 Welcome to Palm Sunday's worship service. Hallelujah. This is the day we commemorate Jesus' triumphant entrance into the city of Jerusalem. And they cried, Hosanna, save us now. Save us Jesus. Save us Jesus. Hosanna. Come on Saints, hallelujah. Hallelujah. We serve a mighty God. We serve a faithful God. We serve a powerful God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He is a waymaker, a miracle worker, a promise keeper, light in the darkness. Hallelujah. We thank the praise of Lord for our first lady in Jesus' name. The Lord is a miracle worker. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He deserved all the praise, all the honor, all the glory as His. Hallelujah. Father we come this morning, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God. We come this morning, Lord God, thanking you for your mercy, Lord God, thanking you for your grace, Lord God, your loving kindness, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. We thank you this morning, Lord God, for being a miracle worker, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God. We come this morning, Lord God, continually, Lord God, standing, Lord God, standing on your word, Lord God, standing on your promises, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God. You said Lord God that you're worried Lord God. We're not returning to you boy. That it would do Lord God. What it was set up to do Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. Hallelujah Lord God. Hallelujah. You are an awesome God. Hallelujah Lord Jesus. Lord we ask you this morning Lord God. In the name of Jesus 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. That you will move upon the hearts Lord God. Of your people Lord God. That they may draw their minds in Lord God. And worship you Lord God. Inspire Lord God. And in truth Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. Lord God you said that you do well. In the mess Lord God. Appraises Lord God. We ask you this morning. In the name of Jesus. That you are done knowing Lord God. Every portion Lord God. Of this service Lord God. Annoying Lord God. The scripture reader Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. Annoying the praise to you Lord God. As they come forth Lord God. Singing Lord God. The song of Zion Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. Annoying the musicians Lord God. As they play skillfully Lord God. Before you Lord God. Anointing Lord God. Of the Holy Ghost Lord God. As your messenger come forth this morning Lord God. Speak through him Lord God. Use him Lord God. Annoy him Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. Send forth your word Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. That we as your people Lord God. May continue to apply your word Lord God. To our lives Lord God. That we as your people. May live Lord God. A holy and a righteous life before you Lord God. In the name of Jesus Lord God. You say be holy. For you are holy Lord God. In Jesus name Lord God. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. This morning is in St. John chapter 10 verses 6 through 11. This parable spake Jesus unto them but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then Jesus said unto them again barely barely I say unto you I am the door of the sheep. All that ever come came before me are thieves and robbers but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and shall go in and out and shall find pasture. The sheep come but not but to still and to kill and to destroy but I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly. Hallelujah. Glory. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd give it his life for the sheep. Thank you Jesus. Glory. Good shepherd give us his life for the sheep. We're here to celebrate the Lord this morning. Praise the Lord. Just the first lady we love you. Praise this morning. Amen. Sunday and we're celebrating that. Amen. Amen. Amen. At this time we will have our bishop come forward. Amen. Goodness of Jesus. Calling today for Zion. Amen. For Zion. Ask me about you every Sunday. To your sister first lady. Zion is rejoicing today that you're back in the midst of your family to be here. Amen. Come on sister first lady and have some pastures. Then I look on internet on the Facebook. I listen to a lot of churches. Now I understand what the pastors mean when they get up in the pool pit and say it's nothing like being here. The service is nothing like being in the house of God. It's not the same looking at it on internet. And this is the first time I experienced that because I've looked at it all on internet. Our churches and a lot of churches but almost every pastor say you need to be in the house of God. Now I know what they mean because service is a lot different when you're in the house of God. The spirit of the Lord is there even though I felt the spirit of the Lord through the internet but it's nothing like being in the house of God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So those who are out in media land is looking at church on internet. You need to be in the house of the Lord. And now it's time to get back to the house of the Lord. Amen. And I'm a witness of that because I've looked at multiple churches all over the world. I had a church in England that I was looking at but it's nothing like being in the house of God. So that's the first thing I want to say. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Get the service today. I couldn't wait. I wanted to be here so bad and I'm so glad at what the Lord has done in my life. Some of you all may not know 27 years ago 1994. I was diagnosed with breast cancer 27 years ago and they always say there's really no cure for cancer and I'm a believer of that now because after 27 years you think I would never get it back again. In fact, my doctor told me that it's amazing that you waited to this long for it to reoccur again. And it came back in the same breast it was before the same type of cancer. And the type of cancer I had was aggressive, aggressive cancer. But I praise God for those 27 years that he gave me. And guess what? Like my doctor said, well, if you live 27 years more, I don't know. But I don't think I'm gonna live 27 years more because I think the Lord's gonna come a man before that time is up. But I thank God that I am now cancer free. I am cancer free. And I thank God that this journey was easier than the last journey. This journey was a piece of cake compared to the last journey that I had and I praise God for that. And the thing about it, I saw God in every step that I took going through this battle. I saw him. I saw him working. I prayed and I asked God, Lord, you are the great physician. You are in medicine, they have what you call care planners and care managers and that's what Arlene is now a care manager. They have all those kind of people who plan your care out, what you should do, what kind of treatment you should get. I told the Lord, Lord, you be my care planner. You be my care. You take care of my care. I said, don't let the doctors do it. You instruct the doctors what to do. And every step of the way, I saw God working in that situation, working in that situation. And the one thing about it when I got the diagnosis, I didn't cry. I didn't want to have it. But I told the Lord, Lord, whatever you want me to learn from this, I'm willing to learn from it. And whatever it is, I'm willing. And I start going through scriptures. And one of the scriptures that I've continued had always, a Mary Heart in Proverbs 17 23. A Mary Heart does good like a medicine. But a bitter heart drives the bones. And I decided I was going to have a Mary Heart all through this process. And so I had a Mary Heart. There was days that I got down. But every time I think about that scripture, a Mary Heart does the body good like a medicine. I perk up like that. I had some moments where I chatted some tears. But guess what? When I think about that, I said, Lord, you still control. And the thing about it, if I had to die because this cancer is a cancer unto death, if I had to die, guess what? I will be in heaven by now. But I knew the Lord wasn't ready for me to do that. Because another scripture say, I will live and not die. Declare the works of the Lord. And I said, Lord, you doing your thing. I said, you just showing me something up. And I am closer to God than I've ever been in my life. I pray more than I've ever prayed in my life. I read the scripture more than I ever read. Everybody should get sick. Because the thing about it, what it does is draw you closer to God. Amen. And sometimes we need to get in a position where we're closer to God. I thank God for every, every card, every telephone call, every, this is like I enjoyed your calls too. And every flower, every encouraging words, text messages and everything. But the thing about it, there's another scripture say, if it's any sick of mine, you call for the elders of the church. So when my sisters didn't found that I had this disease, guess what they did? They got their pastors and their churches to call my name out in the Lord. And they did that for days and days and days. And I praise God for those churches in St. Louis. And I was with this group. I joined this support group for a triple negative breast cancer, aggressive breast cancer. And I was with this group. So they start sending me cards. One of the cards I got was from a little 11 year old boy from Hong Kong. He was from Hong Kong. He said, you don't know me. He said, but I'm from Hong Kong. And I just want to wish you well. And I'm praying for you. And he drew a picture of himself. He said, I'm only 11 years old. And I said, Lord, thank you, Jesus. And those courses been coming from all over the United States, all over, all over the world. And I praise God for that. I have people praying everywhere for me on a prayer line every day they would call my name out. But you know what? When you're sick, you call for the Elvis of the church. And that's gonna happen because there was days I couldn't even pray. Hallelujah. But I knew my husband wanted me here. And I know God wasn't ready to take me away yet. I knew that the Lord, I said, Lord, if it's my time to go, let me know. You never let me know. So I know one time ago. But I do. Everybody meet me say, you don't look like you've been sick a day in your life. I don't look like I've been sick a day in my life. And I thank God. And I still got some hair, you all. I still got some hair. It's not all there, but I still got some. And I praise God for what he's done for me. I praise God for my husband. I told him I should be sick all the time because you're the best husband when I'm sick. He's been a, he's been a shopper. He's been a cook. He's been a laundry person. He's been everything. And I praise God for him. He has really stepped to the plate and he really deserve a lot of honor and glory. And I thank God for him being my companion. Because on this group that I'm on, I've heard some companions when their wives get sick or they walk away and they divorce their wives and all that kind of stuff. But I praise God that I have a man of God who helped me. Even when I get mean and fussy and all that kind of stuff. Guess what? Because sometimes you do get mean during this time. But I thank God for my husband. And I thank God for you all. I thank God for you all, everyone of you all. You all continue to pray for me because I'm, I'm still not 100% like I should be. But I am 100% better than I was. Amen? And God is still healing me. And I'm so glad, so glad, so glad to be in the house of the Lord. Pray for me. I got this. He's seated in the presence that fails us from time to time. But when you put your trust in Jesus, his history is that he cannot fail. He can't fail. It's not a part of his nature. Belier is foreign completely. I thank God. He's a wonderful Savior. He's a wonderful keeper. He's a wonderful provider. He's a wonderful lover. He's everything to me. I'm excited to be back today with the first lady with us, dishwasher, washing machine and the dryer. I became the butler and the chauffeur. But the Lord was my strength. Amen. Thank God for the strength that he provides to his children. I thank the Lord that my wife is cancer-free. And that testimony is not a made-up testimony. Working around medicine, sometimes people come in and want to have a doctor make a statement that their cancer is gone because they got prayed for and the doctor has to refuse because it's not true. But this is a true testimony to the saving, healing, grace of our God. And I thank him. I thank him all the days of my life. I'll thank him. I want to bring to your attention that this is Palm Sunday. All right. I have feedback. Thank you. There are many things to say concerning Palm Sunday. There are just so many things that's difficult to focus in the amount of time that we have for this service. I'm going to attempt to get through maybe like three passages. I didn't know that we would be this long in thanking the Lord but he's worthy of all the time. If I didn't get a chance to preach, God is worthy of the praise that he received because of our gratitude for him for what he's done. But I want to call your attention to Matthew chapter 27. And while you're turning to that, I'll say to you my title for the message today is where do you stand? Where do you stand? So first thing I did was I looked up where I looked at the definition of where, where is defined as a place, a situation, or a position, place, situation, position. And as we live our lives here on this earth from day to day, we're constantly required to choose the road we will travel and we go on our journey to a final destination at the end of our lives. I want to serve notice today on each of us that there are only two roads to choose from, two roads to choose from. The road of righteousness and the road of sin and death. Where do you stand? In the book of St. Matthew chapter 12. I'm sorry. Yes. Yes, that's right. That's out of order. All right. St. Matthew chapter 27, beginning at verse one. And it reads, when the morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. When they had bound him, they led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself and brought again the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, what is that to us? See thou to that. He wanted to turn the silver back. He got the guilties for betraying Jesus. Trying to give the silver pieces back. And they said, we don't want it. That's on you. Now I'm going to go to John chapter 12. All right, John chapter 12, beginning at verse one. Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper and Martha served. But Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with Jesus. And in these first two verses, what we find out is Jesus is seven days from being crucified. And he's going about his business towards the crucifixion. So he visited the home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus as he visited with them. Mary wanted to do something other than what Martha wanted to do. Now, what we see in verse two, it says, they had made him a supper and Martha served. But Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table. Martha pulled out all of the stops. She brought out all of the China that she might have had with the cloth napkins or whatever they used in that particular time. And she made it very special because he was a great friend of theirs down through the years. And so they had a relationship that they counted on. Then when we get down to the next verse, Mary took a pound of ointment of spitenar very costly and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the odor of the anointment. Now, we see two sisters both in a loving kind of way. And we see a brother who sat with Jesus to receive the meal. Mary had a debt that she felt she needed to pay. You know, when they sent for Jesus and told him, our brother, Lazarus is sick. And Jesus says, all right. And they waited and they were expecting him at any moment and he did not show up until after Lazarus was dead. Mary said to Jesus, if you had been here, we sent for you days ago and days ago. And you're just getting here. And it's not any help that you come after he's deceased. But Jesus comforted her heart and says, you will see him again. She said, yes, in the rapture. I know Jesus. I know that. But Jesus said, tell me where you laid it. Come on somebody. Jesus said, it ain't a big thing for me. He said, I can heal the sick and raise the dead. He said, just show me where you put it. And she said, he's got to be rotten by now. Jesus. He said, I said, show me where you put it. Jesus went before that tomb and he called him by name. He said, Lazarus, come for it. Lazarus, come forth. And I'm saying it for emphasis. I don't believe Jesus said it one time. He said, Lazarus, come forth. And Lazarus got up and the pastor that I grew up under, he said, he came out wrapped in swatling, swatling, swatling. Rags tied around him. He was bound. And he said, when Jesus said, Lazarus, come forth. Lazarus went and Jesus said, loose the man. Loose the man and let him free. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. So, so they had standing one with another. They depended on each other and they stood side by side. Where do you stand? Then in verse four, then said one of his disciples, Judas is carrying Simon's son, which should betray him. Now, Judas hadn't betrayed him yet. This is seven days before verse five said he Judas says, why was not this ointment sold for 300 pence and given to the poor? And what I, what I'll say is, I don't doubt that Judas didn't love Jesus. He didn't love him enough. He didn't love him enough when he was criticizing what Mary had done. The reason Mary did that was because she felt indebted to him because he, that she doubted him when he came. And she said, oh Lord, I'm so sorry. She said, let me wash your feet. Normally they wash feet when people first came off the road. But Mary as they set to eat, and I understand that they didn't sit at the table with chairs. They sat on a low, maybe a low couch or maybe even on the floor and they leaned on the table with their feet stretched out behind them and Mary broke that bow and poured that ointment on Jesus feet and took her hair down. See, in that society, women's hair is their glory and their glory was not to be shared with another, not to be seen by somebody else, but she felt like she owed that to Jesus. And so she took her hair down and she took her hair and wiped his feet with her hair. Somebody said, no, that's just too much. What is she trying to do? She coming on to Jesus or whatever. But she said, I owe that to him. How could I ever have doubted him? How could I ever wonder what he was talking about when he said you'll see him again? She said, I should have known that he was going to do something about it. I should have known that he could fix anything that came into our purview. Where do you stand? Now, what I'll point out to you is in this passage, there are different kind of believers. And so the first believer is the one that Mary was in. She was in the super believers group. She repented because there was love. She sacrificed costly oil. But then in the fourth verse, Judas was in the hypocritical, unbelieving disciples group. We can be in Jesus and not be for him. See, you were chosen as a disciple before the foundation of the earth. How faithful, how loving, how kind, what is in your spirit? What is in your heart? Where do you stand? But Judas, he criticized what they, what she did with that oil. Said that could have been given to the poor. This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag and bear what was put there in. He was the treasurer of the disciples group. And he carried the money bag and he wanted that money in that bag. So when nobody was looking, he could break him off a little piece, then said, Jesus, let her alone, leave her alone. It's up to her. It's her decision. She's willing to sacrifice. She had been, well, I'll get to that, but she was willing to sacrifice. It was in her heart, in her spirit to do that for Jesus. He said, let her alone against the day of my burial has she kept this. She had saved that oil, knowing that Jesus was going to go to the grave. And he said, she was saving that until it came time to anoint my body. So it was hers. And she didn't need to give it to anybody. Better than who I am. He said, I'm the king of kings. I'm the Lord of lords and you've been with me and you don't know who I am. He said, you need to get a hold of yourself and find out what's going on here. He said, where do you stand? Jesus said, the poor always you have with you, but me you have not always. Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was, he was there. And they came not for Jesus sake only, but they might see the last was also whom he had raised from the dead. And so we have another group of believers who, who are half sincere seeking when they came to Jesus. They came to see Jesus. And yes, we want to see the last man that got up from the grave. So they came for entertainment. Verse 10 said, but the chief priests consulted that they might put last but also to death. The chief priests, the church, the main man in the church, the presiding prelate, when he saw the attention that Jesus was getting, he said, we can't stand for this. He's just gotten completely out of control at this juncture. And we've got to do something with this man. He's taken away all of the people out of the Tabernacle and they're coming to follow me. I follow Jesus. He said, because by reason of him, many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus. Now I don't want to be in, in these last two categories. Matter of fact, the last three categories, the last one, they're fearful, self-seeking, religious. So they're the priest. They're, you know, in the upper part of the church and what comes into the church can get into their pockets and enrich themselves. So they're fearful, self-seeking, religious. Well, I thank God for Jesus. I have to give my testimony right here. I've been pastor in this church for 27 years, 26 years. I'm still waiting on my first paycheck. Telephone disconnect, waiting on my first paycheck. See, everybody who's in the pulpit is not self-seeking. Come on. There's somebody who's called by Jesus. There's somebody who got in touch with Jesus. Jesus came and came into their lives and saved them from their sinful ways, brought them out of darkness into a marvelous light and caused them to want to serve the Lord with gladness. Hallelujah. See, there are all kind of categories in the church, but you just need to understand who you are. Stand in front of that mirror. Look at yourself, examine yourself from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet and ask, ask yourself, where do you stand? There's two roads through life, road of righteousness and the road of sin and death. All right, let's go on. Verse number 12. Okay. I still got some time. Verse number 12 said on the next day, much people that were come to the feast where they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried, Hosanna, Hosanna, bless it is the king of Israel that come in the name of the Lord. They said, Hosanna, Hosanna means blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. They were waving their palms because they knew Jesus was coming down the road and they wanted to be there to worship him and they waved their palms. That was the next day. They took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried, Hosanna, blessed is the king of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus when he had found a young ass and there on as it is written, fear not daughter of Zion, behold thy king cometh sitting upon an ass cult. These things understood not his disciples at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that had had these things were written of him and that they had done things unto him, the people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, raised him from the dead bare record. Jesus says there were witnesses, there that saw it. Verse 18, for this cause, the people also met him for that they heard that he had done this miracle. Verse 19, and the Pharisees therefore said among themselves, perceive ye how prevailed nothing, ye prevailed nothing, behold the world is gone after him. The world is gone after Jesus and he left us alone. He's taken all our members. What are we going to do? We got to get paid. Well, I'm going to take you on down the road. Now, after all of the waving the palm branches, the whole design of blessed be the one who comes in the name of the Lord. They were bowing down and they were worshiping him because they didn't know what he was all about. See, they wanted them to be a king. They wanted him to be one of the kings that they had in their mind. He came to be king. He left heaven to be king and he was king even when he got here. When he was born, he was king of angels. Well, in a few days, just a few days within the week, he had to go before Pilate. They had to decide what they were going to do with Jesus. So that's how we wind up over here in John chapter 12. Now, we go to Matthew. Forgive me firstly. She doesn't like to see me shuffle pages. All right. Now, in Matthew 27, the Messiah had a trial before Pilate. Verse 11 said, And Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him saying, Are thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou say it. And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. No, I have to pause right there because that seems kind of unnatural when you're being falsely accused. And you know that what is being said against you is untrue. It's hard. It's hard to say nothing. See, because we have within us something that says you need to defend yourself. You need to stand up. Don't let people push you around. Don't let nobody take advantage of you. You need to tell them off. But Jesus never said a word. Can you feature that? He didn't say a word. Then Pilate said unto him, Here's thou not how many things they witness against thee. He said, Man, don't you understand you in court and you're supposed to be defending yourself for your life. He said, They got some goods that they have on you. And I'm not saying that it's legitimate. He said, But you need to answer these accusations. And he answered him to never a word in so much that the governor marveled greatly. Now at the, at the feast, the governor was, was want to release unto the people a prisoner whom they would. He wanted, they wanted to release a prisoner to whomever was chosen by the people. They had then a notable prisoner called Barabbas. Now in any kind of competition, any kind of race that I have in my life, I have a hard time. I have a hard time not pulling out all the stops. And for him, for Jesus to be put on the same docket with Barabbas seemed ridiculous. Right. Right. Verse 17 therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas are Jesus, which is called Christ. For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. Pilate knew in his heart that the accusations were not true. He knew they were just jealous of Jesus and his position. When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him saying, have thou nothing to do with this just man? For I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. She said, don't you put your hands on this man? She said, I've gone through something. Something has been speaking to me concerning this man. And she said, he's not a criminal. He's a just man. And she said, you need to keep your hands off of this one. Now, brothers, sometimes wives do have a legitimate statement they want to share with us. Come on somebody. Sometimes we may want to listen to him. All right. Now I'll go back. Verse 20 said, but the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? And they says, Barabbas, when he had done no wrong, all he did was ministered unto people. He healed the sick. He raised the dead. He fed the multitude of hungry people. And he had done nothing that was untoward, but he was being charged. And they chose a robber, a murderer over Jesus. Where do you stand? Who's on the Lord's side? Who's on the Lord's side? I'm on the Lord's side. Come on. He's done so much for me. I can't tell at all. He's done more than I know about. And so when it comes down to choosing who I'm going to serve, when it comes down to choosing who I'm going to stand behind, when it comes down to letting people know, yes, he's my savior. He's my keeper. He's my protection. He's everything to me. I'll stand on the Lord's side. Hallelujah. Barabbas said unto them, what shall I do then with Jesus? Which is called Christ? Hear this. They all said unto him, let him be crucified. Crucify him. Take his life. Hang him on the tree. That's because they were listening to the wrong folks. Come on somebody. They listened to the wrong preachers. You understand what happened? The preachers got together and influenced all the people. Search the scripture. You search the scripture. And then we think we have eternal life. Where do you stand? Are you easily persuaded? Are you in such a condition that you feel like you can do anything you want to do, whatever makes you feel good, whatever makes you happy, go wherever you want to go and do whatever you want to do, because after all it is in my life. Verse 23 said, the governor said, why? What evil have he done? But they wouldn't be persuaded in that direction. They were all persuaded in another direction already. They said, but they cried out more saying, let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but rather a turmoil made. He took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just man. He said, now y'all deal with that. You did it. You got to account for it. You got on the wrong side and you did it intentionally. You let somebody get your ear. You awake. You were weak enough to go for anything. You were weak enough to take a wooden nickel. He said, now I'm telling you, he said, I did the best I could. He said, I'm not guilty of this man's blood. The blood that Jesus shed for me way back on Calvary. That blood gives me strength from day to day. It's never failed me yet. It will never, never, never lose its power. It reaches the highest mountain and flows to the lowest valley. The blood that gives me strength will never lose its power. Thank God for the blood of Jesus. Thank God that he saved me. Thank God he washed my sins away. Thank God he filled me with his spirit and gave me the strength, gave me the power to persevere, to keep on the right road, the road of righteousness. Come on somebody. I walk with the king. Hallelujah. I walk with the king. Praise his name. No longer I roam because my soul faces home. Come on. I walk and I talk with the king. Oh, come on somebody. Come on somebody. We need to praise him. Hallelujah. Let me finish this last verse. Then answered all the people and said the blood be on us and on our children. That's really weak. That's to get so wrapped up in yourself. If you're willing to make a decision to be responsible for Jesus being nailed to the cross, you're a bad one. But what about your children? They said, let it be on me and whoever is a part of me, whoever comes after me in my family, will take it. What I want to tell you is that John 10 talks about a thief. Come on somebody. The thief coming not but far to steal, to kill and destroy. He said, this is Jesus said, he said, but I have come that you might have life. I came so you can live. I came so you can live throughout all of eternity in the presence of the holy one. I came that you might have life and I came that you might have it more abundantly, not just a little liable, but I came so you can have great liable. Hallelujah. A marvelous life. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. In large quantities, plentiful. Jesus said, I went to Calvary for you, you, you, you, you, you and you. I went to Calvary for you. Now where do you stand? Are you on my side or not? Are you walking in sin? Are you giving yourself over to the spirit of this age where you got to have what everybody else had? You got to have the latest this and the latest that. Hallelujah. I'm on the Lord side. Do I have anybody that's on the same trajectory with me? I'm not looking back. I'm not looking to the world. The world has nothing that I need. He's everything that I need. Everything that I want according to his will. He said, I'll give it to you. I'm on the Lord side. I'm on the Lord side. I'm on the Lord side. I'm on the Lord side. I'm on the Lord side. I'm on the Lord side. So now when we go through life, we got to continue to look and see what road we're on. You know, if you're not careful and I've, I consider myself a great driver, but sometime when I might get a little bit distracted for just a moment, I'll look about, oh my goodness, that was my turn. The devil's on your track trying to turn you back. You've got to be determined that I'm going to make this journey. I'm going to make this journey. I'm going to live with Jesus. I ain't afraid to die. I'm on the right road and I'm not turning back. Elder Ross, come on. Just for me. Just for me. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus went and did it. Just for me. Come on, say it again. Just for me. Just for me. Just for me. Jesus went and did it. Jesus came and did it. Just for me. Just for you. Just for me. Come on, think about it. Think about it. Just for me. Just for me. Just for me. Just for me. But he did it just for me. He did it just for me. Just for me. Oh, yes, he did. Just for me. Just for me. I was listening to Bishop as he was preaching and I could see Jesus defenseless, defenseless to the world. He said, because if I wanted to, I could call down legions of angels and they would fight for me. Like Bishop said, he never said a mumbling word. He who knew no sin became sin for me. Where do you stand? Are you on the Lord's side today? Where do you stand? Do you stand for holiness? Where do you stand today? As First Lady, do you believe that he's still a healer? Where do you stand? But I want you to stop and just meditate on what Bishop preached about. All that he went through and know that he did it just for me. He did it just for you. And today, if you haven't aligned yourself with Jesus, if you're not on the Lord's side like Bishop talked about, the altar is open. If you could do a little bit better in your walk, the altar is open. If you could come up a little bit higher, the altar is open. If you just want to rededicate your life to Jesus, the altar's open. Whatever you need, if you need healing in your body, come down to the altar because this is your day. Say just for me. Just for me. Come on. Come on. Come on. The altar's open. Never be ashamed to come and get what you need from Jesus because he already paid the price. It's a gift and the price has already been paid. Just for me. Stand on the Lord's side. Come on and stand on the Lord's side. Where do you stand today? Where do you stand today? Jesus came and did just for me. Stand for righteousness. Stand for holiness. Stand for prosperity. Just for me. Stand for healing. Whatever it is you need. Just for me. He already paid the price. Say Jesus. Jesus came and did for me. Say just for me. For me. Just for me. Standing on the Lord's side today. Just for me. This is your day. Come on and stand on the Lord's side. Where do you stand today? If Jesus came back today, where do you stand? I'm standing with Jesus. Just for me. Come down to the altar. He loves you today. He paid the price just for you. Just for me. Just for me. Just for me. Oh Jesus. Oh Jesus came and did just for me. Just for me. Just for me. Oh Jesus came. He did it. Jesus came and did it. Just for me. He was a Lamb of God. He did it just for me. Just for me. Jesus came. He came. He came. He came. Jesus. Just for me. Victory is mine. Victory is mine. Victory is her day. I told Shade and I told Shade. Victory. Shade. Victory is mine. Victory is mine. Victory. I told Shade and I told Shade. Where do you stand? Hallelujah. I hope you're on the Lord's side. Every now and then we ought to just check ourselves. Amen? We ought to just check ourselves. Hallelujah. To make sure that we're making the right decisions. That we're standing with the Lord. Come on. Let's give the Lord a hand. Praise for the wonderful word of the Lord that came to us this morning. All might now. That's right. I stand with giving. Hallelujah. And not just giving but being a cheerful giver. Amen. Hallelujah. Come on. Get your envelopes. Amen. So we can be a blessing to the house of the Lord. Amen. Hallelujah. If you're ready to give. Hallelujah. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Bring that. Bring that gift to the Lord. A gift to Shield of Faith. And I know you do. You can give by Give the Five. Shield of Faith Christian Center Long Beach. Amen. Amen. And you can also mail it here to the physical building at 4934 Long Beach Boulevard right here in the city of Long Beach, California. The zip code is 90805. Amen. Amen. God bless you, Father. We thank you for the offering. We thank you, God, for the opportunity to give into your kingdom. Thank you for blessing us to be a giver. Not only that but helping us to be cheerful. Hallelujah. We're excited about giving to your kingdom. We thank you. Hallelujah. That you've given us the ability to give into the kingdom. God, now bless it. Let it be meat for this house, God. We'll thank you and we'll praise you in Jesus name. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on. Put those hands together. Amen. You may be seated for just a moment. I need to make this announcement. Next Sunday, which is Easter Sunday, and our service will be receiving communion. Amen. So, all of the strays that are not here, y'all tell them, come on. We're going to celebrate communion on next Sunday. And the Lord always meets us here and we're excited for what he does for us, his people. We want to, on the day that we have the communion, we're remembering what the Lord did for us at Calvary. All right. And then there's another thing that is coming up so very soon. It's coming up on April the 21st and the 22nd. The first one that I have to announce is this is the family and friend day at the convention. Family and friend day. So, we want you to invite your friends. You know, when you find something that's good, you need to want to share it. You know, I'll just use this opportunity. I made myself a bacon and pickle and cheese sandwich with Bob's big boy salad dressing. I went in the den and sat down and I started eating. My wife was sitting over on the other side of the room and I said, I feel guilty. This is so good. You got to have a bite of this. And I gave her a bite and she said, this is good. So now let me say, when you find something that's good, ought to be something inside of you that makes you want to share that with somebody else. This is a perfect opportunity to reach out to our families and our friends to attend the convention with us on the 21st and the 22nd of April in just two weeks now. All right. And then we have one. This one is Women of Faith at the convention. They have a speaker, Natalie Morales. And she's one of the church girls. All right. It has the book Church Girls. I guess she's a pastor. It says pastor. Well, it says pastor. All right. And so the women, you're going to have the opportunity to hear from someone you've probably never heard before. And I'm going to say, if you go with the open heart, the Lord will bless you. No question in my mind, the Lord will bless you. And here's the new, the new pamphlet because the convention has been moved to a better place. All right. A better, better place and cheaper. Amen. So all right. I want to make these announcements. And let me see. Maybe there's one other one that I want to let's see. Oh, the other one that I wanted to announce is this one that came in the newsletter. And this is the schedule of the convention during these two days. So I'm going to take this one and I'm going to make it available. We'll see how it matches with that. I believe that there's not been a change since then. But I want you to be able to look at this and be able to plan your day or evenings or whatever it might be so that you can be at the Shield of Faith convention. We're going to be together for the first time in two years. Amen. Amen. All right. That's it for that announcement. I have one other announcement. Minister Sarton, could you come in for a minute, please? Happy birthday. Minister Sarton's birthday is tomorrow. And we haven't been doing the birthday dollar. But he comes from way back. Amen. This is a faithful man. This is a faithful servant of the Lord. And I'm going to next year, I'm going to try to see if I can give you at least two dollars. Give him a dollar. All right. The Lord bless you. The Lord keep you. Why don't you dismiss us in prayer? Let us all stand, please. Let's look to the Lord in prayer. Lord, we thank you. We praise you. We glorify, we magnify your name. Lord, we thank you, Lord God, for that powerful word that came forth, Lord God. Where will we stand? We're going to stand on the Lord's side. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Lord God. Help us to continue, Lord God, to hold on, Lord God, to your unchanging hand for you are the same yesterday, today, and forevermore, Lord God. Lord, as we leave here, but never from your presence, bring us back, Lord God, at your own appointed time, with victory in our hearts, in Jesus' name, in Jesus' name we pray. Amen and amen.