Scott Graham - A Bottle of Tears

each and every need God is here today to heal to save and to deliver so right now why don't you lift your hands and let's go to the Lord in prayer Jesus we thank you for the opportunity to be in this house today Oh God Lord Jesus we thank you God for another opportunity to come into your house and to praise and to worship your mighty name Jesus Lord I'm asking you right now that you would pour out your spirit in this service Oh Lord Lord not our will today God but your will be done in this house Jesus we've come to magnify and to glorify your holy name God it's not about us today God but it's all about you a lord we've come to lift up your mighty name Lord we've come to pray no matter how we may feel or no matter what we may be going through Jesus we have come to praise you and to glorify you today well Jesus I'm asking you right now Lord to move on behalf of every need Jesus Lord you see every sickness that's here today God's you see every struggle every situation Oh Lord I am asking Lord today Jesus that you would move today Lord in the lives of every person that's here Lord every person Lord who is watching by way of livestream Lord I ask that you would move in their lives today Lord I'm asking that you would touch and that she would feel every hungry and hurting person with the Holy Ghost today Lord that has come Lord seeking you now right now for the last minute why don't we lift up a great praise come on let's praise God like he really deserves it come on you may be tired this morning you may be struggling but let me just tell you that the key to the victory is in your praise come on somebody clap your hands come on somebody shout unto God with a voice of triumph come on we are victorious in this house the internet hemos hecho en la Baja come on that's it somebody lift up the name of Jesus this morning come on where two or three are gathered somebody come on he's here in our this morning come on that's it clap your hands one more time as the praise team come 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voice shout his praise right now have it [Applause] we have gathered in this place to magnify the Lord and worship Him hallelujah I realize it's Sunday morning but I feel the spirit of Pentecost here at the Pentecostals hallelujah hallelujah hey man god bless you turn to the person beside you don't shake their hand unless you live with them Amen give them an air of high-five smile at them tell them you're glad to see him amen and you can be seated for just a moment we want to take this opportunity to welcome our guests and I want to ask sister Esther do we have video announcements all right I'll be calling those up in just a moment but first we want to welcome all of you are here with us at the Pentecostals if it's your first or second time to be with us you should have received a guest card on the way in there are some free gifts associated with that we want you to have them so if it's your first time or your second time and you weren't handed a card on the way in which you lift your hand for just a moment the ushers will get that to you right over here on the right side keep your hand up a moment longer sir thank you anyone else over here on the left side thank you brother Sean Oh keep your hand up just a moment longer sir thank you anyone else first or second time and you didn't receive a guest card all right well we are so happy that each and every one of you are here this morning and even our Pentecostals will you help me welcome our guest today all right [Music] man when I call your name or something that sounds like your name if you just lift your hand so we can see where you're seated we don't want to embarrass you but we do want to acknowledge you and thank you for being with us amen before I forget we've got some special guests brother and sister Eden's our former youth pastors are here not over there sir brother hiddens is gonna test it by here in a minute that's always exciting amen also glad to have home folks Kip and Farah barrier right over here on the right side wave at sister Farah that's right all right again when I call your name just lift your hands so we can see where you're seated first time guests Michael Lumina lino I think I said that right but I probably did it Michael where you seated this morning your hand I'm looking for over here on the left god bless you we're glad you're here this morning second time guests Samuel Wingo this is a friend of the gauges over on the right Samuel we're glad you're here god bless you all right special guests Britney rape book this is a friend of the Harrison this is Britney where you at over here on the right god bless you we're glad you're here this morning amen our Usher's are coming at this time if you have need of a contribution envelope lift your hand and they'll make sure that you get one amen come right on fellas over here on the left thank you very much and while they are getting your contribution envelopes and you're preparing your offering please give heed to the video announcements welcome it's our pleasure to have each of you here with us today we like to share some upcoming events happening here at the BOK June 20th our fathers will be having Father's Day fellowship located at past your Mickey's house at 6 p.m. for an address and more information on this please visit the Nexus booth next Sunday on June 21st during both morning services we will be having a Father's Day celebration we hope that you can join us to honor the fathers in the congregation Unwin faith July 16th there will be a Membership experience class here new members will have the opportunity to connect with the pastoral staff and learn more about the history and future of the church for more information you can visit the next that's good and the prayer for our Wednesday night and Sunday services we will be continuing our times from the past couple of weeks Wednesday night services will be at 6 p.m. for our high-risk members and 7:30 for the remainder of the congregation Sunday service times will be 8 and 10 a.m. as well as our night service at 6 p.m. we hope to see you there if you are a guest we invite to connect with us in the foyer at our next steps booth once again thank you for joining us on this Sunday here Dependencies hey man we are so delighted each of you were here I've got a couple of more guest cards and again I apologize for the pronunciations I say us Fajardo I don't / though I'm sure that's not right where are you over here on the front here on the front god bless you sir we're glad you're here [Music] ELISA Cordero ELISA where and over here on the left god bless you we're glad you're here this morning and I've got a VIP who is named Robert the rest is confidential Robert where are you at this morning Rob Robbie Robert all right he may have slipped down well we are so excited each of you here one additional announcement we have a men's fellowship coming up this Saturday from 11:00 to 2:00 amen it's an honor of Father's Day but if you're not a father and you're a man in our church we want you to be there you can see the next-step desk for more information amen are you glad to be in the house of God this morning hey man you survived the commercials are you glad to be on the house of God this morning hey man let's stand together amen lift your offering toward the Lord we're gonna ask God to bless it Lord we're so very thanked for this opportunity to be in your presence to be in your house and to be with your people we ask you to bless both the gift and the giver in Jesus name and everyone said amen god bless you as you give [Music] consuming fire [Music] my heart's desire Oh [Music] with no easy I wish [Music] [Music] goes right into the whole world [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] this is my one desire and only this I see to be Seekonk we this is my one DS [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] amen amen is there anybody that is thankful for the baptism of the Holy Ghost hey man there's nothing quite like the Spirit of God a man coming to dwell within us god bless you may be seated for everyone that's here this morning is so good to him to see you and I realize we are full and some are now we got folks out on vacation but it's good you're in the house of the Lord this morning and looking forward to a tremendous service today I thank God for all the ministers that are a part of our church we've had several ministers that have become engaged in ministry and preaching and some have moved on and we celebrate that we celebrate when ministers move on and are involved in ministry and I'm not switching churches I mean they're they're leaving but they're going to get involved in the work of the Lord and I am so thankful we have two here today but I'm so thankful that brother Daniel Ed's is here that brother Daniel hadn't served as our youth pastor several years and as well as working with our church he was also over our - a group for a season I'm so thankful for he and his wife sister Haley and we're glad to have them here brother Patrick Brown many of you remember him he moved to Ohio and is launching a brand new church there a brand new campus in Miamisburg Ohio and we're very excited about that and brother and sister Eadie's have moved there to help them get the church off the ground but he's here this morning came in for the graduation weekend I want him to come and greet the congregation you know and many of you know it and I know that you love him why don't you welcome for the Daniel ends god bless you come amen it's good to be home in Texas I was talking to my wife a couple of weeks ago and I told her I said you know and I wasn't born in Texas and I'm not a native Texan but when we got married we moved here and we started our life as a couple here so I told her I said to meet Texas and please mama if you're watching I'm sorry but Texas is just home that's where we feel like we're at home and I'm glad to be home with you guys today I'm so excited to be here with you we are in Ohio we're in Miamisburg Ohio we have been there for the last almost year now we started counting last night almost year planting Hill City Church and we are excited man if you want to hear some awesome stories about what god can do please come talk to me after service I'll get you all pumped up and hyped up you'll want to go storm Hill with a water gun believe me just come talk to me I got stories it is exciting about what we're gonna do I wanted to just share with you a quick thought really quick on what we've been teaching the last few weeks or so at Hill City and what we've been talking to our launch team about and that is if then we believe God works in the if/then and that we see it in Scripture in second chronicles where God says it's my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray we'll do this we'll do that I will do this I will do that I will hear from heaven I will hear them and I will forgive their sin we believe that if we put works on our faith then God will come through because it's a scriptural principle so I'm here today that tell you to increase I know things look crazy right now and it's scary right now and if you listen or watch the news man you will get depressed but let me tell you something if you will then God will if you will put legs on your faith if we'll step out and say listen I believe but not only do I believe I'm willing to put works behind my belief then God will come through for you I want to encourage you today do not listen to the voices around you do not get caught up in the things that are around you don't believe the height don't believe the lies God still God he's still on the throne he's still making calls he's still the boss and we work for the best boss that we could ever have be encouraged today be full of faith and put legs on that faith praise the Lord god bless you why don't we stand together just for a moment at this time we're going to dismiss all of our preteen I'm sorry oh sorry you can sit down amen and sorry about that well I again and thankful for all the folks would all those that are preaching too haven't forgotten about you just relax you're gonna have your class here in just a moment I'm thankful for brother Kipp sister Farah of course sister fair was a part of us for quite some time and everybody knows okay yes he's still apart and amen thank God I don't know that very many reserved quiet people @p okay I think that's a qualification it's you have to have to be part of our church but I love this couple I thank God for them they are we consider them family they're living in Florida right now but the Kip's job transferred him there and he's there a lot of construction different things and and but they are still a part of us and I'm so thankful for what God is doing in their life and those of you that know them remember them you know both of them are have been heavily involved in our music program and I'm glad that they're here this morning I just I just didn't think it would be right for them to come and not at least sing so we're we're bringing them up god bless you we love you guys welcome praise the Lord it's so good to be back it'd be okay in case you don't know this there's not a P okay everywhere and we are so blessed to have been able to be our I was able to be a part of the P okay for less than a year probably but I want you to know that you're sitting in a church that is effective when it comes to being a hospital for the hurting there are probably witnesses that I'm talking to you probably got your own stories there are people that walk in those doors you have no idea what they're going through you know what cut you don't know what kind of hell they're walking through you don't know that they're in the lowest part of their life and this church is a healing place and I'm so thankful I found the P okay and I'm so thankful that I found my wife at the P okay and God blessed me whenever I found the P okay we're going to sing a song that my wife wrote it's called I will not forget you and this morning if you're wondering if you're if you're in that place if you're wondering is God really there is he really listening does he hear me I've come to tell you this morning that he cannot forget you Isaiah 49 and sixteen I think says I've carved you into the palm of my hands and we know that's a foreshadowing of of Jesus being on the cross we know that's a foreshadowing of those nails that that punctured his hands your name was written on his hands he can't forget you he has never forsaken you God is with you today somebody needs to hear this you're not he sees your situation he's not blind his arm is it short his ear is it deaf he hears your prayers and he will answer your prayers he will be there he will not forget you worship with us this morning you said that if I'd wait you'd have the answer [Music] and you promised in your word I would be heard but I wonder if you I'm just hold me for a while I'd understand if you'd forgotten all about me you said I will not forget you how could I when your name was written on my nails and held me up on the cross I will not forget you how could you were the only one on my mind it's kind of hard when you're the reason why I died no one ever forgets the love there [Music] you said the battle wasn't mine that it was yours and yours to fight heard you didn't Mira calls back then and you could do them all again hold the Lord I cannot see what it was and make you hello a seemingly unequal trade for all the past mistakes I made you said I will not forget you goodbye when your name was written on my heart by the littles and help me on the cross I will not forget you how could I put the only one on my mind it's kind of hard when you're the reason why no one ever forgets the love of their you look beyond what you'd seen all the weaknesses [Music] we shall not forget you how could I when your name was really long my heart my the sales and he'll me on the cross I will not forget you how could I were the only one on my mind is kind of hard when you or the reason why I died no one ever forgets the love of beer I will not forget you goodbye when your name was written on my nails and help me on the kill me on the cross I will not forget you how could I you were the only one kind of hard when you're the reason why [Music] never forget love [Music] Oh oh the one forgets that [Music] [Applause] let's stand to our feet come on let's give the Lord a hand klappa Frazier you thankful for his goodness hallelujah aren't you glad that he knows us man Amen god bless you pre-teen you can go ahead and make your way to your class god bless all of our preteen any man thank God for amen all right I'm always waiting for somebody to get me back in a line and I'm the worst one to give announcements and to run a service but I am so glad that each of you are here with us this morning and we want to quickly move into the word of the Lord today I'm so thankful for the ministry that we have here it's great to have brother Scott Graham and sister Graham with with him and sister Graham wave your hands everybody can see there she is right over there and they ministered in the first service they're ministering again today this service and then they'll be back with us again this evening it's always such a joy to have him here with a Graham is not only a friend not only a tremendous one of my favorite preachers but he serves as the general secretary for the United Pentecostal church a fellowship of Ministers that I am a part of and I'm so thankful for his influence and what he is doing not only in the local churches that he preaches in but all the churches that he helps lead and it's a blessing to have him here this morning I wonder if we could put our hands together let's welcome brother Scott Graham here this morning god bless you by the gram we love [Applause] [Music] [Applause] well it is a delight to be back with you and Katie this is one of my favorite places to come and preach I told you that after the first time I was here that y'all made like the top ten list and nothing's changed it's a joy to be with you is it in the water I mean like could just everybody here sing have mercy I've lost him now maybe they haven't stepped back in yet but that what a song we just heard Wow I mean not just the writing he said she wrote that I'm like why hasn't that been recorded by some world-renowned artist someplace Wow Wow I think it's the water I'm gonna drink more while I'm here water that is I want to be very clear I don't want to miss being misquoted to delight to be with your pastor and his lovely bride and their family it's a joy to be with the Maki's in this great church and all the team and staff here and you've precious people it's wonderful thank you for allowing us to come yeah I have my wife with me which is a joy that doesn't happen all the time but she's here and my daughter will be here tonight so I'm sorry for that but I couldn't help it no no I'm kidding I'm kidding I'm delighted she lives in College Station will be joining us this evening Luke chapter 7 let me take you to the word of the Lord today Luke chapter 7 and verse number 37 amen Luke 7 verse 37 and then we'll be reading two verses as a foundation for this message today Luke 737 the word of the Lord says this and behold a woman in the city which was a sinner when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisees house brought an alabaster box of ointment and stood at his feet behind him weeping and began to wash his feet with tears and did wipe them with the hair hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment I'm gonna preach today on the subject a bottle of Tears a bottle of Tears and if you'll smile you can be seated if you're gonna be a grump just remain standing so we can spot him amen some of you were undecided but smiles one out trapeze artists understand exactly what I'm gonna preach about here today you know the guy right he flies through the air the greatest of ease the daring young man on the flying trapeze he understands what I'm gonna preach about this morning it may come as a shock to you today but I've done very little trapeze work in my life can you imagine the look on that guy's face if I came flying through the airs gonna need some more resin I'm not sure my grip is up to that but but the trapeze guy he that's it that's a visual image to something are gonna battle for the rest this message trying to get that out of your head beside that guy though he understands exactly what I'm talking about because as he as he swings on that bar and prepares to launch himself out across there he knows that hanging out there on that other bar suspended by his knees there is a guy who is equipped to catch him he's trained he's knowledgeable he knows exactly what he's doing he's strong enough to catch him he knows that that guy is focused on him he's watching every every pass of that bar get into timing right he's he's not diverted he's not over there browsing Facebook on his phone I'd be a little scary wouldn't it look over in the guy that's gonna catch his butt that's not the case every fiber of that guy's being is focused on on that guy that soon gonna be coming his way the fella swinging knows that the guy out there is ready and capable and able and focused but he also understands this fact that he will never feel that man's grip until he lets go of what he's holding on to he understands this truth he will never know the strength that his resident in that guy out there until he is willing to turn loose of what he has been trusting to right now his security is found in that iron bar that he holds on to right now his security is found in his own strength right now his security is found in his own tenacity and his own will to hold on but if he's ever gonna feel the touch of the one who was waiting on him it will be necessary for him to let go of everything he's put his confidence in he'll have to let go of everything he's been holding on to he'll have to let go of everything that has marked his past but the good news is that when he does let go and he throws himself out across space there is one ready to grab him and catch him and he will feel the strength of that touch when he learns to let go of what he did trust I would like somebody to know today that Jesus Christ is ready to catch you I'd like you to know he is able to catch you somebody needs to hear me today the one who awaits on us is strong enough to meet your every need he's never dropped one person he has never failed one time and he's not distracted he's not looking somewhere else his eye is on you he is watching but I've gotta tell you today you're never gonna feel his strength you're never gonna feel the embrace of his hands as long as you try to hold on to everything you've been trusting as long as you try to hold on to what has been your security you will swing back and forth and never feel its touch but if you can work up the courage today to throw yourself out in faith toward the arms of Jesus I got good news before you leave this house you will feel the nail-scarred hands of our Savior reach out and grab hold of you and rescue you he is accessible he can be touched he will not fail you but it will require you to have enough faith to let go of some things you'll have to let go of Plan B you'll have to let go of self rule you'll have to let go of your past you'll have to let go of your hurts you'll have to let go of your mistakes but when you do that when you launch out there with a God if you don't catch me I got nothing else if you don't catch me I'm in trouble when you launch yourself toward Jesus with that reckless attitude that says I got no other hope my only hope is in Jesus when you do that he never fails he must be your only answer because he is your only answer you'll never make it to heaven on good intentions you'll never reach heaven by being a good person you can't fix your life in the self-help section of barnesandnoble.com no amount of counseling or therapy or chemicals are simple they can save you there's only one answer and that's the saving grip of the hand of Jesus Christ but you can come to charge and get close and swing back and get close and swing back and get closer and swing back but you got to reach that point where you say I'm all-in I just I'm abandoning everything else I'm throwing my life into the hands of Jesus Christ I mean I mean let me tell you a little bit today about a about a tear bottle I don't know anything about this so I got to studying this out they're still in use today you can still buy them online you can buy anything online tear bottles they're typically in our culture they're a symbol of grief people will take them and collect tears at the passing a loved one they're very ornate vessels crafted by artisans and skilled with glass and man they'd meet 1,500 bucks much more now quite a history as I began to read about them they go all the way back to the Egyptian empires and that day people would collect their tears and bury them or entombed them in the container where their mummified loved one was being enshrined and it was a symbol of your love for them you would collect your tears that they're passing and put it in there was a show of respect the place of this custom in antiquity as can be seen in the words of the psalmist in 56 and 80 he said they'll tell us my wanderings put thou my tears in my bottle it was not an unfamiliar concept for someone to have that idea of a tear bottle they made a resurgence during the Victorian period in Europe when tears would be collected in a vial that had this special stopper that would allow them to slowly evaporate and the theory was that when they were gone then the mourning period was deemed over and one could remarry I got to thinking about that I mean if what have you didn't cry much what have you lived in a really dry climate you poor people in Houston the humidity here you'd never have the opportunity to remarry because nothing ever evaporates Phoenix they'd be getting married the next week you know this is kind of strange but but Victorian Europe used these things as well but in between those two iterations of the use of a tear bottle between ancient Egypt and more modern Victorian Europe they were also utilized during the Roman Empire which would include the times of Christ professional mourners would carry them you may be familiar that quite often when you were house staging a funeral for a loved one they would hire professional mourners who would common wail and weep and moan and cry and that was a demonstration of respect and so that's kind of a that's kind of a business card why professional mourners would show the bottle of Tears look what I can do it became custom in that day was widely thought that one would spend their life accumulating their tears all your life no matter what happened stub your toe in the middle of the night grab your tear bottle you had to put your puppy down grab your tear bottle collect them every time your heart was broken grab your tear bottle and collect them because the thought was this if at the end of your life you could show enough tears then you could make your case that you had suffered enough in this world and you deserved eternal happiness and the next one people would accumulate their tears in these bottles and it was their ticket to eternal life I know it's pagan and doesn't have any foundation of Scripture and so but this is what the Roman culture thought if I could show at the end of my life that I have suffered enough then this became my passage to happiness in the world to come people would even on occasion if someone was about to die young or even at a young death the one of the greatest acts of love you could do that culture was to take your tear bottle and pour some of your tears into theirs because you could help them look like when they got to the pearly gates so to speak they could present that and it would look more full it was considered a high act of devotion to someone to help them try to reach this mystical quota that vial of Tears was their ticket into the next world it was their eternal security join me now if you would please as we enter the house Simon the Pharisee in Judea Jesus has been asked to partake of supper with this man and he agrees he is seated at dinner when word gets out in the community that this man Jesus is there a woman unnamed in the scriptures only we are told that she is a sinner comes to the house and she comes up behind Jesus and the Bible records that she brought an alabaster box and she began to anoint his feet with us the contents of the perfume in that alabaster box the Bible says something with her that escaped me when I first read it the Bible says she washed his feet with tears now my dear brothers and sisters think about that I don't care who's the best crier here you can't cry enough tears in a moment to wash somebody's feet I told her I don't care if you're chopping onions and got word that lassie just died you ain't crying enough tears in that moment to wash someone's feet it is interesting it doesn't even say she washed them with her tears it says she washed them with tears I think what may have been happening in that moment is that precious lady crawled up behind him and she reached into her parcel and pulled out this little bottle and she said I have put all my hope in this I counted on this for eternal life but today I met Jesus and she pulled the stopper and she dumped it out on his feet if you don't save me I'm not saved if you don't catch me I've got no hope if you don't rescue me I'm out of options but Jesus I trust you Jesus I believe in you telling somebody you gotta come to him and say I trust you I got no other hope I've got no other if it's not you it's nobody I trust you Jesus to me I wonder what people thought there that day you don't think there were people say hey what are you doing don't pour that out that's your only hope that's your eternity that's what are you doing but she said you don't understand I've trusted in this all my life and I'm still broken I'm still empty I'm still hurt but Jesus you can think I'm crazy if you want to you can laugh at me if you want to you can make fun of me if you want to but I want to feel his touch she was a sinner the Bible says she knew she was unclean she knew she needed help but she didn't know what else to do and so on all of her broken hours she had accumulated the tears that ran down her cheeks and now by all accounts there is one here right before her who has the power and authority that is unrivaled in anyone else maybe just maybe he could change the circumstances of my life maybe if this is the opportunity that has escaped me at all other times maybe this could be the day that my life becomes brand-new and so I've got two choices I can either hold on to what I've been trusted and I can get close to him and swing back again or I can let go of everything I put my faith in I can pour out all my hope and let him mock me if they want to but Jesus I'm coming Jesus I need you Jesus you gotta catch me Jesus I've got no other answer breaching is somebody today that doesn't have any other answer you've tried it all your pride religion religion can't save you you've tried good intentions good intentions can't save you you tried counseling counseling can't save you you try hey you can't save you you tried chemicals and chemicals can't save you you've tried everything else I'm just asking you could you work up enough faith today to come to an altar and say Jesus this is all I got I got nothing left Jesus if you don't save me I'm done for if you don't save me it's over if you don't say ma'am broken but that preacher said you never dropped anybody that preacher said you changed my life I wonder if there's a witness in the house that Jesus always catches come on somebody I know it's scary but let go of your traditions I know it's scary but let go of your past I know it's scary but let go of your hearts she walked up behind the feet of Jesus and said this is all I've got I just poured it out if you don't save me I won't be saved if you don't rescue me I'm gonna be lost if you don't catch me I'm gonna fall I just poured out all my family traditions anybody know about that I just poured out all my cultural instructions I just poured out all my accumulated efforts it's all up to you now Jesus every doctor she could find had tried to help her we don't even know her name she's listed in the scripture just as a woman with an issue of blood some hemorrhaging condition in her body every purported cure had been investigated every home remedy had been tried every option had been exhausted she had probably even used an essential oil every Facebook physician had offered her a solution she had tried them all the Bible says he had tried them all and was nothing better only worse she comes crawling through the crowd seeking him out saying you know what after all those years of just of just futility there is someone here I feel his presence and I am going to abandon all the medical experts all my doctor told me it was fruitless to touch the hem of His garment how could that help we've tried all these potions and cures and you think you're gonna be better if you could just touch the hem of His garment that doesn't make any sense but she said I'll take him over every expert opinion I'll take him over what all my friends think I'll take him over everything somebody told me I am going to empty my tear bottle on him I'm gonna throw everything else away and just seek Jesus and she pushed her way through the crowd she pushed people aside and said I'm gonna touch him before I leave this place today I need somebody that just gets it down in your heart said preacher you're talking about me my life is broken it's not getting better but before I leave here today I'm gonna touch him before I leave here today I'm gonna touch the Bible says that when she touched him he turned around who touched me oh Jesus you're in a throng of people there's there's hundreds thousands of people around you you're being pressed on every side and you're gonna ask who touched you oh no no I didn't ask who came in contact with me I said who touched me because you can have a house full of people come in contact with him but not everybody touches him you want to know the difference those are the people that touch him those are the people that touch him the Bible says this that when he said I know somebody touched me because he said virtue has flown me that word virtue is a Greek word I'm no great scholar but I can do a little stay that word virtue it's translated from a Greek word Dunamis some of you would know it's the same word found in acts 1:8 you shall receive power Dunamis we always use something Dunamis dynamite that's how you can remember it's like dynamite power it's Dunamis its power but Jesus used to wear here it said Dunamis flowed out of me I studied that word you Leroux means just in real fancy terms it means this the inherent ability residing in something by virtue of its nature so for a cheetah it's Dunamis is speed for a skunk its Dunamis is odor for an elephant its Dunamis is strength whatever is the inherent essence of that one that's its tuna --mess and Jesus said somebody just touched me because my essence just flowed out of me and touched them I hope you'll hear what I'm telling you right now I was praying before service one day and I was saying God be a healer in this place God be a provider in this place God be a deliverer in this place and I just stopped and I said Jesus just be yourself [Applause] God doesn't have to do anything special to get you out from where you are he just has to be himself whoa if you just touch him Jesus he bore Shia Maya katha Baha the essence of who Jesus is we'll break your addiction and break your depression and heal your heart and change your life you've just got to pour out all your other hope and touch Jesus I'm not going back like I came I'm not getting in my car like I came here this is my morning this is my morning I feel Jesus will touch him today they caught this dear lady another taken in the very act of adultery she was due to be stoned there was no other option they throw her down before him do we kill or do we let her go you have the final say she had no Court of Appeals there was no place else she could go she had no defense she was a sinner she was guilty she knew it nobody had to spend time convincing her that she had committed adultery she knew it nobody needed to convince to spend time convincing her it was a sin she knew it she felt dirty she felt worthless she felt broken and she had no way out no excuse about how she was brought up is gonna work she can't blame it on her parents she died to get a free pass because of the home she was raised in how her folks behaved or didn't behave could not help her now she had nothing left in her tear bottle it was all poured out but she's at the feet of Jesus and she threw herself on His mercy and Jesus looked at her and said neither do i condemn thee go and sin no more I'm a sinner I deserve to die but there is what if what if he looks at me when I'm flying there and he just says no you're dirty I'm not touching you I'm gonna fall into the abyss but if I stay here I'm gonna die Jesus I don't know what's gonna happen but here I come neither do i condemn thee is there a witness in the house that when you were broken and dirty and a sinner and you didn't deserve anything but punishment you threw yourself into the arms of Jesus and the nail-scarred hands of the Lord caught you I love you I forgive you I accept you I embrace you you're mine but you'll never feel that touch as long as you keep hanging on well I'm gonna try to get close I came on a Sunday morning I didn't even wear a mask I just want to hold onto this and then when I feel he has a good grip then I'll let go of my family traditions when I when I feel rip on me then I'll let go of the church association I used to have when when I feel he really has then I'll quit trust it in myself and Jesus says I can't reach you as long as you're holding on to all that stuff you can't have a tear bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other at some point you've got to say I'm all-in this is it lived I sink or swim I'm throwing myself in the mercy of Jesus Christ but I got good news for you I don't care what you've done how you've sinned what you've committed how broken you are how when you come to Jesus old things are passed away and behold all things are become new he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness I need somebody that has tasted that miracle to act like you really believe it when you threw yourself in the arms of mercy Jesus rescued come on somebody you felt this hand grip you before you fell to the rocks below you felt its hand pick you up when you were headed toward destruction you felt his hand embrace you when you had no other option that's my Jesus that's my Jesus that's my Jesus that's my Jesus he's here right now won't you stand with me he's here this morning he's right out there he's so close I can I can almost reach him and Jesus says don't you worry trust me and I'll be there for you trust me turn loose and throw yourself toward me I will embrace you Jesus never drops anyone with an empty tear bottle anybody who pours out all their worship on him anybody who pours out all their hope on him anybody who pours out all their trust on him will feel Jesus I will never be a trapeze artist but I can only imagine what it must feel like the first time you swing out there and let go can you imagine what must go through your heart when that guy out there goes of course then he's gonna in that case he's gonna throw you back toward the bar again but I can tell you what it feels like when you bring all your brokenness damn did you close your eyes okay right now I can't tell you what it feels like to stand in a church and know you've been close to him and to hear that preacher say this is the moment you've been waiting for I can tell you what it feels like to let go of all the baggage you've been carrying to turn loose of your habits and your sins to turn loose of your hurts and your brokenness and to go to the altar it's a little scary I don't know what's gonna happen to me when I get up there what if Jesus looks at me and says no not you I don't want you what's gonna know I can tell you what it feels like when you lift your hands toward heaven just like that man swinging through space throws his hands out toward the catcher I can tell you what it feels like when the hands of Jesus fuel him so close right now when the hands of Jesus wrap around yours and the strength that's unlike anything you've ever known is in those hands and he says get you and the sorrows melt away and the depression shatters with a bright light of hope and the addiction is broken and you don't even want that chemical anymore and your life is healed and your mind is at peace I can tell you what that feels like joy unspeakable of glory I wonder if everybody here for just a moment will just put your hands up toward heaven and call out to that one that you can trust everybody everybody whether you've been saved for a hundred years but you just throw your hands up for them and call out to that one you could trust because louder louder let your voice out there are people around you today that haven't let go yet they haven't surrendered and thrown themselves into the arms of Jesus just yet it we got to do it right now go ahead go ahead go ahead let this just be a little time of thank you Jesus I trusted you and you caught me I remember it was 15 years ago at this very altar but God you caught me and my life's never been the same Jesus I didn't know what I was gonna do and the doctors were out of options but you caught me and I knew healing Jesus I was depressed and thinking about suicide but you caught me and now I've got joy in my life Jesus I want to thank you I didn't have any other hope I had no other plan I had nowhere to go Jesus but you caught me I felt strong hands embrace me I pulled the stopper out of that tear bottle and I dumped it out on the feet of Jesus people were laughing at me making fun of me what are you doing going to the altar you don't know anything about that church you don't know what's gonna happen I know I feel Jesus here I know I've tried everything else and it didn't work I feel Jesus here I'm gonna pour it all out on him I'm looking for somebody that needs an answer today you ought to come to this altar whether you been living for God for all your life or this is your first time here if you've got a need today you just need to come and throw your hands up and say Jesus I don't have any other plan I got nothing else Lord but I trust you I trust you I trust you no don't stop praying just because people are moving there are individuals here you might be a guest maybe your name was called over this pulpit as a guest that's here today please don't be bashful God sent me a long way to preach this word to you and tell you you just gotta let go of where you are you gotta come running to Jesus right now he just gotta come to him and say the Lord Here I am I don't have any other option I don't have any other plan I got nothing else I can trust in but I trust you Jesus I trust you Jesus I don't know everything that's happening here but I trust you catch me Jesus catch me Jesus here I come I'm letting go of my hurts I'm letting go of my past I'm letting go of my mistakes I'm letting go of my regrets I'm gonna turn loose the ball that's here I come catch me Jesus catch me Jesus hi will take home an empty tear bottle today's [Music] [Applause] [Music] you can trust people you can trust me you can trust them [Music] brought your worship [Music] [Music] she [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] praise God Amen I'm so thankful that God loves us Jesus in the Gospels a record of Jesus leaving Capernaum I think some 12 miles journey that he made and the only reason we find is an interaction between himself and mourners walking out of the city of nain and a widow woman was there and she was bearing her hope bearing her future she's bearing every she was a widow already she had no one to rely on when Jesus arrives Bible says he reaches out and he touches the the bier the casket there he touched it something he should not have done because it was considered unclean and yet he Jesus reached out and touched it if you look at the miracles of Jesus you'll find that every time Jesus performed a miracle the ones that are described you'll find that he always required an act of faith there's always an activate that he responds to even in the case of Lazarus he was dead but he asked the men to roll the stone away it was always an act of faith I believe that the minute that Lazarus was raised the moment they rolled the stone away they didn't say Lazarus arrives he just said come forth I I just I know there's a power in that act of fate that what brother Graham was saying taking that step I think it's so important but it holds true in almost every miracle except for this poor widow woman from name I couldn't find the act of faith that he required to raise this woman's son from the grave except that he turned to her and said stop weeping don't we stop crying dry your eyes it's not a great task unless you're asking the mother who's grieving the loss of her only Son and yet the Lord tells her stop crying can you imagine what that must have sounded like for the Lord to ask the woman stopped crying and yet that was her act of faith that the Lord honored I believe that some of us can get so caught up in the pain of yesterday and we assume that what's happened to us yesterday has limited our future we hang on to it whether it's grievance or guilt or we're just holding on to a grudge somebody hurt us whatever it is the truth is we want the future we can't release the past but you're never gonna see the future hold it on to that or the other stuff at some point you gotta just in faith dry your eyes and say I'm not gonna cry about that anymore but I'm gonna move forward into life what God has in store amen thank God for what I this I know that that was a message from the Lord today amen thank you brother Graham for that word I wonder if we could lift our hands and let's thank the Lord for that promise he's gonna always catch us he'll always be there come on don't just lift your hands open up your mouth and just tell him I love you Jesus come on make it personal with him right now Jesus name in Jesus name Wow I just want to go find a place and pray man thank God for what we've heard today thank you brother Graham the grandmas gonna be speaking in our service tonight choirs going to be singing and we're also gonna have a time when we recognize a portion of the service where we recognize our graduates this evening they'll have tables set up different things get a lot of stuff happening tonight so I'm looking forward to what God is gonna do a man good to see everyone here in the house of the Lord to all of our guests that are here thank you for being here hey before we dismiss I just want to give you something really important if you're here this morning and you're looking for a church now if you've already decided that's awesome glad you're here welcome aboard but if you're still a little on the fence what I always tell folks to do is stick six because you're not gonna be able to make an educated decision on whether or not we're the church for you unless you see all of our services every service is different and so in six services you'll get a good picture of what we're all about and your selection of a church could mean the eternity not only for you but for your family and so I encourage you to come back and be with us and it doesn't matter if it's Sunday morning Sunday night Wednesday night 7:30 just keep coming for at least six services and you'll be able to make an educated decision Amen I'm so thankful that you're here today I'm asking dr. Wilson if he won't please come dr. Eugene Wilson is our executive pastor he keeps us all together and all of that and but I'm asking him to close with a word of Prayer and you can consider yourself dismissed remember if your first or second time guest you have free stuff don't leave without your free stuff all you have to do is stop by the cafe and they have some gifts for you if you've got tokens this morning make sure you take them by the cafe and redeem them for cash prizes I don't know what it is drinks and CDs and a lot of their stuff so it's it's blessing we invite you to be back with us this evening when brother Graham is going to be preaching again god bless you hey man let's all lift up our hands our voices one more time let's just thank the Lord but what God has done in this place this morning Jesus we give you praise and glory we magnify your name we thank you Lord for your word we thank you Lord for your presence god we are anticipating the great presence tonight and the great move of your spirit we give you all the praise and glory and everyone say man amen if you feel lad turn around somebody near you gonna high-five them give them a fist bump maybe give them an elbow bump good to have you here with us today god bless you again if you are our guest please stop by next steps we would love to meet with you god bless you [Music]

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