 service over to Dr. Sight. So that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men. Father, in the name of Jesus, we come into your presence this morning with grateful hearts. Thank you for your kindness. Thank you for your love. Thank you for your mercy, hallelujah. Thank you because you saved us. To darkness, we were in darkness. You brought us into the light of salvation. We honor you, we praise you, hallelujah. Help us to spread the gospel message to others that they may be saved as well. Father, we came here today to praise you, to honor you. We came to worship you. Lord, praise the Lord for his goodness, for his wonderful works to the children of men. We love you, Lord. We honor you. We offer up our praise and worship in the name of Jesus. Please send your word, Lord, hallelujah, hallelujah. Hallelujah, save those who are not saved. Add to this church daily such as should be saved. Compass as we carry the message that we can invite others or to come and be saved even as we are. Thank you, Father. Thank you for saving us. Thank you for saving me, Lord, hallelujah. I was lost in sin, hallelujah in darkness. And the light of holiness, hallelujah. You shined your light upon me. Thank you, Lord, you saved my soul. I praise you, hallelujah. I look forward to your coming even so come, Lord Jesus. Take us home to be with you, oh God, that we can live with you forever and ever in the name of Jesus. Thank you, Lord, I pray. Thank you, Jesus. Bless our service today, oh God. Send your word. Speak to our hearts. Our hearts are open to receive it. In Jesus' name, thank you, Jesus. I'm going to shut my head. Thank you, Lord. Praise the Lord, saints. I'll be reading to you here in Psalms 133, verses one to three. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard that went down to the skirts of his garments as the dew of Herman and as the dew that descended upon the mountain of Zion, for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life, forevermore. May the Lord have the blessing to the reading and hearing of his word. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Oh, that man would praise the Lord. Hallelujah, hallelujah today. We want to let the Lord know that it is only because of him, hallelujah. He is the I am that I am. Hallelujah, and we bless his name today. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah for this day, Lord God. Bless you, Lord. Bless you, Lord. We glorify you, Jesus. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Yeah, they are so durable, for sure. Yeah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Bless you, Jesus. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord. It is to you, it is to you, it is to you, I give the praise for you have done, and I will, it's to you. Holy Father, our blessing, Lord Jesus, we give you glory today, Lord, and we honor you, hallelujah. Just get it in your spirit that it's because of the Lord, it's because of his grace and mercy, his goodness, and his loving kindness towards us. Hallelujah, hallelujah, we bless you today, Lord God. You are the very air that we breathe, Lord God. Hallelujah, your breath, your word is our daily bread, Lord God. Hallelujah, you say that they that hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled, Lord God. This is the air I breathe, this is the air I breathe. Thank you, Jesus. Your holy word, your holy presence, your hope, as the Holy Ghost, and in your spirit, hallelujah as the dear panther for the waterbrook, so my soul longeth after thee, Lord God. Hallelujah, hallelujah. How many are thirsty for the righteousness of the Lord in your life? Hallelujah, we're in a dry and thirsty land. Hallelujah, only the Lord can fill that. Only he can quench that thirst. And I thank God this morning for his goodness in my life. Jesus, Lord, I thirst for you, for you, and I, Lord, mighty God, the duty of the Lord's holiness. Hallelujah, hallelujah. We love the Lord. We glorify you, Jesus, the Lord. Bless the Lord this morning. At this time, you may be seated in the presence of the Lord if you can. We will have our very own Elder Ross coming before us this morning, amen. Praise the Lord, everybody. To be in the presence of the King. It's a wonderful thing. It's in the beauty of holiness. Does anybody love the Lord today? Does anybody love the Lord today? Well, I'm ready to celebrate. Praise to you, come back up here if you can to help me. Anybody got a microphone, come on up here. We gonna bless the Lord. Show him bless the Lord. But I'm tired, so we gonna stop. Greet somebody as you take his seat. Bless you, Lord, bless you, Lord. Father, we give you praise, we bless your name. We came for no other reason than to lift up the name of Jesus and to celebrate you. There is no God like our God. There is no God that can do what you do. And we bow down before your presence. We pray, Lord, speak to our hearts. Encourage us and we're gonna leave here and we're gonna give you glory. We're gonna tell somebody about this Jesus that we know. We're gonna give you the praise. We're gonna celebrate in Jesus' name. Amen, clap your hands and bless the Lord. Ha! I tell you, I feel all right now. Could have kept on with that, but I'm out of breath. So we gonna stop. Sister Marilyn, we used to do that for two and three hours. Now after 20 minutes, time to shut it down. We give honor to our bishop and to our fabulous first lady and her absence. We love you and we can't wait till you come back to the house and I give honor to all the ministers, the saints and friends. We say praise the Lord to everybody. Praise the Lord everybody. The Bible said that everything that has breath, praise the Lord. I tell you, I'm feeling all hallelujah. All of us at some point in time in our lives, we have suffered losses in different areas of our life. May have been in our health. May have been in our finances and education relationships and on and on and on and even in the kingdom of God, sometimes we've suffered loss. Sometimes we had setbacks. Sometimes it was other people's fault and sometimes we did it ourselves. Someone said I have discovered the enemy and the enemy is me, myself. But God gives us talents and abilities and our assignments. And sometimes we did not fulfill all that God had called us to do. But I need you to know that your setbacks and your losses and when you've messed up, they don't have to be the end. They don't have to be. I want to declare to you that what you have lost, it shall not be lost forever. I don't care what it is, whatever you did, however you messed up, however you had a setback, it shall not last forever. Thank God. Because all of us, if that were the case, we would have been cut off without a chance. Turn to the Bible to Joel chapter two. It's in the Old Testament somewhere. If you get to Matthew, you're going to fall. If you go to Genesis, you're on the other side somewhere in the middle. But in Joel chapter two, verse 25, the Lord is speaking and he says, and I will restore to you the years that the locusts has eaten, the cankerworm and the caterpillar and the pomeworm. He says, I will restore. I will restore to you the things that you had that you lost. And all of us had some things in our life that we had that we lost. And so the word that the Lord gave for me to give to you today says, it shall not be lost forever. Shall we pursue? Shall we go and get what belongs to me? One thing that I have found out, one thing that will turn a tragedy into a triumph is a promise from God. When I'm walking through a tragedy and when I'm walking through adversity, I don't need a job even though I may need a job. I don't need more money although I may need more money. I don't need another Big Mac even though I want to eat another Big Mac. What I need is a promise from God. And if I have a promise from God, it will bring to me everything that I need. See, God, he knows what I need better than I know what I need. I don't know about you, but there have been times when I thought I needed one thing and I prayed about it and I got it and I found out that wasn't what I needed. See, but God knows what you need and your promise will bring everything that you need, that you really need to you. I remember when I was a child, my father says, I'm going to get you a bicycle for Christmas. I was so happy. I was so excited. I was thrilled I was rejoicing. I was shouting around over my bicycle. I could see myself riding my bicycle with my friends. And although it was only February, I was excited because daddy made me a promise. See, that's faith. Daddy made me a promise. See, I didn't know how he was going to get the bike. I didn't know how daddy was going to, where he was going to get the bike. And you notice I took possession of the bike before I saw the bike. But because daddy said he was going to give me a bike, I took possession of the bike. I didn't know what color the bike was going to be, but all I know is that daddy was going to get me a bicycle for Christmas. Now, unfortunately, sometimes God makes us a promise. And we struggle believing that he's going to do what he said that he was going to do. But if you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your father give you what he's promised to you? He says, I will do exceedingly abundantly above all that you can ask or think. What can you think about? What can you ask for? Whatever it is that God says, I will excel that. See, he's a God of more than enough. He doesn't just hit the mark. He exceeds the mark. So when we get a word from God, when we get a promise from the Lord, we can stand on the promise that we've received from God. I don't care what it looks like. I don't care what it feels like. I don't care if you can't figure it out. All you've got to do is stand and see the salvation of the Lord. Stand and see that God is not a man that he should lie. No, the son of man that he should repent. Here it is, here it is, here it is. If God said it, that's the key. If God said it, he's going to bring it to pass, he's going to make it happen. If God said it. So the word that the Lord gave me for today is it shall not be lost forever. Shall we pursue? Turn in your Bibles to 1 Samuel, 1 Samuel. In chapter 29, you're not going to read it, but I'm going to summarize chapter 29. David and his men were supposedly going out to help the Philistines battle against their enemy. And nobody was quite sure what David's true thoughts were on the matter because the Philistines have been their enemy. And many writers think that it was just a ploy for David to get into the Philistines camp and destroy the Philistines. Some people think it was just a Trojan horse. Now, you young people, I don't know if they taught you about the Trojan horse in school. So it was like a computer virus. Comes with a happy face and emoji. And you open it up, and it destroys your computer. However, the Philistines, they did not trust David. They didn't know what he was up to. So they sent David and his men home instead of fighting in the battle. And so they returned home to Zyglag, David and his mighty men. So let's pick it up in chapter 30, verse 1. And it came to pass when David and his men were come to Zyglag on the third day. The Amalekites had invaded the south and Zyglag and smitten Zyglag and burned it with fire and had taken the women captive that were therein. And they slew not any, neither, great or small, but carried them away and went on their way. So as David and his men came to the city and behold, it was burned with fire. And their wives and their sons and their daughters were taken captives, taken, taken. I've got a daughter, my youngest daughter. She's in her 30s now, but when she was about 14 and 15, she had a whole lot of mouth. She knew everything before I could tell her anything. And so when that movie Taken came out, I took her to see it. And we sat there. And this girl got a whole lot of mouth. And at the end of the movie, she turned to me and she said, whoa. See, it scared the Jihibis out of her. Taken. But I want you to get a picture of this. It said, then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no more power to eat. So I want you to see this picture. They come into the camp and the camp has been burned and there are a few flames here and there and mostly smoke. But all of the people, all of the people, everybody that they love, was taken. That had to be a terrible feeling. Said, and David's two wives were taken captive. Alema Am and the Zezrantis and Abigail, the wife of Nabal, the Carmelite. It says, and David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him because the soul of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters. And this is what I like. It said, and David encouraged himself in the Lord. Sometimes you're going to find yourself in a situation where nobody gets it what you're going through. And you're going to have to encourage yourself in the Lord. I feel like giving up, but I know what God said. I know that God is not a man that he should lie. If he brought me this far, he's going to take me the rest of the way. I'm going to encourage myself because I'm not going to give up in the fight. And David encouraged himself in the Lord. And David said to Abbiathor the priest, Alemalek's son, says, I pray thee, go bring me hither the ephah. Now the ephah was a vestment. And it had 12 penance representing each tribe and the name of each tribe and the symbol of each trial was on that penance. And he wore that vestment when he prayed, meaning signifying that I'm praying for the whole of the country. And so he brought the ephah to David. And David began to pray. He said, David inquired at the Lord saying, here it is. Shall I presume after this troop shall I overtake while I catch them? And he answered him, pursue hallelujah. Pursue them. Go after yourself. Thou shalt surely overtake them. Thou shalt surely catch them. And you shall, without fail, recover all. I like that. So in this text, David and his men they returned home to Zyglag from war. And the city is burned to the ground. And the women and children are taken. And nobody is killed, nobody great nor small, but they have taken everybody. And the men they began to cry for their sons and their daughters until they have no more power or no more strength to weep. I say what my brother and I used to affectionately say, they had the subsubs. That's when you had a beating and it was so bad that you cried. You stopped crying. There was no more tears, but you said, anybody know about the subsubs? Come on. I know you don't act like y'all don't. And they cried until they had no more strength to cry. And they got upset. They were mad. They were angry. So they were going, they said, let's stone David. Have you ever noticed when people are hurting, they find somebody to lash out at? Have you ever gone in the office and said good morning and then they just went off on you? You said, what's your problem in Jesus' name? Lord, help me smite loan, Lord. Help me hold my peace. Let the Lord fight my battle. But if you need a little help, God, I'm here. And so they talked about stoning David. And David encouraged himself. He went to the priest and said, go get me the e-fine. I need to pray. When you're going through a test, when you're going through a trial, are you smart enough to seek the Lord? Said, Lord, I'm in this test. And I think I know what to do. But let me ask you, how should I do this thing? See, because there's a way that seems right to a man. But that end of that way is death. But if we will seek the Lord, and He'll give us wisdom to know how to come out of the situation with victory in our mouth and victory in our hearts and victory in our souls, the enemy's been defeated not because we fight, because the weapons of our warfare are not cornered, but they're mining through God to the pulling down of strongholds. So he sought the Lord, Lord, what should I do? He said, shall I pursue after this truth? And so the Lord tells David, David, pursue, hallelujah. Pursue him. He said that you will catch him and without fail. Without fail, you will recover. You'll get all your stuff back. Everything that belongs to you, I'll give it back to you, but you've got to pursue it. And so in our lives, the Bible tells us God has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness. He's given us some exceeding great and precious promises. He's given us talents and abilities for the use for the kingdom of God. But Satan comes to steal and to kill and to destroy. God has called you to do a great work, but Satan will slip in and steal your stuff, because he comes to kill them, to steal them, to destroy. See, he's trying to destroy your future. And some of us let him come in because we weren't paying attention. See, that's how David lost his stuff. David was out there trying to do his thing. And he left his true treasure at home unguarded. And the enemy came in and took his stuff. But we have to pay attention. The truth is that the enemy has stolen from some of us our joy, our peace, our song, our children, our dream, even our ministry. See, God has given us some wonderful things. And the enemy, we've allowed him sometimes to sneak in and steal what God has given us. But whatever it is that he stole from you, I want you to know that you can go get it back in the name of Jesus. Tell somebody I want my stuff, I want it back, and I want it back right now. The truth is, sometimes the enemy has had our stuff so long, we wonder, is it worth trying to get it back? And the answer is yes. Sometimes he's had our stuff so long, we think maybe because God gave me an assignment so many years ago and I didn't do it, maybe he changed his mind. The answer to that is no, he has not changed his mind. And sometimes we get to ourselves. And we say, Lord, I messed up and I blew it. But I'm sorry and I'm repenting. And should I pursue it? Should I pursue what I've lost because it's been such a long time? But the Lord is saying to us today, pursue, pursue, pursue. Go get your stuff, go get your blessing, go get your promise. He's saying, and without fail, you shall receive, you shall recover it all. The devil can't keep your stuff. Tell your neighbor, pursue it. Tell somebody across the room, tell him pursue, pursue. The enemy's had your stuff long enough. Go get your stuff, go get your blessing, pursue it. The kingdom suffers violence. But the violent, take it or take it back by force. You have to make up your mind. Everything that's been taken from me, I'm going to go in Jesus' name. I'm going to take it back and I'm going to take it by force. I'm not going to let the enemy stop me. I'm not going to let the enemy block me. I'm going to take it back. I'm going to take it back in Jesus' name. I'm going to take back my joy. I'm going to take back my peace. I'm going to take back my song. I'm going to take back my dreams and my aspirations. I'm going to take back my children. I told Satan, you cannot have my children. You can't have my grandchildren. You can't even have my dog. They belong to me. And if you got your hand on, I'm taking them back. See, you got to fight. Fight for your children. Fight for your promise. Even when they're acting the fool, fight for them. Love them, but fight for them. Don't let the enemy destroy their future. Don't let the enemy destroy their life. Tell them I love you. And Satan, take your hands off my children. Take your hands off everything that belongs to me. I'm taking it back. I'm taking it back. I'm taking it back. I declare I'm going to be all God called me to be. I declare I'm going to do everything that God told me to do. I declare that I'm going to walk in my divine purpose in the name of Jesus because it ain't over. Not yet. See, I dropped the ball here, but it ain't over. Game ain't over. I picked it up and started running again. I didn't just leave it there. I took it back. I took it back. I took it back. See, I understood that greater is he that's in me. Hey, I don't care how many devils are around. Greater is he that's in me. Greater is he that's in you. You don't have to give in to the devil. See, I understood that I'm more than a conqueror. To them, to him that love me. I'm not just a conqueror, but I'm more than a conqueror. I am strong in the Lord and the power of his might. When I feel like it, I'm strong. When I don't feel like it, I'm still strong. When I got money in my pocket, I'm strong. When I'm broke, I'm strong. I'm strong because God said I'm strong in the Lord and the power not of my might, but his might. Let's show the enemy is defeated in my life. See the Bible said he who the Son is set free. He who the Son is set free. Not people because people will mess you up. See, you can mess up and they'll try to put you in Holy Ghost jail for 10 years. But when I mess up Sister Marilyn, I'm going to tell her, Lord, I'm sorry and then I'm coming out. You can't keep me. You can't stop me. You can't block me. If God forgave me, I don't worry about you. I'm taking back my stuff. I'm taking back my liberty. I'm taking back my joy. I'm taking back my song. I'm taking back my dance. I'm going after my stuff because it's a new season. It's a new day. See, there's a fresh anointing. See, I let my anointing get still, but now there's a fresh anointing. It's coming my way. There's a season of power. I like that. The Bible said that after the Holy Ghost is come upon you, you shall have power and authority. See, it's a new season coming from me. Say, new day. Say, new day. Say, new day. Say, reset. See, you know when you got a computer or something and it's not working the way that it's supposed to work, you don't throw it away. You turn it around to the back and hit the reset button. Hey, and God said today, this is a day for you to hit the Holy Ghost reset button and he's going to fire you up again. Reset. See, I made up my mind. Everything God said I can have, I'm going to have it. Everything that God says I can do, I'm going to do it. Every place that God told me to go, I'm going to go in Jesus' name. I'm going to authority in the power of God. I'm not going to be intimidated or going fear. See, I don't care how long the enemy has had my stuff. I'm going to pursue it and I shall recover it all. I'm taking it back. I'm taking it back. I'm taking it back. I'm going to give my stuff. Somebody say, yeah. Say, yeah. I'm going to go give my stuff. Clap your hands and give God some praise. Hallelujah. New day. Reset. See, you've got to make it up in your mind. It ain't over till it's over. The truth is it ain't over till I win. See, I'm on the winning team. You know, I like that about the Lord. It's like when he plays baseball, one, two, three strikes you out. But when you play for the Lord, you get three strikes, he said, throw it again. Swing, strike, throw it again. Throw it again. And he's going to throw it till you knock it out of the park because you're destined to win. You're destined to win. And so I am. I made up my mind. I'm going to get it back. Everything that God intended for me to have, I'm going to get it back. I'm going to get back my stuff. I'm going to get my blessing back. I'm going to get my peace back. I'm going to get my joy back. Somebody give a shout of victory. Give a shout of victory like you mean it. Give a shout of victory because you know. Yeah, I missed it. Yeah, I messed up. But I'm going back to get my stuff. I'm going back to get my blessing. God said I could have it. If he said I could have it, I'm going to have it in Jesus name. The Bible said that the righteous were as bold as a lion. Do I have any lions in the house? Do I have any lions in the house? Do you believe that you're a lion for God? Let me hear you roar. All right, all right, all right. Tell the enemy, I'm coming to get my stuff. You can't have it. You can't keep it. You can't stop it. You can't block it. What God has for me, it's for me. What God has for you, it's for you. Can't nobody stop it? Can't nobody block it? Can't nobody steal it? And if they steal it, go get your stuff. Don't even knock on the door. Just keep the door in and say, I came to get my stuff up. Say, I got joy. I got joy, unspeakable. I came to get my stuff. There is no defeat for me. There may be a setback, but a setback is not a defeat. When you understand that God has called you to walk in victory and understand when you mess up, if you miss it, if you have a setback, it does not have to be terminal. Because God will forgive you, and then He will give you back what was lost. He'll give you back, even if you gave it away. He said, that's OK. See, I have four daughters, and they love, I love those girls. And sometimes they did some stupid stuff. Guess what? I didn't stop loving them. They still belong to me. And the truth is, I can chastise them, but you better not mess with them. Now, if they mess up, I'm going to get on them. If they mess up, they don't want to eat. My oldest daughter's almost 50, and she don't want to mess up in front of me. Because you know, you ain't cut chain. But see, the love of her father says, even if you blow it, you still belong to me. If you will come to me and just say, I'm sorry, I will set you back in line for a blessing. I will set you back in line to use you. But you have to go get your stuff. He's not going to bring it to you. But you have to pursue it. You have to come for it. And you have to say, I shall pursue, and I shall recover it all. If that's your intention, just clap your hands and stand on your feet and give God some praise in this house. If you're determined to go and get what belongs to you, if you're determined to go and get what God promised to you, if you're determined to be all God said you could be and tell the enemy, I'm going to get my stuff. I'm going to get my blessing. I'm going to get my promise. It's mine. It's mine. It's mine. So today, if you have had any set back in your life since you've come to Christ, if you let anything slip, that you shouldn't have let slip. I want you to come down to the altar. We're just going to pray. See, now, understand it. If I wouldn't hold this microphone, I'd be right down there to alter myself. See, but God said, this is a day of renewal. This is a day to restore what was lost. He said, I want to give back everything that you lost, everything that you gave up. He says, I'm not mad at you. I just want to bless you. I'm not mad at you. I just want to use you. I'm not mad at you. I just want you to have everything that belongs to you. The altar's open. Come on down, if you will. Ho-ra-ra-ba-ha-sha-dee-hi. Ho-la-la-la-la-ba-kai. Now, I know my brother's not the only one that let anything slip. Come on down to the altar. Let the minute women of God pray for you. Get anybody else. I'm going to wait, because I know the Lord said there's some more people that need to be down here. This is a day of restoration. This is a season of power and prosperity. It's a new season. It's a new season. He says, I'm hitting the reset button just for you. Don't be ashamed. It's a new day. He said, this is your day. A fresh new day. Coming my way. It's coming my way. It's a season of power. A season of power. And prosperity. And prosperity. A new season. It's a new season. I'm going to ask Minister Merlin if she will come and pray for the people. We're taking it back. We're taking it back. Promise keeper, thanking you, hallelujah, for the joy of our salvation. Hallelujah, we're thanking that you promised us in your word that we've been lax in our life. Give us the strength. Give us the fortitude. Help us to be courageous, oh God. Help us, God, hallelujah. We thank you for victory. We thank you for victory. We thank you for victory. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It's a new scene. It's a new. God is a faithful God. And he gives strength. Hallelujah, let the weak say that I am strong. To take back what the enemy stole from me. I take my joy back. I take my peace back. Take my pros. Hallelujah, that's the evidence of the indwelling. Speak, hallelujah, speaking tongue. Speaking, let the Lord re-fire your injury. What did she say? Fire, that's right, let's speak fire, hallelujah. God has the capability to do it, hallelujah. He won't leave us in a mess and in a quandary. Hallelujah, because the race isn't given to the swift nor the strong. How many of you know that? You gotta endure. You gotta endure. You gotta, if you fall, get back up again. Back up again and pursue. Come on, let's give the Lord a hand praise for the wonderful Word of the Lord, hallelujah. It is a new season. Yes it is. It's a great time to get back everything that you lost. The Lord wants to give it back. If we'll take it back and have to take it back, take charge, the Lord has done great things for us. For those things, we're quite excited. I want to make an announcement. We're getting close to the Shield of Faith Convention. And the Shield of Faith Convention is going to be in person this time. Amen. And it's going to take place April 21st and the 22nd, just two days, Thursday and Friday. We're going to have a great time in the Lord. Now, I have a schedule out on the board out on the front there. And I'll get another one to put at the back so that you can start at this time to make plans for you being able to be off from work or whatever it is that you might prevent you from coming to the convention. The Lord is doing great things in the fellowship. And we're excited about it. The Shield of Faith Fellowship is growing, growing, growing. And so we're having new churches coming in, I would say, almost daily. And so the Lord is really doing a great thing. And we want to be there to witness what God is doing there. At this point, for those who are ministers, you can register online with your $75. For the ministers and the preachers, the bishops, we're asking for a pre-convention offering. All right, now $100 will cover your registration, your licensing, and so forth. So start to prepare to be there with your finances as well. We're going to have a reunion choir. Amen, and Minister Myla Harris is going to be sending out the music to all of the churches so that we don't have to rehearse hard at the convention like we used to do. We rehearsed so much that we didn't have a voice to sing when it's time to sing. So they're going to have the music to us and we'll be able to learn it. Our choir, amen. The fellowship is having a reunion choir. And I think that the Long Beach Church ought to have a reunion choir too. Amen. So now the Lord wants to use each of you who have a voice. He said, let everything that has breath praise ye the Lord. So you need to raise a praise to the one who saved you, the one who raised you, one who gave you life. So I'm going to ask that we begin to start to work at this point on restructuring our music and begin to bring our choir back to get it. Amen. Can I get an amen? All right. And so I just want to make that announcement to you and prepare you to start making sure you're in the house. Now, if you can't be in the house, I'm sure it probably will be virtual, but we'd rather you be there. Now, I'll tell you, I remember this, Deacon and Dr. Sykes. I remember this back at Bethesda Temple in St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday morning, Pastor with Preach. And he says, now we're inviting you to come back tonight for praise service. He said, the Lord is going to be there. He says, you need to be there in person because no one will be able to tell you exactly how it was. And I'll say that. You can watch it on the screen. It's not the same as you being there in person. And if you don't see it on screen, somebody will have to tell you about it. They can't tell you half of what it is. So I invite you to start making plans at this time. So I said, well, it's too early to be making plans. It's not until April the 21st. I'm doing it this way because I want you to have time with everything in line so that you will be able to be there for two days only. All right. The Lord bless you. And I want to call on Deacon Patrick, where he's Deacon Patrick. Come on, sir. I got Sunday into Monday off. Hallelujah. Yes, sir. Come on. Oh, I like that. I'm like, this must be a very deep sleep. I'm like, yeah. I've always been embarrassed to sleep. But I've been no more screened. I've been no more afraid of me. And now I want to watch that. I want to see what's going on in the field. And then when I got on this job, all of the things they have for the night and all of them. Yeah. Come on. Come on. I think I read that this has someone to say to everybody else that I may need a wine. Come on. Come on. All right. I say, Grace, How sweet the sound. Saved a wretch like me. I once was lost. But now I'm found. was blind but now I see. If your ways please the Lord. He'll give you the desires of your heart. Deacon, I'm excited for you. The Lord understood where you were. He knew your heart, your precious wife. She knows the answer. She she said let's call on God about it. If you call on Jesus, He'll answer your prayer. You believe that? Anybody believe that? Oh I found it to be true. I know it for myself. You call him. He will answer you. Amen. I understand graveyard. I worked graveyard one time. I'll say I'll never do that again. We're interested in being in the house of the Lord. We don't have to make adjustments. We just need to go to the Lord and let the Lord adjust it. Amen. Amen. All right. At this time we're prepared to receive our offering. I thank the Lord for His goodness and His kindness unto us at this assembly. I thank God for the saints. This church couldn't operate without the people of God doing their duty. And I want to say to you I praise the Lord for your faithfulness in your giving. Now this is not a bag. If it was a bag that I'd say y'all come on and give. But y'all give it. You're giving. I don't have to beg you to give. And that makes it makes it easy on the preacher. Can y'all understand that? So I thank God that you're faithful in your tithing and your offering. And the Lord is going to bless you for that. Amen. I learned how to pay tithes. We learned how to pay tithes early Dr. Sykes. We knew that a dime out of every dollar belonged to God. I had a little struggle for a minute because I was only making four dollars. That was a day. Forty cents out of my four dollars. I had to wrestle with it. But I caught on. I paid tithes. I've given an offering. And guess what? Scripture said the liberal soul will be made fat. I ain't talking about this right now. I'm talking about fat right here in your pocket. Come on somebody. If you want your pockets full, be liberal. Give, give, give to the Lord. Give to the Lord. And he'll bless you. All right. We're ready to receive the offering at this time. Come on Sister Alexander. Faithful faith. God for the heart, the joyful heart of the giver. Hallelujah. Thank you God for pressing it down, shaking together and making it run over. That's what you promised us in your word. Hallelujah. That you would do God. We thank you and we praise you. Thank you that it will be me. Hallelujah. Everything that shielded faith long beach knees. God, we thank you for the provision. Oh God, you're good and you're faithful. And we thank and praise you in Jesus name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. God bless you all. Hallelujah. There I'm still feeling it. Come on. We're determined to, to walk with the Lord. Hallelujah. God is so good to us. Ain't no need in us turning back now, but stay right here. God, as you go from this place, but not from God's presence, may God keep bringing you back at the appointed time. Ready to lift your head. It's in Jesus name that we bless you saints of God. We will see you next week. Thank you all so much for coming. Thank you so much for tuning in. God bless you and we'll see you next week. Hallelujah.