 The Lord is high above the heaven. The Lord is high above the heaven. And the glory above the nation. And the glory above the children. Our Savior Father, in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. We stand in your presence this morning. We honor you. We bring glory to your name. You're a God. There's nobody like you. Thank you because you came into our hearts in our lives. Hallelujah. You're with us all the time. You said you'd never leave us nor forsake us. We came here to praise you and to honor you this morning. To give glory to your name. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for being with us. Thank you. We build your presence. Thank you. Honor unto you. Please save, Lord, those who are not saved. Touch their hearts and give them a desire to come to have a better relationship with you, oh God. In the name of Jesus. Saved by your power divine. In Jesus' name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We offer our praise and our worship unto you. Please speak, Lord, through our minister this morning. We came to hear the word. We came our hearts to open up to receive you, Lord. In Jesus' name be glorified, Father. In all that we say and do, in Jesus' name. We honor you. We bow before you. We give you hallelujah. Glory ever and ever until that day when we can stand in your presence up in heaven. In Jesus' name. Thank you, Jesus. Saved by your power divine, oh God. In Jesus' name. Amen. Praise the Lord, thanks. The spirit of the Lord is in this place. Hallelujah. He said he dwells in the midst of praises. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. He said if you draw nigh unto me, I would draw nigh unto you. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We praise you this morning, Lord God. We glorify. We magnify your name, Lord God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Lord. You are welcome here this morning, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord Jesus. Have your way this morning, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I've been reading to you here in Psalms 24 verses seven through ten. It's a lift up your heads. Oh ye gates and be ye lift up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall shall come in. Hallelujah. Who is this the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battle lift up your heads. Oh ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in. They ask you a question again. Who is this king of glory? The lord of hosts. He is the king of King Sela. Who is this king of glory? Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. Jesus. I had to hear me. Then a brother. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. At this time we'll have our morning solo by elder Kevin Ross. Amen. Praise the Lord everybody. Does anybody here love the worship? Does anybody like to praise? Let me hear you say this say ain't no party like a holy ghost party because a holy ghost party don't stop. It goes party because a holy ghost party don't stop. Come on say it down your feet. We're going to bless the lord. Come on somebody. Don't stop dog. I'm excited about Jesus on today. Amen. I'm glad to see each of you who are here. Great time for us of celebration. Now we say this is family and friends day. Yes. And it is that but it is a day of thanksgiving to our God who is the king of kings and the lord of lords and he's able to do whatever we need done in our lives. That's why I can't stop praising. That's why I have to continue to lift up his name and speak of a great thing that God has done for me personally. And so it's a personal testimony for each of us. I guess we got one person to agree with that. Yeah. I'm not trying to get deeper nothing else. So just just keep on you know just relax. It's my pleasure to come before you on this morning with the word that the lord has given to me to give to the church. Amen. God is faithful and he knows everything that we need. He knows every test. He knows all of the trials. Heartaches. Pain. He knows all about it. Not only does he know about it. He cares. And because he cares he says I stand waiting to meet all of your needs and I trust him because he's proven himself. Yes. There are some yes. There are people perhaps from time to time that leave a promise with us and maybe in spite of their good intention. They don't ever get a chance to perform that which they promised. But God is faithful. God is always faithful and he stands ready to meet all of our needs. Now our country is celebrating liberation on the Fourth of July and liberation from England and it's worthy of praise. Yes. But about that much. We're a country that is stated that has been founded on God's word and I'm not trying to be difficult but I can't see the things that the the word of God shows us. For loving our neighbor as our self and trusting God and living for God. Yes. Perhaps that's the way our country intended to get started. Yes. But in these last and evil days I see a different story. Yes. I want to tell you that in spite of how things look in spite of the calamity that we see taking place all around us we need to be we need to just understand and be sure that we embrace the fact that Jesus is alive. Say that with me. Jesus is alive. Jesus is alive. And forever shall he be. I want to call your attention this morning to the book of Acts. Acts chapter number three and I have taken the liberty to choose this subject. I've got Jesus and that's enough. I've got Jesus. That's enough. In society we are creatures of habit. We look around one of our bad habits is we look around to see what everybody else is doing. We look and we want to see what this one's got what that one's got and who just bought the biggest automobile that there is on the earth. On and on and on because we look around to see these things because there's a hunger. There's a longing down within us that comes to us by nature the ademic nature that we received from birth. Right. Right. Absolutely. And we can't help ourselves but I'm going to say it again. I want to hear some some agreement. We cannot help ourselves. I tried when I was a child. I tried to behave. I tried to do right but I didn't know about the scripture in the Bible that said when I would do right evil was always present. But that's what I experienced. I got saved as a child as a young person. I got saved when I was 10 years old but I was headed as straight for hell as I could go from one to ten because I couldn't control myself. I couldn't believe that the best thing to do was to follow Jesus. But I thank God that one day he got a hold of my heart and he showed me the direction in which I should travel. Now in Acts chapter number three I'll read into your hearing beginning at verse one and I'm we're going to cover 11 verses. We might not be that long and we might if you all don't say amen. Amen. Somebody said amen. The Lord don't mind if we have a little fun. The scripture reads now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer being the ninth hour. Now let me set the stage. Jesus came to go to Calvary. He went to Calvary. He was crucified. He was buried and he got up and he went back to heaven. And now Peter and John are the first part of the new church and so they were steadfast in their decision to live for Jesus and so in this first verse it says they were on their way to prayer. They continued the Jewish tradition of praying and having prayer and they steadfast they stood steadfast in prayer and they were on the way to to the temple to pray at 3 p.m. and it says that a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried whom they lay daily at the gate of the temple which is called beautiful to ask alms of them that entered into the temple and I'll pause right there to open this verse up just a bit. Now as the scripture is laid before us it says a certain man who was lame from his mother's womb and so it didn't appear that this man was very important because they didn't call his name. They just said there was a guy one time who was lame from the birth that he he had and he didn't have the ability to fend for himself. He couldn't walk but because somebody cared they found a way every day to come by and pick him up and take him over there all the way over there to the temple that they called beautiful and in my study I saw the description of the gate they called beautiful they said it was brass and it was seven and a half stories high a seven and a half story building high and it was the most beautiful gate in all the surroundings and so now think of this one who was born lame couldn't get around on his own he was dependent on somebody else and he he he sat there they carried him over and he sat there and shook his little cup and asked somebody could you help a brother out so that's the condition he was in so we see that he had a great difficulty in surviving and I want to tell you that no matter where you are no matter where I am wherever we are no matter how difficult our life seems to be it's nothing like the man we're speaking of today all of us have the activity of our lens we can talk we've had opportunity to sit in the schools of learning we've acquired education and good jobs but guess what we still are not satisfied with where we are we always have an appetite for more and more and more well now this man as he sat there Peter and John were going to the temple verse three says who's seeing Peter the man the man that is sitting at the temple who's seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple ask of alms and and he said to them could you help a brother you know I'm not trying to get you to give me a hold I just give me little something so I can make it and Peter verse four Peter fastened his eyes up on him with John said look on us and I'm I'm very sure that the man heart got happy he said he's fixing to break me off a piece and it'll probably be a pretty big piece he said because normally when people pass by here if they don't want to to help me out they won't even look my way matter of fact they'll go out of their way not to see me and so he said look on us and his heart got happy verse five and he gave heed unto them expecting to see receive something of them then Peter said silver and gold have I none but such as I have give I be in the name of Jesus Christ of nations rise up and walk he said I don't have what you want from me I don't have what you're asking you're asking for monetary things you're asking for silver you're asking for gold you want the better things in life for yourself and I understand that he said but I don't have that for you he said but I know what you need and what you want and what you need it's not the same thing he said what you need is you need to get to know Jesus Christ the righteous the one who came to save your soul came to wash your sins away and give you an expected in that is marvelous more marvelous than you can imagine he said what I've got to offer you is Jesus Christ hallelujah hallelujah now I'm sure the man had been there for all this time he was he was about 40 years old and more than likely he had to have heard something about Jesus but he didn't know him like he should hello some of us know something about Jesus but we don't know him as we should we don't know him in his strength we don't know him in his power we just know that we heard somebody talk about him one day and we felt like we knew Jesus said that if you're going to have the experience that you need say you're going to have to make a move you're going to have to do something different than you've been doing all along all these 40 years you need something different than you had before he said I want to introduce you to what it is that you need may not be what you want but it's exactly what you need so he says get up that might might seem strange to you because we've just said that he's been sitting there at that gate for 40 years and he could have said in his mind don't you think if I could get up don't you think I'd get up from here you think I'm satisfied where I am now how are you gonna tell me just get up my legs don't work what Peter invited him to do you need to get a hold on the faith faith is the substance of things hope for faith is the evidence of things that are not seen he couldn't see himself getting up until he saw himself getting up so he had to grab a hold to faith what I love so much about Peter Peter Peter is one of the most interesting disciples he didn't wait and ask the man have you made a decision to trust in Jesus he said he took him by the right hand and he he lifted him he lifted it now see there's faith on both sides Peter could have said now lord I hear you saying grab him by the hand and pull him up and he's gonna walk he said but what if I grab him by the hand and I pull him up and he can't walk then on the other hand the man says you're saying for me to get up and walk I don't know how to do that I've never done never taken a step in my life I just can't believe that it's possible but faith joining faith faith getting together with faith he said he reached down with his right hand and he pulled him up from out of the condition he was in he pulled him up out of the struggle he had been going through all of his life he said I gotta help in hand and it's given to me for you just for you now get up he took him by the right hand and lifted him up and immediately his his feet his ankle bones received strength come on somebody you somebody need to know God still works miracles he works miracles when your heart is in the right place when you're ready to receive what he has to offer you he said I've got a miracle for you and so what I want to say is as I started out I said Jesus is alive today I said he's alive today and whatever your trouble is whatever your pain is whatever your disappointment is God has a miracle for you if you can receive it come on somebody hallelujah hallelujah he said his feet and ankle bones received strength yeah now how how much more does it take to know that that was nothing but a miracle I'll tell you what you you know the how you cross your legs and sit on sit on your sit down with your legs crossed like the Indian Institute you try that for a while and see what will happen see how what what a short time it takes for your muscles to begin to cramp and and you'll not have the exercise of your limbs in a short time and I'll tell you all a little story when I was in high school I was playing on the great Larry Hanson basketball and he was telling us you can't win a basketball game without controlling the backboard and I was up there and I was controlling that backboard and a little guy when I went up he shot an elbow and broke my jaw broke my mandible it was broken here and here and so it just floated like that well I had to get my my mouth wired shut for six weeks every time I'd go for an appointment I'd pass by that hotdog machine in in the quarter and it smells so good and I said as soon as I get these braces off I'm gonna stop right down here and I'm gonna eat me a hotdog took the braces off I rushed right down there purchased my hotdog fixed it and I opened my mouth to put the hotdog in not knowing my mouth was only about that much open see because the muscles had atrophy the muscles was was trying to die on me and so this man's been sitting down for 40 years and there was no strength there was no power in his muscles but when the man of God reached out to him and said come on up higher that God wants to do something for you he wants to work in your behalf so get up off of your seat and put your feet in the street hallelujah and verse eight is wonderful he says and he leaving us stood and walked you have to know a miracle when you see a person who's been on his bottom for 40 years you don't just get up and start walking impossible except for God come on impossible except from God being in it I want here's what I want I want us to celebrate this fourth of July I want us to celebrate God in us God for us God with us and without him we can't do anything but when we get him and when we lean on him when we trust in his word when we reach out to him at his word he'll make it all right hallelujah hallelujah there's a song that old gospel song this is when gospel was somebody wrote a song I've got Jesus and that's enough they said it's been so many times when I didn't have a dime didn't tell nobody but the Lord but he heard my plea and came to see about me he's my all and all you can knock me down but he'll pick me up he'll help me drink from the bitter cup I got Jesus come on somebody I got Jesus and because I got Jesus I've got enough I don't need anything else to to go along with Jesus Jesus and me is everything I need come on somebody praise him give him glory hallelujah I've got Jesus and that's enough verse 9 said all the people saw him walking and praising God now this is a testimony and I regret that we don't have testimony service anymore because testimony service great value to the body the body of Christ if nobody says what the Lord has done for them they'll be the only one who knows what Jesus did but when we stand before the congregation and say he brought me out of darkness into a marvelous light I was a wretch and undone and I couldn't help myself matter of fact I didn't want any help I was satisfied where I was sitting down but Jesus came Jesus came and he touched me and what he did in my life cost everything in my life to turn around and now I'm happy with Jesus alone hallelujah hallelujah though poor and deserted I'm glad I can say I'm happy with Jesus alone hallelujah all the people saw they they got a testimony and they knew that it was was he who set for arms at the beautiful gate of the temple and they were filled with wonder and amazement that which had happened unto him the Lord wants to get the glory out of your life God wants you to praise him oh come come on I hope that ain't too tough for you all to receive but you're not your own you've been bought with the price and when you've been bought with the price you owe the one who purchased your salvation you owe him that's right when God reaches out his hand for you and he calls you to himself and he embraces you and he says I love you I'll never leave you I'll never forsake you you'll never be lonely again you'll never be without anything that I supply I'm able to supply for you so that means you are totally lost he said I want you to praise me hallelujah hallelujah he's worthy of praise oh he's worthy worthy worthy worthy of praise hallelujah as the lame man which was healed hell peter and john all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's greatly wandering so now we need to present such a thing to all of society around us whoever is around you they ought to have wonder they they should look at you and say how does she do it how does he do it always come always collected never cussing never fussing got it all together the only way you can do that the Lord has to work in you and when he works in you it ought to be evident that what he's done for you is nothing but a miracle oh I've got Jesus I said I've got Jesus oh I may have tests I may have trials I may have wool but I've got Jesus and it that that is what I need is Jesus silver and gold won't get what I need it won't get what you need either you need Jesus come on somebody you've got to have him if you're gonna please him hallelujah I'll take Jesus for mine I'll take Jesus for mine you can have the whole round world I'll take Jesus for mine so then we'll go visit Psalm 24 for the devotion lift up your head or your gates and be lifted up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory the king of glory the king of kings the king of glory shall come in who is the king of glory Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battle come on somebody he'll fight my battle he said hold your peace I'll fight your battles the Lord mighty in battle lift up your head or your gates even lift him up ye everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in it didn't say he might come in that the king of glory shall come in who is this king of glory the Lord of hosts he is the king of glory stop and think about that see he said he's the Lord of hosts that means he's the Lord of a host of angels you know they said he could have called 10,000 angels when he was going to the cross but he didn't thank you Jesus I'm glad he didn't do it hallelujah but but what's being pointed out the king of glory he's the the Lord of hosts he is the king of glory lead on him lead on him I need somebody to help me minister everybody can you help me I got my mind made up and I won't turn back I want to see my Jesus someday I've got my mind made up and I won't turn back I want to see my Jesus come on sister Marilyn come on singers come on come on I've got my mind made up and I won't turn back I've got my mind made up and I won't turn back because I got to see my Jesus I want to see my Jesus someday I've got my mind made up I want to see my Jesus I want to see my Jesus does anybody have that mind made up? yes does anybody want to see Jesus? I like what Bishop was saying that Jesus didn't give the man necessarily what he wanted but he gave him what he needed and I'm here to tell you today you may think you need another job you may think you need another house you may think you need another husband another wife another boy for another girlfriend but what you need is Jesus come on come on it's something about Jesus he can meet everybody in the rooms need and everybody's need is different but he said but now onto him that is able to do whatever it is that you need yeah and so this morning I'm gonna make an invitation if you have a need in your life I want you to raise your hand if you have a need in your life if you've had a problem in your life I want you to raise your hand if you found that from time to time I've come up short let us all raise our hand if you haven't made Jesus Lord of your life if you haven't been born of the water and of the spirit I want you to raise your hand and those that raise their hands if you will I'm gonna invite you down to the altar because this is the day we're celebrating freedom and liberty but the cross is my statue of liberty see I found liberty at the feet of Jesus and like Bishop Priest he gave me everything that I needed and Jesus was enough because he has supplied every need if you need healing in your body if you need a closer walk with Jesus if you need to just make some things right I'm gonna invite you come down to the altar come down to the altar come on I need you Lord we need you Lord come on God wants to minister to you this will be your new day of liberty the cross is your statue of liberty we need you there's healing at the cross there's deliverance at the cross there's prosperity at the cross we need you Lord see just like Peter Jesus he loves you he saw that man and he was moved with compassion but Jesus is standing right here saying what do you need I'm here to meet your needs and we worship and if you didn't come up for prayer I just want you to worship lift your hands and worship because the presence of God is here go ahead sing your sister Marilyn silver and gold we don't have but what we have is Jesus and we offer him to you I guarantee you you will not be disappointed there's a miracle in the house need you Lord the glory of us up and take what you need from Jesus nobody but you nobody but you nobody but you lift our head falling in with cheese with cheese what's the best thing falling in love in love of Jesus in the name of Jesus we have the victory yes in that name in the name of Jesus had some miracles in the house today but i want to make it clear the greatest miracle is when he saved your soul from sin let me make it clear if you have not been born of the water and of the spirit you need to experience the greatest miracle of all the altar is still open and even after we dismiss if you need to be saved grab one of us we'll take the time we'll minister to you God is here and he loves you but i believe we've had some miracles in the house already if you believe that clap your hands and give God some praise i don't know about you but i feel better tell somebody i feel better better than i felt when i came in this place so i said i could run through a troop and leap over a wall so one more time give God a hand praise the sister sister maryland is going to come and take up our offering and dismiss us that we need is in Jesus through all everything that we need is in Jesus he supplies everything that we need hallelujah the scripture says that if we give it shall be given unto us press down shaking together and running over hallelujah and that's a part of receiving the blessings from God yes the promise of God amen that if we obey the word of God and be a blessing to his kingdom amen be a blessing to others and minister amen and give you know that he will press it down shake it together and make it run over hallelujah and he's going to use all of us he's going to use us to be a blessing amen he's going to use men to be a blessing to you amen so let's prepare our offering today amen and our tithes today amen so that we can receive the blessing prosper from that word of God amen in particular amen amen that's this is how we prosper with that word amen by being a blessing to God's house amen and by being obedient to his word where it pertains to tithes and offering amen amen so if you have your offering if you're ready amen can we lift it up amen let's all stand amen come on just want to pray and come on bring your offering and for all you've done look God give it everybody's got a smile on their face cheerful givers hallelujah i just want to praise you for it i just want to pray we just thank you for this offering Lord for it meet the needs of this church Lord Father God bless everybody give us Lord for blessing have a gift might give the next time Lord Father God we thank you for this great offering Lord unto you Lord Father God and Jesus you notice that the first lady's not with us on this afternoon i want to let you know there's no reason for alarm she's just got a she's got a a head cold and so i advised her and she agreed with me that she should stay at home and i was disappointed that she wouldn't be able to be here for this wonderful occasion we're having today but we know that her help is more important than anything so i'll just ask you to keep her in your prayer the Lord's still working in her and she couldn't come out because her immune system's still not completely as it ought to be so that's why she's absent we didn't get in a fight or anything i didn't beat her up i didn't beat her up she didn't sister maryland says she would have won all right but i want to thank each of you who are here today who come to celebrate with us this family and friend day ahead of the fourth of july as i said fourth of july is great to be celebrated but when we come together in god's house and celebrate him and what he's done for us that's a greater the greater event than any of it so we're going to be going outside and we're going to have good food now uh elder ross your daughter kisha and her and her husband harris now for those of you don't know harris is a chef and and he wanted to do this for us today he wanted to celebrate with us and so i gave the okay and i guess we're about ready to eat is 1235 anybody hungry all right let's stand and we're going to be dismissed with our determinations on let let us stand everybody stand everybody who's able to stand stand by the name of jesus we thank you for your goodness for your mercy for your kindness for all that you've done here today we thank you all god for the power that you've exhibited among this lord we thank you that we understood that you are all in all we trust ourselves we trust our life to you we thank you all god that you we belong to you and you belong to us as we prepare to leave this place oh god go with us let your angels then camp around about us give us safety in our travels as we go to and fro throughout the community lord we should have blessed the refas that we're about to have in jesus's name we pray amen amen