 Hallelujah Lord I just want to say thank you. Hallelujah. We don't wait your thanksgiving to give him thanks We thank him every day. Every day we wake up. Hallelujah. Thank you for all health. I was strength. I was provider. I was a protector. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah Lord. Come this morning Lord God. We come to give you the glory. Hallelujah Lord. We ask you this morning Lord God. That you will have your way Lord God. In this service Lord God. That you will touch Lord God. That you will move Lord God. In a mighty way Lord God. Help us to draw our minds. Concentrate Lord God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah Lord God. For you are worthy Lord God. Worthy of the praise Lord God. Word for you alone Lord God. In the way Lord God. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus Lord God. We ask you Lord God. That you receive this morning Lord God. I will praise you. I will worship Lord God. That we offer. I tell you this morning Lord God. You said Lord God. That you dwell Lord God. In the mess Lord God. I praise you Lord God. Lord God. We ask you Lord God. As the message of God for this morning Lord God. Send your word Lord God. Help us Lord God. Not only be hears but doers Lord God. Of your word Lord God. Help us this morning Lord God. To apply Lord God. Your word Lord God. To our lives Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. That we Lord God. May live a holy and righteous life before you Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. That we as your people Lord God. May endure. We ask you this morning Lord God. That you don't know the musicians this morning Lord God. That they play Lord God. Skillfully Lord God. Before this morning Lord God. Save this morning Lord God. Such Lord God. That should be saved Lord God. In Jesus name Lord God. We glorify you. We magnify your name Lord God. We lift your name on high Lord God. In all the years Lord God. Praise your name Lord Jesus. High God. High the fire Lord God. Do out this service Lord God. In Jesus name Lord God. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Our reading will be from Psalms 119 verse 65 through 72. Psalms 119 65 through 72. Thou hast dwelt well with thy servant O Lord. According unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge. For I have to believe thy commandment. Before I was afflicted I went astray. But now have I kept thy word. Thou are good and do as good. Teach me thy statutes. The proud have forged a lie against me. But I will keep thy precepts with thy whole heart. With my whole heart. I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. Their heart is as fat as grease. But I delight in thy law. It is good for me. It is good for me. My statue. It is good that I have been afflicted. That I might learn thy statue to me. Than thousands of gold and silver. May the Lord add a blessing to the ring. The hearing and the doing of his word. Hallelujah. We come into the house of the Lord to lift up the name of Jesus. Let everything that have breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah. We come up, we come against anything that would try to interfere with the praise and the worship and the word of God going forth because the Lord is in this place. Hallelujah. And he will be exalted above everything. Hallelujah. From the inside. Stretch like all of us. Hallelujah. It belongs to God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We praise the Lord this morning. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He is Jehovah God. Hallelujah. Jehovah Almighty. Jehovah Shama. Jehovah Nisi. Jehovah Shalom. Jehovah Sincere. Good day. Thank you Lord Jesus. Great and greatly to be praised. Thank you Jesus. And we bless him today. Thank you Lord. At this time we'll move forward in our service. Minister Amber Wise will be coming with us. We have for God. We know that there's nothing better than what God can do for us. Amen. Amen. So that makes me want to draw closer to the Lord. Amen. And say, Lord, whatever you're doing in the spirit, whatever you're going to do in my life, God, don't vote participant. The presence of the Lord is truly invited today to see each of you who are here, produce them at a later portion of the service to his people. Include me. Include me at what you're doing. That should be the desire of each and every one of us today to be a part of what God is doing in the closing time of this existence. Lord said that he would be coming back, take away his people. And he's coming for a church without spot or wrinkle or blemish or any such thing, anything like a blemish. He said, that's what I'm looking for when I come back. And we're encouraged to walk with God. And the Lord finds us in our sin and we repent. We seek Him to dwell within us. We walk with God unperfected. We walk with God unperfected. Salvation is a process. And we grow in grace. We grow in favor in the Lord. And the Lord shows His mercy to us. I'm glad that God is loving. He's gracious. He's kind. We don't have to fear God. He's our Father. Everything that we need, we can find it in Him. So I thank God for being a part of the church today. Anybody glad to be a part of the church? Anybody know that you're in favor? You belong to God? It's a privilege and an honor to be a part of God's church. Today, what I'm going to be preaching on is God's will for His church. God's will for His church. I find that in the book of 1 Thessalonians, the fifth chapter. If you have your Bibles, you can turn there with me. 1 Thessalonians, the fifth chapter, beginning at verse number 12. I want you to read along with me. And I'm going to read down to verse 18. 12 through 18 will be our target for this morning. And it reads, And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you. And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake and be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly. Comfort the feeble-minded. Support the weak. Be patient toward all men. See that none render evil for evil unto any man, but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all men. Rejoice, evermore. Rejoice, evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything, give thanks. But this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you, concerning the church. Now what I've read was a portion of this text. I don't think I'll be able to get through all of the rest of this successfully. What I just read into your hearing is enough. If we could get this far, I'd be encouraged because there's an adversary of the soul who is the devil, who wants to see us give up the favor that we have with God. We're favored by God and the devil knows it. And he wants to disrupt your forward progression. Now what I've read to you and as you see from my topic, God's will for the church, I want to read to you what a will is. What is a last will and testament? A last will and testament is a legal document that communicates a person's final wishes pertaining to their assets. That sounds pretty good to me. When I think in terms of wills being brought forth and I have a chance to be in the will, I want to be there. I want to be in the number. But now what I come to find out is just everybody just can't be in the will. Hello, hello somebody. It hurts if you're not in it. So what I want to bring to our attention in this Thanksgiving season is that God is looking at His church. And when He looks at the church, He has the will. He has the will that has been written. It has been established. But when we understand that everybody can't get in the will without some qualifications, rules are required to qualify. To be entitled to particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition. So what's being said here is you can't live like you want to because we're born in sin and we've been shaping in iniquity and we were no good when we took our first breath. Somebody needs to say amen to that. We understand that there has to be a change in an individual's heart. There has to be something that took place within them that's going to cause them to qualify or be disqualified. All of our actions are being observed. God wants to save us. Let me go back and I want to just kind of walk through some of these verses. He begins by saying I'm begging you brothers and sisters. Now this is to the church. God's looking at His church. He's evaluating His church. And so the writer said I'm begging you to know those people who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you. I don't know the people know this verse particular verses in the Bible because admonish means to call to task. I'm not real old but I grew up. All right. Stop it. Don't make me come out there. I was acquainted with Jesus at a very young age and the people in the church they listen to what the preacher had to say. Let me interject right here. You know when something is put in the scripture is not just put in for filler. When something is in scripture it has a deep meaning because it's a part of God's will. All right. So now he says I'm begging you all to listen to the preacher. And he said and furthermore listen to him and pay attention. Because you can listen and say I ain't thinking about it. I ain't doing it. The next verse said when you listen to them esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Talking about qualifications. Remember what we're saying. We're talking about qualifications. Qualification to be caught up in the rapture. If you're part of the church and you're not qualifying you won't be caught away when Jesus comes. Scripture said if you're ways please God you'll give you the desires of your heart. So we're aiming to please God. Now we exhort you brethren warn them that are unruly. I had the opportunity a few days ago to receive a call from one of minister Hayes classes when he was probably in about the fourth or fifth grade. He kept in touch with minister Hayes. And he called me on my phone and we talked and he said I'm about to retire in a year. And I was just amazed that he's 60. And I asked him well let me make this clear. Minister Hayes used to teach at the school and some of the students fell in love with her. Their parents allowed them to come all the way from LA to Pasadena to my father's church. And they were baptized and received the Holy Ghost. And they were Sunday school students and so forth. And there was one individual in that group who had a serious problem with anger and any little thing could set him off. Now don't look around. Don't look around. There might be somebody in here like that. But anything that happened would set him off. And one Sunday he was about this big. Something happened and he started going. And I said hey settle down. Settle down. He wouldn't settle down. I picked him up and set him on the table and talked to him eye to eye. I said if you don't change your ways. If you don't get control of your temper I say I see you in prison. So when I talked to this young man I said do you remember such a such a person. He said yes I do and I know about that. He killed a lady in the nursery school and he's in prison for life. For life. That's because he would not take the admonition that was presented to him. Somebody wanted to help him. I wanted to help him and the Lord wanted to help him. But he couldn't take the admonition. So now I say this kind of injustice. Y'all need to know that the Lord talked to the preacher. When the Lord brought his people out of Egypt. He didn't talk to the whole 2,000 of them. He had a mouthpiece. I'm going to move on. Now I'm kind of mild today because I'm still not ready to be hooping. I had cataract surgery. And I've been instructed to be cool. All right now the next verse said exalt exalt. Now we exalt you brethren. One of them that are unruly. He said you got to face them. The unruly people. It's difficult in a church. If y'all had any idea. It's difficult to keep everybody in that loving relationship that should be in the body of Christ. Because the devil is always busy. He's always ready to try to make something look like it's not even supposed to be. See it'll start coming to you like this. And when the devil get a hold of you, turn it like that. Turn it completely upside down. And have you looking cross-eyed at somebody? So he said when you find out that somebody one or two of the members are unruly. He said you need to talk to them. You need to help them get on the right track. If they'll move. Then he said comfort the feeble. And when we talk about feeble. That speaks to one who has been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. And he walked with God for a season. And then he gets to a season where he's ambivalent. He's not sure which way he wants to go. And I heard someone say I was doing better before I got saved. Untruth. Untruth. The feeble is at a place in their life where they can't decide whether I'm going to go with Jesus or whether I'm going to just quit because it's too rough. I want to tell you it's never too rough. You've got the power of the Holy Ghost that lives down inside of you. Jesus said I won't be just be with you. I'll come and I'll be in you. And I'll give you the strength. I'll give you the power. I'll give you everything that you need to be victorious in your walk with me. Jesus said just walk with me and I'll bury you up. Hallelujah. So he said you tell those who can't decide to jeal. You tell them to hang in there. Hang in there. Here's what I say when you think it's getting rough and so rough you might not be able to make it. Just know you're not making it by yourself. You're not called to do this by yourself. He said support the weak. Here he makes a demand on all of us. He said be patient toward all men. Everybody. Everybody. He said be patient. Now why would they call for patience? Well the reason they said be patient to everybody is because just about in all of our lives we met somebody. Somebody who got on that very last nerve. And we didn't know what to do. Scripture says be patient. Old folk used to say Jesus will fix it. Jesus will fix it. When they're on that last nerve just know if I hold on. See and I'm not going to fight a battle with somebody who's on my last nerve. I want to present them to the Lord. Lord this is your problem. Lord you got to work this out. I've tried everything I can but you got to work this out. He said see that none render evil for evil unto any man. But ever follow that which is good. Both among yourselves and to all men. What he's saying in that phrase is the body of Christ. You all get along. Get along in the body. And get along outside of the body. See when we're in church watch stop. I got one of them watches to talk to you. The thing is the devil will have you picking a fight with somebody who's out of the body. Let me help you. All we have been looking at so far is humility. But sometimes we can get so caught up in evangelism that we'll go out seeking souls for Christ with a sword. Your mouth is too sharp. You're too anxious to get somebody in the church. You're laying them out. Because they're not right. You ain't right. Ain't nothing about your right. Nothing about your mom and your dad and your whole generation. Ain't none of that right. Don't render evil for evil. But ever follow that which is good. Both among yourselves. And I have to back up too. Because you all mess with each other. My wife say I tell my stories over and over. Yes I do. Because some of y'all wasn't here when I told it last time. I come from a family that had 16 children in it. And I was number 14 of the 16. And I always had somebody telling me what to do. The mother said, this is Mother Alexander one and one. She said you all leave each other alone. She said I'll do the whipping. Somebody ought to say amen. And within the circle we're picking at each other. Trying to find something that we better at than somebody else. Follow that which is good. Both among yourselves and to all men. Now here's the part I want to spend a bit of time on. It says, if the body of Christ is going to be what the Lord wants it to be. He said, you're going to have to find a way to have joy. Come on somebody. You can't walk around all stiff. Let nothing be said in my presence. You got to get loose. And when praise and worship is going on. Ain't nobody got no business sitting down at the preacher who's getting ready to preach. See I never understood that when I was growing up. I said, they just sitting there. Everybody else is up clapping their hands and shouting. Untell. Untell. See sometimes when I'm sitting there the Lord's still talking. When we come into the presence of Jesus. We need to remember this is the day that the Lord has made. And no matter what's going on in this day that affects me or not. This is the day the Lord has made. And whatever comes, whatever goes against any situation in my life. This is the day that the Lord has made. And I'll rejoice. I've got to rejoice because the Spirit of God is upon me. And I rejoice. I raise his name of a. I glorify him for his Smith and for his power for his might. Because he's a great God. Anybody who could take a sinner and turn him around and wash him clean. And make him ready to be caught away in the rapture. He deserves to pray. Hallelujah. Thank God. Thank God for Jesus. Thank God for Jesus who went to Calvary's Cross for the remission of our sins. To wash our sins away. Yes. Thank him. Thank him. It ought to be something that flips and turns over inside of you when the presence of the Lord is in this place. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yeah. I got to thank you. He said be cool. Rejoice. Rejoice ever. Some people say about repentance. Well, I repented in 1948. No, no, no. Repentance is continual, continual. And rejoicing is the same thing. Evermore, don't stop rejoicing. Come on, somebody. You can't stop rejoicing when I think of the goodness of Jesus. And all that he done for me, my soul. Christ, hallelujah. Thank God you saved my soul. Thank God you made me whole. Thank God you never left me. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Rejoice ever more. There's something that God has done for you that you ought to remember for the rest of your days. And you ought to thank him. Lord, I just want to thank you. Lord, I just want to thank you because you've been so good. You've been so good to me. If you don't thank him for what he done for anybody else, you ought to thank him for what he did for you. Hallelujah. You got to stand before God on your own. And thank God he washed me. Thank God he filled me with his precious spirit. Lord, I want to thank you. Lord, I want to thank you. Now this is a thanksgiving message, y'all. You know, I kind of get annoyed when we have to go back to the pilgrims every year that the pilgrims came and they came through and the angels did. No, that's how many years ago. I was 16 something. I want to thank him for something regular. Something that happened to me in my lifetime. Come on, somebody. He didn't have to do it, but he did. He told me and he washed me clean and brought me into the kingdom and I thank him. I thank God. He didn't have to do it. Out of the millions of people, the Lord chose me. I can't stop praising his name. I just can't stop praising the name Jesus. Hallelujah, hallelujah. He's been too good. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. Now, you know, you got to make yourself right. You got to work on yourself. Some people say personality. Well, yeah, okay, personality. But somebody's in charge of your personality. Hello, somebody. Preparing this message. A song came to me. Think of his goodness to you. Now, you can think of what the devil's doing. The devil's on my track. He won't let me go. He make me smoke dope. He make me get high. Well, if he's making you do it, you letting him. Who's at the steering wheel? You the driver. They say, don't let the devil ride. Don't let the devil ride. If you let him ride, he'll want to drive. Don't let him ride. Don't let him ride. Instead of letting the devil ride, why don't you just think of the goodness of God? The song says, when waves of affliction sweep over the soul and sunlight is hidden from view. If ever you're tempted to fret or complain, just think of his goodness to you. The world may forsake you, and those whom you trust may prove to be false and untrue. There's one who can, one you can trust, even unto the end, just think of his goodness to you. Misfortune's dark clouds may hang all the way. Despite your best effort to do, the Savior is guarding your treasure up there. Just think of his goodness to you. When dear ones are taken away from you here, you love with affection so true. Look unto the Savior for strength to endure and think of his goodness to you. And the Course goes, just think of his goodness to you. Yes, think of his goodness to you. Those storms are you sweeping. He's able to keep. He's able to keep. Just think of his goodness to you. That ought to give you a different attitude when the devil is trying to make you. Flip Wilson, the devil can't make you do it. Oh, I'm sorry, y'all don't know Flip Wilson. Y'all wouldn't board. He was a comedian. And he was always blaming his downfall on something other than himself. Said the devil made me do it. After rejoicing ever more, pray without ceasing. Pray without ceasing. It's a necessary event in all of our lives. And you can't pray too much. Don't cease to pray. Now, what does that mean? That means that all day while you're walking around, you're just praying and praying. While you're trying to drive. And I have a story on that. My wife worked with a doctor. Her husband was a doctor also. The doctor she worked with was not a believer. Her husband was a believer. And she said, Harry wrecked his Mercedes, speaking in tongues. Not ceasing to pray doesn't mean you're praying 24 hours a day. It means you have a continual prayer life. Oh Lord, I want you to help me. Oh Lord, I need you right now. Lord, I thank you because you met the need that I came to you with on the last time. And I know that you continue to work with me. And so I thank you and I ask you to help me again. So the saints, the old saints used to sing, saints, don't stop praying. The Lord is not. Saints, don't stop praying. He'll hear your cry. The Lord has promised and his word is true. Saints, don't stop praying. Saints, don't stop praying. Saints, don't stop praying. He'll answer you. And so then in the 18th verse it said, in everything give thanks. I told y'all this is a Thanksgiving message. Now how can you give thanks for everything? It didn't say for everything. It said in everything give thanks. And what that simply says is whatever the situation is that you find yourself in, you got to thank God for your trouble. You got to thank God for your test, for your trials. You got to thank God for the one who's getting on that last nerve. Thank God. Thank God. You know how to pray? Lord, I thank you because you've given me peace. That's what we're all seeking. All of our actions are trying to bring peace to ourselves. Lord, I want to thank you because you give me peace in the midst of a storm. And when things look like they're not going to come through, I thank you because you helped me to stand fast and wait on you for your promise because your promise and your word is true. Thank you, Meldon Ross. When the water's up to here, you still got the nose. Come on, somebody. That's right. We are more than conquerors. Come on, somebody. We're not just conquerors. We're conquerors. We're more than conquerors through Christ and everything. Give thanks. Well, this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Now, I want to... This is a breaking end in the news. You're all in the will. I guess I'll sit down. That didn't mean nothing to the little body. If you've been baptized in water for the remission of your sin and you receive the gift of the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues as the Spirit of God gives others, you're in the will. You can't lose. You're in the will unless you get wishy-washy. That's right. The Lord will never let your hand go. But the thing that has to happen is you need to hold to His hand. Hold to His unchanging hand. Where about? I didn't have time to record. Oh, yeah, okay. I came off my mic. So what I want to encourage us today with... I'm sounding kind of... I want to encourage us in today is that no matter what seems to be the test, you just hold on. You've got a promise. God promised. I will never leave you. I will never forsake you. No matter what it looks like. No matter how hard the test. No matter how long you've been waiting. He said, you've got a promise from me. My promises cannot fail. I cannot lie. I'm the King of kings. I'm the Lord of lords. And whatever I say, it's going to be... It is when I say it. So let's just look to Jesus. And while we're looking to Jesus, we ought to be praising like we're mad. Come on, somebody. We ought to be praising. Praising, praise Him. Hallelujah. And this is not the first church of the refrigerator. Come on, somebody. It's hot in here. Y'all feel that? He's doing praise and worship. We got to praise until everything that's in our way has got to be removed. And just the one portion of the Scripture that we had for devotion is Acts 1, 19, verse 71. It is good for me that I've been afflicted. Come on, somebody. When a family with 16 kids, I was afflicted. I was afflicted. And guess what? I say it to the day. It's good for me. It was good for me. I'm not selfish. I can't be selfish. When the Lord allows anything to come into your life, whatever it might be. Guess what? That was ordered just for you. I want to thank Him. I want to thank Him. Thank Him that you ordered it for me because in that you helped me to get control of something that was out of control in me. And I thank you when you let your afflictions come to correct me and put my feet on a solid rock like it ought to be. I've been afflicted that I might learn. You know, we think we know it all. We're not careful. Can't nobody teach me nothing. When you preach it, you're just so proud. I can't stand to hear you preach. I guess maybe the Lord's working something out in me. You know, if the Lord can speak through an ass, he can speak through Elder Ross. Whoever the Lord speaks through, he's saying something that you need to hear. It's good for me that I've been afflicted that I might learn your statutes. Learn what the rules and the regulations are that are going to cost me to be a part of the will. And he said, the law of thy mouth is better unto me thousands of gold and silver. He said, you taught me how precious God's word is. And God's word is more precious, more valuable than immeasurable wealth in silver and gold. Lord, I just want to thank you. Lord, I just want to thank you. I thank you because you've been so good to me. Do I have a witness here? Anybody want to praise God and thank him? Because he cared so much for us. Hallelujah, hallelujah. He's a great and awesome God, and I wouldn't serve none other than the true and the living God. Lord bless you in Jesus' name. Come on and stand on your feet and bless God for the word. Come on and stand on your feet and bless God for the word. Are you thankful today? Are you happy today? Tell Lord, I just want to thank you. I know we're saying it once, but we're going to sing it again. Come on, put your hands together. And give God some praise. I feel a praise. I have to get so good you don't know what to do next. I said he's just running in my feet and clapping in my hands. Someone said he does so much for me. I cannot tell it off. He's been my healer, my provider, my waymaker. He's been my bridge over troubled water. He's been my good sister when I didn't have no sins. Some people still say I ain't got much sins, but that's alright. I got more than I had. But why are you down to the altar? Bishop preached about the will of God for the church. This is the main will. He's seeking those that would worship him in spirit and in truth. And if you're trying to serve God, if you're striving to serve God, but you know you could be better, just raise your hands. Just raise your hands. I know I could. Hey, hey, hey, hey. And my sister Terry to come and pray that we would do the will of God. That we'll be obedient to what God has called us. And at the end of the day, we'll say yes to my Lord because he's done great things. He's done great things. Oh, hallelujah, Lord God. You have done great and mighty things for us, Lord Jesus. Father, we come to you right now, Lord God. Hallelujah. Humbling ourselves, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord. We want you to do great things in our lives, Lord, to use us, Lord God. Hallelujah. So we come before you right now, Lord. Submitting ourselves to you. Submitting our will unto you, Father, in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Lord, we no longer want to be just lukewarm, Lord God. Hallelujah. But on fire, hot for you, Lord God. In the name of Jesus, Lord, I ask that you just touch each and every one that is here, Lord God. Hallelujah. Stir up the gift, Lord. Hallelujah. Your spirit that you have placed in each and every one of us in the name of Jesus, Lord God. Hallelujah. Whether it's for deliverance that is needed. Hallelujah. Restoration, Lord God, in the name of Jesus. Healing, Father God. Hallelujah. Not just our physical bodies, Lord God, but our minds, Lord God. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus, Father God, search us. Hallelujah. If there is anything, Lord God, that is not pleasing in your sight, Father God, remove it right now in the name of Jesus. Lord God, we no longer want to be straddling the fence, Father God, but we want to be fully and holy, committed to your will in our lives, Father God. In the name of Jesus, oh Lord, we thank you and we praise you. We glorify you, Lord, touching each and every one, Lord, from the youngest Lord to the eldest, Father God. We thank you, Lord God, because as long as we have breath in our bodies, Lord God, hallelujah, you can use us, Lord. And Father, I ask that you use each and every one of us. Give us a willing spirit, Lord God, hallelujah, to be used by you for your glory. Hallelujah for your glory, Lord Jesus. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Thank you, Lord. And I bless you. For you are great. You are great. You do miracles so great. There is no one else like you. No, no, there's no for you. So great, so great. You deserve the glory. And the eye left my hands in worship and I bless your whole. You deserve the glory. And the eye left my hands in worship and I bless your holy name. I hate to start after such a wonderful service bringing this part of the service in. But guess what? This is also part of praising God. Amen, this is part of worship. But a lot of people get quiet on this part of the service. But this is a part where you should be excited to do that the Lord has blessed you to even do this part. Sister Terry sang a song today. All I want is for you to be glorified and you to be lifted high lest praises arise from within. It's an attitude mind when it comes to giving to God. It's all in the mind. You never want to think you don't have enough to give. But I'm here to tell you, you do have something to give to God to get into this work. We want to continue the work of God. We want this building, this doors to be open, the lights to be on, all the musicians and all that. We need all that. We need finances. I don't have the money to do it. If I could do it by myself, bitch, we would gladly do it, but I don't have the money to do it. But we can't do it by ourselves because the Lord wants you to get rewarded for also doing for the house of God. Paul said, told the church in Philippians said, I want you to give so you can be rewarded. You can be honored for what you do for God. Amen. So we all have a part in keeping our lights on, keeping our doors open, keeping our musicians, keeping all this. We have a part in this. Yes. And this is what we want to do, amen? And I don't can't tell you how much to give. I'm not going to tell you how much to give. But like I told you last week, you should never come to the house of God without something, without something to give, amen? Never come to the house of God. So what we want to do now is still praise God and I want you to rejoice as you come up. Don't take your time, just come up and minister Marilyn, come on, give us a song, mother, coming up so we can rejoice just like we did for this message, worship and everything. So this is a joyous time to give for the Lord. So let's get up on your feet and we're going to pray for the offering. Lord, we thank you right now. We ask you to bless us never before, Lord God. In the name of Jesus, Lord God. Bless all that have to give in those days, Lord God. We ask you to bless, Lord God, make a triple devil, triple foe, Lord. In Jesus' name we pray, amen. I am so blessed. I am so blessed. My soul is at rest. I am so, my soul is at rest. Come on, put those hands together real big and give Him thanks. Come on, thank Him like you're not going to get a chance to thank Him again. Come on, come on. While you have your chance, give Him thanks, give Him thanks. Hallelujah, God, we praise you. How you love us. Hallelujah, how you sing your word and heal us and deliver us. Amen, from our own affliction. We see it for just one moment. What a great time we've had in the Lord today. And I'm glad for everyone who's here who had the opportunity to experience the spirit moving through this place on today. What they used to do, I guess they don't do this anymore. I want to speak to a visitor. Tell us who you are, sir. My name's Thomas. Thomas Donner. Thomas Donner. This young man sought us out. He said he misses devotion, praise and worship. He came to be with us today and he brought his Gibson guitar. I'm smart, I'm reading y'all right here. I want to thank you. We appreciate having you. And tell us, tell us who that young lady is who came with you. That's Miss Faith, but in the back there. Miss Faith. All right, Miss Faith. Amen. We're glad to have you both with us today. It's a joy to have people who love the Lord to be in our midst. We invite you to be back as often as you're able to do so. Thank you. All right. All right, Mr. Maryland, take us out. Amen. Hold on one second. One second. Come on. Come on. Deacon Patrick. Here, give me that. All right. This is the flyer for the LA Metro diocese, which I am the diocesan of. And we're going to be going to Rancho Cucamonga on December 11 at four o'clock. And I want every household to have one of these to put on your refrigerator until that time comes. And then after that, no, don't throw it away, frame it. All right. All right. Deacon Patrick, don't see to it that every household gets one of these. God bless you, Minister Maryland. Amen. Amen. Amen. Come on. Let's be dismissed. Amen. God was blessed and praised in this place. Hallelujah. Didn't you enjoy the service? Glory, glory, glory. Come on. Stand to your feet. Amen. And we're going to sing our outro song. I'm determined. Oh, Jesus. Yes, I am. I'm determined. Through heart transplantation, persecution, I'll be faithful to you. I'm determined. Oh, Jesus. Yes, I am. Yes, I am. I'm determined. Oh, Jesus. Yes, I am. Oh, walk with me.