 good morning everyone you're glad to be in the Lord's house this morning let's enter into his gates with personal praise coming to his courts with your own thanksgiving this morning Lord I've come to give you thanks today thank you God for your blessings upon my life this week thank you Lord that you have given me everything that I need there's food on my table I had a car to drive here this morning a roof over my head Lord you've been abundantly good to me never let me forget to thank you for the simple things of life that every day I find your mercies new and your faithfulness great Lord we your people come into your house today to honor you to bless you and to lift up the name that is above every other name the name that at that name every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father now Holy Spirit of God fill this room right now inhabit the praises of your people as we sing as we worship as we clap as we pray as we shout with joy today let us Lord come into a deeper and closer relationship with you and leave changed by the power and the presence of God I ask all this now in the name above every other name the name of Jesus Christ our Lord can you put your hands together this morning brothers and sisters let's let's honor the Lord today and lift up his matchless name he is worthy of all honor glory and praise we've come to lift up the name of Jesus shout your praise unto your God savior for his mercy his grace his wonderful love we praise you this morning hallelujah we love you today Jesus thank you God thank you God we'll sing this for eternity praise to me one more time join with the angels and say wonderful God he is take a moment and just express your praise to him let your glow in this atmosphere of worship in the presence of God give him your best praise don't hold back don't worry about me or the music don't worry about the singers or the ushers don't worry about your spouse or your kids sitting beside you in the presence of the king of glory in the mighty king's presence give him your worship this morning Lord we praise you today we worship you sing that one more time Psalm 71 says righteousness oh God reaches to the high heavens but then it goes on to say you who have done great things the bible says he does not do some things and he does not do just good things or just great it says God you have done great things but then it finishes up said you have done great things oh God who is like you it says I looked high and low the bible says that I could not find anybody like you there's no king there's no president there's no queen there's nobody like our God who could do things that are so great that our minds cannot comprehend the creation declares the wonders of our God as the wind blew yesterday afternoon the trees declare how great our God is as the rain that's coming down that falls while we're in this place declares the greatness of God the goodness of God how great he is and as we're in this place today you know how great your God is because he has done great things for you because if God has never done anything for you you have no right to praise him but again let me give you something if God has saved you you got to write to praise God why because he is great and marvelous and wonderfully to be praised he has done great and marvelous things I don't care what's going on in our world God is still God and he has not been kicked off his throne ever since then again like this like you're singing the scripture today you all understand that because Psalms 86 says for you are great and do wonders things for you alone are God you're singing the scripture today declaring my God is great and he alone is God that there's no one besides you you are king of kings and Lord of lords you are high and lifted up and your train fills the temple and I inhabit the praises of my people so what I want you to do right now is I want you to lift your hands and sing your song under God and say God you are great because you've done great things for me say come on lift it up this morning if he's done something for you you got to write to praise God this morning give him your best give him your best your mouth one more time before we go any further come on open your mouth let the people of God open their mouth and declare how good he is because you know how good he is for you say God you're good for this and for this and for this I got clothes on my back food in my belly a roof over the things I haven't if you haven't done yet but God I'm going to praise you for the things that are in my future that you're going to do because you're the same yesterday today and for you are great and mighty and greatly to be praised that's my God that's my God my God is not dead my God is alive I don't serve a washed up drowned dead God who can't do anything for me I praise a God he delivers set free that's the God I serve that's why he's exalted that's why he's mighty that's why we give him all praise this morning because you have done great and marvelous things for 90 years this church has been in existence and you have done great things from beginning so much more in the church he's everything you have need of and so much more so much more how many of you by a raise of hands how many of you say God has healed you this this past year put your hands down how many of you can say God has delivered you this year so far how many of you in here this should be ever this should be almost everybody how many of you say God saved you this year that I want to want you to do is I want you to get out from where you are go cross it I'll testify to somebody at the goodness of God this year find somebody right now and tell him how great God is to you this year that God is mighty God is holy got it God has done great things for me this year if you're watching a live stream from the world we want to welcome you to pace assembly God is doing great things not only here but where you are right now he is mighty and holy we thank you for joining us this morning we thank you what on the church give Jesus Christ the greatest ovation of the morning come on give me a hand come and praise this morning how good he is hey man well this is your first time here at pace assembly we welcome you this morning we're so glad that you have joined us this morning that if this is your first time here whether it's you or with your family if you'll step under the four-year at the end of service right over there to the right hand side we have a place called guest central she'll step right over there we would love to meet you to get to know you get some information about you and how you can stay connected to our church and the things that we have going on here at pace assembly and also pastor miss rita have a special gift just for you so please if it's you or your family or just you please step by there we want to get to know you and meet you this morning how many glad givers are in the house this morning come on you can do a little bit better than that the bible says in mica 310 that it says bring all your ties into the storehouse that there may be food in my house and then it goes on to say test me god says test me and see if i will not throw open the floodgates and rain down blessings that you won't have enough room enough you won't have enough room for to store all the blessings that i'm going to import out god doesn't ask you for a whole bunch god asks you for 10 percent just 10 percent and god's not worried about your amount god is not worried about your amount god just wants you to see how he wants to see where your heart is he wants to see how faithful you are because if god has blessed you and god has met your need and been there for you by giving him you're saying god i don't i may not have enough i'm going to give you everything that i have because you have blessed my life and you've done great things for me for me and that's what we're going to do this morning so let's pray and ask god to bless this one whether it's on your phone or whether you're giving online or whatever it is i know god will bless you for it god we thank you to lord that your presence is already in this house as you would be with us this morning we invite you into this room be with us abide with us this morning as you would bless the offering bless the gift and the giver this morning and we thank you and multiply it for the needs of your kingdom do what you want to do with it and we thank you for it and give you praise honor and glory in jesus mighty name and all god's people said amen watch these important announcements this morning thank you for joining us here's this week's change of pace if this is your first visit with us we welcome you to pace assembly immediately following service please meet us at guest central located on your right as you exit through the foyer pastors joey and reader rogers have a special gift just for you pace family fest is happening this weekend friday saturday and sunday gate entry for adults is seven dollars for kids ages three through twelve three dollars under age three is free once you enter all rides and entertainment are free as well food trucks will be on site with your favorite fair foods for purchase you're welcome to bring your lawn chair next sunday november sixth is pastor appreciation day a table is available in the foyer for you to leave any cards or notes of appreciation for our pastors the florida general election is scheduled for tuesday november eighth early voting continues through november fifth voter guides are available on the table in front of the sound booth pace assembly's christmas outreach will be in full swing starting next week christmas assistance applications will be received monday november seventh through november eighteenth at the pace assembly firehouse christmas bells are available on the platform with some suggested gift items all unwrapped toys and monetary donations are needed by november 27th and remember don't forget the batteries this year's christmas and guatemala offering will be received on sunday november 13th part-time and full-time employment opportunities are available at pace assembly applications are available at the church office eight a.m. to three p.m. monday through friday now here's what's happening this week at pace tuesday at six thirty p.m. nursing home ministry meet us at sandy ridge and milk at seven p.m. intercessory prayer no wednesday night service or classes this week at seven p.m. pace family fest volunteers meeting and setup more volunteers are needed if you can help please attend this meeting thursday at 11 30 a.m real women widows luncheon at the home of brenda lunsford friday from six to nine p.m. pace family fest with musical guests beginning at seven p.m. saturday from 10 a.m. to nine p.m. pace family fest with musical guests at one p.m. and seven p.m. sunday at 10 a.m. pace assembly's 90th anniversary celebration join us for a stroll down memory lane many special guests will be with us including musical guests southbound and the isaac's from five p.m. to nine p.m. pace family fest next sunday marks the end of daylight savings time be sure to turn your clocks back one hour saturday night that's what's happening here at pace for further information or to register for any event visit the pace assembly app the website or call the church office and remember pace is the place pace is the place amen come on have a you believe that pace is the place good to see all of you here this morning we've got a number of folks that are out of town traveling i hate it for them because today's going to be really really good hopefully they're watching online so if they are watching online or for all of those that are watching online from around the world would you let them know how welcome they are to be right here at pace this morning come on give them a great big god bless you it's a blessing to be in the house of the lord amen and there is a lot of stuff that's happening this week around this campus of course at the end of next week pace family fest that we've been waiting on now for another whole year and getting everything prepared it's going to be a terrific time and i cannot express to you how important that it is that we need volunteers so let me just mention to you while that's out there fresh in your mind as soon as the service is over with today uh rita is going to be standing out my wife will be standing on this side and if you can after the service is over with and you haven't signed up to volunteer we need you we need you we need a bunch of people to work at the front gate and other locations so we need to just meet her right after the service if this is your church you want it to grow right okay i'm pastoring the wrong church this morning i want to know how many of you want it to grow how many of you want to reach out to the people okay at this moment i am expecting over the weekend a minimum of six to seven thousand people to hit this campus what are we doing about that pastor what's the big deal how is it that they're going to somehow be connected to pace assembly well first of all you got to get them here going door to door anymore is just not the way that it works and if i asked you to go door to door today you would probably say i'd need to be a uh what door dash i would have to be door dash and i'd have to get paid for it all right here's what we're doing we're giving away the gospel is what we're doing and over these three days we're going to collect names or we're going to touch the hearts of people we're going to let them know that pace assembly loves them we're going to let them know that there's a church in the community that's not just uh self-seeking self-serving and uh we're some entity on the side of the road but we're going into the highways and hedges and we're going to compel them to come in now how is that going to happen well when they see that ferris wheel sticking up out of the ground over there at the ball field and they hear that gospel music being blowed across this entire community by thousands and thousands of watts uh we know that the sound ordinance doesn't kick in until 10 so we're going to be blowing and going for as long as we can come on it's going to be a great time and uh i want you to be a part of it i want you to be praying and i want you to get involved if you're not already signed up i'm asking you please get signed up today i cannot count on you well pastor i've been here a long time i'll be there i'll volunteer no no no i need your name i need you to get committed i need you to get involved and as soon as the service is over with uh lady in brown stand up please lady in the brown right there yes that lady in the brown has got a clipboard and that clipboard needs to have your name on it if you're not already signed up we are counting on you to do that now i want to let you know that the leaves on the trees i've just gotten the late breaking bulletin just now the leaves on the trees in the mountains are falling off they are falling to the ground so all of you that i know that you posted out there your wonderful pictures of being up the mountain get yourself back down here and you better hurry up they're going to put a mask on you up there in north carolina in this free state of florida come on come on down amen and uh i want you to make plans to be with us it's going to be a great time and then it's all going to come to a tremendous crescendo next sunday morning you will not want to miss next sunday morning it is going to be a great time of celebration we got uh at the end of the service everybody walks away with something so you don't want to miss it it's going to be a great time invite all of your friends we've got some special guests that are coming in we've got some special presentations that's going to happen the word of god is going to be preached we're going to have some great music from southbound and the isaac's the award-winning southbound and isaac's are both award-winning groups and they know why they're coming they're coming in here i told them don't don't bring your standard stuff you come in here get ready we're going to have church in here all sunday morning and we're going to have some dignitaries that are coming in from our local area and we're still going to have church on sunday morning come on somebody amen and uh and and and and if our dignitaries don't act right then we'll put the snake box beside them and then um that'll be the way that is last year if you remember at the rodeo at last year's pace family fest the rodeo we had our guest the bull riding a team that was here and i slipped over to him uh when the service started whispered in the guy who was the head of its ear i said we don't break the snakes out until just a little bit later if you could have seen his face just go cold without blood at that moment it was the funniest thing in the world so i just want to let you know that uh don't stop playing because the snakes are still coming if you don't go ahead and play right now there was a lizard on the keyboard just now this morning all right so who let the lizards out i don't know anyway amen look at your neighbor and tell him i'm glad to be here what about you praise god is it all right to laugh in church it's all right to celebrate too isn't it you've been asking god for miracles how many of you been asking god for miracles okay so let me let you know god's still in the miracle working business well how do you know that because over to my left brother greg neff is in service with us this morning stand up sir would you stand up if it had not been for the lord he's not the only one i just i ran him back there she'll probably be embarrassed by it but sister jan is sitting in service with us this morning in the hospital this past week sister jan laury i know that god has touched her the by according to the doctors uh there the scar tissue had shrunk but all of a sudden it just disappeared in that the word just went away and everything's good come on somebody how many of you know only god does that kind of stuff only god and there's more that is across this auditorium so when you pray pray believing i'm going to release you from your messiah complex you don't have to heal anybody all you got to do is pray and ask the healer to do the healing amen i feel like preaching so wednesday night at seven o'clock you heard the announcement we are not going to be having service here all of those of the reviewing online we will have a service up for you to be able to view but we will not have a service there's so much that's taking place that we've got to get done we can't get it all done in two days so we need you to be here wednesday night all of the volunteers if you're volunteering i need you here wednesday night at seven o'clock we've got lanyards and t-shirts things and final instructions that you're going to need to know this is not your average little side street yard sale pace family fest this is much larger than that and we need you to be organized know what you're doing before friday night gets here we won't have any time i need you here seven o'clock and if you have not signed up to volunteer and you're watching online then just show up wednesday night we'll put you in a place and we need you to be able to be there again the 90th anniversary next sunday i'm just excited about that celebration it is going to be tremendous and then make sure wouldn't you know it i you know i think they just made a rule somebody told me they just passed a law that the uh day like savings time the whole fall back thing is over with after this year and we get to stay on one deal come on somebody how many of you know that's a good thing i don't know who made that up and i know the devil the devil had something to do with it because it's always saturday night into sunday people are late and then the men people get mad because they're early spring forward what am i doing here i don't know where is everybody so you make sure that you uh do things appropriately and then we're gonna have a great great time this coming weekend this morning we have the privilege of being able to welcome in to this body of believers and this family of god at pace a number of new members that have just completed the starting point class so michael bring them on please pastor coming forward from membership this morning we have laughton and lauren chancey diane mchenry pamela yardley and eric and sue shields praise god we're so excited for you and uh over the past several months you've seen starting point class as people are coming people that are moving into the area uh these folks have been here for a little while now we're so glad about it for those of you that are not been uh become members or been a part of pace assembly the next starting point class will probably be after the first of the year and we need you to make sure that you're involved in that and that you make uh the opportunity available for yourself to get in that class know what's going on at pace and find your place at pace and today these have come to be able to present themselves before this congregation to become new members into pace assembly and the bible says in Ephesians 2 19 now you are no longer strangers to god but foreigners and foreigners to heaven but you are members of god's very own family citizens of god's country and you belong to god's household with every other christian isn't that powerful with all the floating around and and people moving from place to place having a great uh church family and a place that you can call home with your church family ladies and gentlemen there are people in recent days that have told me that they're having to move for business or whatever it may be tears stream down their eyes to think that they're leaving pace assembly because quite frankly and i have to say this it may sound like boasting but i'm on boast on the lord there is no place like pace that's just the way i feel and god's blessing has been on this place for 90 years and these that are coming today are presenting themselves to become part of that fellowship and there is responsibilities on their part and responsibility on this church's part and i go through this every time so that every person in this sanctuary both those members and attenders can know what our responsibilities are and what is necessary for us to be able to have a great church you can't have just a great church by everybody just showing up and not volunteering or whatever that it may be we need everybody to work together as a unit as one body and we see that accomplished when people get together that's what membership involves and so i want them to put on the wall please the things that i want to share with you very quickly as new members and for this congregations rehearsal in that first of all i will protect if you can put it on the back wall for me that'd be great i will protect the unity of my church how by acting in love toward one another uh not just other members but everyone refusing to gossip if you want to tear something down be it a business a church or whatever it may be all you got to do is bad mouth that thing a little bit and there won't be a burger joint there won't be a church i mean you understand what i'm talking about so uh we don't play around with gossip uh we just send two board members to visit you and we work it out amen and let me just say right here's a part of pastoral care matthew 18 is the proper way to solve conflict if you'll follow the biblical pattern there's nothing that two believers can't work out if they'll sit down and talk about it face to face so we don't deal with that we don't tolerate that but we also uh protect the unity by following the leadership of the church next i will share the responsibility of my church and this comes into you as the members of this assembly and that means that i will share in the responsibility by praying for its growth why did i ask you twice a little bit ago why you wanted to help grow this church because that's your participation that's your part we're not into church transfer and calling it growth we're into reaching the lost come on somebody if you transfer from another church i'll always tell them go back make sure it's right with your pastor and then come on back if this is what god's telling you to do next by inviting the unchurch to attend you're going to get an opportunity listen there are more sinners in the world than there are saints and some of them are sitting here today i'm saying to you that we're reaching the unreached we're reaching the loss we're reaching those that are hurting that are broken this is a house of healing this is a house of salvation and we've got the best thing that's happening in the world and that is to give people jesus christ and then to warmly welcome those who visit why did pastor t tell you a few minutes to go get up go shake hands with somebody why do we do that all the time because if you want to have a friend you got to be a friend the bible says i think i'm preaching right now hold on he's a text i will serve the ministries of my church by doing what by discovering my gifts and talents by being equipped to serve and developing a servant's heart i maybe understand it's hard to find people that will serve because everybody feels like they have to have a title but whenever you put on the towel like jesus did and you will wash one another's feet you'll do whatever it takes to be able to get some in the kingdom let me tell you what god does he reaches your family and sends somebody to wash their feet and show them the love of jesus christ your sowing seeds equipping yourself to serve and developing that servant's heart and then i will serve uh and i will support i should say the testimony of my church by doing what by attending regularly by living a godly life and by giving regularly to the kingdom of god this is so critical why first of all why would you become a member and not attend come on somebody i'm going to tell you if you were at the koanas they would say hey man if you're not going to show up you're not going to get to wear one of those little fuzzy hats i'm sorry that's the other ones the arabians uh whatever um why would you say i want to uh join a church and not show up i want to be a part of that amen how many of you believe this is worth being a part of well pastor i'm here this morning well get all here amen come on engage me this morning living a godly life amen living a godly life don't put a paste assembly bumper sticker on your car and then do things you shouldn't be doing i'm making it plain and giving regularly now i want you to know we don't have government subsidies we don't have uh industry corporations and all that that's writing checks and subsidizing this it is the faithful gifts of everybody here people that are watching sometimes people that don't even go to this church that say i believe in this ministry and i'm just gonna uh support it people that are watching online right now that call this their church home though they're not physically here last week uh i was getting text and information from arkansas and wisconsin and multiple places of people that call paste assembly their home and i want you to know this is a great church and that's the reason why i want everybody in this building to stand if you will please and i like our ministers their wives board members and their wives to come and stand behind these as we pray god's favor and blessing upon their life and i want you to be able to put that last one up as we're committed to this and everybody reads it out loud come on say it together paste assembly is committed to see people save come on heal set free disciple equip empowered and serving if you believe that give the lord praise this morning amen now you're going to need to pray a little extra here this morning because everybody that's standing in front here for membership is not everybody that's standing in front there is a person that is supposed to be standing in front right now but they won't be here for another few months because the wonderful chancy family are going to have a fourth member to their family she's carrying today and congratulations to this incredible incredible family would you stretch your hand this way as we ask the lord that we do this every time to ask god's favor of this house to be upon their house this morning would you do that right now father in the name of jesus we thank you lord for your blessings upon us and upon this great church we recognize right now lord that your hand is upon this house and for 90 years you've continued to bless and so today as they come before you and presenting themselves and membership to this body we pray right now that your favor and your blessing would rest upon them mightily not just upon them lord but upon their entire house upon their children and their children's children to the third and fourth generation we pray mighty god that you would just lay your hands upon them in such a way that they see your hand in their lives every day and that nothing lord jesus that goes on in their life happens by chance but it is all by your favor by your grace and by your mercy so now god we ask you to bless them and multiply them and increase them in every way and your blessings be upon them in the powerful and wonderful name of jesus christ our savior and lord and everybody believes that shot a great big amen would you let them know how glad you are to have them as a part of the body and if you'll just turn right around there's someone there to greet you with a hand shaking a smile let them know how glad you are to see them in the house of the lord praise god just turn around to somebody tell them i'm glad you're here come on let them know how glad you are to see them here it's a blessing i'd like for you to remain standing if you don't mind do you mind i'd like for you to open your bibles up please to the book of psalm chapter 145 the book of psalm chapter 145 i'm excited about this message this morning i'm just telling you i've been holding myself back for this particular moment and i believe god's going to speak to our hearts today amen open up your heart find that scripture and say this with me right out loud how great is our god sing with me how great come on everybody is our god come on say it out loud always come on i want you to sing it out let's declare the goodness and the greatness of our god oh yeah how great how great sing with me how great as i say name above all names it's the come on say it from your heart my heart will sing you're doing good this morning you're doing good what a choir come on say name above all names come on church declare his glory it's the name singing with you right now word think about it in kenya they're singing my heart let your lungs declare his glory come on shout it out loud how great is our god psalm 145 if you have your bibles open i don't know if they can put it on the screen i know this is a few verses to read but i want us to read it in concert can we do that can we read it in concert how about you and the risers in the cheap seats are y'all all right up there can you read this in concert you understand concert don't you that means that you're not reading your own way we read together let's make it let's make his praise glorious right now what you're about to read is about to feed you what you're about to read is about to feed you have you got it where you can put it on the screen for those that didn't bring their bibles this morning they're getting it worked out all right here we go are you ready i got six people that are ready thank you for that rousing i'm about to preach to you one of the greatest messages that i've ever preached in my life and you give me six grunts how many of you are ready to read this word of god out loud i do want you to know that if you don't participate there are two officers from centers the county sheriff's department that are in the foyer and we've equipped them with multiple handcuffs the patty wagon is outside i bet you'll praise him in jail come on say amen come on arrest those imposters okay verse number one here we go i will extol thee my god oh king and i will bless thy name forever and ever every day will i bless thee and i will praise thy name forever and ever great is the lord and greatly to be praised and his greatness is unsearchable one generation shall praise thy works to another and shall declare thy mighty acts and i will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty and of thy wondrous works and men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts and i will declare thy greatness they shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness and shall sing of thy righteousness the lord is gracious and full of compassion slow to anger and of great mercy the lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works all thy works shall praise thee oh lord and thy saints shall bless thee they shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts and the glorious majesty of his kingdom the kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all generation the lord of holdeth all that fall and razeth up all those that be bowed down the eyes of all wait upon thee and thou give us them their meat in due season thou openness thy hand and satisfyeth the desire of every living thing the lord is gracious in all his ways and holy in all his works the lord is nigh unto them that call upon him to all that call upon him in truth he will fulfill the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry and will save them the lord preserveth all them that love him but all the wicked will be destroyed my mouth shall speak the praise of the lord and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever i want you to do it right now come on and give him glory we praise your name lord how great is our god is our god come on church sing with me how great is our god how great he's a great god i want you to give him the ovation of the morning would you do it right now luya great is our god and greatly to be praised you may be seated in the presence of the lord this is a powerful psalm we read it in its entirety because it was written by david it is the last of the 73 psalms that he wrote between psalm 145 and 150 which is known as the praise psalms they all begin and they all end with praise the lord but the 145th psalm or division thereof specifically gives five distinct characteristics of god over the past few weeks we've been talking to you about god is faithful god is our refuge in this particular chapter you find that god is our greatness god is our goodness he is our glory he is our guarantee and he is the grace among us but i'm going to tell you i have searched even google even google and i have not found a sermon preached it may be out there probably is but i have not found a message preached on this particular subject so i want you to keep your bible handy and and this deep theological message that i'm about to give to you can only be understood by children that are sitting in this auditorium this morning i mean you could it is going to be so simple that a college graduate can understand it but it is best understood because it's broken into a child's prayer now i could ask all these children out here and i might but adeline would you come and help me sweet pea because you know this sermon better than a lot of people and a lot of your friends out here know this this happens to me my oldest grandchild and she is in the first grade and since she was old enough to understand how to form the words and i want every child that's in the building to stand up everybody stand up come on just stand right where you are that's good now now you've been praying a prayer over your meal haven't you that's all right you don't have to be afraid just put it down you're with paul it's all good i got you so i want you to do what you do before that we eat a meal together you put your hands together right like you're about to pray yeah and then i want you to bow your head don't worry about all those people out here because you're praying to god and i want you to say your grace and all the kids here say it with her ready it's great god is good god is good go ahead thank you sweet pea an unknown author wrote that child's prayer and i don't know where i said it growing up and most likely a lot of you did too but somewhere in our history we stopped saying it like that and because of that we have forgotten the principles that are found in that simple child's prayer we're busy about what we're busy about but i came to remind you this morning in the breakdown of that prayer that i don't have any other reference of anybody else preaching this message on whatever you want to call it i call it like this god is great god is good the great i am has his attributes and abilities that never change the world is changing right before our very eyes but we serve an unchangeable god that through good times and bad times god remains the same malachi says i am the lord and i change not now that may not make a big deal of difference to you until you get in the middle of a troubling situation and it doesn't look like the other trouble that you've been in before or the other difficulty but when you can turn around to an absolute true god is true god is faithful god is merciful god is great pastor t had no idea when he was reading that scripture and exhorting you that he was preaching my message i had no idea they were going to sing that song this morning that declares the greatness of god i would say god is speaking to us today that in the middle of storms in the middle of trouble in the middle of recessions in the middle of wars and rumors of wars we serve a great great god song 145 is the last will and testament of david king david it's the last song he wrote most of his songs deal with lord i'm in trouble help me out most of them will be i prayed my tears on my pillow i need you i'm in trouble break off the teeth of the lion etc etc but this one is the last will and testament it is the last song that david wrote before he died and all of it is contained in this child's prayer when i started reading this chapter i said well there it is well there it is well there it is well there it is song 145 verses 1 through 3 says i will extol the oh god oh king i will bless thy name forever every day are you praising him every day or just once a week every day will i bless thee i will praise thy name for how long forever and forever great is the lord the psalmist david said and greatly to be praised his greatness is unsearchable god's greatness means that he is absolutely authoritative powerful and sovereign and he is perfect in all of his ways god is great the child's prayer is and we forgotten the greatness of god because all we hear today from media and others is that this one this ruler is great and this person has got great weapons and this person has got great this and great that but i came to declare to you one thing today god is great and he is high above all other spiritual beings and all of his creation all above the earth he is high as the omnipotent god of all the universe all knowing all powerful all sovereign the book of psalm 145 3 says his his greatness is unsearchable psalm 96 and 4 says that he is feared among all other gods the literal translation of verse 3 says that david is saying that his greatness is more than our minds can fathom you cannot search or plumb the depths of the greatness of our god more than one image he is he's more than just what we see him or perceive him to be about the time we think we've got him figured out the writer in the scripture will say eyes have not seen and ears have not heard neither has it entered into the heart of man what god in his greatness has prepared for those that love him i want you to know god is not a slouchy second based god he is the lord god sovereign above the universe he is excellent come on somebody he does excellent work look at your neighbor and look how excellent they are are you hearing me big ears big nose and all god is saying my work is good and when i got through creating man i just slipped back and said it's good and it's all good come on somebody our god is a great god he's greater than vladimir putin's nuclear weapons he's greater than the mullahs in iran he's greater than the temple in fact they said a greater than solemn is here and i came to tell you great is our god and he's great in this house this morning he's a great god look at your neighbor tell him he's a great god you serve a great god this is the theme of this entire song one songwriter put in the back of the hymnal he's bigger than any mountain that i can or cannot see he's bigger than all my trouble bigger than all my cares i want you to stop seeing the god of the religious theological world or those preachers that won't preach his greatness they feel like we've got to help god out i want you to see the god who sits high and looks low and makes the earth his footstool ladies and gentlemen you're not serving just a little god he is the big g the god of all gods the king of all kings and the lord of all lords and he expects his people to give him great praise and great glory for the great god that he is hallelujah to the great god we serve the lord is great the bible tells us over and over again he's great in his extent that is Jeremiah 29 23 and 24 can any hide himself in the secret place that i shall not see him says the lord do not i feel the heavens and the earth says the lord he's great in his age that doesn't mean that god is old it means he's eternal deuteronomy 33 27 the eternal god is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms hallelujah he's great in his size how big is he well one writer of the song said he is so big that he's unimaginable to describe here's isaia 40 and 12 who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and meet it out in heaven with a span and comprehend of the dust of the earth in a measure and wait out the mountains in a scale and the hills in the balance ladies and gentlemen if you think that the grand canyon is a phenomenon that might classify as one of the wonders of the world i came to tell you that was the pinky of almighty god that scratched out that cavern to show us the greatness of his power all the heavens declare his glory and every star he knows by name the sun moon and star hang out there at the power of his word and he's never retracted it we serve a god of all gods and king of all kings and he's great in wisdom proverbs 3 and 19 says the lord by wisdom at found of the earth by understanding hath he established the heavens he's great at his intellect according to psalm 147 he telleth the number of the stars and calleth them all by name great is our lord and he'll have great power and understanding is infinite he's great in his power jobes says in 42 and 2 i know that thou can't do everything and that no thought can be withholding from thee he's great in his authority meaning he's sovereign in all things somebody said well we'll put god in a box we'll tell him what he can and can i do i want you to know the book tells me in 103 19 the lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth overall so every preacher and every christian who thinks you're gonna put this great big god in a box and only pull him out on a sunday i want you to know he's god on monday and he's god on wednesday he's god at the back door and he's god on the platform and i came to tell you it's time we celebrate him oh yeah right here at halloween when they got skeletons and skulls everywhere i came to tell you there's a living god and he don't dress up he just is what he is and always has been say amen somebody he's great in his faithfulness according to limitation three verse 23 they are new every morning great is thy faithfulness he is great in mercy and great in love according to Ephesians chapter 2 verse 4 i'm giving you the word of god so that you understand these are not things i make up on my own it was written and inspired of the holy ghost but god who is rich in mercy for his great love wherewith he loved us the songwriter said you have no rival you have no equal come on somebody are you with me this morning now and forever well we're just picking up what david said the problem with the church today is that we're serving the wrong god because we're singing about a god that we don't believe is great but if you're gonna say that he's a great god you need to know you have no rival you have no ego don't think that the devil has the same power as god don't think because you get cancer in your body that you don't have a name that's above every other name he's a great god in his name he's a great god in his power and you better teach your children how to pray god he is great i'm gonna tell you you can leave your children a lot of things but you better teach them how to pray i learned as a small child i really didn't put all those words together actually i kind of mushed them all together why because like all these children i got to play the food sitting in front of me last Wednesday night they said can you take adeline and henry home and feed them give them a bath and get them here to church she said yes i didn't know but okay so i'm trying to help a little bit and she's got some Rita's got some food and sits it on the table but like us preach pastor we want the blessing more than the blessing so it's hard to resist not diving in come on somebody i know some of you are so glad to pastor victor's here because he brings that jewish content to us and the jews pray after their meal come on somebody yeah let me eat now and i'll pray how great is our god after that but we sat them down and and all the while it was i wish i'd had a video because we said okay come on let's pray well by the time we turn around henry was deep in the middle of it already have you ever watched your children and your grandchildren try to pray that prayer where their mouth is full of alfredo chicken alfredo because that's the way we are we want the blessing before we want the blesser but ladies and gentlemen if you'll bless the blesser the blessings are already laid out in front of you come on now he deserves a great praise from our heart sincere frequent and expressed well i praise him in my own way well excuse me i gotta break some news to you you don't praise him in your way the only praise he accepts is his way so the so the writer said my lips shall praise thee thus will i bless thee i will lift up my hands in thy name well pastor i'm not into all that exhibition don't tell me that i watched you at the ball game you posted too much on facebook i went out there see some of them out there preparing the meal for our new members and i walked into that place and they got their fsu aprons on and all that and some of them were at the game yesterday i said hold up just a minute you painted your face with all that kind of stuff and you walking here and they ain't no pace assembly flame on your cheek we have messed up and we've worshiped the wrong thing and if our team loses we think our god is lost but i came to tell you he don't lose in nothing ow say it again pastor our god don't lose anything for all you english teachers our god can't lose he won't lose he never will because he's always god and i just want to declare to you you serve the right god if you're serving the god out of this bible right here there's plenty of gods for you to serve in plenty of religions some of them declare themselves to be wonderful but i came to tell you there's only one that blows my mind it is jojoba god whose son is jesus born of a virgin went to the cross laid a tomb god up and sits down at the right hand of his greatness this morning god is great oh my god where is tony the tiger when i need him god is great you wouldn't do it if i told you to god's greatness is so extensive that you'll never find an end to it roman chapter 11 33 says all the depths and the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of our god how unsearchable are his judgments and his ways are past finding out i talked to sister jam walking in she says they just said it just just went away well i don't know about you but when you're sick or you're dealing with something i don't really care about the details at that point all i want to know is you said it was there and now you say it's gone and i just want to let you know who got in between both of your saying god stepped in and did something that you could not do ladies and gentlemen put your trust in a great god he sees you today and he knows what you have need of his depths cannot be fathom and i love this this is the reason why the lord changed my message from this morning to say to you from psalm 145 for one generation shall praise thy works to another that's why all these children are in this room on this family Sunday and shall declare thy mighty act let me explain it real quick the older generation is called to inspire the younger generation to praise our great god by remembering his mighty acts the younger generation is to inspire the older generation with behold i knew do a new thing by the same great god god's praises are many and man's life is short so you better start praising him from one generation to the next you're still writing god's book of praise it is beyond your understanding the bible says we're to speak of the mighty acts of god to the next generation pastor i've heard your stories so many times i can tell you the stories you tell me well you know what i'm not telling them so you can hear them i'm telling them so i can hear them and so them babies right over there can hear them you know why because when when mama didn't have no flowers to be able to take care of this situation she prayed and asked god lord i need some open gladiolas you know god's into details i need some open gladiolas in order to do this funeral spray to take care of this customer at the florist and the next thing you know here comes a guy with a long horse trailer and all these open gladiolas not just one color multiple colors and when it was all said and done she said to the man are you going to come back again and he said oh yeah i'll be back and we never saw him again my mother and father declared to me it must have been one of jacob come on somebody who passed by come on now pass by limping on his way to glory just to let us know i got you in the palm of my hand come on now i think i'm preaching something for you whenever my parents got a telephone call and said we're holding your son joey hostage and we're gonna kill him if you don't give us the money they went searching and running around town while i was in the band room at max brooner junior high school i looked around the room next thing i know the door to the band room came open bam here comes daddy walking in like he was mad at the world he said you come with me i was either in trouble or my head was going to get skinner from one to the other what did i do daddy get in the car you know why because when you know one of your little babies is in trouble y'all just sit there this is for me whenever you know one of your little babies is in trouble it don't make no difference what's going on y'all better get out of my way i'm gonna tell you that's the great god we serve our father is watching your life and when he sees you in trouble he said get out of the way i'm busting the door down i'll break down the jail cell i'll knock a hole in the wall i will come and fight for my children that's a great god we serve i think it's a good time to give him a wave offering about 30 seconds of praise right there i will extol you oh great and mighty god and i will praise thy works to the next generation so great nif i know you i know enough about you to know that because you had a heart attack on interstate 71 and the doctors took you to boling green hospital and they found yourself there and your wife and children and grandchildren concerned about what's going on and then all of a sudden your little niece happened just happened just happened to be the transportation for the cardiac unit of vanderbilt hospital drove up there and got you her husband got the truck drove you down there the doctor said we don't even know if we can have surgery on you because your arteries are so hard waited for a few days and you looked at me and said it don't matter i'm already at peace everything's good with me and then you told me whenever the devil started hitting you that you had already made a preemptive strike ladies and gentlemen whenever you praise god now it is a warning to the gates of hell i don't care what you throw at me i will not be defeated because my god is great so if you want to be ready you better praise him while you got the breath and you better praise him right now the story isn't over i know enough about you greg naff to know that you're going to gather up your little grandchildren around your bedside and around your chair and you're going to tell them over and over again you know what the lord went in there and did that sir i shouldn't be sitting here right now i should be in the grave but god is still a great god and he's still got a great place y'all just sit there i'm talking about you what god has done in your life in your life what has he done well i've already given him praise you better give him praise again so that your children can declare it to the next generation you better tell it over and over again why do we have these children in this building this morning because i want them to be in this atmosphere because they don't know next week if they're gonna get hit with a drag queen at school or go to the library and be pulling up a book that's got pornography in it and all kind of mess i want them to have enough of the power and the greatness of god when they step up the holy ghost feels their little soul and they say you know what that don't belong to god i belong to a great god and that ain't great lift your hands if you got children or grandchildren and put the covering on them right now oh great god you know where they're at i don't care if they're overseas i don't care if they're in the united states put your great covering over them right now underneath them or your everlasting arms i feel like preaching i said i feel like preaching anybody want to preach with me this morning i feel like we need to declare the greatness of our god from one generation to the next history tells us about people that call themselves great oh they don't even have to be history he can be right now these people that call themselves great i'm i'm this here's the word watch this goat they call tom brady goat come on somebody Muhammad Ali beat his chest and said i am the greatest of all time but the bible says one day every man's gonna stand before the almighty god talk to me somebody i'm talking about the great god i don't care who you are where you are what society what position what title you got every one of us are gonna stand before that great god they call themselves great in history Pompeii the great ramizies the great pharaoh peter the great that russian fredrick the great kathryn the great they said nebuchadnezzar called himself great and syrus called himself great and alexander the great himself said i came to the genji's river and i ordered them to build a statue that was larger than my size so that my posterity could know how noble i was but Solomon said lord god of israel there is no god like the in heaven or in earth beneath that keep us the covenant of mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all of thy heart i want to let you know there is none great and there is none good but our god hallelujah that's what i came to tell you you better relay that to your children and your children's children stop being the goat with the football team the baseball team the hockey team whatever that it may be and direct their attention while their bid getting ready to eat their sandwich god is great bible says in verse seven they shall abundantly utter the older generation that's what we do we utter if you if you want to know where the dividing line of age is look at somebody who's uttering come on somebody we don't text but we utter and we mumble and we talk to ourselves and if you know all things you answer yourself as well come on somebody come on wave at me you know what i'm talking about i got a bunch of utters in here come on but you'll be glad to know the bible says that we are to utter the memory of the great goodness and shall sing of his righteousness that word utter means this it means to gush out of our memory the praise of his greatness the holy ghost spoke to me said when you hear an older person say i remember when the lord then shut your mouth and listen you're about to hear something that's going to help you when they're gone come on somebody if my daddy told this story one time he told it 100 we had a little dog a little beagle dog named duchess i was supposed to be the keeper of the dog but that dog was notorious for scratching getting out that's the reason why i have a ceramic dog at my house right now and henry loves the one that we can turn on with a button underneath and turn it off and so do i because that beagle was right across the street from a woman who had a thousand cats around her house and i kid you not she was chumming them up and feeding them up from the swamp that was that was below her house that dog duchess sweet little dog little dog him cats no wonder they're associated anyway uh i lost about half my crowd there that dog got out and scattered those cats like holes in swiss cheese ran them all down in the swamp i could hear him he had them all going every last one of them and she got so mad she swore out a warrant for my father's arrest the sheriff came the constable of the town for walton came by and said mr rogers so and so has sworn out a warrant for your arrest because of what you're doing with her cats she was going to trial she was going to court my daddy was a preacher and an upstanding man in the community she said we're taking this to court god said that's fine i'm gonna take it my dad said that's fine i'm gonna take it to the great god i heard him day after day in that back bedroom lord you know what's taking place he laid it all out finally finally after days and days of harassment and attack my daddy said well i guess the best thing i could do would be to go down and just turn myself in and we see if we can work it out he went down to the police department he said i'm i'm claud rogers and i'm here to turn myself in on this charge right here the woman looked at him and said mr rogers i don't know what you're talking about that woman has dropped the charge yesterday on you he said what do you mean she dropped the charge she's been on me now for weeks i don't know sir it's none of my business she dropped the charge i don't know why she dropped the charge and you think that god is confined into this building on a sunday morning i came to tell you he's all up in your stuff every day and if you'll open the door and exalt his name he'll come in and work out the problems that you cannot why is that because he's god and he is great and not only god that he's great but he is good come on somebody he's a good god he's a great god and he's a good god god is great and god is good let me just hit this before i move because i can feel the prompting in my spirit because today if we don't just sing the modern song or whatever that it may be the top 40 somehow people don't seem to take and worship and we want to regulate it old and young but i want you to understand a lot of theology was built into a lot of the songs of the past so when we sung them it got inside of our spirit and it encouraged us to go on now let me explain to you from the book of james that we're to sing psalms hymns and spiritual songs and if we do the combination of all of that then we're pleasing god because you can't understand how great is our god until you start singing once like a bird in prison i dwelled no freedom from my sorrow i fell but jesus came and listened to me and glory to god he set me free listen ladies and gentlemen i was preaching revival just a few weeks ago and they broke out on what a fellowship what a joy divine if you want to get your head out of cnn fox news and every other depressing thing just start telling god how great is our god then sings my soul my savior god to the he this is my story this is my song don't put nobody down because they're singing a song you may not even know or it may be so old that matthews is the one who was a worship leader i just came to tell you whatever turned your crank to glorify your god go ahead and sing once like a bird in prison i dwelled when i heard the saints of god get up and when old woman with a guitar start talking about i will meet you in the morning just inside the eastern gates then be faithful weary pilgrim you don't know what i'm singing less with you it'd be too late and i'd hear my mama pat the singer she's saying i will meet you in the morning i will meet you in the morning and they start singing about the eastern gate and because i was way too young i wasn't looking for no eastern gate but now that mom and daddy is sitting in the circle of the great witnesses around the great god of eternal of eternity and sitting at the throne of god it makes me want to sing i will meet your mom and daddy in the morning you know what i don't have to worry about where they're at they sung to me the praises of a great god and told me where they're at that was for me so i'm 145 89 said the lord is gracious full of compassion slow to anger and great in mercy the lord is good to all well isn't that something and we've got our little cliche watch this god is good and all the time i want to ask you do you believe that or not now watch this the book says he is good to all i want to make sure you're ready for that because when you talk about god is good all the time and all the time god is good he's not just good when you're good he's not just good when everything seems good he's good all the time even when all the problems and the trials that i may be facing look like i'm about to lose and i'm i've been thrown in the pit by my brothers and now i thought i was getting it together but now i'm in prison because apodifer's wife and now i've been spending all god is still good after all these years ladies and gentlemen 90 years this church has been in existence and i came to tell you through the good times and the bad time through the struggle and the hard time our god is a great god and our god is always a good god somebody ought to celebrate the goodness of god right now he's good to all not just israel are there any jewish people in the room let me see your hand you mean you're all a bunch of gentiles that were alienated from the common wealth of israel and you had no business being inside of the vine and yet god almighty said i'm gonna open the door up for a short period of time and let all those who love me get grafted into the vine and you're gonna act like ladies and gentlemen you have nothing to celebrate you shouldn't even be here and neither should i but the grace of god open the door and mercy let me in because god is a good god all that i wish i could shout this morning no one has to tell god to be good he already is in fact his nature is good and he can't be ungood i don't know if that's a word god cannot be bad it is against his nature to be bad every good and every perfect gift comes down from the father of lights in whom there is no shadow of turning if god promised it to you you're gonna get it i wish i had some help in here but that's all right i'll say amen to myself lay hands on myself fall out myself cover my own legs with a rag come on somebody you know why because i know that i know that i know that even when i'm bad god is still good come on somebody even when the world is going bad god is still good and i'm just going to tell you more than an election and more than anything else if the church in america will celebrate the greatness and the goodness of our god we can see a sweeping revival across this america and around the world god is just waiting on his people to wake up and declare god you are good all the time when that doctor diagnosed my wife with stage four cancer god was still good when i couldn't read my own sermons off of my computer and couldn't see past the third row god was still good come on somebody when my back was all up against the wall and yours too and they rejected you and threw you out and said you're no good and you'll never amount to anything i want to tell you god was standing in the shadows and telling you i'm still good and i still got you i don't know who's gonna celebrate with me but i'm about to run in this place the greatness of our god and the goodness of our god go together you can't have one without the other in fact the greatness of god without the goodness of god isn't even christianity it's fatalism lots of religions teach that their god is supremely powerful the entrance of a islamic believer says god is great on his entrance to you but what makes our faith christianity and the god of this bible supremely powerful is the fact that from a perfect good heart the goodness of our god makes him stand out among all other gods why because he's good to all all the time how do you know that because he's done it by his acts what did he do he took not michael not gabriel not one of the saints he took his only begotten son and he said i want to send you on a mission and assignment to die for all of humanity i want you to go down and i want you to allow them to put nails in your hands for my goodness i want you to let them stripe your back because i'm a good god i want you to let them hold you up on the cross because i'm a good god i want you to go and be buried in the tomb because i'm a good god i want you to get up on the third day morning because i'm a good god and when it's all said and done they're gonna realize i am a good god because i'm made away when there couldn't be no way and today you're here worshiping a good god shout yes somebody the fact that our god is both great and both good should bring you to an absolute and ultimate confidence in him it should encourage you to know that there's nothing that's too hard for our god i'm trying to get this out y'all god is good that's right and all the time and there is no exception of the goodness of god there is no one good the bible says in luke 18 19 except god god's goodness is showing all around you in creation it's showing all around you in his word it's showing all around you in the gifts that he gives god's goodness actually leads us to salvation then that the father let us be able to receive the son into our own hearts and now we have eternal life because a good god paid the bill preach pastor hey we serve him and now he said i'm gonna put my goodness inside of you you are the temple of the holy ghost i came to tell you god is good to all he is gracious he is full of compassion he is slow to anger he is great in mercy and the fact the bible declares that is tender mercy towards you that word literally find to find is womb meaning as a mother loves her unborn child god is good to those and all those and i'm going to tell you he didn't have to come on poo get ready i'm about to wrap this up come on say this prayer with me god is you know started the top god is great and god is yeah so what do we do now let us thank him let us thank him well pastor we've already thanked him i've jumped up i've shouted i've clapped my hands oh no you didn't hear what david said i will thank you i will praise you hello forever forever oh my god what do you mean by that pastor what i mean by that is is forever and forever well when am i supposed to stop never there's not a never in forever it's continuous it's all day long it's when i think about it and when my subconscious kicks in it says god is great and god is good let us thank him what are we gonna thank him for the bible said let us thank him for our food can you imagine that the great god we serve is concerned about what we eat so i want to say to all of those folks who are trying to tell me that there's a food shortage going on and you're not going to get these supplies and you're not going to get that and and the whole country's worried about whether or not they're going to eat and what kind of food they're going to eat can i tell you you might not necessarily get what you want but i know a god who whenever he lied you was down by the brook and needed a little meat he flew it in the beak of a raven and dropped it off right in his lap and when he needed a cool drink of water he scooped it up out of the brook can i tell you something i am old and i was young but i have never seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging bread get up off of your laziness go get a job and the lord will provide for those that provide for their house god is great god is good let us thank him for our food what's the book say the book says that the eyes of all weight upon the and they'll give us them their meat in due season all creation all the land all the birds all the fish in the sea all of the heaven all throughout the universe every insect every person humanity everything directs its eyes to the god who supplies all of your needs you know why because nobody else can do it i'll take care of myself you could raise your hand up to feed yourself unless the lord gave you strength to do it i'm trying to help you that this god is great god is good thing it's not just some cliche you say on sunday it's something you live out every day of your life that if it had not been for the lord who was on my side i wouldn't got out of bed this morning but look at here i'm putting one foot in front of the other i've got strength to raise my hand i've got a voice to praise him with and the lord said he would be my provider no one else could do that hey church in the middle of a recession i read it just this morning there is no doubt it's on the way i think we're in it right now but you know what god sits in heaven and says what recession i came to tell you that god is great and god is good and there is no lack in heaven this morning he has everything you have need uh what pastor i'm worried about tomorrow he said no take no thought of the things of tomorrow can you not consider the lilies of the field how god closed them or a sparrow fall into the ground that he doesn't recognize it but how much more are you than many sparrows but seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and then all these things i want you to lift your hand right now and praise him for everything that god has ever given to you in your life right now you got 30 seconds i gotta preach this thing you only lasted 20 seconds i'm taking back my time at the proper time god will deliver at the proper time he will feed you in due season well pastor i think it's due season right now you don't know what god knows come on somebody you don't know what god knows you recognize at the proper time day by day god takes care of you because he's a good god and we should thank him for our food why because we can anticipate our needs tomorrow that's the reason why he said give us this day our daily bread you know why that is he goes all the way back to the hebrus that we're in the middle of the wilderness the bible says that he told them for every day six days you take what you need into your tent and don't get another day's worth of mana you take today's mana why because i want you to pin it upon me for every day are y'all listening out there this morning i'm still preaching what does he say he said i want you to need me every day i want you coming back to me every day i don't want you trying to do this on your own i'm gonna make provision on you on the sixth day to get two days and it won't spoil in your tent you know what they did the same thing we do that's what people are doing right now hoarding it up they're stocking it up they're getting it all and i understand provision and getting ready that's not a problem but god is saying don't you ever divorce me from the process of providing for you give us this day our daily bread because you don't know what you're going to run into tomorrow come on somebody god fed the Hebrews in the wilderness did he not here your part is the same and ready god fed the Hebrews in the wilderness god fed Elijah by the brook charath god fed the woman at xeraphat when she only had a little bit of oil and a little bit of meal and she was gonna bake a cake and die but god said don't worry i'm gonna put enough in there it's not gonna be that overflow that you think but every time you reach in there you're gonna be dependent on me that's a good thing say me god look at a little boy's lunch i'm on my way home i'm on my way home y'all stay with me he took a little boy he said to the disciples uh we need to feed the go feed the people and they said well we can't look look chick filet is shut down my staff told me this week like this and i don't want you shouting louder on this and you did anything else this morning but my staff told me this week that chick filet has contacted us and want to set up their portable building until theirs get done right here in the parking lot of pace assembly i said come on down with your chicken cell look at y'all send me all clapping ain't moved a lick since i started preaching oh chicken chicken feed the people and they looked at jesus and said we can't he said i know you need me what you got oh we've got amongst all these people and rest assured there was more than 5000 there and this isn't the first time that jesus fed thousands he fed them 4000 at another time but at this occasion 5000 plus women and children i mean i've stood on that hill it was a massive crowd out there feed all these people they took time to set them down in 50s i mean if you know somebody's going god is great god is good let's sing it for a food by the sense we are figuring lord of the day but he said bring me bring me what you got what do you got oh only a small boy's lunch this is key to this message i hope you stay with me this is small boy's lunch what do you got a couple of fish and some loaves well bring it here all you want me to do with it put it in my hands and now a little child's prayer before dinner is not just saying by his hands we are fed we now are going to have an understanding that by his hands we are actually fed are y'all giving me this morning i'm telling y'all it's all pumped up about this message if you go down on me before noon i'm calling the cops in here put it in thank you baby that's right i got one i got one and a child shall lead them come on i got a child praying and i got a child hooping come on i wish i had and a bunch of utterers come on and uh bring it to me put it in my hand whatever you've got hurry up and get it in his hand because what you think you earned will not meet the need but if you'll put it in hands of the lord he'll listen we know what it was by number when he put it in his hands two fish and five loaves we counted that it's in the rip what we don't know what to calculate is when it came out of his hands i don't think you got what i i don't think you understand what i'm saying i know you're thinking about your bills and you're thinking about your mortgage and you're thinking about all that but if you'll put your house in his hands your kids in his hands your bank account in his hands your car in his your mind in his hands your peace in his hands whatever he touches he blesses and multiplies well somebody wave at the lord and give him praise so he feeds five thousand with two fish and five loaves and we don't want to know what the number is but we know this that at the end of the day he picked up 12 basketfuls you want to know how long the lord's going to take care of you revelation 717 i'm hurrying to the end for the lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them and deliver a living fountains of water and god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes by his hands we are fed the bible says thou openness thy hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing so when i was writing this message and the lord was speaking and this is my first closing i told you at the beginning that i've searched and maybe if you find it please let me know because i did not find the author to this little child's prayer nowhere in fact everywhere i searched it said unknown author and i started rehearsing that prayer god is great god is good let us thank him for our food by his hands we all are fed thank you lord for daily bread and our grandchildren learn and many of yours do too in jesus name amen and then brother fischer the holy ghost said i just showed you the author i don't know if that mama knew that day when she put that sandwich bag into her into her boy's hand and sent him on off on his way if he she actually knew what he was going to do that day but when he got to jesus he said all i got this little sandwich but if you want it you're thinking that if you get an abundance then you give what's left over to god but if you give him the first and the holy ghost said i told you who the author is that little author was not the adults in the room give us this day our daily break he said the author and you preach it if you want to the way you want to but this is what the holy ghost said to me the author is the little boy after the five thousand are fed can you see i mean in my mind's eye i saw a little boy standing out there looking at what he had a part in everybody's eating come on somebody nobody said have you got something else besides we've been eating this manna what is it have we got to have this all the time and then the author has to come back of the psalm and say oh taste and see that the lord come on you can say it it's all right you can help me oh taste and see that the lord is come on you don't know that passage over here but the bible says oh taste and see that the lord is come on shout he's good how many people were actually followers of jesus on that day not a whole lot because we read a little later on that when jesus said fish and chips are over thousands got up and left him but he fed them all and then i see play me some music bro i gotta quit because i can see y'all quit on me i can still go but i just came to tell you i found the author of the prayer can you see the little boy as he looks at jesus and jesus pats him on the head and said you did good son you gave up everything you had for lunch today you gave it to me you gave it to me and he says look what i can do with just little things and all of a sudden this little boy watch this this little boy looks out across this vast can you see him i think the lord may have given him just a little bit like your child who just hit the home run running across home plate with a great big smile and everybody's cheering this little boy hit the home run and you can see him just raise up and say look here at all these people that are eating my lunch today look what the lord has done and this is me i can see and i remember i remember vick standing there on that mountain and looking across that grassy all the way down to the galilee and those thousands and thousands of people that were all there eating and i can see this little boy standing in the middle of that massive crowd and saying to himself god is great and god is good let us thank him for our food by his hands we all are fine thank you lord for daily bread in jesus name amen can you see that can you see that little boy if the little boy can give god praise i don't want to steal your thunder but it's already out there these are the latest grandparents that are among us they've got a brand new baby girl just yesterday grand baby girl and i saw the pictures and if i know anything about this couple they're going to speak of the marvelous acts of god because she's already posted her mama holding him camera and and they taught him to pray god is great god is good don't you fail to teach them boys that i don't care what they do when they go to school you tell them baby you got the full authority to bow your head in that lunch room and say god is great god is good let us thank him for our food by his hands we are fed thank you lord the deepest theological principles have just coming come in from a small child's prayer now why did that all happen why does god and i close here why does god let there be after that wonderful blessing of prayer why is god turn around and bless us with 12 basketfuls here it is he said don't let anything spoil don't let anything waste and they picked up 12 basketfuls and they left and the disciples you see them next go get in the boat and jesus says we're going to the other side and there they've toted in their 12 basketfuls it's in the boat with them the miracle is in the boat i'm about to help your faith for tomorrow the miracle is in the boat with them the miracle the previous miracle is in the boat with them evidence and all the sudden a storm comes up and there they are oh we're afraid the storm is raging all around them and jesus comes walking on the water and he goes and steps inside the boat and talks to them about their little faith why is that because hear me and we're coming to the altar the last blessing god put in your life was the evidence and the fact for the storm the next test you were going to walk through that if god was faithful to be a great god and a good god back here then even though the storms are raging he is how do you know that because i got the evidence right here i've got what he's done in my life all i got to do is look at my wife and see open heart surgery and and things that she's had to deal with just this past year and i say god you're a great god all i gotta do is be able i can't see a whole lot clear but i can see i can see if you get out and run up the door a little bit i know where you're sitting because the doctor's cleared off the cataracts of both eyes and i say i don't see me like trees anymore lord you're a great god and you're a good god to let me stand up and not be blind like the doctor said i was gonna be he's a great god how great is our god sing with me how great is our god and all we'll see how great come on church how great is our god i want all the praisers to beat me around this altar how great that's all we're gonna do today before we get to the thanksgiving before we get to our meal we're gonna come and say god you're great oh god is good i'm just coming to praise you today is our god come on lift it up now lift your voice and praise him out loud lord pass week is that chris tomlin was sitting in austin texas and he was reading the 104th psalm and when he read it he was reading god you are great yeah you wrap yourself in light and your splendor is great and he started writing down these words the splendor of the king robyn majesty come on you know it let all the earth rejoice and darkness tries to hide come on church say it tremble set his voice come on lift your voice let's declare it right now lift those hands and lift your voice and bless him you got something to praise him for god has been good to you and god has been great to you always see how great i wrote those words down and he stopped and he said i went to nashfield and i sat down with a producer friend and he said i thought i had a really good song going right here just really catching on and he said his producer friend looked at him and watch this his producer friend looked at him and said the song hadn't done yet he said i was taken back he said what do you mean what are you talking about this is my song i wrote this song you know how pride feel we get when we think we're the only one come on say amen for your neighbor and his producer friend said i think we need to take it up a little bit and what do you say this is what he put on name he said oh that sounds good right there worthy we'll sing yeah he said that's a great song now they put all that together and it's becoming an anthem of the church come on how great is our god i can declare your brain nobody can do it for you you got to do it for yourself how great not the breath to breathe so your brother they say had stage four cancer and they started doing work on him and the next thing you know the tumor starts swelling or are we reducing in his brain and and his and his daughter has been coming to church and he's touching the lord now and he's seeing god's hand working a miracle in his life right now we're in the progression of a miracle going on right there and and and dawn spears you are driving that bus with all them girls so you remember this here i am uttering something now driving that bus full of those girls come back from mariana also the peacock flies right up and shatters the window and it drops right into your seat while you're driving all them little girls you pull that thing right over the side of the road stop it and everything was okay how great is our god right there oh whoa whoa whoa so your son is in service right now and and limb is not finding that there's a touch from god in his life and guess what he started this week working at the church right here how about that and what has the lord done right here in your home and and if it hadn't been for the lord who was working you wouldn't even be here now come on brother legero god is in this place this morning in the hospital didn't know if you'd even be here but look at here needs to be uttered i feel like a praise needs to come down from the people of god's blessing this morning or bless you and may the lord keep you make his face to shine upon you may the lord be gracious unto you may the lord be great unto you may the lord show his goodness unto you now and forever more we declare it in the name of jesus christ the great god we serve if you believe it and receive it give him the shout of praise this morning