Sunday Morning Service

a church family good morning abundant life family good morning welcome to abundant life welcome to the plug-in show the plug-in show we're here again i am pastor angel elder nate this dude right here is el donate yes and we come to you every sunday welcoming you into our church home yes so we hope that you feel welcome for all of you who are in your pajamas thank god [Music] the bible says come as you are just bring your heart to jesus you know what i wish i could be on my pajamas today i was gonna take it i was gonna take it real down low today i'm gonna take it down and because i don't know really you feel no no no i don't you feel so anyway not at all as i was walking in the church today somebody downstairs was singing isn't he beautiful sheila shout out to sheila i love it i love it that's my song listen we're here today we're here every single week every sunday and every thursday we just came out of a phenomenal 30th anniversary i mean those recordings are still available on our website on our facebook page and on our youtube page please if you don't do anything else and for at least for the next couple of weeks just kind of absorb those messages from our bishop bishop gun bishop guns you know the saturday celebration jonathan nelson on friday to all of our award winners just just just continue to um support that it's very nice it was it was a really nice experience and then this past thursday tiffany and ava were on eva oh eva angelia she doesn't want to be eva oh she won't be here thursday night hoster my daughter and evangelia do they sing she was gonna say she sings welcome to the plug-in show it's not really good but we're working on an intro song yeah we need like an intro we need a jingle kind of like the steve harvey show we did it isn't he beautiful how about that yes okay so anyway we are excited we're asking that you connect with us please share share your page and invite someone to church and if why not when when something happens and you want to say like if you were in church you would say hallelujah or amen you can put that in the comments and so we want to welcome we have a liturgical dance ministry here called uh judah judah and the head of the ministry the lead is adrian sherrard and her mom joined ah alexandria all the way from new york hi mom we have people that watch us all over the world and it's important because we make the connection here at abundant life as a family when we come in person and i just this past weekend the 30th anniversary i just saw so many people reconnecting and connecting and so you being a part of our family here and we add new members and stuff connect with your new connect with your family this is why we do it this is why i'm excited i'm i'm so excited about what god is doing um with our a church family yes because when we were when we were in a the other location people were coming in and they were they were like welcoming us and stuff and so it really was an exciting time and um uh we might get back to the other locations we might we might never know you know if you liked it comment and maybe popular opinion will get us back to our other location if you would want to vote here we go vote this location or vote the other location put that into the way we'll be here here we just flow like water we flow i love it so share share share on the facebook page please today um if you don't it's easy as anything else to invite people to come to service with you yes right so all you have to do is just send a text message send a share on the facebook page call them up right you can just we want to see a lot let's get to a thousand people today oh okay a thousand people watching if you if you share this the 500 that are watching now okay if you share with one person then that's a thousand people exactly let's get there we think about that exactly i think that's great and today is yes we observe communion sunday every first sunday every first sunday but the bible says as often as you do it you show remembrance of what jesus christ did for us the ultimate sacrifice he gave up his life so that we could be saved to wash away our sins to heal us the bible says that he he uh he sacrificed his life for the removal of our sins yes but it also says by his stripes the stripes when they beat him we are healed by his stripes we are healed so i'm claiming the healing for my throat his blood that gives me strength from day to day it will now [Music] there you go i love it no that sounds good that's only good yes it's not ready yet it will never lose its power oh my god the the blood of jesus and just as pastor angel said as often as you do this as often as you take take a piece of bread at home because sometimes during the week i need a little extra yes like i need to commune with him i need like a uh um a symbolic gesture yes in relation to my uh commitment to christ because it's a bible reading yeah to recommit reconnect bible reading in our praying is how we connect with god in the spirit but sometimes we need to have just a physical demonstration of what it is so we grab a cracker a cracker some juice some tea some juice some people use real wine oh no not i you don't use rewind for the community never never had wine wine but that was fresh wine fresh crushed oh fresh crushed oh that's different that's not fermented no that's not fermented oh [Music] [Music] i'm sorry i'm sorry no i don't know so it's not just sorry if my wife is watching right now don't you dare don't you say karen so this is incredible listen it's not just the first sunday it's um you know not just communion sunday it's also a new month yes here we are yes happy birthday to all the october babies if it's your birthday typing please let us know yeah so listen um new month new season we just came out of summer now we're in fall so october represents so much yes i mean there's so much going on their birthdays and then we have the beginning of some celebrations right that are going to start happening like thanksgiving and like this is when we enter into this season do you do pumpkin picking never i like sweet potatoes no i like sweet i like sweet potatoes too but the kids like to go apple oh my kids are grown you still have babies i still have little children free you have grandchildren though you have children grandchildren that's their parents job okay so we're gonna spoil that help pastor angel i i went on a hayride though one year oh yes okay last year i went to the farm and rolled down the slide with my fans that's fun i wish i could show you but this is the season where all things some things become new and some things are dying off like flowers are dying and things of that nature but we need that right some things in our lives we need to die off so that god can create something new right so this is the season where the leaves are falling off and they're covering the ground then you know the leaves when they cover the ground they protect the grass i did not know that that's what helps keep your grass are you a farmer i'm not a farmer no no i just say that do we have anything else like that also the third is the last quarter of the year the fourth quarter yes of the year right so if you didn't get to do what you wanted to do all this whole year there's still time october november december start something new start something fresh right you know make a transition if you said you were going to go to school sign up for the spring semester semester if you said you wanted a new job get your resume together yeah start looking yes yes you said you want to lose weight you know start eating right you can't complain that it's too hot outside to walk because the weather is is cooler now yeah you can walk you can walk up and down your stairs absolutely you can do chair exercises i'm going to start with that you're going to chair exercises okay yes is there a bible story that you can share regarding transition quickly i mean like noah like noah and genesis how noah had to prepare for transition yes so they he had to prepare his family yes and for something that never happened before when you told him he was praised they did they thought he was for something that never happened so how do you prepare for something that never happened wow trust god listen for the voice of god you sit we pray we ask god and we petition god but then sit in your prayers sometimes yes yes just listen to him let him speak to you wow hear his voice yeah so let me say a quick prayer today so father we thank you for the transitions that will take place we are so grateful and thankful for what you brought us 30 years along the way we are grateful for our family on a church who are some are transitioning back into the church and some are just staying online but we thank you so god we thank you today for this service yes anoint us today in jesus name jesus amen we love you guys we'll see you at during the offering yes god bless [Music] and giving him the glory please stand if you're able to stand if you want to come to the altar come to the altar but this is the day that the lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it come on and clap your hands and open up your mouths and begin to bless the lord in this place because he is good no matter how we feel no matter how the weak was he's still good it's been a rough week it's been a rough morning it's been a hard weekend but god is still good and so god we come to you right now in the name of jesus thanking you for being good thank you for being god thank you for being awesome thank you for being our everything thanking you for being our healer thanking you for being our deliverer and before we go any further in this prayer god we ask that you will forgive us of our sins god anything we may have committed that is against you forgive us anything that we did not do that we should have done forgive us god because we want to come before you clean we want to come before you worthy we want to come before you able to receive from you and so this morning on this first sunday morning in october on the day that is set aside to partake in your holy communion we come to you with clean hands we come to you with open hearts we come to you with glad spirits we come to you allowing you god to take control in our lives and so right now in the name of jesus god we seek you this day god and oh god like we said earlier this is the day that we're going to take communion and so we thank you for sending jesus we thank you for sending jesus to the generations god so that he may live among us so that he died for us god and so we thank you for that god we thank you that he took every sin we thank you that he took every burden we thank you that he took every pain we thank you that he took every disease so right now in the name of jesus god whatever is bothering us in our bodies physically we seek your healing god we ask right now god that you're removing god we come against cancer we come against dementia we come against alzheimer's we come against high blood pressure this day god for we understand we know the power of your blood it worked back then and it works still today we understand that the blood still works so as we partake in your holy communion of the body and the blood let us recognize in our mind that the blood still works we thank you for your blood seek your healing power [Music] in your blood let your blood wash away every disease every fear every hurt every harm we will rejoice this day this day we're gonna praise you this day like never before but we understand god come on open your mouth bless him for the blood for the blood of the blood of the blood it still works it's still healing it's still delivering it's still setting free come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on let loose let go let god in this place come on somebody we're gonna let loser we're gonna let go we're gonna let god let loose let go let god let loose let go let god send your blood sing your healing sing your power in the name [Music] of god [Music] do i have anybody in here you come to seek your healing you come to seek your deliverance you come to seek your breakthrough this is the day this is the day in the name of jesus in the name of jesus amen good morning blessed good morning blessing we're gonna let go let loose and let god [Music] he's the one that can save he's the one that can heal he's the one that can set free jesus jesus [Music] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah come on even if you watch it on this morning i want you to believe god for whatever is going on in your life i want you to believe god for the miraculous to happen right now in your life i believe out of the hundreds and thousands of people that is watching right now you may be in the hospital bed you may be even hooked up to a breathing machine but we trust and we believe that you will breathe [Music] machine right now not just because according you may know somebody that has cancer and they told him that is he in but i believe right now and i want you to believe in me that god he will do it again god will do it god will do it god will do it god will do it god will do it [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] somebody's about to get healed together the miracles are going to come in the miracles the miracles are going to come in they're going to say i was dying [Music] come on [Music] [Applause] [Music] healing healing power feeling healing power healing power set free sickness will praise him see this will break up us sickness will praise us no more no more no more no more not in this house sickness [Music] oh [Music] i'm sorry uh the set is nice but if you want healing right now i'm not the pastor i'm not the bishop but i'll guarantee you he's okay with you coming here to this altar if you feel like you need healing if you know somebody that needs healing come to this altar right now it's open for healing i'm not gonna touch you but the lord is gonna do something [Music] god we call you right now we call you for healing we call you for breakthrough we call you for change don't let not one of us leave here the same way that we came we're not leaving here sick we're not living here we're not living here ill we're not living here we're not a family member not able to get up and walk across this stage so lord we thank you and we praise you for your healing power it will rise your healing power will rise the devil is defeated he will die every time we win every time but jesus your healing power your healing power your healing power we want it we want it we want it we want it we want it we want it here healing healing healing healing healing jesus jesus jesus jesus he's the one that can do it he's the one that can move it he's the one that can shift it she needs jesus [Music] [Applause] she's jesus save us again jesus revive us again jesus renew us again let us know you're here let us know you're here [Music] jesus jesus jesus jesus nothing will stand at your name nothing will stand at your name the more we call you the more things will change the more require the more things will change [Music] way have your way have your way have your way have your way have your way have your way [Music] if you believe that that loved one or you are healed right now i dare you to lift up a shout of victory unto the lord like you're about to lose your mind let him know that you're thankful let him know that you love him let him know that he did it he did it one more time for you he did it one more time for you he did it one more time he did it one more time [Music] she is [Music] if you cry he'll hear you if you cry out to him he'll hear you he'll hear you and heal you i need you to push just a little bit more push come on those of you that are watching those of you that are here in the sanctuary can you open your mouth and begin to decree and declare what you believe about your god on behalf of your friends your family members a neighbor a loved one come on let's pray for one another let's pray for the glory of the lord to encamp to settle in and to bring about the peace oh god i pray for minds to be transformed in the name of jesus christ of nazareth lord minds to be transformed the power of the living god by the anointing of the holy ghost spirit of the living god full of fresh on every individual every person every person that's in the room every person that's watching oh god right now pour about your spirit upon them pour out your spirit upon it let it be well with their souls let it be well with their hearts and minds let peace like a river that will attend their way sorrows like sea billows roll but whatever our lot you have taught us to say it is well it is well it is well sanctify us now sanctify us for your glory sanctify us for your will sanctify us for your counsel separate within us your word that comes alive in us separate oh god separate the spirit from the flesh and let the spirit dominate let the spirit dominate let the spirit dominate let the spirit control let the spirit control let the spirit control let the spirit control let then say let the spirit control in the name of jesus in the name of jesus in the name of jesus [Music] in the name of jesus lamps trimmed and burning lamps trimmed and burning lamps trimmed and burning lamps trimmed and burning lamps trimmed and burning souls hearts minds come spirit of the living god come holy spirit yeah you're not my shackle do a work in us if we have to empty out so that you can fill us up do jesus do jesus do right now do right now in jesus name father i thank you for divine healing right now thank you for new blood running through the veins in the name of jesus father i thank you for right now transfusion father i thank you right now for a supernatural cleansing for a new body new blood in the name of jesus oh hallelujah oh hallelujah thank you for the table that's been set for the meal of the vine and supernatural healing go now and get your communion cups go get your communion get your communion get your communion get your communion there's a meal there's a table that has been set the spread of the lord's table is among us you can take your healing and take your deliverance [Music] glory who glory [Music] jesus jesus [Music] jesus you that are watching in your homes get bread get something body of christ get something get something get juice water something get something right now we want you to engage with us here in this sanctuary this is the meal that heals this morning [Music] the body of christ the blood of christ [Music] father you are absolutely raining and ruling right now i just if you've been having back problems raise your hand i feel it can't be all of y'all but i don't know why that was a dominant thing that i was feeling my back was tightening up and and i just feel the lord saying pray for your back father in the name of jesus put if you can put your hands not uh not just on your back but where your your liver is around and on the sides you know how you be sassy sometime you put your hands on your hips but just above your hips if you can put both hands well you got your cups so take one hand and put it on your side put it father in the name of the lord jesus you're speaking right now to the hearts and the bodies of your people and right now i come against the pain that is in the back lower backs that have affected the walking i come against the stiffness i come against the anxiety and the stress that has tried to lodge itself in the back i break that power in the name of jesus say to the lord rebuke you the blood of jesus is against you loose the people of god everywhere and let them go free in the name of jesus in the name of jesus right there where you are just begin to put your legs up and down just stretch it in the name of jesus hallelujah yeah [Music] i feel like jesus said to the to those that were getting healed now go now go walk walk in jesus name that pain is lifted that pain is gone you're free right now in jesus name somebody open your mouth and just say thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord father we lift up this bread symbolic of your body and we declare as has been declared down through the years in the congregation of the righteous of the people of god we have declared that this is the meal that heals us and we thank you for divine supernatural healing right now this is your body that was broken for us he said as of that we do this the often is right here among us now we shall remembrance of you and you shall come again thank you for this now in jesus name take eat the bread of god the body of christ the bread of god the body of christ the bread of god it's our meal take that juice oh the blood oh the blood thank you father we decree and declare that the blood still works [Music] blood still works ah still works y'all it will never lose never ever never never ever [Music] it's reaching right to where it right to where you live right now it's flowing right where you are reaches oh god to the higher [Music] oh [Music] that is [Music] [Music] while we offer up this moment to the council of your will through your word we receive the healing the divine expression the flow of your works amongst us in jesus name taking jake the blood of christ [Music] who we bear way back [Music] that gives me strength hallelujah everybody from [Music] it will today [Music] [Music] if you can clap your hands if you can shout out to the lord with the voice of triumph if you can come on give him praise give him glory give him honor and bless his name bless his name for the lord is good i said the lord is good i said the lord is good i said the lord is good and his mercy endures forever [Music] hallelujah hallelujah [Music] do me a favor normally we would have you go tell your neighbor stuff but i need you to tell yourself something i need those you that believe that god is up to something good in you i need you to shout as loud as you can god i thank you because you're doing something in me [Music] there's something going on in me i don't know about my neighbor but i know there's something turning in me he's stirring something up in you right now [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] well [Music] the bible says too touching and agreeing on anything that would answer the father would be done i know you got your mask on that's good some of y'all got cleaning stuff in your pocket books and your pockets and stuff good but i need you to find one person that you can give a high five to and say two things to them this is the two things god put in my belly this morning on my way to church find just one person that you can give a high five to and say two things to them i said find one person you can give a high five to you're touching in the green and you're gonna say two things blessings and glory find somebody [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay [Music] lessons in glory [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay okay so [Music] so let me show you how this works [Music] well i'll tell you how it works in a minute if you just feel like you got to give god a good play or whatever you got to do [Applause] [Music] you may be in your house i hope you're praising the lord around the kitchen around the bedroom around the living room just turn the volume up a little bit and if you gotta dance run hop skip hey blessing is coming to your house [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] miracles in the house [Music] times wonders and miracles now i declare it in jesus name so [Music] so [Music] [Music] do [Music] so [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah how they do [Music] how they doing hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah [Music] for the spirit of the lord that is dominant in this moment [Music] i want to talk about breaking some boxes because this is important because sometimes we let our emotions take us away from god showing us what needs to be changed in us i'm going to talk about in just a few moments how you need to be clear on what god is doing and not you gifts and callings comes without repentance i know that's what the bible says i also believe that god is speaking to this house again we got to cleanse our ways with our gifts with our callings with our anointings we gotta cleanse our ways [Music] and you got to give jesus your all it ain't going to work no other way in this season in this moment you got to give him your all sing a song while in the church is your all on the altar of sacrifice god is calling us i'm going to talk about it in a minute and give you some scripture he's calling us to make a commitment to him we got to get committed to him [Music] we make these commitments to our gifts we make these commitments to our callings and we forget to make the commitment to him the lord jesus christ because there is no other way for the full manifestation of what god's going to do and let me just be clear the full manifestation of what god's going to do is not just making us feel good in church [Applause] you gotta you you got to stop playing these church games and get out into the highways and the byways bring some sinners in get folk healed out there because that's where they need the healing now i was attempting to bring clarity on the two things that i shared that you shared with somebody blessings and glory within the past past 24 hours i'm leading to something i was married and i we had to do a wedding yesterday and i had to drive an hour and a half to the wedding and perform the wedding my best friend's daughter got married and went to the wedding when i walked in there were people mulling around at this castle and one man saw me and i i remembered his face he looked very familiar and he spoke to me in passing bishop how are you good to see and then he came back around and he got my attention and he walked up to me and he shook my hand this time and put a seat in my hand i took the seat i put it in my bucket wait until he walked away then i looked at it put it back in my pocket after the ceremony we were getting ready to leave and another preacher saw us while we were leaving and it was so interesting that we were getting ready to walk out the door and he turned to me and he said and he grabbed his wallet opened up his wallet and took out a seed and he said here here here you're here i said that was the first time i got two in one day got to church this morning just mulling around and sometimes you got to let the spirit really lead you into certain areas where there's going to be a blessing and one of the precious members just came up to me and put another seed in my hand i put it in my pocket walked over on my seat side look dead [Music] and i said to the lord lord what are you trying to show me what is going on here i ain't mad lord [Music] i receive it and thank you for it [Music] but i can hear him speaking to my i don't know how y'all hear him but i can hear him speaking to me and saying just as i did for you i'm going to do for others so tell them blessing is coming so i've received the blessings from yesterday receive the blessings today and glory came in this house y'all hear what i'm y'all don't hear what i'm you know glory filled this space that's when the lord said tell the people blessings and glory [Music] you're gonna need the glory to cover the blessings so that you'll know what to do when the blessing starts to come because it's coming i don't know maybe a hundred of you will accept those simple words the blessing is coming i said the blessing is coming i said the blessing is coming and following the blessing there going to be some glory in your house if you're watching online the blessing is still coming to your house and glory is gonna fill your house well when i was thinking about that somebody ran up here and put a seat on the altar and i said right now it's seed sowing time you got to know when it's seed sowing time get your tide get to offering whatever you got seed sow in time come just come come come just come just come just come just come just come just whatever whatever's in your heart this is unrehearsed moments these are god moments to the o lord do we put our trust if you're giving electronically thank you daughter come and lay your phone on the tap the altar if you're giving it electronically [Music] come it's seat so those that are watching streaming with us live you're right now with us would you sow your seed as well just so you see it's coming it's coming it's coming it's coming it's coming to your house it's coming to your home just as simple as being in the right place around the right people it's coming you're going to be blessed bless your son bless your son bless your daughter oh lord increase increase increase blessings and glory increase blessing and glory in the house oh [Music] oh get ready for some transitions on your jobs good transitions hey son good to see you man blessings and glory i love you girl [Music] enlarge my territory blessings bless you blessed [Music] increase increase [Music] blessings and glory blessings and glory [Music] bless you blessed blessings blessing blessing glory [Music] blessings and glory that's right baby get on it get with it because it's coming to your house coming to your house lord let it blow her mind let it blow her mind let her baskets be filled to overflowing her vast to overflow with new wine in the name of jesus oh [Music] enlarge my territory yes [Music] [Music] blessings and glory [Music] do [Music] [Music] [Applause] no no no no [Music] thank you sweetheart thank you baby thank you [Applause] [Music] come on raise your voice and say lord i'm ready [Music] for all that i've come through all that i've been through i'm ready for the blessing and more glory more blessing more glory more blessing more glory more blessing more glory in jesus name okay i'm gonna get right into the word mayor you can you come afterwards you've got special announcements i know you do get your bibles get your paths get your phones wherever the word of the lord is in your possession get your bibles turn with me to the book of mark chapter number 14 beginning at verse number three mark chapter 14 beginning at verse number three thank you musicians and singers thank you singers for not singing [Music] [Laughter] well you did sing in the beginning thank you [Music] oh hallelujah oh hallelujah i'm gonna be long this morning i'm gonna be as long as i need to be no i always say you know we always get up and say dave i always say i ain't gonna be long this morning i'll be lying because the truth of the matter is i'm gonna be as long as i need to be because you've got something that you need to hear there's something that god wants you to hear there's something that you need to hear there's something that you need to come to know there's something that you need to embrace god doesn't bring us to the moments like these days like this for no reason there will be an after effect you hear what i'm saying something is coming following this hyundai i feel like an evangelist right now yes the lord is going to work that miracle for you yes he's going to provide for you yes he's going to raise you and your family to a new height to a new level in the season that you're in yes he's going to do it because he made a promise to you to do it and he cannot lie if he said it he'll do it if he's spoken he will bring it to pass heaven and earth shall pass away but not one dead no child not one killer of god's word will move away from what he has decreed and declared over your life yes yes the lord is going to do it they're going to make a way out of nowhere for you i said he gonna make a way out of nowhere for you son he gonna make a way out of nowhere for you i'm telling you he gonna bust a door down for you he's gonna open up a window for you and he's going to make a way for you you're going to be blessed in the city you're going to be blessed in the field you're going to be blessed coming and going ah the people around you are going to rise up and say my god how did you get that blessing where did you get that glory from it'll be from the presence of the lord in his presence he gonna make you rich [Music] ain't gonna be no sorrow to this rich moment don't know joy is coming to your house [Music] somebody ought to grab ahold of that right there i said joy is coming to your house lord give your people a revelation of the joy i ain't talking about just making you happy i'm talking about rich deep joy you're going you're going you're going to swell up and get a gut laugh you gonna get get back to the place where you remember you used to laugh until your stomach started hurting hurting yeah you about to get some joy in your house because what always follows joy is provision i dare about 10 of y'all to just declare and kind of wave your hand and say he gonna make a way for me oh yes he is he don't make a way [Music] i felt like jerking on that right there [Music] all right let's go to the word mark chapter 14 mark mark chapter 14. yo stop it mark chapter 14 verse 3. and being in bethany in the house of sarmin simon the leopard as he sat at me there came a woman having an alabaster box became a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of specna very precious and the bible says and she break the box the bible says she break the box somebody say break the box come on say it again say break the box one more time say i gotta break the box and poured it on his head and there were some that had indignation be careful when you break the box within themselves and said why was this waste of the anointment or this ointment made why is she wasting this oil be careful when you break the box and people around you don't understand you're breaking up your boxes and the pouring out of what you got what you value for it might have been so the bible says for more than 300 pence and have been given to the poor this is what the bible said it would have been given to the poor and they murmured against her and jesus said let her alone why trouble ye her she has wrought a good work on me she did this for me for ye have the poor with you always and when whensoever ye shall ye will ye may do them good but me ye have not always king james version she have done what she could she came before hand to anoint my body to the burial [Music] father take these next few moments and say the garrison of angels to guard the word that goes into the hearts and the minds of you today father i thank you that you're establishing your purpose plan your purpose your plan your will for our lives we will move forward we will advance after hearing this truth in jesus name i thank you and i praise you that all god's people say amen here's what i was thinking i was thinking what god desires more than anything else why don't you share that with me this is what i believe say this is what i believe this is what god desires more than from me it is total commitment good somebody said amen not partial involvement nor conditional service some of us just keep giving god partial involvement some of us keep giving god conditional service i'll serve you lord under these conditions but if you do this for me then i'll do that for you god is not looking i don't think any longer for you to operate in a situational commitment you only commit when the situation is to your advantage i can stop right there here's what i believe god desires but what god desires is someone who will leave everything ever i need to give that word to you one more time everything else give everything else give everything else give everything over to him and serve him and serve him with your whole heart this is what i believe god is requiring from us we've got to move away from the situation being good so that i can praise i don't believe that god is necessarily looking for people who simply keep laws and and standards anymore and just because you live an exemplary life i don't think god's looking for that anymore i think what god values more than anything else is commitment would you would you raise that up with me say he values commitment god values i believe he values commitment over oh you ain't gonna like this i'm learning that he he values commitment over holiness because some can be acting holy but not committed i think god values commitment over talent because you can have a talent to do certain things but not be committed to it i think god values commitment over even you trying to be perfect over perfection i believe that commitment is the asset test as to whether we will be pleasing in god's eyes commitment is the asset test to whether or not we will be pleasing and acceptable to god this is my reasonable service well is it help me jesus let me give you some examples of what i'm talking about go to matthew's gospel matthews chapter 19 beginning at verse number 16. and behold one came and said unto him good master what good thing shall i do that i may have eternal life and he said unto him why call it thou me good there is none good but one that is god but if thou will enter into life listen to what he says he this is what he says if you don't enter into real life here's what you got to do keep the commandments he saith unto him which which jesus said thou shall do no murder thou shalt not commit adultery thou shall not steal thou shalt not bear false witness honor thy father and thy mother and thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself the young man said unto him listen to the story all these things have i kept from my youth up what lack i yet he says jesus said unto him if thou will be perfect go and sell that thou has and give to the poor and then he says and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come and follow me then now you can follow me but when the young man the bible says but when a young man heard that saying of jesus when he when he has this conversation with jesus he went away the bible says he went away sorrowful he went away sorrowful for the for the for for the for he had such great possessions so what i recognize is here's a man who kept the law yes he did who morally he was morally pure from his youth up yes yet he lacked the commitment to abandon everything the world had to offer and follow jesus by faith he couldn't do it jesus said this is how you're going to get to get close to me and follow me you've got to give up everything and his lack of commitment somebody say commitment cost him an opportunity to follow jesus because he could not commit to that lost to opportunity to follow after jesus i would submit to you that before we can truly follow jesus y'all we must completely separate ourselves from the old life and the old pleasures of life i'm gonna say that one more time in order for us now to follow jesus all the way we have got to commit ourselves into separating ourselves you got to make i know we don't teach this in church we don't preach this in church but you got to commit to be separate you just can't be separate because the situation gave you the opportunity to declare that i'm separate and set aside for the use of the lord jesus christ you know you got to commit to it there's a guy by the name of jerry dylan he says you can't steal second base with your foot on first somebody some of y'all athletes know what i'm saying right now you can't have the best of both worlds now we can't have you can't have your cake and eat it too i know you want it i know you want you know what okay lisa i know you want the balance but if you really think about it do you really want to balance do you want the same world as you do the same god i want as much as the world as i get as much of jesus sometimes you got to get rid of the balance and separate end up being like the guy that got him testified for god i live for god i'll die we ain't got no more testimonies like that got too many people still trying to walk the fence try to maintain the connection with with your past with the world with the pleasures of sin help me jesus and still try to serve god it ain't going to work getting those things which are behind you gotta you gotta let it go can i get the church to shout real loud let it go no well you need to shout something in your own soul man there were times when i tell you i had to come to the place of me well i had to say i got to let that go i can't try to balance that with god you know try to measure that with god do i want to because it makes me feel good to do this or do i really want god to have his way in me well maybe i'll just balance it all out i'll get a little bit of the world get a little bit of the flesh get a little bit of the presence of life just for a season you know it's i i i that's the least that i can give to myself really james chapter 1 verse 8 says a double-minded man is unstable in all of his ways and so i would submit to you this this day as as the premise as the as a foundation as the building block of this particular message and it is more than anything somebody help me say more than anything god desires say god desires are unequivocal reckless total commitment to him some of y'all saying amen but i don't know if you're ready for it i know some of you have said well bishop i don't know pastor i i've separated myself from the world in my actions my i separate myself from with my desires my conversation and my place of where i go i separate myself isn't that good enough sorry no it's not enough to be separated from the world because what you got to do is if you don't if you don't then separate unto god it ain't gonna work but i separated myself from the well i'm free from all this stuff but you didn't separate yourself unto god talk about the god be the glory no he ain't getting no glory out of you right now because you have fixed yourself to believe that if i can just separate myself from this sinful stuff i'll be okay i'll just stay right out here just like this i don't know if anybody's getting this i'll just say right out here just like this i just i'm i'm you become satisfied because you made some decision to separate yourself from some things you're like abraham abraham was called out of her into uh um i think it was canaan but he stopped in the in the city called haran and stayed there until his father died out of er but not in canaan you you you came out of something but you didn't go into where you were supposed to go i need you to hit your neighbor because it's your family members tell them you got to go all the way you got to go all the way you got to go all the way you got to be like paul in romans chapter 1. he said paul said the servant of jesus christ called to be an apostle separated unto separated unto separated not just separated from but separated unto the gospel of jesus christ unto the gospel of god you see at some point you're good works well you ain't gonna like this let me go over here at some point because preachers praying for me over here some at some point you're going to discover that your good works is not pleasing god you know what he said he said your righteousness was that as filthy rags anyway at some point you got to realize we got to be sold out to him heart soul mind body strength we got to be sold out to him because of jesus christ of nazareth we got to be sold out we've got to be separated unto the glory and the lordship of jesus christ because it's when somebody help me say it's when say it again say it's when you see is when we withhold nothing from jesus it's when somebody help me say when it's when we let nothing stand in our way it's when somebody help me say when when it's when we put nothing above jesus that is when somebody help me say when when look at your neighbor and say neighbor that's when that's when that's when he becomes pleased with your life that's when and only then will he be pleased with your life when you decide that i will serve him i will give him on i will bless his i will seek him every single morning i will call on the name of the lord every single day i will enter his gates with thanksgiving i will stand in his courts with praise i will bless the lord at all times and his praise itself continue to be in my mouth when when i made the decision to commit myself to the house of the lord jesus christ that's when he becomes pleased with you other than that he's just being entertained by you [Applause] i ain't had that one in my notes how many times we just became so good at entertaining god we're so good at entertaining god [Applause] in the text the story of a woman who we believe to be mary the sister of martha in mark chapter number one mark chapter number 14 that's where we that's where we went right mark chapter 14. yeah chapter 14 verse 3 and being in bethany in the house of simon the leper as he sat at me there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment spekner very precious and she break the box and poured it on his head luke chapter 7 luke chapter 7 verse 37 and behold a woman in the city which was a sinner the bible says when she knew that jesus sat at meat in the pharisees house brought an alabaster box of appointment john's gospel clearly contains an account very similar to this one and he specifically names mary he names mary the sister of martha but this setting is the house of lazarus after he has has been raised from the dead the events the dialogue the the comments by judas are all pretty much the same if you read the gospel stories so i won't i won't argue with this um the same account or not i don't know if it's the same account or not because what really matters today is the attitude with which this nameless woman approaches jesus it's the attitude that we have to focus on now i want you to notice some things about this setting jesus is sitting in the house of simon the leopard some feel that this is a leopard that jesus himself had healed luke's luke's account just calls him a pharisee if this is true he has doubled the reason to be thankful because jesus is not supposed to be in his house but he's thankful regardless he's so grateful that the master has showed up in his house he gives god praise and thanksgiving i heard one of my sons praying this morning father we just thank you we just thank you for being in the house we thank you we just thank you just to begin to thank you thank you for everything thank you for this thank you for that thank you for up thank you for down thank you for end thank you for that thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you oh i wish i could find more thankful people in the house of god thank you ah yeah just thank you that you give me breath to breathe i thank you that you give me a life to live thank you thank you that i'm able to walk i'm able to talk i'm able to lift my hands i'm able to feed myself i'm able to thank you thank you that my bed wasn't my cooling didn't take me out of here i didn't die it wasn't my cooling bed that killed me and took me out of here thank you that i woke up this morning with my mind uh in the wrong place but you brought it in the right place thank you thank you that my car didn't burn up thank you that i got transportation to get to the house over thank you thank you thank you that you healed my body thank you that you delivered my soul thank you that you watched over me all last week and you brought me to a new fresher week thank you jesus thank you that even when my my feet were hurting but you still gave me the ability to get up and walk and do what i had to do even when i didn't feel 100 but yet lord you was right there to empower me injected in me the concern that i had for myself that i needed to get up and do what i needed to do so that i can be whatever you called me to be and i can have what you have so prepared for me to have thank you thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus and if you don't do nothing else lord i won't stop thanking you genuine gratitude is never satisfied i will con come here songwriter he said i got so much to thank god for how god's i don't know if i got any thankful people in the house ah but if he's done anything for you how have you done anything for you anything anything anything anything anything you ought to stop right now and give him a thank you jesus yeah thank you jesus thank you thank you thank you thank you for my uprising thank you for my down setting thank you thank you thank you thank you jesus yeah thank you jesus yeah thank you jesus yeah yeah thank you jesus yeah yeah so jesus comes into this house let me go i gotta hear them get to my points get to the message i ain't i ain't at the message yet yeah jesus comes into this house and the and the keeper of the house he wants to make sure that the food is just right he wants to make sure that the setting is comfortable for jesus as was the custom for them during that time i'm sure that servants had washed jesus feet when he arrived and anointed him with oil as was the custom when when dignitaries came to to dine with them he yeah they he made it so nice for jesus but in the midst of this supper somebody say in the midst of the supper in the midst of this supper i'm looking at the text enters a lady a lady who has so much to be thankful for that words fail her somebody is seeing the picture alex somebody's in this picture i'll be trying to draw the picture i'll be trying to draw she's so overwhelmed by being in the nashaya angie overwhelmed by being in his presence that she can't find words she can't find words so luke said that she just stood at the feet of jesus weeping so overcome with emotion and what jesus has done for her that she can't she can't speak she can only weep i now answered what time is it my question when i would see you all go off in the dance and you'll get to praising god and my my my my praising him and sometimes i had to drop the mic and it isn't because he ain't he doesn't mean anything no and because i ain't got nothing to say but was so overwhelmed by his presence that my words are not adequate enough to describe how he has made me to feel right now so there were times now i understand it where i would just weep when some of you would run i started weeping when some of you would dance i started weeping when when some of y'all would raise your hand i started weeping because of the presence of jesus it's so overwhelming that i can't put no words to it i just have to weep i weep like the woman she just wept and the in the midst of this setting mary breaks in the midst of the setting she breaks the precious alabaster box that is filled with precious ointment that could have represented her life savings her whole life savings was wrapped up in this box and she breaks it she breaks it she breaks it d i dream she breaks it [Applause] and pours everything in it out of it y'all got to see it she doesn't unscrew the top gee she breaks it i almost jumped down just a second ago but i thought about it she didn't un cork it met she had to break it she didn't want to waste time thinking that there's a possibility that i would have to refill it this one cannot be revealed this is so much of all that i am how can i ever refill it so i don't need to screw it the top off and try to pour it so that i can refill it now i've got to break this thing and empty id outcome she does this while others in the room she does this you remember i said earlier that the guy that's running the house prepared the table for jesus probably wash his head or whatever they gave some but she gave all you see marvin there's a there's a hichaka there's a difference in the church between people who just give and people who give all you see it in their walk you hear it in their talk you're not confused of if they belong totally to god or not ah some of y'all give but others give everything you got i wish i can get maybe five people because all of y'all together if you start giving god everything you got we'll never get to go home you will leave here in the spirit you leave here speaking in tongues you leave here looking for somebody to lay hands on on the street not in the church because we don't want to entertain god in the church anymore we want to make a difference out in the streets where the people need a miracle they need a breakthrough they need another direction to walk in ah she broke it and she gave everything that was in the box couldn't get it all out except she had to break it ali she had to break it when are we going to be willing to break our box and give god everything now my message there are five reasons why this sister mary her worship is so indicative of what god desires from us number one for her the true spirit of worship the true spirit of worship son is giving god all and not holding back anything the true spirit of worship is giving god all not just what you want to give him but giving him all right not just uh uh hallelujah but giving them all all is when you empty out everything do me a favor would you tell your neighbor through your mass you got to give them all because true worship is not giving jesus your leftovers true worship like this this woman she she didn't give jesus her leftovers but she gave him the best somebody help me say i got to give him the best she didn't give him the energy left over after uh she fulfilled her own desires but she gave him the best that she had true worshipers hear me church we've been playing games long enough real worshipers that's why you know when when that demon gets up here and he gets to stomping and running and twisting and shaking and dancing what he's doing is trying to get you to break your box and give god all like he is others have done that that have led to worship marie when she get more god she gives god everything she starts she starts to drip with wetness my god oh when are we as the body of believers knowing all that god has done for us the goodness of the lord has not failed our life when are we going to just lose our i know i know sometimes when you hear lose your mind and worship lose your mind and pray i don't know i don't know if y'all really know how to do just that but there has to come a time in your life where you lose your mind i worship him and i'm not worshiping because the music sounds right i'm not doing this because my best preacher doesn't come up in the house i'm not doing it because they sang my favorite worship song this morning glory to god now you got to get committed to this thing called worship if they don't sing your favorite song i still will worship if the preacher don't preach your favorite message i still will worship if the musicians don't play right i will still worship god i make a commitment to worship him in spirit and in truth oh god give us the zeal for jesus christ again like you did with mary give us the zeal that paul had but what things were gained to me he said those i counted lost for christ yet doubtless he said and i count all things but lost for the excellency of the knowledge of jesus christ my lord for whom i have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but done that i may win christ that i may win christ i need you to touch your neighbor say neighbor it doesn't matter what you're going through you still got to get in his presence it doesn't matter what the doctor says you still got to get in his presence it doesn't matter what the lawyer said you still got to get in his presence i want the excellency of the knowledge of jesus christ because if i come to know him in the power of his resurrection the fellowship of his suffering i don't care what comes my way in life i'll be all right i need 29 people to shout i'll be all right [Applause] number two mary came to be a blessing others came in the house to get a blessing mary came what do you think you mean when you say i will bless the lord at all times what do you think you're saying you're not saying lord give me my miracle lord give me my breakthrough lord give me my blessing no you're saying to the lord here's a blessing jesus let me call your name until you hear it sweetly echoing in your years let me describe to everybody how good you have been to me i will bless the lord at all time his praise shall continually continue i make a commitment to continually be in my mouth the difference between mary and everyone else there at the dinner was simply this everyone else came to receive something they came to eat but mary is the only one that the bible records who didn't come to eat she came after the meal she came she showed up after the meal had ended she didn't come to eat do you she came she after the meal was over now she shows up and they sitting in the house conversing just talking and because she didn't come to receive she came to give can i get you all to start coming to give unto the lord his do and that's that's that's that's all about your attitude what do you think about him i'm so s i don't know i'm sick i'm sick no i i'm not physically spiritually sick and tired of saints not giving god total praise [Music] after all he's done for you already you still coming to eat you just want to receive i want more and more and more the truth of the matter is you can't take no more you ought to start giving what you already got you ought to start blessing the people of blessing the house of god okay number three mary this mary what she had was because this is important she had a single heart she came to see demon only one person simon peter john i ain't even going to speak to y'all anybody else in this house i ain't come for you [Music] yo i want to sit here i don't want to sit with them you gotta you ain't come for no special seat but bishop you don't know what they said about me they they said something about me on instagram they said something about me on facebook you don't come here so what you've been criticized you don't come here for that i'm just going to show up and cut my eye at him i'm done with folk cutting eyes that church you're cutting i don't mean oh jesus it don't mean nothing because i believe there are some people in here who ain't coming to zero in on somebody else's lifestyle i think every now and then we got people that come to those consecrated doors i'm looking for jesus i'm looking for the glory i'm looking for the power i'm looking for a miracle i'm looking for a breakthrough to first of all happen in me and then it'll spill over to my neighbor i ain't looking for no special seat i ain't looking for you to treat me a special way i don't care how you treat me just as long as i get in the presence of the [Music] [Applause] somebody shout that's the only thing that matters right now oh if i can't have his presence i don't care nothing about you right now i need jesus i don't care nothing about what you said about me i need jesus i don't care how you feel about me i don't care if you like me or don't like me i need jesus i didn't come for your agreement i didn't i got to get out of here she ain't coming to look at the house rachel she came to see jesus she come to hear her favorite preacher she came to see jesus didn't matter what was going on in the house lights on lights off she came to see jesus i was right i get so frustrated sometimes when the reasons that people decide to leave the church or transfer church memberships from the music to the color of the carpet to to personal preferences that that i refuse to support just makes me wonder why in the world did you get saved and why in the world are you still coming to church i know i don't like that blue carpet so what i don't like the lights so what when are you gonna get your eyes off of the lights get your eyes off of the carpet get your eyes off of what color suit i wear oh bishop you like zeus slayer yeah i like what you got on forget that when are you gonna come looking for jesus is he in the music is he in the worship is he in the where is jesus today what is our purpose for coming why are you coming here is it just to hear the music or to sing with the choir or just because some friend invited you here we need to get back to the single purpose of coming to church and that is to worship jesus babe you know i'm about to you know i get to the place of forget the announcements people don't need no more announcements y'all got announcements all running in everywhere and you get so many announcements you forget about jesus we still gonna do announcements afterwards we don't need another trick or treat somebody help me say we need jesus can you say we need jesus on the keyboard can you say we need jesus on the organ can you say we need jesus on the drums can you say we need jesus on the guitar can you say we just need jesus i don't want to come in here bishop and jesus ain't here he ain't here i don't want to come up in here and i don't smell him i don't sense him i don't taste him i don't want to come up in here and he don't show up i dare you to grab your neighbor by the hand and say i'm here for one reason tell your neighbor i'm here for one purpose and that is to worship jesus we'll go ahead and throw both hands up and go ahead and do that then go ahead and worship worship worship worship worship if you're home you ought to worship on your job you ought to worship mary's worship was spontaneous number four her worship was spontaneous she didn't wait for the spirit to move her she didn't wait until just the right time in the service she didn't wait for the choir to get her her pumped up the worship team to pump her up she didn't wait for that but she walked in and without a power began to worship god when no one else was worshiping she was worshiping god hey gee you know what's going to bring real revival in the church again it's when all of us begin to worship the lord spontaneously when i think of the goodness of jesus and all he's done for me when nobody else is clapping i'm clapping when nobody else's hands go up rachel my hand goes up when nobody else raises their voice i raise my voice lift my heart to god in praise when it's when it is just something that overwhelms us and we spontaneously begin to pour our hearts out to jesus finally this is what i really want to get in you marry worshiped without reservation this precious box represented her life's wealth it represented the things in life that she thought were of value before she met jesus this this this box represented her past her pedigree her savings oh that she was her dreams this box represented her goals her aspirations her ideas of of what was truly important in life notice with me as i close notice that she didn't just uncork the bottle and pour out the perfume but she broke the box she comes to jesus and she says i love you so much come on let everybody stand i love you so much jesus i'm going to break this thing that i think is of such value to me so that i so so that i can so that i won't be able to pick it back up later i'm going to break it completely so i don't have to go back to that again she says lord this now that meant so much to me but now when i'm with you it means nothing to me anymore jesus because you mean everything i want to challenge us again in prayer god has been dealing with me so strongly on this issue some of us need to break some boxes we come to worship but we hold on to that box that contains our dreams our goals our desires our material possessions we don't we don't mind pouring it out once in a while but when but we but but we we still take the box home and we refill it again you see god is looking for people who will love him so much that they that they will break their alabaster boxes and anoint his feet with their contents i bring to you god all that i am all that i have and we say to jesus jesus i lay all of my ideas all of my goals all of my desires all of my dreams i lay it at your feet and i furthermore i am going to break this box once and for all god is looking for people you and i who will not only be involved who will not only follow for the loaves and the fishes jesus but people who will worship him and only him with their whole heart let me challenge you this week would you find the box it's right there would you break that box open and pour all of your cares all of your hopes all of your dreams all of your visions all of your desires would you pour it on jesus here's the magnificence of it son the magnificence of it is that this pouring of all that she valued became an anointing it did not become an anointing in and of itself it had to receive an anointing to become an anointing so clearly god gave her what she valued and she in turn gave it back to him it's like baby christening in this church god gives you the gift of life and then we give it back to him what are you willing to break once and for all and give it all to jesus so that you do not prevent yourself from worshiping him in spirit and in truth with a whole heart let's pray together bow your heads [Music] here we are lord and lord we used to say things like we come as empty vessels but the truth of the matter is lord we we so full of ourselves we're so full of stuff it's sometimes amazing to us that we can find you in the midst of all the stuff we got in us but today lord we break the box we break we bring to you our box and we break it because what we need from you is going to require a commitment we got to commit ourselves to you lord again so lord today we make a fresh new commitment to follow you to trust you in all of our ways to depend on you in every area of our lives to hold on to your very promises that you made unto us we commit ourselves to the truth of your word we commit ourselves to the power of the manifestation of the glory of god that will be that fulfillment for our soul and for our lives that nothing else will be able to bring fulfillment other than your presence the manifested presence of your glory in our lives and lord we commit we commit to not carrying all of the stuff that you so graciously given to us we commit to always to present it right back to you all to jesus we surrender everything we give it to you lord today in jesus name let the people of god shout amen would you do me a favor would you just throw your hands up to the lord and just honor him with your voice with your words and worship him just for a second i'll give you a good 60 seconds of worship and mary come [Music] jesus i love you come on renew yourself make another commitment to jesus lord i'm not going to get tripped up anymore i'm going to commit to you i'm going to commit to you i'm going to commit to you going to commit to you and only you to you jesus lord i'm not i'm no longer going to be distracted by the stuff i got in my box i'm going to break this box open and pour it all out to you this is it lord once and for all i'm gonna break this thing because i don't need it to be filled up again i need to break it and give all that i am all that i will be all my possibilities all that i have i want to give it to you jesus i present my body as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto you this is my reasonable service so transform me lord make me into the very vessel that you require me to be causing me to do what you have commanded to call me to do and while you're doing it lord i'll bless your name i'll worship your name i honor your name in jesus name everybody clap your hands for jesus real quick [Music] god bless you be seated just for another 10 minutes or so come on pastor mary real quick give us some direction for the week coming for the days ahead of us please y'all don't don't run out if you don't have to but if you have to go it's okay if you have to go it's okay but please let's get some direction let's hear things are coming down the pipe praise god amen how many were blessed by the word on today hallelujah praise god there is a commitment that we have to make to the lord and if you're here with us this morning you're online if you want to commit your life to the lord or recommit your life to the lord you can do as such we don't want anyone to leave here not having a relationship with the lord so you could take about five or ten seconds and just think about where you are and where you know you need to be especially after we have heard this word on today he said the day that you hear my voice heart not your heart if you want to commit your life to the lord this altar will be open and we will pray with you and we will help you and your walk with the lord today is the day amen we don't want to wait for tomorrow we don't know what tomorrow holds come come to jesus if you want to be a part of this local church you're online you can do as such you can come at this time the doors of the church is open you're not joining a church you're connecting you're making a commitment to be a part of a of a local church whereby we can serve the lord together is there one this morning is there one amen i don't ever want to take anything for granted amen is there one praise god praise god hallelujah praise god hallelujah come on baby praise god bless you today we're excited about you coming today amen father we thank you for this vessel of honor god that you are brought to this place lord and she took a step of faith to move out and make a commitment to you on today to accept you as lord and savior to acknowledge your father and to believe that you're jesus christ and today she is making this commitment lord so we thank you and we give you praise the angels in heaven rejoice over one soul so we're excited about her life we're excited about the transformation that is taking place in her life we thank you today god that she's breaking open the box god we thank you god oh father and even as she now also decides to come to be a part of this local church god we pray that you would continually put the right people around a guy and let her feel that this is home god we thank you for it now we give you praise in jesus name i need you to come on and let's give god praise for this beautiful beautiful woman of god glory to god hallelujah thank you and thank you for moving in faith today you took a step of faith and god honors that on today so sister rachel just want to get a little information from you we want to stay connected to you we're going to commit to helping you grow in your walk with the lord is that all right okay we love you rachel you got it from here [Music] praise god amen amen she wanted me to know she said one of the members of the church told her about abundant charlene booker come on that's what we need to be doing telling somebody about jesus and inviting him to worship the lord with us here online and in person all right i'm good now i can just go home because that right there said it all for me the worship the word and somebody coming to jesus that's what it's all about that's what the kingdom is all about praise god so what i'm going to do i'm going to encourage you to go to our website you can get all the announcements and stay connected with us here at abundant life i do want to say a special this is the first um sunday of october if you're born in the month of october if you don't mind standing amen and we want to say happy birthday happy boring day happy solar return you went around the sun oh oh yes one more year happy ah evelyn gonna be 91 this year come on happy happy birthday beautiful men and women of god we celebrate your life last is time we was a little shook but god is bringing us through and he's given us another opportunity to praise and bless his name so please make sure you go to our website i would encourage you if everyone can stand as we leave the church together to make sure that those that are on facebook if you can just share this on your page i believe this word was so so awesome on today and i'm not just saying it because he my husband i mean i i received that word i felt i was over there making a re-commitment to god and every now and then you know you got to do that recommit your love to him we commit to spend time with him recommit it i'm going to get up on six am in the morning and join the prayer call every monday through friday there is a recommitment that we need to make to the lord so again let's stay connected we appreciate all of you that join us on facebook and youtube we thank god for you and we thank god for all of you that come in person every sunday and every thursday night so father we thank you for your people on today god we pray that you will keep them and cover them and protect them lord we come against any sickness and we thank you for the healing virtues that took place god at the very beginning of service god and i pray god for your people even as they travel as they go home god that all will be well at home god i pray today god that your power will be with them as they go throughout the week god that you will shield them lord bless them and continually make them a blessing we speak blessings and the glory of god to be upon your people you said that the blessing of the lord will make us rich and add no sorrow to our lives so we thank you for this now and all these things we ask in jesus name let all god's people say amen god bless you grace and peace be unto you from god our father and the lord jesus christ be blessed it was wonderful so if you're at home hopefully you prayed along with pastor mary but i just want to say a quick word of prayer with you yes that this week you will be blessed you will hold on to your blessing so god we pray for everyone watch your lord thank you we pray for everyone god who stayed with us and and we pray god that they would have an amazing week that their focus would be on you lord that they would remember to pray they will remember to praise and worship and give you their all not just on sunday but every day we pray god for those who may be sick for complete healing yes those who are mourning that you would comfort them those who are god not sure what's going on mentally bring clarity in the name of jesus love you we praise you we thank you amen amen amen what a powerful i mean it was different it was totally different today right usually we have praise and worship and but we went right in after the prayer and then demone who is our worship leader decided yes he decided that worship was going to go in a different way it still worked somebody need to be healed he said come on up yes so maybe some of you received your healing if you received your healing type it in the in the uh chat yes yes god is the heal he's still in the healing business he's in the healing business so since we didn't have praise in worship do you want to offer up a song bishop's word today was about breaking the alabaster box oh my goodness that's one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite artists cece yes she said okay so you don't know the cost yes [Music] it's not how many keys you hit right right it's that you're breaking the box giving your all to jesus singing is about the right total commitment total commitment that's what he talked about today i mean the fact that the story comes from mark 14 about the the woman who had the alabaster box and she broke it it was worth a lot of money a lot of money and there was some shade in the room man there was some shade in the room they were like what did you just break why did you give that to jesus yeah and why would you just break why would you just sell it and do good yeah which is what bishop talked about today sometimes that thing about doing good is in us and that's okay but it's not by works unless any man should boast but but even when we do good so she gave what was most precious to her yes so what's most precious to you she gave it to god what's most precious and what god wants is your heart yes and sometimes he wants you to bless others there are times but but my heart my soul my mind my commitment my everything he wants that and so it was like it's symbolic of just giving just opening up all this stuff in here all your baggage all your past and just got here take it he can make your mess into a message yes he can and he and even if because he did it for elder nate yes he did thank god for salvation we're praying and believing god for total salvation [Music] level yes we do have to we do have to readjust sometimes and and just believe god for more a greater commitment toward him because we can do a lot we really can like sacrifice a lot and we just do that because maybe we're just because just because it doesn't come from your heart that's why we do this plug-in show yes because it's not really about i mean we're superstars no we're not so anyway this is my superstar it is it is not about pastor angel or elder david right now it really is about keeping the connection plugged in i mean i i mean the sacrifice that that people make to come to the church and to tune in and to come online we appreciate that and it means because it means that we're continuing to grow we got new members coming in all the time we're growing as a family and that's what it's all about and we had a member joined today here in the house that was referred to by someone who you catch that today so one of you this week just go out and share the good news listen even if they don't join abundant life family what's great but we want them to because we think it's good good seed it's a good place to be it's a place to grow right but even if they don't join here the greater greater greater thing is we want them to know the lord to know the lord you know that's the greatest witness that we can do to their hearts yeah then we grow from there you know there we go i want to also invite uh if you have teenagers from 7th grade through 12th grade we're going to have a true love weight session on october the 16th from 10 a.m to 2 p.m but we need you to register go on to our website um and go to online forms and you'll see true love wait just fill that out so we need to know how much food to have here we're going to give them a little bit of lunch a little bit of lunch yes but we're going to teach them about what age groups 7th grade through 12th grade 7 through twelve okay and we're going to teach them about god's purpose for sex wow what god meant it for and the the blessing them waiting you're gonna talk about sex yes and we are not gonna be sugar coating it uh we're going to give it to them yeah absolutely because if we if somebody doesn't tell them the world will tell them we don't want that to be their view right we want them to know god's way yes it's the right way it's the right way i mean it really is it really is so if you do not have a church home remember you can join the abundant life family worship church through a church right you can come on and be a part of what we do here we i mean it's stay plugged in stay connected and we will connect with you elgin nate played prayed with someone last week yes so if you have you join a church alfwc.org backslash a church a church and we'll connect with you during the week um ashley is our producer and she will uh get your information if you want to join online you fill out that form let us know right and listen don't just join the facebook page actually go to the website and join a church that's where we need you to yeah that's where we need you to go now if if if it's hard and you connect with us on facebook we'll we'll help you we'll walk you through it we'll walk you right through it yeah okay what's yes life is all about helping each other out yes yes all right so we pray that you have an amazing week amazing you remember god yes and so one rule of thumb for me for remembering god because you know life can get busy and you can just wake up and check your phone and check your facebook and check your social media i don't do anything until i have prayer and i read my scripture and i do my devotional yeah i made god a promise years ago and there do i mess up sometimes because

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