 worship the lord in your heart to glorify the lord gather just to do that I will sing praises unto mine. I will sing praises unto. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let's prepare our hearts to go before the thawing the grace we like for everyone please stand in the presence of the lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Have you lord god worthy lord worthy of the praise lord god. Glory father we come this morning lord god in the fresh saving name holy name the only deliverer name that we ask you this morning in the name of Jesus lord god that you will touch lord god that you will move lord god in this service lord god move upon your people lord god in the name of Jesus lord god lord move upon them that they may surrender their will to you lord god and give you the praise give you the honor give you the glory lord god hallelujah hallelujah lord god for you alone lord god you all great lord god ain't ready to be praised lord god we ask you this morning lord god that you will have your way lord god in this service lord god touch and move lord god in a mighty way lord god be glorified be magnified lord god through each and every one of us lord god in the name of Jesus lord god we ask you this morning lord god that you the annoying lord god the noit the praise team lord god as they come before you lord god with the songs of time lord god receive our praise i will worship lord god hallelujah hallelujah lord god you said lord god that you do well lord god in the midst of praises lord god hallelujah lord god hallelujah you said for us to worship you lord god in the beauty of holiness lord god in the name of Jesus lord god hallelujah hallelujah lord Jesus outside hallelujah lord hallelujah i like the solo leader lord god in the name of Jesus lord god as she come before you lord god i need to be anointed lord god of the holy ghost lord god hallelujah lord as your messenger come forth lord god continue lord god to speak through him lord god continue to anoint them lord god every word lord god that proceeds out of his mouth lord god in the name of Jesus lord god though we asked you this morning that you help us lord god to prepare our hearts lord god to receive what you have to say to each and every one of us lord god help us lord god do not only be here but be doers of your word lord god help us to apply that word to our lives lord god that we as your people lord god may live a holy and a righteous life before you lord god in the name of Jesus lord god anointed musicians lord god if they play skillfully before you lord god anointed every note every beat lord god in the name of Jesus lord god you will be done in this service lord god that you and you alone lord god may be glorified and magnified lord god do each and every one of us lord god help us to raise our voice lord god and give you the highest praise hallelujah hallelujah lord Jesus that's a praise your name bless your name lord god we ask you lord god that you will continue to say lord god such a should be saying lord god in the name of Jesus lord god have your way lord god throughout this service lord god in Jesus name we pray amen amen praises shall continuously be in my mouth my soul shall make her both in the lord the almost shall hear that of and be glad oh magnified lord with me let us exalt his name together i sought the lord and he heard me and delivered me from all my fears they looked upon him and were lightened and their face was not ashamed this poor man cried and the lord heard him saying him out of all his trouble the angels of the lord and kept around about them that fear him and deliver me all taste and see that the lord that trust in him all is the lord everybody and jesus belongs to us that in spite of every situation that comes there's no reason to fear it calls the lord i i just happened to look and see in the scripture that was read today in the seventh verse it says the angel of the lord in camp within the psalm the psalm is in it if you don't believe it hallelujah god is great to be praised hallelujah i'm excited in case you hadn't noticed thank the lord thank the lord glad to see each of you who are here today i want to welcome those who are watching us by media whichever form it may be thank the lord that he is gracious to his people and he loves us he loves us you know he loves some arling alexander amen and when he found me i was lost as i could be and he didn't hold it against me he said come on to me all you the laborer and our heavy latent he said i'll give you rest hallelujah hallelujah i thank god i heard his call the lord is the best thing that has ever happened to me amen i'm excited today because the spirit of the lord is in the house amen without a doubt the spirit of the lord is in this place and we're just going to yield our spirit come on somebody we're going to yield our spirit we're not instructed by scripture to quench not the spirit we're going to let the spirit take full reign today hallelujah thank god thank god the next thing on order for this particular time is the special music and that's going to be brought to us today by minister maryland alexander we thank the lord for her how she is a praise praise praise person and she allows the lord to use her and after she has completed the next voice you'll hear is our speaker for the morning of the kevin ross will receive him in jesus and come on sister maryland alexander praise the lord everybody i don't even know how you can contain it here is that the lord is here i think of the goodness of jesus and all that he's done for me for me and save me in spite of myself i was trying to but he saved me thank you i'm grateful thank you i think about the time that while it's almost dead and the doctor said you're almost gone but he brought buddy did hallelujah didn't have to save buddy did hallelujah he didn't have to deliver me thank you buddy did go and lift your hands and just begin to thank you see we can't pass a moment like this by our way the spirit of the lord is in this place and not worship him see when he shows up and shows out the the best thing we can do is to give him praise i was reading last night in germany he said and he saw the seraphims around the throne and they cease not to say holy holy holy is a lamb of god the one that sits on the throne because he's worthy he says i'm undone but he takes my worship go ahead and worship him open your mouth and speak wonderful things to him and about him oh come let us adore for he it is amazing the presence of the lord he said there is fullness of joy in his presence we better move on i could stay here all day i could worship all day i was born to worship i was born to give him praise and that's what he wants he said the hour is come and now he is at the father's he gets those that would worship him worship him worship him worship him worship him in spirit and in truth he's a great king praise the lord everybody praise the lord everybody we give honor to our bishop and our pastor bishop oiling alexander and to our lovely wonderful first lady pastor bobby alexander she was bishop last week but we had to bring her back down i give honor to the ministers of god those that share take the gospel of christ and the saints of god but most of all i give glory and honor and praise to my lord and savior jesus christ i declare that he is the king of kings and the lord of lord there is nobody like him and i owe him my praise owe him my praise he's been faithful to us like the old saints used to say down through the years he's sure been good to me i know that's not good english but you know it just gets us said right down through the years he's sure been good to me i want you to know today that we're on the winning team hallelujah if you know you're on the winning team come on and give god some praise in the house we're on the winning team winning is in our spiritual DNA the word of god declares that god has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind they said that there's one i have no reason to fear he's given me all things that pertain to life and to godliness the word declares that we are more than conquerors through him that loved us in other words we are warriors for the kingdom of god if you believe that come on and put your hands together and give god some praise i love it when i hear bishop say god don't like no coward soldiers who want no whips today i want you to know that you know that you know that you know that we are on the winning team no question about it no doubt about it you need to know that you know that we are on the winning team so whatever you do no matter how tough it may get stay in the stay in the game tell somebody stay in the game don't quit don't give up don't stop not now we're about to win this thing especially in times of difficulties the enemy's trying to make you go up to give up and go back but you have to be determined like bishop says i'm determined to walk with jesus all the way i didn't start to stop but i'm going to finish the race that i'm in i'm going to finish the race that i said before me i'm going to see the glory of god in my life because i know we're on the winning team because satan has been defeated in Jesus christ his lord today proverbs 1810 says the name of the lord is a strong tower the righteous run into it and they're safe i was thinking about when we were kids we would play baseball and we would hit the ball we would begin to run the base and the objective was to reach home and so the players on the other team they would try to catch the ball they would try to tag you out they would do anything that they could do to stop you from getting home and so we would run the the race the the bases that we would be heading for home and the catcher would try to block home and we would slide in and all you can see was a cloud of dust and everybody stood to their feet and said did he make it did he make it did he make it and the umpire he waved his hands and said safe and in our life we we go around the obstacles that the enemy has tried to set before us but jesus is at the home plate and he's waving his hands and he's saying safe safe safe and we win the race and then jesus says enter into the joy of the lord see that's what we're living to hear living to enter into the joy of the lord and so we're on the winning team and the fact that we're on a team suggest that there is a contest to be won everybody wants to be on the winning team and everybody wants to be with the cool kids nobody wants to be him like my granddaughters would say a loser but we all want to be on the winning team the individual that coined the phrase it doesn't matter whether you win or lose but it's how you play the game obviously never won anything in his life he never tasted the sweetness of victory bishop because once you once you had victory defeat is not an option and then the kingdom of god god has given us the victory he has qualified us he has anointed us he's put his spirit in us he's given us his wisdom he's given us power the bible said and after that the holy ghost has come upon you you shall have power power to defeat the enemy power to walk in victory power to walk in his healing tell somebody i'm in it to win it i didn't start just to play this thing i'm i'm in it to win it you and i are in a contest we're in a struggle we are in a fight that we cannot afford to lose because our eternity is weighing in the balance know this that adversity is part of the process there's no avoiding it there's no getting around it it is what it is so what do you do and where do you go when trouble comes because the response that my response to adversity determines my overall outcome am i living in defeat or am i walking in the victory that has been delivered unto me adam's sin in the garden they say he ate an apple i believe it could have been a watermelon because a watermelon is my fruit of choice but whatever he ate he sin because god said of all the trees in the garden you can eat up but this tree don't touch it it doesn't matter what it was but he said just don't touch it see what when god says don't do it the best thing you can do is not do it but adam he disobeyed god eve she was tricked that slick certain came in he tricked he tricked his wife but adam knew what he was doing adam committed committed high trees and then so adam sinned against god and instead of running to god for repentance for forgiveness he ran the other way and god said adam where are you now that was a rhetorical question because god knew exactly where adam was but he wanted adam to understand do you know where you are now you had it pretty good in the garden but now you have transgressed my law and you are on the other side of grace on the other side of my goodness and so mankind has been running from god ever since i call that the adam syndrome the bible said that the name of the lord is a strong tower and the righteous can run to that name and be safe you know it's a beautiful thing that all of us want to be safe or at least feel safe but we need to know that as long as we run to the name of Jesus we're safe tell somebody we're safe i i know that we're safe i know we've been in some trouble but we've run to Jesus and we're safe all of heaven backs the name of Jesus the bible said that he has given him a name that's above every name and at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow strongholds are broken at the name of Jesus demons tremble at the name of Jesus there's power in the name of Jesus there's authority in the name of Jesus there's healing in the name of Jesus there's breakthrough in the name of Jesus everything you need you'll find in the name of Jesus the bible said everything that you do in word or deed do it in the name of Jesus some people don't want to baptize in their name but he said in everything that you do do in word or deed you do it by the authority that has been given to the name of Jesus turning your bibles if you will to john chapter six john chapter six we'll be looking at verse 51 John chapter 6 verse 51 he says i am the living bread which came down from heaven says if any man eats of this bread if any man eats of this bread he shall live forever and the bread that i will give unto him is my flesh which i give for the life of the world the jews therefore strove among themselves saying how can this man give us his flesh to eat and then jesus said unto them very very i say unto you accept the man eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood you have no life in him it's pretty strong words i just imagined that they really had no idea what he could be talking about verse 54 said who so eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood has eternal life underlying that eternal life said i will raise him up at the last day for my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed he that eats my flesh and drinketh my blood dwells in me and i in him as the living father has sent me and i live by the father so he that eateth me even he shall live by me verse 58 he said and this is the bread which came down from heaven not as your fathers did eat manna they ate manna in the wilderness it says and they died and are dead but he that eateth this bread shall live forever tell somebody if you eat this bread you shall live forever so he said accept you eat my flesh and drink my blood you do not have the life of god you do not have the zoe the zoe the life of god in you so the question is what does it mean to eat his flesh and to drink his blood i'm glad you asked it means that i acknowledge the sacrifice that jesus made me for me on the cross i don't know about you when i watched that movie the passion of the christ i went to the theater and everybody was laughing and talking when we walked in we were laughing at high five and you know we'd go we're gonna have a good time at the end of the movie you can hear pin drop i thought oh my god but the truth is it was four worse than what they showed on the screen he said his body didn't even resemble a human being and the fact that he died on a cross for me for me he did it for you too but he did it for me it should have been me but he died in my place he was a sacrificial lamb that was slaying for my sin for what i was going to do for i was going to lie and i was going to steal it i was going to fornicate and jesus never died he never sinned he never did anything wrong but he died he took my place jesus pointed to calvary said he took my place it should have been me and i recognized that his body was broken for me he shared his blood for me i acknowledged that jesus died for my sins he took my place and then because he took my place i take advantage of what jesus did on the cross by being born again by being born of the water baptized in the name of jesus and being born of the spirit filled with his holy ghost see that's eating my flesh and drinking my blood when you acknowledge what happened on calvary see we need to ingest that we need to take it in see we need to remind ourselves because i think sometimes we forget the sacrifice that was made for us on a cross in my place i like it the bible said he was the lamb that was slain before the foundation of the world the creator died for his creation there is nothing that i've ever made and i'm a builder and the bishop is a builder but i could say there's nothing that i've ever made that i would be willing to die for now he created us knowing that it was going to cost him more to redeem us than it was to create us he he created us with dirt he redeemed us with his blood see if i was the creator and i knew that i would say you know what we're going to do something else but god loved us i can't understand that kind of love when we think about how he loved us and how he sacrificed for us and how we obey what he's told us to do to be born of the water and the spirit that's eating his body and drinking his blood so jesus said if you eat my flesh and drink my blood you will have eternal life you have victory over the enemy you will have the authority that's been delivered unto you in the name of jesus if you just do what i told you to do and i'll bless you let's look at verse 66 and they obviously did not understand what jesus was talking about he said that from that time many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him now when he says disciples this wasn't necessarily talking about the 12 he was talking about a multitude of believers and when they heard that they said oh excuse me i think i left something on in the and the oven at home i got to go see that's how we do when we hear word from bishop and we don't want to hear it because we don't like it says and will you go back will you turn around and go back and then jesus did he turns to the 12 and said jesus said unto the 12 you also go away then simon peter answered and said lord whom shall to whom shall we go for thou has the words of eternal life so the question is when the enemy comes when adversity comes when trouble comes will you stand and see the salvation of the lord will you stand and say i am going to walk with jesus i'm going all the way or will you turn around and walk away will you be a fair weather saint i serve him as long as things are going my way we used to sing that song over the beautiful morning over the beautiful day i've got a wonderful feeling that everything is going my way but what about when everything is not going your way are you committed to god are you committed to serve him are you committed to trust him do you know in spite of what it looks like in spite of what i'm going through i'm on the winning team and if i just say in the game if i say in the race he's gonna bring me out with victory so i'm saying today no matter what the problem no matter what the trouble whatever you do don't give up don't give out don't walk away don't turn your back but stay in the race because you're on the winning team and god's gonna bring you out god's gonna deliver you god's gonna make a way for you fight fight fight fight the good fight of faith no matter how bad it gets it's better in here than it is out there it's better in here with jesus than it is out there in the world i know i've talked to some people that said you know what for i got saved i was just having such a good time and i was rolling along but you know what they forgot it's the reason they got saved something happened that ran them to the altar i'm telling you today it's better in here than it is out there david said one day in that court one day in that presence one day in that house is better than a thousand days out there with the devil so david said one day with the lord is better than a thousand days that's two years 270 days so david said it is so much better over here see not only do we have peace do we have love do we have joy we have heaven to gain i was at a nursing home yesterday and i was sharing the word with him and i said can you imagine when you get to heaven no more wheelchairs no more taking medicine no more can't move oh my hand is filled up you know no more problems don't have to go to work in the morning see when we get to heaven we will be blessed blessed but we've got to stay in the game we've got to stay in the race we've got to realize i'm on the winning team i don't care what it looks like the internet has been defeated and we have the victory in the name of jesus we have breakthrough it's better better better in here than it is out there so i know sometimes it gets tough up but tell somebody just hang in there don't give up don't give up whatever you do don't quit up because we're on the winning team and i don't care what it looks like i don't care what it feels like we're gonna win someone said they won't always be like this god will perfect those things concerning me he said but sooner or later i know you're having a tough time but sooner or later i know you've been crying on your pillow at night but sooner or later it's gonna turn in your favor he's gonna work it out for you he's gonna bless you he's gonna open the door for you don't give up don't give out don't walk away don't quit don't quit don't quit him because we're too closer to the finish line we're too close see it's winning time tell somebody it's winning time we've been defeated long enough it's time to win there there's a great cloud of witness in heaven they're in the grandstands of heaven and they're saying they're shopping finish the race finish finish don't quit you can do it keep on praying keep on pushing keep on believing god you got this you can finish the race the thing i like about is that jesus is our captain and we're just about to cross the finish line if we'll look at what's going on in the world we'll be foolish not to know jesus is soon to come we've got to finish the race we've got to cross the finish finish line come on team jesus you can do it you can make it up the bible said the race is not given to the swift nor the battle to the stronger but to him that endures that endures that endures to the end the same shall be saved tell somebody i'm going to endure i'm going to endure i'm going to the end i'm going all the way i'm going to finish my race i'm going to finish it with joy i'm going to finish it with peace young people finish the race if you haven't gotten into the race first get into the race there's safety over here there's peace over here there's love over here see a lot of our young people and i understand because i was the same way everybody wants to be loved everybody wants to fall in love until there's a little baby in the oven and no father to take care of the baby or the mother to find out that really was in love but the love of god young people old people don't fool yourself we old people we can act a fool too black people white people blue people green people all people everybody line up with what jesus said if you get in the race he'll make sure that he gives you the strength to finish the race he'll give you the victory he'll give you the breakthrough he'll open doors for you he'll make ways for you he'll make the enemy be at peace with you but stay in the race stay in the razor don't quit no i'm on the winning team i shall endure till the end i'm going all the way with jesus see i've got heaven in my view i've got healing in my view the bible said and by his stripes we were healed and sometimes the enemy attacks our bodies but we can still declare that i believe the report of the lord hey that jesus is still a healer jesus is still a deliverer jesus is still a waymaker miracle worker promise keeper lighting the darkness and most of all he's my god he's my god he belongs to me i've got victory in my view i've got breakthrough in my view i'm not going to give up i'm not going to give out to like i said i'm in this thing to win it in the name of jesus i'm going all the way with jesus team jesus i signed up we're on the winning team and we declare with our mouth thanks be to god who give us the victory see i told you earlier that victory is in your spiritual DNA god created you to be victors he created you to be victorious he created you to have the victory over the enemy victory over the devil victory over the flesh you have the victory i declare with my mouth i'm strong in the lord and the power of his mind i don't always feel strong i don't always look strong but i declare that i'm strong in the lord and the power of his might and when i'm weak his strength is made perfect and when i'm weak he shows up and he shows out he makes a way he gives me strength in my body he gives me strength to finish a journey he said you can do it don't give up you're on the winning team don't give up quickness for sissies see my hope is in the lord i am not putting my trust in man psalms 20 says some trust in chariots and some trust in horses some trust in their coat 45 and some trust in them a shed weapons of war but we the people of god we will trust him in the name of the lord we've got a name that's above every name we've got a name that empowers us we've got a name that delivers us we've got a name that will fight for us the name of jesus and when i don't know what to do when i'm feeling like giving up i call on the name of jesus and he delivers me my hope is built on nothing less than jesus blood and righteousness i dare not trust the sweetest train but i'm holy leaning trusting depending on jesus name on christ the solid rock i stand all of the ground all of the ground all of the people all of the nations are seeking sand but i'm standing on the rock and that rock is christ jesus saints we're on the winning team so keep on believing keep on trusting keep on fighting fight the good fighter of faith that god has already given us the victory the bible says he has given us authority over the devil i know this it ain't over till it's over but it ain't over till we win because god has already given us everything that we need he's given us power he's given us authority he's given us the power over the adversaries we can bring down the strongholds of the enemy in the name of jesus we take authority over the enemy in the name of jesus we take authority over the enemy that's trying to steal our children fight for your children fight for your family fight for your healing fight for your deliverance fight for your breakthrough he says i've given you all things that pertain to life and to godliness saints we're on the winning team stay in the game stay in the game even when you feel we're staying the game even if you don't see how you're going to win stay in the game because sooner or later it's going to turn in your favor he's already worked it out just for you god bless you thank god that we have come to the realization that it's possible to win topic was in it to win it i'm reminded of when i was growing up as a child there was a lady who went to our church who was saved and her mother was elderly and she came to church and they baptized her and they asked her do you want to tarry for the holy ghost she said i never would have left my house without my coffee if i didn't want the holy ghost and she got the holy ghost she got it she understood that she was on the losing team that's right and if she remained on the losing team she would lose everything yes well the devil is tricky and he wants us to feel like we can't make it it's just too tough it's too hard to be saved but the devil is a liar they say that every time his mouth move he's lying he's the father of life he can't tell the truth but i'm glad that i know i know jesus yeah i know what jesus says is possible it's possible to win the race and as elder ross was preaching a song came to my mind it said the cross is not greater than his grace think about that cross was was terrible it was powerful but but the writer said in spite of what the cross was about there was something far greater than the cross the cross is not greater than his grace his the storms cannot hide his blessed face i'm satisfied to know that with jesus here below i can conquer every fold i can win every fight because the grace of god is greater than the cross the law says when you get in a pinch when you find yourself kind of slipping kind of trying to get away he says there's grace for you my grace is sufficient it's all you need hallelujah hallelujah and i'm ready to sing that song sooner or later sooner or later it's gonna turn in our favor come on somebody he's turning around turning around so don't be afraid of the challenges that comes to your life don't be afraid to fight don't be afraid to get in a tough battle i got to say that i got to make emphasis at that point don't be afraid to fight and to fight hard because if you do it's true you will win the race god's grace is going to cover you in fact this is the invitation if there's anything that you need for your life to be perfect it can be found right here at the altar the lord bids us to come to him and he assures us when we belong to him he says my grace is sufficient my grace is everything that you need no matter what the situation no matter how you got in that situation no matter what it is he said my grace is enough and when you come to me he said i'll give you the grace that you need we're not necessarily calling for baptism but whatever is besetting you the lord wants to give you grace wants to give mercy and grace trust him trust him trust him he'll turn it around round for me the lord has grace for you if you need grace all you got to do is receive it the lord said i won't turn you away he says my grace is enough it's sufficient for you that he's not going to hold it back from hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus thank you lord thank god for those who trust the lord enough to come see you know when you have a problem your problem can't be solved until you decide that you need the help amen so the lord is here for us he wants to bless us we're on the winning team elder ross we're on the winning team now being on the winning team doesn't guarantee you a win if you're not participating see when you when you're on a basketball team and they win the championship everybody gets a ring regardless of whether whether you played how much you play but this this is a different different story right here this i'll put it this way this is a different gig you got to participate when the lord says that i am your help when you're getting trouble you just need to run to jesus and say help help me lord thank you jesus thank the lord for the service today lord is so great he's greatly to be praised i can't help but praise him because he's done so much for me in my life i have my own testimony i don't have a testimony for anybody else but i know what he's done for me oh oh oh what he's done for me i never shall forget i'll never forget what he's done for me took my feet out of the myri clay that's what he's done for me place my feet on a rock to stay that's what he's done for me i'll never shall forget what he's done for me it's time to receive our offering at this time come on come on pray is god praise god hallelujah let's get in the spirit right now hey man all right come on come on deacon is the mic on is the mic out shaking together running over shall men give until they buzzer none of us in here can be god given none of us none of us i don't don't care how much you try you can't beat him give me because number one it belongs to him already thank you jesus let's hold on hold for them in jesus name father in the name of jesus we thank you we praise you we glorify we magnify your name lord god we thank you for the gift and the giver lord god we thank you for giving him our mind to give lord god liberally lord god in jesus name we have to you bless him lord god hallelujah make a way for them lord god in the name of jesus and lord those that are not able we ask you did you make a way the next time lord god they didn't be participating in this giving lord god in jesus name we pray amen amen get down in the hands of us from the rear praise the lord praise the lord amen the lord blessed us today with the word of the lord is wonderful amen amen let's give the lord another hand praise amen lord teaching us how to fight hallelujah amen lord god we thank you for this offering lord god let it continue lord god to meet every need lord god that is in this church lord god that it may further to work lord god that's going forth here lord god we thank you lord father giving us cheer forgivers lord god in the name of jesus lord god that they may be glorified magnify hallelujah lord god bless him lord god bless him that they may have more to give the next time lord god in the name of jesus lord god you said in your word that you love a cheer forgiver we ask you to multiply lord god multiply lord god let it overflow lord god in the name of jesus lord god that it means every need every need lord god that these doors may stay open lord god that everything may be met in jesus name jesus name we pray amen amen amen all right come on let's get ready to go home amen come on do you feel determined i think every time we hear the word i just get more determined come on hallelujah