 Hallelujah. It's time to give the Lord some praise. Hallelujah. It's time for worship. Hallelujah. Come on. Let's stand to our feet. Hallelujah. If you got a praise on your lip, come on. Offer him the sacrifice of praise. There's a praise in this house. Everybody prays for him. There's a praise in this house. I give them praise. He's high. He's high. Apostles, Bishop Marley, we are so excited about the Lord and what he's doing and enjoying his praises. So come on and join in with us our prayer for today. I'm not going to give us our prayer for today. We're going to pray to God. Every one of us, we have so much to be thankful for us. He's blessed us. He's added to us so much. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Father, in the name of Jesus, Lord, we come into your presence with a grateful heart. Thank you for your kindness. Hallelujah. Thank you for your mercy toward us in the while we were yet sinners. You died for us. Hallelujah. You put the Holy Spirit within us to lead and guide us through life. We bless your holy name. We praise you. We thank you. We came here to lift your name up and praise you and give you honor and glory today. Oh, God, we bless your holy name greatly to be praised. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Our praises go up, Lord. I know your anointing is going to come down even more. Thank you, Lord. I feel your presence right now. You're with us. You said, you'd never leave us nor forsake us. And I thank you for it. Send your word today, oh, God. Strengthen our hearts, Lord. Help us to live holy and righteous before you because you're coming for a church without spot a wrinkle or any such thing. Be glorified in all that we say and do, oh, God. Hallelujah. We honor you. We bless your holy name in Jesus' name. Save those who are not saved, oh, God. Touch their hearts and draw them unto salvation that they might be saved from sin. In the name of Jesus, we pray and we honor you, Jesus. In Jesus' name. Amen. Hallelujah. Glory. Glory. Thank you, Lord. Praise the Lord. Thanks. I'll be reading it to you here in Psalms 34. It says, I will, I will bless the Lord at all times. Not sometimes, at all times. His praises shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her both in the Lord, the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me and let us, let every one of us in here exalt his name together. I sought the Lord and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him and were lightened and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angels of the Lord encampment wrong about them that fear him when they say fear who reveres him. Hallelujah and deliver them. Hallelujah. Old taste and seed. Old taste and seed that the Lord is good. Hallelujah. Blessed is the man that trusted in him. May the Lord have a blessing to the reading and hearing of his word. Hallelujah. We have been encouraged this morning. Hallelujah to lift up the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. We're here to give God glory. We're here to give him praise. We're here to honor him. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You know when we give God praise, his spirit fills his place. Amen. And that's what we want. We want the glory of the Lord to fill this place this morning. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Jesus. Thank you Lord. Our Father all of heaven roars your name. Sing louder. Let this place erupt with praise. Can you hear it? The sound of heaven touching earth. The sound of heaven touching earth. All of heaven. All of heaven. We want more of you. More of all the glory. All the honor. All the glory belongs. All the glory belongs. All the glory belongs. Jesus today. Bless your name Lord. Hallelujah. He is the joy of my desire. Hallelujah. He's the Lord of glory. The rose of Sharon. So rare and sweet. He's our king. Hallelujah. He's our peace and our comforter. Our friend. Let's take it closer than a brother. That's our God. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Lord. Joy of my desire. All comes to me right of glory. Comforter. Always there. He never leaves us. He never forsakes us. Hallelujah. All the glory to God. Glory to God. Bless your name. Amen. Amen. At this time we'll have Bishop Alexander come forward. If it hadn't been for the Lord who was on our side when our enemy came against us we'd have been swallowed up quick. Right away. Thank God for Jesus. Now in that same key I want to just go one or two rounds with the song. Jesus there's something about that name. Kings and kingdoms shall all pass away. But there's something about that name. There's something about society. It's very hard to look at the news anymore. Things are so they've gotten so bad that you hate to find out what's going on in the news. We don't know what's coming next. But I thank God that we have a Savior. One who loves us. And his name is Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. There is something about Master Savior. There's something. There's something about Master Savior. There's something. Let me just say this. The political system in our country is in terrible shape. Everybody's trying to throw their name in the pot to see who can be the leader. But it doesn't matter who comes into office who's forward in the political system. Kings and kingdoms. All of them are going to pass away. But there's something about the name of Jesus that gives me peace. Gives me satisfaction. Give me joy down in my soul. There's something. Something about. Thank you Jesus. As the praise and worship went on that song came on my heart. And I just had to get a couple rounds in there because he's great. I said he's great. He's great. And he's greatly to be praised. Come on somebody. Thank you Jesus. Without further ado we're going to present the solo for the morning. Deacon Richard Sykes Jr. And after him the next voice you'll hear was the speaker for the morning of the Kevin Ross. And I ask you to receive him and them in Jesus name. God bless you. You have to see your way through. No fear in the power of the Lord. No fear. President Franklin Roosevelt said you have nothing to fear but fear itself. The Bible says and God has not given you the spirit of fear. Oh you can. You just said. Stand and see the salvation of the Lord. Stand and see the glory. He'll make rivers in the desert. He'll open up a door for you. He'll make a way for you. But don't be scared. No fear. No fear. Untoward the giant. For the kingdom of God. And the devil knows how strong you are. The devil knows how mighty you are. The devil knows what God has invested in you. And he's scared. I don't know if he's still praying but he's praying that you don't figure out who you are. That you don't understand how strong you are. That you don't understand how powerful you are. That you don't understand what God has invested in you. No fear. No fear. Towards the giants. Deuteronomy 31 and 6 says, be strong enough of good courage. Fear not nor be afraid of them. Of them whom? The enemy and the giants. So for the Lord thy God it is he that death go with thee. He says he will not fail thee. He will not forsake thee. No fear. Say no fear. No fear. But run towards the giants. It's not in the natural it is foolish to run towards a giant. He's bigger than you. He's stronger than you. He might be smarter than you. He's meaner than you. It just doesn't make sense in the natural. In fact, it is a fearful thing to run towards the giants and the problems and the struggles that you have in life. However God wants you to live in the no fear zone. Say no fear zone. See he's tired of you being afraid and running from the enemy. He's tired of you for backing up. He wants you to say no fear. I'm going to stand in the power of the Lord. We've been running long enough. God is constantly saying to us, fear not. Fear not. Don't be afraid. I got your back. Now the problem is that so many of us have had people that said I got your back and when things got down and dirty they were so far back we couldn't find them. But God is not a man that he should lie. If he says I got you, it's in the bank. If he says I got you, be born as a lion and declare the Lord is with me. I'm not by myself. God is with me. Interesting fact. The phrase fear not or the concept of fear not is found in the Bible 365 times. That's one fear not for every day of the year. God said I got your covered. You don't have to worry about it. All I want you to do is not be afraid but be bold in me. Run towards the giants. Don't run away from them. Don't run away from them but be bold. Do not fear. Do not be afraid. Do not worry. Do not lose heart. First John 4 says, for fear has torment. See, fear will steal your peace. It will steal your joy. It will steal your hope. It will steal your future. See, when you're afraid, fear will steal from you. And the crazy thing is, Pastor Bobby, most of the things that we fear never happen anyway. See, that's the trick of the devil. He wants you to lay up all night and toss it back and forth. See, I done it myself so I ain't, you know, I'm not throwing stones at nobody. And the other night the Lord says, why are you staying up all night? I'm going to stay up all night anyway. Why don't you go to sleep? Give it to me and trust me. You know what I did? I don't remember. I tucked it in and rolled over and said, thank you, Jesus. See, when we were kids, we feared the monsters that were hiding under the beds. When we were teenagers, we feared that all the cool kids at school wouldn't like us. When we were younger adults, we feared what the future might hold for us. Well, I find a good job. Well, I fall in love. Well, we're getting married. Well, we have children. Where will we live? And it goes on and on and on. And if you allow that fear, it will dominate your thoughts and your life. It will dominate your thoughts and your life. So we have to be careful not to allow it to do that. And if we continue to do that, to live in fear, we see Freddy Krueger behind every rock, every tree under your bed, in the closet, in the dark rooms, every place you go, he's there waiting for you. See, and if that's where you live, guess what? He'll be there. Now, it may not be Freddy, but the devil will see to it that somebody will be there to upset your life. If you allow yourself to live in fear. Turning your Bible, if you will, to Isaiah chapter 26. Isaiah chapter 26. Seems like we've been hitting this scripture quite a bit these last few weeks in the Bible class and hearing that, but I believe God is speaking to us. I know it's in here. There it is. 26 verse three says, and thou, he's talking about God, and God will keep him. He's talking about the people of God. So God will keep the people of God in perfect peace. Whose mind is stayed on him because the people of God have trusted in God. So trust in the Lord forever. In the Lord Jehovah is, or there he is, everlasting strength. First Peter five and seven says, cast all of your care on him because he cares for you. So Isaiah says to trust in the Lord God Jehovah and he will be the strength that you need to face every enemy, every giant, every problem, every situation that will rise up in your life. And then he said, and then you cast all of your cares, every problem, every situation, no matter how big and no matter how small. He says cast it, take it and give it to Jesus because he cares about you enough to handle your problem. And so how do we develop a fearless relationship with Jesus? That's a good question. I'm glad that you asked me that. Let's look at why David or consider why David fearlessly ran towards his giant, his Goliath. David was able to run towards Goliath because number one, David had a relationship with God. David loved God. Do you love God with all of your heart and all of your might and all of your strength? Do you serve him every day? Do you live for him every day? Or are you a samoso Sunday morning, Saint only? Do you love him because he gave you a new car? Do you love him because he gave you a new job? Do you love him because he, when we love God like that, he is not your Lord. He's your sugar daddy. And God will be nobody's sugar daddy forever. Some of us know how it is. We fell in love with her. I was in grade school and I fell in love with this girl. She asked me to buy a ring and I brought her a ring and I was so happy. I was, she was the prettiest girl in kindergarten and she was my girl and we were struggling and one day I saw her standing in the crowd of girls and they were laughing and I walked up on her. She had a cigarette cigar box full of rings and mine was just one in the pile. I told her, you give me my ring back. I took my ring back and went on about my business. My feelings with her, but that's all right. I got over it. I got my ring back. Come on somebody. I know I ain't the only one that happened to you. So David had a relationship with God. Number two, David had fellowship with God. David was a worshipper. I heard somebody mention this morning Psalms 34, I will bless the Lord at all times and his praise and his worship shall continually, unceasingly, never endingly be in my mouth. I see we think David probably wrote that song when everything was going well, but David wrote that song when he was running for his life in a cave with a rats and all kinds of unsavory things and he says, I will bless the Lord at all times. And my situation may look bad right now, but my praise is not depending upon the situation. My praise is dependent upon the God that's worthy of praise and worthy of glory and worthy of honor because he's going to bring me out of this. I ain't going to be here forever. He said, Oh, magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. Number three, David had some experiences with God. As a young lad, David was anointed to be king over Israel. As a young lad, David was out in the field taking care of his father's sheep and a lion and a bear came up and took one of his sheep. And I thought about it, I said, if I had it been David, that lion and bear, they would have ate sumptuously that day because I am not going after a lion or a bear, but God helped David. See, that's the key. Jesus will help you if you try. Jesus, God helped him kill the lion and a bear. So David had experience with God and David understood that God can do anything, that God is in control. If I'm connected to God, everything is going to be all right. Everything is going to be all right. In 1 Samuel chapter 17, that's where we'll find our texts. Like 1 Samuel chapter 17, that's where our text is. And in this text, Israel is at war with the Philistine army. And so the loser has to serve the winner. See, that's what you call a winner, take all. And so the Philistines sent out their champion, Goliath, to fight for them. Larry Parker said he'll fight for you. He'll do it for 33 and something percent. He ain't going to do it for free. Come on, somebody. You know I'm telling the truth. He'd probably get more than that. At least. And Israel was supposed to send out their champion to fight. Now, understand Goliath was almost 10 foot tall. You know, I sat in my room the other day and I tried to imagine what does a 10 foot tall person look like? And he was probably ugly. That's a lot of ugly. He said he'd been a warrior for so long. That's a lot of ugly. So he's almost 10 foot tall and he's talking trash. I don't know if you've ever been bullied. I was once in school and a bully, he was bigger than me and that was bad enough, but he was talking loud, talking trash. I'm like, man, why don't you leave me alone? But Goliath's out there talking to you. I'm going to kill you. I'm going to mess you up. And Israel does not have a champion that is willing to fight with Goliath. Because the men in the army of Israel, they were shaking in their boots. And not only them, but Saul, which was the leader. See, the leader supposed to say, I'm going out there and fight. He was sitting over in a corner. And so this is going on day after day and he's challenging them to send your greatest warrior to fight with me. A fight to the death. It was a major smackdown. And through a series of events, David, a little shepherd boy, he finds himself standing before King Saul, pleading his case. Let me fight with this monster of a man called Goliath. Turn, if you will, to first time in chapter 17, verse 33. Said, as Saul said to David, thou are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for thou art but a youth. And he is a man of war from his youth. And David said unto Saul, thy servant kept his father's sheep. And a lion and a bear came and took one lamb out of the flock. And I went after him. See, I like that. See, most people don't see that underlying. They said, and I went after him. See, too many times we allow the enemy to steal from us. And we said, oh, well, I can't get it back. But David said, the enemy came and stole from me and I went after him. See, the enemy may have your child. Go after your child. I don't care what he took from you. You go back and get what belongs to you. God gave it to you. It's not the enemy. Go to the enemy's cabin. Take back what belongs to you. He said, he tried to steal sheep. I went after him. That's my kind of dude. I rode with people like that. He said, and I smote him and delivered him out of his mouth. Then he rose against me and I called him by the beard so it must have been the lion. And I smote him and slew him. In case you don't understand what they're saying, I hit him and then I killed him. See, there's some things that in your life you got to kill. See, there's some things that you can't allow to live. If you study Israel when they were going through on their campaign, God said, kill the women, the children, and the animals. See, there's some things that you got to kill. They said, boy, that seems harsh. That seemed mean. But God knows if you don't do it now, it's going to come back to bite you later. And so he said, and thy servant slew the lion and the bear and this uncircumcised Philistine. Why didn't he just say this Philistine? But he said this uncircumcised Philistine. See, circumcision was a sign of the covenant. When you were circumcised, that means I belong to God. I've got rights. I've got privileges. He made me some promises that belong to me because I am in covenant with God. But he said this Philistine is not in covenant with God. He doesn't belong to God. He doesn't have any promises. I'm going to kill him. He said he shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. And David said, more over, he getting cocky now, more over, the Lord has delivered me out of the Paul, the lion and the bear. He said, and he shall deliver me out of the hands of this Philistine. See, that's faith talking. I'm not looking at what I see. I know what he did in the past, and I know what he's going to do. He's going to deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine today. See, sometimes you got to declare what God's going to do today. I was in a situation. I need some money. And I said, Lord, I was all walking in the rain. I prayed and I prayed and I said, Lord, I began to claim, speak the word to him. And I said, Lord, I want some money. I need it today. I don't want, I don't want to wait till tomorrow. I need it today. When the day was over, I got to check for 600 and something dollars. See, sometimes you got to get specific. You got to tell God what you want. I had a job and I had a good job and ask God for a good job because I had a Sunday school class and I was off every other Sunday. I asked the Lord for a job where I could teach my class every Sunday. God gave me a job. I could teach my class every Sunday, but I worked on Saturdays. And after about 10 years, I asked, Lord, why did you give me a job where I got to work every Saturday? Why didn't you give me a job for Saturday? And so he said, I gave you what you asked for. You didn't ask for Saturday. All you asked for a job where you could teach your class on Sunday. You got to tell him what do you want. Solomon, he offered up a thousand sacrifices and God showed up and says, what can I do for you? God wants to bless you. He says, and Saul says unto David, go and the Lord be with you. I never noticed it till right now. Bishop Saul didn't offer to go with him. He says, he says, you go and God be with you because I ain't going to be with you. But you have to understand you and Jesus is the majority. That's all you really need is you and Jesus. And the truth is he don't need you. He can go before you and do it all by himself. He's God. See, we don't understand when we say God, he's the highest and rank power. And I thought he could do anything he wants to do in spiritual warfare. And that's what we need to understand. It's not by power. It's not by might. It's not by intelligence. It's not by ingenuity. He says, it's by my spirit, says the Lord in the story. So if God is with us or if God or since God is with us, we are assured the victory, but we must believe it by faith. He said every promise in him is yeah and amen. But if you don't believe it, it won't work for you. The Lord spoke to my heart this morning. I was just kind of laying there and relaxing. And the Lord says, the promises of God, I have given them to my people, but they cannot be activated if you don't put faith with it and not just put faith with it, get up and do something. Say, do something. See that when they were coming across to Jordan, they were wanting the waters to spread like they did for most and nothing happened. He said, nothing happened to the priests put their foot in the water. God is waiting for you. You're waiting for God and he's waiting for you. You're trusting God. He said, if they'll just do it, if they'll just give me any kind of sign, I can do something. I remember one time I was going through a situation and I was praying and praying and the Lord said, if you do anything, even if it's wrong, I can fix it. But if you don't do nothing, I can't do nothing for you. So you got to stand, stop being afraid and get up and fight the enemy, take authority over the enemy, push the enemy back in the name of Jesus. And so David, he picked up five smooth stones out of the brook. I heard a RW Schambach say the reason he picked up five smooth stones. He heard that Goliath had four brothers, but he picked up those stones. He put them in his bag and he had his sling in his hand. So you have to have your weapon in your hand. The weapons of our warfare are not corner, but they're mining through God. The weapons of our warfare are not corner. Our weapons of the word of God, our weapons of prayer, our weapons of praise. They are not corner, but they're mining through God to the pulling down, strongholds, pulling down things that are stronger than you, habits that are stronger than you, addictions that are stronger than you. He will pull them down. He will break them. And so he puts these in a bag and Goliath is still talking trash. And you have to understand that's what the enemy will do to you. He'll tell you, I'm going to do this. I'm going to do that. I'm going to kill you. I'm going to take your car. I'm going to take your job. Don't believe the hype. Tell somebody don't believe the hype. Don't believe it. He's just talking crazy. And so Goliath is saying, let's fight. Let's get it on. He says, I'm going to kill you. I'm going to kill your mama. And I'm going to kill your dog. So he's trying to intimidate David. That's what the enemy does. He tries to always show you worst case scenarios. I'm going to do this. I'm going to do that. And then I'm going to go after your mama. And Lord, y'all know ain't nobody going to mess with my mama. She's sitting right over there. You move in her direction. I will come out of this pulpit. There is forgiveness in the bishop. I will come out this pulpit and take you out. That's my mother. Help Lord. I ain't perfect yet. I'm still a work in progress y'all. He's working on me every day. Let him work. Let him work. So let's look into verse 45. Goliath is talking all of this to David. And this is David's response. It didn't say David to the Philistine, thou comest to me with a sword and a spear and a shield. He said, bud, that's right, my bud. But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts. Hallelujah. The God of the army of Israel, whom thou hast defiled. You've disrespected. You've thrown shade over here. And he said, this is what I like. He said, this day, I'm not going to wait till tomorrow. But this day, I didn't start this fight. You started it. But this day, with the Lord delivered thee into my hands, he says, and I will smite thee. I will kill thee. I will yellow tape thee. Y'all know when y'all see a yellow tape, you know what that means. And I will take thy head from thee and give it to the Caucasus, the host of the Philistine. Super bad. Goliath, I'm getting ready to take you out of the game. He said, I'm going to feed you to the fowl of the air and the beast of the field. And all of the earth may know, here it is, that there is a God in Israel. See, that there is a God in the house of Alexander, Bishop Alexander 1st, that there is a house in the bullock house. And there is a God over there with Darrell and Merlin. And there is a God living in the army's house, in Rue's house. Every place that are saying of God, there is a God living there that will fight for you, that will deliver you, that will open the door for you, even at the wise house. That wasn't right. Even at the wise house, there is a God. See, you do a dangerous thing when you mess with the child of God. God is with you, God is for you. I was a teenager and a guy hit me in the jaw. I didn't fight because I was trying to be saved, but I had a reputation, Bishop. When he hit me, everybody fell back. This guy Ross, get me ready to do his thing. And I said, okay, Lord, I'm going to give you a little time to make this right. Because you know, I got a rep and I can't let this go. And a few days later, this man was running by me. He was on football field, running by me over car run football field. There were no holes in the ground. Nobody tripped him. He got right in front of me. And I decided when he gets in front of me, I'm going to knock him out. I probably would have killed him because the way he was running and the forces I was getting ready to hit him with and just before he was right there, where that speaker was and his leg just shattered, sounding like an explosion. He grabbed his leg and looked at me and God said, I fight for you. Don't fight your battle. Let me fight for you. I fight for you. He said that they will know that there is a God in Israel and all this assembly shall know that the Lord saved with not, with sword and spear, with a knife or a gun, a Uzi or machete. He says the weapons of a warfare not fought like that. He says, but the battle is the Lord's. He says, and he will give you in to our hands. You need to understand the battle that you're going through is the Lord's and he will deliver every enemy into your hands. And it came to pass when the Philistine arose and came and drew Knights and David, the David Haitian. He hurried up. He got and he ran. Somebody said ran. He ran. He ran towards the army to fight the Philistine. David got up and ran towards the giant. He ran towards the enemy. He ran towards the problem. He ran towards the situation because he knew my God will deliver me. So I like this. I was reading and said, and Goliath arose. He got up. He must have been sitting down because you can't arise if you're already standing up. So he arose and he began to move toward David. And instead of retreating and instead of running, David said, in haste, he ran towards the giant. He ran towards Goliath and he took his swing and he began to wind that baby back. He began and he threw that rock. I believe when he threw that rock, I believe God either caught it and threw as much harder. He just blew on it and said, that rock hit Goliath in the forehead and killed him. And he went down like a pile of rocks. Someone said, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. He killed him. End of story. End of game. And this is the part I like. It said, and then David took Goliath's sword. I imagine he could barely pick it up because I remember reading his sword was something crazy like between 35 and 50 pounds. That's a big sword. He said, David took Goliath's own sword and cut, cut his head off. That's gangster, y'all. That's hood. I'm sorry. I'm gonna stop. But in your life and in my life, when the enemy comes up against you, when the enemy comes up to fight you, face your giants. Face your Goliath. Don't run from them. He's yelling and screaming and saying what he's going to do and saying how he's going to take you out. Don't be scared. Fear not. Fear not. Fear not. But run towards your giant in the name of Jesus. See, David ran towards the giant. But he ran in the power of the Lord. When you run towards your giant, you need to know that you know that you know that God is with you. God is for you. He's on your side. You need to know he's going to deliver you. He's going to make a way for you. You need to know that the enemy has been defeated. Run towards your Goliath because you know that greater is he that is in you. See, God is not just with you, but he's in you. The Bible said, and after the Holy Ghost has come upon you, you shall have power. You need to know you've got power. You got the Holy Ghost. You got power. Run towards the enemy because you know no weapon, no weapon that the enemy has is going to prosper. See, I've discovered when we do it God's way. To the world, it looks crazy. To the world, it makes no sense. Guess what? It works. It doesn't matter what they believe. And so you run towards your enemy. You run towards your giant and you let them know that you are anointed. Run towards it in a thirdly because the enemy has already been defeated. See, sometimes we're waiting for the enemy to be defeated and he knows he's defeated. He knows it. God knows it, but you don't know it. The enemy was defeated because Calvary settled it all and Calvary the enemy was defeated. He'll never win again. God won the victory for you. You are victorious. You are powerful. See, tell somebody I'm bad. Oh yeah, I'm bad. I'm bad in the spirit. I'm bad because I belong to God. I'm bad because I have a covenant with God. I'm bad because God is on my side. I'm bad because he says, I will not forsake you. I will not leave you. You're not in this battle alone. You're not in this thing home by yourself. It's but the greater one, the holy one. See, there is no match to our God. Who do you know that can win a war with frogs, flies and grasshoppers? Who do you know? You know, I've been chewing on the message, Pastor Bobby preached the other day about the leverage and how God had provided for them even before they got there. And God gave a man a prophecy and he says, even if God opened up the heavens, he could, and guess what? Because of unbelief, he did not taste the promises of God. We've got to believe God. The Bible said, the just shall live by faith, not by wisdom, not by understanding, but live by faith that my God will deliver. My God will open up a door. My God will make a way for me. My God will destroy the enemy. My God will send me through. My God will bring me out. He'll bring me up and bring me out. My God will bring me over. Nobody fights like my God. The battle doesn't belong to me, but the battle belongs to God. See, I'm a winner. I'm a winner. I speak it out of my mouth every day. I'm a winner. I am victorious through Jesus Christ. He's my Lord. He's my savior. I'm victorious through Jesus Christ. God is on my side. God is with me. I run towards my giants in the name of Jesus. I run towards the giants of sickness and disease. I run towards the giants of poverty and lack. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of being broke. I'm tired of being broke. I won't be like Bishop. I want to be like Dr. Sykes and Sister Terry. Go to the conference and write a check for a thousand dollars. Bam! There it is. Right now, I've been writing a check for a thousand dollars. That be that? Call me brother Ross. We got to check. We dropped it on the floor. It bounced all over the room. That was a sign that something wrong here. They didn't take it to the bank and try to cash it. Lord have mercy, but come against the giants of broken relationships. No more divorce and no more broken families. The enemy has almost destroyed our country with divorce and broken families. They interview these serial killers that went in and killed 20 and 30 people and I did it because my father left my mother and I didn't have a daddy. Now that's a lie, but see we have to understand that God created us to be a family and your family may not be ideal, but whatever your family is, don't let the enemy destroy the family that you have. We come against the giants of sadness and depression and any of the giants that tries to attack us. We decree and we declare in the name of Jesus that every giant that tries to attack my life, he is defeated. He is killed. He is dead right now in the name of Jesus. No fear. No fear. No fear. No fear. No fear. Say no fear. No fear. I'm going to run towards that giant. I'm going to run towards the enemy. The Bible said many or the afflictions of the righteous, but God, anytime you add a but God to your situations, things are getting ready to turn around. Someone said shoot them or later it's going to turn in my favor because I put a but God in there. The enemy tried to kill me, but God, he saved me. I didn't have enough money, but God, he made a way for me. I didn't have a job, but but God gave me a job. I didn't have a honey, but God gave me when I gave a bag, but that's all right. No, no, no, no, let me stop. Let me stop. But many or the afflictions of the righteous, so you've got to make it up in your mind. No more running from the enemy. No more raising the white flag. No more throwing in the towel. No more giving out, giving up or giving it. I'm going to stand and see the salvation of the Lord. I'm going to stand and see what God is going to do. I'm not going to run, but I'm going to run towards my giant. I'm going to run towards my problem. I'm going to run towards the enemy because baby, I'm in it to win it. God will see you through if you will run towards the giant. See, when you do that, that confuses the enemy. See, I've had it happen in my life. I've seen people that ran towards the enemy and they didn't know what to do, but if you will face the enemy, not in your own strength, not in your own power, but in Jesus' name and run towards the giants, God will fight for you. God will make a way for you. God will open up a door for you. He will deliver you. He will bless you. He will heal you. He will provide for you. He'll make a way for you. He'll give you everything that you need. He'll be your God and you'll be your people. He will give you the victory and you give God the glory. You know, I love it when they watch the news. They say, how did you do this? I said, well, you know, I ran 700 miles every day and I ate my Wheaties on him and I wish they'd bring the mic. I said, Ross, how did you do? I said, but God, I was defeated, but God, I couldn't make it, but God who's rich in mercy, he had more mercy than I needed. He brought me out. He delivered me. He made a way for me. So be strong in the Lord. Be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. When the enemy attacks, don't be afraid. Fear not. When the enemy comes after you, don't worry about it. Fear not. When the enemy says, I'm going to destroy you, don't turn around, but run towards the enemy in the name of Jesus. No fear. No fear. Your God will deliver you. Run towards the enemy. You are a warrior for the kingdom of God and we fight the good fight of faith and it ain't over. It ain't over till we win. Hallelujah. The enemy's been defeated and Jesus has given us the victory and all we have to do is stand in faith, stand in the Word and run towards the enemy because he's already been defeated. Run towards your giants in Jesus' name because you've already got the victory. I'm excited about the message that the Lord has sent to us today because we lose victory because of fear of the Rosses told us today that the answer to the problems that come into our lives is to not be afraid, know that there's one who is able and willing to give you the victory. And Elder Ross, I couldn't help it, but a sermon that I heard when I was probably about six years old preached by Bishop Morris E. Golder, Hebrews chapter 12 verse number two said, looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith. He says to us, don't stop running. He said, first of all, he said run, run, run to the challenge and don't stop running. Bishop Golder preached this and he started running. He'd run across the pulpit down the other side across in front of the offering table and back up and around. He did that for 45 minutes. He was saying, I'm going to run this race with patience, looking unto Jesus. He said, I know what is involved in this and I don't have what it takes to do it on my own, but I'm going to look to Jesus, looking unto Jesus. He's the author and the finisher of my faith and I've got faith enough to believe that I'm going to gain the victory. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Look to Jesus, look to Jesus. I had to sing this song. Look and live, my brother, live. Look to Jesus now and live. It's according to his word, hallelujah. It's only that you look and live. Oh, look and live, my brother, live. Look to Jesus now and live. Oh, it's recorded in his word, hallelujah. And it's only that you look and live. Oh, look and live, my brother, live. Look to Jesus now and live. Oh, it's recorded in his word, hallelujah. And it's only that you look and live, my brother, live. Look to Jesus now and live. Oh, it's recorded in his word, hallelujah. And it's only the scripture that goes with this, the scripture says forever old art. Your word is settled. Come on, somebody. Look to Jesus now and live. He's the author and the finisher of our faith. And what he said then applies right now. His word is settled in heaven. That means his word cannot change. It will not change. So if you make up in your mind, come on, somebody. If you're determined to run, if you're determined to get the victory, look to Jesus because he's the answer to every problem. Now, this is not a call for baptism. I believe everybody in here has been baptized. But the call today is for you to run. Run. Run. Run. There was a movie I think it was called Run, Don't Walk. Don't Walk. You got to run. Come on, somebody. Every challenge that comes in your life, the Lord said, I love you with an everlasting love. He said, I'm gonna put my arms around you and I'm gonna keep you as long as you keep on running. Come on. Now, turn to your neighbor and tell them I'm gonna run. Disraise with patience. I'm gonna run no matter how difficult the test and trials become. I'm gonna run because running gets me victory through Jesus Christ, the righteous, the one who died for me, the one who cared for my soul. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. That's our service for today. Is there anybody who needs prayer? If there are ones, there are ones here who today, you need prayer? You come on down. Believe Jesus. Now, if you got a problem, you heard what the preacher said. He said run. If you got a problem, come on, run on down here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Come on, come on. The Lord says, you have the victory. You hear what I said? I said, the Lord said, I didn't say it. The Lord said, you've got the victory. Hallelujah. Thank God. Thank God. Thank God for one who cares. Thank God for one who is able. Thank God for one who loves you in spite of yourself. That's the great love when somebody love you in spite of you. He said, I've given you the victory. The victory is already yours. You just gotta run and get it. Grab a hold it and hold on and don't let run the race with patience. Don't stop running. Run. Run. Thank you, Jesus. I'm glad I know. I'm glad I know Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Running for my life. With me and say, thank God. Holy ghost filled firebath time. I've got Jesus on my side and I run. What's the matter with me and say, thank God. Holy ghost filled firebath time. I've got Jesus on sanctified. Holy ghost filled. Holy ghost filled firebath time. I'm saying, thank God for the victory. Come on, somebody. You don't have to see it. Just know that God said he's given it to you. Hallelujah. There are people who worship probably in a different way than we do. And that's what this song is alluding to. Said, if anybody asks you who's a Christian, if they ask you what's the matter with me, tell them I'm safe. Sanctified. I'm holy ghost filled and firebath time. And I got Jesus on my side. That's what makes me crazy like this. Hallelujah. Thank God. Jesus on my side. Hallelujah. Running. Thank you, Jesus. The Bible says in Proverbs 3.9 and 10, honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruit of all thy increase. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty and thy precious shall burst out with new wine. Given tithes and offering, please is God. This is something that please him. I started calling bishop. Elder Ross said something that's mentioned about activate the promise of God by giving to the Lord. Activate his promise. You got to do something in order for the Lord to bless you financially. He also said something about financial stronghold. The reason a lot of us have financial stronghold because we don't give like we supposed to. So let's activate the promise of God and give like we should. Not sure we give, but do you give all the 10% or even more? Or do you give an offering also? We have to give unto the Lord in order to activate the promises and to get rid of those stronghold, financial stronghold. Amen. And we hear this all every week, but we just have to rebind you again. So please those who got your tithes and offering, please raise it to and he's got mine. Father in the name, because we put ours together. Our money is all together. What's his is mine and what's mine is his, okay? Father in the name of Jesus, we thank you, Lord God, that we're able to run to this offering table and give our money to you, Lord God, because we realize that all the finances of the world belongs to you. The calendar thousand years is yours, Lord. And you said that if we give that you will bless us, that you will bless us abundantly. We ask you in the name of Jesus to help each one of us, Lord God, to receive those abundant blessings and those promises that you have given us by giving unto your work. In Jesus name we pray, amen. You may bring your offering now. Those in media land, if you would like to give for this work of the Lord, you can give also by giving, she's running, by giving, give a five, Shilifake Long Beach, Shilifake Christensen Long Beach, you can mail it in at 4934 Long Beach, Willa Boy, 910-90805. Oh, you can drop it in our slot in our door, amen. We praise God for all the finances that come to help keep this church open and keep it going. Even the little kids, amen. Lord's gonna bless them, amen. Because they coming in with their little dollars and stuff, God's gonna bless them, amen, amen, amen. And I know some people give a five, so we understand that also, amen. We thank God for giving a five, amen. Go ahead, bless the offering. Minister Merlin. Amen, amen. Praise the Lord, amen. Did we not enjoy the Word of the Lord this morning? Amen, amen. God cares, hallelujah. God cares. The scripture that really comes to mind. How the Bible says, only be thou strong and very courageous. Ha, be very courageous. Amen. Don't back up on the enemy. Face him. Face him. Please have on your armor. That's right. And, you know, be prepared for the battle. Amen, because we don't want you whooped the naked. Amen, amen. Amen. Hallelujah. That's how the Lord gets us prepared. We go through some things, and we learn how to do battle, amen. Hallelujah. We ain't scared of the enemy, amen. We're not, hallelujah. We are courageous in God, hallelujah, because He has commanded us to be strong and very courageous. Amen. Come on, are you determined to be, to walk with the Lord, even the Lord? Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. Come on. I run with you to run this race with patience, God. We thank you and we praise you, God, that as we leave this place, but never from your abode, hallelujah, that you will care for us and take care of us. Amen. As you do always, bring us back at the appointed time, full of joy.