 To my mind, therefore I have hope It's because of your mercy that we are not consumed Because thy compassion veils my day I'll do every morning Great is thy faithfulness Great is thy faithfulness Come to you, let's sing that one more time As I look back over my life I can see capital blessing It's my reward to my mind Therefore I have hope It's because of your mercy that we are not consumed Because thy compassion veils my day I'll do every morning Great is thy faithfulness Hallelujah, good morning And welcome to Shield the Faith Long Beach Hallelujah, how many of you know that we serve A faith for God His mercies are renewed every morning And great is His faithfulness Amen, here our pastor Amen, it's Bishop Arling Alexander The first lady is First Lady Bobby Alexander Hallelujah, God is blessing here At Shield the Faith Long Beach We are so excited, hallelujah And so blessed here So wherever you are, come on stand to your feet Let's sing of the goodness of God As I look, as I look back over my life I can see how you love this guy named me But you forgave me And your capital blessing It's my reward to my mind Therefore I have hope It's because of your mercy that we are not consumed Because thy compassion veils my day I'll do every morning I can never repay your love for what you done for me How you lose my shackles and your debts How you might listen today You'll pay my joy in the time of sorrow Oh, it's when I wake at 1 I can never repay your love Lose my shackles and your debts I'm no star in strength when we lose my shackles How you lose my shackles and your debts For what you done for me How you lose my shackles and your debts How you made a way Amen, Jesus, we approach your throne of grace and mercy We love you, Lord Thank you for your presence with us today You said you'd never leave us nor forsake us Where your children were called by your name We honor you, Lord, hallelujah We worship you, hallelujah, in the name of Jesus Be exalted today through our praise and worship Thank you, Lord, send your message To inspire us to continue to let hallelujah Live for you, oh God Help us to be... Help us to win souls into the kingdom For your name's sake, oh God In the name of Jesus, we honor you We bless you Thank you, I thank you so much for saving my soul I thank you because she said you'd never leave us nor forsake us You're with us all the time Glory, honor you, Jesus, hallelujah Be glorified in our praise and worship Our praises go up to you, oh God Be exalted, be exalted Hallelujah, send your word today Hallelujah to help us to live holy and righteous before you In the name of Jesus, I pray In Jesus' name, thank you, Jesus Amen, hallelujah Praise the Lord, thanks Amen, hallelujah The highest praise, hallelujah We will be reading from Psalms 46 Verses 1 through 7 Psalms 46 verses 1 through 7 God is our refuge and strength A very present help in trouble Therefore will not... Therefore will not we fear Though the earth be removed And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled Though the mountains shake With the swelling thereof, sea-lie There is a river, the streams thereof Shall make a glad the city of God The holy place of the tabernacle Of the most high God is in the midst of her She shall not be moved God shall help her God shall help her And that right early The heathen rage The kingdoms are moved He utter his voice The earth melted The Lord of hosts is with us The Lord of hosts is with us The Lord of hosts is with us The God of Jacob is our refuge, sea-lie May the Lord add a blessing to the reading, the hearing And the doing of his word Hallelujah, God is our refuge and our strength And he will help us and that right early Amen, amen There's nobody greater than our God Hallelujah, there's no nobody greater Bless the Lord, bless the Lord this morning everyone I climbed up to the highest mountain Looked all around, couldn't find nobody I went down into the deepest valley Looked all around down there, couldn't find nobody I went across the deep blue sea Couldn't find no one to compare To a grace you'll love your mercy There's nobody greater, nobody greater than you I climbed up to the highest mountain Looked all around, couldn't find nobody I went down into the deepest valley Looked all around down there, couldn't find nobody Nobody I went across the deep blue sea Couldn't find no one to compare To a grace you'll love your mercy There's nobody greater, nobody greater than you I searched all over And found nobody can You are the great I am Carried out redemption plan You are here, you are here You carried out redemption plan Hallelujah To be praised Jesus, hallelujah Glory to your name, Lord God Hallelujah At this time we will have our solo this morning by minister Amber Wise, amen How great is our God, hallelujah He is the name above Can we just worship the name above all names, hallelujah It's the name of Jesus, hallelujah No greater name than Jesus, hallelujah Oh good, he is holy, hallelujah Worship with us as we sing this morning, hallelujah How much I appreciate Worship him in his house today Come on and praise him, come on and praise him From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same Just lift your hands and begin to worship him The presence of the Lord is here The presence of the Lord is here Worship him Worship him Ba la la la la la Worship him Worship him, enter in him Enter Bow down Worship him, worship him Worship him Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah And we come into his presence And we bless his name We stand before the king and say He's worthy of praise and glory His presence is here And the glory of the Lord Feel the house Say bow down and bow down Bow down and worship him Come on and bow down before him Say bow down and worship him One more time buzzing come on and worship him come on and worship him there is power there is deliverance in your praise there is breakthrough in your praise there is healing holy god see that's what I asked the Lord for today was a move of the spirit today he's here right now thank you sister Amber for taking us into the presence we were already there but she took us deeper into the inner course and what an honor he says is to come boldly to the throne of grace to be in the presence of the king hey he said who is this king of glory the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battle as you see our bishop is not with us again this week but I talked to him this morning and he's still on assignment for Jesus he sends his word he says bless the Lord and praise the Lord he says we already out of church we going to the buffet maybe they're going to golden corral first lady I don't know ain't nothing wrong with golden corral we are just so honored that you are here with us today it won't always be like this the Lord will perfect that concern sooner or later it's gonna turn in my come on singing with me it won't always be like this yeah tell him it won't always be like this no no no bless the Lord and father we thank you because your presence is always already been here with us we thank you for the praise we thank you for the worship we thank you Lord because we know you're gonna turn it over us you're an awesome God you're a powerful God you are my and you said you turned it around for us the news today I got good news today news today out you whatever yes whatever the problem he cares whatever the sickness he cares it doesn't matter what you're dealing with it doesn't matter what the test is it doesn't matter what the trial is it doesn't matter what the pain is it doesn't matter how long it's he cares Jesus cares about you brother Darrell even if it's my fault he still cares if I messed up he still cares he's a good God like that and I promise you he's gonna turn it around he's gonna turn it around the devil said you ain't never gonna get out of this but I said I'm gonna turn it around the Bible said we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feelings of my infirmities in other words he feels my pain and not only does he feel it but he cares about it and he promised I'm gonna turn it around for you and if you do it for me he'll do it for you I'm his boy but he'll do it for you he likes me but he'll do it for you too he says I've got no respect of persons I want to bless you and you and you and you if you give it to me I'll turn it around I'll make a way I open a door he cares he cares sometimes we go to people and we try to tell them my problem and they look at us like they just don't care I was talking to somebody and that sister looked at me like why are you talking to me I said your mom well I did but I asked the Lord to forgive me y'all know y'all do the same thing but Jesus cares I was about ten days ago I was looking at this thought and the Lord said I want you to comfort my people with this word with all the craziness that's going on around they need to know that I care and last night sister Bobby I was just kind of looking through my Bible I was looking for something over in Psalms I was thinking about it and I flipped to it I just flipped my Bible open I just flipped it over and still a psalm that went to Isaiah the fourth chapter and they said comfort you my people comfort you so God wants you to know beyond the shadow of a doubt I don't care what you're going through I don't care what the problem is I don't care what the enemies tried to do in your life God cares about you you're not in this thing by yourself you're not alone he says I care about you and not only do I care I can do something about it he someone said let Jesus fix it for you so he knows just what to do says when you pray let him have his way and he will fix it for you I tried to fix some things I just made it worse but what I took it to Jesus when I took it to Jesus when I took it to the master he fixed it and like she read in that scripture and that right early he fixed I don't even know when he fixed it all I know I was on the other side of the storm and he'll do it for you just like that if you will trust him and look to him and lean on him he will take you out so fast you won't even know how you got out he's good like that he's good like that he cares he cares first Peter 5 and 7 says cash all of your care on him for he cares for you it said cast all of your cares sometimes we think this is just too small to take to the Lord I've heard people like sister Bobby and myself I've gone downtown and I said Lord give me a good parking space I don't want to walk two blocks to get where I'm going give me a good space and I would pull up and there were no parking space and I would sit there about 5 seconds and somebody would pull out of my space he cares for me I told you I was his boy he cares for me in the fourth chapter of Mark Jesus is teaching a multitude a great multitude of people and there is pushing and shoving people trying to see and people trying to hear it's kind of like it is on Easter when you know each you come to church and the church is packed and you stroll in late you know like you do and somebody is sitting in your seat Lord have mercy and now you got to find some place to sit but Jesus is talking to a multitude he's not talking to the scribes or the Pharisees he's not talking to the big shots he's just talking to everyday regular people like me and so Jesus sees all the pushing and the shoving and people jockeying for position trying to see and some of them are probably kind of short like me and they couldn't see very well I heard somebody laugh and Jesus gets into a boat and he pushes out a little bit from the shore and he sits down and he teaches the people he talked about the sword how he sold the word he planted the word he spoke to them in a parable now a parable is just a truth told in story form so that it can be relatable to me and you something we can understand and so he sits down and he's teaching them this parable and the people heard the words that he was saying but they did not understand what he was talking about see unsafe people and corner people corner saints they cannot understand the truths of God you ever you ever talk to somebody that's not safe they can understand a little bit but then when you begin to talk about the word of God they look at you like what in the world or you tell me yeah yeah they give you the RCA dog look you know they turn their heads I like what and so Jesus talks about the Seahawk fell on four different types of soil wayside ground and stony ground and thorny ground and then he talks about the good ground and while the people enjoyed his stories and they enjoyed his anecdotes they did not have a clue of what he was talking about and then Jesus says and to them to he that has an ear to hear let him hear now some of the people were amused some of the people were curious some of the people were entertaining then some people really wanted to understand what Jesus was saying and you and I we have to have a hunger and a thirst for the word of God I need to know what the word is saying because I want to know what the heart and the mind of God is for me and so Jesus gets along with the 12 disciples and some faithful followers and they ask him about the parable of the sword what are you talking about and Jesus goes on to explain the sword he saw in the word and the seed fell on wayside ground and the birds swoop down and ate the seeds off the ground and then some fell on stony ground and it wasn't much soil and they didn't have many roots and so it sprung up quickly but the sun beat down on it and it withered away and then some fell on thorny grounds and it says and the cares of life and the lust for other things choked it out see we need stuff in life but sometimes we get so caught up in going after the cares of life and the stuff if I can get another suit if I can get another dress and if I can get a weave someone said come on now give me a little Velcro thing going on and we pursue we lust after things and it chokes out what God is trying to do in our life and then it said and some fell on good ground that yielded 30 60 and a hundred fold the seed of the word is always sown to produce fruits of righteousness God does not send his word for no reason when God sends a word he is trying to produce something in us holiness and righteousness and peace and love he wants us to prosper but it's in the seed of the word and so Jesus goes on and he talks about other parables concerning the word of God and so we'll pick it up right there in Mark chapter 4 verse 33 and with many such parables spakey unto them as they were able to hear it it says but without a parable spakey not unto them when they were alone he expounded all things to his disciples 35 and said the same day when the evening was come they said unto him he said unto them let us pass over unto the other side so Jesus is along with his disciples and some followers and he says let's pass over to the other side of the lake verse 36 and when they had sent away the multitude they took him as he was in the ship and they were also with him of the little ships here it is it says and there arose a great storm of wind and the waves beat into the ship and so that it was full so Jesus had his disciples and his disciples and the rest of his entourage they got in some boats it says and a great storm rose up and the wind was blowing and the wave was beating against the ship it said and the boat was full I can't imagine that some people said or thought if one more bucket of water gets in this ship we going down and I remember there were times in my life when I thought if one more thing goes wrong it's over it's done I'm finished end of story and can you imagine at this time the disciples are running around the ship they're crying and throwing up and having a fit drama drama drama drama queen ask your neighbor is he talking to you is he talking to you if he is don't look up just keep looking straight ahead and so they're running around and they're crying and they're throwing up but Jesus is in the back of the ship and he's asleep on a pillow I like that he wasn't worried about nothing it said but Jesus was asleep but while Jesus was what we call asleep he was fully aware of everything that was going on Psalms 121 says behold he that keepeth Israel never slumbers nor sleep I don't care what's going on Jesus is always on point he always knows what's going on in your life verse 38 it says he was in the hinders parts of the ship asleep on a pillow and they awoke him and said out to him master master master Jesus care is not that we perish and so sometimes when we're going through the test sometimes when we're going through a triumph sometimes when we're going through a storm we feel like saying Jesus Jesus don't you care about what I'm going through but I'm here today to tell you he cares he cares he cares Jesus cares about you see when they called on Jesus Jesus woke up he got up and he spoke up and he said peace peace peace peace be still when Jesus says peace the storm has to cease when Jesus says peace the enemy has to stop when Jesus says peace peace everything has to come peace see no storm no test no struggle nothing catches God by surprise nothing you face nothing that comes in your life will catch God by surprise when Jesus told them let's go to the other side he knew that a storm was coming and in your life every problem every storm every situation every struggle every challenge he knows is coming he knows is on the way three things he knows is coming he knows it's not going to kill you he knows it's not going to kill you he knows it's not going to take you out and he knows how to fix it see I don't care what you're going through today I don't care what the problem is today you may need healing in your body you may need finances but God knows and he cares and he will provide nothing catches him by surprise the Lord told me to tell you today that you will survive the test you will survive the storm you will survive the problem you will survive the storm he said you are a storm survivor tell somebody I'm a storm survivor I'm a storm survivor Jesus is bringing me out the enemy tried to stop me the enemy tried to block me the enemy tried to kill me but I'm still here I'm still here I'm still here in Jesus name I am a storm survivor the Bible said and no weapon that is formed against you it's going to prosper no weapon that's formed against you it's going to stop you no weapon that's formed against you it's going to block what God is doing in your life and he cares about what you're going through and he will bring you out on the other side he said tell my people don't you be worried about what you see don't you be worried about what you're going through don't be worried about what the devil said he said you're not going to survive this you're not coming out of this but God told me to tell you you will survive and you will thrive and you'll come out with the victory you'll come out with a storm you'll come out with a dance see brother Job lost everything but his wife and it seemed like God didn't care his friend said Job what did you do you must have went down to the strip club and you tried to make it rain up in there last night I don't know what you did but what did you do it seemed like God don't care if he loved you he wouldn't let this happen to you but I like what Job said though he slay me yet will I trust him do you trust him through the storm do you trust him through the problem and I like what happened I said and he gave him double for his trouble Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace they threw him in the furnace the king came back he said didn't we throw three men in the fire and he said roll call he's counted one two three and four and he said the fourth one looks like the son of God and the son of God his name is Jesus and he cares about you so much he'll get in the fire with you he'll bring you out the fire and I like I said not even the smell of smoke was on them he was so close to them so close to them that not even the smoke not even the residue nothing could touch them when God is with you and God is for you and God is on your side I don't care what the enemy tries to say I don't care what the enemy tries to do he's going to bring you out like the six million dollar man bigger faster stronger than when you went in and when I come out of the fire when I come out of the test ship I got a testimony that he is able to deliver he is able to bless you he's able to keep you even in the midst of the storm so if you're in a test today if you're in a trial today if you're in the middle of the storm and the question comes to mind does Jesus care about me if he cared about me how would he let me go through this but I'm here to settle your mind I'm here to assure you today without a doubt without question beyond the shadow of a doubt he cares he cares he cares he cares he cares for you he sees every tear he sees every sign he sees every problem he cares and not only does he care he's going to fix it he's going to turn it around he's going to turn it around for you the Bible said many of the afflictions of the righteous but God see that's what makes the difference there may be afflictions there may be struggles there may be problems they may attack you at work but God I like to say but God who is rich in mercy he has enough mercy for us he has enough healing for us he has enough finances for us he says but God delivers them out of them all he cares for you young people he cares for you sometimes you feel like they just old and they don't understand what I'm going through and sometimes we may not understand what you're going through but God does and he cares said we have a high priest that is touched with the feelings of our infirmity young people old people middle-aged people God cares for you God wants to bless you and deliver you he says I know the thoughts that I'm thinking towards you to give you as expected in a blessed end when he spoke them to Israel Israel had been in sin and they had been down in exile for 70 years and it seemed like God had forgotten about them he said you go tell the people I know the thoughts that I'm thinking towards them I have not changed my mind I'm still going to bless you I'm still going to deliver you even if you miss it he says I know the thoughts that I think towards you I don't care what they're saying about you I don't care how they gossip about you I'm going to bless you I'm going to deliver you I'm going to bring you out I'm going to make a way I'm going to open the door because I care it's nothing like being in love with somebody that don't care about you yeah that's a bad feeling that's a heartbreak but to be in love with somebody every time I tell him I love you he tells me I love you right back every time I tell him you so sweet he says you pretty sweet yourself when I tell him you so strong he says I make you strong you see I have hooked up with Jesus I have put all my my I pushed all my chips to the middle of the table I'm trusting in him I'm resting in him I'm believing on him I'm looking to him I'm I'm exalting him because he cares for me and I may be suffering today but he cares for me the Bible said weeping may endure for night that's a maybe it said it may it didn't say absolutely it said weeping may endure for night but joy is coming in the morning that's a promise joy is coming I don't care what you're going through I don't care what you're dealing with joy is coming in the morning and since you know Jesus cares about you since you know he's going to bring you out of this test since you know he's going to turn it around you ought to praise him in advance you ought to stand on your feet put your hands together and give God some praise come on and bless him come on and praise him he's worthy he's worthy give him some crazy praise he cares about you he cares Jesus is with you Jesus is for you Jesus is on your side he said you will outlast the storm I don't care what you're going through you will outlast the storm oh yes oh yes there's a turnaround in your future see we have a hope that the storm is passing over yeah yeah say we may be in the storm right now but we have hope yeah that God is going to deliver us so you can cast all your cares on him right because he cares for you right know that God is going to deliver you he's going to make ways for you yeah he's going to heal your body he's going to open doors for you he says and I will make supernatural provision look to be financially blessed in the name of Jesus he will keep you and strengthen you he cares for you it won't always be like this sister Merlin God will perfect that concerning you sooner or later sooner or later in my favor come on if you believe that this morning hallelujah come on sing it come on ministers come to the altar Lord will perfect that Lord will perfect that answer and sooner or later sooner with this sanctuary there is us deep in the atmosphere come on get your blessing there's a stillness atmosphere the delivery coming coming lay it down God on a long beach full of fire shield to break the yolks lift the heavy burden thank you Lord thank you Lord God come on if you got your blessing come on give the Lord a hand raised come on if you trust him to care for you hallelujah thank you bless you Lord Jesus he told us to pay our tithe and to bring him an offering that's what he has committed told us to do man that's to do and he said we do that then he will bless us now let's not be like the disciples when Jesus said peace be still he said oh you have a little faith why are you so fearful so I'm saying why are you so fearful to trust God with your financing all right he owns it anyway it doesn't belong to you anyway it's all here and it belongs to him yes right the Lord is there as you make your checks out and make get your money together give something extra today the reason I said that you know we don't have Tuesday and Wednesday night bible study but ever since the pandemic has been going on I always include Tuesday night offering and and and and uh Wednesday night offering in my offering don't I sister Edward every week I do it as if I'm coming to church so just because you're not here don't mean you don't have to give so the Lord wants you to give to his house and you're not giving it to bishop or to myself or to Elder Ross or anybody guess what you're giving it to the Lord and he's the one that's going to bless you financially amen so let's give him to God let's step out on faith and give to him you know what I lost $25,000 in the mutual funds this past month but guess what I ain't worried about it because there's more where that's coming from hey man I ain't gonna worry about it people said $25,000 my daughter Arlene lost more than that because of investments and stuff like that but that's because of the economics but guess what it'll come back up I ain't worried about it because God will give me more and the reason I'm not worried about it because I got some more and the reason I got more you know why because I gave more and God is blessing me and you know why God is blessing me because I always give him more than tides and offering amen I give him more because I trust him because my finances don't come from man my kind of finances come from God amen and the church is not giving us anything so I don't worry about that either and I'm not worried about and I'm glad we're in the position where we don't have to if we would the church will be closed but anyway thank God for what he's done for us and guess what you want to be blessed the same way God could do the same for you amen so what I want you to do is make give you get ready to give your offering stand and we're gonna pray over your offering and if you don't have much today ask the Lord Lord I don't have much today my mind desire is to give more I have to desire my heart to give more make it available to me to give more I heard one saint of God talking about that her church had a special offering that was being raised and she didn't quite have the money she said Lord make a way that I can have some extra money to give you know God opened a door for her and she that extra money to give and I praise God for that some of you all realize it's time to pay tithe it's time to pay your tithe this is the time amen those who get that checks like I do the first of the month yes what it's time to pay tithes amen so I praise God for all you all and we thank you now the church is doing well that's a blessing from the Lord amen church is doing well and I praise God for that so hold your offering up my offering is up in the office I forgot to bring it down I used to give it to bishop and I forgot to bring down I hold his up but I have my soup amen amen so in the name of Jesus Father we thank you because you not only care about our souls you care about how we live down here on earth you care about us having enough to provide for ourselves and Lord the way we do that is that we sew into your field into your old vineyard we know you don't need our money because the money's already yours but we're stepping out on faith and trusting you that you will help us by us sewing you will give us more and we thank you and praise you because we want to be obedient to you and to your word and Lord God those who don't have Lord let them have faith and pray and ask you Lord I don't have but Lord let them seek out a way you give them away where they can't have Lord in the name of Jesus we pray oh God we thank you we praise you we give you honor and glory bless these offerings triple it double it big it useful Lord God in the name of Jesus we pray amen amen bring your offering and I'm going to give you a report on Bishop Bishop is in St. Louis he's there on some business and Sister Merrill and and and brother Darrell them they just came back from St. Louis with that same kind of business that he's in there on and some of the other brothers was there and nephews and stuff was there so um that's where he said he'll be home tomorrow and I'll be so glad I want to shout out to my son-in-law who's been my son-in-law DeAndre for bringing me to church these past two Sundays because I don't try to freeway like I used to so I want to shout out to him for bringing me to church and picking me up and bringing me to church and that's a good son-in-law to do that amen because if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be here today but I praise God that he um you know brought me last Sunday and this Sunday amen amen so Bishop it will be home tomorrow and he and um Pastor Simeon uh there taking care of some business and uh with some of the other brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews who was there and uh he's not Galliban he's not on vacation he is not on vacation I'll guarantee you that he's not on vacation but he's taking such a business and what he's doing he's helping his brother Simeon which is 87 years old and he's all in has been like a a caretaker for him a care person for him someone who care about his brother Simeon so that's what he's doing so it's really Simeon's business but all in is there to help him manage what's going on amen when I get 70 87 years old I want somebody to care for me I need somebody to care for me now I praise God that my husband is able to do that amen so um I guess that's it so I guess we'll turn it over to Sister Marilyn so she can take us on out of here amen and those are media land I forgot to tell you if you want to sew you know how to sew it's been on the screen it's on the screen right now amen so you look up there and it tells you how to sew to give and we praise God for all you all are here and we love you all we love you all and not only does God care about you pastor and myself care about you two now we don't have the money like God have we don't have the healing power like God have but we can pray for you I pray for this church all the time every member of this church I call your name out we can pray and we can do that but guess what we care a lot about you all and we hope you care about us which I know some of you all do and just like God want you to care about him he cares for us but we we pay him back by caring for him also and the way you care for him is that like you did you come down to the to the altar and let God know I care I may not got to get it right all the time and I maybe step out sometime but I do care about you and that's what the grace of God is all about amen and another thing if you want to listen to some good gospel all week I've been doing church you know what I've been doing Pentecostal similar to the world has it's having had that convention in St. Louis I listen to preacher preaching all week I listen to singing all week it's some good singing and some good preaching some good soul staring to help you turn on YouTube and look up TAW convention 2022 and you'll get all week what was going on it will bless your soul because it blessed my you don't have to sit home and be bored and not do anything there's always some good gospel preaching apostolic preaching on on YouTube amen listen to it amen man we had some good words some good preaching good singing God hasn't met us here hallelujah hey man it's been a wonderful time in the Lord and we just thank him if you're determined I'm determined to walk with Jesus yes I am come on are you determined I'm determined to walk with Jesus yes I am you shall not be faithful I'm determined to walk with Jesus yes I walk with me walk with me turn my special execution I'll be faithful through heart execution I'll be faithful I'm determined to walk with Jesus yes