The Power of Three (Ecclesiastes 4:9-22)

[Music] [Music] foreign good morning so good to see everyone this morning i'm thankful for god allowing us to come this morning to worship him in spirit and the truth we're thankful for those who are visiting with us as well we're glad to have you with us and we're just so we pray that you will participate in our services this morning and we'll recognize you in a greater way later in our services let us set aside the cares of this world and the things that may be troubling us and focus on worship this morning as we give our very best to god let us stand at this time and we'll recite psalms 96 o sing unto the lord a new song sing unto the lord all the earth sing unto the lord bless his name show forth his salvation from day to day declare his glory among the heathen and his wonders among all people for the lord is great and greatly to be praised he is to be feared above all gods let us go to god in prayer most righteous and heavenly father we come before you this morning with thanksgiving in our hearts that you've allowed us to wake up and come to this place to worship you in spirit and truth father we pray that we set aside those carers of this world knowing that you have all control and that we come at this time to lift up your name and praise you for what you have done we thank you god for uh as we sing as we give as we hear your word preach today and as we commune lord we just pray that we do all things pleasing acceptable in thy sight these things we ask in christ's name amen good morning all right there we are good morning good morning good morning yes indeed do you love the lord this morning do you love the lord this morning we're going to start with love is bubbling over love is bubbling over hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] since i made a start oh you know that my days are king jesus gonna make my burdens you know that love is a bubbling over in my heart in my [Music] [Applause] [Music] christians i made a star oh you know that my days are king jesus gonna make my burdens [Music] [Music] [Applause] i start you know that my days are king jesus gonna make my burdens you know that love [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] my days [Music] [Applause] [Music] help me sing that love is a bubblin one more time i say that love is a bubbling over in my heart in my heart is the love bubbling over this morning it's so good to be in the house of god this morning and i am excited elated to be back home i'm just excited to be back home and see you all no place like camping for canaan's land camping towards this land i will leave his land of bondage with this earthly treasure i journey to a place where there is love on every hand and i'll exchange a land the parties for a land of pleasure that i'm camping i'm camping a toward cain uns happy land every day i said every day i'm kept being camping for the lender of cain and with rapture i'll survey his one beauty grain of glory i will find the lender before i'm camping i'm camping towards canaan's happy land and say that out of egypt [Music] through the darkness dreary a far over hills and valleys and across the desert and i [Music] [Music] happy land every day every day i'm i'm camping toward the lender of king nan with rapture i'll survey his wondrous beauty grain oh glory hallelujah i will find the lender yes for i'm camping i'm camping a toward cain uns happy land and say that i haven't leave the promise with be led by jesus to that let's land a story i'm camping i'm camping towards [Applause] [Applause] with rapture i'll survey his one dress beauty grand old glory hallelujah i will find [Music] [Applause] happy land every day said every day [Music] i'm camping toward the lender of kingdom and with rapture i'll survey is one [Applause] yes foreign [Music] amen as we set our hearts and minds for prayer i want you to notice jesus you've been good to me jesus has the lord been good to you he's been good to me he's brought me a mighty long wave i thank you amen let us see jesus you've been good to me oh jesus [Music] to me [Music] and jesus [Music] ever [Music] and so good so good to me oh jesus [Music] you've been good [Music] [Music] you've been good to me oh jesus said you've been good to [Music] you have been good so good said so good to me oh one more time i said jesus [Music] oh [Music] lord said you've been good you've been good to me oh and jesus lord said you've been good to me and you [Music] says so good to me amen for the appropriate song if you don't mind this time feeling pretty good too repeat after me i'm blessed to be in the house of the lord this morning now turn to your name and say i'm glad i'm glad to see you in the house of [Music] scripture for this morning shall be taken from ecclesiastic the fourth chapter when it would uh beginning with verse nine and continue through verse 12. and in the good book it has been written two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor if they fall one will lift up his companion but woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one to help him up again if two lie down together they would keep warm but how can one be warm alone though one may be overpowered by another two can withstand him and the and the threefold cord is not quickly broken let us go to heavenly father prayer this time godfather in heaven it is once again you brought us to this place from one week to another lord he brought us to this present we thank you this morning the father for the household of faith this morning to heavenly father whereas this morning the father forgive us of our sins and shall come to heavenly father that we may be strengthened more in the future than we have been in the past because of our sins lord the lord we thank you dearly the father for this day we thank you dearly the father for our leadership that is here this morning during the fall thank you for our elders and our deacons they have brought us to a place during the father that we had not within a year look where we stand now dear the fathers because of thee that you have brought us to this place lord during the father we thank you for this day during the father that shall be an historic moment this day during the father where we gather together our preachers that shall be instilled this day alone but then the father thank you for it all lord that word thank you give me so many thanks to this time lord thank you dearly the father for food clothing health and shelter there in the father and even sanity of the mind this morning and father blessed older and the father would like love to be here this morning father but can't be present we thank you during the father we have a stream team that we may vigil out to the world and the father they may be be able to hear this word this morning upon this day during the father we thank you for home brother give be able to speak this message this morning during the fall upon this day then the father we pray things said and done upon this day sheldon will be done and deceiving you all during the father well as you continue to bless him bless his messages more than the father you pray this heart and the father that the things that brought forth to us during the father we listen carefully with understanding that we can use it in our daily life but then the father most of all we thank you for your darling son jesus christ who once died but yes he lived today within us during the father son father we thank you for this day we thank you for this opportunity and the father and your blessed son in his name is jesus amen as we prepare our hearts and minds for communion i want us to notice alas indeed my savior [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] it was at the cross [Applause] [Music] [Music] good morning church it is truly a blessing to see everybody this morning god has sought fit to raise us out of our slumber and give us yet another opportunity i stand before you for the communion it is commanded upon every first day of the week that we partake in this communion and i will be reading from matthews verses 26 verses 26-29 and it reads and as they were eating jesus took bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to the disciples and said take eat this is my body and he took the cup and gave thanks and gave it to them saying drink ye all of it but this is my blood of the new testament which is said for many for the remissions of sin but i say to you i will not drink him sport of the fruit of divine until the day when i drink it new with you in my father's kingdom amen amen let us pray dear heavenly gracious father father we come to you this morning asking you for forgiveness for any sins that we may have committed against him and father as we take this communion we examine ourselves let us examine ourselves and let us take it with a pure heart and clean hands and so father we pray that you continue to watch over us at this time and continue to strengthen us and continue to guide us down the path of righteousness and father we pray that you continue that we offer this worship service unto you that may be pleasing and acceptable to you in the name of jesus christ we pray amen that i have done [Music] amazing [Music] indeed at the crossing where i first saw the light and [Music] and said it was faith that i received to my side and now i am happy first [Music] [Music] [Music] see my side and now i am happy all the day as we notice or before our speaker i want us to notice our god he is alive our god he is alive and if all those who can't please stand oh god concealed from human side and he did his skies with heavenly and framed the world with his great mind there is a god he is a light in him we live [Music] and we survive from the star god created man he is there was a long long time ago a god who's the prophets heard and he is the god that we should know who speaks from his inspired well there is a god and he is alive in him we live and we survive our lord from the star god created man he is our god and is they cannot find [Music] yes there is a god he is alive in him we live and we survive a lord from god creating [Applause] and is is a god and he's alive [Music] we live and we ah [Music] [Applause] created man and he is [Applause] [Applause] [Music] this for it is in him that we live move and have our very being this is a very special day this is the day that has been set aside for the installation of the ministerial team that will lead us from this position in the future and i'm you know when preaching i haven't preached so long until amends almost scared me and startled me amen but keep saying amen because i'm gonna need them i'm gonna need them i won't need them but i gotta get used to it again but uh we we're looking forward to this day we have a lot of planning has gone into it and um a lot of prayers and we have three outstanding men that are going to be installed this afternoon at 3 30. and when i think in terms of this day and my position with you i realize that this is the last sermon from this official position with this church and i struggled as to what would be my final lesson from this particular point of my standing in my being among you i i searched at moses last words to israel i said oh that doesn't fit because he died after he finished [Applause] [Laughter] and i thought about that i thought about um paul's words to the ephesian elders in acts chapter 20 where he said he i shall not to declare unto them the whole council of god and he said i will see your face no more and i said well i plan on seeing your face again so i said no that won't work either but the spirit put on my heart the text that was read to you and i thought about why this particular text would be suitable this is very much like the inauguration day of a new administration the previous minute administration is their present but the focus is not on the previous administration it's on the new administration that's going to be installed so my message this morning is centered around encouraging this church and preparing your heart and your mind for what we're going to be doing at 3 30. and i could not think of a better passage than the one that was read in your hearing ecclesiastes 4 verse 9 through 12 where it says two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor for if they fall the one will lift up his fellow and woe to him that is alone when he falleth for he hath not another to help him up again if two lie together then they have heat but how can one be warm alone and if one prevail against him two shall withstand him and a threefold card is not quickly broken when you look at this text it is solomon who was granted wisdom above men by god speaks to the superiority i want you to hear me well superiority to singleness singleness in this text is inferior solomon gives four illustrations to help us to see the superiority that comes with being better than one it speaks to the power of their success you think in terms of two or better than one because this is the key they have a good reward for their labor they have a good reward for their labor the power of success is seen with the two in their accomplishment in their achievement when you think in terms of the emphasis being on to god genesis 2 18 said it's not good for man to be alone so he made him a help meet god did not want adam to ever think that he was to exist in singleness in exodus chapter 4 and verse 13 through 15 the story is moses finally gets on god's nerves god's anger was kindled at moses when he was commissioned to go to pharaoh and to lead the children of israel out of egyptian bondage in verse number 14 of exodus chapter 4 the bible says and the anger of the lord was kindled against moses and he said is not aaron the levite thy brother i know that he can speak well and also and this is what captured my attention behold he cometh forth to meet thee in other words god had already put in place before moses made all those excuses that everyone was going to be his help meet he said he's already coming and when he seeth thee watch this when he said thee it'd be something about the presence of a brother he will be glad in his heart the power of success achievement accomplishment comes with not one but solomon says with two and he says they have a good reward for the labor this this immediately brought me to when i became the minister 40 years ago with hamilton park i really a great challenge before me and i felt the insignificance of the responsibility satan has a way of helping you to see all of the things that you lack seeking to discourage but in my ministry at that time i had traveled to lubbock texas and i did a meeting for the 20th and birch church of christ and the minister of that church asked me to stay in his home he had a lovely wife and they had a baby son [Music] and they put me in a room during that week where they had a basket hanging over my head while i slept and that basket disturbed me and so finally the sweet wife removed the basket i think i have the story right but this young man who was minister of that church was skilled trained by sunset and i saw in him much of what i desired this young man somehow found his way to dallas and one sunday when i was preaching he was in the audience and i asked him i said you visiting with us he said no i'm coming to stay i'm moved to dallas and i said then you must come and help us that man was ben myers his wife was robbing and their son was eugene 39 years we have pardoned it and our labor has brought about far more achievement than i ever would have been able to achieve by myself i dare to say that even for him he would not have been able to achieve what we together the labor of our reward at that time the church was probably about 140. today is over 2 000 on the road if they all would come they would be so when i read the text i knew for a fact that two are better than one the power of success then when i read verse 10 for if they fall the one will lift up his fellow but woe to him that is alone when he falleth for he had not another to help him what was interesting is that the word fellow in the hebrew it means associated knit together for if they fall one who is an associate one who is knitted will be able to help him up i thought about uh you know i'm a i like old westerns and i like gun smoke i enjoyed watching i enjoy watching matt dillon and miss kitty i don't know if they ever got married but anyway miss kitty and matt dillon but anyway you know y'all you have to know the story the question but that was dark and then there was festus and festus always got on doc's nerves the doc the doc was was was a professional intelligent and festus was what was almost like uh you know you know he just he just didn't have the sophistication that the doc had doc doc doc got so tired one day he said i'm going on vacation and i'm going to go fishing and don't y'all tell festus where i'm going you know the story out there alone a snake bit him startled his horse his buggy ran off with all of his medication and doc was out there all by himself nobody they helped him up but you know festus fester's gonna make his way he gonna find out where doc is and he happened on the scene at the right time that only happens in hollywood i'm telling you you can make the plot in however you want to make it in but in life you don't ever want to be alone you fall you need somebody that's why i'm glad that i have a beautiful wife that when i get sick i don't have to worry about who's going to be there to lift me up the third thing that he illustrates this with is the power of solas solace is comfort consolation energy where i get energy from he says if two lie together then they have heat how can one be warm alone which i looked at this and i thought about i know two people lying together in bed that will warm you up but i wanted to expand it to the point where proverbs 27 17 the same solomon said iron sharpeneth iron so man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend when you're able to have a partner that you can sharpen yourself against that's a beautiful thing proverbs 18 24 says a man of many companions may come to ruin but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother companions is different from a friend you you can have a whole lot of folk around you but if but if there's not something that knits you together you can come to ruin that's why amos would say can two walk together except they be agreed was it what was it that brought ben myers and me together it was that our hearts were knitted together in a common purpose you can go back and look at the story of david and jonathan david was a young man jonathan was a middle-aged man almost 20 years between them what would make an old man and a young man come together and make a covenant among themselves why why why is it that that david got confident from jonathan it's because they had something in common they loved the lord and their faith in god was the same when i think in terms of this lesson the fourth reason that he shows that there is greater power in two than one is the power of security he says in that 12th verse if one prevail against him two shall withstand him and a threefold card is not quickly broken how is it that he moved from two to three why did he end that that statement by saying a threefold card is not quickly broken he is simply trying to show you that that you can even strengthen too because there's power say it again preacher that was power in companionship there is power in three fold card a rope any rope maker will tell you that the strongest rope is threefold the strongest rope is threefold the largest number of strands that can all touch one another is three if you take away one and leave only two obviously the rope will be weakened but if you add an extra strand and make four you do not add to the strength of the rope because the strands no longer touch one another if you have a rope of three strands one even two one even two of the strands may be under pressure and start to fray but as long as the third strand holds the rope will not break many will ask this church and ask you as a member of greenville avenue why will what are you all doing y'all going still installed how many three they will question your now they're not gonna question you they gonna question your leadership but i want you to tell them i want you to tell them that solomon said two are better than three i want you to tell them you tell them that success comes with a plurality you tell them that support is there solace is there you tell them that security comes in a threefold car because if one of them falls you still got two and there's something about that number three anyway when you look at the word or the number three it is used in the bible 467 times it pictures completeness i have shown you why we emphasize 40. because it's a biblical number it too shows transition but i hear i'm here to tell you this morning that three is also a biblical number it's a divine number when you think in terms of the hebrew word for three it means completeness harmony new life so when they ask you why three you tell them completeness harmony new life and you tell them this that three also visualizes in a practical way the godhead itself god is three in one the word the phrase or the name elohim is god in the plural god prepared to make man he said let us make man he didn't say let me make man he said let us make man in our image and in our likeness someone said well who was he talking to john 1 1 in the beginning what was the word where it was with god and where was god the sign was in the beginning with god and all things were created by him someone said well brother gibbs does the old testament support the idea of three put on the screen isaac well isaac 61 and one put on the screen isaac 61-1 now watch this i'm going to show you three the spirit one of the lord god two is upon me three because the lord hath anointed me to preach the good tidings unto me he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted long many years later jesus will come into nazareth and they will pass him the book and the scroll of isaiah and he opens up the scroll and he goes to this scripture is 61-1 and he tells him the spirit of the lord is about me he's anointed me in other words when he got through he set out what are you saying brother again jesus himself understood that he was not alone i don't bear witness by myself matthew 28 all power in heaven and earth was given unto you he said go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the father son and the holy ghost now that's not one person some people want to say well well that's just like me being a father son and a host but no no no no no but you have to understand that when isaiah was in the temple and he saw the ceremony and the serpent began to holler well began to cry out said holy holy holy i want to know why did he say holy holy holy the lord of hosts the holy is full of his glory then in isaiah 6 8 he heard the voice of the lord saying whom shall i sin and who will go for us all right so you tell them when they question what we're doing you tell them that what we're doing is in the in the very nature of the godhead itself you want to describe god here's the way he describes himself he describes himself as what she is one which was too which is the country three is very important in the scripture noah had how many sons three how many great patriarchs are the progenitor of the nation of israel three abraham isaac and jacob who shall you say is sending me you tell them tell them that i am the lamb and i am the god of abraham is in jacob three is important how many friends did job have when samuel was a child and samuel was heard the call samuel he thought eli was calling samuel randy logan he said go back to me then when the third time came samuel eli said when you hear it this time here my lord your servant heareth when daniel prayed he prayed how many times three times a day when jonah was swallowed up by the fish he was in the fish how many days three days and what three nights which foreshadowed jesus said if you're looking for a sign i'll give you only the sign of jonah as jonah was in the whales building three days and three nights so shall the son of man be in the hall of their three days and three nights so don't tell me three is not important when the wise men came to jesus how many gifts did they bring in jesus prayed in the garden of gethsemane how many times did he pray three times out of all of his disciples how many did he take with him three peter james and john well since you brought them on that one why don't you take uh another three when you go to the mount of transfiguration no i like these three so when he went to the mount of transfiguration he asked for the same three peter james and john guess how many were there in the conversation three jesus moses mm-hmm and elijah jesus was crucified on the third third hour of the day 9 a.m died at the 9th hour 3 p.m there were three hours of darkness upon the face of the earth while he was being crucified paul was taken up into the third heaven god put a thorn in his flesh and he prayed to god three times for him to remove it for god to tell him stop praying to me i'm not taking it away my grace is sufficient and peter denied the lord he denied him three times and then when the lord asked him about about did he love him he asked him how many times three times so i'm i'm so if they if they question you about three you put all that on you tell them greenville avenue hasn't lost his mind we're about completeness harmony new life we're taking the words of solomon three two is better than one and a threefold card is not easily broken so i ask you support these three men you may have a problem with brother gibbs this one i get shot down all the time i get written up they put me on blast they question my motives but if you look at my record you look at my record do nothing but try to help this church to be the best that it can be i could have easily walked away after retirement i didn't even have to work but trying to help solidify the future of this church but i i stayed and i worked hard with our leadership to come to this point so if you got something against us you can have it against me i'd like to absolve it all put it all on me but let this leadership go let these three men worked in harmony support them and let god judge me god will judge us all and i'll stand before god for him to judge me this church is poised for greatness the devil doesn't like him and he doesn't want to see it but we have three good men their lives prove it they're ministering their preaching prove it so let's free them and let them preach and let's support them with every house of the abilities that we have i'm going to enjoy my retirement i won't have to get up on sunday morning trying to rush and i can come and not shave [Applause] on saturday i can watch football like you all not had to worry about do you realize for 50 years every weekend if not here somewhere i'm preparing to speak so after the 50 years i feel good i feel that i have left this church in a better place than it was when i came so i'm no way pleased with my ministry for there have been ups and downs and there have been times if i could i would do things differently so that that that that that lives with me but i can't go back and i'm glad that god has grace and mercy and forgiveness and so i go in full assurance i can stand before my lord and whatever is lacking here take it up for me and i'm all right with it i'm all right with that i'm all right with this and i feel good about where we are and i hope this morning i've given you some ammunition that when they attacked this church and they attacked our leadership and attack what we're doing you go to solomon tell them say you you wiser than solomon you know you know what's interesting to me here what's interesting to me the only time they question one i mean you know question one is when it comes to the ministry they don't question when to come to elders they don't question when it comes to deacons but all of a sudden they just feel like they got to have one preacher ah when the lord installed the apostles he installed all 12 at the same time so i want to start in this church i want i want you i want you to come with confidence i want you to participate and lead with confidence that we're okay because we're following in the shadows and in the image of what god has laid out amen and let's work hard so that's my final lesson to you as a minister of the greenville heaven church of christ we're not going to look back we look at what and i pray god that you'll be here this afternoon to support these men they need your support they need to know that you're behind them and i pray that you'll do that now i know some of you haven't gotten your shots amen i know all of this is on stream all of you out there in the stream land forgive brother gibb i'm talking to the church family right now and so i just want you to understand that protect yourself and if you've got let's come on back tonight or this afternoon and support these men as i close i extend to you the invitation of jesus christ jesus said i am the way the truth and the life no man cometh unto the father except you come by me i've come that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly it's all about jesus and i pray that you will come to him and take on his name and become a christian by hearing the gospel believing it with all of your heart repenting of your sin and confessing christ to be the son of god bird with him in the water for baptism which is father remission of sin when you come up you'll be a new creature in christ all your sins will then be washed away and you'll become brand new may god bless you to make that decision i pray that the admonition that i've given you will be able to resonate with you and you apply this message not just to the installation of these men but apply them in your life for their many applications come right now by together we stand and sing will you come power in the blood would you be free from your burden to sin there's power in the blood [Music] there's wonderful [Music] [Music] in the blood [Applause] [Music] and would you be free from your passion and [Applause] come for a clean [Music] [Applause] and there is [Music] [Applause] and there is power there's power wonder working power in the places blood of the land [Music] in the blood [Music] in [Music] church say amen we want to thank brother gibbs for another wonderful message we just want to thank him for his service to this congregation his commitment his sacrifice and we're just thankful for god giving him the strength to accomplish what he's been able to accomplish here we just uh when you just think about all of the things that he has done to help this congregation we're just overwhelmed with how good god has been to us so we just thanked other gibbs and his family for their for their commitment we have a he said two are better than one right he said power and success power and security power and support is power and energy let's keep those things in mind as well we have our brothers and sisters who have responded to the message when i call your name i'm just going to ask would you please stand rhonda [Music] is [Music] [Music] show me how to talk my dear lord [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] um [Music] feet [Music] [Music] my [Music] lord told me [Music] [Music] is [Music] this portion of our service is set aside for the collection our scripture reference will be taken today from the book of luke chapter 6 and verse 38 and he reads give and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom for with the same meaning for with the same measure that ye meet with all it shall be measured to you again let us pray heavenly father thank you for all that you do thank you for all your many blessings we ask that you continue to guide us and keep us continue to bless our leadership and the saints lord continue to bless us as we give today uh back for a portion for your church continue to guide us and keep us these things that we're asking your son jesus name we pray i mean there are four ways to give your offering number one is you can drop it off here at the building number two you can mail your offer to the church and that address is 1013 south greenville avenue richardson texas 75081 we ask that you please do not send cash the third way is you can go online to gacoc.org and click give and follow instructions to make your offering and then finally we can text the word give g-i-v-e to 972-440-233 as always we want to thank our guests for coming this morning um the ushers are going to pass some uh blue cards and yellow cards for our cards of encouragement uh as well as your offering thank you just a few final announcements before we get into the announcements we like to recognize those who are visiting with us we have cheryl taylor guest of pamela harris cheryl lee in the audience good to have you with us and we'd like to ask all of our visitors all who are visiting with us so please stand at this time all visitors welcome welcome anytime you're in the area please come back and visit with us thank you for being with us this morning we also have two that have placed membership corrine castillo and mario and desiree harris and their daughters uh shayla harris so are they in the audience karine casillo mario karine amen amen welcome welcome to the family here at greenville avenue church of christ [Applause] i wanted to remind the congregation that the young at heart september newsletter is now available as you leave out of the building there will be the newsletter out on the on the on the stands or on the table so that you can pick one up this is the fall issue of the young at heart and if you know anything about the young at heart they stay busy so get make sure you get a copy of the newsletter and you can see all of the activities and the things that they have going on for this weekend we had a busy weekend actually we had friday we had the service group activity where brother greene helped us to understand about gratitude and service so we just want to thank brother greene for the encouraging message and we want to thank all of the service group leaders for their continued support of the service group and for each other and how we can serve one another then on saturday we had the share straighten up and walk right we had uh three dynamic speakers we had brother frank johnson j.r moore and charles page and then we had a panel discussion afterwards and and patrice greenwood had joined them so we just want to thank brother tyrone and the evangelism ministry for their continued effort in trying to help us and equip us in sharing god's word and then as was mentioned today at 3 30 we have the ministerial installation so we just really really encourage all of the congregation to be here in house to enjoy the installation and support these men as they move forward on next saturday we will uh the bowser associated women have prepared an excellent college workshop and many of our members will be presenting about financial aid and how to prepare for college and how to get scholarships and so we want all of our young people who are in the 6th grade through the 12th grade to participate this will be a streamed event and so you can go to our website and participate it will start at 10 a.m and go to 2 20 p.m and so we encourage all of our young people and parents to participate in our college workshop thank you so very much our final selection will be thank you lord thank [Music] you lord lord we thank you thank you lord lord we thank you thank you lord oh yeah and i just won't say i just want to thank you you lord thank you lord we thank you thank you we thank you lord for all that you've done we thank thank you we thank you lord lord we thank thank you we thank you lord oh yeah and i just once said i just want to thank you [Music] let us bow for our closing prayer dear heavenly father we want to thank you once again to blessing us to come out to worship your name in spirit and truth we just hope and pray that the things we said and done has been pleasingly insolvable in your sight we continue to thank you most of all for your darling son jesus christ who humbled and died that we may have the right to the true of life father we thank you for your manservant brother gibbs that you continue to bless his life continue to bless his family we thank you father for this congregation we ask that you bless us as this transition period of the ministerial transition we ask that you bless the brothers men's who are coming forth to preach to this congregation continue to be with them and continue to be with their families we ask you father that you continue to bless each and every one here bless us individually and bless us connect collectively we ask your father to forgive us of our sins this is your we ask this prayer and your darling son jesus christ's name let us all say amen [Music] um [Music] so [Music] so [Music] okay again me [Music] [Music] the morning [Music] oh is [Music]

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Length: 85min 26sec (5126 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 12 2021