"Your Belief Overcomes The Bite" Rev. Joseph Deck III | RTAME

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of thy habitation the place where thy honor dwelleth for the lord is in his holy temple let all the earth keep silence before him let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight o lord my strength and my redeemer o sing unto the lord a new song for he has done marvelous things make a joyful noise unto the lord all the earth sing praises amen let us look to the lord in prayer hallelujah gracious and everlasting father we come to you this morning lord god with hearts of thanksgiving because you have been faithful o lord god you have continued lord to shed your love upon us you have given us mercies which are new each and every day lord you have sustained us you've called us unto yourself when we've lacked direction you have spoken into our ears telling us the direction in which to go when we've been low o lord god you have encouraged us by your spirit lord god when we have been lost all we have had to do is to look up oh god and to know that our salvation is near thank you for being our healer o lord god thank you for being our keeper the bridge over troubled waters thank you o lord god for letting us know that as long as you are that it will be all right so father we confess our sins before you right now and ask that you will forgive us of our sins of those things that we've done against you father god by word thought indeed lord for truly truly truly the remembrance of those things is grievous unto us and we ask that you will continue to have mercy upon us o lord god and that from this moment forward lord god that we will walk o god in the newness of life that is granted only by having faith in you and it comes by jesus christ so father god we commit this service into your hands o lord god we welcome you here into this place where we are lord god recognizing lord god that we can't do anything without you recognizing that transformation cannot take place unless you are in the midst dear god and so father we thank you even now we thank you now for changing the atmosphere oh lord god that we're going to continue lord god to walk oh father god with hope o lord god hope that makes us not ashamed we're going to continue o lord god to look to the hills from what's come with our help knowing that our help comes from you and we're going to continue to have joy o lord god because in the presence of the lord there is joy forevermore and so lord we thank you for this day and it's in jesus name we pray amen amen and we bless you lord hallelujah hallelujah [Music] amen let the church say amen amen again and amen one more time for the holy ghost our scripture reading for today is going to come out of acts the 28th chapter verses one through six acts chapter 28 verses one through six coming from the new iv and the bible gives us this recording once safely on shore we found out that the island was called malta the islanders showed us unusual kindness they built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold paul gathered a pile of brush wood and as he put it on the fire a viper driven out by the heat fastened itself on his hand when the islanders saw that the snake hanging from his hands they said to each other this man must be a murderer for thou he escaped from the sea the goodness justice has not allowed him to live but paul shook off the snake into the fire and suffered no ill effects the people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happened to him they changed their minds and said he was a god amen may the lord continue to bless us for the word of the lord is already blessed amen [Music] oh come on all over the building let's give god some praise oh come on open your mouth if you're at home wherever you are right now come on and give god some worship [Music] he deserves all of our glory you deserve all of our praise god [Music] hallelujah right here my hallelujah belongs to you is that anybody's testimony today my hallelujah belongs to you my hallelujah belongs to you the lord my hallelujah belongs to [Music] you deserve that you deserve [Music] help me sing right there my [Music] my hallelujah everybody lift your voice [Applause] [Music] come on stay right there [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] come on out of your voice [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all of the glory all of the glorious [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] lift your voice [Music] [Applause] come on sing it again [Music] [Applause] [Music] here we go and for my voice we sing [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] for bringing us for bringing us to financial provision for bringing us to some new careers [Music] for bringing us too glory to glory hallelujah [Music] [Applause] yes [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] belongs to [Music] yes for bringing us through lord our hallelujah [Music] one more time [Music] listen because you kept my enemies away you let the sun shine through a cloudy day on my ship you racked me in the crate i love your arms when you knew i'd been battered as myself if it had y'all helped me stick it right there not for the lord [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] right there if you know that it is the lord's mercies that you have not been consumed come on and give god some praise that's your name that's your holy name come on let's give god another handclap of praise if it had not been for the lord on our side where would we be we were protected from hurricane ida we were taken care of not the floods in new york or new jersey or maryland as well as in louisiana we are taken care of by god if it had not been for the lord on our side where would we be it's offering time amen it's offering time come on let's give god praise it's offering time it's time for us to give back to what god has given us god has blessed us god has kept us alive god has healed us god has delivered us god saved us through the righteousness of god we are justified by god and so we bring our offerings to the storehouse amen the bible says i will rebuke the devourer for thy sake i will open up a window so wide that you won't be able to receive the blessings that i have for you amen and all we have to do is be obedient unto god have faith in god as it says in mark chapter 22 verse 11 malachi chapter 3 verse 10. we have to do what god has called us to do we have so many metrics that matrix that we can provide for you where we are fed folk we have house people amen the computers that we provided for our seniors who are watching right now at this 7 15 service who have an opportunity to see it on chromebooks we're excited about the woodlands project where we are still providing housing for our seniors and we do have some apartments available for you if you'd like to apply excited amen what we are doing for our community and making sure that we do all that we can to demolish the debt on the building that gives us so many miracles amen so many opportunities to worship you and to love you this is the time that you have to give to god this is the moment that you have to bless god with your tithe we're obedient unto god and therefore we give to god we give to god we don't give angrily but we give what joyfully unto the lord excited about it so we ask for those who would love to mail it please do so because we mailed you offering envelopes for those who would like to drop it off we have a front desk that will receive hallelujah you're offering on every day of the week and then finally for those who would like to text it and you've been so good in your texting all you have to do is text read temple two 833 three three seven one five three three one eight let me slow it down so you can hear it text read temple two eight three three seven one five three three one eight was talking to someone just the other day who was listening and watching our service in africa and we thank you for those who are watching in africa in california in texas in new orleans all throughout the united states this is your opportunity to support god's temple read temple i'm going to pray and i pray that you would do and be obedient unto god dear god bless these gifts bless those who give it god for those who don't have god please let them call so that we may help them have amen because our call is to help the least the left out and the left behind so now god thank you for keeping us through the storms that we've experienced over the last two weeks thank you for protecting us but most of all god bless this offering and bless those who give it amen in jesus name and the church says amen [Music] i lift [Music] you rain on [Music] because of you my cloudy days [Music] i can sing to you this song i just wanna say that i love you more than [Music] can we sing that one time i lift my hands everybody [Music] [Applause] [Music] for you are god [Music] i just [Applause] come on all over the building let's sing in the one voice i love you jesus [Music] come on last night that one time again i love you [Music] [Music] i everybody [Music] everybody i love you jesus [Music] we love you jesus [Music] now just for the next few moments open your mouth and give god some praise right there hallelujah god we bless your name today we thank you for our new mornings rising god we thank you for your love we thank you for your joy we thank you for the promise of salvation [Music] hallelujah come on believers out of your mouth you've got some praise right there everybody's changed i love you jesus [Music] just wanted [Music] lord i love you more than anything birthday everybody lord we love you more than easy [Applause] [Music] more than my career god we love you oh [Music] [Music] oh how we love you jesus oh how we love and adore you lord love you with all of our hearts for you made ways out of noise you have kept our minds you have kept us in perfect peace god that's why we love you you've opened doors you've opened doors lord we love you you sustained us you've sustained us your sustainers you're so sustained and you are sustained alone [Music] you've been my keeper you've been my way maker for that we love you and for that we love you i love you [Music] forever with all my heart maybe i love you foreign [Music] come on and give god some praise [Music] that was a sweet song to our lord and savior jesus christ it's good to love on the lord i don't care where you are wherever you are in your house in your sanctuary make it one right now and just begin to think about how good he is in your life i just believe if you will look up to heaven and lift up your eyes and think about the breath that's in your body right now and think about when he brought you over to dangerous highways where he made ways out of no ways when he picked you up when you were down when you didn't have a friend in the world he stood closer than a brother we're talking about our lord and savior wherever you are let's get a spirit of worship let's begin to thank him for his goodness begin to dwell up with a worship begin to raise your praise to a place that makes preaching easy begin to call on the name that is above every other name somebody ought to holler because he's good somebody ought to holler because he is just that great our god our lord our savior are all and all are all and all amen amen it's just good to be in the house of the lord god is still in the saving business and i'm grateful i give honor to the almighty god also to his son jesus to christ that gives us the greatest gift ever given which is indeed the gift of salvation and the one that brings comfort in times when we need to be confident the holy ghost the holy spirit i give deference to our pastor our senior pastor the reverend dr mark e whitlock junior and to the first lady and our executive minister the reverend hermione chicago whitlock to our ministers on staff that supported the musicians angelos the great cloud of witnesses in the back singing the crowd that's in front of some of us angelos and those that are coming by way of the internet if it's all right with you i'm ready to go to work amen pray with me god preach through me to honor the listening ears of those who need a word from you let not any emotional outburst masquerade as a faith experience but let our worship be real in spirit and in truth the grass withers the flowers fade but it is indeed the word of our god that will last forever i'd like to turn your attention to the new testament book of acts that's versus that's chapter number 28 verses one through six acts chapter 28 verses one through six i thank minister dixon for reading it with such energy i want to read it again for your hearing and this is the word of the lord once safely on shore we found out that the island was called malta the islanders showed us unusual kindness they built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold paul gathered a pile of brush wood and as he put it on the fire a viper driven out by the heat fastened itself on his hand when the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand they said to each other this man must be a murderer for though he escaped from the sea the goddess justice has not allowed him to live but paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects the people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happened to him they changed their minds and said he was a liturgy god just for a few moments i'd like to speak from the subject your belief will overcome the bite your belief overcomes the bite amen my brothers and sisters i've discovered a deep revelation that i have never thought of before never preached about it or even talked about it the spirit of god had put a discovery in me about something that has been troubling me for a large number of years and that thing that i'm talking about is the use of extreme conflictual contrasts that make no sense but somehow they get our attention yeah my mother would spank me when i was about 10 years old and and she would say things like this will hurt me more than it's going to hurt you and at 10 years old i told her if that was the case to go ahead and save herself some energy and be herself so that i won't have to suffer the pain that she says is more on her than on me conflict so that happened around 1966 and when i woke up in 1976 i realized that she used the pain to correct me not to hurt myself to have future to have pain in the future contrast is what i'm talking about yes contrast most criminals who do a crime if they don't get caught they're conscious the longer they're out of jail the more their conscience will beat them and that conscience will beat them so bad that rather stay hidden away in the cover of darkness and secrecy they begin to do things that put them in the eyes of the law and when they do this they begin to want to get caught here's another contrast they are putting themselves in position to go back to the very place that they avoided and escape from can someone say contrast we need to look no further than acts 28 to find paul dealing with the conflictual contrast from the very beginning he had just survived a vicious storm that aided him on his journey to rome he was a prisoner on a boat and when the storm rose up over the sea the regards thought that they would have to kill the prisoners in order to keep them from escaping by swimming away the boat was literally torn to pieces in broken pieces and they made it to a place called malta my first point is don't rest too early because of your belief don't rest too early because of your delete believe now when they had escaped they found that this island of malta it was inhabited by some natives that showed an unusual kindness for them they were experienced sailors who were used to sailing on the other side of malta on their way to greece but the storm blew them off course has you ever been in a sailing in life and everything was good and something blew you off course into a strange and an unknown predicament this is where they find themselves surrounded by people they've never met and driven there by a storm so vicious that they didn't know that the people they encountered would be friend or foe but we're glad that the natives were kind for they kindled a fire and they said paul said they made them all feel welcome because of the rain that was falling and it was cold then they found that the island of malta was inhabited by some good people and while they're there having survived a shipwreck having survived being incarcerated and imprisoned and now finding themselves in a place of comfort it's easy for them to think that everything is going to be all right have you ever walked through life thinking that everything is all good and that you are paying your tithes you're coming to church when we're in all the time you have your hands raised you know how to go to your prayer closet you know how to get one through the roof you understand the importance of having a relationship with god but and while you're doing everything that you've checked off of your spiritual checklist a storm comes your way something blows you off course and you find yourself in a strange and unusual place malta the very name itself from the greek means honey because it had a lot of honeycombs on the island but the phoenician name is the one i want you to pay attention to it this means a safe haven so if we're going to put it together it's a sweet safe haven for paul and while they got there something strange began to happen to them because i'm already at my second point trust your belief trust your belief because paul began to gather a bundle of sticks for a fire and laid them out and as soon as the fire got too high that old viper a snake a venomous snake came from out of nowhere driven by the heat and isn't that how it is when you're in full-blown worship when the organ the ham and b3 is playing real nice when you know that your song is hitting at an all-time high your feet begin to move in the heat of the holy spirit begins to warm up the worship and the atmosphere inside you know snakes will be driven out by that and when this snake was driven out it said that it did something crazy not only did it bite paul but it was dangling and hanging on his hand and that symbolizes to me that sometimes when we're bitten it does not even not a quick and easy bite but sometimes that thing a dangle and it'll dangle and it'll hold on to you and try to frighten you to turn away from god and turn to something else to let the pain go away but can i tell you that your belief is will overcome the bite because now the people paul suffered another bite because the people who were so friendly who obeyed wanted to make a fire for him now begin to doubt who he was because they believed that because this island malta had was steeped into the greek culture they didn't believe in the one true and only god that we know they believed in zeus they believed in aphrodite they believed in her they believed in false greek little g gods and they thought through their belief system that because the ball was a prisoner and this was a sign because he got bit that he was indeed a murderer don't let people label you let me come off the gate right now no matter what you walking through or going through isn't it interesting how people will try to have a label on you so that they can fit you into their conversations and convince other people that you are who they think you are but not who god knows you are i'm coming on through here now but he shook off the creature into the fire and that tells me you got to shake a snake off yeah don't let it scare you it little bite ain't going to kill you because god is on your side so whenever something in life bites you something comes out of the fire of the holy spirit go ahead and just shake it off shake that thing off shake shake shake that thing off because god is on your side now as they looked they were they thought it was going to swell and they thought that paul was going to fall over and die because the snake was a venomous viper but after they looked on for a long time and they saw no harm came to him they changed their minds and said that he was a god that's crazy but people are fickle pastor the same ones that said he was a vicious murderer after they saw a little tiny miracle occur they immediately said he went from being a murderer to a god have people ever flipped on you like that and people can talk about you real good one day when you're up they'll talk about you when you can loan them some money they'll talk good about you when you can get them they give you a job but wait until a snake comes and bites you baby they won't be anywhere to be found because they don't want to hang with someone that's been snake bitten but they don't understand that it's your belief that's going to overcome the bite yeah it's going to overcome the bite it's going to overcome the bite so now as they are now walking and talking and calling paul a god here's my final point already walk in the deliverance of your belief yeah this is all about belief i told you belief overcomes the bite my final point walk in the deliverance of your bite no doubt this man is a murderer i told you they said that yet justice does not allow to live the natives were convinced that justice had finally caught up with him but justice their god was was not going to let paul to live i just shared with you earlier that they called him now a god and because they were jumping back and forth spiritually schizophrenic going between murderer and god paul was still walking in his belief that's an example for us when people around you are going crazy because they don't understand what god is doing in your life they see a snake hanging off of you they see some trouble on me your way they see a cloud over your head but keep on walking baby don't pay attention to them don't mess with them don't hang out with them but keep hanging on there with your belief system and go where god wants you to go yeah he suffered no harm god i don't believe god god didn't preserve paul from the storm just to let him perish by the bite of a snake no he didn't there's no way that he let paul go through a storm that strong a storm that mighty going to this island called malta on broken pieces to let one little harmless snake get up and stop his game god is telling paul um when i tell you to go somewhere go on paul you're gonna have some trouble along the way but b it's gonna be all right because i'm with you i'm with you when snakes are hiding from you i'm with you with snakes or in plain sight i'm with you paul when snakes come out and they grab you by you i'm with you no matter what it doesn't matter where the stake is it's just a matter it matters what god is doing in the circumstance paul was protected because he believed it was promised to paul by the lord that he would go to rome you he says it in acts 23 and 11. you must also bear witness at rome when god has a promise when god tells you it's going to happen you make on that thing baby no matter what the environment looks like no matter how many storms wreck your ship called life god is going to get you to that place where god wants you to go and paul wasn't in rome yet this is problematic it wasn't so much that nothing would stop paul as that it was nothing that would stop god's promise from being fulfilled that's where i'm going it's time to get out of here paul could take god's faithfulness as a promise of god's future blessing and his protection let me say it again paul could take god's past faithfulness does anybody in the house have some receipts where god has blessed you does anybody in the house can show that god has come through when it didn't seem there was a way would somebody know that god has made a way out of no way when you had your head down didn't had a strength to look up couldn't put one foot in front of the other but god is right there with you baby making sure everything was gonna be all right yeah here we go it's time to land this thing and get on out of here when they said he was a god little g that's a typical human reaction yeah it is i think we make little gods out of kardashians we make little guards out of celebrities we make little gods out of people who have a lot of money we make little gods out of people that we think have power we make little guys all the time and because we are the same boat that these folks are at times this is a good time for paul to continue to give us this lesson plan because paul was not a criminal deserving punishment by god it looked like paul should go to prison it looked like he was a murderer the people flipped the script and called him god but again i tell you that your belief will overcome all of that a snake bite their unbelief their trumped up charges it will overcome all of that if you continue to believe and walk into ways and the admonition of the lord i'm getting out of here now but my belief will overcome the bite when depression that had me drowning in the waters of stress i got up and i faced my issue i believe that my belief will overcome the bite when i was lying in my bed of infirmity and i heard that the effectual fervent prayers are the righteous they availeth much my belief will overcome the bite when people talk about me i respond by praying around them to my god my belief my belief my belief and overcome the bite when you call when you god has called a loved one home and loneliness is set in but then i recognize and realize that the bite might not hurt for it might hurt for a little while but it won't take me out my belief overcame the bite when addictions became afflictions and i recognized that the bite wouldn't kill me but make me more determined to take on the devil can i just go ahead and holler at that demon for a minute take your best shot demon you can try to bite and poison me bite me with your bad intentions bite me with your tricks bite me with your trash it won't work because i have some anti-venom administered by the holy ghost through a syringe that's filled with the blood of christ as long as i'm covered by the blood no snake can harm me i will take the stress and make it impress my enemy because the god i serve will get me through one more time you can bite me by lying on me don't worry baby true crust to the earth will rise again you can bite me by trying to take away my job don't worry about it baby promotion doesn't come from a snake bite promotion doesn't come from man but promotion comes from the lord don't worry when you get a bite and you think that it's going to take you out no poison around you can take you out nothing on earth can take you out without god's permission and i know how to get god's antivenom to work it works by sailing this way god will send down your antivenom god will bless you in the middle of the body god will take away the pain when it's time god will oh yes he will god will make sure the snake won't kill you god will make sure that where he sets you to sail all he's going to get you to that place don't let anything get in your way you've got to have strong belief let your belief y'all let your belief overcome the madness overcome the sickness overcome the illness overcome the stress let your belief be your way out because it's through your belief that god will god will god will take you out he'll heal you in the midnight hour he'll make sure the snakes are driven out and you'll be able to walk in a stateless land because of god you serve the god you serve will get you out of that place because your belief your belief your belief will overcome anybody amen yeah your belief will overcome anybody from the lord from a snake amen amen and if that word i pray was medicine for you i pray that word was anti-venom to let you know that we're gonna get bitten from time to time get bitten by politics get bitten by people who are jealous of you you get bitten in so many places and if you aren't careful you'll focus on the bite and you will leave your belief but can i offer you something that's stronger than any toxic thing that can attach itself to you i want to offer you jesus christ yeah he's the antivenom if you don't know jesus christ and the pardoning of your sins don't have a relationship with him don't even know what it means to be saved all you got to do pray this prayer with me lord i'm a sinner i confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that you raise your son jesus christ from the dead coming by way of the internet go to readtemple.org forward slash cares you'll see a button called salvation that's what you need to hit don't hesitate don't think about it go ahead and get the work done so that you can get rid of these snakes that's biting on you if you need special prayer there's another button there prayer press it i believe all of us need some prayer and if you're homeless and you don't planted your spiritual formation in one place then here is some good ground it's called reed temple african methodist episcopal church what you waiting on what are you what come on in the house and join on up with us so that we can rub on your hug on you and be your church family glory to his name [Music] ah [Music] i will [Music] trusting the lord [Music] i'm gonna treat everybody [Applause] [Music] [Music] is [Music] everybody [Music] it's offering time thank you reverend deck what an awesome word from the lord what a word that set our souls on fire i know you felt it i know i did and the saints in heaven are shouting amen for such a word it's offering time we ask that you would again be obedient unto god thank you for making sure that you don't miss the opportunity to bless god's church thank you for supporting reed temple thank you for supporting ministry thank you for supporting the least the left out and the left behind it is your time to text to read temple 8337 the bible says don't come before the lord without a gift you have been given an incredible service and now we ask that you would just simply text re-temple to eight three three seven one five three three one and thank you for mailing thank you for bringing but you know one thing i am gonna trust i will trust you [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] trust me [Applause] praise god from whom all blessings flow [Music] [Music] ah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and now to the one true god the one we believe in who's with that belief will help us to overcome any bites keep your hand in god's hand and step over the snakes because you have the power and get to your destiny until we meet again may the power of god be with you henceforth now and forevermore men are men and our men [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] welcome home re temple registration to join us for in-person worship service is now open read temple has returned to the temple join us for hybrid in-person and online worship service registration is required for all in-person attendance read temple ame covet 19 in-person safety guidelines will be enforced in-person worship service is at 9 30 eastern standard time stream worship service online at 7 15 a.m 9 30 a.m 11 15 a.m and 6 p.m eastern standard time at readtemple.org forward slash watch and by following at read temple ame on our facebook and youtube the following activities will not be provided in person on site until further notice nursery teen church children's church sunday school and the bookstore registration is open via event right at readtemple.org forward slash return read temple's marriage enrichment ministry presents preparing for 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loved one let griefshare help you heal for more information visit readtemple.org forward slash events or email men griefshare at readtemple.org or call 301-352-0320 extension 489. read temple family save the date join us for official board on september 20th at 7 pm eastern standard time via zoom visit read temple dot org forward slash events for more information calling all ministry leaders on saturday september 25th at 10 am via zoom join us for this quarter's ministry leaders town hall zoom detail will be emailed to ministry leaders visit readtemple.org forward slash events or email info read temple dot org for more information hey i'm pastor mark whitlock you may have heard about it but the 1500 project is for you in hebrew 1500 means the moment you decide to take a spiritual journey is when you begin to realize your greatness the bible says in second timothy chapter 2 verse 15 study to find yourself approved god gave me a vision that we're going to have 1500 people in worship we want you to be a part of that we want you to grow spiritually we want you to be able to divide the word of god join us on wednesday how do you do it you simply email bible study at readtemple.org let me repeat it bible study at re-temple.org let's grow in god and grace together the 1500 project let's go

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