Sunday Morning Service - September 19, 2021

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hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah glory be to your name jesus hallelujah thank you jesus glory to your name please turn in your church redemption 586 i am praying blessed savior to be more and more like thee glory to your name hallelujah thank you jesus that's 586 glory to god thank you jesus thank you lord glory to god hallelujah i am praying blessed savior to be more and more like thee i am praying that thy spirit all my weaknesses [Music] [Applause] [Music] i [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] and bright that is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] am is [Applause] to be humble by the power of grace with me [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] precious [Music] [Applause] blessed save [Music] shall be for a perfect consequence [Applause] [Music] all my weaknesses [Music] [Music] [Applause] i oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all my weakness thou knowest jesus while i plead each precious process here and answers prior at this time we are going to approach the throne of grace and ask god for mercy and thank him for his keeping care let us make an altar wherever you are where the seating are standing [Music] while [Music] [Music] lord we thank you jesus lord we give you praise lord we lift you up lord we exalt your name there is none like your god there is none to compare to your heavenly father father god this is the day that you have made and we will rejoice and be glad in it most holy and kind god here we are this morning lord oh god gather in your house calling upon your great and wonderful name father god here we are this morning we need a word from you we need a touch from you lord we need to hear from you because if we don't hear from you then what will we do heavenly father we are asking you lord that you will bless the service o god from the beginning unto the end lord i pray that you will bless me so i can be a blessing i pray god that you will bless the choir i pray god that you will bless the musician lord the one that will bring forth your word let it be a word in time let it be a word in season let it be a word lord to lift us higher and to take us to the next level heavenly father we are dependent on you the god that know all our weakness the god that knows all our cares lord the one that sees our ups and our downs our ends and our out our inadequacy father god we come before your throne of grace and asking you for mercy asking you to wash us asking you to cleanse us and lord like you told moses to tell the children of israel to go forward may we continue lord because it's forward still it's geovia's will though the billers may dash and sway but father god like a conquering train help us this morning to push ahead so we can roll the sea away sea of sickness sea of doubt and fear sea of disappointment and sorrow oh god sea of trouble on every side father god in the name of jesus christ the service of earth the people are yours father god i pray that you will give them receptive hearts i pray god that worship will be easy i pray god that we are not here as spectators father god but we will give you what is rightfully yours lord you said when the praises go up then the blessing come down heavenly father god have your way right in this morning with your quicken and power lord and do a new thing oh god take us higher in you heavenly father fill us up until we overflow lord god the shepherd of this house lord you know where he is but lord wherever he is lord i pray that your grace and your mercy will be with him we pray god that you will strengthen him and his family keep him lord in your care lord let his mind be upon thee heavenly father a double portion fresh anointing oh god because the anointing of yesterday lord is not sufficient to handle the troubles and trial of today father bless us and keep us lead us and guide us a father god we are looking unto you because we have no might and we have no power for our own so our eyes are exclusively upon you heavenly father take full control have thy divine sweet way and we give you thanks remember those that are on their way cover them under your blood grant them journeys mercy back back and cramp and paralyze every plan of the enemy by an accident and incident we humble wait upon you and we say thanks in the name of the father thanks in the name of the son and thanks in the blessed name of the holy ghost thank you jesus thank you lord thank you jesus lord we worship you lord we give you praise lord we honor you thou knowest all our weakness and thou knowest all our cares thank you jesus thank you jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah can i please ask you to stand this morning with me and worship god we came here for no other reason than to lift up the son of man to give him what is rightfully his lord we thank you lord we worship you lord we exalt you lord there is none there is none o god to compare to you thank you jesus [Music] thank you lord thank you jesus this morning hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah if you feel like worshiping it go ahead if you feel like giving praise go ahead if you feel like giving thanks it's okay hallelujah hallelujah jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah jesus glory to god hallelujah thank you lord thank you jesus glory to his awesome name this morning i want to greet you one and all in the matchless name of jesus our soon coming king this morning i am glad to be in the house of the lord how about you if you are glad go ahead and give him some praise many would want to be here but they can't because of different circumstances but you are here this morning and since us we do not know what this afternoon bring let us give the king what we bring him this morning i hope that you bring him some praise i hope that you bring him some hallelujah i hope that you bring him some thank you jesus the songwriter said when i think of the goodness of jesus and all that he has done for me my soul cries out hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah i thank god for saving me i thank god for keeping me i thank god for protecting me i thank god for making a way for me as we roll the curtain back we know someone who is gone on before us that someone could have been you that someone could have been me but the grace of god so this morning i encourage you to worship the king of kings and the lord of lord tomorrow is not yours this afternoon is not even yours so give the king what is rightfully his give him some praise give him some hallelujah give him some thank you jesus god is good god is good and he's greatly to be praised this morning i'm gonna ask you to stand and turn your bible with me to the book of revelation i'm gonna be reading from the third chapter from verse one through six hallelujah glory to god thank you jesus thank you lord glory hallelujah jesus jesus glory yes lord i thank you glory to god great god how great is his name thank you jesus jesus i thank you and i worship you lord oh god i thank you jesus hallelujah give him praise hallelujah hallelujah revelation the third chapter from verse one to six and on to the angel of the church in saudis write these things saith he that had the seventh spirit of god and the seven stars i know thy works that thou has a name that thou liveth and are dead he said be watchful and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die for i have not found thy work perfect before god remember therefore how thou hast receive and heard and all fast and repent if therefore thou shalt not watch i will come on thee as a thief and thou shalt not know what hour i will come upon thee thou ask a few names even inside us which have not defiled their garment and they shall walk with me in white for they are worthy he that overcome it the same shall be clothed in white raymond and i will not blot out his name out of the book of life but i will confess his name before my father and before his angel he that at and here let him hear what the spirit said unto the church can we do verse six together again please that heart in here let him hear what the spirit said unto the churches these are the words of god and we honor them by saying glory be to the father to the son and to the holy ghost as it was in the beginning now and ever shall be world without hand amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah glory to his name at this time sister maya miller will be coming to do the welcome and acknowledgement please make her welcome in care of the holy ghost bless her lord hallelujah hallelujah jesus christ hallelujah hallelujah glory to his name hallelujah jesus good morning everyone morning for the first second or third time could you please stand so we can acknowledge you and welcome you anyone in the overflow we gave god thanks for our visitor on behalf of our founder bishop dr delford davies and his wife dr petrova davis who resigned in port more same catering our host bishop here in his absence and his wife minister and his wife reverend patricia hutchinson and their children our assistant pastor pastor jocelyne rose and her husband minister owen rose we members and saints of the miramar power of faith assembled this morning we welcome you we welcome you this morning those who are viewing on facebook and youtube we also welcome you also i was the in psalms 122 and verse 1 said i was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the lord and this morning you are in the lord house if you are a child of god feel free to feast this morning the tables are already spread with lovely things if you are here and you don't know god as your savior i pray today the day you will say lord i am coming home once again we welcome you and we're glad to have you could you please put your hands together for our [Applause] [Music] visitor hallelujah better days are coming by and by when we reach the city in the sky sorrow will be over joy will come at last better days are coming [Music] when we joy will come at last [Music] [Music] bye [Music] [Music] joy is [Music] [Music] is [Music] joy will come at [Music] last hallelujah hallelujah i come to tell you this morning whatever you are going through better days are coming by and by when we reach the city in the sky sorrows will be over joy will come at last better days continue to hold on continue to hold out continue to fight the good fight of faith because better days are coming at this time help me welcome the pioneer singers as they come and minister to your soul in care of the holy ghost hallelujah hallelujah jesus hallelujah hallelujah jesus hallelujah glory to god hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah jesus glory to your name glory to your name jesus hallelujah hallelujah [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] hey jesus almighty god we worship you this morning glory to god hallelujah there's a sweet sweet spirit in this place and if we only worship him if we'd only worship him hallelujah oh glory to god hallelujah hallelujah honey glory to god we worship you this morning sweet sweet jesus what a wonder you are this morning glory to god glory to god thank you jesus hallelujah [Music] um [Music] when the holy spirit starts to move within your soul [Music] i cannot control [Music] i said when the holy spirit starts to move within your soul [Music] i cannot control it starts my feet are dancing it's foot club [Music] been in my hands it makes [Music] my eyes start crying there's a door i cannot explain i cannot control makes me so happy i cannot explain these rivers of joy can i do that again when the holy spirit always starts to move within your soul [Applause] [Music] me [Music] dancing it makes it mix my eyes start crying tears [Music] [Music] i cannot control [Music] makes me so happy [Music] the myths of my tribulation in some ways lord i start to smile when i fear the holy spirit there [Music] [Music] know the reason why [Music] i am going to [Music] i cannot control [Music] of joy i cannot control [Music] i cannot control [Music] [Music] of joy [Music] oh [Music] please [Music] i cannot control [Music] i remember [Music] oh [Music] [Music] river i cannot control makes me so happy [Music] i cannot control makes me so happy [Music] is [Music] [Music] makes me so happy [Music] [Music] glory to god [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah glory to the land of the lord thank you jesus rivers of joy makes me happy i cannot control these rivers of joy today is ladies sunday and at this time i would like to acknowledge evangelist rule and evangelist valerie hartley thank you thank you thank you god bless you may he continue to keep you and the straight and narrow part at this time i'm gonna ask the congregation to stand it has been my pleasure to have served you may you continue to blast in the presence of our awesome god and stay focused stay steadfast because he is coming soon jesus in all his glory god bless you god keep you have a blessed and prosperous week at this time our first lady will be coming none other than reverend patricia hutchison make her welcome in care of the holy ghost praise the lord [Music] praise god praise god praise god come on give the lord some praise just magnify the lord hallelujah he's worthy he is worthy of our praise hallelujah we give god thanks and we give him praise for yet another sunday i just encourage you to just be strong in the lord and in the power of his might please you may be seated for a while praise god i'm here standing this afternoon this afternoon under the covering of my husband and our pastor bishop michael hutchinson who is away on the master's business praise god just keep him in prayer as you know he loves the lord and he loves god's people i have a few announcements this morning from the desk of our bishop just want to remind us that beginning this friday or fasting service begins from 7 p.m to 12 midnight and it begins on friday the 24th and it goes all the way through to october 2 when oct we start our all-night prayer meeting from 7 p.m through to 6 00 a.m saturday morning that's october so please mark your calendars there are some prayer points that are available with and the dates are there so after service i'll be having some so you can get ladies if you have not yet gotten your responsibility ladies of the ministries you can pick up one after church all right uh we have some church cards and evangelism cards that's a that's available you can pick up these are what we call our conversation starters for you who are truly disciples a disciple of christ replicate right yes we reproduce and so we have designed we have we have these cards it has the information on the church but it's for evangelism purpose not just to give your neighbor who is saved already but your neighbor who's not saved so you can start up a conversation with them and they have information about the church this is a regular church card it has everything about the church on it well except our pastor's name i saw but contact number and all of that is on there so you can collect some of these we have also our for my church envelope if you have not gotten any as yet got one please you can collect one from me we also have our convention envelope you can also collect one of that from me amen praise god we have with us this morning brother ray many of you have met sister ray she has been our youtube or youtube audience or member for a while and she has been visiting with us her husband sister ray put your hand up manny don't know your stand up please so they can see you her husband is with her this morning so she has been coming out she has been coming out and he is now already the lord bless you sir i give you greetings on behalf of our bishop and the entire congregation it's good to have you with us it's good to we have heard so much about you even before we met you as a matter of fact brother ray and sister ray will be on the midday connection with our bishop this wednesday sharing their life and their testimony as to what god has taken them through and what god is taking them through us and awesome i see here a sir in connia lewis from the outreach is he here or she oh she the lord bless you god bless you thank you for be this is the produce of what when we go out sunday after sunday amen praise god we also want to just note we we also want to um remind you that our con our convention our convention comes up october 10 it's gonna be four days so it's sunday monday tuesday and wednesday all right and we'll be having a dynamic speaker in the form of minister michael mirage who will be blazing the trail for a convention praise god hallelujah and the theme is lord plant my feet on higher ground amen bishop also wants to thank she wants to thank evangelist williams brother bromfield broomfield deacon barrett deacon barrett elder stewart brother donald jones for their assistance in the tiling and replacing of the base board in the lobby and the passageway come on put your hands together for them how many of you see how the whole just it just looks so fantastic out there it looks so different thanks to the men's department for their financial assistance in acquiring the tile and also thank brother linville wright for assisting with the cleaning up of the land and the church man's praise god we also want to thank chaplain missionary silver smith and the pantry team and brother gotcha for volunteering their efforts each friday you know it's good to give thanks for people yes people is our greatest resources yes so we want to give we want to give god thanks so we want to give god thanks for those who are coming out on a saturday morning for our prayer meetings each saturday morning also thank deaconess beeson and the team for assisting in the arrangement of the the for replacing the bookshelf in the in the foyer here in the lobby area to the back and for just working on the pantry each thursday just to restock the pantry and their commitment for cleaning and taking care of the church we give god thanks for them pastor want us to know that our official just a correction on the midday connection it's not this week it's next week yes it's next wednesday so please tune in share it it's a very very it's going to be a good time with mr and mrs ray brother and sister ray and or bishop our bishop also wants to announce our official work day has have big work days have begun and so for those who can assist in painting and cleaning up and preparing the sanctuary the usual that we do each year in preparation for convention you may speak with evangelist williams all right in that regard and for the general cleaning you may speak with deaconess beason all right so if you were ladies if you want to do any assistance with the cleanup talk with me deaconess beason and in terms of the hard man work talk with evangelist williams please be reminded also to support just to support the general schedule of service amen praise god i just want to invite us one more time again just please to stand and i'm really craving your prayers this morning thank you jesus i'm really craving your prayers thank you jesus [Music] and i really need the aid more than ever of the holy spirit to share this word and i pray that when i'm done he will get the glory even before that your hearts will not just be blessed but will be challenged to just do whatever god wants us to do in this time and season that we're in so may we just bow our heads and look to the lord in prayer father we look to you you are our god and we have no other god beside you lord i need your help god you take the stage please and just have your way when i'm done god i pray that you really would have been glorified and that your people would have been edified challenged and strengthened to just serve you that all of us god will just be challenged to even get deeper to seek you more and to come to you father have your way have your way today lord i give you the praise i give you the glory and i give you the honor breathe upon me again holy spirit holy spirit manifest your presence manifest your power god i can do nothing without you here is a waiting audience god with hearts open those hearts that are closed i pray holy ghost that you break in every stubborn heart and give us receptive heart today god may your word settle in us and settle on us god that your name will be exalted father we look to you and we tell you thanks in jesus name hallelujah thank you jesus you may be seated the scripture was already read and the interesting thing about it is i shared this word on wednesday and i was not prepared to share it this morning however was yesterday the lord chose to allow me to share this word this morning to the general congregation and he has a reason why he repeats something he knows why sometimes we as a people we get tired of hearing the same thing sometimes when my daughter comes home and she's going over the same thing day after day at our work i kind of get tired but i indulge her because she needs to off-load but god is not wanting our indulgence just because he wants to offload he wants our attention in this season and if what we have seen around the world has not grabbed the attention of the church as yet i don't know what else but i tell you there are other things that are gonna come and so i'm encouraging us as the body of believer just to hold fast to our profession don't allow familiarity don't allow ourselves to underlook or overlook or trivialize what god is doing in this season are don't allow familiarity to get into our souls in this season and so i want us to just turn our bibles to revelations revelation chapter 3 praise god hallelujah and here we find the book of revelation i'm just going to ask you to flip over back to revelation chapter 1. and in many of the bibles and certainly in my bible it says my bible it says the revelation of jesus christ in other words that which we're about to receive was given to the church by jesus himself he's the source of the unveiling and the word revelation just simply means to unveil to reveal and that is what jesus christ the son of the living god was doing in this book the letter was written to the last remaining apostle he was the only one that was left alive everyone else was martyred they were killed many other the disciples were dead now here it is john found himself imprisoned for the sake of the gospel and we find that in verse 4 but before we look at verse 4 john says this in verse 3 blessed is he that hear it and they that hear the word of this prophecy and keep those things which are written therein for the time is at hand and i want to submit to you that the word of god has potency through every generation the word of god is powerful in every single generation some people who do not understand how powerful the word of god is what they'll say is they've heard these things and these are just stories and we have heard it from my eye or eyes are at our knees but i want to tell the world today that the word of god still has value for today and so here it is that the lord gave john a revelation and the letter was written to seven churches seven churches of the time and many scholars many preachers many evangelists those who stand to proclaim the word they will tell you that this word is relevant to every church age and while it was written to seven specific churches in seven locations in asia what we call modern day turkey today we can look in the book and we can look at ourselves as an individual and as a body of believer and ask ourselves what kind of church are we what kind of church am i we can ask ourselves that when we read through the book of revelations and so it is here the blessedness is pronounced so we see the source of the revelation and the blessedness for those who read it we see the salutation greeting john and it goes to the seven churches of asia and john said grace and peace a common greeting of the of the day grace and peace unto you from him which is which was and is to come from the seven spirits which are before his throne from jesus christ who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth and he gave him a praise unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood this is who the letter came from so we are reading and we are we are clear in in our understanding as the source of the letter jesus himself and he was talking to his people then paul then john talked about how him being translated in a vision and begin to get revelation and he said so he moved now into the realm of revelation so he was on the isle of physical place but god took him into a realm of the spirit where he began to open up some mysteries unto him he began to show him some deep things and then he says i am the alpha and omega the first and the last identified himself again and then instructing john to say what you see john write in a book and send it this is the destination of where these things are going to go down so there was no ambiguity there was no uncertainty there wasn't any there wouldn't be any mistake as to where this letter this letter wasn't being sent to the government it wasn't being sent to the politicians it wasn't being sent to the business sector not the school or the educational sector it was being sent to the church so there's no myth in where the letter was to be sent but then more specifically jesus continued by saying the seven churches that are in asia these were the major churches these were like the headquarter churches so it was being these letters these seven letters were to be sent to these major churches that had major influence on the rest of the society or the smaller churches around and so he said unto ephesus smyrna pergamos tayatera onto sardis and on to philadelphia and onto laodicea so he told them so the letters now then he pointed out that they're to go to the angels of the church i'm just giving you a little background they're to go to the angels of the church and the angel that word angel just simply means that we would have it today the pastor or the leader the overseer the person who gives oversight over a body of believer these letters were to be given and so he gave the letters in this order to ephesus to smyrna to pergamos to tayathira and then he came on to the church of sardis the church and this is what the letter says and on to the angel or the messenger or the pastor of the church inside is the leader and i want to submit to you though it says messenger one other thing i want to submit to us this morning is each and every one of us here under the hearing of my voice you are the leader of your life the word of god says is the old testament showed us god having a select people who we call priests who led the congregation and knew the mind of god but then we come into into peter's first peter peter says what we are a royal priesthood so not only are we children of god we are kings and we are priests in other words we are leaders we are to govern our life and we are to minister to ourselves and though the pastor has a responsibility the bible tells us in ephesians chapter 4 to equip the sins for the working of ministry the believer every single believer has a responsibility for him or herself every believer has a responsibility to govern their own life because it doesn't matter how hard the pastor preaches or the minister teaches this morning i hear minister minister hall ministering teaching breaking down the word but as much as he prepared himself overnight and spent time fasting and praying getting all of the research done if you don't take it and apply it to your life his efforts are in vain he can open our heads and throw it down he can't turn our hearts we have to choose to respond to his work and his efforts and so many of us as believers we have left the work of governing our lives to the pastor many of us have left the work of ensuring that we are walking right before god to the pastors to the ministers to the church leaders we are going to be in for a rude awakening because if the pastor has done his job if the leaders have done their job and you don't grasp it then the blood is not on the leaders so here he sends a letter to the church in ephesus and he says these things say it unto them that had the seven spirits say it the sa he sorry these things said he that had the seven spirits of god and the seven stars i know your works i know your works that thou has a name that you live and you are dead praise the name of jesus you are dead jesus here began by identifying himself to the church at sardis and after identifying himself he points out that he's the one who has the seven spirits of god and we see here in isaiah 11 it speaks to the spirit the seventh spirit and isaiah pointed out that he said the spirit of the lord he has the spirit of the lord the spirit of wisdom and understanding the spirit of counsel and might the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the lord not only was he the one who possessed the seventh spirit but he was also the possessor of the seven leaders are the seven angels of the church the seven stars and i want to just show you that here where you see it says the seven stars if you turn over praise god to revelation chapter 1 and the verse 16 he and he ha and he had in his right hand seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as the star as the sun shine it in his strength and it comes out he goes on down at verse 20 he says the mystery of the seven stars which thou saws in my right hand and the seven candlesticks the seven stars are the angels or the messengers of the seven churches and the seven candlesticks which those are soyuz are the seven churches so we know the seven stars that he's speaking here are also the angels the messengers or the leaders of the church so he wrote this letter to the leadership and he says this is the characteristic of this church he's saying this is it i know your work you're full of works you can do stuff yes everybody see what you're doing you're full of it you have a name among the the community everybody see what you're doing everybody know your name you have a reputation your reputation goes before you he says i know how you have a reputation that you live you look alive but in fact you are dead and if i want to use for a theme this morning because my my verse that i want to just talk to you about is are you among the few are you among the few the lord spoke about the few in verse four and so the lord says i know your works the omnipotent one the one who knows all things about us all things about creation said to this church i know your works all that you did from the insignificant to the very significant from the heavy-duty work to the very mundane work jesus knew it all and today he knows everything about us he knows our heart he knows our intention he knows our motive he knows why we do what we do if what we do is for his glory or for the glory of men not only that jesus knows but menu and men saw and consequently because men saw the church was reputable among the people in their community but what we don't understand is this what god sees is different from what men see what men knows is different from what god knows and this is where the rubber hit the road because the truth is this many of us are living before men to please men many of us are trying to to get the favor of men but what god sees and what man see is two different things god has perfect knowledge complete knowledge nothing passes him by him actions are weird that's the word of god he knows the heart and the intent of the heart he knows our motive and why we do what we do how we do it there are some people that sit around and lag and as they see somebody coming i see it with my children sometimes you give them things to do and when and they lay down and do whatever as soon as they say come they're scuffling like they're moving about and that's how many of us are as believers but god is keeping a record of our actions god is keeping a record of what we are doing is our motive pure what's the condition of our hearts first samuels 2 3 by him actions are weird what christ saw and knew about his church was different it was in it was in conflict this church was too faced it was hypocritical by nature it appeared alive but spiritual their spiritual reality is that they were dead they were living dead they were like zombies doing things but no no real life was exuding from them no real life was coming from them death has various realities our concept one death means to be the absence of life james 2 verse 26. death means separation if you can recall in genesis 2 7 the lord said to the the man in the day you eat from this fruit tree you shall surely die but did he die immediately no but immediately he was separated from the presence of the lord and that's what death is also about we only view death sometimes as the absence of the spirit from the body but many of many people are walking around as living dead because they're separated from christ and that's the reason why we as a church we're calling this society to restore men to god to let men know they can come out a deadness and come into life praise god this also means inactivity or barrenness and we still we go and somebody might say that's contradicting with the verse that i'm going to use and that's revelations 3 because though the church was busy very active they were very inactive because they weren't doing what god called them to do they were doing their own thing so death means inactivity or barrenness death means worthless faith worthless faith faith without works is what dead hebrews 6 1 james 7 sorry james 2 verse 17 and death is also sinfulness or a state of sinfulness and we find that in romans because they talk about the wages of sin is death we are all dead in our trespasses and sin so this church was not just barren but though they were actively doing the things maybe doing some social work maybe doing all sort of community activity very busy doing things but the question was were they doing the will of the lord so they appeared to be working but they are they were they lacked power they lacked force and they lacked the holy spirit operation in their lives you know when i was reading this one of the thing that i i i saw when i shared it on wednesday sometimes in our lives we can be saved so long we can be saved so long that we miss it we can be saved so long that we just do the things we just do the going on about our business doing our daily thing we just get up we just breathe a little word i pray not even certain if god hear us but it becomes a ritual it was it's just like you're going on a bicycle in the gym or what they call it they whatever the bikes that station every bicycle in the gym and we're just moving are we moving but we're not going anywhere we're not going anywhere no 30 years have passed since the last since the apostle died this is not before john died he was the last left alive and this was the state of the church the state was in us the church was in a state of deadness but the lord said listen you have our reputation that you're dead but hear what he's saying they are strengthened the things he gave them some correction he didn't leave us in the state the thing that i love about the lord i say this many times he does not just point the finger and tell us the problem he gives us a solution he gives us a remedy how to fix it it is not god's will for anyone to perish but all should come to repentance and have eternal life for god so loved the world that he gave he's given the solution his only begotten son that whosoever believe in him should not perish but have eternal life so here it is the lord said to them john tell them this write this in the letter be watchful this word or this phrase to be watchful is translated wake up give strict attention to be cautious be active employ extreme care unless you allow yourself to become lazy idle and indolent and sudden destruction come upon you the lord said to the church get up verse 2 wake up man you're sleeping paul says it in the book of ephesians awake or sleeper and arise from dead and christ shall shine and dawn is light upon you he will give you light light represents elimination light represents revelation the church was lacking in the revelation of god the church locked it no one wants us to understand the seven spirits of god just simply talking about the holy spirit it's just simply talking about the holy spirit so whenever the lord addressed any of these churches he addressed them according to the issue in the church by identifying himself as the solution so he said write unto them i am the disorder that person so he wanted this church to know that the seven the the one that had the seventh spirit and the one that owned the shepherd because he's the good shepherd he's in charge of the leadership and he gives the church the spirit to operate i am the one that's coming to address your issue because you're lacking the spirit and you're lacking the word the leaders were not given the word they lived in a society if sardis was a society that was also a rich society the scent of many trees rich in jewelry and textile they had it is said that they had a river that run through that goal was found and they said that it is believed that sardis was one of those places where money what we see modern day money as we have but modern-day money was made societies never lack it they never lacked riches but one of the things about them as a as a city they were self-sufficient and this is what wealth does to us at times money will cause us because the world says money answers all and if you notice go back in your bible there's an italics where you see things in the original things is not there supplied money answer all all the answer everybody that come not just everything because not everything you can buy are not every p but it answer all all of us need money to operate no matter what favor we have we still need money to do things so this place was rich they had everything they needed nothing and that kind of culture seeped into the church and if we are not careful brothers and sisters we will allow what we see going on in our society today to take over our lives as individuals and i want i want to emphasize this let us stop looking at this building as the church let us stop sin if you don't allow it to make you realize it as yet i'm sorry for you but let us stop looking at the four wars it's good for us to dwell together in unity it's good to assemble ourselves together but if you can recall in the oh in the new testament the church came under severe persecution they had to scatter left right and center and i want to encourage us to understand as it was then it's coming now so let us not get comfortable in the church yes i understand we have padded pews a nice ac but there's coming a time when it's gonna begin and it's gonna get worse hallelujah peter tell us that judgment is gonna begin in the host of the lord because many of us as believers we have come we have gone to ease in zion we just kick back and we we'll relax and if we don't get a message to cause us to jump and stir and if we don't get something to tickle our ears we don't think god is speaking but after the jumping when we learn what do we do with what we hear when we learn what do we do and i understand some character some people have that energetic way about them some people have that charismatic way about them but it's not about the jumping and the shouting it's about looking past the jumping and hear what is being said because when you land to your feet if you don't land with the world when trouble come my god not even picnic shot ago feet here brethren we are living in a time where we have to examine ourselves and see where we stand seven churches and when you read the book of revelation only two remaining and i was saying to the lord god could it be it wasn't just what the other two philadelphia and smyrna but that god gathered remnant out of his church that only two leave i was saying to the lord lord could it be that each church has a hundred people in them and when you gather the church you could only find 200 leave out at the wall 700 god what are you saying in this season is it that you only have a few as you're told that the writer a few where do we find ourselves are we among the few where do we find ourselves what is our position in zion is it that we see of so long that god almighty we're comfortable with just the little things that we're doing that we only have a form of godliness we have no hunger and passion for god anymore what is it that's going on yes we are crying out and i hear and i feel the pain even of those in jamaica that we have a big church like 4 000 feet or more just in the main center we're about 4 000 and only 20 people and people are crying out but what do we want together for what is our purpose of coming together why we want to come in the house what's our purpose of gathering here can we survive if the lock us down again can they say we survive if they put a padlock on the door and tell us we have to come out can we [Music] what's your position in zion what a position is it that you only come to to kill time you don't want to steal with the family because they get on your nerve why are you here what you coming for i said to somebody other day why didn't cry not to come to church to chat people to criticize the dress to see what pasta or chance to wear or his wife where are the sisters to tell you that you're sitting in the seat what's your purpose for coming to church why are you coming brethren we have to have a resolute mind we have to know why we are coming to the house of the lord [Music] be known examination shall start here god is moving by spirit the church want to lock god out the church want to lock the holy spirit out because they know when the holy ghost show up lord god almighty when the holy ghost show up all of the things that we are growing with can go on so we're satisfied with where we are now and we don't want the holy ghost to show up we just want a shout we just want to dance we just want a singing but do we want the presence of the lord what is it that we want are we really ready for god we are saying even now come lord jesus but how many of us are ready now is the time it's wrapping up time is getting one time he that is filthy you're gonna remain filthy with him calm you can't change i was somewhere yesterday and my spirit groan because i heard a young man mimicking tongues and i'm saying god we don't fear god anymore it's okay we can't do a rock and a dance because even the world doing it we can wrap up in our kind of bread and we feel comfortable just coming and living anywhere before god but god is coming back to his church his church will not remain ichabod no glory now depart because the bible tell us the songwriter writes the church is one foundation it don't belong man it's not man's blood that was shed for this is the blood of jesus christ the church is one foundation is jesus christ our lord hallelujah and the word lord mean master and warner the church belong to god hallelujah hallelujah brethren it's a call right now the season that we are in don't take it for granted i will stand here vaccine can't see have we that's not the answer and i'm not telling you not to take it i'm just saying to you when death come not even vaccine can save us because all of us have an appointment and if the only reason why you take vaccine is because you're fearful of dying mighty god i'm sorry for you vaccine can't see of us our ancestors in jesus christ don't make nobody make your own but take it because of the fear of the dead how do we expect to go to heaven lord jesus christ how do we expect many of us not going to live to see the rapture if you don't know that get it in your head today none of us know but based on what we are seeing it's not time yet because things have to be in place before messiah come and we can leave out here today and he hear news that somebody gone fully vaccinated but vaccine can't stop a cure like dog or a stray bullet or a heart attack it can't stop it i'm not preaching against it but i want you to understand the reality our hope is built on nothing less than jesus blood and his righteousness i dare not trust the sweetest freedom but only lean on jesus name on christ the solid rock i stand all of the groan is sinking sand glory to god everything that we believe we're building now we're not building our jesus christ we're building on slippery soil let us build on jesus he's coming again the church of sardis allowed the world to come and flood through its gate no spiritual activity holy spirited activity they were carnal just like the church in corinth doing and not being professing and not possessing dear god how many of us are like that we are professing christian but we not possess nothing we are like empty barrel and empty bag trying to stand up on our own but no true christian cannot stand on that one without the power of the holy ghost we need the holy ghost in this time more than ever seek the lord god is calling us christian people stand up for jesus my aunt see a friend if you don't know him get to know him because it's gonna get worse and life without jesus christ lord i don't know how you're gonna make it because the bible said if the righteous is scarce to see if what says the sinner and the ungodly lord god are you gonna make it without jesus come into the ark of the covenant come to jesus before it's too late glory to god glory to god the church is one foundation it's jesus christ our lord jesus told this dying church that you're dying you're dying somebody is sitting in here you're not physically dying because when you're when you look at your stats everything perfect your fifth year and your stats is like a teenager but spiritual condition you're dying next to flatline lord god almighty your almost but you need a resuscitation and the holy ghost is saying do you strengthen the things that remain and are ready to die strengthen you're almost flat line he said but some things are there that are ready to die it's on the phone your work your work is not perfect yes you're working but it's not complete because it's not unto me it's for the glory of men and not for the glory of god in the old in the old days there was in the time of the reformation there were some phrases that was bringing back the church to the understanding of the foundation of who and there there was one that called solely gloria and he's talking about for the glory of god alone swallow god glory nobody else must get the glory because the church then which is just like no in every century every year the cycle remains the same hey god people just going about their business doing their own thing wanting the praise for themselves wanting to twist this scripture to fit into their little pocket when the bible tells us that god is is for all ages and his world we can't contain it we want to switch up the world and do as we please manipulate the world but the people were living for the glory of god there was some that were living and god says listen you have some things that remain but they are ready to die for i have not found your works complete in god what you're doing you're doing but not unto me but then he said listen remember do a recollection go back in your mind you roll a dick of your mind or in your storage there's something that is there that was deposited i didn't just leave your source or so i didn't just call you and leave your empty because i sent some men with some words to speak to teach your phone doctrine i didn't give your feet give them feel because peter said listen we're not teaching you fearless we're not teaching you heresies but we witness these things so these men that i sent to these churches that's what god was saying to to the church in essence these are men that met with me these are men that had conversation with me these are men that was sold out for me these are men that were willing to say death before i dishonor my christ and that's how they lived that's how they died my question how many of us are at that place where if we're called upon to confess christ our lives will be taken how many of us are at that place that's where god wants to get us we went to a place the first of september called overtown and i remember when we were way down in one of the section a gentleman i was handing him one of the care packages ministering to him the gentleman said just be careful just be careful okay just be careful and i'm like god why is this man telling me just be careful just be careful but when we left from where we were we went up to another section and i believe it was sister wiggins who says auntie pat you know what i'm calling here so i said no this is the famous overtone you know like overtone that has no meaning to me i don't have a clue say yeah man this had a rhema the jungle on the tivoli and i'm like mr god you ever since are you my iman i've been living in kings in jamaica and kingston and i've never been down in certain areas unless driving through you take me to me but brethren i never felt an ounce of fear because you know what and even through this covet i have not felt fear with all that's going on because i i i'm seeing god working me a mind that is in prepare in preparation for eternity that whatever comes i am ready because that is what it i'm saying god it's not making sense to me i leave all the pleasures of world and then say i'm living as a christian and end up in hell it's not making sense my my my collective mind can't put it together if that's the case it's better just go back out there and just live it up i'm talking i'm being honest it not make no sense we're all jamaicans it does not make sense brethren it's best we just go back out there and just live it up die in the pleasure of sin i know that yes at least may god hell become enjoy myself but if you're in christ if we're in christ let's live like we're in christ and go all the way in two foot in and stop straddling the fence one foot on running run out when i run in you run out stop straddling the fence no it's not the struggling offence time and if we're living for god let us live all the way out that if we die in our bed if covet kill your heart attack kill you gun man kill you accident kill whatever the key has come we are ready to go let us live in readiness god help us that's why he sent the holy spirit and this church was carrying on church without wally gross no lord was in the church the pastor preaching whatever i feel like preaching to start the congregation so we are seeker friendly and we are we we have unfriend god everybody have some friends if you don't even know the people i'm on facebook everybody friending you but so many believers unfriend god so many believers dislike god give him the thumbs down and how we do that by our actions by how we live we're telling the world people don't know that we see them this church was in a city but they were looking the more more of the city was in them they were not impacting the city as god had called them to what kind of church are we where do we find ourselves they locked all the spirits that gave them life and the lord said strengthen the things that remain and are ready to die what do we need to strengthen we need to strengthen our submission and dependence on the holy spirit the holy spirit is our helper john 14 26. he is the one who empowers us to face persecution and danger we see that throughout the book of acts it's not just about miracles are laying on our hands but it's about empowerment for living empowerment to say when men beat us we can dust off ourselves and get up again and go when the time comes when we are standing when we stand before men and they say renounce our die we do like the old martyr that said my god has never done me anything how can i deny my christ how the holy spirit enables us to become fruit bearers the fruit of the spirit galatians 5 22-23 but he also calls us to abide so we are bearing fruits of righteousness and even those that we go out and win soul winners are fruit bearers that's the holy spirit we are called the temple of the living god first corinthians 3 16 hence we should allow him to have free course to us the holy spirit is what we need because what the church lacks is in the holy spirit the bible tells us that he is the source of wisdom revelation and what power many of us we are we are enthralled by the power we are enthused and we are taken up by just the dunamis the aesthetic that's all we want in church pentecostal move but as i said it's power for living first corinthians 2 10 to 11 the holy spirit is the spirit of truth john 16 verse 13 and we need the holy spirit what else do we need to strengthen we need to strengthen our time in the world study the word meditate upon the word and apply god's word and it starts with leadership but is not limited and as i said we are all leaders of our lives praise god we're all leaders of our lives therefore our responsibility get into the world read the word study the word meditate upon the word declare god's word pray god's word but most importantly apply god's word praise god listen to what ephesians hebrews said hebrews 4 it says for the word of god hebrews 4 11 for those that are writing is quick and powerful and sharper than any two-headed sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of joint and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intent of the heart the world will uncover us and show us what's going on so we know how to come to god brothers and sisters our ultimate aim is for the prayers of god and not for the man god knows our hearts and therefore we must seek to glorify him we must put him first put our complete trust in him serve him wholeheartedly serve him holistically do it all for his glory paul was the one who said i have a single motive to please god do i yet seek to please man or do i seek to please god galatians 1 verse 10 for in pleasing man we cannot please god no man can serve to master we're going to either love the one and he the other we have to please god and god alone therefore today we must choose who we are gonna serve and serve god jesus pointed out that the seven spirits and the seven the seventh spirit and the seven stars he point out that this is who he is and therefore it's important that we look to him for revelation and we look to his word he found that they were dying dead and displeasing oh lord i pray god that god help us not to be dying nor dead not displeasing to him but that will come alive so he said remember remember some things take them back into your memory and act upon them act upon them remember therefore what you have received and heard they got some stuff as i said before they were taught some stuff but then he said to them hold fast to it hold fast to it so remember what you've received and remember what you've heard you've got some things don't let it lose alter your mind don't let it escape you hold fast means to keep attend to carefully grasp clutch onto what you have received so in other words what the apostle was saying to the believers what he was recording to the believers is grasp anything that you have gotten from god there was something that you receive hold on to it and don't let it go don't make it come on take your hand don't let it be like sinking sand what is it that you have received many of us can tell the tears of when we just got saved or we sought god we pursued him passionately we had some spiritual experience and experiences unlike any other question are we still having them why why aren't we having them and i cannot understand that yes we can grow a past because it's about growing from glory to glory but if you're not having any experience at all then we have to check ourselves we have to ask god to examine us and help us god is on the job and he wants us to come to him for restoration hold fast but the third thing the lord jesus instructed john to write was repent repent that word has been coming about for so many times even in this congregation in the last few months the lady's convention it's time to repent last night deaconess penica penicott repent brooklyn is having their convent had their convention repent and rekindle bronx have been there break up your follow groan god is saying something to the church it is so amazing that over the years always sing about bless me bless me when the praises go up the blessing come down and we sing all about lord i lift up my hands because all we want is to receive but what god wants to receive from us is our repentance a broken and a contrite heart he will not despise repentance is still a relevant doctrine it's still relevant today it's applicable to the sinner for initiation in the body and it's applicable to the saints for relationship with jesus christ our sin has caused us to be separated our iniquity has kept god away from us but god is saying like the church repent repent jesus is calling for a change of mind from the direction in which we are traveling so we can come back to him it's time to change our position it's time for us not to be just church goers but believers disciples of the living god followers of jesus christ it's time for the awe and the reverence of god to return to our lives that we get upon how we live among our families they know we are christians by our love not just our song we sing but our life that they'll see something i'm challenging us today if we have not been living the way god wants us to live today is the day we can make that turn around become the man of god god has called it to be to your family become the woman of god the child of god that god has called us repent strengthen the things that remain and are ready to die glory to god it's time for us to return it's time for us from to move from familiarity it's time for us to move from just being sickly in our work it's time for us to not just be working for god but corinthians says we are laborers together with god god is calling us to labor with him this is for all of us it's time for us to pull away shut in with god set up ourselves to seek his fears don't allow the kids of this world to come in turn off the phone lock on some people man and when you tell yourself you're gonna seek god turn off the phone put it on silence because that's when the enemy comes in to distract it's time to see god it's not about self-sufficiency anymore it's not about how we are we are confident in our flesh and it's not about self-indulgence anymore we have been indulging ourselves too long we have been satisfying ourselves and god the question still asks is the lord satisfied really satisfied with me am i pleasing unto god where am i to this church god is saying repent and come back to me or else i am going to do something that you do you would you don't understand it's going to come unto you so quickly that your head is going to spin the church the the city of sardis they said was so secure it was in a place where they were so secure so confident in theirs in where they were positioned that they let down their god they fell asleep the guard they said two times i was reading something i said twice the city was besieged the same way now i can understand the first time is a mistake but the second time is carelessness because the first time they said that many different commentaries one of them they said the guard because of how secure it was the guard fell asleep and his helmet fell off because it was so high up and it's only one narrow road but they had a secret entrance to go down and they were able to outwit their enemies but this time around their self their self-confidence was their downfall their self-confidence as a city twice and and the lord was saying listen you're boasting in your own flesh but church i'm coming and you're not you're gonna you're not even know you're not going to even know when i come because i'm coming as a thief in the night and it's the same way it tells us in first thessalonians 5 1 to 4 and the 2 verse 2 the emphasis is coming the day of the lord is coming as a thief in the night therefore we must be watchful we must be awake we must stay alert brethren keep our eyes open let people say you're too righteous let them say what they want to say but as long as we're getting the approval of god sometimes we're in some company and we know we don't belong there but we're just laugh a little funny laugh because we don't want to displease them but yet we want to displease god let them say what they want to say some of us we just worry about people criticizing and talking about us that's the least please god don't be comfortable in the don't try to be ask a wrong peg in a square hole or a square peg in a round hole or whatever it is don't try to fit in and fito god this is not the time for it this church wanted to fit in but god had an issue with them they were careless and there are load things to happen and they got in trouble with god and i said all of this just to come back to my question are you among the few because here no in spite of all that was happening and all the issues that the lord had with them he still had a handful he still had a few you have to ask yourself i have to ask myself am i among the few am i walking in the way of the lord am i among the few in sardis that has not soiled their garments it was said there were so many gods the gods were white but those who came to reverence the god had to be in pure white in order to approach the gods so god was just you jesus christ was just using what they knew to understand them to understand their spiritual reality you are trying to dress nice to come to people but what's the condition of our hearts how we steal when we're coming before god we spend so much time trying to find nice things to wear and that's lovely nothing is wrong with that we must look good as christians but not to the neglect of our hearts what's our spiritual condition the lord said to the church i have a few name a few names a few people that i know are few a little bit of people just a handful a couple of them a minority a small number a remnant [Music] who have not spotted they have not allowed the world to defile them they have not allowed the world to contaminate them they have not had their foot halfway in and halfway out that word fuel as i said is a small amount but we see jews in the bible jesus said what matthew 20 verse 16. what did he say many are called but what are you among the few where do we stand are we among the few are we where do we find ourselves just sitting warm in the bench just hanging around just doing our own thing [Music] are we among the few then he said in matthew 7 verse 14 narrow is the way that leads to eternal life and few there be that what through there be are you among the few where do we find ourselves are we then he says in matthew 9 37 and luke 10 verse 2 what did he say anybody know it shout it out the harvest is no fun of the harvest enough a hole that is plentiful but the laborers are what are you among the few are you among the chosen few are you among the few that will find the narrow part are we among the few that will labor for the master's vineyard where do we find ourselves are you among god's few are we among us few are we he said he has a few a few that have not defiled their garment they will not exchange the glory of god for anything or anyone be it husband wife or children they will not allow anything to separate them from their intimacy with god because they are fully persuaded they leave everything behind in pursuit of god are you among the few where do we stand what are we willing to give up to be among the few are we willing to give up some nights to seek his fears are we willing to turn down some plate to seek his fears are we willing to spend some extra time in the world just to get intimate with him he commended the few but he gave those that were dead and dying a solution i'm coming down he said to them he that overcome he that conquers and when you look at that word many of us we like the nike with that tiki and that's where the night gets the word from showing that they're victorious they're conquerors god is saying to us today if we come to him return remember repent and hold fast to the things that are dying he will strengthen us and give us the ability to overcome give us the ability to walk as more than conquerors it's not just about confessing and professing and declaring we could talk till our breath run dry our breath we run out of breath and our children dry and declare all we want to be clear and i know we understand life and death and we're prophesying and we're speaking into being but if that's all it take i would it don't make no sense to read the word i just wait until somebody come and declare and i declare after them and i'm okay but there's something that each of us have to do it's not about works unless any man should should both but there is work that accompany us when we are saved there are things that we need to do he says in the verse five he is that conquers he is that overcome he that is victorious over what has come upon them over what they are going through over what they have exchanged he that is successful to overcome the issue the carnality the fleshliness this is what i'm gonna do to them i am going to dress you i am going to clothe you the way how you are to be clothed stand to your feet please i am going to clothe you i will not blot out your name out of the book of life and i will confess your name before my father and before his angels are you among the few this morning or are you among those who have a name you have a reputation people know how much you are doing but you are alive and dead at the same time where do we stand where do we see ourselves in the story in the picture hallelujah just bow our heads before the lord let's talk to the lord are you among the few he says i have a few names a few in sardis that have not soiled their garments they refused to give up they refused to give in they refused to remain soiled they refused to allow the world to define them they refuse to give up on god but he has also given us a solution my call today is for a believer you are busy doing everything that you think the lord wants you're not even certain if that's what he wants you to do but you're just doing everybody sees what you're doing everybody knows what you're doing and i'm calling myself to the altar as well because i don't want to be among those hallelujah that the lord says i have a reputation among men everybody know me everybody know my name but does he know our name we sing the song he knows my name but does he really know you does he really have that info that intimate relationship with you let us just talk to the lord talk to the lord father we come before your presence this afternoon we have no help beside you great god you are our portion lord we come to you the one who holds the seven stars the one who has the seventh spirit we come to you father because you are the god who knows all and sees all you are the all-sufficient god here we are in your presence lord we bow our hearts and we agree god we agree that we have sinned we have come short of your glory we have wandered from the path of righteousness we have done our own thing god but here we are this afternoon help us to strengthen the things that remain and are ready to die help us god oh god to come to you great god a work you know such transformation work whatever it takes god help us to seek your face and not your hands we want to live for you great god our hearts desire great god is to know you want to serve you wholeheartedly god lord we want you to know our name god move us from being men please us to pleasing you great god oh god do something new in our hearts today god our hearts cry as your people do something new god lord draw us back to you god almighty break our stomach will god lord we want to surrender oh god everything to you lord we pray for those lord god lord almighty they have not they've not even realized god that god there's no holy spirit operating in their lives there's no god almighty word upon which they're standing god here we are god we ask of you god forgive us for neglecting your holy spirit forgive us for neglecting your word forgive us for turning our backs on you god forgive us lord god almighty for not acknowledging your presence god for lord just having a form of godliness and denying your power oh god your power to transform your power to convict your power to convert your power to save and deliver help us to be working as victors lord god help us not to become victims of this world but walk as victors in the name of jesus we surrender ourselves this afternoon and we say god here we are tonight here we are even though god have your way in us jesus shake us oh god shake us oh god shake us to consciousness shake us and cause us to awake shake us and cause us to come alive shake us in the name of jesus lord open up our eyes we want to see you wash our eyes oh god remove this skill god our god almighty help us to walk in wisdom lord you said we should walk as wise redeeming the time because the days are evil help us to walk in wisdom to walk in knowledge understanding to walk in powan and might and to walk in you lord jesus we want to be your people god we want men to see you in us and glorify your father which is in heaven lord do our work in us we recommit our lives to you and we say god lead us by your truth lead us oh god and guide us lord we just want to tell you thanks and we just give you praise because you alone are worthy god will magnify you have away in us jesus have you win us lord hallelujah jesus thank you jesus hallelujah thank you jesus hallelujah jesus i'm still calling for the person you know where you are you have wandered away from god but god is calling you to come back to the place come back to the place with him god is calling us to come back to holiness come back to righteousness come back to our position in god he's still calling us and i want to call out if there's an unsafe in the audience today is the day of salvation if you hear his voice don't turn away your heart from him allow him in your heart today is there an unsaved in this audience just raise your hand do so by the showing of your hands you don't know jesus christ as your lord and savior i want to challenge you today to make jesus your lord if you don't know him is there an unsave in the overflow in the extended sanctuary if there's such a one someone take them around we want to introduce them in a public way to our savior hallelujah thank you jesus we look to you jesus will i believe this we are all saved in the house and so therefore it was an appropriate message for the house because apparently there's only believers so it means that god is talking to his church and showing us that we need to come back to him whatever it takes let us come back to the master the dead cannot praise him the dead cannot serve him in a time when death seem to be walking up and down the street brethren let us secure ourselves in god let us anchor ourselves in god rearrange our schedule rearrange our lives make room for jesus make room for jesus thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus praise the lord bless you my dear it's good to have you with us you walked on for salvation you want to give your life to the lord praise god can i tell you that's the best decision you'll ever make the very best decision because it won't just affect you in this life but it's a decision that affects eternal life in other words should the lord tarry and you die and you accept him as your savior you'll spend eternity with him hallelujah i want to just to say this after me but say it from your heart and mean it don't just repeat it because i'm telling you what to do many times we just lead you into this prayer because sometimes people don't know where to begin and we just want to help you along the journey but if you say it and it's not a real confession it's not going to make any difference to your life but if you say it and you mean it then you begin a new day today the bible says any man in christ is a new creature all things are past and behold all things become new so whatever you have done in the past when you accept jesus he moves it as far as the east is from the west and he remembers it no more and so i want to invite you to just bow your head and close your eyes and say father i come in the name of jesus i'm not hearing you and i want it to be a public confession no man-made confession of christ in secret can you just give her the mic please or hold a mic for her please thank you jesus thank you jesus glory to god thank you jesus hallelujah come on pray for her brethren pray for her pray for her the uh this place of decision is generally a war zone in the mind hallelujah it's a prayer through us a young lady that wants to make this confession for the lord we're gonna be here for you just know we're gonna be here for you so you're gonna just say after me lord jesus i come in your name i believe that you came and you died for my sins and you were buried god but after three days you resurrected in victory i confess you as my lord i believe that you died for my sins god and today lord i ask of you receive me unto yourself your word says no man that come to you will you win you will throw out so lord i thank you for receiving me today as i receive you as my lord and savior help me by your holy spirit to live up my confession before you and the watching world in jesus name we pray amen amen praise god and it's just as simple as that somebody take the mind from me please it's not about how you feel because you might not feel any way different you can look at me you might not feel any way different because it's not about feeling it's a faith walk salvation is by faith it's a grace gift from god that once we confess and we believe that's it now what do we do from here is another story we disciple you and we teach you the word of the lord and then you grow so i'm gonna i'm gonna ask deaconess to take you take your name take a number if you are here with your parents if you're underage i want our parents information and then we'll keep in touch with you all right god bless you and it's a wonderful decision you made for the lord congregation put your hands together for her praise the name of jesus [Applause] [Music] please just remain standing we're gonna bless the offering praise god there are certain things we don't do without our bishop being here all right i just got the notes and i just want to know just take their information and um when bishop returns we will execute accordingly one thing i learned is if our confession is real god will hold us and we just have to surround people with love so those of you who could stand just please stand and we're gonna be blessing the offering just take out your offering praise the name of jesus the person who wants to is here and wants to be baptized you can just um let me talk with him afterwards all right i'll talk with them afterwards please glory to god thank you jesus if you have your offering just raise it up you tithe your offering your special gift for the ministry remember i have some envelopes that i'll be giving out if you need them lord as we come before you god we thank you for the gift that we are about to give unto the furtherance of your kingdom lord we pray that today as we give will give with a cheerful heart you bless the give the givers and the gift lord god get your glory out of what we give and god i pray that today you'll pour out god you'll raise up men to pour into our bosom good measure press down shaken together running over lord god almighty and that we will have abundance to give to you for the next time when we come god we give you praise in jesus name amen amen praise god praise god we just ask you to follow the directive of the usher you come from the corner aisle you come up and then you put your offering in praise god and i while you're giving your offering i just want a listening ear we are still doing evangelism we're still going out we still go out every sunday but we have a major one that we do out in further soils we go out and we distribute care package now for this one we recognize it's not just care package that's gonna be needed we're gonna have to possibly take meals down there to give them and so we want to just engage the congregation congregation if you cannot make it out please support it so we'll be having for those who today for now if you want to give towards the mission you can put that missions offering right here to go towards it we're still collecting care packages hand sanitizers toothpaste tooth brushes just about everything that you you need to care for yourself for your hygiene and also snack items juices sausage tunas the pack tuna snack packages and so forth so just take them in we're also needing clothes we're going to be needing shoes and pants and shirts good condition excellent condition things that you would wear yourself all right because these people are out there on the streets and they need things and so we are here as the church the bible said we should take care of the poor the widow the orphan and the immigrants as a church that's what we're about and in the process of doing so we spread the gospel because that's what we are out there giving so those of you if you are interested in finding out a little more i i have a list that i'll be giving out so i'll be printing and putting out for you to have so you can see some of the things that we need one of the reason praise god praise the lord amen one of the reason why we ask for the funds is that the church is a tax exempt organization and so when we get the funds from you instead of you having to purchase and i know purchasing it on your own you want to be involved in the packing but i don't recommend that for the fact that we are tax-exempt organization the taxes that you would pay with you would be charged we can use it to purchase things what you can do if you want to be involved in the package is come when we're packing and you can be involved in the packing and that's just wisdom if you can pay for something for ten dollars instead of eleven dollars you can use that dollar to buy something else right okay so i well it was pointed out that people have other means of purchasing so if you have other means of purchasing fine but if it's you're going to take your cash money you know and you want to see it back and we can acquire more even so even you know we can acquire more when we don't pay the taxes then you know let's get involved and do it like that we're asking you also if you can't go out let's come and help to pack the stuff i'm here on saturdays where pastor and i were here during the week so i'm here most saturdays from i'm available from after nine i'm here in the morning so if you're interested come on we don't want to wait until the saturday before then we are packing what we want to do is pack as we get pack as we get and don't wait until the last minute brother let's break the stigma that jamaicans are always late and start going out and gather in and let us start the packing early so we can move on this is the king business stand to your feet please and the bible tells us that the king's business requires haste no is not the time for us to be slacking up now is the time for us to be fast enough of a bootstrap and get going and doing the things that god call us to do with his post is all right praise the lord once again i give god thanks for bringing you out this sunday morning god bless you god bless you we love you on behalf of our bishop once more i want to thank you congregation those that are viewing by way of social media thank you for tuning in thank you for your presence thank you for your listening ears and i pray that whatever we heard today will not allow it to slip praise god we just raise our right hand at this time praise the name of jesus and just bow our heads in the presence of the lord thank you jesus lord once more we just thank you and we just praise you we thank you for what we have received today we pray that you'll make our hearts good soil we pray lord that you will let nothing slip from us god that will not be found wanting and that will not be outcast lord i pray for my own self lord that i will have an ear to hear god help us to hear what you have to say and not just hear god but obey lord you're looking for obedience god in this season because you're saying to us obedience is better than sacrifice so do something in our hearts we raise our hands as a sign god of saying god we surrender to your will we surrender our lives to you use us for your glory we don't want oh god to become comfortable and familiar we want your fire to burn in us lord was we leave from this place but surely not from your presence may you watch between us may your watch among us god may your eyes our god ever be upon us god may your presence go before us god like you did with moses and the children of israel may our hearts cry god be if you don't go before us we cannot go father in this season we're seeking to please you have your way in us the lord bless you and keep you the lord cause his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you his peace shalom nothing missing nothing broken may grace mercy and peace rest remain and abide upon us and with us all in jesus name amen praise god hallelujah god bless you congregation we thank you for tuning in today we bless you may the lord just keep you as you go god bless you

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Published: Sun Sep 19 2021