1 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:03,960 He meets us at the point of need. 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,119 If you're staying with me tonight for the reading of the 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:20,320 word of the Lord, Oh, I love you, Jesus. 4 00:00:26,740 --> 00:00:33,060 Last last couple of weeks. I would say last couple of weeks 5 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:37,660 specifically, not not exclusive to the last couple of weeks, but 6 00:00:38,860 --> 00:00:42,320 we've had some really good church. 7 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,440 Church is church is typically a noun. 8 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:56,240 I think we've made it a verb. And instead of saying let's have 9 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,840 church, I think we could possibly get by with just saying 10 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:03,240 let's church there. There's action found behind the 11 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:10,960 word and I, what I, what I, what I feel in my spirit tonight and, 12 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:17,800 and leading up to this evening is there are there are people 13 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:26,000 who, who are enjoying that. There are people who are 14 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,200 enjoying it up to the point of full surrender. 15 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,480 And I've come to reach for someone tonight because I 16 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:42,240 believe whether it happens tonight or tomorrow or a month 17 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,000 from now, I don't know. But I believe there are hearts 18 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,400 here tonight that God wants to heal. 19 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,640 The Book of Psalms, chapter 34 and verse #18 I give honor to 20 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,840 our pastor and his wife. They are out of town ministering 21 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,600 tonight. Pray for their safety. 22 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,880 Pray for their anointing. Give honor to Bishop for the 23 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:17,040 Alex, Sister Grace for the Zach, Sister Malen. 24 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,600 Last, but certainly not the very least in any form but my wife. 25 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,000 Of. Almost almost 31 years. 26 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,080 Love and appreciate her so dearly. 27 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,720 She is the better part of me and those of you that know me know 28 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,920 that already. So let's read Psalms 34 and 18 29 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:42,440 says the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart. 30 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:46,840 I think Pastor read this scripture this morning and this 31 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,600 was already in my plan. So thank God for confirmation 32 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,320 and saveth such as be of many are the afflictions of the 33 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,320 righteous. If anyone ever thought, listen 34 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,440 to me, if you don't hear anything else I've got to say, I 35 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,920 hope you hear this. If you ever thought serving God 36 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:11,080 was going to make all of your problems disappear because 37 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,760 there's been plenty of people guilty of thinking that we've 38 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:22,280 had people in this church come to God and were shocked that God 39 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,840 didn't solve all of their problems once they were saved, 40 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,040 this verse should settle that for you. 41 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:35,880 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but he doesn't leave 42 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,560 us without hope. But the Lord delivereth them, 43 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:45,760 Him out of them all. Proverbs 28 and verse #1 reads 44 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:50,560 The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are 45 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,800 bold as a lion for a few moments. 46 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,320 Tonight, with the Lord's help, I want to minister to you on this 47 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,040 subject. Wounded lions still roar. 48 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,600 Wounded lions still roar. Would you put your Bibles down? 49 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,240 Lift your hands and your voice toward heaven with me right now. 50 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,400 Come on, let's pray and ask God to help us. 51 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,760 Jesus, in your mighty name, I need you tonight, God. 52 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,160 I need you, Lord, in this moment, in this hour. 53 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:20,320 God, you. You had known this was coming 54 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,080 before it was ever scheduled. God you, you knew this the 55 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:28,280 moment months ago that this this topic was entered into my 56 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:30,640 notepad. Lord, as you prompted me and for 57 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,040 a day in the future, God, and I pray Lord, that you would reveal 58 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,000 that and reach someone tonight. Help me to minister tonight and 59 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,880 preach with wisdom and with clarity today. 60 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:43,720 Let your anointing be ever present with us tonight and will 61 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,480 not fail to give you praise and glory and honor in the church 62 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,440 said in Jesus name. Lord bless you. 63 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:58,920 You may be seated. His name was Ruben. 64 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:07,640 Ruben was a lion who, according to an article published by the 65 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:13,880 New York Post written by Jane Hers on September 4, 2023, Ruben 66 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,880 was dubbed as the World. 'S. 67 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:23,680 Loneliest lion Ruben had been at the zoo in Armenia country, 68 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,320 north of Iran and east of Turkey. 69 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,680 The Armenian zoo had been abandoned and all the animals 70 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:35,840 located at the zoo had been relocated except Ruben. 71 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:42,760 When the 15 year old lion was found at this abandoned Armenian 72 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:47,880 zoo, he was found trapped in a concrete cell where it is said 73 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,840 that he had been there by himself for five years. 74 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,840 During this span of five years and with the loneliness and 75 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:04,680 isolation in full effect, Ruben lost his roar. 76 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,520 The years of confinement had left him malnourished and left 77 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,440 him with an inability to walk with stability and with 78 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,720 confidence. When he was discovered, several 79 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:21,120 organizations came together to rescue him and relocate him to 80 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,720 his native land in South Africa. There are a few. 81 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,360 Very important facts about lions that we need to take notice of 82 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,560 early on tonight. So let's look at some biological 83 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:37,000 specifics about the make up and reasons of a lion's roar. 84 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:42,080 A lion's roar is a complex vocalization with specific 85 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:45,920 mechanics. Lions have uniquely developed 86 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:50,120 vocal cords that allow them for deep resonance sounds. 87 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,360 The shape and length of their larynx contribute to the low 88 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:57,760 frequency of their roar. When a lion roars, it forcefully 89 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:01,640 expels air from its lungs through the larynx and the 90 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:05,360 muscles around the vocal cords contract, creating tension and 91 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:08,440 allowing for powerful vibrations. 92 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,960 The roar is amplified by the lion's large chest cavity and 93 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:15,040 throat structure, allowing it to travel. 94 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:23,320 Watch this now up to five miles. The sound can travel up to five 95 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:29,920 miles through the desert. The roar is can can be modulated 96 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,200 by their breath control and the length and the intensity of the 97 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:38,000 roar producing different tones and volumes for various 98 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,960 purposes. The various purposes and reasons 99 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,600 a lion roars 1 is territorial marking. 100 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,600 The roar serves as a warning to other lions that this is my 101 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:52,680 turf, stay away. It is for communication. 102 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,840 It allows lions to communicate with other Pride members over 103 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,280 long distances, coordinating movement and alerting others to 104 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,960 danger it they they roar for stress relief. 105 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,840 It helps release pent up energy or stress, acting as an 106 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:15,560 emotional outlet for the animal. They roar to attract a mate. 107 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,840 You're single. I don't know if I recommend 108 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,200 trying that tonight, but it works for the lions. 109 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:28,160 A powerful roar can signal health and strength, attracting 110 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:30,280 potential mates during mating season. 111 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:34,120 Overall, the roar. Of the lion is an essential 112 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:42,600 aspect of social behavior and. Survival, not roar. 113 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:49,560 It can face several challenges. It faces territorial 114 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:54,320 vulnerability for the very reason that they roar to protect 115 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,040 their territory. The inability to roar weakens 116 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,240 its ability to assert that territory, making it susceptible 117 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,400 to rival prides that may encroach upon its area. 118 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,280 A lack of roaring for the lion indicates a loss of social 119 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,160 cohesion. Roaring is vital for 120 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,160 communication for the lions and their families. 121 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,600 Without it, they may struggle to coordinate among other family 122 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,600 members, leading to disorganization during hunts or 123 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,360 their defense. It allows for a biological 124 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:33,000 increase of stress within their body and within their being 125 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,760 because they no longer have that physical outlet to release that 126 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,200 pent up energy. It decreases their mating 127 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:47,240 opportunities. A lack of roar for a lion puts 128 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:56,320 them into a state of isolation. If it cannot communicate 129 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:01,080 effectively, it may become isolated from its family and 130 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,000 risk loneliness and challenge in its survival. 131 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Overall, the inability of the lion to roar can significantly 132 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:14,640 impact its social standing, its health, and its survival in the 133 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:20,880 world as we know it. Roaring is crucial for 134 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:25,240 communication and territory marking for the lion, so any 135 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:28,440 injury that affects this ability can have significant 136 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,200 implications for its ability to survive in the wild. 137 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,200 In the book titled. A. 138 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:40,600 Wounded lion roars again author Monique C Phillips recants her 139 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:45,440 personal story and witness of atrocities that she experienced 140 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,760 in her life. I want to read a small excerpt 141 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,520 of her book she wrote and I quote who is my. 142 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,120 Father, where is he? Do I have? 143 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:01,280 Uncles and aunties, my mother evaded all my questions, but I 144 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,960 knew she lived in fear of someone or something. 145 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,280 We moved across Nigeria to escape a threat she refused to 146 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,800 speak about. And when she died? 147 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,280 In mysterious circumstances, I was alone an orphaned at only 12 148 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,080 years old when a smiling lady appeared and claimed she had 149 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,440 been my mother's friend. I was grateful for her offer to 150 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,440 care for me and give. Me a home. 151 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,520 Naive and trusting, I followed her not to the loving home she 152 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:33,200 promised, but into the dark hell of human trafficking. 153 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:38,280 For more than a decade, I was a slave, forced to see, experience 154 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,760 and participate in acts of unimaginable, unimaginable 155 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,240 depravity and evil. Death seemed to be the only way 156 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,000 out. But death eluded me. 157 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,320 My escape from that world was nothing less than a miracle, and 158 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:56,200 it strengthened my faith in a God who never abandoned me even 159 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,680 at the darkest times my late mother used to. 160 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:02,640 Tell me a. Wounded lion is better than a 161 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:07,280 dead lion. A wounded lion roars again my 162 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,480 years in sexual slavery. Slavery left me deeply wounded, 163 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:14,960 but not dead. By the grace of God, I am alive 164 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,280 today. I am a wounded lion. 165 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,840 But this book is my roar of triumph and deliverance. 166 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,120 End Quote. The roar of the. 167 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:28,640 Lion contains powerful symbolism in our life today. 168 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,440 Such symbolism include strength and authority, courage and 169 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:36,480 communication. More specifically, this 170 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:40,120 symbolism, if we will allow it this evening, we'll be a 171 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,200 catalyst in our worship and devotion, in our spiritual walk, 172 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:50,640 and we'll ultimately enhance our relationship and our worship to 173 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,400 Almighty God. This includes divine authority. 174 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,920 Just as a lion's roar signifies strength and command over its 175 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,760 territory, worship reflects the recognition. 176 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,960 Of God's. Supreme authority and power in 177 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:11,120 our life the expression and reverence of the. 178 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:15,080 Roar is a powerful. And all inspiring sound. 179 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,760 And it can. Symbolize the deep reverence 180 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:22,800 human beings express in our worship, acknowledging something 181 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:27,000 greater than our selves. Unity. 182 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:32,520 And community the lion roars to communicate with its pride much. 183 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:37,400 Like how worship fosters community among. 184 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:44,440 Believers uniting us in. Shared faith. 185 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:50,560 And in purpose, let me pause here for just a moment and 186 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:54,400 declare something tonight, remind some of you, and maybe 187 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:57,600 perhaps it might be the first time some of you have heard it, 188 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,800 but. When you come to the House of 189 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:05,360 God, and when you. Worship His name. 190 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:09,840 Your worship is not simply just a selfish. 191 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,880 Act. Between you and God. 192 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,680 Ladies and. Gentlemen, let me give you a. 193 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:18,520 Bit of a commercial break here this evening. 194 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:23,960 When I am going through a valley, when I am going through 195 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:30,840 circumstances in my life that I just can't seem to conquer, I 196 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:36,560 need the worship and the community and the unity of the 197 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,560 body of Christ. I may not know I feel the Holy 198 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,520 Ghost right now. I may not be able to. 199 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:48,400 I worship him right now the way that I want to because of my 200 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:52,400 valley experience, but I need your worship. 201 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,080 I need your lifting of your hands. 202 00:14:55,600 --> 00:15:04,520 I need your voice. Oh, somebody shout Hallelujah. 203 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,600 You say, well my worship is between. 204 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:17,880 Me and God, no it's not. How you worship might be between 205 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:23,520 you and God, but the fact of your worship is a community 206 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:35,790 event in the family of God. If we experience moments of 207 00:15:35,790 --> 00:15:43,110 disunity, it's because we're not worshiping, because worship will 208 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:51,720 automatically unify the body. Worship brings unity. 209 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,880 Fearlessness and faith. A lion's roar can embody courage 210 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:03,520 and confidence, paralleling the strength believers find in their 211 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:08,000 faith to confront challenges and adversities. 212 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:13,000 Somebody say Amen. Connection to the divine. 213 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:18,040 Just as a roar can be seen as a declaration of presence, worship 214 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,840 serves as a way for humanity to connect with and declare 215 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,760 devotion to God. Hear me tonight, hear me well. 216 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,000 If you're asking yourself right now if is this another message 217 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,160 about worship, the short answer is. 218 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,720 Yes, but the long. Answer is this is more than just 219 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,000 about worship. It's. 220 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,920 About our devotion to. God and it's about. 221 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:42,160 Our love and our devotion to one another. 222 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:43,800 We cannot. Represent. 223 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:48,240 Our unity with the fellowship we have before church or the 224 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,360 fellowship we have after church. If we don't worship God in 225 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:57,160 between the two, our unity is fake, our conversation is in 226 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,240 vain, and it's not giving glory to God. 227 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:06,240 We need a unity of worship, a unity of heart, a unity of mind, 228 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:11,520 a unity of soul. Somebody clap your hands. 229 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:21,680 To the Lord. Over all, both the lions roar. 230 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,720 And human worship represent expressions of power, unity, 231 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,400 reverence, and connection to a greater yet reality. 232 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,400 And that reality is the Lord our God. 233 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,640 Just. As a wounded lion roars to 234 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,840 assert its presence and maintain its place in the pride when we 235 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:47,040 are facing emotional battles, we too can find strength in our 236 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:52,920 struggle. I am, I'm, I'm not, I'm not, I'm 237 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,640 not trying to, I'm not trying to be rude tonight by by any means. 238 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,520 I told you I was coming, reaching for someone tonight. 239 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,680 I want you to leave here in courage this evening. 240 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:07,520 But if your definition of handling your struggle is to 241 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,640 say, well, I don't, I don't feel like it tonight. 242 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,000 I'm going to stay home. This isn't in my notes, but it 243 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,280 is in my spirit. If you. 244 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,600 Think you can handle your emotional struggles, your 245 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,920 physical struggles, your life struggles? 246 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,880 On your own. You miss the entire purpose that 247 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,280 God. Has a collective body to begin 248 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:35,360 with. We've overlooked the idea and 249 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:39,520 the fact of Scripture that I need you and you need me. 250 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,680 If every time I go through a valley experience, I'm going to 251 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,160 stay home until I get through it and come back to God. 252 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,400 Whenever I'm on the mount to God, you miss the purpose of 253 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:57,920 grace. When I'm going through a Valley 254 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,880 experience, right smack dab in the middle of a worship service 255 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:10,000 is where I need to be. I cannot. 256 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,560 Find strength in my struggle without God. 257 00:19:19,590 --> 00:19:22,270 So I would say to you tonight, if you're struggling today due 258 00:19:22,270 --> 00:19:28,510 to emotional battles, past scars, decisions you've made or 259 00:19:28,510 --> 00:19:36,510 decisions that were made. For you, your roar. 260 00:19:37,190 --> 00:19:42,590 In worship is the fundamental ingredient necessary for your 261 00:19:42,590 --> 00:19:45,760 victory. I've come to tell someone 262 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:52,400 tonight, don't lose your roar. If you if you don't worship like 263 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,320 you used. To you're at risk of losing your 264 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:58,560 roar, because here's what I've learned in my life of, of word 265 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:02,680 of serving God, Bishop. I may not, I may not from decade 266 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,000 to decade. I may not worship God the same 267 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,400 that I did. But I don't worship. 268 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,040 God Any. Less than I did. 269 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:14,040 And if you find yourself. Looking in the. 270 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,160 Mirror and the person staring back at you. 271 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,880 Worships God less today than the day that you were saved. 272 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:24,280 You've lost your roar. You've laid down your voice. 273 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,600 You stop communicating and worship the way that you need 274 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,200 to. I've come to try. 275 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,880 To encourage someone tonight. Get your voice back. 276 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:37,440 God wants to hear your voice. Get your roar back. 277 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,160 The heavens need to hear your worship. 278 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:46,200 And as much. As the heavens need to hear your 279 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,360 worship. When I'm on the side of the 280 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:50,960 valley. Experience I too need to hear 281 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,280 your worship because I am encouraged by your voice. 282 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,600 I'm encouraged by the voice of the Saints of God that if I'm 283 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,080 going through Valley Experience and I know that you've been 284 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,280 through Valley Experience, yet you still stand. 285 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,920 Hands lifted, yet you still stand. 286 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,560 Voice lifted, yet you still put your. 287 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,200 Hands together in worship. I, I am lifted up. 288 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:18,840 I am encouraged by that because I know then if you can make it, 289 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,720 I can make it. And if you can make it, we can 290 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:27,200 make it together because I'm not alone and you're not alone. 291 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:37,840 Wounded lions still roar. If the loss of the roar for a. 292 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:42,040 Lion has such. Severe implications on his 293 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:46,200 social interaction and ability to survive in the wild. 294 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:50,320 How much more we as the people of God's High? 295 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,240 Need to. Recognize that you're not. 296 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,720 Alone and your. Worship signals your need to 297 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:04,720 God. You cannot survive without your 298 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:17,880 roar. Psalm 34 and 18 reads The Lord, 299 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:23,160 Lord is nigh. And to them that are of broken 300 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:34,720 heart, have a broken heart. Are you sad? 301 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,880 Are you lonely even when you're around people? 302 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,360 Are you looking for an escape to get out of the crowd so quickly 303 00:22:46,360 --> 00:22:48,920 so you don't have to endure other people's happiness? 304 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,400 Or are you afraid that someone's going to ask you the very 305 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:59,160 dreaded question, How you doing? Because you're going to have to 306 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:04,160 lie one more time, put a smile on your face and say I'm doing 307 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,480 fine when you know down in your heart you're not. 308 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:13,640 The Lord is nigh. What's nigh is near. 309 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,720 The Lord is near to them that are of broken heart. 310 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:22,240 He is near to you. He cares for you. 311 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,520 Let me remind you tonight that isolation will lead to forget 312 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,720 you, to forgetting what your roar sounds like. 313 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:35,480 That's what happened to Reuben. He was outside of his family for 314 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,320 so long, and by himself for so long he forgot how to. 315 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,400 Roar. He forgot what his voice. 316 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,560 Was supposed to sound like isolation will lead you to 317 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,360 believe that the lie. That you don't. 318 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,800 Need anyone else just leave me alone and let me be. 319 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,840 Let me let me pause here and say this because ever anybody that 320 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,640 knows me knows I love personality psychology. 321 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,000 Some people hate it. That's good. 322 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,640 God bless you. But let me tell. 323 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,360 You something worship that God has nothing to do with your 324 00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:14,520 personality. Introverts. 325 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,760 Don't have an excuse. To get before the throne of God 326 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,040 and say. God, I was shy. 327 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,280 Now, I'm not trying to be rude because shyness it doesn't equal 328 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:25,680 introversion. Anyway, that's a big 329 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:34,480 misconception. Worship to God is about worth. 330 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,320 Of him. And when you understand the 331 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,400 value of his worth, it doesn't matter what your personal 332 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,360 tendencies are, you're going to let go of some things in order 333 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:48,280 to let him know how worth. He is to you. 334 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:57,720 Isolation is the enemy's tool to overtake you. 335 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,120 Ultimately. Isolation. 336 00:25:01,120 --> 00:25:03,400 You can isolate yourself and be with people. 337 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,080 I will. Go a step further. 338 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,880 You can isolate. Yourself in the House of God. 339 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,920 Even if you're. Clapping your hands. 340 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:25,840 Even if you're lifting your hands just enough to feel like. 341 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,520 No one knows I've covered it pretty good for another Sunday. 342 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,120 No one knows where I'm at. No one knows the corner that I 343 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:40,000 feel backed into. No one knows how alone I feel. 344 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,160 No one knows how sad I am. No one knows how isolated I am. 345 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,320 Because when those things don't. Contain value for you. 346 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,960 And you're not? Clapping for worship and you're 347 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,160 not lifting your hands for worship and it's just to fit in 348 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:59,240 culturally, you'll still leave just as lonely as you were when 349 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:05,120 you got here. Isolation will lead you to 350 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,880 giving up. That's how people backslide. 351 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,000 That's how people come to a church where the Spirit of God 352 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:20,200 is real and can leave saying I didn't feel anything because 353 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:26,400 they isolated themselves. I've come to tell somebody 354 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,960 tonight, don't give up. Don't give up. 355 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,760 Don't stop worshipping. Don't stop praising brother. 356 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,480 Mason, We've had some good church lately. 357 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,320 That's right, But I. Open this this evening's message 358 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,040 by saying this some. Of you are enjoying. 359 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,880 That church on the precipice, on the verge. 360 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:48,720 On the peak of total surrender, because you're not allowing 361 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:53,400 yourself to move into a spiritual surrender. 362 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,000 It's just to the point of who this feels good. 363 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,800 Oh, that's what they're doing. Oh, that's great. 364 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,920 Let them do that. I'm going to stay. 365 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:03,680 In my isolated. Corner here. 366 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,800 And I'm going to. Look good and I'm going to put 367 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,520 on a good pretty face and no one's going to know if you want 368 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,640 out of your isolation, if you want out of your. 369 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,640 Loneliness and your sadness. You've got to stop listening to 370 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,120 the lies of the enemy, and you've got to get out of 371 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:24,880 isolation and lift your voice like a trumpet. 372 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,160 Because wounded lions still roam. 373 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,080 I'm not. Preaching against your 374 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,560 loneliness. I'm not preaching against your 375 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,720 emotional distress. I'm not. 376 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,480 Coming against the circumstances that you're under. 377 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:46,120 I'm not. Judging you? 378 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,680 None whatsoever. What I am telling you is that 379 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:58,640 when you are there, don't stop worshiping God. 380 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,120 Because this This is not the last time you'll walk through a 381 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:08,480 valley. This is not the last time some 382 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,360 family member will make a decision that'll affect. 383 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:14,440 You. This is not the last time that 384 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,440 you'll be hurt over something somebody did or something 385 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,440 somebody said. It's not the last time that 386 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,720 you'll make a mistake. And try to live with it this. 387 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,520 Is not the last. Time that you'll. 388 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,560 Come to church. And try to bake. 389 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,560 Breakthrough A glass ceiling. That you feel like you just 390 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,840 can't get through because of hurts. 391 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,400 And because of mistakes. It's not the last time. 392 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,840 But I've said it for years, Bishop, there's nothing wrong 393 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,160 with going. Through a valley. 394 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,840 Just don't set up a post office box. 395 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,960 Just don't give the devil your zip code there. 396 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,320 Because when you're in your valley, you are just a stranger 397 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,120 passing through to another mountaintop. 398 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,360 Because God never intended for you to live in your valley. 399 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,280 God never intended for you to lose your voice. 400 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:08,920 God never intended for you to be in a corner, isolated from 401 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:13,600 victory. God never intended on that. 402 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,560 What God wants is even when you're limping with your wounds, 403 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,640 even when you're you're, you're emotionally dragging your. 404 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,360 Baggage to church. God just wants your voice. 405 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,360 God wants your worship. And when he sees your worship, 406 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,320 in spite of your wounds, God will lift. 407 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,120 Up a standard against. The enemy, he will stop the 408 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:43,320 onslaught of hell and he will lift up healing to you and allow 409 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,320 you to have victory a lot sooner. 410 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:53,240 Than if you stay isolated. Psalm 147 and verse #3 says he 411 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:58,960 healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds. 412 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:05,240 Bindeth comes from a Hebrew word means rap. 413 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:12,640 Kind of makes sense. Terminology is different, but 414 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,920 the the meaning is the same as today. 415 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:23,720 You wrap a wound sometimes. Maybe this is just me. 416 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:27,640 It's not the first time I could ever be called weird, so that's 417 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:32,440 OK, but there are certain wounds that I've had that whenever 418 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:37,320 they're wrapped. I like, I don't like it tight. 419 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:44,920 But I want to know it's wrapped. I don't know. 420 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:50,040 There's there's some comfort in feeling, feeling that wrap the, 421 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:56,280 the, the tension, knowing that it's, it's bound it, it, it kind 422 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:02,240 of eases the pain and it gives me hope that as long as that 423 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,640 wound is wrapped and it's wrapped properly and it's, it's 424 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,600 medicated. Properly it gives me. 425 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:13,480 Hope that it's going to heal. God heals the broken in heart 426 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,280 and he bindeth up. They're wounds. 427 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:23,800 Let's go back to Reuben for a moment. 428 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:31,320 I'm coming to a close soon, if the musicians can come soon. 429 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:37,200 Soon after Reuben arrived at his new home in South Africa, he 430 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,480 began regaining his confidence to walk. 431 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,000 When he first walked out of the crate off the airplane he's 432 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:50,520 stumbled, his hind legs were not strong enough to carry his 433 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:56,320 frame. As he began to hear the voices 434 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:01,000 of other lions, he began to use his voice again. 435 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,800 Ruben began getting his roar back, and even in his weakened 436 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,320 state, he began to roar, and more so as his confidence and 437 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:17,240 his health continued to improve, his demeanor transformed. 438 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,320 The the article says his face relaxed. 439 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:30,000 If a lion's face can be relaxed. These are experts, so I assume 440 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:30,880 they know what they're talking about. 441 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,720 He went from a look. Of fear. 442 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,880 Now I had to ponder that for a moment and study because it just 443 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,480 sounds so strange to read it, and it sounds even more strange 444 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:53,280 to say it out loud that a Lion King of the jungle had fear on 445 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:59,960 his face. That just sounds strange to say, 446 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,320 but that's what isolation can do. 447 00:33:09,390 --> 00:33:11,350 His face relaxed, no longer fearful. 448 00:33:11,350 --> 00:33:14,870 His determination to walk inspired onlookers. 449 00:33:14,870 --> 00:33:17,270 As he continued to stumble, he continued. 450 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:23,280 Get. Up Every time he fell because 451 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:28,960 his legs were too weak, he simply got back up and he tried 452 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:37,660 again. Watch this Ruben improved when 453 00:33:37,660 --> 00:33:42,740 he got with other lions, and Ruben got his voice back when he 454 00:33:42,740 --> 00:33:48,780 socialized with other Lions. And Ruben's walk improved when 455 00:33:48,780 --> 00:33:55,800 he socialized with other lions. You will never find victory or 456 00:33:55,800 --> 00:34:02,680 success in isolation. Being with the family of God 457 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:12,150 makes me better being with the family. 458 00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:16,310 Of God gives me confidence to use my voice. 459 00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:21,870 Being with the family of God helps me walk on a Monday 460 00:34:21,870 --> 00:34:26,679 morning when I may not feel like I need to walk. 461 00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:31,360 Anymore gives me. Strength. 462 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:36,840 Knowing you're here gives me strength. 463 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:51,600 If you're wounded tonight, I've come to encourage you. 464 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,200 You would stand all over this house tonight. 465 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,800 If you're wounded today, don't go off in a corner emotionally 466 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,160 thinking that you're going to heal by yourself. 467 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:13,760 You don't. You don't need to spill your 468 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,280 guts. I'm, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not 469 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:19,120 telling you that you have to tell anybody and everybody what 470 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,960 you're going through. Matter of fact, just to be 471 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,200 clear, I'm not telling you you have to tell anybody. 472 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,240 That's a different subject matter. 473 00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:28,600 Although there is health in that. 474 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,120 But that's not what I'm talking about tonight. 475 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:40,360 But when we emotionally check out in a crowd and in our mind 476 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,960 and in our spirit, we're back in the corner just thinking they'll 477 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:47,920 just leave me alone. That's a representation of a 478 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:51,080 wound tonight. That's not normal. 479 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:52,600 That's not what God wants for you. 480 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,160 Oh, but you don't know what mistake? 481 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:03,440 I made. That's the beauty of it. 482 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:12,400 I don't need to know because whatever mistake you made, it 483 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:21,440 doesn't matter. Brother Mason, you don't know 484 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:28,320 what so and so did to me. I don't need to know. 485 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:37,960 What I need to do is remind somebody that in spite of your 486 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:44,840 mistake, in spite of your history, in spite of your 487 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:50,320 wounds, all he needs and wants from you is for. 488 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,520 You to continue to lift your voice. 489 00:36:53,720 --> 00:36:56,960 And refuse. Isolation in the Spirit. 490 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,640 All. He wants from you tonight is to. 491 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:08,800 Not stop worshipping him. Why do we talk about worship so 492 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,440 much? Because it's that important and 493 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:17,400 we don't have it yet. We may never have it. 494 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:18,880 We may never. Be in the. 495 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,040 In the spirit as much as. We need to. 496 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:26,360 Worship is that important from cover to cover in your Bible, 497 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:35,000 Wounds are healed, enemies were overtaken. 498 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,080 There's a. Story in the Bible. 499 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,280 This is not in my notes, but allow me just to go there 500 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:46,560 verbally for just a moment. There's a story in the Bible and 501 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:51,080 right now where it's at escapes me, but the subject matter is 502 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,680 they made, they made noise in the dark. 503 00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:03,080 Enemy was coming and there was just a few of them, and they 504 00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:09,720 made such a loud noise, clanking pans or lanterns or or whatever. 505 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,160 They made such a loud noise that the enemy on the other side of a 506 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,120 dark hill thought it was a great army. 507 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,840 And the Bible tells us that they turned around and ran away. 508 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:33,560 If those people have been quiet. If those people on the on the 509 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,240 backside of that dark hill had refused to follow their man of 510 00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:40,720 God's warning and refused to make a sound and just said, you 511 00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:42,200 know what, I just don't feel like it tonight. 512 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:47,360 I'm hurt. If they had been quiet, that 513 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:50,120 enemy would have come over the hill and would have overtook 514 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:54,800 them. But because they used their 515 00:38:54,800 --> 00:39:04,160 voice. Challenge you tonight. 516 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:09,480 If you need emotional healing, you need to get into worship 517 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,840 with other people. There was a moment in the second 518 00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:16,960 church. There's a moment in the second 519 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,000 church Bishop, and I could call him by name right now, but I 520 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,720 won't. But many of you in this house 521 00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:22,960 know him. There's a gentleman in our 522 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,200 church. I was on the platform. 523 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,560 I don't remember if I was preaching or what was going on, 524 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:32,680 but I wasn't at a musical instrument and I looked up in 525 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:37,920 just a moment, a secondary moment, and I saw that brother 526 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:45,960 go like this, so I went. He asked me later how I saw. 527 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,800 It because he did. He thought he got by with it 528 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:49,920 and. It had to be God. 529 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:53,480 And I had no. Clue. 530 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,280 What he was going through or what he needed. 531 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,040 But when we went back there, Bishop, I don't remember if you 532 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:02,040 weren't there or why I had the microphone or what was going on. 533 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,200 But what I do remember is I called for the other brothers of 534 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:06,040 the. Church to come? 535 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:10,120 And and get around him, encircle him and get around him, and do 536 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:17,320 nothing but simply worship with him and a man. 537 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:21,000 Who came to church? That night not for into God not. 538 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:26,560 For into the ways. Of the Apostolic Church he came 539 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,960 in isolated. In his spirit he came in 540 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:36,560 needing. Help and the help he got. 541 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:40,280 Was from the worship of those around. 542 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,040 It only. Took a few moments of men 543 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,640 standing around him, worshipping with. 544 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:49,840 Him that he. Broke through to victory. 545 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000 Why? Because we need each other's 546 00:40:52,000 --> 00:41:05,170 voice, need your voice. So if you need emotional healing 547 00:41:05,170 --> 00:41:06,690 tonight? Whether you've admitted it to 548 00:41:06,690 --> 00:41:09,810 anybody else, maybe you've not even admitted it to yourself 549 00:41:09,810 --> 00:41:11,930 yet, I don't know. But if you need it, you need to 550 00:41:11,930 --> 00:41:13,410 get in worship with other people. 551 00:41:16,370 --> 00:41:18,810 If you need emotional healing tonight, use your voice in 552 00:41:18,810 --> 00:41:23,250 worship with other people. It's time for somebody to find 553 00:41:23,250 --> 00:41:25,810 your voice again. Or maybe some of you need to do 554 00:41:25,810 --> 00:41:30,520 it for the first time. If you've gotten by in your. 555 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,520 Walk with God so far with a whisper. 556 00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:36,280 Now maybe, maybe your next step is just to elevate that whisper 557 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:40,640 to a common standard voice. I'm not telling you that you 558 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:42,680 need to yell. I'm not trying to, I'm not 559 00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,360 trying to embarrass you. I'm not telling you any. 560 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,440 Of that. What I'm telling you is when you 561 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,600 get in the atmosphere of God, where he is at lifting. 562 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:53,600 Your voice, you're never going to go wrong. 563 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,120 Because much like the lion's roar, he has. 564 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,880 Several ways that he can change the tonation of his roar to 565 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,760 indicate purpose. Let me tell you. 566 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:08,760 Something my voice and worship will either indicate to. 567 00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,160 You that I've got victory or that I need help? 568 00:42:23,020 --> 00:42:24,780 Hands right now all over this house. 569 00:42:25,980 --> 00:42:28,580 If you don't normally lift your hands, I challenge you tonight. 570 00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:31,260 Lift your hands and just. See what God will. 571 00:42:31,260 --> 00:42:33,960 Do for you this altar is open up. 572 00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,960 Find your find what a roar looks like for you it. 573 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,160 May not be my. Volume, but you've got a. 574 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:44,240 Volume in God's house. That God will be be happy with 575 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:46,720 find your voice.