 Sunday morning that we have this is the day they want to take the opportunity to welcome you to Shield of Faith Long Beach. The pastor here is Bishop Alling Alexander and the first lady is Pastor Bobby Alexander. Hallelujah. This is a beautiful Mother's Day isn't it? Hallelujah. And join in the fellowship because if you know... Praise the Lord saying today is Mother Day. Happy Mother Day to all the mothers. Even though today is Mother Day he's still the Lord in prayer. Father in the name of Jesus Lord God we thank you we praise you. We glorify we thank you this morning Lord God for who you are Lord God and what you are Lord God in our lives Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God. We thank you this morning Lord God for all the mothers Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God. Lord we ask you this morning Lord God that you will continue Lord God to bless them Lord God to anoint them Lord God to lead them Lord God to guide them Lord God to direct them Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God. Help them Lord God to be the mother that you have called them to be Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God. We ask you this morning Lord God that you will have your way Lord God in this service Lord God. Be glorified be magnified this morning Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God. We ask you this morning Lord God. In the name of Jesus, Lord God, that you are moving this service, Lord God, that you were moving the money way, Lord God, that you were touching Lord God, every heart, Lord God, every soul, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God. We thank you this morning, Lord God, for the praise to you, Lord God, as they come forth, Lord God, singing the songs of Zion, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God. We ask you this morning, Lord God, in the name of Jesus that you receive, Lord God, our praise, Lord God, our worship, Lord God, that we offer until you this morning Lord God you said Lord God that you chart well in the midst of praises Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God we ask you Lord God that you would unknowingly Lord God the message of Lord God that you will speak Lord God speak through Him Lord God and in the name of Jesus Lord God Hallelujah Lord God Hallelujah Hallelujah New York. Hallelujah. Hallelujah Lord God Hallelujah Hallelujah Lord God. Help us this morning Lord God to get out of ourselves Lord God and get it to the spirit Lord God He said those of us Lord God that worship you Lord God. We must Lord God. We must worship you Lord God Inspire Lord God and in truth Lord God in Jesus name Lord God be glorified Be magnified this morning Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God We ask you Lord God that you will continue Lord God to save such Lord God It should be saved Lord God in Jesus name Lord God in Jesus name. We pray Amen. Amen Our scripture this morning is found in Hebrews chapter 13 verses 1 through 8 Hebrews 13 Verses 1 through 8 Let brotherly love continue Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels Unawares Remember them that are in bonds has bound with them and them which suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the body Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled But hormongers and adulterers God will judge Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as you have For he had said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee So that we may boldly say the Lord is my helper and I will not fear what man shall do unto me Remember them which have the rule over you who have spoken unto you the word of God Whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and Forever Amen House of the Lord today to lift him up to give them praise our God is all powerful. He's almighty Hallelujah, the Lord is above the nation So let everything that had Fred brain see the Lord because he is worthy Hallelujah, hallelujah, we welcome the spirit of the living God in this place today. Amen Let him saturate us through and through Hallelujah, let everything that tries to rise up against him be put down in the name of Jesus our God is holy He's righteous hallelujah, and his judgments are pure Let his presence rise in this place today. Amen. Thank you Jesus Let praise From the inside from the inside Cuz you are The God that we serve and you deserve all the glory and all the praise Hallelujah every hallelujah that comes out of my belly. Hallelujah. It belongs to you Hallelujah, you deserve who deserve it Lord the price Lord God for me for the sins of the world Lord Jesus Bless you Lord. Bless you Lord my heart by you. We magnify your name Lord God Hallelujah, we bow before the true and living God Hallelujah at this time we will have Me words from our first lady Pastor Bobby Alexander. Amen Praise the Lord everybody say hallelujah Stand up all the children say hallelujah, and all the husband say hallelujah Amen. Amen. That was deep Now you may be seated What day without water should be dry would be dry and dead What is a very important? Very important for your body water is essential for life Did you know your body is about 60% water? It's about 60% water and water carries your nutrition oxygen waste to and from the cells in the organs Keeps your body cool when the temperature is about a temperature regulator and also it cushions your joints and protects your Tissues and organs from shock and damage We've been told that we should drink eight glasses of water a day, right? Eight glasses a day, but that's not quite right. It should yes, that's right You should do it according to your what's going on in your life in your body weight So the recommended dose for women is 11.5 cups a day for men is 15.5 cups a day and That would keep you from getting dizzy keep you from all kind of things if you drink the proper amount of water That's the natural side But God talks about water all the time in the scripture He talks about the in the Bible of water is used as a symbolism for various things such as salvation cleansing the Holy Ghost and more Like a spring of pure water God's peace in our hearts bring cleanliness cleanliness and refreshment to our minds and body John 4 13 14 says Jesus answered Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again But whoever drinks the water that I give will never thirst indeed the water I give them will become in them a spring of water swelling up to welling up to eternal life. I Should get some amen sweat Amen Revelation 20 to 17 say the spirit and the bride say Come let the one which hears say come let the one who is thirsty come and the one who desire water Desire a water of life drink fear freely Now I'm got some gifts for you all and The thing about it, you know, I haven't mentioned I don't go shopping. I don't have men out shopping or anything like that But the Lord bless me with some gifts because I wanted to give the lady something and the Lord blessed me You know how the Lord work. He blessed me with some gifts So I'm gonna give you these gifts today to remind you to drink water for your body Because you need it and if you don't drink it, you'll die and Then I will remind you of what G I want it to remind you what Jesus said About the water he gives to us in the two scripture I just read amen So we want the God giving water and we want the natural water that he also gave because he said let there be and guess What happened? There was water. Amen, so I want all the mothers to come up. Amen All the mothers to come up and we see what I'm gonna give you and you don't have to open them But I'm gonna open one to show you how they operate. Okay, all the mothers Amen All the mothers in the building Come on up mothers. Amen. Look at these beautiful. What a beautiful? Just line up just line up Amen, and don't open them yet Amen, amen Amen, let's amen for Bishop for helping me. Amen. I didn't go shopping, but he was shopping and Look, we found something. Amen, but the women Oh, you took it out of the you're taking it out of the bag she can eat her bag. We'll find it I'm gonna show you how they work And you have some flavor Amen, how many know that if there were no mothers there would be no children Amen, and so we thank God For the mothers of this church Now it used to be When I was growing up mothers walk all old ladies and they had long dresses all the way to the floor But this is a different day I guess probably one difference is that I've gotten to be a singer almost and So they're not many old ladies that I see I could say to myself Still with it, but the majority of the mothers that we have here today are young ladies And we thank God for each and every one of you For that that you have been called to do the Lord called you With a purpose and thank God for all of you I'm going to go to my seat and we're gonna be seeing the morning solo from the British Sikes Let's receive him with a hearty amen as he comes to the glory of God. God bless you And we thank him for that the wonderful thing to consider at this particular time Thank God for our mothers and amen now. I know mother didn't always give you what you want it Well, I know in our house. We didn't get everything we wanted But we got everything we need it and we're we're who we are as a result of what God gave to us caused our mothers and fathers To lead us in the way that we should go so I'm glad to see each of you who are here today in the house of the Lord There's not a better place You could be today than in God's house. Amen. There's some people who are going to fancy restaurants Going to various places to celebrate their mother I can't think of a better place to celebrate your mother than in the house of God The one who gave us the mother that we have Amen, I don't I don't mind saying that if it hadn't been for my mother I Wouldn't be the person I am today My wife and I we kind of tease each other She's she's busting me around sometimes and I say You're not my mother and she said if our word you'd be a better person. I'll rebuke that She's a good mother. I thank the Lord for my wife The great mother that she is Y'all know well y'all don't know you could probably that's the best response you could give I'll say like they say back in old times. You don't know like I know She's a great great great mother Amen, and I think that we can kind of consider our children are to be some sort of barometer as to what she was to our family fathers go to work Do whatever they do and mothers Raise children. I thank God for the wonderful wife that God has given me and the mother She's given that he has given to our girls Alright now today I want to call your attention to the book of Hebrews chapter 13 the text that we had during our devotion and I want to further Call your attention to second Kings Chapter number four Just a little bit later. I'd like if you would Repeat with me this saying say if he did it then he can do it again If he did it then He can do it again So I'm going to take you through the scripture Hebrews 13 beginning at verse number one deals with The mark of being a Christian how much of a Christian are you? Everybody claims to be born again just about They all have their own particular groove that they groove in for their Christianity, but There is a certain way There's the design that it has to be followed in order to be a Christian for real And he talks about being a supreme Christian now mothers are the first teachers that we encounter as infants They shape and mold our characters Or our lack thereof God's plan for the family is pointed out with responsibilities to each of his people verse one says Let brotherly love continue So now this is what the mother's charged with teaching to have her family Let brotherly love continue. I'm just going to read through this pretty much Be not forgetful to entertain strangers For thereby some have entertained angels unaware remember them that are in bonds and Bound with them as bound with them and them Which suffer adversity as? Being yourselves also in the body Marriage is honorable in all the bed is undefiled Poor mongers adulterous God will judge Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as you have for he had said I will never leave the Nor for safety so that we may boldly say The Lord is my helper And I will not fear what man shall do unto me Let me remember them which have ruled over you Who have spoken unto you the word of God whose faith foul Considering the end of their conversation and verse 8 says Jesus Christ the same so It says Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and Forever more and so mothers in there being the first teachers of the children mothers I'm advising you as to what you need to convey to your children God has given you charge over your babies and He wants you to teach from verse 1 down to verse 8 that covers The salvation plan that everybody has to abide by We want to be a child of God. We have to remember all of this stuff And it says in verse 8 it said Just understand with the Lord said I will never leave you nor will I forsake you He says I am that to you and to all generations that follow you and You never have to worry. He said I'll always be your guide I'll always undertake for you. I'll always make a way for you if you do what I say It's about being obedient to the will of God It's about about humbling ourselves to the word of God that causes us to have to turn our back on the things that our flesh desires Come on somebody Come on somebody you've got to be trained mothers. This is to you This is to you mothers You can't let children grow up doing everything they want you wouldn't do your line like that When I see weeds in my line, I pull them out Because that's not what we're doing right here I'm growing St. Augustine. I don't want no weeds in my St. Augustine so now when you're ministering when you're teaching when you're Molding your children you need to know you've got to have Jesus on your side You've got to teach them what Jesus said. So now Jesus Christ is the same Yesterday today and forever now. I'm going to tell you what Jesus did back in the olden days Kings second Kings Chapter four and beginning at verse number eight This is going to take a minute you all but this is what we need This is How we celebrate mother's day by getting it right? I'll tell you one thing I'll guarantee you that that you find the thugs who in the street murdering robbering doing whatever else I guarantee you They didn't get what the Lord had for them and it is the parents responsibility mothers in particular Because as I stated before mothers are the first teachers alright in verse eight says What we're talking about is I want to extract from this text. I want to extract What is called persistent faith Persistent faith and I wrote down a little bit of an explanation a definition of persistent persistence means Continuously or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or Opposition now read that again persistence is continuing firmly or obstinately in in a course of action in spite of difficulty or Opposition and I would say That would be the kind of faith Simply put it'd be the faith that won't quit Faith that won't quit verse eight Beginner the reading and it fell on a day that Elijah passed to children where was a great woman and She constrained him to eat bread and so it was that as Off as he passed by he turned in bitter to eat bread Now the lady that's spoken of she was a rich lady She had everything that she needed she and her family her husband they had a house and She perceived that Elijah was a person of worth and She felt like she wanted to minister into his life And so she said unto her husband behold now I perceive that this is a holy man of God Which passes by us continually? Let us make a little chamber. I Pray thee on the wall and let us set for him There are bed and a table and a stool and a candlestick and It shall be when he cometh to us That he shall turn in bitter and It fell on the day that he came bitter and he turned into the chamber and lay there and as he's he said To the hazing his servant Called this shoot of might When she had called when he had called her she stood before him And he said unto her Sorry, he said unto him say now unto her Behold thou had been Careful for us with all that this care What is to be done for thee? Would it thou be spoken far to the king or to the captain of the host and She answered I dwell among my own people. She said I don't need any outside interference You know, I have my own thing. It's going and I don't need the king or any that canister and so he said what need is to be done for her and Gehazad said barely she had no child and her husband is old Can anybody see? Why that might be a problem in that in that day. It was it was a disgrace to be childless and So it was that was a burden that she carried verse 15's and he said call her and When he had called her she stood in the door and he said About this season according to the time of life now shall embrace a son and She said nay my lord Thou man of God do not lie until thine handmaiden She said I can't believe it. That can't be possible She said I have no no child And my husband is old. He's past the time when he can produce She said so don't tell me something just to make me feel good. Don't lie to me woman and the woman conceived and Bear a son at that season that he Lasha had said unto her according to the time of life And when the child was grown It fell on a day that when he went out To his father to the reapers He said unto his father my head my head And he said to the lad carry him to his mother now When the when the child it says what he was grown, but that means when he had grown up To be a child not a man not a grown man But he grew up to the time when he was large enough to be with his father to hang out with his father And he went out to the field while they were doing the reaping and all of a sudden He had a giant headache. He said my head my head and his father said to the servant He said carry him to his mother The mother knows how to minister to her children So he said take him to his mother and when he had taken him and brought him to his mother He sat on her knee till noon and then died She took the child put her on her on her lap and she rocked him to comfort him Until noon and he died and she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door upon him and Went out and she called unto her husband and said Send me I pray the one of the young men and one of the asses that I may run to the man of God and Come again Now let me help you understand What she did with when her child died the one that she loved so much Once she made great sacrifices for the one she provided for had died in her lap And she didn't bother to advertise it She didn't say poor me she didn't try to find somebody who she could tell so they could weep with her She took him and laid him on the Prophet's bed in The room that they had built for him and she said to her husband to get one of the servants to come and Get an ass. I'm going to see the Prophet and he said Wherefore will thou go to him today? It's neither the new moon nor the Sabbath and she said it shall be well Now when you hear that that statement right there says I know something That's what she's saying. I know something and I'm just gonna tell you that it's gonna turn out all right You don't even know what it is. I said it if Jesus did it did it then He can do it again. So without even knowing what the it was For her husband He said then she settled and asked and said to her servant drive and go forward Slack not thy writing for me Except I bid thee she said I want you to get this donkey going and run him as fast as he can go He said and don't be concerned about my comfort. She said he said she said to him What if you just keep going forward as fast as you can go unless I say slow down? So what we see in that is she had an appointment That the Prophet did even know about But she said I know where my help comes from I know that The thing that has come before me as a problem. I can't control it I have no ability to change it to end in any kind of way, but I know somebody who can So she said you run this thing until the wheels come off total speak. He said and don't slow down So she went and came unto the man of God to Mount Carmel and it came to pass when the man of God Saw her a far off that he said to Gehazah his servant behold yonder is that shooting might said there's that woman He said run now I pray thee to meet her and say unto her is it well with me Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child and she answered it is? Well, come on somebody, you know not now She could have looked in a different direction. She could have said yeah Well things have fallen apart Everything that I longed for once you provided it by through the strength of the Lord now That's gone, and I don't know what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna throw my hands up I'm gonna go in inside the house close the doors pull down the shade and we Because of the loss I had but in spite of that she she knew something come on somebody She knew somebody who knew somebody she knew a man who could get in touch with God, and so she said it is well When she came to the man of God to the hill She caught him by the feet But Gehazah came near to thrust her away and the man of God said let her alone For her soul is vex within her and the Lord has hid it from me and Hath not told me he said you'll leave that woman alone Come on his servant called himself doing what he should do to keep her keep her away from the Prophet The Prophet said get back step back leave her alone Hallelujah, he said she's experienced something and the Lord hasn't even told me what it is Come on a prophet supposed to know then she said Did I desire a son of my Lord? Did I not say? Do not deceive me. She said did not tell you that I didn't I wasn't asking for a son But you insisted that the Lord give me a child and look at what's going on right now Look at how I feel you have to understand the burden that I carry Then he said to Gehazah Girl up thy loins Take my staff in thine hand and go thy way If thou meet any man Salute him not and if any salute thee answer him not and lay my staff up on the face of the child He said I'm dispatching you to take my staff and get over to her house and put that on the face of the child He said and don't let nobody stop you He said don't even bother to speak somebody speak to you you ain't got time to say how you're doing He said you just keep on going. It's an emergency. It's got to get there It's got to happen because we got to do something God is able to bring him back I he said he said we're known and trusting in the God that we serve that he's gonna turn it around Not late in the midnight hour He said I'm expected it to be done Next verse said and the mother of the child said as the Lord live it and as thy soul live it I will not Leave thee When she got to the man of God, she said you can send whoever you want to send wherever you're gonna send him But I'm gonna stay right here because I know that you can reach heaven. I know that you have power in your spirit I know that God hears you when you pray. I'm standing right here with you I've got faith Mother child said as the Lord live it then that's my nice soul love So live it. I will not leave thee and he arose and followed her And Gehazer passed on before them So he went ahead of them and laid the staff upon the face of the child But there was neither voice nor hearing Wherefore he went again to meet him and told him saying the child is Not awake He said it didn't work I laid the staff on his face like you said and he's still dead and Elijah Was coming to the house? All the child was dead and Lay up on his bed. He went in therefore and shut the door Up on them twain and prayed unto the Lord. Let me tell you just before this Happened for for Elijah. He had just left the woman who had a small bottle of oil and that's all she had and They were going to take her sons and make them slaves to pay off the debts of the family and the Prophet said to her The Lord is saying gather up As many pots as you can Now remember she had a little bottle. It's maybe like a little perfume bottle with oil Gather up as many pots as you can and so she they gathered the pots and it said and They went in and closed the door and they began to pour the oil from the small vessel into the larger pots and as they poured The oil continued to flow until they got to the last pot and the mother said get me another pot So that's all we got and the oil stopped Now I find it interesting that they had to go inside and close the door Come on somebody and when he when he got there He went inside and closed the door Because he said I've got to contact heaven. I've got to be by myself I've got to be able to contact the one who is able to do anything that needs to be done He said I'm coming in and I'm closing everything out I'm going to focus right on God and I'm going to get the victory in this situation No matter how it looks or whether it looks like it's possible or not I'm going to be victorious because God is gonna make a way God is gonna work it out Next verse said and he went up and laid up on the child Put his mouth up on the mouth up on his mouth and his eyes up on his eyes and his hands up on his hands and Stretched himself up on the child and the flesh of the child Waxed warm Come on somebody. He said I'm beginning to see Some movement. He said I know that this is working I know the God that I serve who is able I know the one who has all power in his hands I know the one who cares for them for his people He said so the child began to get warm in the flesh beginning to get warm Then he returned and he walked in the house and he walked to and fro he walked up and down Continuing to pray stretching himself He returned and walked in the house to and fro and went up and stretched himself up on him and The child sneezed seven times and the child opened his eyes Come on somebody We serve a God Who works miracles? He does things nobody ever heard of And he's consistent. I just told you Jesus Christ the same yesterday Today He'll do it. He'll do it. He'll do it. He'll do it if we trust in him if we lean on him Alleluia, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah in the verse 32 when it lies it was was coming to the house What he did what what he was able to to contact heaven and He wasn't by himself in his faith the woman Faith Come on somebody. The woman's faith Was the faith that caused it to flip just like that. Come on somebody I'll tell you parents when you're praying for your children You need to get a hold to heaven and you need if you need me You need to get somebody to come with you and do it together When you come to the altar seeking relief you need to have some faith Come on. Come on You need to have faith you need to know That God is gonna do what he said he would do he said if your ways, please me He said I'll give you whatever you ask for whatever you long for he said it's yours if you'll believe So the mother had faith that wouldn't quit that that's an easy way to say it persistent faith She let me go back to persistent What what happened in her is She continued firmly She didn't have any doubt in her mind She didn't say I sure hope that this works out She didn't say that that maybe If he can get a word through to God Maybe the child that died maybe he'll come back to life, but she was persistent She was obstinate in the course of action in spite of the dead boys body She said God is able but he did God is able when he laid on him the second time the child sneezed seven times and the child opened his eyes and He called the hazer and said Call this shoot a mic So he called her And when she was come in unto him He said take up die child He said the work has already been done He said I called on him and he heard my cry. He said I know from my experience I've seen him work and I've never seen him Anything that we asked him to do so he said I thank God that he heard me and he brought the child Back to life. He said that this is what a mother is to do a mother is to hold on to faith In spite of what it looks like maybe you have a wayward child Come on somebody and and that's a possibility in any family that you know, they say there's always one crazy uncle But if you have a wayward child You need to get in touch with him. Come on somebody you you can't beat him enough You can't explain enough You can't try to charm him enough You can't buy him off. You can't do nothing with him when you find out you can't do nothing with him Only thing you can do is take him to the Lord in prayer the Lord will do it if you have Persistent faith don't give up on your children. Come on somebody. You need to hold on to the horns of the altar for your children Hallelujah You you've been given them as an assignment mothers, I know it's difficult from time to time But you're not by yourself That's what I want you to understand today. You're not alone Mothers you're not alone. You have the king of kings And have the Lord of lords Who stands by you and he's ready to hear your cry, but you can't quit You know, we're not talking about just an acquaintance That you've come to know Acquaintances we can kick to the curb. We're not responsible for acquaintances That fall out of favor with us Mothers you're responsible. Oh couldn't hear couldn't hear nobody pray Diligence, let me explain be diligent be painful to die Don't give up Don't give up if he did it then he can do it again He did it then and now let me let me tell you you say well, no, he's too far gone She's too far. Don't give him up don't give up hold on but for Persistently with faith in God knowing that God is able. There's nothing too hard for God No situation that comes into your purview that God can't handle. He's bigger than any problem that you can have So you just hold on hold on He'll turn it around now. That's my mother's day message, you know, I I'm not sure that maybe This might seem kind of unconventional To be admonishing mothers like this and and helping them understand their responsibility if your kid loves Rocky Road ice cream He wants Rocky Road ice cream for breakfast lunch or dinner If you're a mother Who will yield to that? You'll stand before God the reason why God gave babies mothers and fathers Because they don't have reasoning ability and you're charged With raising them in the fear and admonition of God You need to tell them you can't do that Tell them you can't lie you can't steal You can't fornicate Can't leave that out. You've got to please God What I found out what the what what the word Backs up is that those who walk right before God as in Deuteronomy He said that everything That you need He said everything is a setup for you because you're walking in the will of God And I was tempted I was tempted to go to do the around me and read all of those ifs Come on somebody But we have a promise We've just got to be diligent. We just got to love the Lord enough to control our children And I'll say as has been understood I guess maybe a couple generations back. They say the problem with children are the grandparents and They say the reason the problem with the children is the grandparents It's cause the grandparents didn't teach their children nothing and When there's a break in the teaching of God's word When there's a gap in what's right and what's wrong soon you find out that people saying that whatever is right They saying that's wrong things that are wrong. They said that's right. I want to encourage you mothers The Lord loves you and the Lord wants to see you successful Wants your family to be successful. He wants to bless you. He wants to see you in heaven He's anxious to say well done Good and faithful servant. He won't say it You've not been good or faithful So I want to encourage you Mother, can you receive the message the Lord has said today? Come on. I come on. I want to hear it. I Want to know that you've heard what the Lord says It'll work in your favor. I promise you I promise you all right first lady. Why don't you have? some remarks Concerning the message But the Lord oppressed on my heart to have all mothers to come forward and Bring your children Bring your children with you All the mothers come forward and bring your child children with you no matter where they are. I Know some of my working We're bringing it with you Sister Merlin go over there. Oh your son is gonna be on the drums stand by him Sister Arlene come up here with me Bring your children All the mothers and if you don't have your children here with you Just yeah Okay, he can play from over there. Yes Come over here Bring your children with you Now I want you this lady She took in her heart. She knew that there was help can come her way. You don't have to own on them don't have to do that She knew that help was She can get help from somebody and The way she knew that she can get help from somebody because what she had done for the man of God and What she did she knew prayer and so all problems Sometime it's not screaming at the kids. It's not fussing at the kids It's not hollering at the kids. First of all, we got to do what the Bible tell us to do You can't start when they teenagers to start whooping them or punishing them. You can't start then you got to start when they Who's the littlest kid in here the youngest kid? Well, no, you can't beat the baby like that But there's somebody next to them. I don't know who they are, but you can't start when they're big You can't wait to their this kid age to start Chess ties in them starts banking them little fat legs. Uh-uh, you can't do that You don't have to do that. You can't start then because if you start if you wait to then Guess what when they get older you're not gonna do anything about it And screaming and howling at your children won't do it You got to let them know what's going on. You got to love them when I was growing up my father used to say come on I'm gonna give you a loving. You know what that loving was was a strap I'm gonna guess what my father was a pastor of a church He will preach on and he worked all the time my mother was at home My mother say I'm gonna tell your father when he get home He wait the Sunday power the whoopin so wait the Sunday afternoon After he done preach Sunday and we don't ate dinner and he's givers I spank it then he said I'm gonna love you all and guess what he loved us to what we are He had 12 children and all 11 of us go when I'm dying when she was a baby but all 11 of us are successful and all 11 except one is doing what God want Want us to do now there's one that's not saved but we believe that God's gonna be the backslider But God's gonna bring him back because guess what I pray for him every night that God bring him back so What we're gonna do is pray for your own children Right now pray for your own I want you to lay your hands on your own children and pray for them those who get grandmothers are here I want the grandmother's to pray for their children pray for your own children. Let the Lord lead you Pray for your own children in the name of Jesus father in the name of Jesus. Oh my God Oh God, we come to you Lord God these mothers that come to you Lord God Just like the shoot a white woman Lord God They went to the man of God and we're coming to you who's our father you are our father You're our daddy and we come into you Lord God as you to bless each and every one of us Lord God Oh God look on these children Lord God as we pray for them Lord God. Oh God We know that all I help come from you Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God Oh God raise these children up God to be servants like God where they can have children Lord God and raise their kids according to your will Lord God not our will but Cardi to your will Lord God. Oh God Bishop said we can't let kids do what they want to do Lord God But Lord you have given us a guidebook you have shown us how to raise our children But Lord the devil has tried to disturb us from us take that away from us But we rebuke him in the name of Jesus Lord We know that you're able right now Lord God to preserve our children Lord God and Lord God We ask you to bless these mothers like God. Oh God bless these mothers like God They can't be friends with their kids when they're growing up Lord after they get grown They can be friends with them Lord, but Lord bless these mothers realize that they're to Dispense these children and Lord God let them realize Lord in the name of Jesus like God that they're Responsible for these children Lord God Oh God when they're my mother used to say when they're on litter they're on our hands Lord But when they get bigger they're on our hearts Lord God Oh God we ask you in the name of Jesus like God comfort each and every mother's heart Lord God that's here Lord God Those have wayward kids Lord we ask you Lord God to bring those kids back Lord God in the name of Jesus We pray we thank you and we praise you Lord God We honor you today Lord God Because you are our source or God you the same yesterday Today and forever more and we thank you and praise you because who you are in the name of Jesus Lord God We pray like I in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus Hallelujah Hallelujah Yeah, we glorify you right now in the mighty name of Jesus Lord We pray right now in the name of Jesus Lord now give God some praise Give God some praise. Give God some praise. You've got some praise. You've got some praise Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah And you know mothers Once the mother you're always gonna be a mother No matter what these kids go through you're gonna always be a mother and all you can do is pray for him Pray for your kids when they go on wayward Pray continue to pray be persistent in your prayers about them Pray for him because you know what they aren't gonna do wrong They are gonna try to get away But it's up to you to challenge them to the right back right to the right direction in the name of Jesus And you know they get like they're grown and you might say something to them and they get angry at you But you still do it. They might not like what you say, but they know deep in their hearts Like I can say something Arlene and she don't quite like she might get a little upset at me and all that kind of stuff But guess what she'll always love me and she'll always remember what I said what I told her So that's what you have to do. Don't be afraid of your children Don't be afraid and and and and mothers even though your children are grown Give them what does said to Lord still give them what I said to Lord and guess what and then pray for me man God's gonna help our children. We got a lot of children in this church and guess what? It's up to the mothers to raise them and the fathers But basic the mothers a man It's not up to pastor can preach, but he's not at your house He don't know what's going on in your house It's up to the mothers to raise these children and guess how another way you raise them by being an example If they see you doing wrong, they gonna do wrong You can't tell them don't do what I do but do what I say you can't tell kids that if they see you Sinning and doing all kind of evil. They're gonna do the same thing Because they looking at the example that you've set before them so set righteous Examples for the children a man so they can say did I set right examples? Every every morning I pray for him all the time I first had him a little too though a whole lot But The Lord has blessed me to raise good children Good children smart children save children And I thank God for that. I prayed a lot of times Lord you teach me how to be a parent I don't know what to do, but you teach me you show me the way you direct me you guide me You you give me directions and then he would lead me to the word of God and guess what I read what the Bible Say and if you read what the Bible say guess what you won't go wrong the Bible say you beat them and they won't you won't They won't die That's what he said, right? That's right. Now when they get a certain age you can't beat them now. I'm telling you You should have done that when they was younger you can't beat them, but you can pray for him. Amen. Amen That's our altar call because I don't know if we have anybody here who's not saved anybody's not saved Amen Well mothers that was a good Mother's Day message. Let's give Bishop a hand clap for that That was excellent And let's not just be hears of his word We don't want to just hear these words We want to do what God has commanded us to do He commanded us to pray And if you got a child Who's not close to you or a child who's not you know real close to you you pray and ask that Relationship to that that that that that relationship be mended a man because God can do that also a man So without further ado, we're gonna turn the service into Minister Merlin and she's got a song so we're gonna turn everybody stand I Know I did hallelujah My mom She passed away in 2020 and My mom raised us She would send us to church she didn't go the thing that she wanted for herself She made sure we got My mom was dealing with some things in her life, you know But somehow another she knew enough To make us go to church even when she did and I thank the Lord for that a man I think the Lord for that because it gave me a hunger and a thirst for righteousness Amen, and it set me on this pathway to finding out who Jesus is a man When I moved here to California, and I can move here in 1979 Amen, and I got saved and filled with the Holy Ghost in 1981 and I have been saved and saved by and filled with the Holy Ghost ever since Amen, but it started with my mama and for me it did it started with my mama praying for me She used to tell us all the time there was so much. She didn't know to do But she knew to pray Even when she couldn't you know do things herself that were right She knew to talk to the Lord and she knew to get in touch with him some kind of way to help us and to help her Amen to raise us. Amen, and I thank the Lord. I had a praying mother. Amen. Let's give all the mothers a hand praise Come on mother in his sacrificial Amen Parenting is sacrificial if you don't want to sacrifice don't have them Don't have them Amen, if you don't with your selfish and your self-centered Hallelujah, and you kind of just want to do whatever don't have children don't have no more. Okay? Parenting is sacrificial Amen, you have to give and give and give and go without Amen, and you have to do things like like Pastor Bobby said you have to be the example For your children. Amen. Can't live any kind of way. Amen, and you're wondering why they're crazy Any kind of way amen, and you wonder why your babies, you know won't do what they supposed to do Most times it's because they watching you. Amen. Amen. But when you do what is right, amen And you be the example for them. Amen. I'm telling you they'll rise up and call you blessed They'll rise up and call you blessed. Amen. My children tell me, you know, I didn't You know, I can give them everything they want Mom got saved lady y'all He reminded me She did she got saved later on. Amen, but You know, you don't give your children everything they want. Amen. Depending on your budget. Amen, but you still give them Standards and give them teach them point them to Jesus. Amen, and and teach them what is right Amen, just like my mom did even though she didn't You know, she couldn't do what was right herself. She pushed us y'all go to church Go to church. She stayed Y'all go to church. She knew that there was something there where we needed and it helped us. Amen So, you know, I thank the Lord for that message Bishop. Amen. Beautiful message. Amen It's offering time. Hallelujah. Come on. Let's get prepared to give hallelujah Amen, amen. I thank the Lord. Amen. That's another thing my mom was a giver. Amen. She was again I mean we had we had much in our house and My friends would come over to our house and down south, you know, you had all kinds of strange menus We had mayonnaise And tomato sandwiches whatever was in the house and mama didn't mind because you know, it was seven of us and When I my friends would come over if they was hungry, whatever we had they had what's one more mouth You know, and so she was a giver honey. She was feeding up until the day she passed away She was feeding people Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, whatever they would come. You know, miss Viola. Can you fix me a sandwich? I'm hungry Yes, baby. Come on. Yeah, come on in the house and whatever she had she would give them. Amen So teach your children to be givers Teach your children to be givers. Amen. Amen. Come on. Do you have your envelopes? Are you ready to give? Come on Hold them up Father, we thank you You're a good god and you are Hallelujah a giving god and we thank you that you have told us to be cheerful in our giving Hallelujah freely as you receive freely give Hallelujah, and you'll bless it. You'll bless it. You'll shake it down and put it together and make it run over Hallelujah, that's how much you'll bless us god and we thank you. Hallelujah that you're bringing meat into Shield of faith long beach god you're blessing this house You're because you're blessing these people god and we give your name all the praise all the glory and the honor In jesus name, we pray. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen Hallelujah, hallelujah hallelujah Just one thank you Forever and ever And ever For all you've done For me Blessings and glory I'm done They own to Thank you, Jesus Hold on one more time. I just want to say Forever wherever you are and ever find yourself thanking the lord Hallelujah Blessings and glory blessings and glory blessings and glory We determined about I'm delighted for The turnout today, and I'm glad that everybody had a wonderful time the lord has ministered to us And I thank him for that and I want to thank the lord for This young man with the saxophone Amen He always blesses us With his musical talent that the lord has given him And I thank the lord for each of you and for everything that you provide For this service We can't have church with just me We have to have support and I thank the lord for the that that he's done And brought to fruition in this church. We're gonna keep on Fighting we're gonna keep on Traveling up the king's highway We're gonna tell somebody about Jesus Somebody who doesn't know who he is. We're gonna be a witness The lord's gonna continue to grow his church in Jesus name. Let us stand at this time All right Father in the name of Jesus we thank you we praise you we glorify we magnify your name Lord, we thank you for the message lord god that came forth lord god Lord help each mother lord god to apply lord god that word to their lives lord god That they may become better mothers lord god in the name of jesus lord god that the lord may continue to bless them lord god To raise them up lord god in the name of jesus lord god lord We depart from this place, but never from your presence lord god Breaking back at your own appointed time with victory in our hearts in jesus name we pray amen