1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Holy spirit, I ask that you have your way. Holy spirit, I ask that you have your way. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:16,040 Holy spirit, have your way. Break all bounds. Prepare the hacks and minds right now. Let me 3 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:22,480 decrease and you increase Father God. I want you to show up and show out in this place today, 4 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:27,960 Father God. I've studied, I've meditated on your word, Father. So let it penetrate the hearts 5 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:33,600 and minds today. I give all honor and praise to you, Father God. It's in Jesus' name we pray. 6 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:44,200 Let's have a statement of faith real quick. This is my Bible. It is the word of truth. I am what it 7 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:54,680 says I am. I can do what it says I can. I'm a believer and not a doubter. I'm a doer and not 8 00:00:54,680 --> 00:01:02,200 just a hearer. I'm humble before the Lord. I'm obedient to the Lord. I'm mature in the Lord. 9 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:12,640 I'm enthusiastic about the Lord. I know that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 10 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:23,520 Amen. My scripture text today comes from Zephaniah chapter 3 verses 14 to 20, 11 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:27,400 but you don't have to turn there right now. We're going to turn there later on. You don't have to 12 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:33,200 turn there right now. And while I was preparing this word, even in the little incident that happened 13 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:45,480 to me, the Spirit told me you always talk about standing and believing in the word. Are you going 14 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:51,920 to trust this word today? And it's a little, I'm going to read this thing later on and you 15 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:58,520 go see what I'm talking about. And it says, you know by his stripes you are healed. But are you 16 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:05,760 just saying it? Just saying it? Or are you sincerely going to say it? Understand repeating 17 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,080 that thing, man. And my wife was like, baby, you okay? I said, yeah, I'm okay. And I started walking 18 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,240 through the house and I started giving him the praise. And I started giving him the praise, 19 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:23,640 brother. I started giving him the praise. Because you know why church? Because we got to praise him. 20 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:31,600 Praise belongs to him. So before I tell you, you may be seated, I just want to tell you this. 21 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:45,960 My title today is I got to praise him. My objective for today is for us to understand and for me to 22 00:02:45,960 --> 00:03:00,600 show you the power of our praise and how it's beneficial to us when we praise him. Because 23 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:08,400 being a good steward, that's part of being a good steward is to give him the praise. Because the 24 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:24,000 praise belongs to him. You may be seated, church. You may be seated. Before I dive in deep, 25 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:34,440 let me just give you the definitions and some of the stuff I found in the word praise. One says 26 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:50,080 that the act of expressing approval or admiration. Another example say to exalt, to magnify in words 27 00:03:50,080 --> 00:04:06,520 or song. In what emotions glorifying our God. When I looked up praise and I studied it, it all 28 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:14,760 required action. I even wrote down this little note and it said that true praise consists of 29 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:23,520 sincere acknowledgement of real conviction of what? Real conviction, brother Cliff, when you truly 30 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:34,440 know it's God that changed stuff in your life. When you know that you used to do things and you 31 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:39,440 don't do it no more, he said, behold, all things are old. Now you're a new creature. 32 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:51,800 Used to be a dog, you ain't a dog no more. I know he changed me. Knowing this, you owe him a 33 00:04:51,800 --> 00:05:01,080 praise. I got to praise him. Some of us had filthy dirty mouths. I'm talking about the all-way. 34 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:07,040 You know what I mean? Knowing you don't talk like that no more. Knowing that it don't take a minute 35 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:16,480 for you to let somebody know what's on your mind. You got to give him that praise. Just knowing that. 36 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:24,560 When some of us, even as a young age, didn't have respect for our own self, so therefore we 37 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:32,080 didn't have respect for others. So we take advantage of others. But you don't do that no 38 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:40,360 more because you're a new creature in Christ. Knowing that, I got to praise him. Glory to his 39 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:50,280 name because he's worthy to be praised. Oh my gosh. Let me walk through this slowly. And I'm just 40 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:59,040 here to let you know I got to praise him. You see, the meaning of the word also comes from Latin. 41 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:06,640 And it's a Latin word that's titled, it's called pretium. P-R-E-T-I-U-M. And when you look up this 42 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:12,480 word, there's two other words that's affiliated with this word. When you look this word up, 43 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:23,920 you will see price and you will see value. Price and value. Now, when I look at the first word, 44 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:34,920 price, I know there's only one person paid the ultimate price for me, for you. And John 3.6 45 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:42,320 said, for God shall love the world that he give his only begotten son that whosoever believe 46 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:49,240 up in him should not perish but have everlasting life. He paid the ultimate price. Knowing this, 47 00:06:49,240 --> 00:07:01,880 I got to give him praise. We was doomed for him because of sin. We was doomed for him. 48 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:12,040 But because he paid the ultimate price, he gave us a way back to the Father. So knowing this, 49 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:20,680 I got to praise him. But even if you don't praise him yet, hold on, let's go further. Let's go a 50 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:29,680 little further. I like what you said last week, Fabe. I like what you said last week. You said 51 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:37,600 that the grave and death had a discussion. And you said that grave was actually death. I thought 52 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:43,360 you killed him. And death for telling grave, I thought you're supposed to hold the body down. 53 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:52,320 I like what you said. And I said, man, that went over some people's head. But guess what? The one 54 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:58,640 who paid the ultimate price. On the third day, the book said that he risked him with all powers in 55 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:06,040 his hand. He got the keys. So therefore, if grave couldn't hold his body down, grave cannot hold 56 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:16,680 your body down. Oh my gosh. Church, if grave, the grave couldn't hold his body down. The grave 57 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:23,920 cannot hold your body down. Understand what I'm trying to say. I'm trying to give you some reason 58 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:37,480 why we ought to praise him. Oh my gosh. But let's deal with the second part. Value. Oh, Father, 59 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:45,160 you are the king of kings, Lord. You are the Lord of lords, Father God. You are my savior and redeemer. 60 00:08:45,160 --> 00:09:00,920 I got to praise you. And spied off. Psalms 22 verse 3 say he inhabit the praise. So we got to give 61 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:12,560 it to him, church. It benefits us when we praise him. Viewers online, I don't know what you might 62 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:17,080 be dealing or what you might be going through or what he brought you out of, but you owe him a 63 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:30,840 praise. It's beneficial to you to praise him. But let's deal with the value part. Remember, 64 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:35,600 I told you when I was looking that up and said price and value, I would dealt with price. Let's 65 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:43,560 deal with value. Well, let's go back to the beginning in the book of Genesis. Genesis chapter 66 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:48,880 two verse seven. And from one all the way up to chapter two verse seven, you know, I'm just 67 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:53,480 paraphrasing summarizing the stuff, you know, God was doing all this stuff, preparing stuff for us. 68 00:09:53,480 --> 00:10:02,480 And I said I was going to have a little example about for God. But anyway, in Genesis chapter 69 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:12,520 two verse seven, it said that and God for man from dust, from the dust out of the ground, I wish I 70 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:18,240 had some dirt, but I don't have some dirt. But I'm gonna just use this. Sorry, Miss Marvel, Miss 71 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:24,120 Lease. I'm gonna just use this, you know, you just imagine this is dirt, you know, you picked the 72 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:30,280 dirt up. Me, I'm friendly talked about that. I'm feeling you give me a good note. Thank you. Dirt. 73 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:45,440 He say he form man from the dust of the ground, dirt, nothing pastor, nothing, nothing. Oh my gosh. 74 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:53,400 And he said he breed into his nostrils, but the breath of life hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, 75 00:10:53,400 --> 00:11:04,200 some of y'all got it. And the verse later on says and then man became a living being. But you see 76 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:12,720 in the beginning it was just dirt. There was nothing worthless, there's nothing. But the moment he 77 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:19,400 breathe into the nostrils, you see he could have formed it. He could have formed the dirt like I'm 78 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:30,560 forming it right now. But still nothing. But the moment he breathe into it became a value. Oh, glory 79 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:40,920 to his name. I'm here to tell you that you are valued in the eyes of the Lord. It's a reason why I'm 80 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:53,400 telling you this. You are valued in the eyes of God. Oh, glory to his name. When you understand this, 81 00:11:53,400 --> 00:12:03,800 it don't take much to get into his presence. When you understand this, I got to give him admiration. 82 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:17,800 I got to express myself. I got to exalt him. I got to magnify him. Because it's a praise coming 83 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:26,480 off from the inside. You see the reason why I say that you are valued? Because some of us was told 84 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:38,880 that we won't be nothing in life. In fact, I was one of them that was told I won't be s in life. 85 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:50,880 And this came from a teacher that told me this. Some of us been told that we'll be dead. Some of 86 00:12:50,880 --> 00:13:03,040 us been told that we'll be on drugs. Some of us been told that we'll be gone at an early age or in 87 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:19,560 jail. But look at you now. Look at you now. So I stand here telling you I got to praise him. And if 88 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:27,240 that been spoken over you, you got to praise him. So many negative words were speaking, 89 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:35,440 spoken over us. And because of that, Miss Lease, some of us develop insecurities because of that. 90 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:46,240 We hold on to these things. I had a problem dealing with my shortness. Even when I played 91 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:54,480 baseball, went up to AAAA, I think I was overlooked making it to the minors because of my shortness. 92 00:13:54,480 --> 00:14:01,760 So because of my shortness, I always wanted to be seen, Faye. I always wanted to be in front. 93 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:11,800 But thank God I serve a God that sees everything. Some of us tall. We've been teased because of 94 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:26,560 our shortness. Overweight. All types of stuff. But I'm here to tell you that you are valued in the eyes of God. 95 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:38,160 And if he has brought you through these things, you ought to praise him. Because you are valued in his eyes. 96 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:49,440 You are unique. The Bible tells us in Psalms 139, 14, you are fairfully and wonderfully made. You are 97 00:14:49,440 --> 00:15:04,120 a masterpiece by God to God. Glory to his name. So knowing that, but knowing that, I'm a masterpiece made 98 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:21,320 by God. Knowing that, I'm unique by God. There's not like me. I ought to give him the praise. Because I'm valued in his eyes. 99 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:28,120 The Bible also lets us know that if we are his people, I'm not saying this. This was Psalms 100 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:46,120 167, verse 5. He said, let his people praise him. We ought to praise him unconditionally. In season and out of season. 101 00:15:46,120 --> 00:16:01,120 When you feel like it or not, we ought to praise him. Because that's part of being a good steward. Winnerly and friendly praise him. 102 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:13,120 Because the word says it is good. We'll be praising. So I know some of y'all might be sitting down on some praise. 103 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:22,120 And you might not be a customer of giving it to him. But I'm here to tell you, before I finish with this sermon, you ought to give him that praise. 104 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:31,120 It don't matter if you clap your hands. It don't matter if you stomp your feet. It don't matter if you cry. It don't matter if you groan. It don't matter if you say, Hallelujah. 105 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:49,120 You ought to give him the praise. Because it belongs to him. Let me tell you this, man. Our praise is powerful. Our praise work wonders. 106 00:16:49,120 --> 00:17:01,120 You don't believe me? Okay. Let me share some examples with you. If we go to 2 Chronicles, chapter 20, verse 21 to 22. 107 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:08,120 And I'm going to go through it for you real quick. Give you the story. 108 00:17:08,120 --> 00:17:19,120 Here we have the Morabites, the Amorites, and the Minionites, all of them joining forces to come against King Jehessaphat. 109 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:33,120 And the Bible also tells us that they were greatly numbered. This army was vast. And no doubt probably they would have been slaughtered or killed. 110 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:49,120 So what the king did, the king ordered everybody to fast. Some even say the animals fasted. But they fasted. 111 00:17:49,120 --> 00:18:09,120 To me, it looked like their back was against the wall. So they fasted. Then after the fast, the king appointed them to sing. Sing enough for our praise to the Lord. 112 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:24,120 Listen to this church. The praise got so intense. The praise got so loud. The praise was so sincere. 113 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:36,120 When you know your back against the wall, he got nothing else. That it confused the enemy. 114 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:44,120 The same ones who gathered to come out and fight against you to check you out. It confused the enemy. 115 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:58,120 And the words said, they turned on each other, killing themselves. The power of your praise. 116 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:13,120 Your praise caused movements in the spiritual realm that brings around changes in the natural. 117 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:26,120 Causes movement in the spiritual realm that you cannot see, but you could tap into. That causes changes in the natural. The power of your praise. 118 00:19:26,120 --> 00:19:37,120 I have to tell you, you got to praise him. It's important to praise him. 119 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:51,120 He removed traps out of the way. What the enemy tried to use for evil, he turned it around for your good. 120 00:19:51,120 --> 00:20:06,120 I got to praise him. And because of that, I only just praise him, but I praise him with a voice of triumph. 121 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:15,120 We just sang that victory. So I know he brought some of us out of some battles. 122 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:24,120 So I got to praise him with a voice of triumph. 123 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:34,120 I got another situation for you, because he just used that praise as an instrument in warfare. 124 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:50,120 So listen to this now in this situation. This is in Acts 16 verse 25. And that's dealing with Paul and Silas. 125 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:56,120 And I'm going to go through the story again. Later on you can go and read it. But Paul and Silas got in trouble. 126 00:20:56,120 --> 00:21:14,120 They got in trouble because of this little slave girl. And because she was a slave girl, she had a owner. Thank you, sir. 127 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:31,120 She had a owner. And the Bible tells us that this slave girl made a lot of money predicting people's future. So she made a lot of money for her owner. 128 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:52,120 So one day she saw Paul and Silas. And when she saw them, she began taunting them. And she began chanting, these are the servants of the Most High God. 129 00:21:52,120 --> 00:22:03,120 The Bible said that this went on for many days. Until one day, man, they probably got fed up, man. And they just cast that unclean spirit out of her. 130 00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:15,120 Although that spirit was telling the truth about the servants, the source, oh my gosh. 131 00:22:15,120 --> 00:22:28,120 So they cast that unclean spirit out of her. And because they did that, the owner reported them because now he can't make no money. 132 00:22:28,120 --> 00:22:37,120 So Paul and Silas was stripped. They was beaten. And they were thrown in a cell, Miss Thelma. 133 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:46,120 But not only that, they was beaten, stripped, and thrown in a cell. But in the cell itself, it said that it was chained. 134 00:22:46,120 --> 00:23:01,120 Oh my gosh. Thelma, you really scared of them. They was chained in the cell. But about that midnight hour. Listen to this now. 135 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:10,120 About that midnight hour. You know, sometimes we go through stuff. And it's too late to call on a friend. 136 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:23,120 But I have to tell you, sometimes when you find yourself by yourself, when you find yourself by yourself, sometimes you got to give him that praise. 137 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:34,120 Even when you don't feel like praising him, you got to give him that praise. Even when your faith might feel weak, you got to give him that praise. 138 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:45,120 Even when your wife is kept to go to sleep, and you pray, and you fast, and he's like, where are you, God? You got to give him that praise. 139 00:23:45,120 --> 00:24:01,120 Oh my gosh. Even when you're aching in your body, nobody knows. They see that smile on your face. 140 00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:16,120 But they just don't know them joints are hurting, aching, but you're still pressing through. Praise them in the midst of. 141 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:30,120 They say by the midnight hour, Paul and Silas began to pray and sing, offering praise. And I like how the new NIV version put this. 142 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:50,120 It said that the foundation was shaking. The saldos flew off. And the chains were loose. The power of praise. Their praise was used as an instrument of faith. 143 00:24:50,120 --> 00:25:05,120 That's why I got to praise in church. And I'm here to tell you that your praise is important. You ought to praise him. That's part of being a good steward. 144 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:17,120 He's a wallbreaker, Miss Lease. Some of us been to some walls. He's a wallbreaker. Knowing this, I got to praise him. 145 00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:30,120 Some of us apply for positions and just keep on running through walls and one day that wall came down. And you notice you ought to praise him. 146 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:42,120 Some of us, they know our way. Which way to go. He was a way maker. I got to praise him. 147 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:54,120 Some of us was chained up. He's a chain breaker. The enemy won't let you go because he know what God got this store for you. 148 00:25:54,120 --> 00:26:04,120 So he won't let you go. But he broke those chains. He's a chain breaker. Therefore, I got to praise him. 149 00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:13,120 He know you can bring peace in the family. He know you're that glue that can bring everybody together. 150 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:26,120 He's a chain breaker. Knowing this, I got to praise him. 151 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:42,120 He's my light in darkness. I got to praise him. Wherever light pops up, darkness has to go. So I got to praise him. 152 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:53,120 He's my bright and morning star. I got to praise him. He's the lily in the valley. 153 00:26:53,120 --> 00:27:04,120 When everything's look bad, he's that nice lily. It says that the lily is scented and nice. It's like a bell shape. 154 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:14,120 But also deadly too. He's that lily in that valley. And he'll take somebody out for his people. Glory to his name. 155 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:34,120 Knowing this, I got to praise him. He's worthy. Our praise prepare God to move in a supernatural intervention on us. 156 00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:47,120 He brings about salvation in our situation. So knowing this, I got to praise him. No doubt. Some of us been through some stuff. 157 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:56,120 And we could say no doubt. It was God that brought me out of this. No doubt I was hooked on that liquor. 158 00:27:56,120 --> 00:28:05,120 I was hooked on that liquor. They call it functional or whatever you call it. But I just have to have that liquor on my tongue. 159 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:19,120 He brought you out of that. And you know that. The spirit bring it to your members. When he bring it to your members, you are to praise him. 160 00:28:19,120 --> 00:28:36,120 Some of us been an abusive relationship. Don't even know how to love. Because we've been abused. Oh Lord. And now he put love in your heart. 161 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:45,120 You know what he brought you out of. You have to praise him. 162 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:58,120 Some of us been in a crack house. We're not proud of it. But he brought you out of it. It's not how you start this race. But it's how you finish. 163 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:10,120 So because he brought you out of that crack house, you are to praise him church. You are to praise him. 164 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:25,120 Some of us been in some serious car accidents. One day I talked to brother Wilson and he told me without a doubt he knew it was God that protected him in that accident. 165 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:38,120 And because you know this, you got to praise him. He's worthy to be praised. 166 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:49,120 See, some of us still got that praise in the inside of the cliff. 167 00:29:49,120 --> 00:30:02,120 When I look at his mighty acts, it sounds 152. And I look at his excellent greatness, this lease. Every morning I got a grandson who want to go outside. 168 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:13,120 And now it's a habit. He wake up 5.30, 6 o'clock. And I got to take him outside to look at the birds. And he out there reaching because I whisper and he tried to make the noise sound. 169 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:21,120 And in spite of that, I look at that and I say, Lord, thank you. Thank you for me witnessing this. Thank you for me seeing my grandson. 170 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:33,120 There's some people I never saw their grandkids. The simpler things we take from quiet. And I say, Lord, I thank you. 171 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:48,120 My daughter asked me, Dad, why are you crying, Dad? Why are you crying? I said, baby, I am thankful. I'm thankful that I'm here, but not only here. I know him. 172 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:58,120 There's a lot of people that's here today that don't know him. So I'm thankful for all that he had brought me out of. 173 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:17,120 I got to praise him. He saved me. Like he saved some of us. He redeemed me. He gave me life, Major. 174 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:29,120 But not just regular life. Eternal life. Knowing this, I got to praise him. He cleaned me up. 175 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:38,120 Some of us are ashamed to say, well, what he cleaned me up from? Man, he cleaned me up from being a dog, man. 176 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:44,120 He cleaned me up from being nasty, Mr. Thelma. I'm not ashamed. 177 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:51,120 When I was in the club, nobody was telling me to stop. When I was messing around, nobody was telling me to stop. 178 00:31:51,120 --> 00:32:01,120 Now I serve a mighty God, an awesome God. Are you telling me I'm doing too much? 179 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:13,120 I'm serving and praising a God who died for me, who saved me, who cleaned me, and the church folks telling me I am doing too much. 180 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:24,120 Ain't that crazy? Ain't that crazy? The brothers and sisters are spushing courage. 181 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:30,120 I lift me up and exalt him together. You telling me they don't take all that? 182 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:38,120 Man, you must be crazy. You don't know how deep down he reached for me. You don't know what I've been through. 183 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:49,120 Go to his name. You don't know what I experienced. Some of you never experienced witchcraft. Some of you never did. 184 00:32:49,120 --> 00:33:02,120 You don't know what it is to be bound up. Tell me I'm going to take all that. See my mom walking on the street barefooted. 185 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:17,120 Now living life good. I thank God for that. Glory to his name. You can't tell me don't praise him. I got to praise him. 186 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:25,120 Glory to his name. Oh my gosh. 187 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:35,120 Some of us been tied up in depression. Depression, you know, just the absence of laughter and joy. 188 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:44,120 Especially when you're depressed and you got PTSD, you know, because a lot of us are military folks. 189 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:50,120 And the Bible tells us we have to be careful because that's a broken spirit. It talks about a broken spirit. 190 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:59,120 And it drives the bones. But I'm here to tell you the word also said the joy of the Lord is my strength. 191 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:09,120 And you know he brought you out of that. You know he brought you out of that darkness. That depression state. 192 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:15,120 You don't want to tell nobody what you're dealing with. You know he brought you out of that PTSD. 193 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:21,120 Not just regular PTSD. We talk about extreme PTSD man. He brought you out of that. 194 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:28,120 And you got a testimony. Are you holding on to it man? When people lies the pen on your testimony. 195 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:39,120 And you got that praise on the inside. Are you holding back? Man you ought to praise him man. 196 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:50,120 He brought you out of all of that. He called you something special. And he placed you somewhere special. 197 00:34:50,120 --> 00:35:00,120 Let's look in 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 9. 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 9. 198 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:12,120 And it says, but you are a chosen generation. You are a chosen person Sam. 199 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:26,120 A royal priesthood. A holy nation. A walking talking holy nation. 200 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:34,120 That you may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of what? 201 00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:45,120 Darkness. And where he have placed you. Not just regular light. You can't just say light. Marvelous light. 202 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:53,120 Because when you read the word and you see how much stuff that's out there. You'll see why he say Marvelous light. 203 00:35:53,120 --> 00:36:01,120 You are protected in his arms. You are protected in his arms. That's why we are to praise him church. 204 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:12,120 We take the simple stuff for granted. And a lot of our stuff is connected to our praise. Everybody else do whatever they want. 205 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:23,120 But we as believers why we are ashamed to praise him? Why we are ashamed to praise him? My youngest daughter Zeze. 206 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:28,120 That's my little buddy. She's the one that always called me out too. 207 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:33,120 Sometimes one day I was involved and I said, oh lord I thank you. And she see my head start shaking. 208 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:42,120 Oh, she said move him because I don't care. I give him the praise right there. One day she'll understand. 209 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:49,120 But I got to give it. I let them understand. I'm not ashamed to praise him. 210 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:55,120 Especially when I know he have done something for me and he brought me out of. 211 00:36:55,120 --> 00:37:06,120 Oh glory to his name. Some of us. Some of us. 212 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:17,120 He pulled us out of a short little way. So I can't knock you. But some of us got that deep praise I was talking about. 213 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:25,120 You know without a doubt. You know that stuff you keep in the inside. 214 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:32,120 And I'm here to tell you, let it out. Let it out. 215 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:36,120 You know what he has done for you. You know what he's doing in your life. 216 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:44,120 Don't suppress that thing. Don't hand that thing. Let it out. 217 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:51,120 I said we won't move on your behalf. 218 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:59,120 Man when I just think about his goodness. I thank him. 219 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:10,120 Because he's worthy. And I got to give him the praise because that's part of being a good steward. 220 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:15,120 But I also got to share this with you church. 221 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:23,120 Don't be like these people in Romans 1 19 to 21. Don't be like these people. 222 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:33,120 The same way how I'm making this word plain to you. It was made plain to them back then. 223 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:41,120 These folks understood and they knew God. They knew of his creation. 224 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:51,120 They seen God in visible qualities. His eternal power in divine nature has been seen clearly. 225 00:38:51,120 --> 00:39:01,120 Like I've made some examples to y'all. And I've shown y'all some stuff in the Bible. It has made clear. 226 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:06,120 Therefore the Bible tells us. Like I told them back then. 227 00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:13,120 Men. Now when it's said men it's just not referring to men. It's referring to everybody. 228 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:18,120 Are without excuse. 229 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:27,120 From today on if you never heard this. You are without excuse. 230 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:32,120 And the way how you gonna know you are without excuse. 231 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:37,120 The spirit gonna bring something back to your members. 232 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:51,120 And he gonna see and wait if you gonna praise them or not. 233 00:39:51,120 --> 00:40:00,120 And they will reward you. But it's important to give them that praise. 234 00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:11,120 The Bible tells us these folks knew about God. But they did not glorify him. 235 00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:20,120 All what he did for them. Offered up no thanks. No praise, Miss Lyser. 236 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:27,120 Because of that it said that they became fertile in their thoughts. And they think. 237 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:31,120 Their hearts became foolish and darkened. 238 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:35,120 If you read later on the Bible said that he give them the base mind. 239 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:42,120 The Bible might say repulverate mind. It just mean a worthless mind. 240 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:47,120 What? Because they didn't offer up praise? Because they didn't acknowledge him? 241 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:51,120 But when you read later on these people was wow too. 242 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:57,120 Yes, because of the praise man. 243 00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,120 So in closing let's go to the scripture text. 244 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:22,120 In chapter nine chapter three was 14 to 20. And I'm reading out of the King James Version. 245 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:30,120 It says this. 246 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:37,120 When they say daughter in this passage is for everybody. Not just women. 247 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:44,120 When they say sing let me praise. Shout, O Israel. Shout, O striving. 248 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:56,120 Be glad and rejoice with all your heart. That means you gotta rejoice and be sincere about it. 249 00:41:56,120 --> 00:42:01,120 O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord has taken away your judgment. 250 00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:08,120 He has cast out your enemy. The king of Israel. The Lord is in your mix. 251 00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:17,120 You shall see no disaster. In the day, in that day it will be said to Jerusalem. 252 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:25,120 Do not fear Zion. Let not your hands be weak. The Lord your God is in your mix. 253 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:36,120 The mighty one will save you. Listen to this. He will rejoice over you with gladness. 254 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:46,120 Oh my gosh. Be faithful in this walk. Listen to this when he say he will quiet you with his love. 255 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:51,120 He will rejoice over you with singing. Imagine that. 256 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:58,120 So what we going through is not in vain. Your praise is not in vain. 257 00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:07,120 He will gather up those who suffer over the appointed assembly. 258 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:12,120 Who are marked you to reach this reapproach. It's a burden. 259 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:23,120 Verse 19. Behold at that time I will deal with all who afflicted you. 260 00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:29,120 I will save the lame and gather those who are driven out. 261 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:37,120 I will appoint them for praise and fame in every land where they are put to shame. 262 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:46,120 Everywhere you been, your job, wherever you been and they mark you, they ridicule you, they put you down. 263 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:54,120 They overlook you for promotion. One day. Oh my gosh. 264 00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:59,120 He going to turn things around. Listen to this. 265 00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:10,120 At that time I will bring back even at the time I gather you for I will give you fame and praise among all the people of the earth. 266 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:19,120 I will return your captives before your eyes. Not me saying this says the Lord. 267 00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:25,120 So it's beneficial to us church. For us to praise him. 268 00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:34,120 So when we truly understand who God is. 269 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:44,120 My God. And what he has done for us. 270 00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:54,120 It's in him we live. It's in him we move. 271 00:44:54,120 --> 00:45:05,120 It's in him we have a very being. So therefore church understand that we can't do nothing. 272 00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:13,120 And there's nothing without him. That's why we are to give him the praise. 273 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:18,120 Because it belongs to him. I'm being a good steward. That's what we should do. 274 00:45:18,120 --> 00:45:27,120 That's why I came today to tell you and to remind you that I got to give him the praise. 275 00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:41,120 All had his bow eyes closed. 276 00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:49,120 I got some appeals that I'm going to be going through. 277 00:45:49,120 --> 00:46:00,120 The first bill. If you haven't made Jesus Christ Lord in life. 278 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:08,120 Salvation is right here at the door waiting for you. 279 00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:14,120 Salvation is waiting for you. If you haven't confessed your sins. 280 00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:22,120 I say Lord. Come into my life. Save me Lord. 281 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:30,120 It's right here waiting for you. We extend this at this moment. 282 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:37,120 You can see me by raising your hands. Or if you want to come down to the office up to here. 283 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:45,120 Salvation is right here. The redeemer is waiting. 284 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:53,120 My second appeal. If you would like to know more about the Holy Spirit. 285 00:46:53,120 --> 00:47:01,120 You got literature at the back. A minister. Somebody would love to share information with you. 286 00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:09,120 That is you. If you want to know more about the Holy Spirit. 287 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:16,120 You can just raise your hand. I say you find that you want to know more. 288 00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:25,120 Third. If you want to become a man boss driving. 289 00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:33,120 Pastor Bolin. And the striving family will welcome you with open arms. 290 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:38,120 This is a teaching ministry. You're going to be taught the word. 291 00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:44,120 You're going to know about the word. And you're going to understand the word. 292 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:49,120 If that is you. Raise your hand. 293 00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:56,120 If you want to know more about the Holy Spirit. 294 00:47:56,120 --> 00:48:02,120 You can see me by raising your hand. 295 00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:08,120 You can see me by raising your hand. 296 00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:13,120 You can see me by raising your hand. 297 00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:26,120 Touching a green reward. You're more than welcome to. If you want to pray for someone. You're more than welcome to. 298 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:32,120 He's worthy to be praised church. He's worthy to be praised. 299 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:39,120 If you haven't made him lord in your life. Don't let this woman slip by. 300 00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:43,120 Don't let this woman slip by. 301 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:49,120 Your next step is not promise. 302 00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:55,120 If you're dealing with that. If you're someone sitting under the sound of my voice. 303 00:48:55,120 --> 00:49:02,120 And you're dealing with that. Crush that enemy. Take a stand. 304 00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:17,120 Make that first step. He's waiting. 305 00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:22,120 If there's anyone need a prayer again. 306 00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:27,120 The whole thing's open. 307 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:34,120 The whole thing's open. 308 00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:40,120 The whole thing's open. 309 00:49:40,120 --> 00:49:47,120 The whole thing's open. 310 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:57,120 The whole thing's open. 311 00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:02,120 Show up in your life for the God. 312 00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:09,120 Father we give you the praise. We give you the honor for the God. We give you the glues for the God. 313 00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:17,120 And we're going to thank you in advance for the God. For the lives you're going to move on. For the testimonies that's going to come forth for the God. 314 00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:25,120 Just by those that haven't faith enough to put praise in this situation. 315 00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:30,120 So we thank you for the God. And I thank you lord. 316 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:40,120 And Jesus, stand my prayer. Amen.