1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,120 start with the voice of Jolden what do we call him 2 00:00:08,220 --> 00:00:10,680 thank you 3 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:48,720 I have in me the burning fire. 4 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,720 Oh, a sound of grace. 5 00:00:52,720 --> 00:01:00,720 I have in me the burning fire. 6 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,520 Hallelujah. 7 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:10,560 Let's go to 1 Samuel chapter 12 verse 24. 8 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,560 1 Samuel chapter 12 verse 24. 9 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,560 We're still talking about serving the Lord. 10 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,560 Now this is going to be the last time I'm going to talk to you about serving the Lord. 11 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,560 In this month, hallelujah. 12 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:22,560 Praise the Lord. 13 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,560 Say, I serve the Lord. 14 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,560 With gladness. 15 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,560 Hallelujah. 16 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,560 We fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart. 17 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:41,560 For consider how great things he has done for you. 18 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,560 Hallelujah. 19 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,560 And we've been communicating that God made man for man. 20 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,560 Or God made all things for his pleasure. 21 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,560 I was about to say first revelation. 22 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,560 Revelation chapter number four. 23 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:56,560 Hallelujah. 24 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:01,560 Let's go to verse 11. 25 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:08,560 Alright, so let's get into verse 11. 26 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:13,560 Thou art holy, O Lord, 27 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:21,560 to receive glory and honor and power for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created. 28 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,560 So God made all things for his pleasure. 29 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,560 Hallelujah. 30 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:34,560 And then I remember I told you one way to live the pleasure dream of God is to serve him. 31 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:35,560 Hallelujah. 32 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,560 So don't get it twisted. 33 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,560 That's exactly what I'm talking about. 34 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:47,560 Now so to serve God, how can you serve God or how are we supposed to serve God or what does it mean to serve God? 35 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,560 And then we read from first Samuel chapter 12 verse 24. 36 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:57,560 The Bible says that only thou shall fear the Lord, only fear the Lord. 37 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,560 Hallelujah. 38 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:04,560 Then he says that only fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all your heart. 39 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,560 Consider how great things he has done for you. 40 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:18,560 So I said that until you are a person who knows what God has done for you, you can't serve God. 41 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:20,560 Praise the name of the Lord. 42 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:30,560 The best way to serve God, the best way to be motivated to serve God is to first of all know what God has done for you. 43 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:31,560 Hallelujah. 44 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:37,560 If you cannot write the things God has done for you, you will not be able to serve God well. 45 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,560 You would think that serving God is abetting. 46 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:45,560 You think that when you say serve God it's like we are abetting you like Charlie I have a lot of things to do. 47 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:51,560 You know why? Because you don't even know what God has done for you. 48 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,560 Hallelujah. 49 00:03:53,560 --> 00:04:04,560 So if you are to be given that opportunity to even lead or to even write or to thank God for the things he has done, 50 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:09,560 you may not be able to write a lot of things or some of us may not even write anything. 51 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:15,560 We think that waking up is just normal, walking around the day is normal, coming back is normal. 52 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,560 So we don't even know what God has done for us. 53 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,560 Hallelujah. 54 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,560 See we live in a generation where we don't remember things. 55 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,560 We don't remember good things people do to us or do for us. 56 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,560 And that has even affected God. 57 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,560 We are okay when everything is alright but the moment one wrong thing happens, 58 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,560 we forgo every good thing the person has done and then we forget about everything. 59 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,560 And then we will dwell rather on the negative. 60 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,560 Anybody with that kind of life cannot genuinely serve God. 61 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,560 Because when you serve God you will even be hurt. 62 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,560 So if you are going to serve God because you are happy, 63 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,560 then it means that when you are angry you will not serve God. 64 00:04:58,560 --> 00:04:59,560 Praise the name of the Lord. 65 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:05,560 Are we together? So the Bible says you consider how great things God has done for you 66 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,560 and serve him with all your heart. 67 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,560 Hallelujah. 68 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:14,560 The service to God, alright let me put it this way, 69 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,560 the proper service to God is based on your knowledge, 70 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,560 based on your knowledge of the great things that God has done for you. 71 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,560 Somebody will come and say, 72 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,560 I want to serve God because I was sick, he healed me. 73 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:31,560 He healed me. 74 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:38,560 Somebody comes to say, I want to do something for God because I was blind, he's made me see. 75 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,560 Somebody will come and say, I want to do something for God 76 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:47,560 because I did not even know whether I would have survived this month, I survived it. 77 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,560 So thank you Father, I want to serve God. 78 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,560 Somebody too will even be delivered from death 79 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,560 and the person will not even consider it. 80 00:05:57,560 --> 00:05:59,560 And on Wednesday I taught you something, 81 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,560 that people become vain in their thinking, 82 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:10,560 they become vain in their imagination when they don't thank God and they don't glorify God. 83 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:15,560 When you don't take time to recount all the things God has done for you, 84 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,560 you will become vain in your mind, you begin to think about stupid things. 85 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,560 Hallelujah. 86 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:22,560 That's what the Bible says. 87 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,560 Romans chapter 1, take us there. 88 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:26,560 You'll find it there. 89 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:27,560 Hallelujah. 90 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,560 So when you cease to give glory to God, 91 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,560 when you cease to give thanks to God, 92 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,560 sometimes even for the little things that he does for you. 93 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:35,560 Hallelujah. 94 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,560 For the little things that God does for you. 95 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,560 Because some of us, maybe if you picture your life, 96 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,560 six months down the line, you were not so much on fire. 97 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,560 But right now it's like, boy, even when God whispers, you can feel it in your bones. 98 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,560 That is something to thank God for. 99 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:56,560 Hallelujah. 100 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,560 So when you wake up, you have a lot of things to discuss to the Lord about. 101 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:02,560 I want to thank you. Thank you for yesterday. 102 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,560 Thank you Father, the message was awesome. 103 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:10,560 How many of you have ever thanked God that church was awesome? 104 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,560 Thank you Father, church was awesome. 105 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,560 Thank you Father that you used my pastor. 106 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:20,560 Thank you Father that you, you know, you bless God for everything. 107 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,560 When you live a life like that, trust me, 108 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,560 you will always be eager to do something for God. 109 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:31,560 You will always be eager to bless God in his house. 110 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,560 Come on, hallelujah. 111 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:38,560 He says because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God. 112 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,560 They didn't honor God. When they get to know God, they didn't honor God. 113 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,560 He's talking about a certain class of people. 114 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,560 He says they didn't glorify God, neither were thankful. 115 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,560 So they didn't glorify God, they didn't thank him. 116 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,560 They thought everything is just about him. 117 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,560 And then the Bible says when that happened, what happened? 118 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:01,560 He says they became vain in their imaginations. 119 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,560 What does it mean to become vain in your imagination? 120 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,560 It means to become empty in your thinking. 121 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,560 To begin to think about things that don't make sense. 122 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:13,560 To begin to give your mind to things that don't make sense. 123 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,560 Hallelujah. 124 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,560 Your life becomes full of things that don't make sense. 125 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,560 Hallelujah. 126 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:24,560 But so why? Because when they knew God, they did not thank God. 127 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,560 They did not glorify God as God. 128 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,560 So you can be a Christian and be in this category. 129 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:36,560 When you live your life without glorifying God. 130 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:39,560 For example, we say, oh, let's lift up our voices and bless the name of the Lord. 131 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:43,560 You see, I've done it, it's become part of me. 132 00:08:43,560 --> 00:08:47,560 The moment we say bless the name of the Lord my hands go up. 133 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:50,060 It goes up with my mouth. 134 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:52,560 Hallelujah. 135 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:55,560 So want so bless the name of the Lord and the blessing goes like. 136 00:08:55,560 --> 00:09:01,960 Oh thank you Father, thank you Father, I bless you God, thank you God, I bless you. 137 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:07,560 You don't even know what your blessing is... 138 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:09,560 No, you don't do that. 139 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:11,560 Hallelujah. 140 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:17,760 your mind has to be fixed on the great things that God has done for you. 141 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,760 Hallelujah. 142 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:28,260 Come on. So the Bible says, became vain and then their foolish heart was darkened. 143 00:09:28,260 --> 00:09:34,360 So it begins with your mind when you don't thank God, when you don't glorify God. 144 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,560 Then your mind, your imaginations becomes vain, empty. 145 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:41,360 You begin to think about things that don't make sense. 146 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,160 Hallelujah. 147 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:48,960 And then you're thinking about wrong stuff, you're thinking, you're depressed and you're just there, 148 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,260 you're thinking, you don't know what is happening. 149 00:09:51,260 --> 00:09:53,960 You're angry. If you're not angry, you are crying. 150 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,660 If you're not crying, you are depressed. 151 00:09:56,660 --> 00:09:59,560 Your life is always ups and downs. 152 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:04,960 You know, some people say life is full of ups and downs. 153 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,660 Life is not full of ups and downs. 154 00:10:07,660 --> 00:10:10,060 You are a child of God. 155 00:10:10,060 --> 00:10:15,460 Even when you see that which it looks like it is down, it is not down. 156 00:10:15,460 --> 00:10:21,060 See the Bible says that when men shall say there is a casting down, 157 00:10:21,060 --> 00:10:23,560 you, there is a lifting up for you. 158 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:26,860 I'm a child of prophecy. I don't go down. 159 00:10:26,860 --> 00:10:28,460 I float. 160 00:10:28,460 --> 00:10:30,460 Whoo, glory to God. 161 00:10:30,460 --> 00:10:32,660 I float. 162 00:10:32,660 --> 00:10:35,260 I float. 163 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:39,460 You put me down the water, you come and meet me and I'm jumping on top of the water. 164 00:10:39,460 --> 00:10:40,760 I float. 165 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,760 I will never go down. 166 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,760 Hallelujah. 167 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,460 Glory to God. 168 00:10:47,460 --> 00:10:50,660 That's my life as a child of God. 169 00:10:50,660 --> 00:10:54,560 The Bible says, you are of God little children. 170 00:10:54,560 --> 00:10:56,460 Ah, yeah. 171 00:10:56,460 --> 00:11:00,660 Whoo, glory to God. 172 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:05,860 It says you are of God little children and you have overcome them. 173 00:11:05,860 --> 00:11:07,360 My God. 174 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:11,460 You have overcome them. 175 00:11:11,460 --> 00:11:13,860 You have, he says you are of God. 176 00:11:13,860 --> 00:11:15,860 He didn't say your life will be up. 177 00:11:15,860 --> 00:11:17,860 He says you are of God. 178 00:11:17,860 --> 00:11:22,360 He says you are of God little children. 179 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:23,960 He didn't say you are of God matured people. 180 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:28,760 He says you are of God little children and you have overcome them. 181 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:30,160 You are of God. 182 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:36,260 You are of God and you have overcome them because greater is he 183 00:11:36,260 --> 00:11:41,460 that is in you, that he that is in the world. 184 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:43,260 Glory to God. 185 00:11:43,260 --> 00:11:47,860 This is my story. 186 00:11:47,860 --> 00:11:52,260 He says for whatsoever is born of God. 187 00:11:52,260 --> 00:11:55,360 Hey, glory to God. 188 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,060 Some of you didn't come to church, huh? 189 00:11:57,060 --> 00:12:02,560 He says whatsoever is born of God overcomeeth the world. 190 00:12:02,560 --> 00:12:06,060 This is and this is Kelevathos. 191 00:12:06,060 --> 00:12:09,260 This is the victory that overcomes the world. 192 00:12:09,260 --> 00:12:10,860 Even our faith. 193 00:12:10,860 --> 00:12:14,560 Shouted, I don't go down. 194 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:15,660 Some of you didn't say it. 195 00:12:15,660 --> 00:12:19,560 Shouted, I don't go down. 196 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:20,060 Come on. 197 00:12:20,060 --> 00:12:22,760 I don't go down. 198 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:26,460 The word of God says I don't go down. 199 00:12:26,460 --> 00:12:31,760 So I believe I don't go down. 200 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,160 My life is not ups and downs. 201 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,160 My life is not ups and downs. 202 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,160 I refuse to have down times. 203 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,360 I always have good time. 204 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:45,660 I always have up times. 205 00:12:45,660 --> 00:12:47,660 Glory to God. 206 00:12:47,660 --> 00:12:49,760 Hallelujah. 207 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,160 That's what the Bible says about us. 208 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,860 We don't go down. 209 00:12:54,860 --> 00:13:01,960 I want to shout it into the ears of the devil. 210 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,360 I don't go down. 211 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:06,860 Glory. 212 00:13:06,860 --> 00:13:09,460 I don't go down. 213 00:13:09,460 --> 00:13:11,760 I float. 214 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,060 Ha ha. 215 00:13:13,060 --> 00:13:15,260 I'm a water walker. 216 00:13:15,260 --> 00:13:17,460 I walk upon the waters. 217 00:13:17,460 --> 00:13:19,260 I don't drown. 218 00:13:19,260 --> 00:13:20,960 I don't drown. 219 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:22,660 I don't drown. 220 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:24,260 I don't drown. 221 00:13:24,260 --> 00:13:25,960 I don't drown. 222 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,760 I don't drown. 223 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,860 Alright, sit down for a minute. Let's continue. 224 00:13:32,860 --> 00:13:34,960 Hallelujah. 225 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,860 So neither were they thankful. 226 00:13:37,860 --> 00:13:40,660 And then the Bible says they became vain in their imaginations 227 00:13:40,660 --> 00:13:44,460 and then their foolish heart was darkened. 228 00:13:44,460 --> 00:13:47,360 So I said when you're not thankful, 229 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,860 it begins with your mind. 230 00:13:50,860 --> 00:13:54,160 You become uninterested in the things of God. 231 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:54,860 Nothing really. 232 00:13:54,860 --> 00:13:57,560 You don't really care about anything again. 233 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:58,960 You're tired. 234 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:03,660 Then the Bible says the next step is that your heart will be darkened. 235 00:14:03,660 --> 00:14:05,160 See when the Bible talks about the heart, 236 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,460 the Bible is talking about that seat of your passion, 237 00:14:08,460 --> 00:14:12,960 the place of your life that controls your life. 238 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:14,560 When the Bible talks about heart, 239 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:16,560 it's not talking about the thing that pumps blood. 240 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:20,460 It's talking about the thing that controls your life. 241 00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:24,760 The thoughts that controls your life. 242 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,460 When we say somebody has a heart for God, 243 00:14:26,460 --> 00:14:32,260 it means that the person's life is controlled by the things of God. 244 00:14:32,260 --> 00:14:34,860 So when you are not thankful, 245 00:14:34,860 --> 00:14:39,660 when you don't live your life glorifying God as he is God, 246 00:14:39,660 --> 00:14:41,460 you begin to think wrong. 247 00:14:41,460 --> 00:14:43,560 You begin to imagine wrong things. 248 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,160 And then the next thing is that it will affect your heart. 249 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:47,160 Hallelujah. 250 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,760 Then your heart will be darkened. 251 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:53,360 So we have Christians today who don't really, 252 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:57,360 nothing of God moves them again. 253 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,860 I saw a pastor who was dancing secular song in church. 254 00:15:00,860 --> 00:15:02,860 They played it, the choir played it, 255 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:06,160 and they were all done because he was doing wedding or something, 256 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:07,760 and they were all dancing it in the church. 257 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,560 It's become normal. 258 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:14,260 A sign of a foolish heart that is darkened. 259 00:15:14,260 --> 00:15:15,160 It's not an insult. 260 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:16,660 When the Bible says they are foolish heart, 261 00:15:16,660 --> 00:15:23,660 the word foolish means the inability to know right from wrong. 262 00:15:23,660 --> 00:15:24,660 So they begin to do things. 263 00:15:24,660 --> 00:15:27,560 They don't even know what they are doing is wrong. 264 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:28,560 That is a foolish heart. 265 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:29,960 Then it gets darkened. 266 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:33,760 It means that they become too callous. 267 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,760 They don't even think again. 268 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,460 Hallelujah. 269 00:15:38,460 --> 00:15:40,360 Praise the name of God. 270 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,560 So I was saying that if you want to serve the Lord, 271 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:47,960 first of all, begin to think about the things, 272 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,860 the great things God has done for you. 273 00:15:51,860 --> 00:15:53,760 Begin to think about it. 274 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:57,060 Some of you, the way you even got admission is a miracle. 275 00:15:57,060 --> 00:15:59,360 Add that one to it. 276 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,760 Praise the name of the Lord. 277 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,460 Some of you, the way you feed is a miracle. 278 00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:08,060 Some of you, the way you are still alive is still a miracle. 279 00:16:08,060 --> 00:16:09,760 Hallelujah. 280 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,960 Some people, some of you, your parents don't even know 281 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,860 you can live up to this age. 282 00:16:14,860 --> 00:16:16,660 Maybe some doctors say you are sick yourself 283 00:16:16,660 --> 00:16:19,160 or maybe there's a particular kind of sickness in your body 284 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:25,960 and I mean by the age of 12 you have to go and here you are. 285 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,860 You have to think about it and bless the Lord and glorify God 286 00:16:29,860 --> 00:16:31,660 because when you keep on doing that, 287 00:16:31,660 --> 00:16:34,960 you will have a reason to always come to the house of God 288 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:40,560 with freshness, with joy, with some exuberance. 289 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,360 Praise the name of the Lord. 290 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,260 It's good to serve God. 291 00:16:46,260 --> 00:16:49,260 I say it's good to serve God. 292 00:16:49,260 --> 00:16:50,960 So you think about it. 293 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:52,960 You meditate about it. 294 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,160 Hallelujah. 295 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,160 You meditate about the goodness of God. 296 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,360 You meditate about the greatness of God. 297 00:16:58,360 --> 00:16:59,360 I say, 298 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:02,460 Yeah. 299 00:17:02,460 --> 00:17:03,860 You know there's this song. 300 00:17:03,860 --> 00:17:10,860 He says, 301 00:17:10,860 --> 00:17:24,460 What will I render unto the Lord? 302 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:26,660 Looking at all the things he has done for me. 303 00:17:26,660 --> 00:17:28,660 Then he answers himself. 304 00:17:28,660 --> 00:17:32,160 I will lift up his cup of salvation. 305 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,260 So I'm going to think about what the Lord has done for me 306 00:17:35,260 --> 00:17:39,360 and that will help me to lift up the cup of salvation. 307 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:41,360 Praise the Lord. 308 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:43,260 Hallelujah. 309 00:17:43,260 --> 00:17:45,960 Naomi, I saw you in my dream today. 310 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:47,260 Yes. 311 00:17:47,260 --> 00:17:48,260 Yes. 312 00:17:48,260 --> 00:17:50,160 We had a close chat and then he came to give me a hug. 313 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,160 That is been a long time. 314 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:53,960 It's today. 315 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:55,460 Hallelujah. 316 00:17:55,460 --> 00:17:57,260 Now anyway, so we are talking about that thing. 317 00:17:57,260 --> 00:18:01,460 He says that I will lift up what I'm going to do 318 00:18:01,460 --> 00:18:03,660 in response to what God has done for me 319 00:18:03,660 --> 00:18:08,660 is that I will lift up the cup of salvation 320 00:18:08,660 --> 00:18:13,660 and I will declare the name of the Lord. 321 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:16,160 Praise the name of the Lord. 322 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,460 When you see somebody in the church, 323 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:18,660 the person cares about nothing. 324 00:18:18,660 --> 00:18:20,960 The person doesn't find anything. 325 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,860 The person doesn't find anything to do. 326 00:18:22,860 --> 00:18:25,160 He just goes, comes, goes, comes, goes, comes. 327 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:26,760 Does not get prayed that, 328 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,460 Oh, there's something I can do to help the church. 329 00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:32,160 Or there's a department I can join. 330 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:33,260 Let me just sweep. 331 00:18:33,260 --> 00:18:34,660 Let me just do something. 332 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:36,360 I want to join those who are in church. 333 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:38,660 I just want to do something. 334 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:40,860 There are people they don't care about 335 00:18:40,860 --> 00:18:46,660 because they don't know what God has done for them. 336 00:18:46,660 --> 00:18:50,360 See, that song that say count your blessings, 337 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:53,160 name them one by one 338 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:57,760 and it will surprise you what the Lord has done for you. 339 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,960 It will surprise you. 340 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:00,660 It will surprise. 341 00:19:00,660 --> 00:19:01,560 The true matter is that 342 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,160 you can never finish counting your blessings. 343 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,460 You can never finish counting it. 344 00:19:06,460 --> 00:19:08,860 But the moment you count one, two, three, four, 345 00:19:08,860 --> 00:19:11,960 you see that now your, your eyes are teary 346 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,460 and then you keep on counting and you keep on counting 347 00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:19,760 and you say, God, I'm sorry. 348 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,560 Yeah. 349 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,660 Like what No Moen said. 350 00:19:23,660 --> 00:19:26,460 He said, I've made you too small in my heart. 351 00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:28,160 Forgive me. 352 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:29,260 Hallelujah. 353 00:19:29,260 --> 00:19:32,960 You see that when you think 354 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,660 I have been helped. 355 00:19:34,660 --> 00:19:36,860 See, sometimes when you take your mind off 356 00:19:36,860 --> 00:19:39,260 all the things you complain about 357 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:42,960 and you look at the positive side of life, 358 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,560 there you will see what the Lord has done for you. 359 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:52,260 I said, there you will see what the Lord has done for you. 360 00:19:52,260 --> 00:19:57,660 One time I was, I was driving 361 00:19:57,660 --> 00:19:59,860 and then when the traffic, 362 00:19:59,860 --> 00:20:03,660 so the cars like a ghost look kind of thing 363 00:20:03,660 --> 00:20:08,260 and then smoke started coming out of my car like that 364 00:20:08,260 --> 00:20:10,760 and I was not seeing it. 365 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,460 So people were, hey, hey, hey, hey. 366 00:20:13,460 --> 00:20:15,760 So I thought it was another car. 367 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,160 I was going to, where was I going to? 368 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,560 I was going to collect some money 369 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:26,960 and I was on the, 370 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,160 oh, 371 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,660 Kanishi Accra stretch 372 00:20:32,660 --> 00:20:34,860 and then, so I saw it. 373 00:20:34,860 --> 00:20:36,660 So I just got down like that. 374 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:38,560 They were, get down, get down, get down. 375 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,360 Somebody brought a fire extinguisher. 376 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:42,260 Shh. 377 00:20:42,260 --> 00:20:43,560 They said, no, this car, you can't move it again. 378 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:44,560 You can't move it again. 379 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:45,160 I said, no, I'm moving. 380 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:46,360 I started, I sparked the thing. 381 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:47,260 He said, no, we have to check. 382 00:20:47,260 --> 00:20:48,660 I said, no, I'm going home. 383 00:20:48,660 --> 00:20:51,860 I collected the money and came home. 384 00:20:51,860 --> 00:20:54,060 Somebody's two car got bent. 385 00:20:54,060 --> 00:20:58,260 It got bent plus the person. 386 00:20:58,260 --> 00:20:59,560 Bless God. 387 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,560 520, let's 520. 388 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,560 520. 389 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,160 First, Efficiency. 390 00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:21,160 First Efficiency is 520. 391 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:22,660 Whoo. 392 00:21:22,660 --> 00:21:25,560 Say the Lord is good. 393 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,760 Come on, say the Lord is good. 394 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:34,260 All right. 395 00:21:34,260 --> 00:21:36,460 Don't give up. 396 00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:40,560 Give thanks, always, for all things unto God. 397 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:45,560 And the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 398 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,760 learn to give thanks. 399 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,060 Hallelujah. 400 00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:53,260 Come on, what did I say? 401 00:21:53,260 --> 00:21:56,360 Learn to give thanks. 402 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:58,760 Learn to give thanks. 403 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:00,360 How many of us have given some thanks? 404 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:03,560 I mean, from Wednesday, you've been giving God some glory. 405 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:08,360 don't just think about the fact that you don't have you don't have a job. 406 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:12,960 There are Christians who are always, God I need a job. After God gives them a job, God I need a house. 407 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:18,560 After God gives them a house, father the next thing. They've turned God to an errand boy. 408 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:25,560 Every time they are going to God, they are asking God for something. When are you going to bless God? 409 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:33,560 I like what, is it Habakkuk or Lamentations? Let me show you something. 410 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:47,560 Say I love you Lord. 411 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:57,560 317 Habakkuk. Now I know a lot of you don't even know that in the Bible. You don't even know where you can find it. 412 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,560 Put it up there. 413 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:13,560 You're there, say I'm there. 414 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:39,560 Alright so let's read from the screen. One, two, go. 415 00:23:39,560 --> 00:24:07,560 Did you see that? Let's go to 17. Although the fiction says even if there is scarcity everywhere, even if I don't have money in my pocket, I've prayed for a job, the job has not come yet. 416 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:23,560 I'm looking for a particular thing, it has not come yet. He says even if they like it, it should never come at all. One thing that can never be taken away from me is rejoicing in the God of my salvation. 417 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:30,560 Praise the name of the Lord. So it says let there be some harshness, go to 18, some harshness everywhere. 418 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:38,560 No matter what happens, I will rejoice in the Lord. I will joy. 419 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:46,560 He says I will joy. Put the BB in there. 420 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:56,560 Let's read from the BB. He says still I will be glad in the Lord. My joy will be in the God of my salvation. 421 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:02,560 I'm thinking is this God who is supposed to give you some fruit on your fig tree? Is this God who is supposed to? He says if he likes it, he should not do it. 422 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:10,560 I will still be glad and I will joy. My joy will be in the God of my salvation. 423 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:19,560 This is how we save God. Praise the name of the Lord. This is how we save God. Don't live a life, a dry life, a life of complaint. 424 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:31,560 Look at what David said. Let's go to Psalms. Man, I'm supposed to tell you something. 425 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:43,560 Psalm 96. 426 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:57,560 You're there, say I'm there. Alright, Psalm 96, put it up there. 427 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:06,560 Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth. You know that song now. 428 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:14,560 Sing unto the Lord. Bless his name. Show forth his salvation from day to day. 429 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:27,560 Glory to God. You didn't see that. Put different version there so you understand the salvation there. 430 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:41,560 Listen, make songs to the Lord, blessing his name. Give the good news of his salvation day by day. Another one. 431 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:50,560 Sing to Adonai. Bless his name. Proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day. 432 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:58,560 Do you understand that? Sing to the Lord and bless him. Bless his name from day to day. 433 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:05,560 From day to day. Next verse, verse 3. That's what I want to say. 434 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:16,560 Declare his glory among the nations, his wonderful works among all people. 435 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:24,560 If you are asked, what is it about God that you can say to others? What will it be? 436 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:35,560 I know it, you know. No. He says declare, declare, announce, proclaim his glory among the nations. 437 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:43,560 And his wonders, see that? His wonderful works among all peoples. 438 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:56,560 So we are constantly, read 105, Psalm 105. 439 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:06,560 Oh Jesus. Psalm 105. Are you enjoying your service at all? Is service good tonight? Okay. 440 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:15,560 105. Give thanks to the Lord. Call on his name. Proclaim his deeds among the peoples. 441 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:24,560 Did you see that? The Bible says do what? Give thanks to the Lord. 442 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:32,560 So our thanks go to God. You wake up in the morning and say, Father, my thanks go to you. 443 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:41,560 Blessed be your name. You have done me well. Thank you have been good to me. So good to me. 444 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:49,560 You are so good to me. Then he says that proclaim his deeds among the peoples. Next verse. 445 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:55,560 So he says proclaim the things the Lord has done. Proclaim it to one another. 446 00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:01,560 Hallelujah. Imagine we are a church full of people who come to tell, oh the Lord has done it for me. 447 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:09,560 Oh the Lord did this for me. I remember when I was going to a car as I was coming, we were in the car. 448 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:16,560 And our tire, God blessed it. We thought we were dead. The Lord brought us safely. 449 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:23,560 Brother, sister, help me thank the Lord. We are too busy with a lot of pressure. 450 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:33,560 So we can't even properly save God. Be out of pressure. That's why. 451 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:43,560 Then he says, next verse, sing to him, sing praises to him. Tell about all his wonderful works. 452 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:50,560 Tell about it. Then somebody says that when God does something for you, be quiet. 453 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:57,560 Learn from Joseph. When you begin to tell people, the people you are telling, they are those who will sell you. 454 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:05,560 That's not a Christian life. That's not a Christian life. Yeah. 455 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:13,560 And you go and get a lot of quotes. Enemies are all around you. What how you talk. 456 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:21,560 You know those kind of quotes. You are a Christian and then you begin to quote such rubbish. 457 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:28,560 The Bible says, tell about all his wonderful works. The Lord gave me a new job. 458 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:33,560 I believe it came from the Lord. The Lord healed me. 459 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:41,560 If you say it, go and ask Joseph. Listen, it was all in the plan of God for Joseph to be sold. 460 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:47,560 Because if Joseph was not sold, he couldn't have become what he became. Hallelujah. 461 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:52,560 So that particular scripture is not so that you don't tell your dream. 462 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,560 If any person used that to say, watch your mouth, don't tell your dream, that's not true. 463 00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:06,560 That particular scripture should rather tell you to tell your dream because it's when you tell your dream that your people, your enemies will move you to your throne. 464 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:12,560 That's what it is. Because if he had not told his brothers his dream, they wouldn't have sold him. 465 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:20,560 And if they had not sold him, he would have been there. When hunger came, all of them would have been hungry. 466 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:27,560 So if you say something and somebody is selling you, say, ah, thank God, you're paving the way for me to get to the throne. 467 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:34,560 See, a lot of pastors and churches have made Christians afraid of life. 468 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:40,560 As though, hey, hey, hey, don't say, hey, hey, hey. 469 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:45,560 A brother was about to travel and the brother told me, I said, wow, that's powerful, that's a good news. 470 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:52,560 He said, oh, sorry, please, can he remain between the two of us? I don't want anybody in the family to hear. 471 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:58,560 I said, why? He said, you're about to travel. He said, no, no, no, Charlie, you don't know these people. 472 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,560 You'll be there, you can't even find your passport. 473 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:07,560 I said, are you not the one who says the Lord who has done it for you? If it's the Lord who has done it for you, who can go and take your passport? 474 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:14,560 I said, all right, I'll not say it, I'll not say it, I'll not say it. I sent it to the family page. 475 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:19,560 Yeah, it's a 24 hours by now, our brother will not be in Ghana again. 476 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:27,560 And we say, hey, when, when, when? He has got in the visa and everything. So pray with us, he's going. 477 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:34,560 I said, I'll not say it. So I said, are you not there now? Have you died? 478 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:39,560 It's good to go to a good church. It's serious to go to a good church. 479 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:46,560 Because you see, the state of your mind is a proof of the church you belong to. 480 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:52,560 As you are here, you are even afraid. You are, you know, like you said, in this world, trust nobody. 481 00:32:52,560 --> 00:33:00,560 If you don't do those things, don't do those things. 482 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:05,560 You see, the person who is close to you, you know, somebody will come to church and be preaching such nonsense. 483 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:14,560 There's a woman be like that. There's a woman who I forgot the pastor be like that. 484 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:24,560 Always her preaching is, is about. 485 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:29,560 I said, this man, this man is preaching a woman preaching. What is this? 486 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:33,560 Be scared of people who are close to you. 487 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,560 No, no, it's not like that. It's one, something, something. 488 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:43,560 Please, so I didn't mention anybody's name. 489 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,560 And you must send them into me in country. 490 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:51,560 Never make it. We will. 491 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:56,560 Now with the cell, you know, I mean, what's wrong with you? 492 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:03,560 That's not Bible, man. The Bible says, tell about all his wonderful works. 493 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:08,560 Tell about all his wonderful works. Don't keep your testimony. 494 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:13,560 Don't shut your mouth of the things the Lord has done. Proclaim it to the world. 495 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:18,560 My God is a savior. My God is a deliverer. He is awesome. 496 00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:24,560 He has blessed me. He is with me. Glory to God. 497 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:29,560 Your mother said, don't tell them you have admission to Ligon. Don't tell them. Don't. 498 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:34,560 But then they realize you are done quietly. The Bowsie tell of all his wonderful works. 499 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:39,560 Declare it. Hallelujah. Declare it. 500 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:45,560 Don't let anybody make you shut your mouth of the things the Lord has done for you. 501 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:49,560 Hallelujah. You are there. You are there. You are there. You are there. 502 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,560 You are there by the time your allies save the date. Three days to your wedding. 503 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:57,560 They say why? So, it came impromptu. Me, why a prophet has told you don't tell anybody. 504 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,560 My friend, the Bible says, if God has done something for you, tell it. 505 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,560 The Bible never says keep quiet or shut up your mouth. 506 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,560 Be silent on what the Lord has done for you. 507 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:14,560 Anything the Lord does for you must be said so that somebody too can come to the Lord. 508 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,560 Let's continue verse three. 509 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:23,560 Honor his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 510 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:29,560 Next verse. Search for the Lord and his strength. Seek his face always. Five. 511 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:35,560 Remember the wonderful works he has done. 512 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:40,560 His wonders and the judgment he has pronounced. 513 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:45,560 He says remember. Did you see that? The Bible says remember. 514 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:50,560 When you are there on your bed, you have some remembering to do. 515 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:55,560 Always your mind is remembering wrong things somebody did to you. 516 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,560 Your mind is always remembering something somebody said to you. 517 00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:02,560 Your mind is remembering how that person or boo and how do you say that in English? 518 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:07,560 When somebody is doing like this. So, the person, eh, what? 519 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:11,560 Is it, is what? Close your eyes. 520 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,560 You know, somebody look at you and do like this. 521 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,560 And that's what your mind is always on. 522 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,560 You're always thinking about the negative things somebody said about you. 523 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:26,560 How somebody look at you. The way that they look at me. 524 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,560 The way you are looking at me is your own eye. Is your problem. 525 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,560 No, no. But the Bible says ask for me. I should remember the wonderful works of God. 526 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:37,560 Hallelujah. I should remember the wonderful works. 527 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,560 I remember the wonderful works of God. He's done me mighty. 528 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,560 He's done me great. He's spoken over my life. 529 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:49,560 I'm a sign and I'm a wonder. I remember this of the Lord. 530 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:54,560 The Lord is great for me. The Lord is wonderful for me. 531 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:58,560 I will serve him all the days of my life. 532 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:02,560 Behold my Lord. Behold my God. 533 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:06,560 He is mighty. Behold his name. He is awesome. 534 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:10,560 The Lord is great. He is great. 535 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:14,560 He is great to all those who fear him. 536 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,560 The Lord is mighty to all those who love him. 537 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,560 The Lord is a shield to all those who trust him. 538 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,560 The Lord is a backer to them who trust his truth. 539 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:30,560 I will remember the wonderful works of the Lord. 540 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:34,560 I will remember the wonderful works of the Lord. He is awesome. 541 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:38,560 He is awesome. 542 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,560 The Lord has been more than a friend. 543 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,560 The Lord has been more than a brother. 544 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,560 Because when I look at my life, when I had no brother, 545 00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:54,560 the Lord was there. When I had no father, the Lord was there. 546 00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,560 When I had no mother, the Lord was there. 547 00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,560 Though the world forsake me, the Lord will always be with me. 548 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,560 Oh, Shandabaya. 549 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:10,560 To some of us, we have a lot to say about the Lord. 550 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:14,560 Come on. Shandabaya. 551 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,560 To some of us, he's our great provider. 552 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,560 To some of us, he's our sustainer. 553 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:26,560 There came a time in our life where we should have been shattered. 554 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,560 We should have been scattered and destroyed. But the Lord, 555 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:34,560 he sustained us. To some of us, 556 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:38,560 he is our great mender. He mended our hearts. 557 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,560 He brought the pieces together. He is the Lord. 558 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:46,560 And my father and my God, 559 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:50,560 I believe and trust him. The Lord is up to something 560 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,560 with my life. Oh, Shandabaya. 561 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:58,560 I have every reason to serve the Lord. 562 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:02,560 He is a good God. He is a great God. 563 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,560 Shandabaya. I will enter his gates 564 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:10,560 with thanksgiving in my mouth. I will declare 565 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,560 he has made me glad. He has made me glad. 566 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,560 I will come to church with some dance in my steps. 567 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,560 I will come to church with some joy in my spirit. 568 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:26,560 For the Lord has been good to me. The Lord has been good to me. 569 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:30,560 The Lord has been good to me. 570 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,560 Shandabaya. 571 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,560 Shandabaya. 572 00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,560 To some of us, one way or the other, the Lord, 573 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:46,560 he keeps on supplying our knees. Sometimes 574 00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:50,560 from places we don't know, Shandabaya, 575 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,560 the Lord keeps sending men into our lives 576 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:58,560 to bless us. Some of us, he is our 577 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:02,560 great deliverer. We fall and we fall 578 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:06,560 and we fall and we fall. But he 579 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:10,560 lifts and he lifts and he lifts 580 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,560 and he lifts. The Lord is a good God. 581 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,560 The Lord is a great God. The Lord is an awesome God. 582 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:22,560 I don't know how many of you have some dance in your steps. 583 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:26,560 I don't know how many of you have some joy in your 584 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,560 spirit. I don't know how many of you have some bowing 585 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:34,560 down in your knees. I don't know how many of us 586 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:38,560 have a lifting hands to do. But the Lord 587 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:42,560 has been good. The Lord has been good. The Lord 588 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:46,560 has been good. The Lord has been good. 589 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,560 Salabah sataya. 590 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,560 He is a good God. 591 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,560 He is a good God. He is a 592 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:02,560 good God. 593 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:06,560 Oh 594 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:10,560 he is a good God. 595 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:14,560 Oh 596 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,560 he is a good God. 597 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:22,560 Hallelujah. 598 00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:26,560 Sit down for a minute. So when we think 599 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:30,560 about him, when we remember 600 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,560 his wonderful works, 601 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:38,560 when we tell of his great deeds in our lives, 602 00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:42,560 we just serve him. Because we can't 603 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:46,560 fetch water for the Lord. We can't do anything for the Lord. 604 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,560 The only thing we can do for the Lord is say, Father, I lay 605 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:54,560 down my life. Use me. Use me. 606 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:58,560 Use me. Use me for your glory. 607 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,560 Hallelujah. This should be the cry of every heart. 608 00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:06,560 It should be the cry of every heart. When I think about what you have done 609 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,560 for me. When I think about what you have done for me. When I 610 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:14,560 think, when I think, when I think 611 00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:18,560 of what you have done for me. 612 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:22,560 Some of us, we didn't have a father or a mother to lead us to God. 613 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:26,560 But some with somehow, as we kept on 614 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:30,560 Jesus. 615 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,560 Jesus. 616 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:38,560 As we kept on walking here and there. 617 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:42,560 Here and there. Here and there. 618 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:46,560 The Lord crossed our paths and he saved us. 619 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:50,560 And look at us now. Look at us now. 620 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,560 Look at us now. We look at us now. We can speak a heavenly 621 00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:58,560 language. We can lead others to God. We can lead others to 622 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:02,560 God. Oh my God. You have done us good. You have done us 623 00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:06,560 good. You have done us good. You have done. Oh, 624 00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:10,560 Sanda Baha'ia. 625 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,560 You have done us good. You have done us good. 626 00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:18,560 Some of us, the families we come from. Antichrist 627 00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:22,560 families. Antigod families. 628 00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:26,560 Families against Christ. Families against God. 629 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:30,560 You gave us your salvation. We 630 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:34,560 bless you father. Eternal God we thank you. Some of us 631 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:38,560 our being here in this church. It's just a miracle. 632 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:42,560 It's just a miracle. There is no way 633 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:46,560 under the sun that our paths should cross. 634 00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:50,560 But the Lord kept on pushing you. Even sometimes 635 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:54,560 in choices and decisions that you made years back. That looked like 636 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:58,560 they were wrong and they were wrong. Places you were taken to. 637 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:02,560 You never dreamt of. But all of these were part of 638 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:06,560 God's plan. Here you are today serving the Lord. Here you are 639 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:10,560 today loving the Lord. Here you are today being 640 00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:14,560 under the sound of my voice. Here oh we have a reason to 641 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:18,560 serve God. We have a reason to come to church 642 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,560 and serve the Lord. We have a reason to join the choir. 643 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:26,560 We have a reason to join the technical team. We have 644 00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:30,560 a reason to do something in the house of God. The Lord is 645 00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,560 good. The Lord is good. The Lord is good. 646 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:38,560 The Lord is good. The Lord is good. 647 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:42,560 The Lord is good. Somebody open your mouth and pray come on! 648 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,560 Praise the name of the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord. Praiseira name of 649 00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:50,320 in the name of the lord. Praise 650 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:51,760 the name of the lord. Praise the 651 00:44:50,380 --> 00:44:53,360 name of the lord. Praise the 652 00:44:51,820 --> 00:45:00,100 name of the lord. Praise the 653 00:44:53,420 --> 00:45:03,300 name of the lord. Praise him. 654 00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:05,540 Praise him in your own way. In 655 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:09,080 your own way. In your own way. 656 00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:11,680 In your own way. In your own 657 00:45:09,140 --> 00:45:14,120 way. Praise the lord In your 658 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:20,680 praise the lord in your own way praise the lord in your own way praise the lord in your own way 659 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:46,000 praise the lord come on come on open your mouth I give you two minute come on 660 00:45:50,680 --> 00:46:13,800 hallelujah say I will remember all the great things you have done come on say 661 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:22,680 like you mean it tell the Lord say I will remember all the great things you have done praise the name 662 00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:32,440 of the Lord it's very important if you want to live that life of constantly serving the Lord with 663 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:43,320 joy never let your mind go off what he has done the great things he has done 1224 against first 664 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:54,680 Samuel it is only fear the Lord and serve him in truth with all of your heart for consider the great 665 00:46:54,680 --> 00:47:05,040 things he has done for you keeping in mind keeping in mind keeping in mind keeping in mind keeping in 666 00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:10,680 mind Lord I don't have money but I'm keeping something in mind you have been good to me right 667 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:14,880 now I even feel lazy to go to church but Lord you have been too good to me that I cannot let 668 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:21,200 laziness come in between us keeping in mind may the Lord help us to keep in mind the great things 669 00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:28,200 he's done in our lives may the Lord help us may the Lord help us to keep in mind he is good I said 670 00:47:28,200 --> 00:47:36,000 he is good the Lord is good come on the Lord is good I want you to be I'm not gonna preach 671 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:46,600 again I want to give you some time to be able to reflect if you if you're gonna write it you can 672 00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:58,600 write it if you are going to just remember it and and do this reflection do it I want you to spend 673 00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:08,360 just some few moments right now thinking about the great things he has done for you you see that 674 00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:17,720 some of us our eyes will be watery yeah our eyes will watch you some of us will cry some of us will 675 00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:27,480 just fall in love with the Lord all afresh just bow down your heart your head and do some reflection 676 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:33,400 we are going to pray today exactly by 830 will be out of the church but I want to do some few 677 00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:39,160 minute reflection before we pray it's just a prayer of thanksgiving it's just a prayer of 678 00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:47,680 remembering the great things God has done remembering the great things God has done I 679 00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:55,160 know a lot of things may have filled your mind but can you just take a little time take all of 680 00:48:55,160 --> 00:49:05,200 that out and have a reason to bless God this evening a reason for us to praise him huh ah 681 00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:18,680 reflect reflect yeah some of us will become emotional let it all out reflect we have a 682 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:28,680 reason to bless him some of us we keep falling failing him yet he's still there he's still there 683 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:41,160 some of us we don't even deserve to call on the name of the Lord but his mercy and your it forever 684 00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:54,400 ah he's a great God spend this few time thinking about the great things God has done for you the 685 00:49:54,400 --> 00:50:00,720 great thing don't let your mind be running about think about the great things he has done for you 686 00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:15,120 we have a reason to praise him 687 00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:41,080 and if you are done you can quietly rise up on your feet we want to just bless him 688 00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:51,080 blessing count your blessings name them one by one name them one by one name them I don't know 689 00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:56,720 where you are starting from some of us from childhood some of us three years ago five years 690 00:52:56,720 --> 00:53:19,560 ago ten years ago just count your blessings count your blessings count it even the shameful ones 691 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:29,360 count all of them you're still here he still loves you he still rejoices over you with singing 692 00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:53,200 ah thank you 693 00:53:53,200 --> 00:54:05,960 you 694 00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:09,000 you hear 695 00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:19,400 sweet songs in your 696 00:54:23,160 --> 00:54:29,560 thank you father thank you thank you 697 00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:39,080 be upstanding everybody and open your mouth and begin to bless him just bless 698 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:48,200 him anyway anyhow as we close bless him anyway anyhow bless him anyway anyhow 699 00:54:48,200 --> 00:55:00,760 open your mouth and bless the Lord oh rossata kabab a higher bless the Lord oh 700 00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:25,720 my soul worship his holy name 701 00:55:25,720 --> 00:55:45,160 worship is holy name blessed oh my soul oh my soul worship his holy name sing 702 00:55:45,160 --> 00:55:48,440 like never before 703 00:55:48,440 --> 00:56:04,920 oh my soul worship worship his hall sing bless the Lord 704 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:14,440 oh my soul 705 00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:28,440 his holy name sing like never before 706 00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:35,880 oh worship his holy name 707 00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:44,600 his holy name i want you to open your mouth in the next one minute bless him 708 00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:47,880 bless the Lord for all the great things he has done 709 00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,960 i'm going to serve you father for the great things you have done 710 00:56:51,960 --> 00:57:17,080 oh you are a great God thank you Lord thank you thank you thank you Lord 711 00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:24,440 thank you thank you Lord thank you 712 00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:37,480 father we thank you and we bless you for reminding us tonight to consider all the great things you've 713 00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:46,040 done for us father when we conceded we have only one response to live our lives as a sacrifice for 714 00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:52,440 you to live our lives for you and to serve you in your house and in your church blessed be your name 715 00:57:52,440 --> 00:58:15,880 and thanks be to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ everybody say amen 716 00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:25,880 oh 717 00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:44,680 i have me the burning fire 718 00:58:44,680 --> 00:58:52,680 oh 719 00:58:52,680 --> 00:59:14,680 i have me the burning fire