WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.759 whatever that looks like. Many of you will know 00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:07.200 me from youth ministry as being the youth pastor 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:14.179 for our youth for some time now. Others will 00:00:14.179 --> 00:00:18.059 know me from the counseling room of premarital 00:00:18.059 --> 00:00:20.300 and or mayor's counseling and that's a beautiful 00:00:20.300 --> 00:00:23.940 space as well. Others will know me from protectors 00:00:23.940 --> 00:00:26.420 of the way and ushers and our greeters or whatever 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:28.879 the case may be, but I do want you to know that 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:37.960 I am the husband of Avery Gammage. I am the father 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:42.960 to both London and Raleigh Gammage, and I am 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:47.039 a servant more than anything. So, big ups to 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:50.600 our pastors, Pastor Brian and Pastor Rashida. 00:00:50.780 --> 00:00:54.020 Big ups to our overseer, Pastor Deborah, in their 00:00:54.020 --> 00:01:00.039 absence, and y 'all. I'm excited today, boy. 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:01.880 I'm excited. So I ain't gonna hold you too much 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:04.140 longer. Father God, let's pray. Lord God, I give 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:06.060 you glory, I give you honor, I give you praise. 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:08.840 I thank you so much, Lord God, for this moment 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:11.359 in time. I thank you, Lord God, that you look 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:14.959 forward and you saw us all right here. And I 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.939 just give you praise, Lord God, that you are 00:01:17.939 --> 00:01:20.379 the author and the finisher of our faith, Lord 00:01:20.379 --> 00:01:23.439 God. So everything that we hear today, Lord God. 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:27.519 it will be from heaven lord god you will be confirming 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.560 and connecting things uh that you've already 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.379 spoke to us lord god and so we thank you for 00:01:33.379 --> 00:01:36.439 this moment we thank you for this moment we give 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:39.019 you praise in advance it's in jesus name that 00:01:39.019 --> 00:01:42.299 we pray amen ladies and gentlemen you may have 00:01:42.299 --> 00:01:48.140 a seat and i am going to say this off rip because 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:51.420 i was instructed to do it uh First Service, we 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:53.700 did. If you were not here, matter of fact, if 00:01:53.700 --> 00:01:55.319 you were here at First Service, make some noise. 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:56.900 If you were here at First Service, make some 00:01:56.900 --> 00:02:00.760 noise. If you were not, I encourage you to go 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:04.060 back and listen to the message from First Service 00:02:04.060 --> 00:02:08.199 because it did set an amazing stage for where 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:11.740 we will pick up and keep moving. We are in our 00:02:11.740 --> 00:02:15.169 Truth Collection. I have a reason you have a 00:02:15.169 --> 00:02:17.289 reason to praise. We are still in that truth 00:02:17.289 --> 00:02:19.810 connection or truth collection. And this morning 00:02:19.810 --> 00:02:24.469 family, I want you to know that praise should 00:02:24.469 --> 00:02:29.849 not should not be reserved only for the victory. 00:02:30.569 --> 00:02:33.370 As we get into what we're getting ready to get 00:02:33.370 --> 00:02:36.629 into this morning, I'm giving you permission 00:02:36.629 --> 00:02:42.080 ahead of time to understand that you have full 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:47.319 right to be out of control. You have all the 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.340 right to acknowledge what it is that God has 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:53.139 done for you at the time that you remember it. 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:55.439 Holy Spirit tells us that he will bring all things 00:02:55.439 --> 00:02:58.219 back to our memory. So I'm saying to you, do 00:02:58.219 --> 00:03:02.599 not wait for a perfect moment. Do not wait for 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.479 my breath to stop and then that be a gap and 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:08.159 then you slide in there with a hallelujah I'm 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:12.080 saying there it is as the word is coming forth 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:15.219 as the Spirit of God Reminds you of things that 00:03:15.219 --> 00:03:18.620 he's already done to you be vocal about what 00:03:18.620 --> 00:03:22.659 it is that you are reminded of Here's why? We 00:03:22.659 --> 00:03:27.199 are created three parts. We are created spirit 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:31.800 soul and body Your spirit is perfect with God. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:34.139 God created it before the foundations of the 00:03:34.139 --> 00:03:39.319 world. Your spirit is divine. Your soul is your 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:43.139 emotions, your thinking, your choosing, your 00:03:43.139 --> 00:03:46.740 feelings. Your body is just a responder to whichever 00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:51.500 one. I'm saying to you, I know for a fact. Many 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:54.039 of us, I ain't gonna even say you, many of us 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:56.560 are tired right now. Watch your hands, just slip 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:58.219 your hand up if you're tired. It's too early 00:03:58.219 --> 00:03:59.759 to be that tired, y 'all, but it's all right. 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:03.560 I'm slipping my hand up, too. If we are tired, 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:07.580 we ain't gonna wanna, hallelujah, we ain't gonna 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:11.159 wanna slide that in there. I'm saying, as King 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:16.620 David said, you must command your soul to praise 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:20.420 God. You don't even... You're not gonna feel 00:04:20.420 --> 00:04:23.259 it if you waiting for that perfect moment to 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:25.199 feel like this is where I can just jump in here 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:30.899 and say Amen, you're not There's too much happening 00:04:30.899 --> 00:04:37.560 You're not I'm saying command your soul to praise 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:40.720 God Immediately when the Spirit of God reminds 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:43.920 you of what he's already done command you tell 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:48.839 your emotions now God I got this one Thank you 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:52.000 God. Thank you Lord wherever you find yourself. 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:54.220 So now that that's out of the way I just wanted 00:04:54.220 --> 00:04:56.399 to make sure we got that out of the way you got 00:04:56.399 --> 00:05:00.399 permission To talk in class, huh? You got from 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:02.839 thank you. You got not for me, but forgot. Thank 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:05.800 you. Um Ladies and gentlemen before we get started. 00:05:05.819 --> 00:05:09.759 I do want to define two things Because I think 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:13.279 it's fun if we work off the same working definition. 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:17.399 So the very first word I want to define is a 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.420 word called testimonial. How many of you guys 00:05:20.420 --> 00:05:22.699 have heard the word testimonial before? You good? 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:27.639 All right, all right. A testimonial is a formal 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:32.180 statement or message that recommends a product, 00:05:32.660 --> 00:05:36.540 service, or person by sharing a positive real 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:40.220 -life experience. It acts as proof or social 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:43.639 backing to show that something or someone is 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:48.139 good, trustworthy, and high quality. For any 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:50.879 of my business owners out here, you know how 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:54.819 much a testimonial does for your business. You 00:05:54.819 --> 00:05:58.560 know how well a testimonial can do if someone 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:02.439 writes it, even more if someone records it. A 00:06:02.439 --> 00:06:06.319 testimonial is endless. It works well and sells 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:09.220 so much good product. Why? Because it lets the 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:11.879 person know that this thing that you're recommending 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:16.100 is trustworthy. It's credible. Why? Because you 00:06:16.100 --> 00:06:18.639 put your stamp on it. Now, here's another thing 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:21.560 I want to define so that we all on the same order. 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:26.699 Praise. What does praise mean or working definition 00:06:26.699 --> 00:06:32.040 for praise? It means to express approval, admiration, 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:37.120 or worship. It functions as both a noun, an expression 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.199 of respect or commendation, and a verb to commend 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:45.600 or glorify someone or something. So to praise 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:49.279 someone or to praise something, you are giving 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:53.279 it high esteem, you are being reminded of its 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.860 value, and now you are putting your weight on 00:06:56.860 --> 00:07:00.399 it by saying, I like that. For some of us, we'll 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:04.740 even go so far to say, I love that. Mama Annie 00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:10.519 makes banana pudding. All of her children say 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:13.779 they love that. I do love that. I ain't gonna 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:16.720 tell y 'all I don't love that. I do. I want to 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.899 make the note that other people make banana pudding 00:07:19.899 --> 00:07:22.319 different than Mama Annie makes banana pudding. 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:25.740 And so other people will taste Mama Annie's banana 00:07:25.740 --> 00:07:28.600 pudding and they'll be like, it's good. I like 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:32.850 that. Rumor has it, Jay. makes an amazing banana 00:07:32.850 --> 00:07:38.670 pudding. I ain't never tasted it. I can't give 00:07:38.670 --> 00:07:42.209 no credit. I can't give no testimonial about 00:07:42.209 --> 00:07:47.050 that. I can't even put praise behind his because 00:07:47.050 --> 00:07:50.329 I ain't had none. I do want to combine these 00:07:50.329 --> 00:07:53.930 two words or these two. Phrases together testimonial 00:07:53.930 --> 00:07:56.149 praise and that brings us to the title of our 00:07:56.149 --> 00:07:57.670 message and I promise you ladies and gentlemen 00:07:57.670 --> 00:07:59.610 We're gonna get into some scripture. So don't 00:07:59.610 --> 00:08:01.870 you worry about that pitch a tent because we 00:08:01.870 --> 00:08:06.370 are about to read a lot Pray a testimonial praise 00:08:06.370 --> 00:08:09.689 last definition. We got to get this one a testimonial 00:08:09.689 --> 00:08:14.790 praise It is a formal statement recommendation 00:08:14.790 --> 00:08:19.540 or expression where one is sharing a positive 00:08:19.540 --> 00:08:23.980 real life experience to display proof that the 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:28.379 character of God is good, trustworthy, and high 00:08:28.379 --> 00:08:33.840 quality. A testimonial praise is a formal statement, 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.799 recommendation, or expression where one is sharing 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:41.240 a positive real -life experience. Does anyone 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:45.299 have a positive real -life experience of how 00:08:45.299 --> 00:08:52.039 good God is? A testimonial praise is you giving 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:58.539 your recommendation or your expression of how 00:08:58.539 --> 00:09:04.840 good that God's character is. Why is this so 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:07.559 important? Because when we start talking about 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:10.659 this series of you have a reason to praise, ladies 00:09:10.659 --> 00:09:12.779 and gentlemen, before we go any further, and 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:15.840 if you would open up your Bibles to Psalms chapter 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:21.419 100. Psalms chapter 100. Here's what I want you 00:09:21.419 --> 00:09:27.720 to know. You don't have to look ahead of you, 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:32.379 believer. You have all the evidence you need 00:09:32.379 --> 00:09:38.960 already to put a testimonial praise on the character 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:45.940 of God. The question is, will you? Because it's 00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:49.220 not that you don't know how good God is. It's 00:09:49.220 --> 00:09:51.519 not that you don't know. It ain't that even right 00:09:51.519 --> 00:09:53.399 now as I'm saying something that the spirit of 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.399 God ain't reminding you of something amazing 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:58.980 that he did for you. It's not that you don't 00:09:58.980 --> 00:10:03.639 know. It comes down to whether or not we will 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:09.200 actually give a testimonial praise. What is a 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:13.779 testimonial praise? It is an expression. It is 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:18.879 me actually talking and making known how trustworthy 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:24.139 God is. And this is why we do it. In Psalms, 00:10:24.259 --> 00:10:28.570 chapter 100, verses one through five. It says, 00:10:28.570 --> 00:10:33.940 shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship 00:10:33.940 --> 00:10:36.940 the Lord with gladness. Come before him singing 00:10:36.940 --> 00:10:41.320 with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God. He 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:45.700 made us and we are his. We are his people, the 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:49.440 sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving. 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:53.220 Go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to 00:10:53.220 --> 00:10:57.360 him and praise his name for the Lord is good. 00:10:57.659 --> 00:11:01.980 His unfailing love continues forever and his 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:06.779 faithfulness continues to each generation. Ladies 00:11:06.779 --> 00:11:09.519 and gentlemen, again, I say to you, we don't 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:14.879 need more. What we do need is a reminder that 00:11:14.879 --> 00:11:21.139 God, you have done exploits in my life. Not just 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:24.480 that you've done them, not that you've done them, 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:30.860 but God, you've been loud about it. I am a testimony. 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:33.860 Pastor Brian said something a long time ago where 00:11:33.860 --> 00:11:38.000 he said, we don't need to ask God for another 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:43.679 miracle because you're already the miracle. You, 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:47.139 I don't know you. You don't know me in detail, 00:11:47.179 --> 00:11:49.860 but you know where God has delivered you from. 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:52.879 You know some of the thoughts that you used to 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:55.320 have. You know some of the thoughts that you 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:59.110 still have. And it's God that's a mind regulator. 00:11:59.590 --> 00:12:03.730 It's God that's a keeper. Him and Him alone. 00:12:04.909 --> 00:12:12.629 I'm saying, when will we be all right with, in 00:12:12.629 --> 00:12:16.289 our working definition, be all right with giving 00:12:16.289 --> 00:12:20.090 a testimonial praise? Yeah, it can happen during 00:12:20.090 --> 00:12:22.879 praise and worship. Yeah, my worship unto God 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:25.480 during that time is corporate and I'm I'm doing 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:27.840 but ladies and gentlemen hit my heart when I 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:32.100 tell you this all through scripture we see where 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:35.779 Praise came before the victory many of us are 00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:38.179 waiting for the victory many of us are waiting 00:12:38.179 --> 00:12:40.399 You believe in God for something you thanking 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:42.720 God for something you waiting on something and 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.659 you also waiting until you get it to praise him 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:49.120 You do it, you know, you know you you do it has 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:51.639 ended You'll be like, nah, man, I'm telling you, 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:54.500 God is good, good. I promise you, you'll update 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:56.519 your status. You'll put up there the scripture 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:58.860 that you standing on, because that stuff is good. 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:03.019 That stuff feels good. And it actually is good. 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:08.460 I'm saying, though, at what point do you, if 00:13:08.460 --> 00:13:17.559 we look back in Genesis, Moses or Abraham, Abraham 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:22.860 heard from God to sacrifice his son. He goes 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:26.000 to sacrifice his son and he tells the servants 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.139 when they get to the hill or the mountain, he 00:13:28.139 --> 00:13:30.679 tells the servants, he said, hey y 'all, y 'all 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:34.159 stay here with the donkey. Me and the boy are 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:38.519 going up to worship. He already knew that he 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:40.860 was going to kill him. That was the sacrifice. 00:13:41.309 --> 00:13:45.090 But instead he told the servants a yo y 'all 00:13:45.090 --> 00:13:49.350 post up. We're going up here to worship He considered 00:13:49.350 --> 00:13:52.990 what it was that he was doing an act of worship 00:13:52.990 --> 00:13:56.830 Jehoshaphat you flip all the way through the 00:13:56.830 --> 00:14:00.610 scripture Jehoshaphat was one knew that they 00:14:00.610 --> 00:14:03.070 was getting ready to come kill him knew that 00:14:03.070 --> 00:14:04.929 they were getting ready to come take over what 00:14:04.929 --> 00:14:07.970 he had. Jehoshaphat was scared. He went to the 00:14:07.970 --> 00:14:09.870 people and he said, hey, y 'all, listen, I don't 00:14:09.870 --> 00:14:11.370 know what we're getting ready to do. Something 00:14:11.370 --> 00:14:14.629 got to happen. They said something. This is so 00:14:14.629 --> 00:14:16.669 good. Get familiar with your scripture, God. 00:14:16.769 --> 00:14:20.230 This is so goddamn good. In second Chronicles, 00:14:20.470 --> 00:14:23.090 when Jehoshaphat was getting ready to be overthrown, 00:14:23.309 --> 00:14:26.970 he goes to the family and he says, y 'all, I 00:14:26.970 --> 00:14:29.840 don't know what's going to happen to us. So the 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:33.019 Spirit of God came over someone in the audience 00:14:33.019 --> 00:14:36.899 and they began to give a testimonial praise They 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:41.379 said to Jehoshaphat We need to praise God because 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:45.039 of how good he has always been His character 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:48.279 is good and he will deliver us from this. That's 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:51.970 what they told him Jehoshaphat then said Hey, 00:14:52.090 --> 00:14:54.970 you know what? You are right. Remind me of how 00:14:54.970 --> 00:14:57.289 good God is. Matter of fact, we're going to go 00:14:57.289 --> 00:14:59.230 out here to fight. But when we go out here to 00:14:59.230 --> 00:15:01.110 fight, you know what I need? I don't need the 00:15:01.110 --> 00:15:04.289 guys who got the fastest draw time. I don't need 00:15:04.289 --> 00:15:05.710 the guys with the biggest guns. I don't need 00:15:05.710 --> 00:15:09.129 the guys with ... I want the praise and worship 00:15:09.129 --> 00:15:13.409 leaders to come in front. Jehoshaphat said, when 00:15:13.409 --> 00:15:16.970 we go out here, I want y 'all to just sing. Sing. 00:15:17.149 --> 00:15:19.629 What did they do? They began to do it as they 00:15:19.629 --> 00:15:22.529 went out and immediately the Spirit of God caused 00:15:22.529 --> 00:15:25.370 confusion amongst them and they turned on each 00:15:25.370 --> 00:15:30.730 other and killed each other. Guys, your praise 00:15:30.730 --> 00:15:37.110 has so much power locked up in it. We could fast 00:15:37.110 --> 00:15:39.850 forward to the New Testament. We could fast forward 00:15:39.850 --> 00:15:42.830 into the book of Acts where it talks about how 00:15:42.830 --> 00:15:46.179 Paul and Silas were locked up. We can talk about 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:49.519 that and how in there, I mean, the boys gonna 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:52.279 been wrongfully accused. They bleeding, bloody, 00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:55.000 hurting. I can guarantee they, I mean, if you 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:56.200 got in a fight, how many of y 'all gonna got 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:58.299 in a fight before? That's some of the challenges. 00:15:58.419 --> 00:16:00.480 Some of the challenges, some of us ain't never 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:02.399 been in no fight and don't know what it feel 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:05.779 like to get hit in the mouth. You know what it 00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:08.120 feel like to get a light turned off, but you 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:09.559 don't know what it feel like to get hit in the 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:13.659 mouth. Them two different pains. Two different 00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:16.450 pains. You know what it feel like to have your 00:16:16.450 --> 00:16:19.409 water turned off? Anybody? Anybody know what 00:16:19.409 --> 00:16:21.409 it feel like to turn that faucet on and it just 00:16:21.409 --> 00:16:24.909 spit at you? Because the last little bit is in 00:16:24.909 --> 00:16:28.789 that little little tunnel and that's it. How 00:16:28.789 --> 00:16:30.450 many of you know what it feel like to go home 00:16:30.450 --> 00:16:34.250 with your lip bleeding? How many of you know 00:16:34.250 --> 00:16:35.750 what it feel like to go home because you called 00:16:35.750 --> 00:16:38.450 somebody else lip to bleed? Let's talk about 00:16:38.450 --> 00:16:40.870 that too. You see what I'm saying? This is what 00:16:40.870 --> 00:16:45.409 I want you to know. God is so good. Paul and 00:16:45.409 --> 00:16:48.549 Silas are locked up. In their being locked up, 00:16:48.789 --> 00:16:51.470 they begin to praise. They don't praise when 00:16:51.470 --> 00:16:54.190 the door is open. They didn't praise when they 00:16:54.190 --> 00:16:57.429 got released from prison. They started praising 00:16:57.429 --> 00:17:01.850 in prison. As a result of them praising, the 00:17:01.850 --> 00:17:05.839 door is open. They now get free. Family, here's 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:08.480 what I want you to know. It would be phenomenal 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:10.339 if that was the only part of that account that 00:17:10.339 --> 00:17:12.400 was beautiful. But here's the other beautiful 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:14.640 thing about that which shows us how powerful 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.319 our praise is. As Paul and Silas prayed and the 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:20.339 doors opened and they got released out of prison, 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:24.759 the Bible also records that the guard got saved. 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:29.680 The guard got saved as a result of their praise. 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:35.819 I'm saying to us, why? Why? Are we in spaces 00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:38.660 where God is doing miraculous things in your 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:42.900 life and you ain't up loud talking about it? 00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:48.599 You so reserved with the blessing Pastor Greg 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:50.140 read a scripture earlier when he was talking 00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:56.380 about in Matthew where Jesus told us as believers 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:59.990 when you're fasting Don't hold your head low 00:17:59.990 --> 00:18:01.730 and act like you sad and all of that because 00:18:01.730 --> 00:18:03.769 you hungry, because we do be hungry while we're 00:18:03.769 --> 00:18:07.430 fasting. He said, don't do that. Jesus said, 00:18:07.789 --> 00:18:09.690 you know what I'm saying? Girt yourself up. Like 00:18:09.690 --> 00:18:11.349 act like you are there. You know what I'm saying? 00:18:11.369 --> 00:18:13.910 Like you fool. And you ain't, that's where your 00:18:13.910 --> 00:18:16.690 reward comes from. I'm saying to us, ladies and 00:18:16.690 --> 00:18:21.829 gentlemen, so many times we're asking God for 00:18:21.829 --> 00:18:24.549 something. We're believing God for something. 00:18:24.769 --> 00:18:28.839 And the moment he do it, we get silent. with 00:18:28.839 --> 00:18:33.680 the receiving as if it ain't a big deal. I'm 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:36.599 telling you, it was a big deal when God delivered 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:39.940 me from pornography. It was a big deal when God 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:42.480 delivered me from cursing. It's a big deal when 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:44.839 God delivered me from anything that ain't God. 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:49.299 It's a big deal. And I ain't holding that quiet. 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:54.140 I'm not trying to be polished. I'm not trying 00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:57.119 to be one that now that I'm holy and I'm good, 00:18:57.220 --> 00:19:03.339 I got it. No. No. God, you've been too good for 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:06.099 that. You've been too good for that. For me to 00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:09.740 act as if you ain't still good. But this is what 00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:13.619 I'm saying. So many of us are focused in first 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.740 service. That's what I'm saying. Go back and 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:16.400 hear first service because it stitches it together. 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:19.640 So many of us are projecting our minds and our 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:24.220 thoughts forward. still God what else am I believing 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:26.539 you for what else am I do I know that you're 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:28.779 gonna give me Lord because your word your promises 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:31.000 of yes and Amen God I know you're gonna give 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:35.980 me and the whole time we're neglecting that testimony 00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:38.900 of praise of saying but God look how far look 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:42.700 how much you've already done look how much you've 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:44.980 looked where you brought me from look what I 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:52.480 don't even do no more If you would, if you would, 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:55.740 this is so good. Turn to Habakkuk, Habakkuk chapter 00:19:55.740 --> 00:20:00.299 three. This is why this is so good, family. Because 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:04.900 I remember, I remember when I used to go to the 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:10.839 mall looking for a fight. I remember, some of 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:12.759 you heard this story before. For any of the teens, 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:14.880 I know they've heard it. And this is, again. 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:17.720 Don't judge me, y 'all. I'm delivered now, okay? 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:21.059 None of this don't apply to me no more, you know 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:22.619 what I'm saying? Gargon took the taste out of 00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:30.039 my mouth. However, I remember. I remember. My 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:34.259 brother and I, Andrew, we went to the mall. We 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:36.339 had just fought some dudes at the fair a couple 00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:37.799 weeks in. I'm gonna keep their name out of it, 00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:39.660 because you know what I'm saying? They all grown 00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:41.380 now. Some of them, who's still alive. They grown. 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:47.359 Andrew and I went to the mall, and the boys that 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:52.839 we had fought a couple of weeks ago, one of them 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:55.220 mama was at the jewelry store, at the jewelry 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:58.519 counter. Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I could 00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:00.420 make this stuff up, but this is where God has 00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:03.160 delivered me from, and I remember it, so I'm 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:08.240 thankful. Andrew says, hey man, there goes such 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:13.240 and such mama. I said, that's what's up. That's 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:15.779 his mama like this, that is what it is. Andrew 00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:22.720 said, I'm gonna go hit her. Andrew walks about 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:28.160 20 steps. He gets over to my man mama. He taps 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:30.579 her and she turns around. Now I'm right there 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:32.680 with Andrew, why? Not that she gonna hit him 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:34.319 back, I don't know that, but this is what we 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:37.880 do, we together. Andrew, she turns around, Andrew 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:43.799 fires on her. We book it running. A couple weeks 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:48.099 later, them same boys, we at the club, little 00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:49.819 hood club in Avon Park, you know what I'm saying? 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:53.000 It was really a house, but we called it a club. 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:56.140 I'm lying, it was really an apartment, it wasn't 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:59.339 even a real house. Look at me being lofty with 00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:01.940 my words. No, no, no, it was an apartment, and 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:05.079 it was made into a little club. Here we are at 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:07.500 the club, and guys, if I could make this up, 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:10.700 hit me when I tell you, the same dude that Andrew 00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:14.089 slapped his mama. Buddy catches us while we in 00:22:14.089 --> 00:22:15.809 the dance floor. Like, we getting it. Like, I 00:22:15.809 --> 00:22:19.089 was a dancer, too, y 'all. Like, I had... I can 00:22:19.089 --> 00:22:23.309 still... I can still move a little bit. Buddy 00:22:23.309 --> 00:22:27.769 pulls out a gun and has it to Andrew's face like 00:22:27.769 --> 00:22:30.950 this, and I see his hand doing like this. I've... 00:22:30.950 --> 00:22:33.910 One of the few moments in my life that I've been 00:22:33.910 --> 00:22:36.670 just froze. Like, I know what fear feels like. 00:22:37.130 --> 00:22:40.349 I'm locked in fear. And my man is just pulling 00:22:40.349 --> 00:22:42.630 the gun like this right here. And you think, 00:22:42.789 --> 00:22:47.029 you think, oh, we'll just run. No, like you're 00:22:47.029 --> 00:22:50.410 locked. Eventually, I don't know how long it 00:22:50.410 --> 00:22:53.089 was happening, but eventually we both realize 00:22:53.089 --> 00:22:57.369 it ain't going off. Andrew pipe out, I pipe out. 00:22:57.569 --> 00:23:00.170 As soon as we get out of the door, guys, you 00:23:00.170 --> 00:23:06.930 hear the gun go off, pow. Hear me tell you. I 00:23:06.930 --> 00:23:11.289 remember these things. God has been too good 00:23:11.289 --> 00:23:14.349 for me to be quiet about how good He is in my 00:23:14.349 --> 00:23:19.150 life. That's one of the many. I ain't special. 00:23:19.829 --> 00:23:22.809 I know all of us have things that God has delivered 00:23:22.809 --> 00:23:25.589 us from, predicaments that we've been in that 00:23:25.589 --> 00:23:28.670 it wasn't nobody but the Spirit of God that set 00:23:28.670 --> 00:23:32.369 camp, that released warring angels to protect 00:23:32.369 --> 00:23:41.519 you even in your wrong. For some of us that was 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:47.019 this weekend And God is just as faithful this 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:50.380 weekend as he was to me and all the rest of us 00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:57.559 weekends ago and I'm saying to us when When will 00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:00.539 we begin to get loud about the things that God 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:05.339 is doing? Not waiting for somebody to call a 00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:07.700 testimony service. Not waiting for somebody to 00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:09.420 say, hey, anybody got something to talk about? 00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:11.960 No. Baby, let me talk to you about something 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:17.539 that God delivered me from right now. When? When? 00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:21.319 Because the longer you hold off, you're hurting 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:28.039 somebody else's witness. Habakkuk, chapter three, 00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:32.259 verse 17. And I apologize, because I normally 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:34.759 ask Zamar to hit the timer for me. They got one 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:36.440 right in front of me and I'm already late. You 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:38.500 know what I'm saying? I gotta get it. Habakkuk 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:41.460 chapter three, verse 17 through 19. It says, 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:45.240 verse 17, even though the fig trees have no blossoms 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:49.289 and there are no grapes on the vine, Even though 00:24:49.289 --> 00:24:52.930 the olive crop fails and the fields lie empty 00:24:52.930 --> 00:24:56.069 and barren, even though the flocks die in the 00:24:56.069 --> 00:24:59.990 field and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will 00:24:59.990 --> 00:25:04.029 rejoice in the Lord. I will be joyful in the 00:25:04.029 --> 00:25:08.250 God of my salvation. The sovereign Lord is my 00:25:08.250 --> 00:25:12.210 strength. He makes me as sure -footed as a deer 00:25:12.210 --> 00:25:15.869 able to tread upon the heights." Ladies and gentlemen, 00:25:16.250 --> 00:25:23.369 oh my God. Faith in your praise says that even 00:25:23.369 --> 00:25:26.690 though God hadn't did it yet, I know he's able. 00:25:29.369 --> 00:25:32.450 When you praise, you're not just waiting for 00:25:32.450 --> 00:25:35.369 something to happen. When you praise, you're 00:25:35.369 --> 00:25:38.369 saying, I'm putting weight on the fact that I 00:25:38.369 --> 00:25:42.150 know God is capable. I know God is capable of 00:25:42.150 --> 00:25:45.390 doing this. Whatever it is, be it healing, be 00:25:45.390 --> 00:25:48.650 it financial, be it breakthrough, be it deliverance, 00:25:48.930 --> 00:25:53.109 be it new job, whatever it is, my praise is saying, 00:25:53.190 --> 00:25:56.869 God, I know that you're able, and my praise ain't 00:25:56.869 --> 00:26:00.630 gonna be reserved. I refuse to hold back my praise 00:26:00.630 --> 00:26:04.710 until you do it, God. I'm gonna praise right 00:26:04.710 --> 00:26:07.970 here in the midst of it while the fields are 00:26:07.970 --> 00:26:11.509 barren, while my bank account... is in overdraft, 00:26:12.750 --> 00:26:16.809 whatever it looked like. God, I will give you 00:26:16.809 --> 00:26:22.509 praise right here. Why? Because it's my testimonial 00:26:22.509 --> 00:26:26.210 praise. I'm making sure to live out this witness 00:26:26.210 --> 00:26:30.529 before the world because he's been too good. 00:26:31.849 --> 00:26:35.309 Oh man, John. Oh, this is so good. John chapter 00:26:35.309 --> 00:26:38.210 four. John chapter four. And ladies and gentlemen, 00:26:38.430 --> 00:26:41.569 As we read this particular scripture, I need 00:26:41.569 --> 00:26:44.009 you, as we do all other scripture, but I need 00:26:44.009 --> 00:26:47.329 you, when you're listening to, or when you, when 00:26:47.329 --> 00:26:48.410 you're in your private time, whenever you're 00:26:48.410 --> 00:26:50.869 reading, your study time, as you read scripture, 00:26:51.250 --> 00:26:53.650 pay attention to sentence structure. You see 00:26:53.650 --> 00:26:56.430 what I'm saying? I pay attention all the way 00:26:56.430 --> 00:27:02.869 down to punctuations. I take it literal. Every 00:27:02.869 --> 00:27:07.849 period, every exclamation point. These things 00:27:07.849 --> 00:27:12.809 matter to the author. So I'm saying as we get 00:27:12.809 --> 00:27:17.369 ready to read this, check this out. John chapter 00:27:17.369 --> 00:27:21.049 four, starting at verse three, and we're gonna 00:27:21.049 --> 00:27:23.210 go all the way to verse 15 for anybody who taking 00:27:23.210 --> 00:27:24.710 notes, you wanna write down that whole thing. 00:27:25.349 --> 00:27:27.910 John chapter four, verse three through 15, starting 00:27:27.910 --> 00:27:30.990 at verse three, it says, so he left Judea and 00:27:30.990 --> 00:27:34.119 returned to Galilee. He had to go through Samaria 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:38.059 on the way. Eventually, he came to the Samaritan 00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:41.640 village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:45.779 gave to his son, Joseph. Jacob's well was there, 00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:49.039 and Jesus, tired from a long walk, sat wearily 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:53.240 beside the well about noontime. Soon, a Samaritan 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:56.059 woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, 00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:59.440 please, give me a drink. Period. I mean he low 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.900 -talked it. You know I'm saying he just said 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:02.740 a man already said he was tired scripture already 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:05.119 said he's tired So he low -talked it. Hey, please 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:12.279 can I have a drink? Verse 8 He was alone at the 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:14.400 time because his disciples had gone into the 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:17.579 village to buy some food The woman was surprised 00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:19.740 for Jews refused to have anything to do with 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:23.440 Samaritans She said to Jesus you are a Jew and 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:26.180 I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me 00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:28.410 for a drink? Question mark because she asked 00:28:28.410 --> 00:28:32.869 a question verse 10 Jesus replied if you only 00:28:32.869 --> 00:28:38.329 knew The gift God has for you and who you are 00:28:38.329 --> 00:28:42.569 speaking to You would ask me and I would give 00:28:42.569 --> 00:28:46.769 you living water Jesus said, okay. Hold on now. 00:28:47.049 --> 00:28:49.910 I'm tired, but you gonna put some respect on 00:28:49.910 --> 00:28:54.470 my name. I May look like I'm weary right now 00:28:54.470 --> 00:28:57.710 cuz I'm posted about as well But if you knew 00:28:57.710 --> 00:29:05.809 what God had for you, you would ask for some 00:29:05.809 --> 00:29:17.269 living water. Oh my God. Verse 11, but sir, you 00:29:17.269 --> 00:29:22.269 don't have a rope or a bucket and this well is 00:29:22.269 --> 00:29:26.170 very deep. Where would you get this living water? 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:31.660 I want to pause. Because it would be such like 00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:34.900 a Christian to read this straight through and 00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:38.359 not consider self. How many times has God said 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:41.000 to me, you're going to do X, you're going to 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:44.039 do this. And I then responded back to him by 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:47.680 saying, but how? Like, how am I supposed to get 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.859 this done? When am I going to be able to get 00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:53.039 this done if I ain't got that yet? Like, okay, 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:56.069 but okay, bet. probably like another two weeks 00:29:56.069 --> 00:30:00.009 I can make that happen. Jesus says, give me a 00:30:00.009 --> 00:30:04.349 drink. She says, well, where am I gonna get a 00:30:04.349 --> 00:30:07.710 drink from? Jesus said, well, you can ask me 00:30:07.710 --> 00:30:10.710 and I'll give you living water. She's still looking 00:30:10.710 --> 00:30:13.450 at the well and she thinking, bro, how you gonna 00:30:13.450 --> 00:30:16.250 get me something to drink? You sitting here asking 00:30:16.250 --> 00:30:19.029 me, you ain't got no rope. You ain't got nothing. 00:30:19.309 --> 00:30:23.609 How you gonna ask me for something? But sir. 00:30:23.690 --> 00:30:26.390 You don't have a rope or a bucket, she said. 00:30:26.609 --> 00:30:28.910 And this well is very deep. Some of us already 00:30:28.910 --> 00:30:32.269 know that. Our problems are very bad. Verse 12, 00:30:32.809 --> 00:30:35.029 and besides, this is her, now this is just a 00:30:35.029 --> 00:30:37.630 little slick talking, and besides, do you think 00:30:37.630 --> 00:30:40.990 you're greater than our ancestor, Jacob, who 00:30:40.990 --> 00:30:44.809 gave us this well? How can you offer better water 00:30:44.809 --> 00:30:49.069 than he and his sons and his animals enjoy God? 00:30:49.390 --> 00:30:53.490 No, she said she said not only do you look bummy 00:30:53.490 --> 00:30:56.470 right now? You want me to give you something 00:30:56.470 --> 00:30:58.970 you ain't got nothing to ask for like how you 00:30:58.970 --> 00:31:03.289 gonna do this? Wait, wait, wait Besides you think 00:31:03.289 --> 00:31:06.690 you better than the man who created as well that 00:31:06.690 --> 00:31:10.190 his animals even drink from That right there 00:31:10.190 --> 00:31:19.559 now Scripture is so good. Verse 13, Jesus replied, 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:22.220 anyone who drinks this water will soon become 00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:24.960 thirsty again. But those who drink the water 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:27.960 I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:33.319 a fresh bubbling spring within them, giving them 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:35.740 eternal life. Ladies and gentlemen, I've never 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:39.700 seen water bubble standing still. I'm saying 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:42.960 to us, for those of us who have received the 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:48.279 living water, why isn't it bubbling? Why isn't 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:52.920 it bubbling invisible? Why isn't it bubbling? 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:59.420 No. For some of us, that living water is sitting 00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:04.660 still. And we're treating it just like the water 00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:07.380 that the animals drink from. We're treating it 00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:10.680 just like those who've had it before. We're looking 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:13.039 at other people's giftings and thinking, oh, 00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:15.720 well, that's just how they do it. I'll wait until 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:19.980 somebody calls my name to do something. It should 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:26.240 be bubbling. Please, sir. Let me finish that 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:28.400 verse 14, but those who drink from the water 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:31.619 I will give will never be thirsty again It becomes 00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:34.420 a fresh bubbling spring within them giving them 00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:38.359 eternal life verse 15 says please sir The woman 00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:42.819 said give me this water Then I'll never be thirsty 00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:46.779 again, and I won't have to come here to get water 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:50.480 family. Here's what I'm saying Jesus presented 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:55.180 something to all of us We all have received I'm 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:57.660 talking to the believers in the room We've already 00:32:57.660 --> 00:33:01.619 received that water once we received it became 00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:05.920 living water It is bubbling on the inside of 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:10.420 you, which means as it bubbles every single day 00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:13.519 There's motion every single day. There should 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:18.339 be motion. No signal Not no. Yeah, I know God 00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:23.920 is good. Hear me. I understand poise I understand 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:28.740 control. I understand contentment. I understand 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:32.500 those things. But don't confuse your dormant. 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:36.720 Don't confuse your inactivity. Don't confuse 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:43.640 that with the perfect will of God. That's you. 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:51.380 You have become the refined individual. You have 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:56.019 chosen. to be the stoic individual. You have 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:59.839 chosen to be the individual that comes into service 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:02.200 in a praise and worship moment and not lift your 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:05.559 hands. You have chosen to be the person that 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.880 will hear worship music going, feel like it's 00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:11.579 connecting with you, and just post up like it's 00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:17.639 some, like God old talking to you. Like you deserve 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:19.780 to have the Spirit of God living on the inside 00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:24.960 of you. How filthy, how filthy is the temple 00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:27.780 and you deserve to have the living God living 00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:33.960 on the inside of you? Get out of here man. The 00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:37.599 living water is bubbling and because it's bubbling 00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:41.539 it now becomes my testimonial praise. I refuse 00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:45.820 to sit and not talk about the goodness of God. 00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:49.639 I may talk about it in a low voice. I ain't saying 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.159 they gotta be all loud and out of control. What 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:58.340 I am saying is the lack, the lack of you saying 00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:05.280 anything is dangerous. Why is it dangerous? Because 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:08.159 if we go to John chapter four, if we skip a little 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:11.320 further to verse 39, this is why it's dangerous 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:14.500 for you to hold back your testimonial praise. 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:19.280 Verse 39 says, many Samaritans from the village 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:23.039 believed in Jesus because the woman had said, 00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:28.119 he told me everything I ever did. When they came 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:31.019 out to see him, they begged him to stay in their 00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:34.139 village, so he stayed for two days, long enough 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:36.860 for many more to hear his message and believe. 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:41.539 Verse 42, then they said to the woman, now we 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:44.880 believe not just because of what you told us, 00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:48.659 but because we have heard him ourselves. Now 00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:52.840 we know that he is indeed the savior of the world. 00:35:54.400 --> 00:36:00.429 Ladies and gentlemen. This woman went and received 00:36:00.429 --> 00:36:05.989 the bubbling water. She then went and told every 00:36:05.989 --> 00:36:08.329 single body. Now here's the part that I omit 00:36:08.329 --> 00:36:10.929 it because it ain't even valid right now. It's 00:36:10.929 --> 00:36:12.690 valid for scripture context and when we read 00:36:12.690 --> 00:36:15.570 it for us to identify ourselves. But the woman, 00:36:16.690 --> 00:36:20.590 the woman that did this, the woman that went 00:36:20.590 --> 00:36:23.050 and ministered to all of these, Jesus caught 00:36:23.050 --> 00:36:28.030 her. We can say it. as a whole right now. Like, 00:36:28.170 --> 00:36:31.030 when he confronted her, he confronted her by 00:36:31.030 --> 00:36:37.889 all of her adulterous behaviors. Immediately, 00:36:39.510 --> 00:36:45.369 gave her the living water. She went. This is 00:36:45.369 --> 00:36:47.269 what some of us have to find ourselves. It would 00:36:47.269 --> 00:36:49.449 have been great for me to tell you all of the 00:36:49.449 --> 00:36:51.969 many things that the Lord God has delivered me 00:36:51.969 --> 00:36:56.900 from, but for why? For why? For me to then make 00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:59.860 make it appeasing to somebody's flesh to be like, 00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:02.679 oh, yeah, cuz I'm gonna have that one, too Bro, 00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:06.199 it don't matter Whatever it is that God is delivered 00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:09.840 you from it's a big deal You know how long it 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:13.659 took me to stop cussing. I Started over so many 00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:16.980 times and I'm talking about as a Christian. I 00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:20.960 Started over so many times why? Because I enjoyed 00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:25.409 it to be honest with you like The curse words 00:37:25.409 --> 00:37:27.090 were fine, coming out of my tongue. You see what 00:37:27.090 --> 00:37:29.750 I'm saying? I had a way of putting them together 00:37:29.750 --> 00:37:35.269 to make somebody feel very insignificant. Plus, 00:37:35.769 --> 00:37:38.329 by the time I started doing it, danger was already 00:37:38.329 --> 00:37:40.090 present. You see what I'm saying? I'm close enough 00:37:40.090 --> 00:37:42.710 to you. If you can hear me, game over. Here's 00:37:42.710 --> 00:37:44.429 what I want to point out, though. Here's what's 00:37:44.429 --> 00:37:46.530 important about all of that. Here's what's important. 00:37:48.929 --> 00:37:51.110 For some of us, cussing ain't never been an issue. 00:37:53.329 --> 00:37:55.570 For some of us pornography ain't never been an 00:37:55.570 --> 00:38:01.269 issue Sexual Premiscuity whatever that word is 00:38:01.269 --> 00:38:03.409 and ain't never been an issue for you drinking 00:38:03.409 --> 00:38:05.329 ain't never been an issue for you drugs ain't 00:38:05.329 --> 00:38:07.530 never been an issue for you Selling drugs ain't 00:38:07.530 --> 00:38:10.289 never been an issue for you I'm kind of just 00:38:10.289 --> 00:38:12.389 going down my list. You know I'm saying natural 00:38:12.389 --> 00:38:14.309 I'm trying to blanket it for all of y 'all, but 00:38:14.309 --> 00:38:17.130 I'm just talking about me I'm saying some of 00:38:17.130 --> 00:38:18.889 these things ain't never been an issue for most 00:38:18.889 --> 00:38:23.800 of you But the thing that is your issue It's 00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:29.659 just as big to God. It's just as big. Those things 00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:32.260 that were big to me, they were only big to me 00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:37.380 because of how much I put myself into them. God 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:41.960 is faithful. God is just. I got to get through 00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:48.679 this. Mark chapter 10, and this is where we will 00:38:48.679 --> 00:38:53.289 close. Mark chapter 10, verse 46 through 52. 00:38:53.590 --> 00:38:58.789 Ladies and gentlemen, hear me remind you, your 00:38:58.789 --> 00:39:03.449 testimonial praise, first and foremost, is yours, 00:39:04.230 --> 00:39:09.030 but it belongs to God. It ain't even, and that's 00:39:09.030 --> 00:39:12.130 the challenge. Many of us hold on to it because 00:39:12.130 --> 00:39:16.969 we think it's ours. Many of us reserve to talk 00:39:16.969 --> 00:39:20.070 about it and to discuss it. because it's gonna 00:39:20.070 --> 00:39:23.809 make me look some kind of way. God's saying, 00:39:24.010 --> 00:39:29.710 bro, again I say, you believe as filthy as you 00:39:29.710 --> 00:39:34.690 have been in private that the reason God still 00:39:34.690 --> 00:39:40.449 chooses to speak to you, God still chooses to 00:39:40.449 --> 00:39:43.869 speak to you. He loves you so much that even 00:39:43.869 --> 00:39:50.369 as filthy as you are in private. He still speaks 00:39:50.369 --> 00:39:58.590 to you. And you think that that deliverance is 00:39:58.590 --> 00:40:04.730 yours? That belongs to Him. And your testimonial 00:40:04.730 --> 00:40:07.949 praise should cause you to allow that bubbling 00:40:07.949 --> 00:40:12.309 water to actually speak. For some of us, we thinking, 00:40:12.650 --> 00:40:14.809 well, I'll speak when I'm fully delivered from 00:40:14.809 --> 00:40:20.539 it. Lies you tell. Lies you tell. If you ain't 00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:24.960 talking about it now, could it be you ain't really 00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:28.880 got no hopes to be delivered from it? I submit 00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:32.400 to you, whatever it is that you desire God release 00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:36.340 you from, get it on your lips now. Talk about 00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:39.099 it in front of other people. Make that testimonial 00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:41.559 praise a thing that you say, hey, you know God 00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:44.300 delivered me from this? And your homeboy passing 00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:47.449 you the blunt and saying, no, bro, but. We literally 00:40:47.449 --> 00:40:50.369 just rolled it. We bought this weed together. 00:40:55.929 --> 00:41:00.369 Mark, Mark chapter 10. I can't just keep talking 00:41:00.369 --> 00:41:03.750 to y 'all about my business. I'm gonna tell y 00:41:03.750 --> 00:41:05.010 'all this. I think I told some of y 'all this 00:41:05.010 --> 00:41:08.110 before. I used to literally have Bible study 00:41:08.110 --> 00:41:13.650 at my apartment, right? Once I got saved, God 00:41:13.650 --> 00:41:16.929 was doing a thing with me. And other people saw 00:41:16.929 --> 00:41:18.949 it. I didn't necessarily see it, see it, but 00:41:18.949 --> 00:41:21.369 other people saw it. And the light has a way 00:41:21.369 --> 00:41:24.349 of drawing individuals to it. The fellas that 00:41:24.349 --> 00:41:27.309 I was with, we would come to my apartment. I 00:41:27.309 --> 00:41:29.429 had a one -bedroom apartment in a project, Section 00:41:29.429 --> 00:41:32.750 8. I was paying probably about $63 a month for 00:41:32.750 --> 00:41:36.070 rent, lights, water, everything. I was living 00:41:36.070 --> 00:41:40.650 the life, baby. I was balling. In this, right? 00:41:41.190 --> 00:41:43.250 The fellows would come over to my house. We would 00:41:43.250 --> 00:41:45.449 have Bible study because I'm saved. You know 00:41:45.449 --> 00:41:46.929 what I'm saying? I'm saved. I'm probably like 00:41:46.929 --> 00:41:50.829 19. Right at 19. I'm saved, man. I'm gonna fight 00:41:50.829 --> 00:41:54.409 for God in the public eye. The fellows, we would 00:41:54.409 --> 00:41:56.809 have Bible study. They would leave. As soon as 00:41:56.809 --> 00:41:59.210 they would leave, I kept a little stash underneath 00:41:59.210 --> 00:42:01.469 my couch. I would pull out the weed, roll it 00:42:01.469 --> 00:42:03.949 up, smoke by myself. Reason I would smoke by 00:42:03.949 --> 00:42:06.550 myself because I'm changed in front of them. 00:42:06.829 --> 00:42:09.269 You see what I'm saying? I'm out here menacing 00:42:09.269 --> 00:42:11.369 to these guys, they can't smoke with me no more, 00:42:11.510 --> 00:42:14.389 bro. Like what the what? You gotta smoke by yourself. 00:42:18.010 --> 00:42:20.329 Closet Christian, that's me. All right, all right, 00:42:20.329 --> 00:42:23.269 all right, all right. Mark chapter 10, Mark chapter 00:42:23.269 --> 00:42:25.309 10, I thank God for deliverance. Mark chapter 00:42:25.309 --> 00:42:31.539 10, verse 46. Then they reach Jericho. And as 00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:34.579 Jesus and his disciples left town, a large crowd 00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:37.900 followed him. A blind beggar named Bartima, son 00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:40.599 of Tim, I think his name, was sitting beside 00:42:40.599 --> 00:42:44.579 the road. When Bartima heard that Jesus of Nazareth 00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:49.019 was nearby, he began to shout, Jesus, son of 00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:54.320 David, have mercy on me. Be quiet. Many other 00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:58.440 people yelled at him. But he only shouted louder, 00:42:59.039 --> 00:43:03.880 son of David, have mercy on me. When Jesus heard 00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:06.880 him, he stopped and said, tell him to come here. 00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:10.380 So they called the blind man. Hey, bro, cheer 00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:14.780 up, they said. Come on, he's calling you. Verse 00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:18.420 50, Bartima threw aside his coat, jumped up and 00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:20.760 came to Jesus. Oh, I wish I can spend time right 00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:28.090 there. My man heard Jesus was coming through. 00:43:32.050 --> 00:43:34.449 I just want y 'all to see this. I just want y 00:43:34.449 --> 00:43:36.389 'all to see this. God, dawg, I want y 'all to 00:43:36.389 --> 00:43:44.050 see this. If that bubbling water was such a rumble 00:43:44.050 --> 00:43:48.349 in you and they heard that you were going to 00:43:48.349 --> 00:43:53.289 be at this location, my man started yelling to 00:43:53.289 --> 00:43:58.750 get Jesus' attention. Son of David, have mercy 00:43:58.750 --> 00:44:03.190 on me. Everybody who's familiar with him said, 00:44:03.269 --> 00:44:08.530 bro, chill out, be quiet. He says, nah, I need 00:44:08.530 --> 00:44:11.889 his attention. I don't even want to be where 00:44:11.889 --> 00:44:20.489 I'm at no more. God, help me. Verse 50. Bartima 00:44:20.489 --> 00:44:24.309 threw aside his coat, jumped up, and came to 00:44:24.309 --> 00:44:28.570 Jesus. What do you want me to do for you? Jesus 00:44:28.570 --> 00:44:32.429 asked. My rabbi, the blind man said, I want to 00:44:32.429 --> 00:44:36.489 see. Ladies and gentlemen, as soon as he jumped 00:44:36.489 --> 00:44:41.090 up, as soon as Jesus called him, as soon as it 00:44:41.090 --> 00:44:43.630 happened, after his yelling, after him trying 00:44:43.630 --> 00:44:46.030 to get God's attention, as soon as it happened, 00:44:46.030 --> 00:44:49.050 he got there. Jesus says, bro, what do you want 00:44:49.050 --> 00:44:51.449 from me? You making all that noise, what's up? 00:44:51.829 --> 00:44:55.010 My man said, I don't want to be blind no more. 00:44:56.190 --> 00:45:02.130 Verse 52, and Jesus said to him, go, for your 00:45:02.130 --> 00:45:06.989 faith has healed you. Instantly, the man could 00:45:06.989 --> 00:45:10.530 see and he followed Jesus down the road. Ladies 00:45:10.530 --> 00:45:16.690 and gentlemen, hear me tell you this. If God... 00:45:19.069 --> 00:45:26.210 never answers another promise. If he never answers 00:45:26.210 --> 00:45:30.409 another promise that you request, understand 00:45:30.409 --> 00:45:39.610 that Calvary was enough. If he never opens another 00:45:39.610 --> 00:45:45.269 door for you, if he never allows you to move 00:45:45.269 --> 00:45:50.780 forward into another door, The empty tomb was 00:45:50.780 --> 00:46:00.019 enough Can we look behind us to see what he's 00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:07.840 already done and put a praise right there If 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:13.179 he don't never give you anything else your salvation 00:46:13.179 --> 00:46:24.019 is enough I get it, I too have desires, but I 00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:27.239 refuse to allow those things in front of me. 00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:30.059 And matter of fact, I would say this, that I 00:46:30.059 --> 00:46:33.179 already even know God gonna do. But I go back 00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:39.940 to say, praise. Praise is me saying, God, I believe 00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:44.920 you have the authority to do it. Not that you've 00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:48.059 already done it. I'm not gonna wait until I see 00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:52.079 it done. God, I believe my praise will show forth 00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:57.440 that I believe that you can do it. That's where 00:46:57.440 --> 00:47:02.000 I want my praise to be. I don't want to be shackled 00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:05.239 to this thought of, God, you gon' come through. 00:47:05.659 --> 00:47:08.699 You gon' come through. And when you do come through, 00:47:09.099 --> 00:47:12.300 ooh, God, watch what I do when you come through. 00:47:13.179 --> 00:47:17.070 Watch how big I be by what you did, God. Watch 00:47:17.070 --> 00:47:20.690 how bad. I'm going to have the best status update. 00:47:21.030 --> 00:47:22.530 They ain't going to know. I'm going to put about 00:47:22.530 --> 00:47:24.630 five scriptures in this thing. Nope, because 00:47:24.630 --> 00:47:26.730 it's only like 140 characters. So you got to 00:47:26.730 --> 00:47:32.309 go back. I'm saying to all of us, family, let 00:47:32.309 --> 00:47:39.130 that living water bubble. Stop being quiet. Stop 00:47:39.130 --> 00:47:43.929 holding back your praise because you're refined 00:47:43.929 --> 00:47:49.539 now. No, no, no, no. Talk that talk if you gonna 00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:52.599 be if God gonna deliver you from it talk about 00:47:52.599 --> 00:48:02.380 it Be Serious this time and watch what God do 00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:06.000 Stand to your feet father God You are faithful 00:48:06.000 --> 00:48:11.679 You are faithful God. Oh You are faithful Lord 00:48:11.679 --> 00:48:13.780 God, we give you glory. We give you honor. We 00:48:13.780 --> 00:48:16.500 give you praise We thank you so much, Father 00:48:16.500 --> 00:48:19.539 God, for meeting us here in this moment. We thank 00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:22.719 you so much, Father God, again for confirming 00:48:22.719 --> 00:48:26.780 and connecting us to all the promises you've 00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:30.940 already said. But Lord God, in this moment, we 00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:35.320 are very mindful. Holy Spirit, we thank you for 00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:38.460 bringing back to our remembrance all things that 00:48:38.460 --> 00:48:41.900 you've already done. And Father God, we thank 00:48:41.900 --> 00:48:45.559 you for that. Thank you, Lord God. that our minds 00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:48.579 aren't what they ain't the way they used to be. 00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:51.760 Lord God we are further than what we used to 00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:56.340 be. Thank you Lord God for healing us. Thank 00:48:56.340 --> 00:48:59.519 you Father for allowing us to forgive others 00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:02.179 because there was a time that we couldn't even 00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:04.940 see forgiveness in our future but Father you 00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:09.280 have softened our heart for even that. Lord God 00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:14.119 thank you for loving us in such a way that You 00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:17.719 would carve out an entire Sunday with whoever 00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:24.019 is in this space to talk directly to me. I thank 00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:28.320 you for that, God. I thank you for that. Your 00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:31.760 word is sharper than any two -edged sword. Lord 00:49:31.760 --> 00:49:35.000 God, all the while while I heard a natural man 00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:38.579 speak, I thank you for your spirit cutting away 00:49:38.579 --> 00:49:43.960 things on the inside of me. Lord God, I thank 00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:50.179 you. I thank you. Because you love me that much. 00:49:53.679 --> 00:50:02.659 You love me that much. Hallelujah, Father. Hallelujah, 00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:09.760 Lord. If you're here today and you said, I hear... 00:50:09.760 --> 00:50:13.239 I've heard and I am aware of all of the things 00:50:13.239 --> 00:50:19.360 that we've talked about. But man, while sitting 00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:23.860 here, or if I'm online, while listening, God, 00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:30.059 I hear you and I am going to make that change 00:50:30.059 --> 00:50:33.800 today. If you're here and you've never accepted 00:50:33.800 --> 00:50:36.780 Jesus as your Lord and personal savior, some 00:50:36.780 --> 00:50:39.400 people call it getting saved. some people call 00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:42.400 it born again i'm saying to you if you're present 00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:46.840 if you're viewing and you've never made jesus 00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:50.639 lord of your life by your own personal relationship 00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:57.420 with him then today is your day today god heaven 00:50:57.420 --> 00:51:02.780 will record your name if you're here And that's 00:51:02.780 --> 00:51:05.159 you. If you're online, put it in the chat. If 00:51:05.159 --> 00:51:07.239 you're in the building, just raise your hand 00:51:07.239 --> 00:51:11.860 and say, that's me. I am here today to stand 00:51:11.860 --> 00:51:15.820 bold about the things that I desire from God 00:51:15.820 --> 00:51:19.300 and that he's already done. I'm acknowledging 00:51:19.300 --> 00:51:25.679 his hand all over my life. Likewise, if you're 00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:28.400 here today and you say, or if you're online and 00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:33.230 you say, man, I want prayer. I need prayer, someone 00:51:33.230 --> 00:51:36.010 just to let me share with you some things that 00:51:36.010 --> 00:51:39.610 I got going on and to come alongside me spiritually 00:51:39.610 --> 00:51:42.329 and walk with me through this. If that's you 00:51:42.329 --> 00:51:45.030 and you're in the building, slip up your hand. 00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:47.920 If you're online, put that in the chat. We have 00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:51.519 ministers online that will be happy to pray and 00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:54.820 walk with you. Likewise, in the room, same exact 00:51:54.820 --> 00:51:57.579 thing. If you raise your hand to any of those 00:51:57.579 --> 00:52:01.719 two, when you exit the room, the first glass 00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:06.000 room on your left, meet us in that space, please. 00:52:07.260 --> 00:52:14.159 Do not walk up that for you. Alone. Because you 00:52:14.159 --> 00:52:17.719 don't have to. Here at revealing truth church 00:52:17.719 --> 00:52:22.340 we have community and we want to do life with 00:52:22.340 --> 00:52:28.099 you Be it on person or online. We want to do 00:52:28.099 --> 00:52:35.639 life with you Ladies and gentlemen, I love you. 00:52:35.639 --> 00:52:42.300 I pray that as we exit today That we are reminded 00:52:42.300 --> 00:52:50.539 again of how good God has been. If he never does 00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:57.099 anything else, he's already done enough. You 00:52:57.099 --> 00:53:01.599 being present is evidence that he's already done 00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:07.800 enough. Because again, I go back to your soul 00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:11.860 could have easily said, no, don't go to church 00:53:11.860 --> 00:53:17.679 today. Your soul could have easily said, we don't 00:53:17.679 --> 00:53:27.360 feel like it. But your spirit answered and responded. 00:53:28.500 --> 00:53:31.699 And I thank you for that. Heaven thanks you for 00:53:31.699 --> 00:53:35.719 that. So again, I leave you with this last parting 00:53:35.719 --> 00:53:45.610 phrase. Do not wait for a miracle. You are the 00:53:45.610 --> 00:53:52.710 miracle. That's you. In every communication that 00:53:52.710 --> 00:53:56.210 we have with one another, each of us is talking 00:53:56.210 --> 00:54:01.070 to another miracle. Because what God has done 00:54:01.070 --> 00:54:06.010 with you, man couldn't change that. The things 00:54:06.010 --> 00:54:08.929 that God has corrected, man couldn't do that. 00:54:10.829 --> 00:54:17.989 That's God. And that was a miracle. I love you 00:54:17.989 --> 00:54:21.769 all. I love you, I love you, I love you. Well, 00:54:22.889 --> 00:54:32.309 that was fun. God is faithful. As we close, as 00:54:32.309 --> 00:54:35.489 Pastor Greg said, first service, ladies and gentlemen, 00:54:37.030 --> 00:54:40.190 come back next week because our pastors will 00:54:40.190 --> 00:54:48.670 be back and yeah, but. I thank you all for your 00:54:48.670 --> 00:54:51.869 faithfulness. I thank you for your commitment 00:54:51.869 --> 00:54:57.010 to the house of God. I do want to say as we close, 00:54:57.150 --> 00:55:00.510 boy, because it is a dying thing. It is a dying 00:55:00.510 --> 00:55:04.449 thing. Many aren't committed to the things of 00:55:04.449 --> 00:55:09.210 God anymore. I'm not just talking about in our 00:55:09.210 --> 00:55:11.570 personal lives. I'm talking about the things 00:55:11.570 --> 00:55:14.449 that matter to God, the church. It matters to 00:55:14.449 --> 00:55:19.869 God. And many people aren't committed to the 00:55:19.869 --> 00:55:23.849 church like they used to be. And by committed, 00:55:23.989 --> 00:55:26.329 I ain't saying, oh, well, I come every Sunday 00:55:26.329 --> 00:55:28.530 or I come every other Sunday. We got people who 00:55:28.530 --> 00:55:31.650 come every Sunday that ain't committed. I ain't 00:55:31.650 --> 00:55:35.070 talking about your presence. I'm talking about 00:55:35.070 --> 00:55:41.829 your heart posture. That is what I'm praising 00:55:41.829 --> 00:55:46.360 on each of you this day. Thank you. for your 00:55:46.360 --> 00:55:50.199 heart posture toward the things of God. Thank 00:55:50.199 --> 00:55:53.099 you for being sensitive to the things that God 00:55:53.099 --> 00:55:56.460 tells you there's a need for that and you responded. 00:55:57.400 --> 00:56:01.119 Thank you for whatever it is that God places 00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:05.360 on your heart because you're a part of this vision. 00:56:06.500 --> 00:56:09.219 And because you're a part of it, God has already 00:56:09.219 --> 00:56:12.280 graced you with something that we didn't have. 00:56:15.789 --> 00:56:18.349 If we had it, what would be the purpose of God 00:56:18.349 --> 00:56:22.829 bringing you alongside? No, you add something 00:56:22.829 --> 00:56:26.329 to this vision that we didn't have before. And 00:56:26.329 --> 00:56:29.769 so I'm saying thank you for your obedience. Thank 00:56:29.769 --> 00:56:32.789 you for your sensitivity to keep showing up and 00:56:32.789 --> 00:56:36.429 keep doing the things that only God instructs 00:56:36.429 --> 00:56:40.710 you to do. Thank you. All right, family, I love 00:56:40.710 --> 00:56:43.949 you. I got to get out of here. I believe there 00:56:43.949 --> 00:56:46.869 is a benediction that we are supposed to do, 00:56:47.210 --> 00:56:51.050 and so if you know it already, repeat it after 00:56:51.050 --> 00:56:53.269 me, or let's just say it together. Ready, begin. 00:56:53.550 --> 00:56:57.530 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling 00:56:57.530 --> 00:57:01.090 and to present you faultless before the presence 00:57:01.090 --> 00:57:05.750 of his glory with exceeding joy to the only wise 00:57:05.750 --> 00:57:10.829 God, our savior, be glory and majesty, dominion 00:57:10.829 --> 00:57:16.239 and power. both now and ever. Amen. Ladies and 00:57:16.239 --> 00:57:18.219 gentlemen, have an amazing day.