 to our feet and give the Lord some praise. Come on, the Lord has been and we've come into his house to rejoice and be glad in it. Don't you know he's worthy? Come on, don't you know he's worthy? We would like to give honor to our pastor, Bishop Arlene Alexander, hallelujah, in his absence. And our first lady, amen, first lady, Pastor Bobby Alexander, in their absence. We just thank and praise the Lord for the wonderful leadership that we have here. Hallelujah, Shield of Faith Long Beach is an awesome place to come and give God glory. So come on, it's time to worship. Come on, let's give thanks out to the Lord. Hallelujah, Mr. Sorton. He's gonna take us farther into the service. Hallelujah, hallelujah, he is good. Hallelujah, I know he has been good to me. Hallelujah, I wanna keep speaking for myself. The Lord has been good to me, hallelujah, hallelujah. Father, in the name of Jesus, Lord God. We thank you this morning, Lord God. We praise you this morning. We glorify, we magnify your name, Lord God. We come to you, Lord God, with thanksgiving, Lord God, and praises, Lord God, in our heart, Lord God. We come this morning, Lord God, to glorify, to magnify your name, Lord God, for you, Lord God, you alone, Lord God, you are worthy, Lord God, worthy of the praise, Lord God, worthy of the honor, Lord God, worthy of the glory, Lord God, hallelujah, Lord God, Lord, we ask you this morning, Lord God, that you will have your way, Lord God, in this service, Lord God, we ask you this morning that you will touch, Lord God, that you will move, Lord God, in a mighty way, Lord God. Help us this morning, Lord God, to draw our minds in, Lord God, and think of the things of you, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God, be glorified, They said we'll be magnified this morning, Lord God, in the name of Christ, Lord God. We ask you, Lord God, that you will have your way in this service, Lord God, that you would touch thousands of the authority. That you remove the authority. In a mighty way Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. We ask you this morning Lord God, that you receive Lord God. We ask you this morning Lord God. Lord God. In the name of Jesus, Lord God. We ask you this morning, Lord God. Lord, as your messenger, come forth this morning, Lord God. We ask you in the name of Jesus that you will speak, Lord God. Speak through him, Lord God. Speak through him, Lord God. As you speak, Lord God, under the ocean, Lord God, of the Holy Ghost, Lord God. In the name of Jesus, Lord God, anoint the musicians, Lord God, skillfully before you, Lord God. And they play skillfully before you under the anointing, Lord God. In the name of Jesus, Lord God. Receive, Lord God. I will praise, receive, Lord God. I will worship, Lord God, that you, and you alone, Lord God, may be glorified and magnified, Lord God. In the name of Jesus, Lord God. We ask you, Lord God, that you will save, Lord God, such as should be saved, Lord God. In Jesus' name, Lord God, be glorified. Be magnified, Lord God, throughout this service, Lord God. In the name of Jesus, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Lord Jesus. You are worthy, Lord God. Worthy, Lord God. Worthy, Lord God. Worthy of the praise, Lord God. Worthy of the honor, Lord God. You said that everything, praise you the lord. Praise him. Hallelujah. Ain't no rock. Gonna cry out in my place. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Ain't no bird. Lord God. Gonna sing in my place. Lord God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Lord God. Hallelujah. You are worthy of the honor. Lord God. Worthy of the glory. Lord God. For you alone. Lord God. You are great and great to be praised. Lord God. In all of the years. Lord God. In Jesus name. In Jesus name. We pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Praise the lord. Saints. Praise the lord. Praise the lord. Saints. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We're we'll be reading from Romans eight uh chapter eight verses thirty three through thirty eight. It says who it says who who shall lay anything to charge of God's elect. It is God that justifies who is he that condemn it. It is Christ that died. Yeah. Rather that is risen again who is even at the right hand of God who also make it intercession for us who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword as it is written for thy sake we are killed all the day long we are killed all the day long for Christ's sake. We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay in all these things there are more than conquerors through him that loved us for I am persuaded everybody say for I am persuaded for I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord may the Lord add a blessing to the reading the hearing and the doing of his word in Jesus name amen Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah God's word is true nothing can separate us from the love of Christ amen and you know what God is a man he's not a man that he should lie he's a God of his word amen all things are possible when we believe and old chains are breakable when we receive your way you keep your promises if you said it we believe it if you said it if you said it we believe it oh you're not a man you're not a man that you should lie if you said it we believe it if you said it if you said it we then if you said it you're not a man and it's what you started God you have never then you with your presence. You're not a man that you should lie. If you said it, we believe it. Oh, you're not a man, you're not a man that you should lie. We believe it. Oh, your patience never failed me. Hey you, if you said it, Jesus, you're not a man. If you said it, if you said it, we believe it. If you said it, you said I am. Cause the great I am. Cause the great I am speaks over me. Say I am what I am. Cause the great I am speaks over me. Say I am cause the great over me. Hallelujah, hallelujah, abundantly above all that we could ever ask. Think, hope, or desire in our lives. Amen. Our God is able. Oh, you could at the pot. Our God is so able. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Whatever we need, whatever the circumstance, God is right here. Hallelujah. Our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth and in heaven too. Hallelujah. Our God is excellent. He's our strength, He's our power, and He's a strong tower. The righteous can run in and be safe with our God. Amen. It's your name. Your name is strength. Your name is strength. It's your name. Your name is strength. A strong tower. Your name is strength. It's your name. A strong tower makes me sick. It's your name. Your name is strength. Your name is power. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Come on and lift those hands. Lift those hands and give God praise. There's nobody like the Lord. Our God is powerful. Our God is mighty. There's nobody. He's worthy of praise from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same. His name is worth when up your mouth and bless the Lord. We worship you. And the glory. Nobody like you, Lord. Nobody like you, Lord. We worship you, God. We glorify your name. That you're high and you're lifted up and your train feels the temple. And right now in this atmosphere, if you need something for God, if you would just step out on faith and raise your hands and believe. God is still a healer. He's still a deliverer. He's still a way maker. He's still a promise keeper. There's nobody like the God we serve. If you need it, if you need it, just reach out and take it by faith. Nobody like you, Lord. There's something about being in the presence of the King. What a blessing. What a blessing. Praise the Lord, everybody. I give honor to God. I bless him. I worship him. Not just here in church, but I worship him. I worship him right down the street. I worship him sitting on my couch. I bless him and I praise him. We give honor to our bishop and our first lady in their absence. They had a death in the family and the funeral is today. So we ask that you would pray for them. I know he's our bishop, but see, when you love somebody, that will touch you. It doesn't matter who it is. But when you love somebody, I was telling somebody, even when you know somebody is getting ready to pass, when they do, it still hurts. And we need a comfort. And we find that in Jesus. So remember to pray for our bishop today in their absence. Also, this Sunday, we'll be having our first youth meeting. Come on and put your hands together for that. Come on. Let me hear you. Hallelujah. Amen. I believe that God is going to bless our young people. And we're going to do all we can to facilitate that. That's going to begin this Sunday. So this morning I want to talk about that God, he wants to bless you. He wants to bless you so that you will know that he's God. He wants to bless you so that you'll know that he can provide every need for you, according to his riches and glory. He wants to bless you so that you'll know that he's a faithful God and that you can trust him. But before we get into the words, Sister Terry is going to come with the praise team and they're going to minister one song to us. And after that, we're going to come and get into the word. Come on and bless the Lord. Amen. Amen. Oh, the Lord does want to bless us this morning. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Oh, hallelujah. We thank you, Jesus. Bless your name, Lord God. Hallelujah. The Lord bless you. And keep, make his face shine upon you. And be gracious to you. The Lord, the Lord. And be gracious to you. The Lord. We're going to say that blessing one more time. The Lord bless you. The Lord make his face to shine. Be gracious to you. The Lord is to shine upon you. And be gracious to you. The Lord turned his face. And your family. And your children. And your children. May his prayers to you. I want you to stand on your feet right now. Do you receive that blessing today? Come on, come on. Do you receive it from the Lord? I want you to just lift your hands. Are we going to sing that part that says, Amen. Some more. So that we tell the Lord, I receive the blessing. Go ahead, Sister Terry. Lift your hands to Jesus. I receive your blessing. Your children. And your children. And your children. Be gracious to you. The Lord. The Lord turned his face toward you. The Lord turned his face toward you. The Lord spoke unto Moses saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons. From this wise shall you bless the children of Israel saying, The Lord blessing and keeping. And make his face shine upon thee. And be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you. And give you peace. What a blessing. The Lord began, he spoke to my heart the other day. He said, tell the people that I want to bless them. It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter where you've been. Maybe you've even missed it. God wants to bless you. If you're not saved, he wants to bless you by saving you. If you are saved, he wants to bless you so that the world would know that there is a God in Israel. God says, I want to bless my people. He says, God doesn't like you. He doesn't love you. You know what you did. And God says, all I want you to do is repent and come to me. And I want to bless you. I'll put you right back in line for the blessing. I like that. See, because most of us, if not all of us, if the Lord would have kicked us out for one infraction, we never would have made it. We'd have been singing that song and never would have made it. But for the wrong reason. But God wants to bless you. He loves you. He's concerned about you. He wants to bless you so that the world would know that he is a good God. He wants to bless you so that the world would know that he is a saving God. He wants to bless you so the world would know that he is a God that delivers. He wants to bless you so that the world would know that he is a God. Not of a first chance or second chance. A third chance. He's a God of another chance. He said, though your sins may be as carly says, I will wash them. I will forgive them. And then I want to bless you and understand the blessing is not just stuff. Sometimes we get caught up in money and clothes and cars and stuff like that. Now that's part of the blessing. But he wants to bless you with peace. I like this and the Lord bless you with peace. See when I can lay down at the end of the day and eat my pork chopper, I'll piece a chicken and have peace. I'm rolling baby. But God said, I want you to have peace. He said, a peace that passes your own understanding that will keep your heart and your mind. That will let you know, I love you even though sometimes you messed up, even sometimes you went back. I still love you. You still belong to me. I like that in Jeremiah. The children of Israel down in exile because they had sin. And he said, go back and tell my people. I know the thoughts that I think towards you says the Lord. I have not changed my mind. I still want to bless you. I still want to use you. I still want to open doors for you. I still want to make ways for you. I still want to save you, your children and your grandchildren. Don't let the devil tell you that God is through with you. He's not through with you yet. He wants to bless you. Amen, amen, amen. God's saying that I want to bless you. But you have got to believe this by faith. It's not just enough for him to say that. But if he makes you a promise, if you don't believe it, it doesn't do you any good. So when I read a promise from God, I don't care how crazy it looks. I say, amen, amen. I receive it by faith. Even if I don't understand that, I receive it by faith. Even though the enemy tries to talk me out of it, I still receive it by faith. I'm not giving up on what God said. Hebrew 6th chapter, he's talking to Abraham into his seed. And we are now the seed of Abraham. And he says, surely blessing, I will bless you. And multiplying, I will multiply you. In other words, I will cause you to prosper. Because I love you. Sometimes I look at the life of my grandparents. They had 16 kids. As far as I know, my grandmother never really worked a job. How in the world can one man make enough money to feed 16 kids? I don't know. But what I do know is when I sit down at the table and I bless my food, I break it and he multiplies it. I break it and he multiplies it. And in your life, if you have faith in God, everything you bring to him, he'll bless it. He'll break it. He'll multiply. He'll break it. He'll multiply just like he did with the fish and the loaves. At the end of the day, everybody's going to be full. And something's going to be left over. He's a God of more than enough. God like David said, and he fills my cup to the overflow. Not just feel it. He fills it to the overflow. In other words, he gives me enough that I have enough and love left over. I can bless somebody else. He's a God that is able to do. So if you have any doubt in your mind, if God wants to bless you, let me settle it in your mind right now. He wants to bless you. Not just with stuff. He wants you to be completely blessed. Nothing broken. Nothing missing. Healed in your finances. Healed in your body. Healed in your relationship. Healed with your children. See, I discovered you can have a million dollars if you don't have peace. You ain't got nothing. You broke. God said, I want to bless you, not just with stuff. But I like that. He says, the Lord bless you and give you peace. In other words, you can be satisfied. You can feel safety when you sit down in your house. You don't have to be afraid. You know, I hear about things going on. And sometimes you can be in your house and hear somebody shooting. And people jump up and round until they win. I just roll over and say, thank you, Jesus. The thousands shall fall at my side. And 10,000 at my right hand. But because I belong to God, it will not come nigh me. The blessing of God is on me. The favor of God is on me. He says, and I will bless you. When everything else is going down, I will bless you. You know, we look at the news. We hear so many tragic stories. I remember reading that on 9-11, when all those people got killed, there was one church that had a large church. A number of people from that church worked in that building. And for some reason, nobody that belonged to that church went to work that day. Some people had a flat. Some people had a headache. Some people were sick. But nobody from that church went to work that day. See, God, when the blessing of God is over you, I don't care what's going on around you. He's able to keep you. He's able to deliver you. He's able to open doors for you. He wants to bless you. Young people, old people, married people, single people, black people, white people, old people. God wants to bless you. Tell yourself, God wants to bless me. Say it like he means that God wants to bless me. God wants to heal me. God wants to deliver me out of every problem in my life. It doesn't matter what it is, God wants to bless you. Turn to Luke chapter 12. Luke chapter 12. I think Luke is such a thorough writer. But Luke is kind of long-winded. All of his chapters run on three and four pages. In chapter 12, verse 32, but I want to start at 27. He says, consider the lily, how they grow. They toil not. They spin not. And yet I say unto you that Solomon and all of his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If God then so closed the grass, which one day is in the field and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more? How much more will he clothe you, oh ye of little faith? Let's go down to verse 32. And it says, fear not, little flock. For there's your father's good pleasure. Good pleasure. Good pleasure. His great joy to give to you the kingdom. So he says, fear not, little flock, people of God, for your heavenly father finds good pleasure. He has great joy to give to you the kingdom. I am a father. I don't think anything gives me any greater joy than when I bless my children and my grandchildren. They come to my house and I take great joy in blessing them. When they come and I say they come into my little kingdom on 11608 Crenshaw Boulevard, I love to bless those little critters. Now, sometimes they get on my nerves. They run around my house and when they leave it looked like somebody had dropped a bomb. But that means we had a good time. They know when they come over to grandpa's house they jump on me. They jump on my back. They hide. They attack me from every place. That's because we love each other. I never forget one time one of my grandbabies got in trouble and her mother went to give her a beating and she ran behind me. I said, that's right, don't mess with my grandbaby. She no longer, I'm with granddaddy. Everything is all right. Terry's can tell you about that. He had that kind of grandfather. I know he's a little boys alone. He's from Maryland. I know he did. And so, turn to Romans chapter 14. Romans chapter 14, verse 17. And it says, for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Let me read it to you like this. For the kingdom of God is not just meat and drink because that is part of the kingdom. It's not just meat and drink. It's not just stuff, but it's righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost with all the stuff, with all the provision that he makes for us until we begin to understand that God wants to bless us. Jesus promises, he says, I will give you all things that pertain to life, the earth realm, and to godliness, the spirit realm. So in the kingdom of God, every provision is made for us. What we need, I didn't read it in Roman, no Luke, it said, for the Father, he knows that you need these things. See, we worry about stuff as if God didn't know that I needed this. As if God didn't know I needed a job. If God didn't know that I needed a house. But I find it says, if you will seek first the kingdom of God, those things that you need, they'll be added to you. As a matter of fact, they'll run you down. I was on a job. It wasn't a good job, but it was a job because I was trying to take care of my family. That man walked up to me. He says, you know, I've been noticing you. He says, you're a hard worker. See, when you go to work, don't steal from the man. Work hard for your money. He said, I know that you're a hard worker. He says, will you come and work for our company? I said, well, how much does it pay? He told me, I said, boy, that's a lot of money for two weeks. He said, no, we pay that every week. In two weeks, I was making four times what I was making on that job. I did not look for a job. It came and found me. See, if your wage will please the Lord, he will bring what you needed, how you needed, and when you needed. Right on time. He brought me not just what I needed. He brought me more than enough. Hallelujah. And my old boss, he said, you can't take that job. If you take that job and don't make it, you can't come back. You know what I said to her? Devil, you a liar. See, you have to take the promises of God. Take the blessings of God. He wants to bless you, but not just so that you are blessed, but he wants you to be a blessing to somebody else. He wants you to bless somebody. He wants you to sit down and share the word of God with somebody. He wants you to feed somebody a meal. We go down to the mission, my wife and I, and sometimes people will come and they will, you know, we give them stuff, we give them things, and I was surprised because one lady, she says, you know what, I appreciate the stuff you give, but more than that, I appreciate the fact that you come. And you share the gospel of Jesus Christ. See, we are blessed with so many blessings, but if we keep it to ourselves, what good does it do? So he said, the kingdom of heaven is not just stuff, but it's righteousness and peace and the Holy God goes in. So it is the Father's good pleasure, good pleasure. Hey, good pleasure, good pleasure, good pleasure. He loves to do it, to give to you the kingdom and everything within the perimeters of the kingdom. Salvation, number one. Provision, joy, peace and righteousness. John 10, 10, Jesus is speaking, he says, and I come that they might have life. And not just an existence, but I come that they might have life and they might have it more abundantly. See, the abundant life is when you have the promises of God and you have the blessings of God and you have the peace of God. You have the favor of God. The enemy tries to attack and say, the enemy rushing like a flood, but the spirit of the Lord will raise up a standard against him. When God has blessed you and the enemy tries to come and mess up your blessing. The enemy, see, sometimes we look for the enemy to come with a tail and a pitchfork. The devil has never come to me like that, but he has come to me looking fine and fine. I said, devil, you a liar in Jesus' name. See, he's not going to bring something that you don't like. He's not going to bring something that doesn't appeal to you. So you need to understand when God is blessing you, you look out for the enemy to try to mess up your blessing, to try to get you out of the favor of God. A friend of mine said, you got to keep yourself in the love of Jesus so you can walk where the blessings are falling. Psalms 35, 27 says, and let the Lord be magnified and let the Lord be praised, which takes pleasure in the prosperity of His service. See, what I'm trying to get you to understand is that God takes pleasure in your prosperity. He takes pleasure in blessing you. He takes pleasure in delivering you. He takes pleasure in making ways for you. He is your God and He loves you. He's a good God. Sister Merlin is saying it this morning, I almost started shouting, OK, thanks unto the Lord for He is good. And His mercy endures forever. I thank God for His goodness and I thank God for His mercy. David said, surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. Good days and bad days, when I'm out of line, goodness and mercy is still. See, some people think goodness and mercy are two little cute angels, I think goodness and mercy are like two of them great big brothers. And some of those places that I took goodness and mercy, I guess they shook their heads and said, roll up your sleeves, we're getting ready to go in. This boy taking us some crazy places, but we getting ready to fight today. But goodness and mercy was right there. When the enemy thought he could destroy your goodness and mercy, he said, not today. When the enemy tried to kill your goodness and mercy, he said, not like this, not today. Goodness and mercy has followed us all the days of our life, even when we didn't recognize it. Goodness and mercy was right there. God said, my hand is still on your life. God said, I'm still going to bless you. God said, I'm still going to deliver you. I'm still going to make a way for you. You belong to me. I like that. You see, some of us, we've got to change our thinking. We've got to know that Jesus wants us to be blessed and to prosper. He says he takes pleasure in the prosperity of his servants, of his saints, not just that prosperity, but my soul is prospering when I have peace. My soul is prospering when there is nothing between my Savior and me. Not that I'm perfect, but I'm pursuing and reaching for perfection and I have peace. And again, as a father, I take pleasure in seeing my children and my grandchildren prosper. I would find no pleasure if my children were living in poverty and in lack while I had plenty. See, but we serve, I like that song. He said, he's a good, good father. The other day I was riding on the train and I saw this man and he was a good father. He had a little boy and that little boy was all over him and climbing all over him and rolling in the floor and he would tell him, sit down. You're out of order, you're out of line, but I love you. See, that's how God does it. Sometimes when we mess up, when we act a fool, He says, now I want you to correct yourself, but you still belong to me. He's a good father. He doesn't give up on us. I like someone saying it today. He doesn't give up on us. He never gets to a place where he says, I'm gonna throw you away, but he's a good father. He makes waves for us. He opens doors for us. He delivers us. He forgives us when we miss it. He's a good father. He said, I'm married to the backslider. I was talking to my brother and we were talking about that Gomer. I don't know if I could have went after that woman like, but God said, you go get your wife. Because this is a picture of me and the church. Though they stray, I will not divorce them. I will not put them away, but I will love them back into health. I'll love them back into life. I'll love them back into correction. I'll give them my word and say, I have not forgiven up on you. It's not too late. As I was sitting in my seat, the Lord said, there's some people in this room. They feel like I've done so much. It's too late. The Lord said, it's not too late. I still forgive you. I still love you. And not only that, but my hand of blessing is on you. See, sometimes God will bless you in your mess so that you see he's such a good God, even when I act a fool, he still blesses me because he loves us. God wants to bless us. I have a granddaughter. She's four years old. Her name is Chimamanda. Big name. We call her Mandy for short. And I can be sitting at my table eating a steak. A cooked meat piece of steak. And before I can put it in my mouth, she will unashamedly, Elda, walk over, reach in my plate, pick the piece of meat up, and eat it. See, somehow, the point is somehow she knows she's figured out at four years old that grandpa takes great pleasure in blessing me. And you need to know the Lord takes great pleasure in blessing his people. Does that mean we can just do anything? God forbid. Shall we continue in sin that the grace of God may abound, God forbid. But when I am reaching towards and for perfection, even those times when I slip up and mess up, he still blesses me. He still loves me. He doesn't throw you away. But God is warning us to go to another level in him. In Numbers chapter 6, I read it. Let's read it one more time. I just love that. Numbers chapter 6. Such a beautiful thought. And thanks, Sister Terry, for doing that for us. I just love that song. But in Numbers chapter 6, it said, the Lord said unto Moses, verse 22, speaking to Aaron and unto his son, saying, On this wire shall ye bless the children of Israel, saying, the Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace. So God says, you tell the Levitical priesthood that I want you to pronounce this blessing over the people. And we, the Levitical priesthood of God, we and I, you and I, we are a royal generation. We're a royal priesthood. He wants us to pronounce that same blessing over the people of God. He wants you to pronounce that same blessing over your life. See, sometimes you need to get in the mirror and minister to yourself. The Lord bless you and keep you and give you peace. Sometimes you need to get in the mirror and remind yourself, Jesus loves you and he wants to bless you. Jesus loves you and he wants to make ways out of no way for you. So we know that God wants to bless us, but the enemy comes to steal and to kill and what? Destroy. In the book of Numbers in chapter 22, Israel has come out of Egypt, out of bondage. They've defeated the Amorite kingdom. Our king of Bishan, I studied that. He was a massive human being. He was big and he was tall. He put me in the mind of Goliath. And with the help of the Lord, the children of Israel destroyed a whole nation of men that probably looked something like God. They were encamped in the plains of Moab and Moab was the last stop before passing over the Jordan. So King Balak, he was the king of Moab and he feared the children of Israel because of their size and because of their reputation. They were nation killers. And he tried to hire Balaam, a wicked prophet to curse the children of Israel. But this is what I like. God would not let him curse the children of Israel because God was on that side. It said, the Bible said that no weapon that is formed against us shall prosper in the name of Jesus. And I declare that the enemy may not, he can't prosper. You may take a hit, but the Lord will let you be destroyed. No weapon. On three different occasions, this wicked prophet went to curse the children of Israel. But every time he opened up his mouth, a blessing would jump out. And see, when God is on your side, when the enemy comes up against you, they will come up against you to destroy you, but God will make them bless you. At school, on your job, it may be a neighbor, but know that God will not let the enemy destroy you. He won't let the enemy curse you, but he'll make your enemy be at peace with you. He'll make your enemy bless you. I had a wicked boss at work and he would do stuff for me and he would say, I don't know why I'm doing this. I don't even like you. And you know what? I didn't get married because I don't even care because I know why you're doing it. There's a God that sits on the throne and I belong to him and his hand is on my life and you can't hurt what God has blessed and you can't destroy what God has blessed and God wants you to know he won't let the enemy destroy you. Curse you, stop you. So three times he tried to curse the people, but three times he spoke of blessing. Numbers chapter 23 verse 8 says, How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how can I defy whom God has not defied? In other words, he's saying, if God blessed him, I can't curse him. If God's hand is on him, I can't shop him. If God is for him, I can't be against him because they belong to the king of kings and Lord of lords and God said, I bless you and the world can't stop you. I bless you and the enemy can't destroy you. It sounds like if God is for us, who can be against us? If God is for us, who can stop us? If God is for us, who can put a curse on our life? It won't work. I never will forget I was at school. I must have been eight years old. I wouldn't even say, but I had praying parents. Praying grandparents, we had a substitute teacher. She came and brought a Ouija board and that thing was moving all over the place and people were screaming and hollering and whatnot. She said in front of me, I put my hands up and guess what? Nothing. Didn't move. Didn't budge. And matter of fact, the woman, she got so mad, she snatched it up and gave it to somebody else and started moving again. See, when God's hand is on you in life, when the enemy tries to come in and destroy you, even when you don't understand it, he will keep you from trouble. He will keep you from the storm. He will keep you from the enemy. He will stop you from even making a mistake that will harm your life. See, we can open up a door for the enemy and have a problem for the rest of our life. I had a chance to read some of the lyrics on the new album Renaissance and I tell you that is demonic. That is demonic. See, sometimes we listen to a song and we think, oh, that's just such a nice song and you're opening up a door for the enemy to come in. You're making a way for the enemy. It's just a song. See, it's not just a song. See, it's not just lyrics. It's just like playing these video games, killing folk, and they say, oh, that doesn't affect the young people. Why in the world are these young folk going out killing folks that they don't even know? See, I tell these, I'm kind of crazy because I run up to Gamebangers and one guy told me, he said, I'm a kid. I said, you ain't going to do nothing to me, little boy. You better back yourself up. See, I told him, this is not a game. This is not a video game. If you kill somebody, ain't no reset button. See, they play these games so long they kill people and hit the reset button and say, ha, ha, ha, let's do it again. But you need to be wise at the doors that you open. Sisters, you need to be wise with the brothers that you go out with. Oh, it's just a date. We ain't going to do nothing. You think he's taking you out just to go on a date? Brothers, we do the same thing. You can't play with fire and not give up. You can't play with fire. Fire. And not get burned. So you need to be wise over the adversary. Now, Jesus will keep you but if you keep jumping into the fire, he going to let you do whatever you want to do. You going to come out of Krispy Kreme all burned up, fried on the edges. See, the problem is young ladies, he gets you, he hits you and then he's on to the next one. It's not like he going to marry you. I don't know why I'm saying this because these are the things that I told my daughters. I said, you know, there are men that will use you that will not love you. And we saw it in the Bible. There were men that used a woman but did not love them. So we have to be wise. So the enemy wanted to destroy us. But the truth is that since God is for us the world cannot be against us. You need to know that God is with you. God is for you. God is on your side. You need to know that you're blessing. You need to know that you're redeemed. You need to know that you can rejoice. Rejoice because you're blessed. Tell somebody I'm blessed and I know it. I'm blessed and I know it. God has blessed me and I know it. You need to know that if God blesses you. That you bless. You need to know that God is in control. See when God blesses you the enemy can't curse you. When God blesses you the enemy can't stop you. When God blesses you the enemy can't do anything but get out of the way they're blessing. They belong to God. His hand is on their life for good. Tell somebody I'm blessed. Hallelujah. I'm blessed. Hallelujah. I know I'm blessed. So how do you activate the blessings of God on your life? I'm glad you asked. Turn to Deuteronomy chapter 28 Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 1 it says, and it shall come to pass if thou shalt hark him diligently diligently diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe and to do. I like that. It says to observe and to do his commandments which I have commanded thee this day that the Lord thy God he will set you on high above all the nations of the world. He said, and these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you. In other words the blessings of God will run you down they'll overtake you if you just harken unto the voice of the Lord he says, I'll bless you in the city I'll bless you in the field I'll bless your children I'll bless your grandchildren I'll bless you on your job. Somebody say favor say favor God will give you favor on your job. He'll give you that promotion he'll give you that raise he'll even give you that VP parking spot you don't have to walk across the parking lot. He says I'll bless your flocks I'll bless your investments I'll bless your baskets I'll bless your bank accounts ask Dr. Sykes he'll bless your bank account say won't he do it Dr. Sykes she said two thumbs up yes he will he says I'll bless you coming in I'll bless you going out I'll bless you wherever you go I'll bless you at school I'll bless you on your job I'll bless you when you go to the grocery store I'll show you the best deals, the best prices every place you go people say I'm blessed I'm blessed it don't make no sense but I'm blessed you know the other day I went up to Palmdale to visit my brother and I took the train so I could relax and sit back and it didn't cost me much to go it just cost me five dollars I was getting ready to come back I went to buy my ticket the lady she had an extra ticket she tried to sell it to me I said well I don't have any cash I'm just going to use my car she said here take the ticket God bless me with a free ride home that's what you call favor I wasn't looking for it she gave it to me and she walked away she gave it to me and walked away see that's favor seems like every place I go people are giving me stuff putting stuff in my hand and trying to do something for me that's the favor of God I don't look for it, I don't ask for it but they just give it to me and I say thank you Jesus I want to bless you boy I want the world to know that I'm a blesser I'm a deliverer we're blessed I'll make you the head and not the tail I'll make you above and not beneath I'll make you the lender and not a borrower he says I'll make people wonder who is this man I remember I was in the hospital and so many people came and I was so blessed and the nurse said who is this man I belong to God even in the hospital I got favor they did stuff for me that they didn't do for nobody else and I never asked for a thing but see when the favor of God is on your life when you're looking to please him when you're looking to serve him when you're looking to obey him when the word of God says be baptized in Jesus' name and filled with the Holy Ghost are you willing to do what God said to do to qualify you for the blessing will you say yes to the will of God recently the Lord told me to do some things minister Bruce quite frankly I didn't like it I'm like dude really I talked to a Lord like that I was like dude really he said I didn't stutter and I did it and guess what I got blessed I don't even know how it happened but see when I choose the Bible said that Moses was the meekest man on earth but see meekness does not mean weakness meekness means I give up my will to do the will of God but every time you give up your will to do the will of God let me tell you something he will bless you in ways that you never even imagine he'll give you favor with people that you never even met he will open up doors for you in ways that you never he will have people ready to bless you even before you get there see it's not just me my children are blessed I told them some niggas on TV but I told them y'all better thank me every place my kids go they are just blessed it is crazy my youngest daughter she was in college and she got a full ride can you say full ride a full ride I was so happy but she had a full ride she had two jobs and she tutored people she believes in giving back she was in a huge project of about 12 apartment buildings and on her job she was a server so she knew the president the vice president every big shot at that university they knew her by name that's Trina and one man walked up to her and said where do you live she said well I live across the street in whatever hall it was he said oh is it nice she said it's nice she said do you need anything to the school if you need anything here's my card you call me and I'll fix it favor favor see if you will if your ways will please him he will give you favor if your ways will please him he'll open doors for you if your ways will please him the blessings of the lord will follow you and run you down and overtake you and bless your life bless in the city bless in the field bless when we come and when we go and we cast down every stronghold and this is the part like I said and the enemy is defeated so you need to know that the enemy has already been defeated he was defeated at Calvary God gave you the victory at Calvary God killed the enemy at Calvary he has no right to stop you he has no right to detain you he has no right to destroy you he's already been defeated and God is giving you the victory the bible said great is he that is in you than he that's in the world the bible said in the overcame by the blood of the lamb in the word of the testimony they said that we are not just conquerors but we are more than conquerors through him that loved us and as I just I was meditating on all of this and the Lord said the bottom line is I bless my people because I love them and it is my desire to bless my people and most of us we grew up in situations where our parents weren't rich we were kind of hesitant to ask for stuff because maybe they couldn't afford it and you knew they didn't really want to tell you no I never will forget growing up my parents they worked hard and they provided a good life for us but there's some things that they couldn't buy for us and Irma and Uncle Richard they would go out and buy us stuff they brought us some stuff that boy I mean it was amazing but again that is the favor of God God says I will see they blessed us but God blessed them for blessing us says I will bless them that bless you but I will curse those that curse you I will stop the enemy when he tries to attack you I'll open up a door when they try to close it I'll make a way out of no way hallelujah I'll let the world know that I'm God there is nobody like me there is nobody beside me and I will bless my people I don't care what they say I don't care what it looks like I'm going to bless my people you need to get that down in your spirit I'm blessed hey stop I'm blessed you need to know that God is for you God is with you God is on your side you've got the victory in the name of Jesus greater is he that's in you and he that's in the world you'll bless him you're more than conquerors you'll bless he's giving you all things that pertain to life and to godliness so again even if you have missed it all you need to do is to go to God and say God I'm sorry I repent and he'll put you back in line for the blessing he'll put you back in line to use you he'll put you back in line because he wants to protect you he wants to shield you he wants to keep you he wants you to go from glory to glory from strength to strength he wants you to live a blessed life in the name of Jesus so when the enemy tries to tell you you're not enough when the enemy tries to tell you that you're not blessed tell him the word says fear not let him little flock for there's a father's good pleasure to give to me the kingdom so remember this that God is with you God is for you he wants you to be blessed and you are blessed clap your hands if you believe that in Jesus name hallelujah that praise hallelujah hallelujah bless me bless me oh lord bless me indeed in large my territory bless me indeed bless me bless me bless me oh bless me indeed my territory bless me indeed my territory to turn his face toward you toward you it is his good pleasure it is his good he gets excited when you are positioned to receive the increase amen but you have to be in position to receive it hallelujah you have to be in position to receive the increase hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah come on if you need the Lord to turn his face toward you hallelujah come on God is not going to bless us if we in sin if you position yourself to receive his blessings he will bless you indeed amen hallelujah he will turn his face toward you hallelujah and give you peace and the thing about God's peace is it goes past your comprehension it goes past what you understand it goes past what other people understand in the midst of trials and tribulations you'll have peace hallelujah hallelujah I pray for it I pray for it I pray for it bless me indeed oh God bless me indeed come on 51 neat prayer come on this morning come on and get it come and get your blessing hallelujah come and get your blessing hallelujah Lord lift up his countenance upon you hallelujah the joy of the Lord be your strength hallelujah hallelujah everything that you need is in God come and get your blessing hallelujah come and get your blessing hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you Lord I pray for it come on let's everyone stand up we'll stand up we'll be all real secret yes yes come on let's all stand chandelier hallelujah hallelujah thank you Lord thank you thank you Lord send my dont allow the enemy to over take me in launch my territories dont allow the enemy to take me hallelujah me. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, put a hedge, all right. Yes. Hallelujah. Sensitive to your spirit. To the generations, cause them to love you God so that the blessings will transfer from generation to generation in the name of Jesus. We thank you God. We thank you in the name of Jesus. Cause them to love you. Cause them their hearts to be turned toward you Jesus. Let them love you God. In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Bless me. Come on. Let's give the Lord a hand. Pray. May the blessings of the Lord and your family children from generation to generation. In the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Thank you. We praise you. We give you glory. Many of us are blessed because we had pray. Mothers and fathers and so those blessings were passed down from generation to generation. Can't mess up. You might stray, but you won't stay out there. Hallelujah. Because the blessing of the Lord is upon you. It's upon you and your families. Hallelujah. Some of your mothers and your grandmothers prayed you through. Hallelujah. And that blessing is extended. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen. Come on. Let's give God some hand. Praise it. God, we thank you. We thank you. And praise the Lord. Let's receive minister. He's going to take us into this further service. Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. That was a great message. A great message. A powerful message. We all receive that. How haven't we? We receive it. Hallelujah. But we have to remember it's not a one-way street. Hallelujah. We have to do our part. That's right. We have to do our part also. The Lord, he said his word when I return him to him boy that he would do what it was set out to accomplish. But we have to do our part. He said bring your tithes and your offering into my storehouse that there may be me in my house. The Lord want us to be obedient. Those blessing will come if we are obedient to his word. And when we are disobedient to his word, there's a bad side to that. When we rob God of his tithes and offering, he said you are cursed with a curse. You are cursed because you are robbing him. So bring your tithes and your offering into the storehouse if you want to receive the blessing, all the blessing that Elder Ross was talking about. I know I want to be a part of it. I don't want to rob God. I don't want to be cursed. Hallelujah. So be obedient Saint. Obedience. That's the word for the day. Obedience. Be obedient to the word of God in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Let us all stand and raise our offering to the Lord in Jesus name. Thank you Lord. Father in the name of Jesus we thank and we praise you Lord God. We glorify, we magnify your name Lord God. We ask you this morning Lord God that you will bless this offering. Multiply Lord God. Let it continue Lord God to meet every need Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. Those that are faithful and obedient to you Lord God. We ask that you will bless them Lord God. That they may receive Lord God. All the blessing Lord God in Jesus name and those that are not able Lord God. We ask that you will make a way Lord God. That they may get in on this blessing Lord God. In Jesus name. In Jesus name we pray. Amen and amen. You now may bring your offering. We're blessed in the city. We're blessed in the field. We're blessed when we come and when we go. Every strong ghost in this empire in my seat. In the middle of the night I want to turn it around. Praise the Lord. Just want to remind all the young people we have a meeting about 15 minutes after the service is over. So all if you even consider yourself to be young come on down. Amen. It's gonna bless you. It's gonna bless the young people. So amen. Amen. Amen. All right. We thank the Lord for everything blessed offering. Father we thank you for all. Okay. Thank you God. Just for the opportunity to be a blessing in your kingdom God. We thank you for continuous needs being met in the name of Jesus. You honor your word hallelujah that if we give it will be given unto us. Good measures pressed down shaken over and God's going to use us to be a blessing to each other. Men to be a blessing to us. Amen. And we thank you and we praise you in Jesus name. Amen. Hallelujah. All right. We're going to get ready to get on out of here.