death number three both deal with the number 12 the woman with the issue of blood has been sick 12 years the little girl is 12 years old and number 4 and most importantly both need a miracle so we enter into God's miracle zone in chapter 5 of Mark the Bible tells us the Jarius is ruler of the synagogue which means he's the one in charge of public worship he's over the choir he's the head elder he's over the praise team he's the he's a religious man but the Bible says his daughter is sick unto death lesson number one in God's miracles all if you wanna enter God's miracles all number one just because you work for God and just because you serve his church doesn't exempt you from trial and tribulation now I've been through enough stuff in my life to know that you can pray till your lips are dry you can pray until your tongue feels like sandpaper you can pray until your knees have welts on them preach as hard as you want sing as much as you want teach in church school at Oakwood but every nominee and you gonna go through something somebody's gonna die somebody's gonna get sick somebody's gonna hurt you somebody's gonna disappoint you but I've learned every experience that we have in our lives is tied to a purpose everything that God happens to allow us to happen in your life through his providential will yes my friends a sovereign set up remember your setback is just a set up for a comeback you better learn how to give God glory for whatever you go through because what you're going through is tied to something bigger God has for your life it was fall as a choir son you said that we know that all things work together for good to them we love Lord and are called according to his purpose suffering is God's Way of making us stronger and suffering forces us to depend on him somebody's still not getting it let me try this way so I thought of Lynn Ross with this illustration I thought of you brother boss and glad to hear today we have a lot of golfers in this church and this is a golf illustration are we okay everybody past burden golf my father-in-law before I got married took me to the golfing range I was trying to get brownie points but I haven't been back since then come on say Amen all right have you ever looked closely at a golf ball all golf balls have dimples little oops in the service now a little study the first golf balls in Scotland were smooth and it would seem that a smooth surface would make the golf ball fly further and straighter but these original golfers discovered that when the smooth golf balls got scratched and roughed up they actually flew further because of an aerodynamic principle y'all don't hear what I'm saying so the old golfers would cut grooves in shallow holes in their golf balls and eventually golf balls were manufactured with dimples instead of smooth surfaces a golf ball is a parable of our lives God knows that if our lives are were perfectly smooth we wouldn't go as far you don't hear what I'm saying so God knows that a few rough edges a few rough experiences won't actually take us further in life I wish I had a witness at his place you see if I had not gone through what I've gone through over my 24 years of ministry I would not be Who I am today are you doing what I'm saying so just because you're a pastor doesn't exempt you from suffering just because you're an elder doesn't exempt you from suffering just because you sing in the praise team or in the choir you're a deacon or Deaconess doesn't exempt you from suffering you have to have some rough edges you've got to have some rough experiences you still got to go through some fire to come out as fear go are you hearing what I'm saying the Bible declares that Jerry is his daughter is sick unto death and that there's a multitude that is gathered by the seashore to hear Jesus but Jerry has fights through the crowd so he can get to Jesus because he says what I need I don't need from anybody else what I need I can only get from Jesus people are pressing Jesus on every side they're pushing him they're shoving him because everyone wants to see this this miracle worker but in spite of this Jarius wasn't going to let the crowd stop him from what he needed he has to get into God's miracle zone so what does he do lesson number two don't let anyone or anything stop you from getting your miracle all right so there comes a time in your life where you've got to make up your mind that it doesn't make a difference how many folks are around you it doesn't make a difference how many folks are looking at you strange in church because you're clapping your hands but you gotta learn to refuse to be intimidated by the crowd I'm not worried about what people may say I'm not worried about what people may do I've learned people may look at me funny but by any means necessary I've got to get to my Jesus and when you're in the crowd trying to get to Jesus you're not in the crowd looking like everybody else you're not in the crowd to be a spectator you're not in the crowd to be an onlooker you're not in the crowd just to try to find out who's here and who's not here you're trying to get to Jesus Ellen White says that as soon as Jarius approached Jesus Jesus set out at once to Jerry's house so now the only way to Jerry's house the only way to the house because when all of a sudden the Bible says that a woman or what everybody of what everybody a woman interrupts them so what do you do when you're trying to get to Jesus and somebody interrupts you what do you do when you try to listen to the sermon and somebody can't erupts you what do you do when you need a miracle from Jesus and you're being destructed what do you do when you need healing for your body peace for your soul and it's broken up by distracting the serving force you can't control Jesus is following Jarius to Jerry's house but there's a woman who heard Jesus was passing by she needed a miracle jus she needed to get in Jesus miracle zone so she works her way through the crowd and says if I could just touch his but wait a minute Jesus is on his way the jury is this house Jairus his daughter needs a miracle so imagine let's be clear here he is the ruler of synagogue here he is the pastor Church I imagine myself in this situation and I have a baby girl that sick and I'm walking with Jesus and somebody Jesus is about to give my daughter just what she needs but then Jesus stops and says somebody touched me Jesus yes somebody touched you there are a bunch of people out here pushing shoving touching what do you mean somebody touched you but I believe I've got a witness in this place that knows casual contact with Christ isn't the same as a desperate grasp of faith Jesus ups who says somebody touched me but Jarius is trying to hurt Jesus to his house to see his daughter but he's been ruptured interrupted by this woman so let's make it practical today what do you do when you need a miracle but somebody has to get theirs first what do you do when somebody has to get their healing first their deliverance first somebody has to get the job first I've come to tell you today that you need to understand that even when it looks like somebody else has to get there a miracle first it does not dilute the fact that your miracle is on the way maybe God just might be saying today I'm trying to see how you gonna act when I bless other folk before I bless you y'all owe your time saying I'm trying to see if you all have an attitude when somebody else gets the promotion when somebody else passes the test when somebody else gets the job first when somebody else graduates first when somebody else gets married first when somebody else gets the baby first with somebody else gets the house first when somebody else gets a car first when someone gets out of debt first when somebody else gets the healing first jesus heals the woman tells the woman your faith hath made you whole so the text we read it the messenger comes up to Jarius says Jairus don't worry about it don't trouble Jesus your daughter is there I can hear Jerry is saying if it weren't for this woman we would have made it on time I know Steve even America I know she'd be the healer but if it weren't for this interruption we would have gotten to the house on time but mark 8:36 says Jesus heard the word that was spoken in other words he overheard their conversation I like I had a wife puts in the desire of Ages he says that G jet Jarius caught the ear of Jesus Jesus says be not afraid they're going me only believe in other words Jesus says the Jarius look drop whose report are you gonna believe don't you know who I I am the resurrection and the life if I do so ablates I'm still early in fact it's not a miracle if I get there when you want me to it's a miracle when I saw a blade which leads me to lesson number three he may not come when you want it but it's all eyes right on time delay is not denial I've learned in my life sometimes says God says yes sometimes God says no and sometimes God says not yet are you hearing what I'm saying let me throw this in it's not one of the lessons but it's feel-good anyway come on say Amen this story illustrates why you have to surround yourself with positive people think about it negative people unbelieving photo Jarius she's dead they tow chairs move on forget about it but friends you gotta surround yourself with positive people you don't need to be around folk who good you can do bad by yourself are you hearing what I'm saying that's why I gotta be around possibly but I like going up to people who smile when I smile are you hearing I'm saying that are approachable they don't have that look don't talk to me don't say anything to me I got time for that come on saying that you got to be around positive people you have to be around listen to be good this is practical not in a mess and let me tell you this you gotta learn how to be around winners there's a certain mentality associated with being a winner people who are winners hang together winners expect to win winners don't go deliver themselves winners don't expect to lose that's why certain teams accept the Patriots always have winning seasons they don't apply here I have my reasons some sports teams always have losing seasons I don't care who they draft I don't care what free agents they get because they have a loser mentality they always lose but winners expect to win but that's just not in the secular world that's also in the spiritual world if you're a spiritual winner I wish I had a witness in this place you will gravitate to people who are also spiritual winners because there's a mentality that goes along with winning and once you get the mentality of a winner you can listen to a person talk for a few minutes all it takes me is five minutes it's on to somebody I know where they are that's all it takes and you can talk to somebody for five minutes and it either ease you or it doesn't and sooner than later things that don't feed you you don't spend time fooling with them because it's counterproductive to where you're trying to go are you hearing what I'm saying you see friends of mine and I don't mean to sound arrogant I'm just being transparent today that's a regular word not specially I can just talk to my church let me tell you [Music] Oh dinner conquerer I'm trying to go somewhere I'm trying to get to God straight heaven I'm trying to get to get God's break Kingdom I'm a winner I don't fight for victory I fight front victory Jesus has already won satan has already been defeated don't wait to the battle is over so now losing and failing promotes a specific mindset you can get around some failing vote and have failing circumstances and listen to all that negative talk and you'll find yourself unable to get back up again because not only are you down but your environment is down and everybody that is talking to you is talking down and so you develop a mentality that is built around your condition that's why you have to watch who you hang with watching your friends are you are the company you keep birds of a feather fought together where there is fear there is little faith Jarius had been so strong in faith that he found no difficulty in believing that Jesus could heal his daughter so Jesus gets to Jerry's house and then Jesus says in the text verse 37 look at that when you go home Jesus says Intex verse 37 he says I need Peter James and John y'all here I'm saying I need Peter James and John I appreciate everybody else I thank everybody else but I need Peter James and John because we're getting ready to confront the enemy and I need an around me Peter James and John can I give you lesson number four the closer you get to your miracle your crowd is gonna get smaller I wish I had a witness in this place I look at my ministry and being transparent with you guys today so soul Mississippi two people in Laurel how many people everybody count them how many - I was USM president okhla graduated in 94 that the McCoy hired me sit me down to Laurel so soil Columbia Mississippi I went to my first Sabbath my installation Sabbath how many members one and two its preaching hard one SAP as I said we have there are two or three gathered in God's name God said he'd be in the mix I'm preaching to those two ladies over 65 whatever puts their hands up goes out the room mother puts their hands up bullseye drunk preach it to myself that's why I had to get there to have children I had to increase the membership come on saying that too and I've looked at my ministry listen to me has verb being transparent today so so Laurel Colombia then I went to Tuscaloosa Utah International in Houston they say Atlanta then to Oakwood Church and people who are my friends before being friends now not because of anything I've done but the closer you get to your miracle the closer you get to your breakthrough your crowd gets smaller young people young preachers one of y'all is gonna take my place one day I'm telling you it's lonely at the top I praise God for that woman Danielle bird right there and my three girls cuz at the end of the day when I'm on my sick I know rich alone will come see me I know my Peter James and John comes in but I came with my family I'm leaving with my family y'all don't hear what I'm saying the closer you get to your miracle your crowd is gonna get smaller because everybody's not gonna understand the level of spiritual warfare you're about to enter into that's why you got to know who your Peter James and John are it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with Matthew Andrew or Thomas but you can know who your Peter James and John are because everybody can't handle everything I wish I had a witness in this place it gets to the house and the people in the house are crying Ellen White says that there are professional mourners people who get paid to cry Jesus rocks and wood Peter James and John and Jesus says to Jairus your daughter it's not dead she's just asleep the Bible then says in verse 40 that the people in the house started laughing they started making fun of Jesus like Jesus was crazy like Jesus was making up something but then the Bible said that's why I love me some jesus people try to make Jesus out like he's some weak mild matter I love me some Jesus they laughing at Jesus and Jesus the Bible says puts them out bounce now let me be clear I'm being transparent I don't want anyone to leave Oakwood Church I don't want anyone to leave awkward Church I don't I don't want anyone to transfer out of Oakland search I don't I love everybody well saw says I'm but I go a different way I try to talk to him whatever I don't want any of that but I've learned in my ministry sometimes you have to have blessed subtractions for multiple editions yah no hear what I'm saying Jesus put them out there are many times when I go to the hospital one of you are sick and the family says pastor come pray for me pray my family member and before I say it's nice seeing all of you all but let me tell you something I believe in Jehovah Rapha I believe that he's a hill and if you don't believe that ain't no hard feelings I'm not mad at you but you need to get up out of this room because we're about to pray down the power of God and I don't need any doubting in each faceless any laughing spirits in this room and God told me to tell somebody today that there are some folk laughing at what God is about to do in your life what Jim [Music] [Applause] you need somebody that can stand in agreement with you you need a child who God who knows how to fall on their knees and pray all right so y'all know I love Eldon long he's elder law to you he uncle Richard to me all right I put that out there I'm being transferred today I love brother Jacobs but he's uncle Harold to me because when I grew up as a kid that's all I knew before we started this project I brought him in the room said listen now we're gonna do this thing we'll need any doubting spirits if we don't do it let's do it but we'll need no coward soldiers if we go do this thing we go to if God be for us who can be against some friends of mine you need some Holy Ghost intoxicating power praying children of God who can stand in agreement with you believing God will work a miracle in your life you need positive folk around you if you can't help me don't hinder me get from around me get how Jesus put them out and that's a word for somebody today somebody's miracle will never come until you're willing to put the naysayers out out of your mind out of your body of your spirits out of your space out of your company are you hearing what I'm saying I'm almost done we're doing better getting you out earlier in 2018 come on same but I gotta preach this right here verse 41 talk about we want to get out charge then all y'all do is stop stand and talk in the house by our anyway come on bastard first 41 says and he took the damsel by the hand and said unto her Talitha koum ii which is interpreted damsel i say unto thee arise hallelujah somebody do you realize what we just read do you see what's going on y'all don't see what's going on I'd be getting ready shouts Oh hallelujah what is't a Greek class with dr. Rogers 28 years ago he used to process the thought in his mind the translation of the word the Greek to the English and he would start getting excited in his eyes and I said dr. Rogers are you okay he said I just know the thought before the word comes out so for me I know the thought before the word comes out so I'm excited jesus said arise Jesus is talking to a dead girl Jesus you like that brother down Jesus it's talking to what's dead but he's speaking those things that hurts as though they are lesson number six there comes a time in your life that you've got to speak over those things that Bob said we're dead in your life you've got to speak stuff that folks said would never get up you got to speak to every dead situation in your life and you got to declare in the name of Jesus get up I know people may be getting ready for the funeral I know people may be getting ready for the memorial service I know people may be getting ready to say it's over I know people are getting ready say her to earth ashes to ashes dust to dust but Jesus is the resurrection and the life the power of life and death is in your tongue too many of ourselves too many of us speak ourselves into death but there comes aside well you got to speak life over your situation life over your finances life over your friends life over your family life over your children life over your grandchildren life over your marriage life over your job life over your education young people you love to speak life over your grades life over your sickness life over this church do I have a witness in this place if the devil were gonna kill you he should have done it a long time ago but you know what he couldn't do it God wouldn't let him do it God spoke life open up your mouth and speak life over your situation you can't build a school speak life you can't have gospel you know you can't build a Family Life Center speak life I'm not like but he's the resurrection and the life open up your mouth and speak life don't you dare ever see the report of the enemy don't you dare sit back and think it's over don't you dare because I've come to tell you it ain't over until God says it's over you got to learn how to have a yet praise everybody say yet praise come on say yet praise the healing for your body it just hasn't happened yet the job you've applied for it just hasn't happened yet for a young person in the balcony your financial clearance this semester it just hasn't happened yet you better get a yet praise Bible says Jerry says daughter got up always liked the story I heard a pastor who was preaching about death he was preaching to his congregation he said every member of this church is gonna die now I'm hoping he meant that you know the living know that they should die you know but he said everybody in this church every member is gonna die so there was a little boy in the front row and he was giggling the preacher didn't like the boy laughing so the preacher increased his volume I said every member of this church is gonna die the little boy began to laugh even louder the preacher then got louder because you know when you get louder amen I get loud and preacher a gay man the little print the preacher got louder every member of this church is gonna die the boy couldn't stop laughing so the preacher now angry he stopped and said son what's so funny about that young boy said you said every member of this church is gonna die I'm not a member of this church [Applause] well preacher was right everybody is going down and some would say that death is no laughing matter but for a believer in Jesus Christ when you get in God's miracle zone death is not a scary thing death is not a period but only a comma in the story of life Greenland God's miracle zone death is not the end for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the Archangel the Trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first then we which are alive remains to be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord when Jarius his daughter got up the Bible says they were astonished they were amazed you got to learn how to look folk dead in the eye and say when God does it for me all of the naysayers are gonna lose their mind when they see what God has done in my life you don't know like I know what is done for me just this week I was in God's miracles so you don't know like I know what he's done for me understand something of happiness when you get a touch from Jesus there's power when you make contact with Jesus there's deliverance when you make contact with Jesus there's healing when you make contact with Jesus there's a breakthrough with the make contact with Jesus there's a miracle when you make contact with Jesus chains are broken when you make contact with Jesus captives are set free when you make contact with Jesus the blind I made to see when you make contact with Jesus the lame are made to walk when you make contact with Jesus and these are the lessons that we learn from being in God's miracle zone number one just because you work for the church just because you work for Oakwood just because you're a church officer just because you are a seventh-day Adventist doesn't exempt you from trial and tribulation number two don't you let anyone or anybody stop you from getting your miracle I wish I would live in an earthly hell and come to church on sabbath and sit there like a lump on a log let me tell you something everybody don't have to jump up i'm okay with everybody not jumping up hey man I hate when praise and worship leaders get up get up on your feet if you love Jesus get up on your feet I don't know Jesus but can I sit do I have a witness in this place but don't you let anyone stop you from getting your miracle number three he may not come when you want him but he's always right on time number four listen to me young preachers you'll remember this if the Lord delays is coming the closer you get to your miracle your crowd is gonna get smaller number five when you're praying for a miracle you got people laughing and making fun of you put them out number six there comes a time in your life that you have to speak over those things that folks said were dead in your life but you know I got a little Ward in me and because we're seventh-day Adventists I can't end with six points I gotta have dr. Gooding seven points y'all your and I'm saying young people don't watch some old Oprah pilot search archives and you understand what I'm saying lesson number seven in God's miracle zone what God has for me it is for me put those hands together you got praise all those building my miracle may be different than your miracle your miracle may be different than my miracle but guess what it's still a one miracle your miracle may be different than my miracle but it still gets why a miracle when God determines it's time for a miracle despite what's going on despite what other people are doing with their despite what other folks are saying heaven will open up for you and no man on the earth and no devil in Hell can stop what God has for you let me tell you something before I take my seat every day is an opportunity for you to experience the miracles and blessings of God the problem with most of us is that we waste every opportunity given to us because we don't know how to seize an opportunity but every moment that God gives you it's a gift and when God opens the door you better walk through it when God opens the window you better climb through it's because doors do closed windows do shut and opportunities can pass you by let me tell you some I'm getting older and there is a benefit as you live as you age as you get older as you get more gray I think one of the things that aids helps you to do is to appreciate life because the closer you get to the end of it the more you appreciate every day of it are you hearing what I'm saying I used to multiply my age by two and always said I still have a lot to go I'll be 46 this year so with that that means 90 wonders for volunteers young people of youth is you don't have anything to compare life to and often times many young people think they're gonna live forever but you need to move a few few aches and pains a little creaking in your knees you need your back to go out every now and then for you to finally get the email from heaven that you are not gonna be here forever are you hearing what I'm saying because with that email comes a panic if that email comes a sense of urgency and if you're a person of faith which all my dad woman reach on my Jarius when you're a person of faith with that comes a commitment and a focus that you decide there are some things that I can't afford to let bother me because I'm too close to the last days to allow you to affect me let me be transparent because I could have ended a few minutes ago we could have shot it and going home but I gotta give you this point as I get older listen to me been in six years now it's longer than any Church I've ever pastor there are some criticisms that I simply will not respond to because I don't have that best news I don't have time just spend the rest of my life explaining my life to people who can't understand what God is doing for me [Applause] there are some people I don't even try to resolve conflict with they are who they are are you hearing what I'm saying I am Who I am are you doing what I'm saying you go ahead and have a problem with me if you want but I don't have time to have a problem with you and unless you get it straight with me on this earth you ain't going anywhere it's God's great heaven I've got to maximize the moment move into my destiny and get my miracle I dare you to sit around with messy people wallowing in the weeds of life I don't have time for that with Alyssa in Qatar that Jesus is soon to come we've been preaching and teaching this thing but folk we are living in the last days when you begin to realize that every day is the day of Thanksgiving where you understand that every day as a gift from God when you recognize that every second of every minute of every hours I get from God you begin to use these moments with discretion and decide the distinction what you will and what you will not lend your energy to because you don't have time for foolishness Jesus if something's our God you don't have time my head out of my uncle was on his deathbed we don't have time you don't have time for mess do not have time to play you don't have time to be petty you don't have time to major and minors are forgetting engage in the paralysis of analysis you don't have time to sweat the small stuff preachers you have time to be jealous [Music] you don't have time to worry about who doesn't like you who does like you if God loves me that's all I need to know God loves me and Daniel loves me with all she has that's all I need to know stop playing Church stop playing games stop being hypocritical stop being judgmental some I don't wanna take this sermon to try to pick it apart stop you're not trying to be playing games you're running out of time you don't have time to worry about what other people are saying about you you're running out of time you're not trying to worry about how cute your dress is or nice your suit is even God's working on me with that the lap time so you've got the biggest house in the church who cares you're running out of time see so y'all like to meet you got up here and he was doing the offering he's ready shout us y'all understand we got in school this week yeah y'all understand that young people struggle trying to get in school they only getting up here tell my everything God you're everything to me I understand are they struggling trying to get in school and what God does some form they can't keep it to themselves so these new members you don't understand what I'm came to me they say pastor I haven't smoked in a week I don't want to say what makes some of these folks out they don't care that you look at them funny they don't care that they might get on your nerves they don't care they're clapping their hands Oh pastor bird stops your seat there have been through hell and high water and they're running out of time what God has for me it is for me so I got to preach it now I'm gonna teach it now I gotta sing it now I've gotta testified now I've got a minister now I've got to educate now do it now let me tell you things I used to worry about what I'm 18 I don't worry about it anymore I don't chase down rumors anymore believe what you want to believe I don't care Jesus is soon to come Steve membrane Jesus ensue everybody told my doctor and immigration now that don't really realize what's going on Jesus is soon to come when there's a union of the first and the second beast Jesus is I'm entering God's miracle zone I don't have time I need my miracle now I need my breakthrough now I need my deliverance I'm hearing God's miracle zone just because I'm a preacher doesn't mean I won't have suffering I'm entering God's miracle zone I'm not gonna anybody or anything stop me for getting my miracle I'm entering God's miracle zone he may not come when you want him but he's always right on time I entering God's miracle zone the closer I get to my miracle my crowds gonna get smaller I'm entering God's miracle zone are you hearing what I'm saying I've got to speak those things that people thought were dead I gotta speak life into I'm entering God's miracles all when people laugh at the miracle I'm about to get I got to put them out I'm entering God's no-go zone and what God has for me what God has for you it is let's enter thoughts mules need knowledge and sources [Music] [Music] [Music] to [Music] everybody on your feet I'm crying see [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] now [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] and we have our raccoons oh Jesus somebody needs to enter into your miracle zone right now somebody needs to understand that even their occupation may be in a church worker somebody needs to understand they might be in ministry here at the Oakwood church as an officer but that does not exempt them from there's somebody else today Lord who to whatever reasons letting something or somebody there's somebody else who is saying but you're healing them and you're you're blessing them and you give me a miracle more today that you may not come with me once you but you're always on time there's somebody else that Lord you're elevating them and the higher the level the higher the devil and gourd Winnie they're getting ready to enter into their miracle zone sometimes Oh God their circle gets smaller but Lord God be with them right now there's somebody god who's excited about their miracle they're excited about endurance of miracles of the miracles only but Oh Lord God people are laughing Adam people are making fun of them Lord give them the courage to put them out there no god there's some things that are dead in our lives and you're calling us to speak life to dead situations then finally number seven Lord what do you have for me it is for me so God people have already begun to come and so I pause this prayer begging for forgiveness of sins somebody falls in one of those seven categories and you follow those seven categories and today you want to enter into God's miracle zone you need God to do something for you you need God to do something for your family I dare you to come down this out give me your hand and give Jesus your heart what I can have in God and so today you want to enter into a miracle zone somebody it's Baptists and somebody's rematches I'm somebody's profession of your faith someone else's transfer of your membership for somebody else you're saying I need to come and I need to see the surrender my life to Jesus whoever however just as you are God wants you to come get into the miracle zone are you here are you here we're gonna sing that course one more time balcony main form of your flows choir don't you stand there knowing you need to get in the miracles on don't you sir don't you need to make on message not only to yourself but you need to send a message to God I want in it I don't wanna be around it I want to be Guinness today you've got the opportunity if you've got the wheel God's got the way he's saying come out of that she come down this out give me your hand give this your heart and get in God's miracle zone let's sing that course one more time if you believe that I want you come now this out [Music] [Music] [Music] today I want you to touch me I want you to heal me God I want you to change me [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] but it's not too late to get in the miracle zone [Applause] [Music] there's a student here today you did a miracle from the Lord don't you stand there there has to be some acknowledgement there's gotta be some faith you gotta move don't you ask God to do for you what you're not willing to do for yourself I've gotta keep in the mirror comes on I need clearance you better give the miracles on I didn't victory over habit you better get in the miracles on my children won't act right my kids won't do right you better get into miracles [Music] you better get in it the lifeboat is coming the miracle [Music] getting a miracle zone [Applause] [Music] zone [Music] Oh Lord God have you rain you are the Potter we are the clay my god in faith in faith these people have come to the front today they've come because Lord they won in the miracles only they want miracles in front of them they want miracles behind them they're here because they want to get in your miracle zone now in that America's own some others just want to rededicate their last you there others who want to transfer to Oakwood there others who want baptism others who want rebaptised but God they're standing in the front because they want to be in the miracles are on so Lord seal their decisions by the power of the Holy Ghost right now and then Lord we give you permission to blow our minds blow our minds work miracles on our behalf right now milkers for our marriages miracles for our children for our grandchildren miracles for our finances miracles on our child goes in our church you are calling us fine so while we could be praying for everything else and everybody else lord save us so for everyone who's come down today Lord seal the decisional name of Jesus seal it cover God if I am be messed up in any way if I have made anything that's not right because I got forgive me right now because Lord all I wanted to be today was your mouthpiece to let your people know that help is on the way that miracle zone can happen for us so even though we work for the church we're not exactly suffering but miracles on the way we can't let anybody stop us the miracle is on the way you may not come we want you to come but you'll still come miracle is on the way you may elevate us for no God our crowd may get smaller with this elevation but miracle is on the way Lord there may be naysayers who laugh at us you're crazy what are you thinking what are you doing but Oh God we're gonna put them out because miracle is and then oh god there's something bad in our life a situation a circumstance they respeaking life will be bad miracles on the way because we claim the miracle what you have for me it is for me so thank you for stopping I feel good today thank you for speaking through this servant today we give you all the praise your glory Lord be and have your way with these people who've come down I don't have time to articulate every individual thing that's someone where these individuals are going through but Lord God have your way we invite your presence your power straighten us up clean up clean us out have your way we are willing to insert the miracles own we praise you and we thank you in the name of the near Accord in the name of Jesus let everyone say Amen Amen put those hands together give God praise all someone here responded to the appeal for baptism baptism profession of faith transformation make your way to my right your left in the pastoral team [Music] or two [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] me [Music] trees [Music] I'm so glad to be in his miracle zone what do you say everybody money we're winners I said we're winners walk like it act like it make sure you're back at 4:30 today dr. Lilith White has a very timely powerful presentation that you want to experience young and old male and female 4:30 today tomorrow at 2 o'clock tomorrow at 2 o'clock don't forget we have our customer service workshop all of our staff you need to be here and everyone else you were more than welcome to come as well Wednesday night prayer meeting next Sabbath we begin our Black History celebration International Sabbath His Excellency Sir Patrick Allen will be with us the aliens and we're looking forward to seeing you let's all stand as we prepare to be dismissed brotherly gear come on bless us now let's pray dear really father thank you for speaking through your manservant dr. Byrd thank you for allowing him to teach us that you are a God of healing and while you may not work when we want you to you always show up and work on time God thank you for teaching us that before you heal sometimes you must subtract things and people and situations out of our lives so that we can be intoxicated with the Holy Ghost and Lord as we leave this place but never your presence I ask that you guide us and guard us until we meet again in Jesus name I pray amen please be seated [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Published: Sat Jan 27 2018