Service of Ordination w/Elder Ralph Love, Jr

[Music] oh i just want to thank you when i look back over my life [Music] you've been so [Music] you open [Music] good good [Music] good good good [Music] when my father was gone you've been a no food [Music] [Music] i wanna thank you thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] since we only think of thank you i believe everybody can help us with this yes thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you thank you [Music] so oh [Music] so [Music] want to thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] you may [Music] [Music] hey [Music] tonight [Music] nobody [Music] you say [Music] thank you [Music] lord [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] if you got something [Music] praise the lord everybody pray the lord praise our lord everybody everybody [Music] praise the lord everybody [Music] everybody everybody [Music] oh [Music] the oh [Music] [Applause] can nobody [Music] can nobody [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] nobody [Applause] [Music] i can't find nobody i can't find nobody [Music] 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right amen there's nothing wrong with jesus amen amen i will trust [Music] [Music] i will trust in the lord [Music] [Music] i will [Music] is oh [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] fear [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] of [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] i feel like yeah [Music] everybody [Music] here [Music] so [Music] [Music] um [Applause] honor to our lord and savior jesus christ to our first assistant to our lives on bishops bishop mcgee and bishop rogers and to our visiting bishop bishop clifton beckham and at this time we would ask that you would receive the southern district board of presbyterian and its candidates [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] oh god bless you the lord is in his holy temple let all the earth keep silent before him i was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the lord in our feet we shall stand within thy gates o jerusalem you may be seated and i welcome you to this 2000 and one ordination service of the united holy church of america's southern district at this time the choir will give us a selection of their choice followed by the red word dr harry clark prayer by elder ernest humphrey god bless you [Music] oh [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] jesus [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] no [Music] [Applause] is [Music] ah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] um [Music] [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] uh [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah [Music] we'll be reading out a second timothy we want to use two verses out of the third chapter the 15th and the 16th verse before we begin reading out of the fourth chapter and that from a child thou has known the holy scripture which are able to make thee wise until salvation through faith is in christ jesus all scriptures is given by inspiration of god and it's proper for doctrine reproof for correction for instructions and righteousness that the men of god may be perfect through the punish with unto all good works i charge thee therefore before god he must share today and the lord jesus christ who shall judge the quick and the dead in his appearing and kingdom preach the word be instant in season out of season reprove rebuke exalt with all long suffering and doctrine for the time will come and it's here now hallelujah [Music] [Music] for the time will come with they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lush shall they heap unto themselves teachers heaven and each in here and they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned into purposes but watch what that was all things my shirt i'm okay hallelujah endure afflictions do the work of an evangelist make full proof of your ministry [Music] let us pray breathe on us o breath of god breathe on us o breath of god our father and our god we come before your divine presence tonight with thanksgiving in our hearts and on our lips thanking you dear god for this opportunity to stand before you tonight as we come to test these candidates lord as we ordain them on tonight we're asking that you will speak to your man's servant lead him down in your storehouse of wisdom snatch him up in your glory that your people be edified god you'll be glorified we thank you on tonight we come against strongman satan pulling down every stronghold now god we ask that you have your way tonight have your way tonight lord breathe on us o breath of god we thank you lord and we ask that you will look on the candidates talk to them one by one then touch them collectively in the name of jesus have i done away lord have thy no way lord we thank you tonight and we praise you for it continue to bless and keep us and we'll continue to praise you this we ask in the matchless name of your son jesus the christ and the people of god said amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] now [Music] [Music] so name thank you [Music] [Music] make a way [Music] [Music] everyone is [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] triumph [Music] now you may think time is over [Music] [Music] he said [Music] to do just what he said now you may think that is already lost [Music] [Music] yes [Music] is [Music] is [Music] god make a way does anybody know that [Music] god deliver you he'll bring you up he'll bring you through [Music] i know he will just call his name [Music] his name is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] i know for myself [Music] i know oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] i know the lord [Music] [Music] i [Music] [Applause] i look [Music] me [Music] do you know me [Music] [Applause] [Music] if you are in congress with the choir just lift your hands one time and say i know the lord he will make a way glory to god i know he will bless the lord hallelujah i know we will we thank god for the choir doing a wonderful job on this ordination service night we bless his name i know the lord will make a way praise god [Music] bless the lord i know the lord will make a way somehow bless [Music] bless the lord thank you so much we thank god for that beautiful selection we thank god for the wonderful occasion we're here tonight to ordain these wonderful ministers glory to god [Music] praise god will i tell you what if you ought to go ahead and do it i can move on if you go ahead and just do it if you want to praise him go ahead and pray i know the lord go ahead and praise it don't play with it just crazy [Music] hello [Music] glory hallelujah in times like this [Music] [Music] [Music] praise the lord [Music] all right [Music] all right [Music] all right i did all i could to give y'all a chance to praise him but now if y'all gonna quit we gonna move on [Music] all right bless him [Music] praise the lord [Music] [Music] thank you thank you i i know where i am and i am trying to keep the dignity of the service it's an ordination service however i had to give you a chance to go ahead and praise him amen we serve a good god and our god is an on-time god so we're gonna do the best we can [Music] gonna do the best we can to move this service alone thank you thank you [Music] all right bring it down [Music] [Music] uh [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] all right [Music] [Music] all right [Music] all right [Music] all right let's bring it in let's bring it in we've got all the nation to do tonight let's bring it in let's bring it in let's bring it in thank you all the music's wonderful we praise god for it all but we must move on we must move on we thank god god is good let me take this opportunity to say that on this ordination service tonight we have we have [Music] [Applause] on this ordination service tonight we have two of our past chairmans of the board of presbyterian [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] as i was saying on tonight we have two of the past chairmans of the board of presbyterian the bishop devin c pickett who served for a number of years and dr bishop clifton buckram whom most of us came on this board under and i would just like for them to stand and let you all see who two of the past presidents or chairmans of the board of presbyteria are bishop pickett and dr buckrum and most of us have had the honor of serving unto both of them and we appreciate them and thank god for them also first assistant christopher brown served with us on the board of presbyteria for a number of years and we thank god for his presence tonight also amen at this time uh we're going to prepare ourselves to receive the offering and um somebody say amen and um elder garden i need you to come help us out just come help us uh i want you to know that the board of presbyterian because we're going virtual we have decided that the board members are going to give a hundred dollars tonight uh in this offering i told dr love that since i paid that 15 how much was it since i've already given that fifteen hundred and seventy four dollars for all the services and that means twenty five dollars of his is already in so you only get a check for seventy five dollars for me tonight we're gonna do the convocation offering first well anyway you already know what we're gonna do come and receive our convocation offering god bless you thank you so much come on put your hands together for the lord the choir sung that song with conviction they said i know the lord will make a way if you ever get old enough to learn to know what god can do in your life you're going to be all right but you better get to a stable place in him to know what he can do for you we're here to receive our evening convocation offering and this is quite a crowd for saturday evening and uh you've come this week with some excitement you came with praise and worship and you came with a spirit of giving it has been in the house all week long we're making ready now to receive our convocation offering we're starting this off and off with twenty dollars the same way we started on sunday and planning on ending up doing the same thing tomorrow morning let us pray precious father in heaven it is again we come we come on a saturday evening just to tell you thank you now lord as we make preparation to give in this service bless us according to your word we're going to give knowing that you're going to do what you said in giving back to us it is in jesus christ's name we pray and we love you and we thank you amen we're asking those who are live streaming with us you have followed us well all week long and you have also presented the spirit of giving and we want to tell you thank you thank you thank you consider to give with dollar sign sdc temple giblify and also you can call in with the number 919-751-0229 [Music] now in the hands of our ushers we want to say as the ushers make ready to give us instructions don't forget about sunday morning don't forget about tomorrow morning tomorrow morning we're gonna sow into the life of our leader somebody said we're going to sow into his life and many of you have already got your money in place it's already in place to show him how much we'll love and appreciate his leadership is that all right usher's in your hand uh tyrone orders over here he getting ready to talk yes um if you're gonna do it by way of credit card if you would just uh get up out of your seat and just come over here and we will accept you on tomorrow uh tonight whenever you get ready to do uh bishop pickett's uh honorarium please please thanks don't lick the envelope just put the money in there please we will announce it again tomorrow please don't let them if you knew what that glue was made out of you wouldn't do that don't lick the envelope it's going right back there and we're going to take it out so it don't have to be shut sealed all right you got that trusty hall amen and there's a bush hey man at this time we're gonna have certain one on my far left you please stand face to wall please everybody on my far right you please stand and face the wall everyone is please stand face to center owl and begin from the rear please thank you [Music] [Music] thank you so much [Music] thank you thank you thank you so much [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you thank you thank you appreciate you [Music] thank you thank you sir thank you thank you sir thank you ma'am thank you [Music] thank you thank you [Music] all amounts are appreciated all amounts are appreciated thank you so much thank you thank you for giving [Music] thank you [Music] thank you thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] we appreciate you so much [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you so much we're getting ready now to sow into the life of another great preacher very fine brother great man of god and he served as vice chair on the board of presbyterian and you heard what our chairperson said uh a few minutes ago the board of presbyterian has set a goal and they are each paying 100 dollars tonight pastor linda pridgeon sits on this board she's out of town but she left her assessment for the entire week check is already in the office for 1574 for the entire week we want to be a blessing i'm talking we want to be a blessing to elder love on tonight verifying brother those who are live streaming with us please ma'am please sir help us bless the man of god he gonna preach he's gonna preach i already seen his feet moving so he's going to preach amen so we're asking now that we will give liberal into his life will y'all help blessing we're going to bless him tonight yo the tyrone orders over here on my right and he's already stated uh to bring the money over there line up with them cards and he going to assist you on the night it is in hands of my ushers amen you don't have what the uh board of presbyterian have your best offering is going to be accepted thank you so much let's sow into his life give us instructions at this time we're going to follow the same decisions as before asking everyone to please stand thank you everybody please stand yeah let's show them some love let's show love some love [Music] thank you thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you so much thank you thank you [Music] thank you so much thank you [Music] thank you thank you thank you for showing love some love thank you thank you so much [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] oh yeah [Music] thank you so much [Music] thank you thank you so much for your liberal giving we pray that the lord will bless each one of you real good service back into the hands of our most capable presider the dr joseph williams give him a hand as he come back at this time we'll have our announcements by our secretary at this time announcements all right we'll forego those announcements at this time and the choir has consented brother bring me that introduction fire has consented to allow us to move on because tomorrow bishop pickett has to preach and he's been here all week long we're trying to help him out because we want him to have all the strength and all the power and we're going to put prayer behind him that he will preach the gospel to us on tomorrow and i say if he preaches anything like he did a few weeks ago at a certain eulogy we're in for a treat so we'll be praying for our president at this time allow me to introduce the speaker for the night dr ralph edward love jr pastor dr ralph edward love junior was born in greensboro north carolina to the late bishop ralph and patricia love he is married to the beautiful lady tia love he is the father and grandfather who is determined to make sure his family is his first priority and first ministry while ministering the word of god to others he attended guilford county public schools until the age of 13. at that time he moved to greenville north carolina with his family and completed his education at the pitt county public school system he is a graduate of j.h rose high school dr love is a 1990 graduate of shaw university in raleigh north carolina there he received a bachelor of arts degree in mass communications his hunger and desire to be enriched intellectually and spiritually led dr love to matriculate to the united christian college in goldsboro north carolina where he earned a bachelor of art degree in theology in june of 2019 due to his service in the church and his community dr love received an honorary doctorate degree from the united christian college of the united holy church of america dr love commenced his preaching ministry in 1995 and pastoral ministry in 1997. he preached his initial sermon at holy trinity united holy church in greenville north carolina shortly thereafter he began traveling the eastern coast compelling men and women to come to jesus in 1997 began his pastoral leadership in the southern district convocation and was assigned pastor and welcomed the opportunity to lead god's people as the visionary of judge tabernacle united holy church in kinston north carolina where he served for 20 years in 1998 dr love was assigned to mount zion united holy church in williamston north carolina where he served for nine years at the 2006 convention it was then dr love was assigned to lead god's people at greater saint bethel united holy church in middlesex north carolina in 2005 he was confirmed as pastor of saint james united holy church stanton bird north carolina since that time greater saint bethel united holy church and saint james united holy church has steadily grown in membership under the faithful uncompromising teaching of dr love his genuine sense of realness disarming transparency and humorous down-to-earth style has become the trademark of his expository preaching dr love is a district elder over several churches within the western dix wilson district which is a sub-district in the southern district goldsboro convocation and has held numerous other positions in the wilson district including vice president of the union dr love has served as the second assistant superintendent and superintendent of the general bible church school of the united holy church of america dr love has also served as second assistant superintendent of the bible church school and currently serves as the vice chairman of the board of presbytery of the united holy church southern district convocation goldsboro north carolina in may 2016 dr love was elected as the general president of the young people's holy association ypha of the united holy church of america incorporated in which he served for four years with a practical yet insightful preaching style dr love is dedicated to spreading the good news of the gospel to everyone he meets he is a sought-after preacher revivalist and lecturer who is called on to empower and encourage the people of god as he travels proclaiming the word of god he is aware of the fact though he preaches the gospel he has nothing to glory of for necessity is laid upon him and he is the one whom we are introducing to you tonight and presenting to others to preach the word of god to this ordination class god bless you at this time let us receive dr love [Applause] [Music] [Music] let every heart pray almighty and all wise god we come to you on this evening asking you for your grace and mercy god we pray now that you sit ralph love down and lord you stand here and preach your holy ghost word we'll thank you for it and we count it done now in jesus name that the people of god say amen you may be seated in the presence of the lord i want to first give praise and honor to our lord and savior jesus christ who's head of the great christian church to our presiding prelay come on bishop devon c pickett singer to our first assistant whom i've had the privilege of working side by side with for several years in the united holy church of america and the southern district dr christopher brown [Applause] to one of my big brothers in the united holy church in southern district bishop russell rogers and to our liaison bishop of the wilson district my mama amen bishop ernestine mcgee i want to also praise god for one of my mentors ever since i was a little boy who used to pastor right up the street from shaw university that used to get on me i ain't seen you i ain't seeing you dr bishop clifton buckrum amen to all other bishops in the place all this elders all pastors to all of you to bishop's wives amen and definitely to the prettiest woman on this side of heaven lady tia love amen amen i'm gonna look to my left so i won't have to look at her tonight because if i do i lose track amen to my children um i know elder face and love is here tonight other day marcus facing love is somewhere around amen to dallas in the back a man with his uncle uncle anthony amen and to all of you amen i have the privilege and honor of pastoring two of the greatest churches if not just in the southern district not just in the united holy church not just in north carolina but on this side of heaven amen i am proud and happy to call myself the pastor of the greater saint delta united holy church of america middlesex north carolina and the saint james united holy church of statenburg north carolina we love you we love you they have been here beside me supporting me and this week they have gone far and beyond standing keeping my hands lifted keeping my head lifted amen and just saying pastor do what you do pastor do what you do and so tonight i want to go right into this word tonight because we have been having holy convocation holy convocation and we just want to continue on tonight first peter first peter the fifth chapter of first peter i've gone back and forth and said lord if i ever needed you i need you before i need you right now cause where dr brown is sitting is normally where my late father used to sit and he would be able to give me the signals when when i was doing doing my thing he'd give me that little thumbs up or shake that fist at me and then when when when i wasn't getting over he knew how to give me the cut it off sign boy and so brown you gonna have to take his place tonight amen first peter the fifth chapter and if you desire to stand please stand amen my mother in love is somewhere in the building hey man that got ego mama amen that made sure that i was okay even this evening peter starting at the first verse fifth chapter starting at the first verse says this the elders which are among you i exhort whom am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of christ and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed second verse says feed the flock feed the flock of god which is among you taking the oversight thereof not by constraint but willingly not for filthy lucha but of a ready mind neither as being lord over god's heritage over god's people but being examples to the flock and when the chief shepherd shall appear [Music] ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth away for the next little while i want to preach from the subject the mandate the warning and the promise of an elder you may be seated in the presence of the lord the mandate the warning and the promise of an elder my brothers and sisters i would like to start this sermon out tonight by saying congratulations to these candidates who have successfully come before this board of presbyterian and who is now in the next few moments about to become ordained elders in the lord's church i want to be i want to be one of the first ones to congratulate you because i know that for some if not all of you your role to becoming an elder did not just start this week did not just start when you entered the boardroom you did not start when you took the examination but your room to ordination started when you were formed in your mother's womb and if the truth be told if the truth be told your role to being ordained has not been easy it has not been a cake walk it has not been trouble-free but rather some of you have had some sleepless nights some of you have had to deal with being lied on and talked about some of you have had to deal with being accused of different things but tonight in just a few moments you're going to have the same testimony that joseph had in genesis chapter 50 when he said what the devil meant for bad god turned it around for your good i wonder i wonder if there's anybody in the sanctuary that when you look back over your life and look back at everything you have had to go through when you look back at how the devil used people to set tracks for you and how the devil used people to think thoughts of evil against you how the devil used people to plot skin use and manipulate you you can testify the devil tried it but it in spite of everything he tried you still living out your dream you still standing strong you still got a roof over your head you still got money in your pocket you still got foodie i know i know i know we're in the ordination service but is there anybody in here that can say it's working out for my good so so so it is tonight i want to congratulate these candidates on fulfilling one of your dreams in becoming an elder in the lord's church but my task or assignment tonight is not to just congratulate you but it's also my task and assignment to remind you of your mandate and give you a warning and then finish it up with a promise that is attached to being an elder it's in it it's in the beginning of the second verse that the apostle paul shares with us our mandate for peter for peter peter says our chief of main mandate as an elder is to feed the flock now when peter speaks of fear in the flock he is not saying feed the flock with your personal agenda he's not talking about feeding the flock with your own ideologies he's not talking about feeding the flock with what you think or how you feel but rather he's telling the elder to feed the flock by preaching and teaching that unoducterated word of god god i feel like preaching now and he's talking about feeding the flock with sound doctrine as an elder in the church you have to guard against allowing yourself to preach a watered-down sugar-coated version of the word of god i know i know we live in a day and time where people don't like or want to hear what we used to call fire and brimstone type of messages people today want to hear messages that tickle their ears but don't prick their hearts they want to hear messages that'll make them dance but won't make them change their lifestyle they want to hear messages that will make them comfortable in their sin and mess but the apostle paul warned us that this day and time will come for paul said in ii timothy 4 and 3 that the day will come when people will not endure sound doctrine but because of their own lust shall they heal or gather themselves teachers heaven itching ears but as but as another in the lord's church there's a mandate on your life and that mandate is you got to preach it whether they like it or if they don't like it you got to preach it rather they pat you on the back or if they don't pat you on the back can i can i get at least 20 people to help me you got a preacher if they invite you back or if they never mention your name again god i feel it now i know and understand that preaching the unreduced word of god and preaching sound doctrine is not always popular but how many can agree it's necessary i i know i know i know preaching the wages of sin of death the wages of sin is death is not possible but it's necessary i know i know preaching the blasphemy against the holy ghost or blasphemy against the holy ghost it's not popular but it's necessary i know preaching against homosexuality and lesbianism is not popular but it's necessary i know preaching against sex before marriage and shocking is not what a lot of people want to hear but at the end of the day it's necessary what you what you what you must keep in mind is your mandate is not to preach or teach what is popular but you got to preach and teach what's necessary this is this is what paul said to the corinthians that's for dawn i preached the gospel i have nothing to glory of for necessity is laid upon me whoa unto me if i preach not the gospel somebody do me a favor open up your mouth and holler it may not be popular but it's necessary not only not only oh god help me preach it like you gave it to me not only does peter gives the elder their mandate but he also give the elders two warnings the first one and he wants the other not to sell their anointing to filthy lucre in other words peter is telling the ever don't sell your anointing for a dollar one of the biggest problems in the church is people are too easily persuaded by the almighty dollar but is there anybody in the room that knows your anointing means more than any amount of money maybe maybe dr brown maybe i'm getting older maybe i'm getting wiser maybe it's because i've lost some major people and mentors this year but one thing i've come to realize is my greatest asset in life is the anointing that god has placed on my life and because of that because of that i'm in a season in my life i don't have time to deal with folks that's talented but not anointed i don't have time to deal with folks that's gifted but not anointed anybody else in here like me you fed up of coming to church and watching people preach but don't have no anointing you tired of listening to people sing songs but don't have no anointing tired of people praying with no anointing tired of people shouting and dancing without no anointing because it's the anointing that makes the difference it's the anointing that the shores yokes it's the anointing that open blinded eyes it's the anointing that healed the sick it's the anointing that make the triple straight i need about 25 of y'all to open up your mouth and hold the anointing [Music] i'm trying dr brooklyn to keep it in the right place but i hear god saying i've got some people in here that's so anointed that when you walk in a room you don't even got to open your mouth but your anointing will start spreading throughout the sanctuary look at your neighbor right quick and say neighbor i'm glad to sit on the road with you because you got the oil all over your life i get a miracle [Music] [Music] y'all sit down sit down trying i'm doing the best i can but i got i feel the holy ghost in here right through here and god said with your anointed self if you jump up and turn around by the time you get home things are going to turn out in your favor [Music] [Music] and only how about they're not now hey oh god [Music] not only this he won the elder not the cell the anointing but he also wants the other not to be lord over god's people no no no don't get it twisted nor misunderstood because when peter speaks of being a lord in this text he is not speaking of being a lord in a positive or favorable way but rather he speaks of being a lord in a negative or derogatory way for when peter speaks of being a lord in this text he speaks of being a lord as being a dictator god help me therefore he wants to ever don't be a dictator over people how many know it's a difference in being a shepherd than being a dictator oh boy you out here preaching now a shopper is a motivator who pushes you into your destiny while a dictator has a lease on you trying to hold you back [Applause] a leader will give you wise counsel why you ought to do the lord's will but a dictator will tell you what you're going to do a shepherd will a shepherd or a leader will lead and guide you in the ways of god why dictator will manipulate manipulate you and try to control you with their own personal agenda a leader or shepherd will have you follow them as they follow christ but a dictator come on here we'll make you forget all about christ and look at them as a god a leader or a shepherd will protect you but a dictator would try to expose you and so peter knowing this don't knowing this says don't try to be a dictator over the people because at the end of the day this is my show and we're getting ready to go home but at the end of the day peter is saying don't be a dictator over the people because at the end of the day the people don't belong to you they belong to god i don't know how you feel about it but i'm so glad i don't belong to people because people can be wishy-washy negroes can be messy y'all don't want to help me now how many know people will smile in your face today but those same focus stab you in the back tomorrow they'll be your friend today but they'll be your voice enemy tomorrow they'll help you today and use you tomorrow but i'm so glad i belong to god and the god i serve has promised never to leave me nor forsaken me the god i serve has promised to be with me through thick and thin he's promised to stick closer than a brother is there anybody here that know god heals the joyous of your life god heals your protection god heals grandma said it like this god heals food when i'm hungry god heals water when i'm thirsty god is a bridge over troubled water god heals a doctor in a hospital and a lawyer in the courtroom ah y'all excuse me but this love just rolls up can i preach must stop to reach shall i preach today i'm already preaching i wish somebody in here would throw your hand back in hall of god [Music] and just walk around and just say god heals god heals god heals [Music] is i gotta go with him when he come back he brought me too far to play the phone now he brought me too far for me to give up now open your mouth is [Music] [Music] not only am i going to give you your mandate not only am i going to give you a warning but the last thing i got to give you is i got to give you the promise what's the promise when the chief shepherd shall appear you shall receive a crown of glory that faded away in other words peter is simply saying jesus is coming back again do i got any sanctified folk that's waiting on jesus to come back again he's coming back for a chance without spider wrinkle coming back to separate the right from the room coming back to heroin who's been washed in the blood of the lamb and when he comes back he's gonna give us a crown of glory when he comes back every eye shall see him every knee sail by and every tongue shall confess he is lord when he comes back we will know he's king of kings lord of lords when he come back we're going to know he's the seed of a woman he's the passover lamb he's the clown by day and the fire by night when he comes back we're gonna know he's a kingsman redeemer he's the faithful scribe he's the lord our shepherd he's our wonderful counselor mighty god when he comes back he's fire [Music] open your mouth and say he's coming back he's coming back yeah [Music] [Music] he's coming back again he's coming back again and every tear he's gonna wipe it from your eyes he's coming back again and whatsoever a mistake that should he also read look at three people and tell him it's reaping season it's reaping season you so long enough it's time to reap your glory it's time to rape your victory time to reap your healing trying to reap your deliverance coming back [Music] so [Music] [Music] [Music] um [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we're preparing ourselves to pray for these candidates there are probably a few preachers in here who would love to tell you that this call this mandate is not worth it without the promise we're looking for the promise that god is going to give us board of elders are getting ready i mean the board of presbyterians getting ready excuse me they're gloving themselves up because we want to pray we want to follow the word we want to lay hands but we won't we don't want to lay covert on anybody amen we're gonna ask the board if they would draw near to the candidates so that they might lay hands on them i'm a question that everybody in the entire building if you would bow your heads close your eyes take this moment to be very unselfish and think about the candidates pray for the candidates along with me let us pray [Music] to the sweet spirit of god [Music] our great creator the one who created us the one who created the heavens and the earth we're praying to the one who created light the one who created day and created night we're praying to the one who created all the oceans and all of the lakes and all of the ponds and all the rivers and all of the streams and all of the brooks the one who created dirt and dust the one who created the grass and the fruit trees and the herbs praying tonight to the god who created the moon and the stars and the sun who created the birds that fly in the air who created the whales and the fish who navigate in the waters [Music] today we're praying to the one who created the cattle and the beast of the land the one the the one the only one who created man and woman in his image we thank you god our creator but who is not only god our creator but god the one who cares for us the one who cares for mankind we're lifting our prayer to jehovah jireh our provider the one who provides us with food to eat and shelter to protect us from the storm dear god the one who provides us companionship so that we are not lonely and depressed but also provides us family to nurture us and care for us you provide transportation for us from dunkins to lamborghinis god i thank you you the god that provide for us you provide for us air to breathe you provide for us cells to fight off disease you the one who provide doctors for us to prescribe medicine and also gives us job for income the one who created us but you're also the one who cares for us and then at this moment we're reflecting on the fact that you are the one who not only created us who cares for us but the one who calls us the one who calls us out of darkness into this marvelous light the one who calls us out of riotous living into righteousness the one who calls us to serve us we want to lift this prayer up to the one who calls us to preach the word in season and out of season the one who calls us to preach the gospel to all the world one who calls us to preach with authority that originates in heaven and reaches all the way down to earth the one who calls us to preach and gives us authority to cast out demons and to heal all kinds of diseases one who calls us to preach the word that will bind up the broken heart and proclaim liberty to the captives freedom to the prison to proclaim the favorable year of the lord comfort all those who mourn give them garland instead of ashes all of gladness instead of mourning one who calls us to preach who will give us a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting the one who calls us not to preach with persuasive words but with the spirit and the power of god that's the one who we're praying to the night the one who calls some of us to be apostles and some of us to be prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and some teachers here is our prayer tonight dear god consecrate me now to thy service lord by the power of grace divine help my soul look up with us dead fast hope and my will be lost in thine draw me nearer nearer near a blessed lord draw me nearer draw me nearer never blessed lord draw me nearer nearer near a blessing or to thy precious bleeding side where if you draw me nearer to you dear god i know that i'll be all right and i'm looking for the promise that you're going to give me as i carry out your will and your word and your way bless these candidates lord draw the mirror in jesus name we pray amen amen and amen [Music] we're now presenting now presenting them with the word of god elder linda moore elder linda moore present the word of god [Music] [Music] and keep this bible close to your heart you can find hope with this bible you can find joy whatever you need it is in this bible use this bible to get what you need with this bible you can get your glory with this bible you can tell others about jesus with this bible you can lead others to christ with this bible you can give them the way to get to heaven with this bible you can show them the love of jesus with this bible you can find drama with this bible you can find war stories with this bible you can find hope with this bible you can find joy with this bible you can find peace use this bible to tell others about our risen savior and i soon come in with this bible it use it use it to tell people about god use this bible instead of your opinion use this word and stand on it and watch god take you to higher places watch our you with this bible with this bible you can tell though how to get out of trouble with this bible you can tell folks how to get out of sin with this bible you can tell folks about a love that lasts forever hallelujah with this bible there glory whatever you need is in this bible wherever you go you use this bible if you need direction this bible will guide you if you need hope this bible will give it to you if you need love you can find it in this bible whatever you need whatever you desire is in this bible hallelujah put this bible you cannot go wrong this is one of the best sellers in the world today with this bible it does not change with this bible it remained the same with this bible it tells you about a god that made the heaven and the earth with this bible it'll tell you about yourself and help you to be who you need to be with this bible it'll help you to tell others or who and what they can be hallelujah with this bible study this word find direction with this bible find love with this bible find peace with this bible find direction get this bible learn obedience with this bible learn how to walk in the way of christ with this bible help you hallelujah to be who you need to be glory be to god with this bible you can be an individual with this bible you can be set apart with this bible you can be the one that god is calling you to be in this bible you can find whatever you need if it's hope it's in this bible if it's peace it's in this bible if it's health it's in this bible if it's money it's still in this bible whatever you need you can find it in the word of god use this bible to direct others to christ use this bible in the time of confusion and you need a god use this bible use this bible when you have questions that you don't know the answer to it's in this bible whatever you need is in the bible you can find what you need in the word of god we present y'all with these bibles to walk right to preach the unadulterated word of god to tell folks about our risen savior and our soon coming king you your bible to the cross where god [Music] [Music] me [Music] us [Music] draw me nearer near a precious lord to thy precious bleeding side god bless you at this time our assistant secretary elder linda moore is coming and we're going to ask that our candidates prepare themselves to approach in this manner and you're going to come by the bishops the board of presbyterian make sure you check shake the first assistant or at least bump fist's fist with the first assistant and our bishop please come as your call we're going to ask the first row of our kenneth so please stand as i call your name come forward latricia ambrose esther gene campbell um [Music] bobby dantzler [Music] hattie facing [Applause] foreign [Music] we got that second row to stand the vivian danielle facing love [Applause] [Music] terence feria [Music] [Music] so [Music] narelle grande dr joyce macmillan smith that's newman district yes yes pansy mcnair [Applause] michael murray [Music] do before we consider closing this service out bishop pickett our president of this southern district i would like to know if he would have any words to say before we dismiss let us give a round of applause to these candidates [Applause] and suddenly we want to thank god for the word from to love and to [Music] for him allowing the lord to use him on tonight and i want to say to the candidates congratulations amen and you go forth you heard the word the mandate the warning and the promise and so if you take that in uh you will do well as an ordained elder amen certainly we want to say to each of you we thank you for all that you've done this week i thought that i should get up and say something tonight thank you for your support that you've given up until now certainly we cannot uh thank you enough for all that you've done this week uh you have just been great wonderful and we praise god for you and to our sd ensemble thank you amen thank you [Applause] and so we ask that uh everybody that's going to be here tomorrow for the processional and all that we be here uh according to the program uh dr brown will be presiding and he will be uh co-presiding with uh one of our bishops on tomorrow i'll let them work that out uh between now and and that time but let us come back tomorrow expecting a mighty move of god you blessed us on this afternoon in the rally and we thank god for what you uh gave us on today thank you to the board of presbyterian thank dr williams dr love and the entire board of presbyterian that's where i started on this board and uh when bishop buckrum left amen i assumed the role as chairman and i enjoyed working on that board i probably would have still been up there had not the bishop told me that i couldn't serve anymore amen but i appreciate him allowing me that opportunity to serve for almost 20 years on that board god bless you have a wonderful night [Applause] let's give a hand clap of appreciation to our presiding bishop pickett [Applause] first assistant brown to our liaison bishops bishop rogers and bishop mcgee bishop buckrum we thank god for all of you to this board of presbyteria for the work that we have carried out this week we thank god for all of those of you who participated and please don't forget what we said when you go out from here you're representing god bishop pickett his administration your family and let's do right by them all god bless you and as the preacher said who preached such a powerful message i thought of one word and we're going to let you go and that is don't fall prey to vox populi the voice of the people cannot rule what you do but while that man preached the word of god let it be rich in your heart all right [Music] thank you and we want you to please remain seated until the pulpit has recessed from the pulpit thank you so much god bless you and we look to see each of you tomorrow with your 300 for the bishop god bless you let me give you the benefits now to him who is able to keep us from falling and to present us faultless before the throne of god with exceeding joy to the all-wise god we are dismissed and remain seated in jesus name amen [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] i want to go [Music] [Applause] god is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] every day [Music] ah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] 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Length: 139min 40sec (8380 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 25 2021