 Did you come here to give him the glory by the name of Jesus? Bless you, oh God. Minister Bruce Sorting, he's going to take us further into the service. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on, let's praise him. Hallelujah. He is worthy, worthy, worthy of the praise, worthy of the honor. He's worthy of the glory. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. The Bible's telling everything, everything that has breath. Praise ye the Lord. Father, we come this morning, Lord God. In the precious name of Jesus, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. We come this morning, Lord God, saying thank you Lord God. Thank you for Your mercy, Lord God. Thank you for Your grace Lord God. Thank you for Your loving kindness, Lord God. And Your tender loving mercy, Lord God, we thank you this morning, Lord God for giving us, Lord God. Another day, Lord God. Another day, Lord God. To come before You, Lord God, with thanksgiving and praises, Lord God. in our hearts Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God we ask you Lord God that you will move in this service Lord God that you will move in a mighty way Lord God hallelujah Lord God hallelujah Lord God help us this morning Lord God to get out of our own cells Lord God and get into the spirit Lord God you said those Lord God those of us that worship you Lord God we must we must worship you Lord God in spirit Lord God and in truth Lord God Lord we ask you this morning that you will have your way in this service Lord God that you will touch Lord God that you will move this morning in a mighty way Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God we ask you Lord God that you will anoint Lord God every portion Lord God of this service Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God that you Lord God and you alone Lord God may receive Lord God all the glory all the honour Lord God all the praise Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God Lord anoint the message of Lord God as he come forth this morning Lord God anoint him Lord God every word Lord God that proceeds out of his mouth Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God prepare our hearts Lord God to receive Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God help us Lord God not only Lord God to be here or do it of your word Lord God help us Lord God to apply apply your word Lord God to our lives Lord God that we as your people Lord God may endure Lord God until the end Lord God hallelujah help us to live a holy and a righteous life before you Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God and as we come before you Lord God you may say well done die good and faithful service Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God help us this morning Lord God to hold on Lord God help us not to give up Lord God in the name of Jesus help us to hold on to your changing hands Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God be glorified be magnified Lord God in this server Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God Lord saved this morning Lord God such Lord God let's just Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God you said no one no one could come to the Father unless they're drawing Lord God and we ask you this morning Lord God by your Holy Spirit Lord God that you withdraw them Lord God in Jesus name Lord God give them the mind and the desire to say yes Lord yes to your will yes to your way Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God be glorified be magnified Lord God throughout this service Lord God in Jesus name in Jesus name we pray amen and amen glad we're joyful church aren't you glad we allow church aren't you glad we praise the Lord the scripture I'm going to be reading this from Psalms 100 verses one through five the scriptures say make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye land serve the Lord with gladness come before his presence with singing know ye that the Lord he is God it is he that has made us and not we ourselves we are his people and his sheep of his pastors enter in his gates with thanksgiving and to his course with praise be thankful unto him and bless his name for the Lord the Lord is so good name of Jesus this morning and we give him glory bless the Lord oh my soul whole things are possible God you have never failed and you patient and finish what you started God you have never failed and what I am is the great I am name of Jesus today to worship him in the beauty of his house the God who was we worship the God who is we worship the God who was we worship the great by his great me hallelujah while you yet have a chance give God some praise hallelujah you know the Lord wants to bless us he wants to keep us he wants to shine his face upon us and give us peace our God wants all those things for us hallelujah but we have to open up ourselves to him thank you the Lord the Lord bless you hand upon me and be gracious to you the Lord turn sing that again the Lord bless you the Lord bless you and keep you make his face shine make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you the Lord now we're praying the word of God today the Lord bless you make his face to you the law and a thousand generations and your family and your children and your children and your children thanks to you the Lord the Lord told him that he was going to die and instead of Hezekiah giving up he turned his face to the wall and he prayed and he asked the Lord to bless him with more life and what did the Lord do he gave him 15 more years of life this blessing right here this word this is scripture we're singing that the Lord will do this for each and every one of us in our lives hallelujah we want you to embrace it make him real for you hallelujah because the Lord wants to do the same thing for you that he did for Hezekiah amen amen I don't care what kind of health situation they're going through I don't care how young you are how old you are the Lord bless you and keep you make his face shine upon you we're sealing it aha thank you Lord praise you Lord God hallelujah this time Bishop and Alexander will be coming forward amen and we assured each other the word is needed in those times we had congregational singing and it's good to have music good to have praise teams and solos but it's good for the congregation to raise their voices collectively to declare the goodness of the Lord and the testimony I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord anybody know that second oh I was glad when they said unto me does anybody know what the third or the fourth of july and the third of july is the day after the second of july how about that yeah that's that's deep the second of july happens to be the birthday of the pastor's wife of this church all right and we're going to celebrate I'm going to celebrate the second of july but I is my intention that the congregation will celebrate the third of july which is next Sunday yes amen and we're going to have friend and family day on the third of july come on amen amen God is good and the feeling that we had that caused us to be glad to be invited into the house of the Lord that spirit still wants to reach other people so we're going to bring our families and our friends on next Sunday and after the great celebration that we have inside we're going outside to the parking lot for a barbecue all right somebody wants to be casual next next Sunday I'll tell you what let's come well I'll just have to get a plug in right here thank you for somebody asking that because I think that when we come to the house of the Lord every time we come to the house of the Lord for service we ought to dress ourselves as if we're going before the king I know I know all foggy all foggy well we don't want to become too modern too up-to-date too casual when you come before the king you ought to know who you're coming before and you ought to dress in an honorable way as to please the Lord you can't go to court dress like any kind of way I'm not the preacher today y'all y'all y'all have to allow me a little time to say what's on my heart now on the third when we have our family and friend day we want to invite everybody we know who's willing to come and we want to invite those who don't have anywhere to go on the fourth of july they don't have anybody to be with on the fourth when we celebrate we'll celebrate here on the third and we'll have barbecue and we'll have whatever dish you bring did that get through we'll have barbecue along with whatever dish you bring and I'm expecting that the Lord is going to be glorified we're going to have a good time in service so that's the announcement that I have to make today without further ado I'm going to call on the next order the program which talks about the morning solo come on sister Alexander sister Marilyn alexander God bless you praise the Lord everybody I guess bringing the microphone would help huh praise him hallelujah such a wonderful time in worship this morning I tell you the plan of salvation is great all God has done hallelujah amen to redeem us back amen to put us in right standing with him it's just marvelous hallelujah because eventually we're going to get a chance to view that holy city eventually hallelujah if we live right we're going to get a chance to commune with the father hallelujah amen face to face amen and I don't know about you but I can't wait that holy city so come on stand up and let's praise the Lord I'm ready think of his goodness you know he's gonna split the clouds see that's what we are living for to see his face in peace and you talk about a day of rejoicing and dancing and celebrating what a time what a time what a time he's worth his face he's worth his face come on and give God some praise bless the name of Jesus Jesus is a Jesus has got to know him for myself name is Jesus he's a wonderful Jesus is who Jesus is and that's the word that the Lord gave me for today do you say that Jesus is who do you say that Jesus is I've made up in my mind that I've got to find out for myself see my mother knew who Jesus was and my grandparents knew who Jesus was but I found out for myself he's a waymaker a miracle worker a promised keeper he's a light in the darkness when I can't see where I'm going he's everything everything he's everything everything to me I'm getting ahead of myself but it just got good to me I was trying to contain myself doing the praise service it was just a wonderful presence I don't know about you but I sense the presence of the king the presence of the king and when I'm in the presence of the king I've learned to to worship him to worship him oh come let us adore him oh come adore oh right now oh come and we worship you speak to our hearts and we will give you the praise and we will give you the glory we will give you the honor in the name of Jesus I want you to recognize when the presence of the Lord is here like this tell him what you want if you need healing in your body tell him what you want if you need to find out your miracle tell him what you want he says I will inhabit sister Sharon I will inhabit the praise of my people who do you say that Jesus is there's been an obvious attempt by the media by social media the entertainment industry the educational system and on and on and on an attempt to lessen Jesus impact on society in the minds of men and women they've tried to group Jesus in with Muhammad and Buddha and Krishna and other men understand I said men that some consider to be prophets the idea being that Jesus was one prophet among many prophets some would try to make us feel ashamed and embarrassed to say that Jesus is superior in every way to any other man that considers himself a prophet and he is equaled by none and so the pressure to conform to the world's way of thinking about Jesus can be great I had an opportunity to talk to a gentleman just this morning and his distorted view of what Jesus and who Jesus was was alarming but I told him I know who Jesus is and until you know for yourself you cannot share the gospel of Jesus Christ John one and one says in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God the word was with God and the word was God we believe that Jesus is the word made flesh but the question is today who do you say who do you say who do you say that Jesus is I was had an opportunity to talk to bishop before bible class on Wednesday and put a little plug in for bible class if you weren't there you missed it and bishop and I we were talking about how Jesus was the chief cornerstone and our salvation was built on the foundation of the fact that Jesus was a chief cornerstone he wasn't just another man he wasn't just another prophet he was the chief cornerstone and so the question is the question is who do you say that Jesus is some 24 days says who is this king of glory the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty him battle but what's his name what's his name you need to know that he is the king of glory nobody like him nobody beside him nobody can do what he does he's got all by itself who is this king who is this king this is one of if not the question of the ages who is this man called Jesus I am convinced that he is in fact the king of glory it seems like everybody has an opinion bishop on who Jesus is the good the bad the ugly if you're ugly you don't have to raise your hand just you know who you are I'm sorry I take that back because I'd have to raise my hand that's why I laugh the white black the Jews the saints and the sinners everybody has an opinion on who Jesus is is he fact is the fiction fiction or just another mythical legend is he the central character of a fairy tale written for Jesus for children or is he in fact God manifest him the flesh the eternal and corny deity who's in charge of everything you need to know that the God that you serve he's in charge of everything God told Moses I am that I am I am or I will be whatever I need to be whatever I want to be whatever I desire to be the psalmist wrote oh magnify the Lord with me in other words he's saying let us make God large in our estimation of who he is because if you see him small he will be small to you if you see him large and powerful he will be great and mighty in your life he will do things for you that nobody else could do it shall be unto you according to your faith what do you say how do you say do you see him as a healer do you see him as a provider do you see him as a waymaker I see him as God all by himself he's able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that I can ask or think and so the question is a question is how do we see Jesus turn in your Bibles to Matthew the 16th chapter Matthew the 16th chapter Matthew the 16th chapter we'll look at the 13th verse when Jesus came into the coast of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying whom do men say that I the Son of man am and they said some say that Thou art John the Baptist some Elias and others Jeremiah's are one of the prophets it says but he Jesus said unto them his disciples the men that had been with him approximately two and a half years they had walked with him and talked with him they had breakfast with him and dinner with him they laughed together and cried together and sometimes they threw rocks across the top of the water and he said to them you who are close to me who do you say that I am and then Simon Peter answered and said Thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God I like that he said Thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God and Jesus answered and said unto him bless it up Thou Simon brought Jonas for flesh and blood had not revealed this something to thee in other words your human intellect did not come to this conclusion he says but your father which is in heaven has given it up to you so in other words it wasn't your human intellect but it was divine revelation see I'm convinced that we need to have a divine revelation of who Jesus really is he's more than just what we think he is he's more than just what people say he is in fact the king of glory he's a son of the living god he's God manifest in the flesh and he's your savior he loves you he redeemed you he wants to bless you Lord bless you and keep you the blessing and so here in our text Jesus asks his disciples who do men say that I am what's the word on the street what are they saying on NBC and CNN and Facebook and Twitter and Instagram who do they say that I am some say you're John the Baptist some say you're Elijah some say you're Jeremiah one of the prophets and then Jesus asks his disciples the million-dollar question but who do you who do you my disciples my boys my inner circle my rider dies who do you say that I am and see this is a question that we all have to answer to ourselves and for ourselves who is Jesus to me see for some people he's just a picture on those funeral home fans you know and some people he's just a guy I know when I was growing up he was a guy I prayed to when it was time for Christmas and I said Lord make them forget all the bad stuff I did and come through but see there was a time in my life where I was at the point of death and it was a blessing I Bishop came and he talked to me and ministered to me but I found out that Jesus is a healer see I was that close to death the doctor said another day you'd have been gone but God hey who's rich in mercy he touched me but God who's rich in mercy he healed me but God who's rich in mercy he raised me up they said to sister Bobby you got cancer it's gonna take you out but God who's rich in mercy said not so I'm a healer I'm a healer I'm a deliverer I'm a waymaker and I'll do it for you see it's one thing if he'll do it for somebody else but I found out he'll do it for me if he'll do it for me he'll do it for you that's who Jesus is so based upon what I've seen and heard about Jesus and based upon what I've studied and read about Jesus the revelation has come to me that Jesus is the Christ that Jesus is the son of the living God that Jesus is God manifest in the flesh he's God Jesus is more than just a good man Jesus is more than just another prophet Jesus is more than just a historical figure but Jesus is the Christ not a Christ but the Christ Jesus is the Messiah he is the chosen one he is the blessed one Jesus is the fullness of the Godhead in a bodily form everything that you need you'll find it in Jesus and he's the fullness he's the fullness and look the seventh chapter John's in prison and he's about to be beheaded he was losing his head for Jesus I know that's not right stop but he was about to be beheaded and John sent two of his prophets to Jesus to ask Jesus are you the one are you the Christ or look we for another now John said I remember when you let me baptize you and you went down in the water and the heavens opened up and the spirit descended like a death but are you the Christ or are you the one that we're looking for are you the deliverer question are you looking for Jesus and are you looking to Jesus or are you looking for something else are you looking for something like money and fame and illicit sex and alcohol and drugs houses and land and stuff to get what you want what are you looking for see Christ has come but are you looking for another are you looking for something else but I love Jesus reply Jesus said go tell John what you've seen and what you've heard what you've seen and what you've heard tell them the blind sheath the lame are walking that death are here and fine and the dead are being raised from the dead no special effects he's doing this thing for real and then he said in the gospel the good news is being preached to the rich to the poor to anybody and everybody who will listen see we need to tell the world about Jesus not just the Jesus in the bible tell him what he's done for you tell him how he delivered you tell him how he raised you tell him how he provided for you tell him how he opened doors for you see when I think of the goodness of Jesus and all that he's done for me this week my soul cries out hallelujah he's a god of today he'll do it today he heals today he delivers today according to your faith being unto you today go tell him go tell John what you see so my question to you today based upon what you've seen about Jesus based upon what you've heard about Jesus based upon what he's done in your life already not to mention about what he's getting ready to do see I expect that he's gonna do some great things I expect that I'm just beginning to see the greatness of God in my life my expectation is that he's gonna blow my mind and at the end of the day I said God did it I didn't do it I wasn't smart enough I wasn't strong enough I wasn't bad enough but God did it Jesus did it what do you say yes man he's a minded God he's an awesome God what do you say about Jesus somebody said he's alpha and omega the beginning and the end someone said he's a lily of the valley he's a body morning saw so I said he's y'all should die the god who supplies all of my needs so I said he's Elian the creator and sustainer of all things he's the one that spoke and said let there be and it was so he said let there be and it was so he said let it be and it was so he created all things he spoke into nothing and made everything that's who Jesus is someone said he's the author and the finisher of my faith he's my lord he's my savior he's my redeemer he's my strong tower he's my refuge he's everything that I need and he's everything that you need David said the Lord is my shepherd and I shall not want the Lord is my shepherd and I shall not go lacking for anything he makes me to lie down in green pastures he leaves me besides the still waters I was reading one time and they said sheep won't drink running water but God is such a shepherd that he will find still water for you he'll find a place of peace for you he said go in come into my presence and drink from the fountain he says I'm the fountain of life I'm the fountain of joy I'm the fountain of peace drink my water still waters John said behold the lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world he was a lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world he was a lamb in Revelation said he's worthy to open the books we're talking about Jesus someone said he's Emmanuel God with us Jesus said I'll never leave you and I won't forsake you I'll go through every test and through every trial through every problem with you David said yeah though I walked through the valley of the shadow of death he said thou art with me in other words wherever you go he's with you in every test in every trial in every situation Jesus he's right there see sometimes you think I'm in this thing all by myself but if you will lift your hands and begin to worship lift your hands and begin to praise see he can't resist a worshipper he's drawn to worship he's drawn to praise when you're going through your test and going through your trial you begin to worship God last two or three weeks ago I went to visit a man and he was all but dead couldn't talk had a trach couldn't breathe couldn't do anything for himself and I began to talk about Jesus Jesus is a healer Jesus is a waymaker Jesus will touch your body right now you just begin to believe God you begin to trust God he couldn't speak he doesn't even remember what I said but I began to talk to his spirit see God is a spirit and they that worship him and talk to him talk to him in the spirit I spoke to his spirit the next time I came no trach it was gone he was breathing on his arm he was eating by himself he was laughing and talking because Jesus did it Jesus did it he's a waymaker he's a miracle worker when the doctor said no God said yes his name is Jesus his name is Jesus someone said he'll be a lawyer in the courtroom a doctor in the sick room someone said he'll be a bridge over troubled water when everything's going crazy and you don't know what to do he'll be a bridge over troubled water he'll be your way out when you don't know where to go but I declare to you today that Jesus is all these things and more he's see he's my savior he's my redeemer he's my provider he's my joy he's my peace he's my hiding place like sister Cece said he's my friend say he's a friend that sticks closer than a brother see I got a brother and we went through some stuff together that we we could have died but one thing I knew my brother we're gonna stick with me we were going down we was going down together but Jesus is a friend who stick closer than a brother in the midnight hour when nobody's around and nobody can encourage you he'll be right there when you don't know what to do and you feel like giving up he'll be right there when people are talking about you and hurting your feelings he'll be right there he'll be with you he says I'm not gonna leave you I'm not gonna forsake you I'm not going out I'll be with you all the way see he's everything he's everything to me the saints used to see he's everything he's everything to me he's my father my mother my sister my brother he's everything to me is he everything to you today is he everything to you today if he let me hear you say yes say yes he's everything he's everything see Jesus is big enough he's bad enough he's strong enough he's tough enough to be everything that you need who do you say Jesus is see we don't have a problem saying who Jesus is when everything is going my way I'm singing oh what a beautiful morning oh what a wonderful day I've got a wonderful feeling that everything's going my way but when I'm up against the wall when I'm fighting the enemy tooth and nail when I don't see any way out who do I say Jesus is see it's important what we declare when we're under pressure when we're in the fight see I determine I won't give up I won't give out I won't give in because my hope and my confidence is in Jesus hey my trust is in Jesus or something I'm looking to Jesus I now unto him that is able to do no matter what you're going through you have to declare he's able to do he's able to fix this he's able to bring me out he's able to open the door he's able to make a way for me yes she is I say he's my joy he's my peace he's my song in the midnight hour I like that song says late in the midnight hour God's gonna turn it around and somehow it's gonna work to your favor but see because my hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness I dare not trust my best friend but I holy lean on Jesus I holy depend on Jesus I always look to Jesus he never lets me down he's my way out he'll be bred when you're hungry and water when you're thirsty hey he'll be a friend when you feel like you're all by yourself he'll be your compass and your God the Bible said the stamps of a good man and a good woman are ordered by God when you get to the place and I've been there plenty of times well I didn't know what to do I said Lord I need you Jesus I need you to order my steps show me where to go huh show me what to do show me how to do it and he always orders my steps Pastor Bobby the only thing about it sometimes he asks me to do some stuff I don't want to do he says love your enemy forgive them that have spitefully used you you know the one that talked about you and your mama you know and I wanted to throw some hands but Jesus said forgive him and let it go because can't nobody fight like Jesus can fight can't nobody do what Jesus can do who do you know that can win a war with frogs flies and grasshoppers he did it he did it and he'll do it for you he'll destroy the enemy for you he'll make a way just for you his name is Jesus yeah Larry Parker said he'll fight for you for 33 and a half percent and you might win but Jesus will fight for you he's everything that you need if you believe that let me hear you shout glory shout glory he's everything that I need he's a way make him a miracle worker a promise keeper light in the darkness he's my god my god he's my god and he's your god who do you say that Jesus is go out and tell somebody I know that he's a savior I know that he is a provider I know that he's a healer I know that he's a deliverer I know that he's a waymaker he did it for me he'll do it for you his name is Jesus go out and tell somebody his name is Jesus come on give him praise give god praise hallelujah hallelujah thank you thank you hallelujah thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus what a wonderful message the Lord has sent our way on this afternoon this message that came for it was a strong and a powerful message that could be taken or it could be left taken or leaving the question is who is Jesus to you Elder Ross told you all of the things that he told you concerning who Jesus is but it has to be personal personal let me just tell you it is said that many years ago there was a great man of wisdom and in that village people would come to him and ask him for wisdom to be shared but among those people who were seeking wisdom there were also people who were seeking to negate what the wisdom of the the great man was so one day a young man came to the great wise one and he had his hands cupped like this and he asked the wise one he says I have a bird in my hands he said with your wisdom I'm going to ask you is the bird alive or dead the great wise one says he's in your hands and whatever you decide that's what he'll be he may be alive now but if I say he's alive you're going to squeeze him and kill it and he's going to be dead so he said it's up to you what the bird's condition is and on the same path of thinking scripture says that as a man think it in his heart however you think in your heart not how you think about what's in my heart elder ross or anybody else but whatever you think in your heart that's what is that's the wisdom for today as a man think it in his heart then what I'll say to you another point elder ross it struck me was when you think in your heart whatever you want to think that'll be it so for you he said but what you need to think is the positive thought you need to understand that he is great and we can trust in him no matter what comes no matter what goes we can trust in him because he said our promise I'll never leave you alone I'll never forsake you and whatever it is that you need in your life he said I've got it and I'm willing to give it to you if you'll embrace me if you'll say unto others who I am you need to tell somebody what he's done for you tell somebody how he brought you out tell somebody how he delivered you he's a great and an awesome god hallelujah hallelujah the song said I've seen the lightning flash I've heard the thunder roll I felt sins breakers dashing trying to conquer my soul but I heard the voice I heard the voice of Jesus telling me still to fight on he promised he promised god has promised to never leave you alone so I'm going to encourage you to think positive think positive thoughts about what god is to you you can't make me doubt it I said you can't make me doubt it I know too much about it hallelujah hallelujah let us stand let us stand what a privilege it is to be in the house of the Lord on today come on stand up y'all Christmas is coming a blessing it is to be in the house of the Lord to receive such a message as we've received to today so with what we've heard with what we've been armed with we can conquer any foe come on somebody get a hold of your faith come on come on come on reach out reach out and get a hold of the faith you control your destiny the devil can't can't take control over you not when you're in control of what you're thinking as a man think it as he think it that's what is going to happen come on come on let's look to the Lord come on pray father we thank you right now we come before you we thank you for the promises that you've given us Lord we thank you for that and you've done for us down through the years Lord we thank you for what you're doing in our lives right we thank you for what's coming on tomorrow oh Lord we thank you because we trust you we found you to be faithful hallelujah hallelujah help us oh God strengthen us in our mind strengthen our resolve and pray right now hallelujah hallelujah help us Jesus help us we need you Lord hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we thank you oh God thank you for the awesome word thank you for that they just spent since our spirit hallelujah we embrace it right now oh God we embrace it oh God right now oh God we ask you to help us Lord help us Lord strength we pray right now hallelujah hallelujah Lord we believe Lord we believe hallelujah we believe you right now oh God hallelujah hallelujah thank you Jesus thank you Jesus Lord we ask you to to strengthen us oh God even as we believe oh God as the adversary comes and tries to to negate the belief we have oh God help us oh God help us Lord God increase our faith in you draw us closer to your precious leading side we'll honor you oh God we'll praise you oh God we'll lift up your name oh God hallelujah we thank you right now thank you right now in Jesus name amen amen now if there's anyone here today and you're struggling in your walk if there's anyone who's not sure that Jesus will do for you what you need done we want to pray for you the altar is open we're asking you if there's a need in your life understand and appreciate the fact that Jesus said I'll fix it for you yes some of us are great intellects perhaps with different degrees and so forth and so on then there are those of us who have run we're strong and we we feel like we can make it but we continue to run into a proverbial wall hallelujah the Lord wants to help the Lord wants to make a difference in your life yeah is there one here today is there one today come on come on come to the altar come before the king of kings come before the Lord of lords the creator of heaven and earth come and bow down before him humble yourself it so that the Lord might in him inhabit your your be hallelujah God is able he's not only just able he's willing Jesus is willing to aid you and he'll carry darkness to see our way Jesus the righteous of veiled much that means when when God's people call on him in prayer for you it does a lot of good if you think that he's able God's got a miracle for you God's got a door that's open to you if you believe it it calls the prayer of faith has been prayed and the Lord heard it work out in your favor come on first lady i'm so glad for the promises of God when God makes promises he don't go back on his word when he promised something just like the bishop was talking about he does not go back on his word his promise is sure there's no doubt about it when he make a promise amen so we need to bank on the promises of God now i'm going to give you some promises as God has told us about amen the the fingers may have a seat right now if this is the mirror you stay there when we give freely to God we receive freely from God i'm going to read two scriptures fountain luke 638 it say give and it shall be given unto you good measure press down shake it together running over shall me and give unto your bosom shall me and give unto your lap shall me and pour it out to you amen but with the same measure that you give it shall be measured back to you again that's a promise from God and then i have another one i'm going to read in Proverbs 11 24 and i'm going to read the new in the in IV translation say give freely be and become more wealthy be stingy and lose everything God promised to bless us over and over and over again when we give amen according to the measure that we use what he give and give back to him but if we hold back from giving with a stingy heart we hinder God from blessing our lives just like God promised salvation to us he promised also financial blessings for us but we got a part that we must play just like when he promised salvation you got to repent and be baptized and let him fill you with all it goes and if you expect a financial blessing you got to give back to him what already belongs to him amen so that's all i got to say and it's up to you in your heart like bitches say if you got the bird in your hand he you determine what you do with it you got money in your hand it determine what happens with your money you can be wealthy or you can be stingy and have nothing amen so give unto the Lord all those who got their offering we want you to hold your offering before the Lord everybody stand father in the name of Jesus we ask you to bless each and every person that's giving today we ask you Lord God those who's giving gradually or without being cheerful Lord we ask you to give them a cheerful heart Lord God because Lord God you promised that when a man give cheerfully you would give back to them cheerfully oh God we ask you to bless each and every offering that's going up no matter what the amount is Lord God we ask you to double it triple it oh God bless according to the measure that they meet it out Lord God bless them in the name of Jesus we pray we thank you and we praise you in Jesus name and those in media land you can bring your offering those in media land if you would like to sow into this ministry this is a great ministry we get great word of God if you would like to sow you can also sow into this ministry by giving a give a fight to shill of faith christian center of long beach not shill of faith pasadena not shill of faith of rancho cuckamonga but shill of faith of long beach and we would and click on that and give according to you see fit also if you'd like to mail your offering in you can do that at 49 34 long beach boulevard long beach california 908 05 amen amen and if you were like you're just dropping in our slot mail slot in our door you can also do that amen we appreciate any amount that you would give to this ministry amen we thank the Lord also for people we haven't seen in a long long long long long time we thank you our church members that we haven't seen in a long time we thank God for them i mean in a long time it's been years or some we would we would like them to stand up and let's give them a hand ovation let them know we appreciate them stand up stand up let's just stand up amen we're glad to have you guys come back and be with us again in fact next week we're having a friend day family friend day and we're gonna have a barbecue after church so come back and be part of that amen because you steal our family and you steal our friends amen so come back and be with us we thank God for you amen amen without further due we're gonna turn the service haven't we had a beautiful service the joy of the Lord has been here God always blesses us every Sunday every Sunday after Sunday he blesses us you know why because we come in with the same giving heart and we expect his blessings amen that's also promises of God so we thank God for all you are here and we pray that God will bless us bless you and you continue to be part of this ministry without further ado we're gonna have a closing remarks by minister Marilyn Alexander praise the Lord praise the Lord amen I tell you after a wonderful message amen a wonderful exhortation amen by bishop amen and the wonderful message by minister Kevin elder Kevin God just meets us here every Sunday it is just wonderful everything that you need hallelujah if you come with a mind to receive it you can receive it right here at shield of faith long beach amen hallelujah the Lord is our shepherd that's right he's our shepherd we say I don't I shall not want I shall not want whatever it is I need the Lord will provide it for me I shall not want hallelujah I just get excited bishop my goodness my cup runneth over and goodness and mercy is chasing me hallelujah I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I just get excited about the Lord God is good to this house amen he's good to us hallelujah and we praise him hallelujah and every Sunday I feel more and more determined bishop every Sunday I feel more and more determined to walk with Jesus come on let's stand to our feet amen we're gonna be dismissed God bless you we'll see you next Sunday Lord bless you and keep you and make his face shine upon you and give you peace and we'll see you next week amen I'm determined to walk with Jesus yes I am come on you determined I'm determined to walk with Jesus yes I am you wait to persecution now be faithful I'm determined to walk with Jesus yes I am I'm determined to walk with Jesus yes I am walk with me you dismissed