 in the house of the Lord. Scripture says I will bless the Lord at all times and His praises shall continually be in my mouth. So come on, magnify, magnify the Lord with the sunny hath we gain. It's rejoice and be glad. It's Bishop Arlingster Bobby Alexander. I bet you tuned in and that you're here. Happy Father's Day. We are going to go into the presence of the Lord, hallelujah. Today is Father's Day. Happy Father's Day, hallelujah. Anoint the praise and worship. Anoint you, hallelujah. In Jesus' name, amen. Our Scripture reading this morning is from Proverbs chapter 22 verses one through six. Proverbs 22, one through six. A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, having favor rather than silver and gold. The rich and the poor have this in common. The Lord is the maker of them all. Prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished. By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse. He who guards his soul will be far from them. Train up a child in the way he should go. And when he is old, he will not depart from it. Amen. That was Proverbs chapter 22 verses one through six. Hallelujah. The Lord and have a surprise of his people. Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah. For receiving our praise and the presence of the Lord. Hallelujah. The Lord is worthy. Hallelujah. Amen. At this time, we're going to have a solo by our sister, Shy Gilliam. Amen. Oh, I'm sorry. I apologize. First lady is coming first. Praise the Lord. You may be seated. Praise the Lord, everybody. I want all the fathers in the house said praise the Lord. Without fathers, we would not be here. I think I said that without mothers, but really without fathers, we will not be here. Amen. Because fathers is the first beginning of us. Amen. And say, listen to your father who gave you life. Do not despise your mother when she is old. So listen to your father. He gave us life. The father above caused him to give us life. And we praise God for that. Amen. Amen. Today, there's three fathers in my life that I've, I don't, I'm not a father. So I don't really know what father's all about, but I had three good examples. My father, Bishop Jesse Battle, my father-in-law, elder, Arlene Alexander Sr. And we call them granddaddy. So I almost, I mean granddaddy. So I almost call him that. And my husband, Bishop Arlene M. Alexander, amen. These men have all been good examples of what a father is all about. They have been great providers, spent time with their children, and brought their children up in the discipline and instructions of the Lord. Now I know you probably sit next to your father and say, no, my father's the greatest, but Ellen Kevin Ross is great. And the other fathers in here are great also. Amen. So as always, I always have a little gift for you all, just a little token that us know we're thinking about you. And before I give it to you, I want to read this Psalms that relates to what I have to give you. Psalms 1, 16, 12, and 13 said, what shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. I will take the cup. That means you got a cup and call upon the name of the Lord. So I would like all the fathers to come forth now, all the fathers to come forth. Amen. He was 70 years old when she was born. So she's eight and he's 78. So let's say amen and you may open up. I'm a dad. It's the best dad ever. Turn around. Let's see, DeAndre. Turn around. And then one of them say, one of the cups say, I'm a dad. Where's your superpower? Now we know your superpower is in the Lord, but other than that, where is your superpower? Amen. Pull your cups up and amen. Let's give the father a hand clap. Oh, we have another pose. Pastor, say amen. I want to give something. Amen. Thank you. Thank you. I wanted to give a card to my little brother. I'm a few years older than he is. However, we're both way up in age. Praise the Lord. Thank God. Amen. He has cards coming today. My, my, my. Okay. This is your birthday card, Pastor. Yes. I'm sorry. Father's Day. I'm sorry. I keep seeing birthday black dad joy. Let's see what you show all the time with your kids. Love to see it and so proud to celebrate you. Have a happy Father's Day. He's my, I keep saying he's my little brother. He knows that too. God bless you on Father's Day. He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their fathers, Melachi 416. And it's been loaded with so signatures and congratulations. Thank you. You're welcome. Have a good day. Enjoy anything else. I can't, I can't think of what else to say. Okay, you've said it all. Now let me just say thank you so much for your thoughtfulness, your kindness to not me alone, but all of the fathers of the congregation. It's a pleasure to be in the position of a father when you know what to do. If you've ever been hired for a job, and they said you had the qualifications, but you didn't know what to do, that's a miserable time, time for embarrassment, humiliation. But thank God, the Lord is going to speak to us on today. It's going to direct the path of all of our fathers. He's going to tell us exactly what to do. And I'm glad to see each of you who are here today for all of our visitors and for our home folk. We welcome you to the house of the Lord here in Long Beach. Now without further ado, I think what did you, what did you leave out, Dr. Sykes? This is my older sister. This is my little brother. I just want to say that Arling is, he's junior. He was named after our father. The best boy. And I think mother thought he was the last child. He's, what? He's the best boy. He's really a man. But I think mother thought he was the last child. I think he's number 13, 14, after him came two more. Mother had 16 children and all of us are blessed of the Lord. And all of us receive the Holy Ghost and live for the Lord. I just praise God for that. And I thank God for our junior being such a good pastor. He loves people. He loves all of you. And he wants you to be with him up in heaven. Cause that's where he's going to be in eternity in heaven with the Lord. God is so good. I thank him. Amen. Thank you. Oh, thank you older sister. We won't, we won't go with that. We won't go with that at this particular time. Each and all for being here with us to share this service today. Isn't the Lord great? Yes. The Lord is great. And he's greatly to be praised. Every praise ought to be to our God. Amen. Without further ado, we're going to have our solo for the morning. Will be rendered to us by sister shy Gillian. Let's receive her with a hearty amen as she comes. Then silver and gold. The invention on top of the rather half Jesus. Then silver and gold. She could rather have Jesus. Then silver and gold. Thank you. The sentiments of my heart because it's material. Appreciate two families here today in particular who are not with us all the time. My children. I'm the father of my children. I'd like my children to stand and my grandchildren to stand and my family. Amen. Come on. That's right. Stand up. You know, when they talk about God, they say he's the first and the last. So there's my first. There's my last. I'm delighted to have them with us. It brings a lot of joy to my heart that they would drive the great length that they have driven to celebrate Father's Day and Juneteenth Day with me. God bless you. You have words of expression. If you please. I received that. And I say to God. All right. Hello. Okay. All right. So thank you, Dad. You're an amazing father. And I think Arlene said a lot. But I think one of the things that has touched my heart over the last few years related to fathers is I had a really great father. I had the stability that Arlene was referencing. I had the honor that is associated with having a father and knowing who your father is. However, in recent studies, you know, I'm studying a lot. I'm in school again. In recent studies, I realized that there are a lot of people that don't have a father. And so in that, I have a deep compassion for people who have not had the stability of a earthly father. And I understand that that's why I would rather have Jesus more than silver and gold is because I had an earthly father that provided that stability and provided that peace and that joy and that provision in the home. But I'm raising children that don't have that earthly father in the home. And I have a deep compassion for people who don't have that. And so what I want to say in honor of my father is that for those who don't have that or who have not had that or who have longed for that, the Lord sees you, the Lord knows. And the beautiful thing about the Lord, if you think about the story of Jesus and you think about Jesus being born of a virgin and think about the culture of that day and think about what must have been said about Jesus's birth. What must have been said could have been something to the fact that, well, we don't really know who his father is. We don't really know if Joseph is his father. We don't really know who got Mary pregnant, right? And in that compassion, the Lord, even in the story of his love for us, found a way to even meet the need of children who may not have their earthly father by him being your heavenly father, your ultimate father that can show that love and tenderness, care, concern, stability, provision, everything that you need. So I honor you, dad, but I also want to be compassionate to those who did not have an earthly father knowing that Jesus is the father that will meet every one of your needs, and he will take the pain away, amen? And so in that, I just honor all fathers, but I ultimately honor our father in heaven, amen. You all know she's appreciative, don't you? Give her a appreciative microphone, and they can't stop. Thank you. And again, I'll say to God be the glory, let me make one point a little more clear. Every individual has a father. Some have fathers that are known, and others have fathers that are not known, but everybody has a father. So we celebrate all fathers to the degree that they should be celebrated. Perhaps for the absentee fathers, we don't celebrate them as much, but we celebrate all fathers because fathers, as the First Lady has said, fathers are the beginning of life. And everybody who's on this earth, we just ought to praise God and thank God that we have existence here on this planet. God is good. He's great, and he's greatly to be praised. Now I want to do one more thing before I start my message. This is going to be a part of the message, but I think that at this time, I want to interject this. We talk about Mother's Day, and everybody knows Mother's Day gets a big crowd. Mothers receive great, great gifts, and fathers are probably more commonly thought of as a person to buy a pair of socks for, or a neck tie as a Father's Day gift. I want to suggest a gift for fathers on Father's Day. The best gift that you can give to your father is your ear. So that's what I'm going to talk about today. What we call in this message, I think the title, I'm slipping just a little second here. The title I had is Here I Stand at the Crossroads, Health. Here I Stand at the Crossroads. So we'll go today to Proverbs number four. Proverbs number four, we'll be considering first through the 12th verse. And I hope that you won't get afraid. We're running a little lengthy because of the presentations today, but I'll do the best I can to give you what the Lord has required me to give you. And don't get scared. It's going to be easy. I'm not going to fuss. All right. Beginning at verse number one, here ye children the instructions of a father and attend to no understanding. So this is to children. And it says the children should listen for instructions for those who provided life for them. It said hear instructions and grow in understanding. Now you can hear and you can hear, but this here points towards hearing and understanding and being obedient to what you've heard and what you've learned. So it said ye children hear ye children the instructions of a father and pay attention to what you heard so that you can understand it. One of the most difficult things in life for some people and many people matter of fact is being able to listen and pay attention with the intention of doing what they've just learned. So this is a proverb and a proverb helps us to understand the direction that we should go in God's word. So we're actually talking about the wise path of life. And you know what the wise path of life is is just what's encapsulated in this first verse. You need to talk less and hear more. Children come on this planet with their own agenda with their own desires and with their own wills. And they need to be, hello, put in their place. Now that might sound kind of, but it is the truth. It is the way to success. It's the best way to live your life is to listen and learn and then do what you've learned. He said, well, I give you good doctrine. He said, I'm not teaching you anything that is improper. Everything that I'm saying to you as a father who is the one who loves you, a loving father will not give you erroneous information. You'll not lead you down the wrong road. And sometimes it might seem like it's kind of tough because it goes against your grain. Well, when you're a child, this is talking to children. And the reason I'm saying I'm, this is my father's day message is because fathers who have directions for their family in many instances, they're not heated. The instructions are not heated and everybody has in their mind, this is my life. I can live my life like I want to because it's mine. But this proverb says you need to listen to instruction, pay attention, understand it, and do what the instructions provide. For I give you good doctrine for sake ye not my law. He says, the law I'm giving you is not my law. The law that I pass to you, that comes from the king of kings and the Lord of lords and the creator of heaven and of earth. And he said, my will must be done. He said, I'm your ultimate father and what I decree must be done to please be. Verse three said, for I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He said, I was an only child for a while. He said, but two brothers came behind me. He said, but while I was the only child, I was loved in the sight of my mother. My mother couldn't be more excited about anything than me. So her attention was given to me, verse four said, he taught me also and said unto me, let thine heart retain my words, keep my commandments and live. He said, if you will listen to what the Lord is saying to you through your father. He said, you're going to have it made. He said, you're going to find that you're going to live a wonderful life without a whole lot of trouble, without being set upon, without being taken advantage of, without getting in trouble that you should avoid. He said, if you will just listen to what your father is telling you. He said, he taught me also and said unto me, let thine heart retain my word. He said, don't forget what I told you. Don't forget that I told you you needed to have a walk with Jesus. Don't forget to understand and know that I said that you must give yourself to Jesus and give yourself completely to him because he's the only one who can save you. He's the only one who cares about your soul. If you realize that the rules won't be too tough. You don't have to raise your hand, but how many thought the rules were too tough when you were receiving instructions? Yeah, you thought that this don't make sense. They just gone overboard. It don't take all of that and I confess. I confessed. One day we were walking home with some of the young people from church. We walked in the same direction and they were talking about how mean their father was and I couldn't help it. I joined right in. I said, my father's mean too and they said, you crazy. There ain't no man better than your father. See when you don't know what other people are going through. I thought the fact that dad really put it to me when I stole that dollar. I thought that was me. Come on somebody. But in that family perhaps there were some punishments given out that weren't deserved or maybe the father just had a bad attitude at that particular time. But see what you need to know is when you're here, what needs to be done lock and load. Get yourself in a place where you say it's tough. It's not according to my will. I don't want to do that. But because I've not been down this road before because I don't have any experience because I haven't seen anything up until this time. I need to just chill. I need to hold myself and submit myself to the will of God. Then he said, get wisdom. There's a couple of gets here. He said, get wisdom. Get understanding and forget it not. Neither declined from the words of my mouth. He said, I'm telling you what it is. I remember back in the day in the 60s you meet somebody and say, what it is? Well, they turned that into a slang and it was the cool thing to say. But I'm not sure they were asking actually wanting to know what it is. What it is is the will of God. What it is is being obedient to that which you've been instructed to do. So he says, what you need to do is you got to get some wisdom. And get understanding. Now, he said, get wisdom. And in my mind, wisdom is very simple. Wisdom is sense enough to get it right. Now, some people call it, I've heard this just about all my life. Some people say, I'm not educated, but I got mother with mother with. So that's what they're saying is I found out how to maneuver on this road by watching my mother and seeing what she has done. And I evaluated and saw what worked and what didn't work. And I decided with the things that didn't work with mother, I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to go down that road. I'm standing at the fork of the road and there are two roads. So I watched, I observed, and I saw clearly what not to do. But can I tell you, as the saying goes, they say an angel on this shoulder and a one on this shoulder. And the one on the left shoulder, they say, you don't want to listen to that angel. That's just an illustration. That is not for real. That's helping to tweak it so you can understand. An angel on the left shoulder, he's going down the left park in the road. And when you get to the place where there's a division in the road, you have to have gotten some sense. You have to have listened to somebody. So because somebody wanted to help you, there's nobody who has come that nobody wants to help them. Somebody wants to help everybody. And if they're not your daddy, they can be the pastor of the church or the mother of the church or whatever. And people want to help you go down the right road. That's the way you're going to be successful. He said, get wisdom. And it didn't say you have to get it any particular kind of way. You can watch. You go to school to get education. But there's something in each and every one of us called conscious. God gives every individual a conscious. And when you start to do something, you know whether it's the left or the right road. It's innate. We come with it. So he says, allow wisdom to take control of who you are. Let wisdom get a hold of your heart and get in your spirit. And he said, and when you get the wisdom, he said, put some understanding with it. Forget it not. He said, when you get the wisdom and the understanding, he said, don't you dare drop it. Forget it not. Neither decline from the words of my mouth. He says, now I've told you, son. And you heard me. And you heard me clearly. He said, so when you get there, he said, here's the thing. He said, don't forget and don't decline the word. He said, don't tell me I ain't going to do it. Well, it's probably a little safer in these days to tell your parents you're not going to do it than when I was growing up. Take that trash out. I ain't going to, bam! Backhand. Come on. So now we don't have to go down that road. We know that submission to leadership is what God is calling for. For every man, woman, boy, or girl upon the face of the planet. Verse 16, say, forsake her not and she will preserve thee. He's talking about wisdom and it's called out in the female gender. Forsake her not and she shall preserve thee. He said, if you hold on to the wisdom that you're able to attain, he said, and you don't kick her to the curb, she's going to preserve you. Come on somebody. So many of us are afraid somebody doing the wrong thing to us. This lady, Lady Wisdom, she has no mal intent within her. It is not in her. When you get wisdom, you hold on to wisdom because she's going to make you better. Love her and she shall keep thee. Now what is wisdom? Wisdom is God. Let the Lord get in your heart. Let the Lord saturate you. All these songs this morning, just absolutely awesome. Saturate me, Lord, with your spirit. Let me feel the fire burning in my heart forever. I never want to lose that that I found in Jesus because he's done so much for me. He's been everything that I've been, I needed down through the years from the time I was born, even to this present time, he's been right there. He's been able to turn all of my sadness into joy. He's been able to turn my problems around and give me victory down on the inside. Thank God for one who loves us enough. Thank God for one who cares about our soul. He said, you find that wisdom. You get that love of the Lord down in your spirit. He said, it will never cost you a problem. It'll make you better. It's going to keep you. Then he said, wisdom is the principal thing. I've known this scripture for many years from when I was a boy. I could relate to this because I went to a school that had teachers and it had a principal. You know what I said? It had a principal and I came to understand that everything in the school revolved around this one thing, the principal. This is major. There's nothing above it. It's got to be the answer. Wisdom is the principal thing. He said, therefore, get you some wisdom just because you know that the one who was the principal, he created the heaven and the earth and everything that's on it and everybody and everything, whatever it might be. This one principal, wisdom, the God of heaven was the principal thing. Therefore, get wisdom. And with all you're getting, get understanding. I have a nephew named Byron. When I came to Los Angeles, Byron, I don't know, he probably was three or four. And his brother, Darrell, was a brand new baby. And Byron's father told him something one day. I don't know what it was that he told him because that's not important. His reply to his father was the important thing. He said, I heard what you said, but I don't know what it means. So he says, help me with understanding. I heard you, Daddy. I know all the words you said, but I don't understand what those words put together. I don't know what that means. So we're cautioned to get the instructions that are available to us to take us down the right road. He said, now when you get the instructions, don't try to pick them apart. Don't try to understand it. Don't try about why there's and why that and whatever. He said, just get an understanding. Get wisdom and then put understanding on top of that. He said, exalt wisdom. And she shall promote thee. She shall bring thee to honor when thou doth embrace him. He said, you wrap your arms around Jesus. You look at what he's done for you in your life. You know that when you were born in sin and you couldn't help yourself and you were a sinner and you were straight out rebellious and you wasn't going to have it, but then you looked upon Jesus, the one who went to Calvary and died for your sins and rose again to give you the peace that you needed to stand before the Father, unscathed. Hallelujah. He said, fall in love with Jesus. He's the best thing you could ever have. Oh, falling in love with Jesus. That's not just a song. Falling in love with Jesus is the best thing you've ever had. It will take you from wherever you are. It'll take you from the pit of sin and it'll take you and present you before him spotless, clean and ready to walk through the gates of the city. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Here, O my Son, and receive my saved and the years of thy life shall be many. He said, I promise you, if you're here and if you do what I say, oh, don't you hate those words? Just do what I say. He said, if you do what I say, you'll live a long life. There are many people who have been instructed in righteousness and it seemed too hard. I just can't do it. I had a counter with a brother one time. He told me, he says, I want to be saved, but it's just too hard. And you know what I told him? I said, yes, it's too hard for you. It's too hard for you. Your fleshly body doesn't want to hear it. Your fleshly body doesn't want to yield and take a no to it. He said, I said to him, but the Lord Jesus, he has compassion. He understands and he'll help you. The power of the Holy Ghost is the keeper when the sins have taken away and you receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. It's a keep you and the Holy Ghost will keep you. Anybody know the Holy Ghost can keep you? Anybody had that experience when the Spirit of the Lord came upon them and swept them across them and turned their life completely around and caused them to walk up right before God with the assistance of the power of the Holy Ghost? The Holy Ghost is a paraclete. A paraclete is that that is joined together with something that's weak to strengthen it. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank God. Thank God for Jesus. Thank God for the strength and the power that we receive by the Spirit living inside of us and it tells you when you're wrong. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. When we go down the other road, I'll just go back over here this road for a minute. People are comfortable with their abilities on their own. That might take you for a block or two, but see there's an adversary of the soul and they call that adversary of the soul the devil and I don't know if y'all believe in the devil or not. If you believe in heaven you got to believe in hell too. So the devil is busy on his job. The devil wants to see you making mistake. He wants to trick you into doing something that's out of the will of God so he can laugh at you when you lose your bounce. He wants to laugh at you when you wind up in the lake of fire that burns with fire and rimstones because that's where he's headed and there's no reprieve for him and so misery loves company somebody. But I'm determined. I'm determined to walk with Jesus. I'm determined to walk with Jesus through hard trials, through tribulation, persecution. I'll be faithful. I'm determined. I'm determined to walk with Jesus. Hallelujah. He's done so much for me. Hallelujah. I was I was a 10-year-old crook. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. But the Lord found me and the Lord came into my life and caused me to turn around and decide to do his will. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank God for Jesus. Thank God for the power of the Holy Ghost. Where would I be if Jesus didn't love me, Andre Crouch? Where would I be if Jesus didn't care? Where would I be if he hadn't sacrificed his life? Oh, I'm glad. I'm glad. I'm glad. Come on anybody glad. I'm glad. I'm glad that God saved me, took my feet out of the Mary clay and placed my feet on a rock to stay. I'm grounded in Jesus and I won't turn back. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. All right. My time is up. I got some more but I'm going to quit. I hope that you heard what the Spirit is saying to the church. Come on somebody. Now we're not children anymore but we've been instructed not to go back. You got wisdom and you got understanding but he says when you get wisdom and understanding don't get crazy. Come on somebody. That's First Lady. My daughters, they understand that. My wife will never go on if she says stop acting crazy. So now we know what the Lord has instructed us to do. Let's walk with Jesus. I have a father. He calls me his own. He'll never leave me. No matter where I roam. He knows my name. He knows my every thought. He sees each tear that falls and hears me when I call. One more time. He knows my name. He knows my name. My every thought. He sees each tear that falls and hears me when I'm going to ask all the men to come down to the altar. All the men from three years old and up because I believe the Lord was speaking to us today. Men you need to know that God loves you. Do you need help brothers? Bishop talked about that. Do you need wisdom? Do you need the wisdom of God? For God has called us to be fathers, to train up our children the way that they should go. But I want you to know today that God is here. He wants to strengthen you. He wants to order your steps as you lead your family. As you lead in the household of faith. Don't take it lightly that God has called you. And all the sisters I want you to stand on your feet. We're going to pray for the men. But before we pray, if you have not made Jesus the Lord of your life, like Bishop said, you can't live the way God wants you to live without the power of the Holy Ghost. He said after the Holy Ghost has come upon you, you shall have power over the enemy. Power to walk right. Power to talk right. I also was listening to sister Angie says, he knows your brokenness. Men, he knows what you got and what you didn't get. He knows when you missed it, when you wanted to do right. And he says, I'm here to strengthen you. Adam, he messed up in the garden. He God said, Adam, where are you? And I am convinced that we need fathers like we have never needed them before. We need men to stand up and be what God called them to be in the name of Jesus. Now, women, I want you to stretch your hands in this direction. I'm going to ask Bishop if he will come and pray for the men and somebody come through and anoint these men, all of these men. This is a sacred time. This is a holy time. Men, it's time for us to step up our game and be obedient to the word of Christ. Bishop, won't you come and pray for our men? And I'm going to get down here too. But this is a special time. Women, stretch your hands in this direction. Those that are wives, those that are looking for husbands, those that are mothers. Yes, he knows your name. He knows where you are right now. He says, I am here to fix the broken things so that there's nothing broken, nothing lacking, but everything that you need. And if there's anybody, man or woman that hasn't made Jesus Lord of their life, if you have not been born of the water and of the spirit, if you haven't been baptized in this name and filled with the Holy Ghost, I'm inviting you down to make this a very special day. But we want to pray for the men, all of the men. Bishop. Lord, we come before you today. We thank you for your tender love and for your mercy. Thank you for your understanding. Of the situation we find ourselves in in this day and time in this society. Lord, we thank you because you called us as men to be the leaders of the families, oh God. And Lord, sometimes we're not understanding what we need to say or how we need to approach a situation, but we thank you, Lord, that you're there. Oh God, we magnify you. We thank you because you called us unto purpose. Help us, oh God, to receive the authority that you place within us, to lead and guide and direct our families. Oh God, help us, Lord. Help us, Lord, that will move you. Minister to the families, oh God, according to your edict, oh God. Oh God, we thank you. We thank you because you called us to this purpose and as our desires, I will to please you. We ask you to move, oh God. Move upon us, oh God, today. Give us strength, oh God. Give us courage to fight on until the end, oh God. We know that you're able, oh God. Nothing is too hard for you, oh God. And in our filling up in capabilities, oh God, we ask you to turn it around, oh God. Give us strength, oh God. Give us courage. We thank you right now. We magnify you in your greatness. You're great and you're greatly to be praised. We thank you right now. Thank you right now. Help us, oh God. In the time of trouble, in testing and trying, we ask you to help us to rely on you and fall on our basement for you, oh God. Hallelujah. We know that you're able to help us, Lord. And we thank you, oh God. We thank you that you know us each and every one individually. And so, Lord, we thank you because we know that you hear us. Thank you, oh God, because you're turning things around according to our faith. And so, Lord, we thank you for the faith that you've given us, oh Lord. Help us, oh God, to seek a greater faith in you, to allow you to do that that you desire to do in our life. You're great. You're great. You're great and greatly to be praised. And we thank you right now. We raise our hands before you, oh God. We surrender unto your will. Not my will, Lord. But your will be done, oh God. We thank you right now. Thank you right now. We feel a stirring, oh God. Oh God, we thank you that you're working right now. We release all of our pride. Release all of our pride. Oh God, help us, oh God. Help us to meet what you call us to meet. Help us, oh God. But servants, thank you right now. We receive it, oh God. We believe it. We trust it. We believe it, yeah. We know that you're able to do it as we surrender ourselves. So we surrender today, oh God. Bless us, oh God. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Come on, praise him. Give him glory. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. Introduce a celebrity we have with us when we receive the offering. Receive her with a hearty amen. Let's all stand and prepare to give our offering. Hold your offering up before the Lord. Father, we thank you for this day. We thank you for your goodness and your mercy. Thank you for the opportunity to come into your house. We thank you for that that you've caused us to be willing to share with the ministry, oh God. We ask you to receive our offerings and give us a blessing accordingly. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. You may come. Oh, I heard a thousand stories of what they say you're like, but I hear the gentender whispers of love in the dead of night. And you tell good Father, this who you are, this who you are, this who you are, this who I am, this who I am, this who I am, because you are you're a good, good Father, because you're a good, good Father, this who you are, this who you are, this who I am, because Lord you are. Tell him he's perfect in all of your ways, Lord you're perfect and who are perfect, Lord you're perfect too. One more time, you're a good, good Father, you're a good, good Father, this who you are, this who you are, this who you, this who I am, this who I am. Hallelujah for the offering. Amen. Thank, thank God for all that gave. Let's pray now. Father, we thank you that you're a good Father. Hallelujah. You're a good provider. Yes, Lord. You're a good protector. You're a good keeper. Thank you God for allowing us to give into your kingdom whom you've grafted us into and we thank you and we praise you and we give you all the glory. Hallelujah. In Jesus' name, amen. Those of you who are giving by givelify, shield of faith, shield of faith, long beach, givelify. Amen. Amen. And those of you who would like to mail it in, you can mail it into 49, 34, Long Beach Boulevard here in the beautiful city of Long Beach, California, zip code is 90805. Amen. Amen. God bless you. Amen. Amen. That's it for the day. Let's be determined to walk with Jesus. Amen. Be determined to stay with the Lord. Determined to hear his wisdom. Amen and understand. Visitors here that we've not acknowledged. We have visitors. All right. God bless you. Would you like to have remarks? All right. God bless you. I'm glad to see you. We hope that you'll be able to come back and be with us as you're able to. Thank you so much. All right. Hold still. Oh, see? I'm a father. In case nobody else knew who she is, that's Sister Maryland's sister. Amen. That's why I wanted to. Okay. Okay. God bless you. We're so happy to have you with us. Amen. God bless you. Amen. All right. Thank you, Lord. Come on if you're determined. Come on. Stand up.