 Thank you lord Jesus. Come on. Are you ready to praise the lord this morning? Come on. Let's stand to our feet and give our God some glory. Hallelujah. It's the day that's my lord. It's the highest praise. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Each and every one of us should have a hallelujah in our heart for the lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Lord you are worthy 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. For you alone lord god. You are great lord god. And great to be praised lord god. In all the years lord god. Father we come this morning lord god. In the name of Jesus lord god. We come this morning lord god. Lord God. Thank you, Lord God. Thank you for your mercy, Lord God, for your grace, Lord God, for your loving kindness, Lord God. We thank you, Lord, for waking each and every one up this morning, Lord God, waking us up, Lord God, with a praise, Lord God, on our hearts, Lord God, Jesus, Lord God, you said, Lord God, Lord God, hallelujah, Lord God, be glorified, be magnified, this morning, Lord God, that you will move, Lord God, move in a mighty way, Lord God, move upon every heart, every mind, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God, help us this morning, Lord God, to get out of ourselves, Lord God, and get into the spirit. You said, those of us, Lord God, those of us that worship you, Lord God, we must, Lord God, we must worship you, Lord God, in spirit and in truth, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God, we ask you this morning, Lord God, that you will move in this service, that you will have your way, Lord God, that you will annoying Lord God. Every portion, Lord God, of this service, Lord God, receive this morning, Lord God, our praise, our worship, Lord God, that we offer until you this morning, Lord God, in Jesus' name, Lord God, be glorified. Be magnified, Lord God. We ask you this morning, Lord God that you would speak, Lord God, saying your word, Lord God, saying your word, Lord God, speak through Lord God. In the name of Lord God. And Lord, we ask you Lord God that you don't know the musicians Lord God. Annoy every note. Every beat Lord God. In the name of Jesus 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 to save Lord God. Such Lord God. It should be saying Lord God. You said in the name of Jesus Lord God. And we ask you this morning Lord God. That you will draw them Lord God. Draw them Lord God. Like you never draw them before Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. Let your word Lord God. Bring confection Lord God. Upon them Lord God. In Jesus name Lord God. In Jesus name we bring amen. Amen. 249. For a good tree bring if not forth corrupt fruit. Neither does a corrupt tree bring good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For if thorns men do not gather figs nor of bramble bush gather they grapes. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bring it forth that which is good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bring it forth which is evil. For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. And why call you me Lord Lord. And do not the things which I say. Whosoever comes to me and hear with my sayings and do with not them I will shoo you to whom he is like. He is like a man which built a house and dig deep and laid the foundation on a rock. And when the flood arose the stream beat phenomenally upon that house and could not shake it. For it was founded upon the rock. But he that hears the word and is like a man without a foundation built. A house upon earth against which the stream did beat phenomenally and immediately it failed. And the ruin of that house was great. May God add a blessing to the reading of his words. Amen. Amen. We want to bring forth good fruit. Amen. Our God is holy and he wants us to be holy. Amen. We welcome in the presence of the Lord this morning. Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah. Holy, Holy, Holy Holy, Holy Holy, Holy Holy and he's worthy worthy to receive violence. Holy, Holy, Holy Let all the earth rejoice Let all the earth rejoice and darkness triumph and trembles at his voice and trembles at his voice. Hallelujah. Amen. At this time turn over to elder Kevin Rossi. Lord, has he been great in your life? Yeah. Has he been great in your life? So I said, this is my story. This is my song. Praising my Savior. Blessed are you Jesus is my and the words for I am an air of salvation been purchased by by God been born of his me been washed in his blood and this is my store and this is my song. Praising my Savior. The day every day this is my song. Praising my Savior. Fix submission. Hey! All is at right. I am my Savior. We're happy. I said we're happy. We're happy. I've been filled with this goodness. I've been filled with this goodness. Been washed in his blood. Help me sing it. Say this is my story. This is my song. Been praising my Savior. All that my song. Praising my Savior. Been praising my Savior. Hey! Been blessing my Savior. Been praising my Savior. That was the end of that song. Come with him. Come also. This is the sentiments of my heart. Jesus is he's my and oh what a foretaste of glory shall be purchased by the Yisbe. And this is my store. Perfect submission. I said this is at right. I am my Savior. Yes this is my song. I'm praising my Savior. One more time. Praise him. You know that should be each of our testimonies. You may be seated. Each of our testimony is the second verse. Perfect submission. Lord all can be at rest because I and my Savior I'm happy and blessed. And that's all my life is about. Praising Hallelujah. He's worthy. Anybody know that he's worthy? Anybody know that it's our assignment we're chosen we're called to praise his name and give him glory for the many things he's done for us. I'm delighted. I'm excited today to be in the house of the Lord again on this Sunday morning. God's been good. I said he's been good. Amen. We're still here. Many have gone but we're still here and we deserve to praise him because he's one who calls that to be so. I love the Lord and he pitied every wrong as long as I live and troubles rise I know what to do I get in a hurry when troubles come I get in a hurry and I run to him I'll hasten to his throne I'd love to sing that but I don't have the voice I don't have the voice for that song at this particular time I want to call your attention to the Word of God as it is found in the book of Matthew Matthew chapter 13 beginning at verse number one I now have it I'm getting a little feedback sound room thank you in this chapter at the ministry of Jesus and he was addressing the kingdom of heaven and as most of us know Jesus taught in parables and a parable is a goal beside the Word of God Jesus didn't say that this happened he said it is as he said it's like and I'm going to bring to your attention the reason that many people don't receive the Word of God I'm going to use today for a text wait to Brock gets finished amen I'm going to use for a text and I'll ask you all to do this turn to your neighbor neighbor can you hear me now turn to your other neighbor neighbor can you hear me now what I want to bring to our attention is there is a deficit of hearing within the body as many of you know that I've been a musical person all my life sang my first solo in school in kindergarten and I went through music, through high school and college there was one particular song that our choir sang that brought out a deficit of hearing and the male members of the choir sang old woman old woman will you do my washing old woman, old woman will you do my washing then the female says speak a little louder sir I'm very hard of hearing then the male came back old woman, old woman will you do my ironing the females responded again by saying speak a little louder sir I'm very hard of hearing and they went we went through several of those then the male part said very softly old woman old woman do you want to marry me she said oh my goodness gracious dear I hear you very clearly I hear you very clearly well that was a temporary deficit of hearing cost by the one who was to hear come on now verse one says the same day went Jesus out of the house and set by the seaside and great multitudes were gathered together unto him so that he went into a ship and set and the whole multitude stood on the shore he spake many things unto them in parables saying behold a sower went for to sow and when he sowed some seed fell by the wayside and the files came and devoured them I want to pause right here Jesus says the sower went forth to sow seed and when you sow seed you're expecting to get a return on the sowing that you sow you expect to get more than you planted if you plant one kernel of corn you don't expect to get a kernel in return because you had that one already when you plant a seed it should bring forth many times over that that you planted but Jesus said in this parable sower sowed some of the seed fell by the wayside and what that simply means they didn't have fences they didn't have sidewalks or things like that when they walked along the way they trotted in a narrow space and that space became trampled to such a degree that it was hard as concrete right and so it said some of the seed fell on that hard pathway and it couldn't get into the soil before the birds came by and ate it up wasted seed and he said some fell up on stony places where they had not much earth and forthwith they sprung up because they had no deepness of earth when it says it fell on stony places in the study that I did it says in that society in that particular area there was soil on the top of limestone and I don't know if you know about limestone steps we had limestone steps at our house and they were that thick the steps were that they had been cut out of limestone to be about a foot high and so consequently when the water fell on the top earth part it went down to the limestone and stopped it couldn't go any further because the stone had more power than the water and consequently when the sun came out the seed came up and the sun scorched it because it couldn't get a hold it couldn't get a root and so when the seed falls upon the hearts of some mankind they have something that is a barrier between it and the soil that's going to enrich them and cause them to become a child of God now let me help you I'm going to tell you right here this is not just talking about people on the outside of the church this is talking about on the inside of the church see inside of the church you'll understand that there's some good people and some bad people and some good intention people and so forth and so on you can't verify you can't make that into being in the church some people come to church for all different kind of reasons they come because they like to sing the music some people like to preach it some people love just gathering together and fellowshiping that can't put you in the church that puts you around the church hello I heard one preacher say the song standing on the promises some of y'all need to stop saying I'm standing on the promises admit you're standing on the premises standing on the premises of God but what it's going to take if we're going to be successful if we're going to truly be a child of God we have to receive the seed all of our conditions have to be so that when the word falls upon our ear when the Lord speaks to our spirit we'll be able to embrace the word that God has sent to us we'll be able to say to him yes Lord your will be done even in my life so we can't have any barriers going to come between us and what the Lord has for us it fell on stony places where they had not much earth and forthwith that means right away they sprung up because they had no deepness in the earth and so as I began I said to you this is not just to people on the outside it's to those of us who have yielded our heart we said yes to Jesus one day he washed us clean filled us with his spirit and we had a great transformation just like that and it used to amaze me I'm still shocked when we had Sunday school Sunday morning service then Sunday night service people would come to Jesus with a repentant heart they were washed in the blood of the Lamb and God filled them with the Holy Ghost on Sunday and they wouldn't even come back to church on Sunday night they had a decision that they made that was not a firm decision and they left and exposed themselves to the adversary of the soul who was the devil a quick conversion won't get it you've got to be rooted you've got to be grounded in the Word you have to know what the will of God is for you and your life and your family you can't go around wondering I wonder how I'm doing or even worse than that just walking around in a daze walking around in a daze when you didn't have any idea you had no thought towards your eternal salvation but you've got to be in a place where you're praising my Savior praising my God all day long realize and understand that it's your duty it's your responsibility to give Him praise after He died for you He went to Calvary's Cross and hung there and died for the remission of sins for the world and we owe Him we have to understand that He's real and we need to be real when the Son was up they were scorched because they had no roots they withered away I'm going to share this with you it's just between us in here you have or you are no challenge for the devil I remember when Sister Dandridge came home from college she had a saying I didn't mind her saying it because I understood it she had a saying that she used around the house I got this and she did see she wasn't the same one in 2017 going to Oklahoma there was a transformation in her life and she got in the books and she learned something and she really learned something and so when we start to say to her things that would be common knowledge perhaps she said I got this well in the spirit world you ain't got this you ain't got it you need Jesus every day of your life every hour you got to have Jesus on your side he's got to be the main thing of your life you can't say I got it to Jesus the next verse said some fell among thorns thorns sprung up and choked them I was interested in learning the take on this when it says some fell among thorns and so what that statement would indicate is that there was a plant there before the seed got there come on somebody and that plant was well established and rooted and it had its weapon already when the seed came when you hit the earth when you were born that kind of situation is what you were born into the devil's been around a long time way before you were a twinkle in your daddy's eye the devil was around and he was doing his thing and causing people to fall causing people to be half hearted about what they're supposed to be participating in so he said that some fell among thorns and because the thorns were well rooted they took over the seed and choked it out it had the ability because of its stability and because of his early arrival it had the ability to take control and snuff out the life of seed now you got to understand you got to see that that's the devil see the devil never stops working he's busy all the time and he understands what the situation is even more than we do see we don't really understand what hell is like come on somebody we don't understand what to be kicked out of heaven he knew what heaven was like he was the chief musician in the heaven and he got beside himself and wanted to be above God and God said I ain't having that he said to an angel he said I heard it expressed like this he could have called many many angels to throw him out but he pointed to one and said take him out and he fell down from heaven after seeing what heaven is all about I know something I've heard descriptions but I can't wrap my mind around the descriptions streets made of gold walls of jasper gates of pearl I can't connect with that that's too much for my imagination hallelujah but the devil he's always busy Jesus met him and said where are you coming from he said I'm going to and fro in the land and I'm seeking whom I might devour he said I'm on my job and I'm looking for somebody who's not paying attention I'm looking for someone who doesn't know the value of their position in you and when I find them I'm going to eat their lunch I'm going to cause them to be lost everlastingly with me he said I'm going and I'm going to take some with me I want to know who wants to volunteer to go with it I'm not the one I'm not the one I think about the song the wine and saying a million didn't make it but I was one of the ones who did I was one of the ones who did that's my determination I was one of the ones who make it no matter what comes no matter what goes no matter the test of the trials I'm going to stand for Jesus I'm going to be rooted I'm going to be grounded in his word I'm going to do that which he's called me to do I'm going to stand fast in the time of trouble and temptation I'm going to stand right here hallelujah I want to see his face I'm going to see his face he's my savior I love Jesus he's my savior when storms are raging he's my shelter and where he leads me I'll follow I love Jesus I love Jesus and he loves me I'm determined I'm determined anybody determined y'all quiet because what it does it helps us to see our flaws and so I think actually it really is Elder Ross it is a shouting message I don't want to be off wrong and don't know it you walking around knowing what was right for me and you won't tell me hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank God for the light thank God for the light we had good advice in our house I often talk about what my mother said my father was saying a lot of stuff too but my mother was my first teacher when dad was at work when I was three years old mother was teaching me one of her favorite sayings is concerning people who have been walking in sin when you see the light she said there's only one thing to do get in the light and start walking come on walk in the light that's the song beautiful light come where the dew drops of mercy shine all around me oh I need it not just over on this side I need it here I need it here shine all around me by day and by night Jesus you're the light of the world I want to walk in you I want to live in you I want to give you all the praise hallelujah hallelujah thank you Jesus some fell into good ground now here we come at verse 8 before I go into that I'll help you understand one observation of mine I've observed that most people most people getting it wrong if you're doing what most people are doing check yourself if you're doing the same the same thing that most people are doing check yourself straight as the gate and now is the path and few there be that walk there in if you're walking down the king's highway 20 lanes wide you're in the wrong path you're in the wrong path you better search for the narrow paths people say y'all think y'all are the only ones there ain't but one choice there's one choice one way one way one one one one way to God baptize in Jesus name when you're baptizing Jesus name the Lord has promised that he would live in you he would abide in you when you get in the way don't get out of the way when you hear somebody behind you don't get out of the way stay in the way but now I pointed out to you they're good and they're bad in the church it wouldn't be a church if it didn't have any good in it so when the soul he found some ground that was good soil hallelujah hallelujah now some fell into good ground and brought forth some 100 fold some 60 fold and some 30 fold I'm so glad that one day when Jesus spoke to my spirit you're gonna say my spirit I didn't hear him say hey Arling he would have said hey junior but the spirit of God moved up on my heart it touched my spirit come on Lord I'm available to you when he touched me I said Lord I'm available my will I give I'll do what you say use me Lord to show someone the way hallelujah that's my determination I'm going to work until the day is done he called me out of darkness he saw me in my sinful state and he washed my sins away and filled me with his spirit and I'm delighted to walk this path it's been a difficult time of testing and trials but I'm still standing I'm still standing because God is in me God is with me his angels are around me hallelujah hallelujah and I'm happy happy just to know that he is mine hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you Jesus so now Jesus said that the sower finally found the right deal the right soil and he said when he cast that seed on that good soil the soil cooperated you know the problem with the previous places where the seed fell that ground wouldn't cooperate alright you see that but all it took was some willing soil hallelujah hallelujah from dust we are into dust we shall return we're just dirt hallelujah but I thank God my dirt was receptive when he called me by my name I'm glad that he called me and I'm glad that I yielded I'm glad that I didn't have any agenda that I had to participate in that I couldn't come when he called me he said the day that you hear my voice harden not your heart yield yield say no to yourself that's what it's about hallelujah we really impressed with who we are I ain't taking nothing from nobody I can handle myself you don't believe it as though Buster I busted him up hallelujah you ain't nobody and it's been proven it's been proven by the greatest Muhammad Ali he was the greatest he was truly the greatest untill who's the guy that beat him I forget Frazier it was Frazier Frazier yes I went to the forum I went to the forum that's right y'all pray for me I went to the forum he was the greatest until Joe Frazier got a hold of it whoever you are and however bad you are you gonna meet your match come on somebody the devil is he's a mean mean mean mean man he's not interested in seeing you all excited about yourself he wants to take you out he wants your life hear me he wants your life your life he wants all of our lives so we can be his company in the lake of fire that burns with fire and brimstone throughout all of eternity I'm not volunteering for that I'm not matter of fact I'm not going for it and he tries to make everything look so exciting he likes to make cocktails look so exciting he likes to see looks so exciting and at the end of all of it is damnation come on somebody he wants to take you by whatever means you'll fall for come on somebody so what I want to know is can you hear me now can you hear me now see the Lord has sent a word here today to this congregation for our good for our benefit he said I'm speaking to you he said this is my house these are my servants and what I say you need to humble yourself and get on back and bow down you got to bow down everybody's going to bow you know what I want to do I want to bow right now come on I don't want to wait until it's too late when it gets too late I'm going to miss heaven and I'll catch up and I'm still going to have to bow so I'll say to you in the last verse I'm through verse 9 said who hath ears to hear you see now ears had a particular designation for its purpose we kind of hijacked it everybody who got glasses on raise your hand these are not made just to hold my glasses Jesus said whoever has an ear to hear he said you have ears but you're not hearing you have eyes and you're not seeing he said for everybody who's got ears they ought to be ears to hear let him hear what the spirit is saying to the church how do you hear me now do you hear the master calling do you hear the spirit moving inside of you trying to get us on the spot we're supposed to be occupying right now come to the place where you can hear him when he says get up out of the bed and be on time to church can you hear him when he says you need to witness for me he said I called you to be a witness you shall receive power after the Holy Ghost come and you shall be it didn't say if you want to be receive the power of the Holy Ghost you shall receive power to be my witnesses come on somebody come on somebody the Lord is not pleased with us not witnessing he's not pleased with us coming to the church and the church not being filled he said he wanted his house to be filled I know TV is so inviting the bed is so inviting Facebook whatever whatever all of them other things are that's so much fun to do he said but you got to separate yourself you got to get control of yourself get control of your time think more about me worship me adore me witness call people into the kingdom call people into the kingdom well I tell you what if we don't get in a hurry and hear him we won't we won't so what I want to encourage each of us you want to say us I'm not perfect I don't mind admitting I don't want to have to admit it but I have to admit it oh come on y'all won't say amen you know you need it you ain't all of that you ain't walking like you ought to walk some of us can't even keep our mouths shut I'm going to my seat the light the beautiful light come where the dew drops a mercy shine shine all around shine all around us by day and by by day and by day said Jesus the light come on sing it say walk in the light beautiful light beautiful light should come by day and by say Jesus come on sing it say walk in the light prepare the light is the beautiful light beautiful light oh yeah a mercy shine shine all around to walk in the light to beautiful light Jesus is calling for us to walk in the light Jesus is saying can you hear me now I'm calling you higher can you hear me now I'm calling you to pray can you hear me now I'm calling you to fast I want you to come up a little bit higher I'm calling you to be baptized in the name of Jesus can you hear me now I'm calling you to be filled with the Holy Ghost can you hear me now and as I was listening to Bishop Jesus says I'm just calling you to do better whatever you do he says I want you to do better he's calling us he's calling us and today if God is calling you calling you to be saved to be baptized to be filled with the Holy Ghost if he's calling you to pray to fast to come up a little bit higher I want you to come down to the altar because I know he's calling all of us will you answer the call and the ministers are going to lay hand and agree that you're going to do better that I'm going to say yes Lord won't you come come on down to the altar the altar is open so that we can minister to you he said can you hear me now your answer should be come on I know there more than just one person if I wasn't holding this microphone I would come down myself because Jesus is calling me to do better to come higher to be a vessel come on say yes yes lord yes lord the altar is open come on down from the bottom of my heart come on down to the altar the altar is open if you're watching by live stream say yes lord completely yes God is calling I'm willing to wait I'm willing to wait God is calling us higher say yes lord yes lord so say yes lord from the bottom from the bottom of my heart to the depths to the depths yes oh lord my soul I love you I love you oh yes I do from the bottom from the bottom from the bottom completely yes hey yes lord hey yes oh lord oh yes lord oh sorry accompany say yes lord say yes lord from the bottom from the bottom to the depths say yes oh lord yes oh lord say yes lord from the bottom say yeah yeah in the bottom the bottom to the depths yes oh lord yes lord one more time say yes lord yes lord right now what i want you to do get the hand of the person next to you if you came together and i want you to close your eyes and we're going to say lord i'm available to you lord i'm available to you we say yes lord we say yes to your will we say yes to your way what you're calling us to do just a chorus say lord i'm available to you my will to you i'll do to show someone the way to say just say a bunch of stuff in there that god didn't put kashi on the lord rush by he'll put your hands together and get we're so blessed we are so black and the lord sends us a word hallelujah so that we can incline to hear what he's saying hallelujah and it is a blessing amen that when he says what he says that we walk in the light amen come on let's give the lord a hand praise beautiful thank you bishop thank you bishop hallelujah for allowing the lord to use you amen well if the lord has said anything to you come on his offering time it's time hallelujah to bring the meat into the lord's house amen to be a blessing to the kingdom of god hallelujah the lord promised us that if we gave that he would give back to us now believe it or not there's another way of knowing where you've been planting because if you're giving guess what god is doing giving back hallelujah so if you broke today ha ha ha learn how to obey the word the lord he said give and it shall be given unto you press down shaking together and running over he'll cause men to be a blessing to you amen sometimes he'll drop pie out the sky on you hallelujah but he will use men amen to be a blessing to your life hallelujah are you ready to give amen amen amen come on if you're ready raise that offering up to the lord hallelujah thank you god for giving me the ability to be a giver into your kingdom hallelujah well come on let's stand i was i was thinking the other day about the joy that came my way thought about all i thought about all the times when i was walking around in a daze but now i stand because i hear the lord hey you can give by shield of faith christian center long beach give the five give the five shield of faith christian center long beach and if you're at home you can put a stamp on an envelope and mail it to 49 34 long beach boulevard right here in the beautiful city of long beach california amen the zip code is 90805 hallelujah father we thank you for those that gave we thank you for the offering we thank you for the word that you sent god we appreciate you thank you god for never leaving us in a position where we don't understand we don't get it god we thank you that you open up your word and you pour out blessings into the soils that you have given us the net you have made us god and we thank you have for helping us to be good ground we're good ground god we're producing hallelujah and we thank you and we praise you for that god in jesus name okay amen reminder the shield of faith fellowship of churches international newsletter is for march 2022 the shield of faith fellowship of churches convention is the year of god's power amen and we thank the lord for apostle henry alexander and the vision that lord has given him the year of god's power out of zakariah four and six amen guest bishops will be there amen and it's going to be a wonderful time in the lord i'm sure you can register at www the shield of faith shield fellowship dot org amen and the dates are April the 21st through the 22nd and it will be in person amen it will be in person so get your mask together and come on and let's fellowship with one another amen praise the lord for apostle henry and bishop marty alexander amen licensed renewals new ministers please follow the on the below link it says give now with give the fly and pay a hundred dollars for your license amen hallelujah ministerial renewal is 75 dollars same place give now with give the fly and pay a hundred dollars for your renewals that's ministers amen god bless you are we gonna get on how to hear are you determined every sunday i come i'm even more determined i thank the lord for the hall all the blessings that he's yielding to us here at shield of faith come on let's sing that song rejoice hallelujah and as we leave this place we are glad glad that you met us here glad for the word glad for all that you have built to us because you're a great god and you're worthy of our praise thank you god for equipping us for the journey helping us to be ready for every trick every onset every hour whatever the enemy's we are ready and prepared with the word of god we thank you and we praise god now take us from this place but never from your presence bring us back god lifting up our hands and ready to give you name praise and glory and we'll be so glad to give you all the honor in jesus name everybody that's in agreement stay amen stay amen