September 30, 2018 "Tunnel Vision", Rev. Dr. Marcus D. Cosby

[Music] [Music] so God be the glory for the great things our God has done this is the day that the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it what a joy it is to be again at the Alpha Street Church as we share in worship together today on this fifth Sunday of the month of September and how I honor the Lord for the gift that has been deposited in this place and we've celebrated all month long and certainly this weekend in the person of the Reverend dr. Howard John Wesley will you help me son I meet my brother today for what God does through him [Music] [Applause] let's think we travel New Jersey's honored that out of all the places that we could be this weekend we've been invited to be here with you and we take this very seriously we understand it is a rare gift and we are grateful that I own this 10th anniversary we're able to share with you in celebration of what God has done is doing it even plans to do in the life and the Ministry of dr. Wesley and the Alfred Street Church I'm delighted to have these brothers and sisters from wheeler Avenue who have come from Euston Texas to be with us today so many people from our leadership and the membership of our congregation have made their way to this place and yes I am concerned as to what's going on at wheel Avenue today I'm very concerned I we tried to look at the first service during the break between the two services between the first service and this service we looked at our first ever said and Weil Avenue I saw about three people in the sanctuary I was real concerned I was real concerned so we're gonna take half the offering back to real Avenue Baptist Church because this is rough we got to pay the bills hey man is you run on his fellowshiping is nice but done let's be let's be honest about this things lights gotta stay a home a man praise the Lord so says we know both be much at the wheel Avenue Church you know all these people standing in line up here we figure you know care to add to one we're gonna be on praise the Lord thank you so much for the privilege we're delighted to have so many leaders of our church who are here chairman of digas chairwoman of deaconesses our preachers our senior staff are here we left one preaches that you just can't go one person gotta stay we let one preacher and said just pray you'll be all right [Music] preachers and deacons will you please stay at bridges and deacons we need to see you purchase a deacon to understand [Music] [Applause] [Music] the rest of me laughter you join them the rest of me - I believe you joined them let's see who's here they got this [Applause] god bless you it's good to be at Alfred Avenue Baptist Church alfred avenue baptist church thank God for the gift that the council and the Deacons gave to pastor Wesley we do believe in fine dining and I'm so glad you were able to bless him we don't have a new church thanks God for our Co pastor in the person of dr. Wesley so we brought a gift will you pass me that room it's a it's not heavy but it's weighty and maybe to get you that package you've been looking for [Music] [Applause] [Music] he said the first miracle of Jesus come on let's get to the Word of God let's get to the word I want to talk about the turning water to what no that's not what I want to talk about let's go to word of God I've mixed into the first service that our church is in a series of messages on vision and in that experience of vision as we were preparing for our time together here this weekend the Lord led me in the same direction as we've been seeking to take our church so I want to look at a passage of scripture that continues this theme of vision of the first service we looked at that passage of Scripture in proverbs chapter 29 that says where there is no vision the people perish but those who keep the law happy aren't they I want to keep our focus in the Old Testament for just this next service and look at the Book of Numbers the Book of Numbers at chapter 13 look of numbers at chapter 13 the Old Testament Book of Numbers chapter 13 beginning our reading at verse 33 as it aligned in verse 33 that I think bless us pastor Carlos Washington Central Washington little Grove Church god bless you good to see you today just so happened that one of our sister churches in Houston their associate pastor just happen to be flying with the members of our church here they're on vacation and came to church at Alfre street god bless she's good with us today numbers chapter 13 the conclusion of verse 33 reads a little like this manure - diversion we we saw ourselves as grasshoppers in our own sight and we looked the same to them that's enough amen praise God for His only word may be seated in the presence of the Lord we saw ourselves as grasshoppers in our own sight and we looked the same to them at the first service we talked from the subject tunnel-vision at this service I want to talk from the subject blurred vision vision this business of vision is a unique thing in my estimation as we think about the realities of sight perceptibility that attain that is achieved that is provided through the lenses of our eyes we recognize as we did in the first service that natural sight and spiritual vision are two distinct things that natural sight is that perceptibility of the eyes that opportunity that ability to see with the lenses that have been given to us in our eyes but that's not what vision is no vision brothers and sisters is a revelation from God that has been clearly articulated clearly communicated as the will of God for our lives we've used that definition over and over again and I'll do the same in this space today in this setting this service because it is necessary for us to understand that when we talk about a God to give him the vision it is that which is a clearly articulated clearly communicated word from that allows us watch to see what God sees and to then say what God says allows us to align our will with God's will so that we might walk there in be be in alignment with that which God has for our lives today my brothers and sisters all of us in my estimation need a clearly articulated clearly communicated word from the Lord that will help us to know God's will for our lives the reason we come to church every Sunday I submit it's not simply to enjoy one another's fellowship it is not simply to see what our pew partners going to wear or to pass our business cards they leave my network and have a good core of brothers and sisters on whom we can call when we need them no I submit that the primary reason for us to come to worship on any given Sunday or Wednesday or any other day that we're gathered together is so that we might hear a clearly articulated clearly communicated word from the Lord that reveals God's will for our lives so that we might walk in alignment with it and we might give glory to God all along the way anybody in church today need a word from the Lord anybody come today needing God to straighten out some things to clear up some things to show you reveal to you God's will for your life so that you might walk therein today my brothers and sisters I invite our attention to Numbers chapter 33 because it seems to me that there's a brother in the text by the name of Caleb who understands what it means to hold on to a clearly articulated clearly communicated word from the Lord I invite your child of God to read the entirety of the Book of Numbers at chapter 13 because it conveys to us one of the things that God wants his people to understand and that is if you can hold on to God's word God will bring God's plans and promises to fruition in our lives so that God can get the glory and it works out for our good did you catch that I said if you can hold on to a clearly communicated clearly articulated word from the Lord in God's own time God's going to bring it to manifestation to fruition and it will work out for God's glory and for our good now child of God when you understand numbers 13 you understand that there's a good group of brothers and sisters known as the children of Israel to whom God makes a promise he says I'm going to give you the land of Canaan as your inheritance it's right there in verses 1 and 2 of Numbers chapter 13 God says to Moses their leader and Liberator I'm going to give to the people the land of Canaan it's a wonderful land I want them to have it as my promise to them but this is what I want you to do Moses I want you to choose 12 men one from each of the tribes of Israel and I want them to go out and explore the land I want their man to go spy out the land see what's going on in the land see what kind of fruit is there see how the land is either fertile or poor see if there are people in the land if they are large and great or if they are strong and weak I want you to go and check out the land now brothers and sisters Moses susers 12 men one from each of the tribes of Israel he gives them the information that God has given to him he says God said go spy out the land go explore the land that he is giving to his children he says it's a land that's flowing with milk and honey it's got some wonderful fruit there and I want you to go check it out he bring back a report and tell me what's going on they do exactly that read your Bible it's in there make you better Christian and if you read your Bible in numbers chapter 13 you'll find out if they go explore the land for 40 days for 40 days there in the land spying out the and seeing about it they find out that the walls are fortified impenetrable walls are there they find out that the land is fertile they find out there's plenty of fruit it is a land flowing with milk and honey they find out there are some people in the land they're joyous the descendants of the Nephilim the and ax are there they find out there a lot of other folk who are in the city and when they bring back the report they come back after 40 days they tell Moses and the entire Israelite community we did what we were instructed to do we spied out the land and when we spied out the land we found out it's a land flowing with milk and honey it's a lamb he that has luscious fruit as a matter of fact we pulled down some of the grapes and when they pour down the grapes the great clusters were so huge they had to put it on a pole and two men had to carry it to the into the Israelite community they had pomegranates and figs it was a land that was fertile there were a lot of big people in the land it was a land whose walls were impenetrable and solid and they brought back that report and wild they're talking ten of those 12 men say yes we saw all of that wonderful stuff in the land butter rum there's some Giants in that land yeah there's some Giants in the land and they are real huge they're big the ANA kites are there they're the descendants of the Nephilim the Nephilim will have man have Monster and these folks who were afraid to go into the land because of these giants that were in the land they had to deal with the reality that the ANA kites were there read your Bible you'll find out the ANA kites are there the jpo sites are there the hit sites up there and the shine lights and the skylights are there all of whom are in the land it's such a land is such a huge land that the people are now afraid to go into the land we saw all that you said was there but then they said we saw those giants and we'd look like grasshoppers in our own and we look the same to them this my brothers and sisters when you asked me about it it is the quintessential expression of blurred vision these my brothers and sisters have not been told by anyone else that they are grasshoppers this is their self-perception this is their self declaration this is what they have imposed on themselves they say we look like grasshoppers in our own sight and we look the same to them hey man one of the Giants said they look like grasshoppers but they imposed it on themselves blurred vision and shout of God when you have blurred vision you set yourself back when you have blurred vision and you miss what God is trying to do in your life when you have blurred vision here's the first thing you find out that even the majority can miss the manifestation there it is yeah I said when you have blurred vision even the majority you can't miss the manifestation did you hear this review that I just gave you of numbers chapter 13 if you were listening all the way through that review you found out that ten of the twelve men brought back the negative report caleb hadn't said a word yet but we find out from other documentation and joshua doesn't say anything only these ten men come back saying we can't take the land because of all those folk in the land we can't handle this hand because there's too much opposition in the land head yes it's flowing with milk and honey but i'm afraid that we can't do it because there's too much opposition and ten people are deciding for the entire Israelite community that they can't take the leg 10 out of 12 come back with a negative report and I came to suggest this morning that there are some seasons child of God when the majority missed the manifestation or there some days goes there some days win the majority missed the manifestation that dr. Wesley you and I have been black and Baptists all of our lives and we know what it means to be a black Baptist because if we take votes on earth and we believe that the majority is always right but I submit that just because the majority rules that doesn't mean the majority is always right okay I don't want to start anything I'm just saying that just because the majority rules that mean that the majority is always right as a matter of fact I contend based upon numbers 13 that sometimes the minority can make the difference [Applause] did you hear what I just said I said based on numbers 13 that there are some days that the minority can make the difference okay that's what happens with Caleb Caleb says I know it doesn't look good right now we're gonna talk about Caleb all the way through this message and Caleb says I know it doesn't look good to you because you saw all those JEP your site's a naxaiites and Hittite I know it doesn't look good cuz the Anna kites are there and they're real tall and they're intimidating here but don't get it twisted if God said we can take it I just believe we can take the city Oh brothers and sisters is there anybody in here who can testify that one word from the Lord will literally turn everything in your situation around what's this the minority can make okay if you don't know anything about numbers 13 maybe you've heard about judges chapter 6 and 7 when you get a chance to read the book of Judges in your Old Testament chapter 6 7 7 you'll find out there's a brother named Gideon there and God says to get in hey Gideon listen I'm going to use you to deliver your people from the hand of the Midianites and now Gideon by his own self declaration is thus leash in his family and his plan is the smallest in all of Israel and God said I don't care anything about how small you think you are how least your family maybe I'm going to use you to deliver Israel from the hand of the Midianites and that's chapter 6 when you read chapter 7 and you find out that God says to him now listen God Gideon you got a whole host of people who are gonna go with you how many people do you have Gideon says oh god we got a whole bunch of folks I'm feeling pretty good about this now I didn't know how bad I didn't know how many people we had back in Chapter 6 but now that I see all these folks all around here I'm feeling pretty good and God says you got too many he says you got too many people because some of these people are gonna be fearful and some of these people gonna be afraid and I need fear I need faith I need somebody who's got enough faith to trust that what I said is gonna come to pass will come to pass so get rid of them and Gideon had to get rid of 22,000 men and 22,000 meet God comes back say how many mean you got Gideon Gideon says God we got 10,000 hey I still think we're gonna be all right with this great crowd of people everything's gonna be all right God says you got too many I want you to reduce that number down to 300 get down to 300 and when you get down to 300 God says you're doing all right Gideon he says our God we got 300 now and if we're gonna defeat that army it's gonna take you - that's what I was trying to get you to understand that if you've got me you and I equal the super majority is there anybody in this church today who can look back over your life and testify you didn't have to have Lottie Dottie and everybody he just needed a God on your side and he will to do exceeding abundantly above what Jasper oh I need you to know Church family that the minority can make the difference and you don't need everybody patting you on the back and telling you everything's gonna be all right you don't need everybody confirming or not confirming what God has said in your life you just need a word from God and if God put two three people around you you take that crowd you got it and get to steppin because the minority can make the difference if you don't know Gideon's story let me take you to a state called Georgia because if you go to a state called Georgia you'll find out that the minority can make the difference in that's a sister down there they see April and she's a minority yes she is but she is now poised to become the first african-american female governor of the state of Georgia I'm just trying to tell you the minority can make okay y'all don't know her don't go to Georgia go to Florida but if you go to Florida you'll find out there's a brother down there by the name of Andrew Killam who is poised to become the first african-american governor of Florida Oh Florida because the minority getting okay y'all don't know that all right there's a brother named Colin Kapernick and Colin Kapernick will tell you even if the whole NFL disregards you because you take a knee and if you're taking me long enough Nike will come looking for you and they'll pay you but nobody else will pay you because the minority can't make a difference come on okay okay since we up here if you were watching Friday me you saw the Senate find out that even though the Republicans are the majority if we get enough folks to just keep on fighting the fight of paper will slow down some foolishness even in the Supreme Court can't make the gift the minority can make the difference I gotta keep pushing but is there anybody in here who can look back over your life and remember when you didn't have everybody telling you how you were gonna be able to survive and make it but you got a word from the Lord and it literally kept you going when you felt like throwing in their time okay even though the doric majority can't miss the manifestations but I submit today my brothers and sisters when your vision is blurred when you have blurry vision exploration can yield both evidence and excuses I need you to listen closely I said when you when you have blurred vision your exploration can yield both evidence and excuses it's all here to review I gave up numbers chapter 13 if you were listening you heard me say when they were to explore the land when they got into the land they found it just as God said it was gonna be and then they brought back some fruit from the land when they made their report pastor Weston they said we saw the land just as God said it was gonna be it's a land flowing with milk and honey it's a land has got great big old luscious grapes and here's it's free when you read the text they say he needs cuz we cut some down put it on a pole and it took 2 million to bring all that fruit back to the caps kept ground and we brought some pomegranates and figs that's called overflow god bless the Saints in the overflow we praise God for you are they the worst place to be a man here this fruit here's the overflow here's the evidence of what we know to be our reality but uh we can't go take that land coz the Giants are in that land wait wait hold up wait a minute flag on the play this is a problem because they are holding in their hands evidence and they got the nerve to put some excuses on top of the evidence there's standing there with proof of what God said would be their reality but they got the nerve to put some excuses on top of their proof hold up how you mean you can't take the land didn't nobody stop you from taking the fruit in the first place so clearly you're able to handle the land cuz you're already handling it you missed it six people on your rope look at me laughs huh okay let me get you then you are holding the evidence and clearly you can handle it why cuz you're already handling it didn't no giant stop you from bringing the fruit out in the first place did nobody stop you and tell you you couldn't come back to the campground and give you hold and evidence how dare you put some excuses on top of it but let's be clear all of us in shirts do that sometime don't we we stand in there with proof that the Lord will provide proof that the Lord will fight our battle proof that the Lord will pay our bills and we steal all ties keep saying a man so nobody will think I'm talking about you keep all Holling back at me until nobody will think you don't ties when you come to church is there anybody in here who can testify hey I know the Lord is a forgiving God he's forgiving me over and over again and if you know that to be true why won't you forgive somebody else you don't know how they treated me you don't know how to stop giving excuses you got too much now find somebody in this church who can testify I got too much proof that the Lord will fight my battles have I got too much proof that the Lord will supply my need I've got too much grief that he'll open doors that no one can close and close some doors that no one can open hey can I find 10 or 12 people in that balcony who can testify look at me [Applause] God deliver us from having evidence and putting excuses on top of God deliver us from being people of God whose faith is so low that we're walking around with a testimony and still won't trust God we grew up in here on the south side of Chicago oh man that was their pastor Clavin still lives to this day in his nineties now that the play ever is recorded a song with his choir and in the midst of and he began to give commentary a there's a song called I am blessed in the midst of the song he started talking commentary to the people he said to many of us walk around complaining with a loaf of bread under our arm now if I were to contemporary literally say we got everything we need for progress and productivity and we still walking around bemoaning our circumstances and situation here but I need 10 or 12 people in here who can help me preach this this second appointment and testify I'm too blessed to be talking to all the excuse talk that I often have talked in I'm too blessed to be negative and pessimistic and I'm too blessed to keep looking back but when God is calling me forward I'm too blessed to talk about what I don't have when I got all this over here that I do have and if it had not been for the God who was on my side my time is out free pardon it alone but can I give you one last thing but it seemed to me the exact suggestion family that when our vision is blurred we even the majority can miss the manifestation with our vision is blurred exploration can heal both evidence and excuses but here's the good news God will always raise up somebody to restate the revelation I'm done yeah I love it I said God will always raise up somebody to repeat to restate to remind us of the revelation I I mentioned to you that several of those brothers said we can't do it some of those leaders said we can't take it we can't take this land but that was a brother named Taylor hey they said hold up don't don't don't tell me what we can't do when you read verse 30 he says we ought to go up and take the land as my back your Bible says he's silence the crowd shut your mouth both of you too much negativity too much bless them and be quiet hold that noise down we can certainly take the leg you missed up he says stop all that talking hush be quiet sour somewhere we can certainly take that I submit pastor Wesley that every one of us needs a Caleb somewhere in our lives every every one of us means somebody could tell us to quit talking noise and just believe God every one of us means somebody to remind us that God is back bigger than any of our opposition or our obstacles can't help me now and then we need somebody there to restate to repeat the revelation okay all right he says in verse 30 we could take it how does Caleb come to that conclusion how does he have such a determination how does he know that God is gonna give them the lay I submit he knows that God is gonna give him a land cuz he remembered what God said okay if you all were in at the luncheon yesterday you heard Richard Smallwood stop in the middle of his singing and give commentary and he said to many of us suffer from spiritual amnesia and we too soon to quickly forget what God has said but if your Bible is still open if your app is still unlocked and if it's not I'll just tell you what it says in verses 1 & 2 God says go up to the land of Canaan the promised land which I am giving you ok 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 f-number completion I go with what I got he says go take the land watch this which I am get y'all got it I love this church this is a quick study which I am giving you and he says you don't have to buy it you don't have to lease it you don't have to rent it you don't have to worry about whether or not you don't get it cuz I just told you I'm giving it to you is there anybody in this house today who can testify that if God says he's gonna work things out for you then it doesn't matter who's in the land it doesn't matter who doesn't like it it doesn't matter who's standing in opposition and God says don't worry about who's in the land right now they just hold it till you get down don't worry about anything else they're just getting it ready until you show up is there a witness in this building today who can help me close this message and begin to testify to yourself if God said it it shall be done I need some ride-or-die believers in this church today who said doesn't matter what it looks like right now doesn't matter how blurry my vision is if I can get one word from God he'll clear up the blurriness and let me know that everything is gonna be all right and may I suggest that that's why we show up in here every Sunday some of us have been seeing some things on Monday through Saturday that have clouded our vision and messed us up in the head but when we enter into the gates of this church we get to see more clearly we get to get our blurry vision rectified and somebody can testify I need a word from the Lord and if God said it it doesn't matter what you think about it if God said it it doesn't matter if you agree with it or not if God be for us who can be against us can I find somebody in this church who will help me close this message and begin to testify I come in here and now and then I too have the revelation repeated to me and that's why we celebrate your pastor this weekend because every Sunday that he gets up to preach all he does is remind us of the revelation that God has already given us and every now and then I need to hear a man a woman of God stand behind this microphone and begin to testify weeping may endure for a night but joy is coming in the morning that's just a reminder every now and then I meet God's spokesperson I just stand behind this microphone and begin to tell me shall be able to prosper every now and then I need that preacher of God to stand in this pulpit lift up that voice and begin to testify I can do all things Christ who strengthens me is there a witness in church today I need a reminder that the Lord is my light and my shall I fear I need a reminder that the Lord is the strength of my life over whom should I be afraid I need a reminder that they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up a window he goes [Music] so warm and not faint anybody in the building need a reminder that all things work together for the good of you [Music] according to its purpose I gotta get in my seat happy anniversary man I'm so happy for you but next Sunday and next Saturday when you get that manuscript together get yourself up here open up your mouth and remind us that God is able to do exceeding abundantly [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] good morning everyone and welcome to Willey avenue baptist church yes [Music] [Applause] what is a celebration without some gifts and a teach service today we will be presenting gifts to you pastor Wesley from the groups that have worked with you very closely and as you will see it encompasses all of our congregation well pastor a few weeks ago you preached the sermon on at the table and you lamented the fact that you were not at the table pastor Cosby was not at the table and a whole slew of other people were not at the table so what we've gotten for you is a seat at the table but but not that table we know probably in the top five things that you love one is food right okay but you're a gastronomical desires range from one end of the spectrum to the other I see those nice healthy fruit bowls we bring to managers meetings but also see you sneaking in the building with five guys and Popeyes but we know that you like high-end dining so we have purchase for you I want all of the council to stand and all of the debord of Deacons to stand with me thank you we have purchased for you a seat at the chef's table this is at the little Inn in little and little Washington [Music] this will be an experience that you won't forget now we purchase your meal the table the meal the tips the taxes everything one thing we did not purchase which we don't think you would need and that was the wine package because [Music] we what we don't see we don't know so on behalf of the council and the leadership of this church the board of document we're going to present you with an experience one that you'll never forget [Music] [Music] now two other groups who you work closely with will come and make presentations as well one would be the associate minister's presentation as well as the staff associate ministers representation please come forward what the media ministry please be so kind to play our presentation thank you [Music] pastor Howard John Wesley has never been one to mince words when it comes to the first major influences on his relationship with God and his journey ministry well began because I had parents that wished yeah you know for them education wasn't an option you gonna go to school you go to college he didn't get a graduate degree as we have gotten to know our pastor over the years we know he attributes much of who he is to the old-school parenting of his mother dr. Helene Jane Wesley and his father both in life and a ministry the late dr. Alvin J Wesley old-school dining etiquette that I still invited this day I'm telling you what my mom said my momma told me is child you don't eat at everybody's house as a result of their mentorship and guidance the Alfred Street Baptist Church has at its helm a Shepherd groomed to be a leader of leaders and a pastor of pastors it has been said that Pastor Wesley's predecessor the Reverend dr. John Otis Peterson spoke to the servant in all of us calling all of us to serve Pastor Wesley's voice speaks to the leader in all of us compelling all of us to answer the call of leadership in our homes our communities our churches our nation and the world as bishop john m borders the third said in his most recent visit to Alfred Street there is a sound of defiance in the Alfred Street atmosphere in a 2018 meeting with those associate ministers of Alfred Street Baptist Church pastor Wesley reaffirmed his come to mentor guide and groom the ministers at Alfred Street just as his father did for him and our pastor is indeed a mentor setting the example of leadership through compassion love and education I am as you all know the last of five children born to Alvin and Helene Wesley had some old-school parents and one of the greatest joys if you ask them me that they produced five children all of whom graduated high school and college on the honor roll now I say that not former self aggrandizement wasn't because we were all so smart it wasn't because we were intellectually disciplined wasn't because image we were some type of prodigy or just knew so much it did so well we weren't nerds we weren't geeks the reason we did well in school is because we were afraid for you see I was raised by dad who told us that the only grades that could come through his house we're a x' and bees today the associate ministers of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church would like to honor you pastor Wesley by honoring the shoulders on which you stand recognizing we are the beneficiaries of a legacy of leadership that we want to ensure others experienced for years to come that ministers may follow a path paved by your mother your father and now you you can't put salt in an empty bowl and think that that's good meat you gotta put the salt on meat the meat is the education right so the anointing brings it out but there's got to be something there education especially in ministry is critical for you to understand the toolbox you need for intelligently executing the Word of God sermon preparation historic ousel administration the wide variety thins were called upon his ministers acquired the we estimate background training so on today September 30th 2018 the ministers of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church are proud to present the doctors Alvin J and Helene J Wesley seminarian legacy scholarship in honor of pastor Howard John Wesley's passion for people his commitment to ministers his example of scholarship and his faithfulness to God boy [Music] [Music] happy 10th anniversary pastor Wesley from the associate ministers of Alfred Street Baptist Church [Music] [Music] pass away faster all we want to say is we love you happy anniversary [Music] [Music] good morning alfrid street and wheeler Avenue I'm gonna let pastor think about what I'm gonna say he's he's probably saying now what in the world is she going to say pastor this gif is coming from staff we couldn't ask them to stand because you made them work today [Music] so we're here to represent staff past that you know I have been with you since even before you were call so I know you and I love you I know your love of music and you know I make things happen for you pastor loves to sing Thank You Theron Alpha Street past loves to sing and and and I remember when we went to wheeler a few years ago and royal priesthood was singing and passed the cause if he grabbed the mic and started singing with the choir then he turned around started directing our choir and I said no we can't have that we could when we lit comes here pastors gonna sing with the choir director choir so so pastor I had them to get you a special mic and I said so passes just gonna grab his mic and he's gonna do his thing pass the one I went to do sound check the mic don't work [Applause] I don't know if that was divine intervention I don't know if the staff is trying to tell you something I'm not sure but you know I'm a fixer you know I'm gonna make things happen for you so in the meantime while I'm trying to get the microfiche we want you to practice so what we have here is all of Alfred streets music ministry worship and arts ministry that was taken last week at the vision that you Cass so and while you're practicing see well you know we go you know I got you while you're practicing you're gonna look good too so we brought you something that's gonna make you look real good while you're practicing uh-huh uh-huh so we just want you to know wheeler the next time you come the mic will be ready pastor will be looking good and he's gonna take the mic and he's gonna direct the choir as well [Music] I'm living my best life [Music] I ain't I ain't I going amen Alfred Street wheeler our guests that gun I feel somewhat ignorant that my vocabulary is not expansive enough to say thank you these ten years have transformed my life in ways that never could have expected or experienced anywhere else and I'm grateful for not just the gifts but the love the prayers the relationship that makes us who we are as pastoring people I don't think any man merits the amount of love that that I feel but I seek to earn it every day and to let you know that I reciprocate that love to you that that's what makes us special I really am at a loss of words so I to see the video of my dad you all hear me talk about him all the time and it's one of the reasons I'm grateful my mother is still here and to be able to lean over to Pastor cause me and say I miss him and he say I do too thank you thank you

Channel: Alfred Street Baptist Church

Views: 36,275

Rating: 4.8166189 out of 5

Keywords: Alfred Street Baptist Church, 2018, Blurred Vision, Rev. Dr. Marcus D. Cosby, #blurredvision, #revdrmarcusdcosby, #pastorialanniversay

Id: PjXy6luOMj0

Length: 53min 37sec (3217 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 04 2018