 Let's praise the Lord. Give him some glory. Hallelujah. Thank you Lord. To shield the faithful on beach. Hallelujah. The pastor here is Bishop Arling Alexander and the first lady is First Lady Bobby. Pastor Bobby Alexander. Amen. We're so glad that you came this morning to worship with us. The fellowship will be wonderful. Hallelujah. The Lord is going to bless your soul today. So, right where you are. Come on. Stand to your feet. Hallelujah. And give the Lord. Dr. Sykes. Savior, hallelujah, name of Jesus. Hallelujah. We enter to your presence with thanksgiving, with a heart of praise. Hallelujah. What a wonderful God you are. What a wonderful Savior you saved us from sin. You put your Holy Spirit within us. The time you said you'd never leave us nor forsake us. Lord, this morning we praise your Holy Name. Hallelujah. We're so glad to be gathered together in your presence. We came to worship you. We came to honor you. Hallelujah. And lift you up. We honor you. We look forward to your coming Lord. Even so, come Lord Jesus. Take us home to live with you through all eternity, hallelujah. In all that we say and do today, our presence in this church, you said you'd never leave us nor forsake us. And we feel your presence right now. We honor you. Hallelujah. We give you glory. We praise you. Bless the message that comes forth. Help us to receive it with an open heart in the name of Jesus. Saved by your power divine. Let's save. Put it in the hearts of people to come to church, Lord. Put it in their spirit to come to worship and save us by your pardoning. By keep us free from sin. Hallelujah. In the name of Jesus, we give you praise. We honor you. Thank you. We bless your Holy Name. In Jesus' name we pray. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. How about Shiah? I'll be reading into your hearing Psalms 100. Congregation, make a joy for noise unto the Lord. He says, 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. And say, we, speaking of all of us, we are His people and the sheep of His pasture. He said, enter into His gates with thanksgiving and enter to His court with praises. He said, be thankful unto Him and bless His name for the Lord is good. His mercy, which is renewed every morning is everlasting and His truth endured to all generation. May the Lord have a blessing to the reading and hearing of His Word. Hallelujah. We come to give the Lord glory and praise and honor this morning. Our God is great and greatly to be praised. Hallelujah. We give you glory, Jesus. The splendor of the King. Clothed in majesty. Let all the earth rejoice. Let all the earth rejoice. He wraps himself in life. And darkness tries to hide and trembles at His voice, trembles at His voice. How great, how great is our God in His hands. Begin of God, head all in one and sun. The lion and the lamb. The lion and the lamb. How great. Water. He's the bread of life. Only He satisfies. You can search all over, but only the Lord God Almighty can satisfy. A shudderable stuff. The bread of life. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. In order to drink of that living water and in order to taste the bread of life. Hallelujah. We need to be saved. Amen. Oh, but you know what? Jesus saves even today, even with what's going on in the world right now. Our God has all power. His blood was shed once for all the sins of the world. Hallelujah. And I just want to invite anyone today. If you're not saved, you need to know that Jesus saves. Jesus, ultimate sacrament. Oh, my voice I will raise and tear from the sting up. Jesus saves. Hallelujah. We don't have to worry. We don't have to fret when God saves you. You are saved. Amen. By the grace of God. At this time, we will have a solo this morning by our one and only Sister Shy. Sister Shy Gilliam. Amen. She'll see. She'll see. Jesus. Hallelujah. You know how we're going to get, get to heaven. We're all going to get there by the same route. We're going to have to go to Jesus. Hallelujah. We got to get some grace. Got to get some mercy. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank God for the blood of Jesus that washes white as snow. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on, praise them. Put your hands together. Let's raise the praise. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank the Lord. I praise the Lord for that anointed song. Thank you Jesus. I understand that when we get there. Yes. Go ahead. Praise him. Praise him. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you Lord. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord. Anybody got victory here today? Anybody got victory? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. See the adversary of the soul who was the devil would say, how dare you sing that? How you know you're going to get home? Come on somebody. But we serve a true and a living God and he's already sees us in his presence. Hallelujah. Thank God for a loving kind God and Father. Hallelujah. Who causes us to try out. Hallelujah. We have salvation right now. Right now. Right now we have it. Thank you Jesus. So then well you can just take that and go on to the lake. Yes. Soon as I get there. Soon as I get there. Yes. Yes. Give him praise. Give him praise. Somebody said, why don't you go ahead? We have a church already. Hallelujah. The Lord is being glorified. That's what we came to do to glorify his name. Give him praise and honor. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thanks just to shy for that song. Hallelujah. Anointed song. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Everything that we do in this service is to bring glory and honor to our Father who's our maker. The creator and our maker. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Well it just happens that what I'm going to preach about today is victory in Jesus. Victory in Jesus. Pay your attention this morning to the book of Deuteronomy chapter number 20. Deuteronomy chapter 20 it helps us to understand what our purpose is and how to accomplish that that the Lord has called our hands to do. Yes. When the Lord calls in order for his army as I say very often is that God doesn't want any coward soldiers in his band. So in this chapter this portion of the chapter there are laws that govern the conduct of war. As I was looking at this passage I couldn't help but think about Ukraine and Russia and as I watched the news and I saw how Russia is taking advantage of a smaller country and we we've seen this in action in in our settings when we were in school when the big guy who was a bully he just walked up and just take people's stuff and I detested that from the first first time I saw somebody taking advantage of it didn't sit well with me. I didn't have any right to try to rectify it or anything like that. I'm thanking God that the United States of America has been very wise in its actions in my opinion. There are people who probably disagree with me but that's all right. It's a sin and a shame what's going on there that they're not able to defend themselves but I was kind of glad to see that Russia didn't run through there like they thought they would. The Ukrainians got their women and children moving to a better place and they said we're going to fight and they said we don't care if you know how to shoot a weapon or not we're going to give you a rifle and you're going to stand with us stand side by side with those who have the ability and we're going to fight the battle. So as we look at Deuteronomy chapter 20 verse 1 it said when thou goeth out to battle against thine enemy and seeeth horses and chariots and of people more than thou be not afraid of them don't get scared be not afraid of them far and far means because the Lord thy God is with thee which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. He said I'm telling you about a deliverer who was able to give you the victory. He said when I'm telling you that the God that is with you has a record he's done things before he's done great things for his people. He said you remember when you were down in Egypt and you couldn't you couldn't get out Pharaoh wouldn't let you leave he said by the Lord himself the same God that is with you in this battle he said he brought you out hallelujah I want to tell you today whatever you're going through whatever test whatever trial whatever misunderstanding there is in your life you got to fight make up your mind we're going to fight because we ain't scared. He said I'm telling you that the one that stands with you he's got a record of doing things such as this. He said and it shall be when you are come nigh unto the battle that the priests shall approach and speak unto the people. He said now the priests they're not called to battle they're not called to fight in the army they're the administration they're the preachers they're the encouragers and so he said the priests when they come close to the battle the priests shall approach and speak unto the people and tell them say now don't you all be afraid you just know that God is able just know that if you do what the Lord has called you to do if you'll follow the law or the rules that he set forth he said just know that God is going to cause you to wait to win a victory he's going to cause you to win a victory come on now God could have done it by himself but the Lord said you're my people and you need to participate in your deliverance come on somebody the Lord gave you the power of the Holy Ghost to help you to live free and separated from sin he said but I'm not going to force you to do it come on he said I've given you the power you shall receive power after the Holy Ghost has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses your life is going to change and the people around you who knew you win they're going to look and see what the Lord has done in your life your life is a witness hallelujah so I want to tell you all don't be scared let me let me do it don't be scared you have no reason to be afraid not when we're serving the God that we serve a God who holds all power in his hand the creator of heaven and earth we have no reason to be afraid we are conquerors then said and shall say unto them the priest are going to say unto them here oh Israel yes you approach this day unto battle against your enemies let not your heart faint he said don't get weak in the knees and fall out in a day of adversity he said fear not and do not tremble neither be terrified because of them and I love the far again because the Lord your God is he that goeth with you he said understand you're not going by yourself understand you don't have to bear the burden alone understand that that he that the God that is with you he has all the strength all the power everything that you need he said you just understand you've got it made when you stick with Jesus walk with God talk about victory in Jesus come on somebody the victories that we can can amass on our own or don't account to a pot of beans a cup of beans but with Jesus on our side we have the victory that's why we can say soon as I get there soon as I get home I'm gonna put on that robe of glory and tell the story how I made it and the how we made it you know how we made it by the grace of God by the mercy of God by his strength by his might and power hallelujah victory victory in Jesus for the Lord your God is he that going with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you now it's one thing about the Lord that I've I've seen the record of how he works in situations such as this and I'll tell you a little story when we were building the church in Pasadena Pastor Simeon myself some other brothers blood brothers and brothers from the church and there was a guy that worked with me a carpenter and Elder Simeon and I I was on the fire department at that time and we would come to work early in the morning when he go to his regular job and we would work and take a nap at about three o'clock and get our strength rebuilt and then when my friend came afterwards we start framing we framed up a great big old huge wall and we tried to set it up but it was so heavy we needed a crane but it happened to be on a Wednesday night come on somebody and there was some saints that was in the building all right and we kept trying and he says I'm gonna try one more time then I'm going home and so we got all all the young people and the people who were capable of doing that kind of thing lifting whatever they could lift we all got on it and we're trying to lift and and he said all right I'm out and I don't know if it's myself or Pastor Simeon but one of us said all right now we got the doubter gone since the doubter is gone now we're gonna get it up and we strained and we figured it out and we went right into place now that's the way the Lord works come on somebody the Lord knows that that when you have some doubters on board is not any help so in the next few verses it talks about the Lord gave some exemptions let me give you this one see I have a couple a couple of these presentations I want to give you this one because it gives numbers I'm sorry first lady all right here we are the scripture says my wife is organized she don't like to see me turning pages like this that's why I said excuse me in the left hand the scripture says verse five and the officers shall speak unto the people saying what man is there that hath built a new house and hath not dedicated raise your hand all right said let him go and return to his house unless he die in battle and another man dedicated he said anybody like that raise your hand all right all y'all y'all go ahead y'all go on home then he says and what man is he that has planted a vineyard and hath not yet eaten of it let him also go and return unto his house lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it lest he die in the battle both of them die in the battle did you get that see because if you're going there thinking about the house you built and you may not be able to get back home to to to live in that house you're shown up going to be divided in your thought process instead of having your mind on the prize having your mind on the on the task at hand you thinking about the wrong thing he said y'all going to go ahead and go on home so you won't die what man is there that had betrothed a wife and hath not taken her let him go and return on to his house lest he die in battle and another man take her and the officers shall speak further unto the people and they shall say what man is that is fearful and faint hearted come on somebody where whoever is scurred and whoever is chicken at heart let him go and return unto his house lest his brethren his brethren heart sorry lest his brother hearts faint as well as his so he says when he's there and he's a chicken heart and he's scared of his shadow said he needs to get on out because as long as he's in the bunch he's going to draw somebody else into that same spirit he's got so he's saying when you're doing things that you're not supposed to do he said you need to be separated from the army of God come on somebody if you can't walk it if you can't talk it if you're looking back on things that used to be and how you you left this and you left that he said you need to go on home because you're no good to the kingdom of God not like that hallelujah go on home hallelujah now what the Lord was doing was the Lord was thinning out the army anybody know that hallelujah yes here it is all right now to God the size of the army wasn't important the heart of the army was far more important the heart of the army was the most important thing that the courage that was there the strength and the determination that you have he said that's the most important thing he said i i don't need a whole lot of folk to do what i got to do hallelujah hallelujah he didn't want people who might be distracted from the real battle by worrying about the cares of everyday life yeah so he said they they need to go home to their vineyard go home to their fiance and do what you do he said but you got to go you can't stay in here i'm we ain't telling you where to go but you can't stay here you got to get on out you're hindering the work hallelujah he didn't want people who were not really trusting him trust in god trust in god trust in god trust in god he's able to deliver you he's able to set you free he's able to cause you to stand in the time of difficulty of testing and trying he said you just stand and stand and stand and after you stood continue to stand on so now i'll remind you of the story of gideon gideon in judges chapter seven the powerful illustration of this gideon started with an army of 32 000 soldiers but it was too big it was too big and it was it was too big for a number of reasons one that comes in my mind right off is if the the lord used 32 000 men to do it they when they got through beating up on the enemy if you walk around with their chest out look at what we did we did it we did it right it was too big so he sent home those who were afraid he said all of y'all who prayed go home and you know what 22 000 of the 32 000 went home now i can tell you when you look at that and that many people didn't have the faith right that many people couldn't believe that it could be done that many people weren't trusting in god they all needed to get on about their business it was too big so god had him send home check this out seven more thousand and seven hundred people so he only had an army of county 300 300 to fight against the midianites who had an army of 135 000 soldiers yet god gave them the victory it doesn't matter who comes against you it doesn't matter who tries to defeat the body of christ the lord is with us the lord is always on our side and he said i'll never leave you i'll never forsake you in the darkest of the hours when it seems like you can't wake it he said i promise you you're gonna be victorious i'm gonna give you the wherewithal to be victorious he said just trust in me just trust in me trust my word hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah let's see okay i got a few more minutes so i can i can use my other verse in the book of romans roman's chapter number eight all right and it begins by and we know that all things we know all things work together for good to them that love god to them who are the called according to his word to them who are called into the army of the lord to him who is called into the body of christ we know that all things work together for good for them for whom he did for no he did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the first born among many brethren moreover whom he did predestinate them he also called and whom he called them he also justified i will stop right there i will stop right there when god calls you and he claims you as his own he puts his stamp of approval on who you are he says when you belong to me he said no matter what the devil tries to do against you no matter how he continues to to put his foot out in front of you when you're walking past and trying to trip you he said if you're if you're slipping fall he said you're gonna get up he said i'm gonna justify you i'm gonna it's gonna be just like it never happened hallelujah hallelujah thank god for jesus thank god for his lovingkindness thank him for his mercy hallelujah hallelujah then he also justified and whom he justified then he also glorified i like this what shall we then say to these things if god be for us if god is for us i want to know who who who can stand against us when god is for us he despised not his own son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things he said i'll give you all things and what does that include all things who shall lay anything to the charge of god's elect it is god that justified so not what i had to say elder ross yes sir if you hold me up you rob me and when i turn around to walk away you hit me in the back of the head that's not that funny yeah i know see see what see what you're talking about god has promised it's going to be all right come on he said who shall lay anything to the charge of god's elect it is god that justifies who is he that condemn it and so the point i'm i'm making with all of that that you just did to me and laugh see he laughs when he did i'm not a judge i can't judge god's people come on somebody all i can do is tell you what the world of god said this is god's law this is what he commands but i can't judge you yes i'm hands off is my responsibility yes to tell you when you're missing step yep that's right but i can't judge you that's right well i can't judge you but i can't exercise judgment against you all right who is he that condemn it it is christ that died see i didn't die for you that's right yay brother that is that is risen again who is even at the right hand of god who also make it intercession for us i'm gonna try to judge you try to send you to the lake when jesus is before the father pleading your case i lose i lose every time and so do you and you and you amen i'm gonna tell y'all this is mother alexander y'all leave each other alone if there's anybody who bothers somebody in this church it needs to be me or this guy or dr sikes these ministers all right we were not a courtroom of judges right that's right trying to sentence you to the lake i watch court i watch court cases too uh-huh and i see i can tell when i see uh an attorney losing i say oh there you go he's out then after after he says he also make it the intercession for us that who shall separate us from the love of christ who shall separate us from the love of god come on somebody try to pull you away they get you and try to pull you off away from the body of christ and you got to fight you got to when they're pulling you this way come on pull me when they're pulling you this way you say i'm a fight i'm a fight i'm not letting him take me out i belong to jesus i don't belong to you holly i belong to jesus and jesus belongs to me hallelujah who shall separate us from the love of christ shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword as it is written for thy sake we are killed all day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter come on somebody next verse said nay nay nay no no in all these things we are more than conquerors we're more than conquerors come on somebody hallelujah you know what what more than conquerors it implies that that we're not just a conqueror but we have we have overwhelming we have overwhelming victories come on overwhelming victories are attached to us come on somebody hallelujah we are more than conquerors come on when the devil tell you you can't make it you may as well quit you know that you you did so and so you know you told the lie you know you stole the cookie out of the cookie jar say sentin get out of my face i'm more than a conqueror you can't have me i stand for jesus i'll give him my heart i'll ask for forgiveness as often as i need to ask for it come on somebody hallelujah in all these things we're more than conquerors how do we get to be more than conquerors through him come on through him say it through him that loved us hallelujah hallelujah i must do like some of the old preachers used to do this they're getting ready to go to my seat he says for i for is because y'all because i am persuaded i'm persuaded that he is able i'm persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come stuff that don't even exist if it comes wherever it comes from it don't get a chance at me i'm persuaded that he's gonna keep me i'm persuaded he's gonna cause me to be victorious hallelujah i can't lose because god is on my side and he holds me fast hallelujah hallelujah i'm persuaded hallelujah i'm persuaded hallelujah he says persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor death nor any other creature come on you know what you're talking about he says any other creature he said he said whatever creatures are down in the bottom of the depths of the sea yes sir that no creature no creature shall be able to separate come on somebody put your hands together for separation for us hallelujah nothing can separate us from his love he'll never let go of your hand hallelujah thank you Jesus thank you for your love hallelujah hallelujah neither height nor death nor any other creature shall be able some of you all know about earthquake the guy that i used to work with big guy i mean muscles on top of his muscles and he loved to talk trash we played basketball he played the center he said don't come in here you'll lose well i tell you what i'm saying to the devil come on somebody somebody who know what i'm talking about when the devil comes to tempt and try us and cause us to to long for the things that we left behind i'll tell him don't come up in here because if you do you're gonna lose come on somebody we serve a god that is able we serve our god that is able to do wonderful marvelous things for us and he will hold me fast as a little boy that our church choir back in those days they sung anthems and stuff and they sang he will hold me fast he will hold me fast for my savior loves me so oh hallelujah he will hold me fast because he loves me he loves all in mcclore alexander jr he loves me i'm his and he's mine and i'm glad that he holds me he holds me fast come on it didn't mean hold like that fast like that he meant he holds me and he holds me tightly so nothing can hinder so nobody can take me out of his hand he's holding me fast yes sir my savior loves me so you'll hold me fast and when i'm safe in the arms of jesus i'm more more i'm more than a conqueror because i've got victory in jesus god bless you somehow somehow got you got to make this journey some shenanigans on my track all the devils on my track he's trying trying to turn me back i got you i got to make this journey somehow shenanigans somehow somehow i got you i got to make this journey somehow shenanigans on my track he's trying i got you i got to make this journey somehow Tried to make this journey work It goes on my track Yall who's sitting down? Y'all gonna be on the journey? Come on, stand up We gonna declare this thing Somehow, something is trying to stop you. I want you to come down to the all-time victory in the name of Jesus I said, we're not scared, but God has given us a victory. Come on down. He's already giving you the power in the Holy Ghost Bishop told us about that. But if you haven't been baptized in Jesus' name if you haven't received that power in the Holy Ghost, today can be your day. As a minister's minister to you, just let them know. I need to be baptized. I need to hold it. Whatever you need God is going to meet you at the point if you need them. Those that are watching us by live stream if you need that power, we invite you to come next week. Somebody will baptize you and God will fill you with the Holy Ghost and I don't care what the enemy tries to do somehow we're going to make it. Somehow we're going to be victorious. We're going to be defeated even when it seemed like we can't make it. Just don't be scared and don't walk away. See, God said, all I need for you to do is show up and let me fight for you. Father, we thank you for the word of God. Father, we thank you for those that have heard the call, that you will meet every need, that you will meet every need, that you'll be glorified. Father, we pray for those that are watching us by live stream that every need will be met and they will come to know in a very weird way. We give you the praise. We thank you for victory. We thank you for breakthrough. Thank you for healing. We thank you for prosperity. We thank you for victory over the adversary in Jesus' name. Amen. Somehow, somehow, somehow God was glorified. Hallelujah. Victory is so worthy of our prayer. God is here. Hallelujah. Come on. Those of you, amen, get ready to be blessed by the Lord. Amen. Have you been served already? Hallelujah. Might need a little wine downtime. That's okay. I understand. Amen. Hallelujah. The Lord ministers to you like he did to us this morning. Amen. It's just, it's just wonderful. It is wonderful. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord Jesus. We thank you. Everyone have your envelopes, any whatever it is that you need. Have you been served? Hallelujah. If you have, come on up. Come on up. Amen. I want to encourage you that you can give by Ghiblify, Shield of Faith Long Beach. Amen. And you can also meld it to 4934 Long Beach Boulevard. Right here in the beautiful city of Long Beach, California. Zip code is 90805. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Just want to praise you forever. Hallelujah. And ever, and ever, sing thank Lord. I just want to pray. We thank you for this offering, God. We give you glory. Thank you, God, for blessing us to be able to give. Thank you for the hand of the giver, God. Thank you, Lord, that it will be meet for Long Beach, Shield of Faith Long Beach, God. We thank you and we praise you. All needs will be met in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Amen. Well, I am determined to walk with Jesus. Come on. Let's all stand and we'll be ready to dismiss. Hallelujah. God was so good to us today. Let's praise him out of here. Hallelujah. Glory to your name, Jesus. Thank you for healing his place, but never from your presence. Bring us back at the important time. Ready to give your name glory and praise and honor. In Jesus' name we pray you are dismissed saints of God. We will see you next week. Hallelujah. God bless you.