1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,000 Welcome to the First Apostolic Church podcast. 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:07,960 Our church mission is to love as God loves showing compassion 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,440 every soul, thus winning those souls and equipping them to be 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,680 sent out to plant and to harvest. 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,000 Thank you for joining us today, and we hope that you are blessed 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:26,280 by today's podcast. Praise the Lord everybody. 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,320 It's good to be in the House of the Lord this morning. 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,600 Amen. Hallelujah. 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:39,680 The weather is just don't know where we're going from there, 10 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,400 but God does one thing that I'm sure of. 11 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:48,400 I know that I know a God that's got his hand on the knob of 12 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:52,080 nature and he's taking care of it. 13 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,240 All right. I know he is Hallelujah. 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,280 Glad. For you, that came this morning. 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:00:59,480 Amen. Praise the Lord. 16 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:05,040 We got a people that come even in the midst of storm and all of 17 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,600 that. We thank you and we praise God 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,840 for people like that that are faithful to His house this 19 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,080 morning. Hallelujah. 20 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:17,160 We've got the table spread ready to eat, so we're doing good. 21 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:21,040 Praise the Lord. Psalms 128 is where I want to 22 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:27,440 turn this morning. For some time now I've had notes 23 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:34,280 and been laying them aside and then I had to put all this 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:39,840 together and by the help of the. Lord, this morning I want to be 25 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,360 a blessing to you and not a curse. 26 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,240 Thank the Lord. Psalms 128. 27 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:47,240 I'm just going to read the whole. 28 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:54,840 Chapter 119 verses right. Thank you Jesus. 29 00:01:54,840 --> 00:02:01,520 Psalms. 1/28 Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord that 30 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:06,160 walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labor of 31 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,880 thine hands. Happy shalt thou be, and it 32 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,560 shall be well with thee. Thy wife shall be as the 33 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,560 fruitful vine by the sides of thine house. 34 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:23,520 Thy children like all of plants round about the table. 35 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:29,840 Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the 36 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,360 Lord. The Lord bless thee out of Zion. 37 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,680 Thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy 38 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,040 life. Yeah, thou shalt see thy 39 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:45,000 children's children and peace upon Israel. 40 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,400 Heavenly Father, we ask you this morning, God, that you would 41 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,840 move in this place. This morning, God, I ask you, 42 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,680 Lord, for your presence to come in this place. 43 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,800 Lord, I need your anointing and your help this morning, God, to 44 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:04,120 encourage, to strengthen your people this morning in the name 45 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,360 of Jesus. God, let the word go with us. 46 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,520 Let it not leave us. Lord, I pray in the name of 47 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:16,800 Jesus, Amen and Amen, and you can be seated in Jesus name. 48 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,120 I want to use this subject this morning. 49 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,400 I'm going to take you back a few years this morning, but I want 50 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,600 to use this subject. The family table. 51 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:34,800 The family table. I set a table this morning and I 52 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,080 I put what we had at our house. So that's seven people. 53 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:43,960 So I thought, I want to I want to say that at the at the onset 54 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:49,560 of this, I thank God for my lovely wife of all these years, 55 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:56,000 because she had a job. She not only she not only took 56 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,480 care of the house, but she worked also for several years, 57 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,800 probably 10 years of our married life. 58 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:08,360 She worked and I thank God for her Amen and and even really and 59 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,320 she might be watching this morning, but my oldest daughter. 60 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:16,120 I thank the Lord for her because in the process of Mama working 61 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:21,800 and she worked evenings and I remember those days when my wife 62 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,160 would in fact, our children could go and they could look at 63 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:30,160 the at the refrigerator and they could tell what was going to be 64 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,080 for supper because my wife had a menu made out. 65 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,200 So you kind of knew it was, you know, it was just like a 66 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,920 restaurant. We knew what we was going to eat 67 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,400 before it come time. So you kind of look forward to 68 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,000 your special meals. And I thank the Lord for a wife 69 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,080 like that and for my oldest daughter that. 70 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,440 Mama would go to work in the afternoon and that'd be on their 71 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,720 cooking and stuff and and my oldest daughter would come home 72 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,600 to school and she'd finish it up. 73 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,320 She learnt to cook that away. What a great thing. 74 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,320 I want you to take a look at our text this morning. 75 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,000 I began. The Lord some time ago just kind 76 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,640 of grabbed a hold of my heart and I began to study about the 77 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:24,800 family table and my there's this Psalms 128 just paints the 78 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:31,000 picture for us of what a godly family should look like. 79 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:35,880 A godly home is a place where you feel at ease. 80 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,600 Yeah, let me say that again. I want that to sink in. 81 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,040 I said a godly home is the place that you feel at ease. 82 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,080 And let me remind you this morning that not all homes have 83 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,400 this. We are proof of that. 84 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,520 We had a lot of children that come into our home. 85 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:58,440 And some of those were rich kids that were, were, you know, 86 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,760 friends of our kids. And they'd come to our house and 87 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,680 they loved our house. They they, and it wasn't because 88 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,400 of its beauty. It wasn't because of that. 89 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,600 But when they come through the doors, there was something about 90 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,840 it that they felt at ease. I'm going to tell you when you 91 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:19,200 got God in the house, there is going to be an ease. 92 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:22,000 There is going to be a refreshing spirit. 93 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,800 There's going to be a feeling that comes with that. 94 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:29,080 Now that's why I always want God in the house, not only in my 95 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:33,200 home, but I want him in the church because I want to feel at 96 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,640 ease in the church. Not at ease just to sit down, 97 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:40,440 but I want to feel at ease for the Freddie to, to worship the 98 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,240 Lord. I want to feel at ease to praise 99 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,360 him and honor him and everything that he does. 100 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,800 And I began to look at these scriptures began to study and, 101 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,720 and it just kind of, and I'm going to I'll get to my message. 102 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:58,080 It may take me a little while because I got some things that I 103 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,120 want to go through. Because when we look at verse 104 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:06,400 one and two, it gives us a picture of the husband that is 105 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:11,800 blessed because he fears the Lord, the Bible said, and he 106 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,560 walks in his ways. Now, I don't, I don't know about 107 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,440 you, but that's pretty special to me when He honors God and He 108 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,200 walks in his ways. You give me a husband like that 109 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,680 and I'll say that he's probably going to have a family like him, 110 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,240 and I'm glad for that this morning. 111 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:34,240 The Father is blessed, Amen, in himself. 112 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,880 He's blessed in his business. Look at the Scripture. 113 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:43,360 He's blessed in his family. He's blessed in his church and 114 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,120 he's blessed in his community. He's blessed all the way around 115 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:52,400 only because he fears the Lord and he walks in his ways. 116 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,800 Now I'm going to tell you this morning, what a better, what a 117 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,120 better reason to walk with the Lord than if you're going to be 118 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,160 blessed all the way around. I don't know about you, but 119 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:03,680 that, that sounds pretty good to me. 120 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,160 That's a pretty good promise. Amen. 121 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,400 So this, this man, this was a husband and he, he was blessed 122 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,720 all the way around just because of that. 123 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:17,240 And now let's get to verse #3 I want to, I want to touch here 124 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,200 for a moment. JB Owens stated something that 125 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,240 grabbed a hold to me and I felt good enough about it that I 126 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,320 wanted to write it down. He said a godly mother. 127 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:29,920 Now we're going to get to the mother. 128 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,480 A godly mother is a fruitful vine. 129 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:39,400 It was a common thing in the East to train a grape vine along 130 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,080 the side of the house, partly to save ground, partly because it's 131 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,720 a good exposure for fruit, and partly to protect it from 132 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:50,360 thieves 'cause they had them back there. 133 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:54,040 They steal your grapes. So a good thing. 134 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:59,640 It became an emblem of a mother with many children. 135 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,480 The and the work was kept at home. 136 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,440 It was right close. She could go out and pick 137 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:05,480 grapes. Amen. 138 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:10,960 But when somebody walked by that house and he took a look, he 139 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,000 could see that there was a Mama there that had many children, 140 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,640 Amen. It was a blessed home, see, many 141 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,320 children was counted a blessing in that day, and to be barren 142 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,880 was a curse, Amen. Praise the Lord, I don't want to 143 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,520 be a curse. I want us to have children, 144 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,800 Amen. And, and children, it said in 145 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:39,520 verse #3 that the children were like olive plants round about 146 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:46,080 everybody, said the table, Amen. So children were olive plants. 147 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,960 And then the olive plant is a emblem of peace. 148 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:56,480 And then the olive oil that comes from that is a emblem of 149 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:01,200 grace and it means vigor and strength, Amen. 150 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,840 So here we go. We got a we got a father that's 151 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:10,200 blessed by all the children and now a mother that's blessed 152 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,280 because she is taking care of the children. 153 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:18,720 She is providing for the family. She's got grapes growing up the 154 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,840 side of the house and she can go out and plant grapes and still 155 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,240 take care of the children too. What a blessing, Amen. 156 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,200 To be a Mama at home. Amen. 157 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:34,720 Hallelujah. The circle of the godly home is 158 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,440 God loving children. I said. 159 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,440 The circle of the home is God loving children. 160 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,520 If the enemy I I want to bring this. 161 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:49,920 If the enemy can affect your home, it will affect the church. 162 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,840 Come on now. I said if the enemy can affect 163 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,440 your home, it will affect the church. 164 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:02,560 If he can affect your children, it's going to affect the home 165 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:04,280 and it's going to affect the church. 166 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,400 It just kind of goes down the line. 167 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,680 So I would say this morning that we need to protect our family. 168 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,960 We need to perfect, protect our home, protect our children. 169 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:20,280 Oh glory, what we make of our homes will become the church. 170 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,440 Let that sink in. What we make of our home, the 171 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:32,040 church will become Hallelujah because it all starts at home. 172 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,560 Praise the Lord, I said it all starts at home. 173 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,760 We teach them at home, it starts at home. 174 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,360 And I, I began to think if it all starts at home with the 175 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:47,000 mother and the father, then I wonder what kind of example we 176 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:51,720 are right now. I wonder what kind of example we 177 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,240 are. I wonder what we're saying to 178 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:58,200 our children in this time, 'cause this is perilous times. 179 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:02,400 Children are not easy to deal with it. 180 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:07,240 It is kind of a, a few, I don't know, maybe in last week that we 181 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,880 went into McDonald's. Imagine that Sister McGee and I 182 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,800 went in McDonald's and we was talking to another couple in 183 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:17,880 there and I guess they may have been there when this happened. 184 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,120 I don't know. But you know, there's children 185 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,320 who come in there from high school and and eat every day. 186 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,360 And we, you know, we're, we may somewhat sometimes we go up 187 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,760 there, then sometimes we go up in the evening. 188 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:33,120 You know who are usually there at least once a day and children 189 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,840 was there. And Sister McGee and I had 190 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,320 commented a few times because there was some kids that said 191 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:43,080 over and another table over from us and the language they were 192 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:45,760 using was not fit to even be said. 193 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:51,800 I mean, they were using, you know, the word that it's not a 194 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,400 good word, but I'll get it was the F word. 195 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,200 Every other word out of their mouth. 196 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,800 And there's there's younger kids in there with parents. 197 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:05,160 There's us older people in there. 198 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,440 And I looked at my wife and I said, this is a sad day that we 199 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,320 live in, that kids haven't got enough vocabulary without using 200 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,200 that word. We need to teach them more. 201 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,400 Hey, man. So this other couple that's 202 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:23,040 round our age began to talk to us. 203 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,160 And they, they had noticed it. They began to talk about it. 204 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,920 And I guess it had got so bad that somebody marched up and 205 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:38,000 told the manager and they, she called the police and the police 206 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,960 come down and said, you're, you get out of here. 207 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,680 If you got to talk that way out of here, that's the way it ought 208 00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:45,400 to be. We need to teach our children 209 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,160 manners. We need to teach them respect. 210 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,720 And this is all done at home, if you please. 211 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,720 It's got to start at home. Come on. 212 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,960 Hallelujah. I said it's got to start at 213 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,000 home. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 214 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,720 Praise the Lord, to have good children, there must be 215 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:12,840 correction. I said for there to be children, 216 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:19,680 there must be correction. In Proverbs 22, and I give you 217 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,040 many other verses, but I'm just going to do this one. 218 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:30,320 Proverbs 22 and verse #15 says foolishness is bound in the 219 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:37,440 heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far 220 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,160 from him. So hey, Bishop, I'm not going to 221 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,920 use a rod on my child. I'm not going to use a, a steel 222 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:47,360 rod. Well, if you want to know what 223 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,840 that means, you need to look up and see what it means. 224 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:54,000 It means a stick. And, and then the story came to 225 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,520 me. I've heard my daddy tell this 226 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:02,000 story many times. His the, the middle brother, the 227 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,160 youngest brother, his youngest brother. 228 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:09,560 There was three of them and my, my Uncle Jim was a, was a big 229 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,920 guy when he grew up. He was a big guy. 230 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,800 He was big this away. He was tall. 231 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:20,560 And Uncle Jim, my, my, my daddy used to tell the story, said he 232 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:26,680 whenever Uncle Jim would get in trouble, said, you know, said he 233 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:30,280 had said Grandma take off when she was on crutches all of her 234 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:31,760 life. She was, she was born with a 235 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:33,680 short leg one, but she could get around on. 236 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:35,600 She could sit down on the floor and beat you up. 237 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,320 She could get up or you get up. Even at 91 years old, she's 238 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:47,440 still going and and grandma would take off toward the tree 239 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:53,280 and Uncle Jim would start saying, Mom, please don't get 240 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,600 that King Cutter. Don't get that King cutter. 241 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,480 Mom, what he's talking about. And I know what it means because 242 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,920 we had one in our backyard too. It's called a weeping Willow 243 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,000 tree. And I think there's AI think 244 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:12,000 maybe there's something to that weeping part, that weeping 245 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,640 Willow, because don't get that king cutter. 246 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,440 He said, man, that thing would cut. 247 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,000 He didn't want that King cutter. He'd rather had a stick than 248 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:23,360 that thing, but that King Cutter made him think a little bit 249 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,360 about what he was going to do the next time. 250 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,680 He was going to mind Mom and be a better boy. 251 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,840 Now I'm going to tell you if you know. 252 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,280 In another place it said. It won't dry. 253 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,320 It won't. It won't kill him, but it'll 254 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,560 drive. It'll drive all of that foolish 255 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,160 and the mischief out of them, and it will. 256 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,120 I don't know what Paul Junior would have been like if we 257 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,520 hadn't hoped his rear. I really don't. 258 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:51,160 Hey, man, as a child, it seemed like that I was every time I 259 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,880 turned around, he was getting a, a whipping and my mother-in-law 260 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:58,400 and father-in-law, you know, we go to their house and he, he 261 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,400 just had a way of getting into things and doing things and, and 262 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,520 he said, Oh no, Oh no, he's going to give me another 263 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,440 whipping. And then I did. 264 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:14,160 And then, hey, a lot of times I've left a platform and home 265 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:19,079 church and when he was acting up and outside and we'd have a 266 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:25,880 little talk most time on the see the bridges and and come back 267 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,640 in. And, but guess what, at 8 years 268 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:34,520 old on a Friday night news service, God got a hold of that 269 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:38,880 little guy and he came to the altar and repented and received 270 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:42,280 the Holy Ghost the same night. He man. 271 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:45,440 And after that, I don't ever remember giving Paul a whipping. 272 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,320 I don't think I ever had to. You know why? 273 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,880 Because we had taught him all the other things before, but he 274 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,360 did not really ever taken hold till he received the Holy Ghost. 275 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,080 Come on, when you get the Holy Ghost, things change. 276 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,320 Come on, life becomes different. You talk different. 277 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:07,960 You, you don't do the same things because there is a spirit 278 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:11,520 of God in you now that's giving you direction. 279 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,680 See, the Holy Ghost, the Bible says in John 1426 that it was 280 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,720 given for a teacher. It's come to teach you some 281 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,360 things. So I'm going to tell you, if 282 00:18:20,360 --> 00:18:22,680 you're having trouble with a kid, the best thing you can do 283 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,240 is get them filled with the Holy Ghost. 284 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:31,720 It'll teach them some things. Thank you Jesus, Hallelujah. 285 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,920 So to have you good children, there must be. 286 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,240 Correction. Amen. 287 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,800 All right, we corrected our kids now, few of them. 288 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:46,200 We didn't have to whip. I got one sitting back there 289 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:48,440 that if you looked at her wrong, she start crying. 290 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,320 She just. Oh, yeah, do speak, Daddy. 291 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,280 Just say a few words and she's crying. 292 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,960 I got nothing back here in the office that you know, just one 293 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:04,160 look and that's all it takes. You know she's crying, but 294 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,160 that's good, that's good. Hallelujah. 295 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:13,480 And then we go back and then to verse Psalms 127 and verse five 296 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,640 says blessed or happy. Can I say happy? 297 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,240 It says happy. Happy is the man that hath his 298 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,240 quiver. Full of them. 299 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,920 It's talking about children. A man is happy as if he has a 300 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,680 quiver full of children. I guess that's why I'm so happy 301 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,080 'cause I had a, had a had children. 302 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:38,360 We were blessed with children. A. 303 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,760 Man, and, and, and still today we can get together and still 304 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,160 laugh. You know, it's, it's good to 305 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:50,200 have a good home and and many children makes a happy home. 306 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,800 Sister Jen, I'll bet you can vouch to that. 307 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,520 There's always something going on at her house. 308 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:58,800 I guarantee you, if it ain't, if it ain't the biggest child they 309 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,360 got that's out working, it's them at home. 310 00:20:03,560 --> 00:20:05,720 Yes, Sir. I'm talking about you, Kevin 311 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,960 man. See, happy is the man that hath 312 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:15,240 his quiver full of them. I'm not saying you're not happy 313 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,800 if you don't. But if you're blessed and God 314 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,000 gives you all those children, because, see, Sister McGee had 315 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,600 already thought that it was over after four, after four girls, 316 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,040 it's enough. You know, we're not going to do 317 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:32,160 this again. But God seemed different and he 318 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:37,400 give us a blessing not only to us, but to the whole world of 319 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,960 all the places that he has ministered. 320 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:45,640 I had no idea when Mama told me, Sister McGee, that that God had 321 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:50,280 had saved my life at three years old and he had done that because 322 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,640 one day, son, she said, you're going to preach. 323 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,640 And I tried my best to make a lyre out of Mama. 324 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,120 But Brother Reese, it didn't work. 325 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:05,160 My Mama, my Mama was see, my daddy was when I was little, my 326 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:12,520 mom and dad didn't know God. My daddy was a backslider and my 327 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:17,320 mom had never ever come in contact with the Pentecostal way 328 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,600 until she met my daddy and he kind of filled her in a little 329 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,720 bit. So she wasn't she wasn't a 330 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:27,640 Christian lady. But when I got sick, momma began 331 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:32,160 to pray because this afraid I was going to die and momma began 332 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,080 to pray and she said, Lord, if you'll heal my son off, I'll 333 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,840 serve you the rest of my life. Come on, you know what God is 334 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,240 looking for some people that'll make him a promise and stick 335 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,320 with it. You know what, come, come on. 336 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,280 Over the years, you that's been in this church, we've watched 337 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:53,600 him come and we've watched him go and there's many of them 338 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,400 that's still out. There's a lot of them that's 339 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,920 still going to other churches. They've moved away and they're 340 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,400 going to church and thank God they're still in truth. 341 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,280 And that just, that just tickles me to death, you know. 342 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,400 But there is some that's still in this area. 343 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,400 A man that's backslidden. They fell away. 344 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,600 That bothers me, you know, because I keep praying. 345 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,600 Lord, give us a revival of souls. 346 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,840 Give us a revival of souls that have walked through these doors. 347 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,560 God, replenish them. Bring them back to the truth. 348 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:31,240 Lord, bring them back to this way, Hallelujah. 349 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:36,160 And you know, we need to pray that God will bring those in 350 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,960 cause I've got, I've got nieces, nephews, great nieces, great 351 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,560 nephews, a man that knows this way that's lost. 352 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,920 Now I got children that needs God. 353 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,640 They're, they're coming, but they, they need him all the way. 354 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,720 They need every bit of him back. Amen. 355 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:58,520 So I'm praying about that. So, so children in in Psalms 127 356 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:02,720 and five. It also says that happy is a man 357 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,240 that hath his quiver full of them, and they shall not be 358 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,040 ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies at the gate. 359 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,840 Hallelujah. And children are a heritage. 360 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,680 Children are a heritage of the Lord. 361 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:23,040 They're a heritage. And heritage in the Hebrew means 362 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:29,080 heirloom or estate or inheritance. 363 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:35,320 But I began to look this up, and then there becomes a separation 364 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,680 here. The words inheritance speaks of 365 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,520 material things. All right, still stay with me. 366 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:45,600 The inheritance speaks of material things, but when it's 367 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,520 talking about a heritage, it speaks of spiritual things. 368 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,840 So I don't know about you. I'm not crazy about it. 369 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,760 You know, the inheritance might be all right, but I want the 370 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,840 heritage. I want the heritage of my 371 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:00,040 children. I want the heritage of my 372 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,840 family. I want the heritage of a godly 373 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:06,040 family. I want to know that I got family 374 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,560 that's going to go with me. I've preached all of my years 375 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,280 and taught all the years that I've been teaching and 376 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,720 preaching. One thing that I've always told 377 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:18,520 people, I said there is nothing that you can take with you, only 378 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,920 people. When you leave this place, you 379 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,600 can't take nothing with you. But I can take people and that's 380 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,000 what I want to do. I want to be a blessing. 381 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,480 I want to be a soul winner. I want to take people with me. 382 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:36,000 I want him to make it to heaven. Hallelujah. 383 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:40,320 Thank you Jesus. So I don't know about you, but I 384 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,320 want a heritage. How many wants to the heritage, 385 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:44,880 you know, just take the inheritance. 386 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,600 That may not do me any good, but the heritage will glory. 387 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,040 I I will be rich anyway. Hallelujah. 388 00:24:52,440 --> 00:25:02,040 When Peace and Grace takes hold of a household like Psalms 128. 389 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:08,080 When Peace and Grace takes possession of the heart in a 390 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,920 whole family. And he listened to me listen 391 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,680 well. I said When Peace and Grace 392 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,520 takes possession of a heart in a whole family, everybody said 393 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:26,040 whole family glory, It becomes a place that people like to visit. 394 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:34,480 You know, there's people that have come to my home to visit. 395 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:36,640 See, I just like being around you all. 396 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,480 I don't know why. There's just something feels 397 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:47,680 good. And the truth is, it's not me. 398 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:52,760 It's not Sister McGee. It wasn't our children, but it's 399 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:57,160 the God we serve. I said it's the God we serve 400 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:03,360 because there is righteousness, joy, and peace in the Holy 401 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:06,200 Ghost. So why wouldn't you desire the 402 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,080 Holy Ghost? Why wouldn't you want it? 403 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,760 If there's righteousness, joy and peace in it, if it's all 404 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,760 wrapped up in that and that's what it takes to get it, then I 405 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,840 want it. I, I want to, I want the Holy 406 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,520 Ghost. I want all of those things. 407 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,480 I want, I want my whole family to possess it. 408 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:31,280 See what, what we got to realize it becomes a place that people 409 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,880 like to visit. It's not the beauty of the home. 410 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,000 It's not because our carpets was so thick. 411 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,400 It wasn't because our furniture was nice. 412 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:47,280 Come on, it it it wasn't because we had a new home because it was 413 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:54,920 built in 19 O 4 wasn't that. But there was a feeling brother 414 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,720 Ethan probably just like was in y'all's home. 415 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,120 I know his mom and daddy from kids. 416 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,880 Especially his daddy. And then I knew his Mama after 417 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,920 they started going together, his mom and dad. 418 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:16,240 So yes. They've said under my teaching 419 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:24,200 and, and so I know I've been in their home. 420 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,160 I know there's a feeling there's a there was. 421 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:35,280 Always a feeling in love of love and brother Jim's sister Anne's 422 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,760 home. It's a place that you felt at 423 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,360 ease. Come on, you felt good. 424 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:44,360 You felt good about where you was at. 425 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,160 It wasn't that kind of a you've walked into some homes, you'd 426 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:52,040 just like to turn around, walk right back out and you're hung 427 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,960 there and can't, can't do that. You know, it wouldn't look good. 428 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:59,360 So you just kind of bear it, praise the Lord. 429 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:04,160 But when the peace and grace takes possession of the whole 430 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:09,520 family, things began to change. See, it's not the beauty of the 431 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:11,800 home, but it's the feeling of the home. 432 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:19,000 Come on now, I'm going to say. This, and not that it didn't, 433 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,400 but I'm just saying we need it. We need our church to have this 434 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:28,640 kind of feeling also. Because when we get a church 435 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,760 that's got that kind of feeling, they'll be something that makes 436 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:36,440 one people want to come back. This won't be a one trip, you 437 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:37,800 know. It'll be they. 438 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,920 They'll want to come. In fact, the young lady that 439 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:47,400 Brother Mason asked request prayer for Ivy. 440 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,560 Ivy. Came here as a child. 441 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,640 Her. And what's her name? 442 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,440 No Sandy. Yeah, her mom used to come too. 443 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:06,080 But I'm really thinking about Dixie's daughter, huh, Molly? 444 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,960 Molly used to, they used to come together. 445 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,120 Ivy and Molly would come together. 446 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:17,040 And her mom has worked at McDonald's forever, a morning, 447 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,360 early morning manager. And she's just a sweetheart. 448 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:24,440 Sandy is a sweetheart. And and that little daughter of 449 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,560 hers has grew up to be that same kind of young lady. 450 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,320 And when I went through the drive through yesterday evening, 451 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:36,960 she was the one taking the money and and I could when I when, 452 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,440 whenever she took my order, I knew who it was. 453 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,080 And I got around the wind and I said, Ivy, I knew that was your 454 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,080 sweet little voice. And she said, you just know how 455 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,680 to make me feel so good. You made my day today. 456 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,640 And then she said, I want to ask you something. 457 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:59,120 Would you Remember Me in prayer? She said, I've got some tests 458 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,040 coming up and I don't know whether it's going to, I mean, 459 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,640 surgery or what. And she said, I'm fearful I've 460 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:09,120 never had surgery. I said, well, sure, Ivy will 461 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,280 remember you in prayer. We'll pray for you. 462 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,640 She's sweet just like she was. And she's she's a sweet little 463 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:20,040 girl. And I thought, and she she said, 464 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,320 what time does church start in the morning? 465 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,960 I said 10. She said, oh, I like that a lot 466 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,560 better than nine. And. 467 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,000 So she didn't hear, but, you know, storms, all that. 468 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,840 I don't know, You know, people, you know, tend to want to stay 469 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,320 close to their family. And I understand that. 470 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,520 So what we need is we need this feeling not to only be in our 471 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,920 homes, but it needs to come to our church. 472 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,960 And if we will let that be felt at home, I believe we'll. 473 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:55,160 Feel it at church. Because if you're a person at 474 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:59,720 ease, then when you're going, I'm going to tell you people is 475 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,560 going to notice that about you and they're going to like that 476 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,960 about you. They're going to like to talk to 477 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,280 you. They're going to they're going 478 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,360 to like to have to be around you. 479 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,080 Come on. And if we can get our church in 480 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:16,760 that mode, hard telling what God will do Hallelujah, Hallelujah, 481 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:22,320 Jesus, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. If you have enough feeling. 482 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,640 Nobody looks so much at the beauty. 483 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,360 You hear me? I said, if, if, if the church or 484 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,240 if the home has that kind of feeling, They're not paying 485 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:35,440 attention to the looks and how wonderful and beautiful it 486 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,280 looks, but they're looking at the beauty of the feeling. 487 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:44,360 This feels good. The them, them, them rich kids 488 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:49,400 who had won this one specially. And, and she she said at her 489 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,520 house they had a what they called a great. 490 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:59,000 Room and it had a grand piano sitting in there in white carpet 491 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,240 and they were not allowed in there. 492 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,160 What would you want with a room that you couldn't even be in? 493 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,600 So she liked to come to our house because we we used. 494 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:17,880 All the rooms, yeah, there wasn't very many, but we used 495 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:23,800 them all. I mean, hey Laurie, we had hey 3 496 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:27,040 bedroom house and we used every every one of them and and in a 497 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:33,240 in a kitchen, eat in kitchen. Yeah, and a living. 498 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:37,280 Room and we used all of those rooms. 499 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,880 Come on. They could go in any room they 500 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,680 wanted to. They could make a circle if they 501 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:42,440 want to. Kids. 502 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,600 Our our our twins were like two years old when we bought that 503 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,480 house and moved out of the mobile home. 504 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,800 Anyway, because we was expecting, you know, thought one 505 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,560 and we thought the trailer be big enough, you know, and and we 506 00:32:55,560 --> 00:33:00,440 had bought it just a few years before and guess what? 507 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,840 We had twins instead of just one. 508 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,560 And doctor, he blamed it on me that we picked up on the extra 509 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,520 one on the way over from Princeton to Mount Carmel. 510 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,320 And I blamed him. I said shut the faucet off. 511 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,960 You know, it's time to quit after two. 512 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:24,560 So you know, hey, but I'm going to tell you there, there is 513 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,040 something about the home. There's something about a 514 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:31,920 feeling in a home that we can bring to the church and have 515 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:36,440 church 'cause that good feeling, if we can get that good feeling 516 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,560 in our church from the very beginning, from the start of the 517 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,160 service, we're going to have church. 518 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:45,040 Amen. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 519 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,080 Praise the Lord. Now I want to get to my main 520 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,640 message. I want to talk about the family 521 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:55,320 table. I thought maybe I'd be better 522 00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:59,280 off just to put it out here and set the table and, you know, 523 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:02,440 and. Give you a little picture of 524 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:09,040 what it's supposed to look like. It has been said that Thomas 525 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:13,520 Jefferson's Monticello home was one of the first American homes 526 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,080 to have. A room specifically for dining. 527 00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,920 A lot of times in your older homes, they didn't have a dining 528 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,679 room. It was like, you know, a circle. 529 00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:31,440 It was built in a circle and you had four maybe large rooms. 530 00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,239 And we had a bedroom that had been built on on the back. 531 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:41,920 But homes didn't always have dining rooms. 532 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:51,480 But Thomas Jefferson built a home that had a dining, I think 533 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,440 it was like 1872, something like that. 534 00:34:55,040 --> 00:35:07,120 This place to dine had a family table cultivated, the place for 535 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:10,040 parents to educate their children. 536 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:18,360 It became a place that was considered even sacred, part of 537 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,040 the home. And I I can tell. 538 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,800 You that it was a it was a good place in our home. 539 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,160 It was a it was a good place to eat. 540 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,640 It was a good place to play games. 541 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,160 It was a good place to have Bible studies. 542 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,000 In fact, I don't. I don't really remember her 543 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,480 system again, I ever have in a dining room until we moved to 544 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,800 the Parsonage. We had to. 545 00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:46,560 Eat in kitchens, but when I can remember in the dining area, 546 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:52,360 Kingsburg Parsonage where we lived in it that we was in a 547 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,480 time of growth. Brother Freddie, you remember 548 00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:02,520 1996 we had 28 new souls that came to God, receive the Holy 549 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,800 Ghost, was baptized in Jesus name. 550 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,680 And I'm going to tell you we had a bunch of new people that 551 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,160 didn't know anything. They come from different walks 552 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,360 of life. We had we had one man that 553 00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:19,480 showed up at you know, when we went out and we was knocking on 554 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,560 doors. Nobody wanted to go to his door. 555 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,280 You know you allowed to get cussed out or whatever, but I 556 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:29,080 went there a few times anyway and all at once. 557 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,680 Just out of the clear blue, I don't know, Sister McGee and I 558 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,880 started going and picking. He was raising his 559 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,560 granddaughter, so we picked her up for church every every time. 560 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:43,480 Church time for church. One morning, Sister McGee drove 561 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,040 up in front of the front of the house and and what I. 562 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,160 Do is anytime something's going on in this family this seemed 563 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,520 like they was having surgeries this that and I found out about. 564 00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:57,240 It I just showed up I would show up at the hospital I find out 565 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:00,920 where they were at and I'd had prayer with that family, Brother 566 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,560 Reese before they'd go back to surgery. 567 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:06,960 Sister McGee showed up on a Sunday morning, Brother Freddie, 568 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:11,200 I won't ever forget it in that second church, showed up to 569 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:15,560 bring the granddaughter to church and she said you can go 570 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,600 on, Brother McGee, because. My aunt Papa's coming this 571 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:25,760 morning. All of that work, come on, all 572 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:29,800 of that, you know, sometimes you got to get your feelings out of 573 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,400 the way and say, all right, I'm going to make a difference in 574 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,360 that individual some way or other. 575 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,480 And I kept. Showing up and showing up 576 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:44,600 brought them to church. We he received the Holy Ghost. 577 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,080 Come on. He went to men's conferences 578 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:51,400 with us. He worked at the church hard as 579 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:57,480 anybody else. Come on, great man Amen. 580 00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,920 I thank God for that. But the way we do it is because 581 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,640 there is a feeling. I don't know whether you know it 582 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,720 or not, maybe you don't even realize it, but there is a 583 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:09,320 feeling that goes along with you. 584 00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,440 When you've got God in your heart and you're filled with the 585 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,160 Holy Ghost and baptized in Jesus name. 586 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,640 There's something special when you get around people. 587 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,320 There's something special in you that they say I like this. 588 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,840 There's I don't know what. I'm drawn to you. 589 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:30,200 Why now you're not drawn to me, but you're drawn to the God that 590 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,360 I serve. Because he's real. 591 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,120 Oh Hallelujah. Because he changed my life. 592 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,640 He changed my family. He's changed the church family 593 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,080 and it's real. You need to get it. 594 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:43,520 It's good. It's you. 595 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:49,640 It's unexplainable. Hallelujah, Jesus. 596 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,560 Man, hurry up. Hallelujah. 597 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:58,800 A family table cultivated a place for parents to educate 598 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:00,880 their children. Guess what? 599 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:05,280 They guess what they taught them. 600 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:12,280 They educated their children on religious matters as well as 601 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,120 conversation. Taught them how to talk. 602 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,520 Like these guys and gals up there didn't know how to talk. 603 00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,880 And table manners. This is a place that you taught 604 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:28,120 them table manners. It was a place that the family 605 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:34,640 came together, unified. You know, if if somebody wasn't 606 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,160 there, you waited on them to get there because you was going to 607 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,600 eat together. It's a place of togetherness. 608 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,800 Come on. That somebody said the table's a 609 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,600 place of togetherness. Yeah. 610 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,480 Come on. I'm. 611 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,440 I'm getting there. It's a place that you feel at 612 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:57,680 ease. It became the pillar of social 613 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:02,680 values. The family table was considered 614 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:08,320 one of the most sacred parts of the home, and many times the 615 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:14,400 Bible was read at the table. We said at the Parsonage when 616 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,800 there was people that they they needed some furtherance in the 617 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,120 Gospel. I don't know. 618 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,760 I don't remember what night we used to do it, but we had church 619 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,200 on Tuesday night then, so I don't know, Monday, Thursday, 620 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:30,680 whatever. Anyhow, one night a week, people 621 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:35,360 would come at our Parsonage table and we would sit around 622 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:39,160 that table and we'd teach them the word of God. 623 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:43,640 We'd teach them about Jesus. Hallelujah. 624 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:48,560 Then we, we Sister McGee, you know, hey, I'm this, this lady, 625 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:54,240 you know, we, the truth is back in those earlier years, you 626 00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:56,760 know, and, and it's all right. I don't, I don't, I don't 627 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,760 condemn nobody that, you know, they don't do this now like they 628 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,600 used to. It's just the way it was. 629 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:06,000 But back in those years when we had an evangelist or somebody, 630 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,080 if they didn't have a mobile, if they wasn't pulling a camper or 631 00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,560 something. We we'd bring them into our 632 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,000 home. Sister McGee cooked big meals 633 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:19,160 for him. Hey, man, Brother, Brother 634 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,240 Freddie Harrison can tell you all about the cooking. 635 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,760 He'd go raid the refrigerator every night He got low sugar. 636 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,960 He'd he'd go in and raid this refrigerator. 637 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:32,120 He wasn't going to have a sugar low very long because Sister 638 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,560 McGee, he knew would have something sweet in there. 639 00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:41,680 And so, yeah, so she cooked and we, we kept the evangelist. 640 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,440 And you know, it was part of a blessing. 641 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,360 See, we got a blessing by doing that. 642 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:50,240 Nobody understands, but it gives you some some time with the 643 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:52,760 evangelists that you may not get otherwise. 644 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:56,560 It's it's time when it's just you and their family, whatever. 645 00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,160 And you learn about a lot about the evangelist when you've got 646 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:05,160 them in your home. So Hallelujah. 647 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,600 Thank you, Jesus for those times. 648 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:15,040 Oh glory. The family table became a haven. 649 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:20,000 It was a place of safety and refuge from the outside world. 650 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:25,000 It was a place that you could feel comfortable at, that you 651 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:29,040 felt at home. Hey man, the family dinners 652 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,760 became a cornerstone of the family. 653 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,640 My children can tell you about that may not do it no more. 654 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,120 My wife though, done it for many, many years. 655 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,760 Every Sunday it was a normal thing that all the kids come to 656 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:49,000 mom and Dad's and we had dinner. My wife would get the meals 657 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,720 started before we ever come to church and we go back home. 658 00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:57,000 And then it'd be ready. The Parsonage that come, the 659 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,920 Parsonage, all the kids, we had them all there. 660 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,960 And then that's that's faded. OK, It's faded. 661 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,480 It's not there no more, not like that. 662 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:09,440 But I want to tell you something. 663 00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:12,960 There was a. Closeness in the family. 664 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,600 Now I'm going to get there. Y'all, you just hang with me a 665 00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:20,120 little bit. Hallelujah. 666 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:27,600 The family dinners become a cornerstone of the family. 667 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:33,360 I would even say that when families quit eating together, 668 00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:39,680 their relationships change. Anybody with me? 669 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,960 Brother Ethan, you probably know about that. 670 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:55,120 Somebody shout Amen. Family traditions took center 671 00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,880 stage in the form of cooking methods. 672 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:04,600 Recipes was passed on to the next generation from the 673 00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,440 kitchen. I can't tell you how many times 674 00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:12,560 you know my wife. She she makes homemade noodles 675 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,720 and I'm, I'm telling you, you can go ahead and get all of them 676 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:19,200 you want. That's that's not homemade, but 677 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:24,840 there's nothing like the homemade with you can go get 678 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,720 those Amish noodles from the store and I'm going to tell you 679 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:33,400 my wife will make them better and I can watch. 680 00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:36,720 In fact, it ain't really been all that many years ago. 681 00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:40,560 She told her the oldest daughter, she she had to come to 682 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,600 the house and she said, mom, I want to know how to make 683 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:46,400 noodles. So mom made noodles and she she 684 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,520 helped. So that's the way they learned. 685 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:50,880 They, they, they. Learned in the. 686 00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,600 Kitchen with Mama there to show him. 687 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,600 It was a show me thing, you know? 688 00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,720 She didn't just tandem piece of paper, write it all down, say 689 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:03,320 this the way you do it. We had a family ordeal out of 690 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:06,400 it. We all got to eat, you know. 691 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,080 So here we go. So So what more can we want from 692 00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,880 the family table? There's some blessed things that 693 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:16,000 come from the family table. Amen. 694 00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:19,280 Hallelujah. Brother Mason could tell you 695 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,080 about a few of those family meals. 696 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:25,440 I guarantee you he can tell you. Hallelujah. 697 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:30,920 And the family took center stage in in these recipes and letting 698 00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:34,600 them being passed down. And large and small 699 00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:38,800 accomplishments were celebrated at the family table. 700 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:45,680 Challenges were addressed there and advice was given there. 701 00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,400 And it defined the American family. 702 00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:54,040 There was something more to it than just it was. 703 00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:57,520 It's something a little extra that you put in your house. 704 00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:03,000 Somewhere along the line, the family began to disperse the 705 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:05,360 other rooms to eat. You know where I'm at now. 706 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:09,360 You say anybody How many eat at your table? 707 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:16,000 Hey, good. How many remembers, though, when 708 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,080 it started kind of separating and people went off the other 709 00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:24,960 rooms and he had done something to the family. 710 00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:31,000 There was a connection lost. Oh, Glory. 711 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:39,280 They go off to other rooms to eat and the family table faded. 712 00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:47,120 Glory. TV dinners and sandwiches showed 713 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:52,440 up. See, I can remember as a child. 714 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:56,320 I can remember as a child. We'd go, we'd go grocery 715 00:46:56,320 --> 00:47:01,400 shopping once a week and we'd live down below Kingsburg, five 716 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:04,040 mile down in the country next to the river. 717 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:09,320 And on Friday night or sometimes on Saturday, we'd we'd drive 718 00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:14,400 into the store in Kingsburg. They had like 22 grocery stores, 719 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:25,520 then, I don't know, 3412344 gas stations, two garages. 720 00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:36,520 That's a big city, man 250 people, 2 Barber shops, grade 721 00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:44,360 school, Hallelujah. I'm talking big stuff, you know. 722 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:47,120 But I'm going to tell you something. 723 00:47:50,080 --> 00:47:53,800 Some of that closeness. People began to disperse and the 724 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:59,280 first thing you know, the connection's lost glory. 725 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:05,680 Hallelujah. Now TV dinners and sandwiches 726 00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:09,760 showed up. And can I say, today we talk 727 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:14,880 about food, but very food. Few cook, am I right? 728 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:18,760 We talk about food, but very few cook. 729 00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:23,680 If the family table I'm getting there. 730 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:30,360 If the family table was so important, then why should not 731 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:34,920 the family table be doubly important? 732 00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:39,680 The church is supposed to be a little bit of heaven, a long way 733 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:43,640 from home. So I want to point to a family 734 00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:47,800 table in church. We are the family table. 735 00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:52,680 This is the place that people gather around and they come here 736 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:56,360 to learn and to, to be able to pick up on things. 737 00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:58,600 Maybe this is a place of fellowship. 738 00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:02,520 This is a place where it goes out from here and it spreads to 739 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,480 this city. It spreads to other families 740 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:09,320 and, and fellowship and it causes some good things to 741 00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:11,040 happen. You know, you, you get in 742 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:15,160 contact with other people. We've got a family table, if you 743 00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:18,320 please, to sit here and I, I want to tell you something 744 00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:21,840 church, you, you know, you, you may not think it's not a big 745 00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:25,800 thing to miss the family at the table, but but it is. 746 00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:30,280 Come on, we need the family at the table in the church. 747 00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:35,640 Come on because this is a place for you to come and get fed and 748 00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:39,400 can I tell you that the family table at church has got 749 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:43,880 everything on the table that you need there call them not to feel 750 00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:47,000 the Holy Ghost in this place. I'm telling you there's a 751 00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:51,280 there's there is the word of God that teaches us come on and we 752 00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:54,880 all need the word of God. Thank God for a preacher that 753 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:58,520 preaches the word of God straightforward come on without 754 00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:02,120 compromise and he teaches the word Hallelujah. 755 00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:06,080 It's a place, it ought to be a place to where we they all want 756 00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:12,120 to come and join in as part of the family glory. 757 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:15,960 This is a family table and it's important. 758 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:20,280 Hey, man, this is important because this is a place that 759 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:24,480 this is the place that we we get fed. 760 00:50:24,480 --> 00:50:27,840 This is a place that we receive nourishment and strength. 761 00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:30,720 How many times have you felt weak and come to. 762 00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:36,760 Church and got strong. Or you come feeling bad, went 763 00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:41,480 home feeling good, maybe because of something somebody said or 764 00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,480 you just there was something that was just a upbeat and 765 00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:46,920 somehow it lifted you up. You got it caught up in the 766 00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:52,560 middle of it. What a great thing Hallelujah 767 00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:03,640 does not all the good of all of this that happens at the family 768 00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:07,280 table at home. Show up at our church. 769 00:51:08,960 --> 00:51:10,160 You hear me? I said. 770 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:14,640 Does not all the good of the family table at home show up at 771 00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,240 church? Oh yes, it does. 772 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,560 Hallelujah. The blessings from home. 773 00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:23,480 If I could say it in another word, the blessings from home 774 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:25,760 show up as a blessing to the church. 775 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,240 What you do at home shows up at church. 776 00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:33,520 You come on it, it tells it almost. 777 00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:35,920 It almost tells what you're doing at home. 778 00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:43,480 Glory. Hallelujah, glory. 779 00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:47,320 Sometimes I think we're so advanced in this world that we 780 00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:53,600 have forgotten who we are. And where we came from, church 781 00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:57,320 is important. I thought about it and I, I 782 00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:01,040 don't think I, I needed to, but I, I, I wanted to just give you 783 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:07,120 just a, just a picture of the family table such as ours might 784 00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:13,880 be 7 people glory. Everybody's sitting around the 785 00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:15,600 table. We didn't eat until everybody 786 00:52:15,600 --> 00:52:22,280 was there 'cause it's a place we shared our day. 787 00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:26,080 What kind of day we had, what kind, what kind, How was your, 788 00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:30,720 how's school today? Are you doing all right? 789 00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:34,960 Is things all right if you haven't had a family table, then 790 00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:42,200 you need to start one because it's a it's it's a place where 791 00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:48,520 problems are taken care of ahead of when they happen Sometimes it 792 00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:52,600 is it is a place to work it out before it happens. 793 00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:56,040 It's, it's that kind of a place it's a it's a place where you 794 00:52:56,040 --> 00:53:02,600 receive teaching. Lord Hallelujah, Church, we need 795 00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:05,800 to gather around the Lord's Table again, because everything 796 00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:15,120 we have need of is right here. If we're not careful, I won't 797 00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:18,760 say this. If we're not careful, we are 798 00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:22,760 somewhere partaking of some other table when we ought to be 799 00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:30,850 here. See, sometimes we're here but 800 00:53:30,850 --> 00:53:35,210 not here. Our mind is at some other table, 801 00:53:35,210 --> 00:53:39,920 partaking of something else. We check in and. 802 00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:44,320 Out just by we were here. Not that we heard, not that we 803 00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:48,000 learn anything, but we were here. 804 00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:53,560 I'm about to close. I want to read this because it 805 00:53:53,560 --> 00:54:05,400 came to me and it made me think where we are at now and how far 806 00:54:05,400 --> 00:54:08,280 we could be if we was at the family table. 807 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:17,000 Someone once said, I sought for the greatness and the genius of 808 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:25,600 America in her commodious harbors and ample rivers, and it 809 00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:30,080 was not there in her. Fertile fields and boundless 810 00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:33,440 forest I sought for. It and it wasn't there. 811 00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:37,840 In her rich minds, in her vast world, commerce. 812 00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:44,000 But it was not there in her Democratic Congress and her 813 00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:50,160 matchless Constitution. And it was not there, not until 814 00:54:50,160 --> 00:54:52,280 I went to the churches of America. 815 00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:54,680 And. Heard her pulpits flame with 816 00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:57,600 righteousness. Did I understand the secret of 817 00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:04,760 her genius and power? Did you hear that? 818 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:09,720 Not until I went to the church, as American heard her pulpits 819 00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:13,200 flame with righteousness, did I understand the secret of her 820 00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:19,320 genius and power. America is great because she is 821 00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:24,120 good. And if America ever ceases to be 822 00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:27,680 good, she will cease to be great. 823 00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:38,160 I want you to know this morning that the family table is very 824 00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:49,540 important. It's it's in, it's important 825 00:55:49,540 --> 00:55:54,460 enough to, we need to do it. And if we've lost it, we need to 826 00:55:54,460 --> 00:55:59,460 reclaim it. It'd be, it'd be a good thing if 827 00:55:59,460 --> 00:56:00,980 you haven't cooked and don't cook. 828 00:56:01,260 --> 00:56:08,720 Maybe we ought to have a meal around the table again, call all 829 00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:12,360 the kids in and reacquaint ourselves. 830 00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:18,600 Jesus. Hallelujah. 831 00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:31,440 Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Jesus. 832 00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:46,920 No Mike, but Mason, would you come up here, sing, give me a 833 00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:59,280 key AD While studying through this, something struck me and I 834 00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:02,440 just, I don't know, I might sing a verse and a chorus. 835 00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:16,040 I can remember you at our home. We didn't even have ATV for a 836 00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:19,280 little while. I don't know when we even got 837 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:20,720 one. When we got one, it was like a 838 00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:30,440 13 inch black and white and we've probably done more things 839 00:57:30,440 --> 00:57:38,200 without it than we did with it. We would get together and our 840 00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:45,000 nights and I had a real, real tape recorder and our family, 841 00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:49,600 we'd pull out the guitar and we'd all find our place in a 842 00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:56,560 singing and we'd sing and then we'd play it back. 843 00:57:56,560 --> 00:58:03,120 The kids will always like want to play it back and we wasn't 844 00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:06,360 doing that. We would get the family table 845 00:58:06,360 --> 00:58:12,800 and we'd get a game out, board game, whatever, a Bible game. 846 00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:14,600 We stopped, still got that Bible game. 847 00:58:16,440 --> 00:58:18,680 It learnt it. It taught you things about the 848 00:58:18,680 --> 00:58:27,090 Bible. There's not a dull moment in our 849 00:58:27,090 --> 00:58:32,050 house. We enjoyed our children, our 850 00:58:32,050 --> 00:58:36,250 children enjoyed us. We enjoyed having company. 851 00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:55,160 This whole song came to me. Oh, I can see a sitting round 852 00:58:55,160 --> 00:59:05,760 the table when from the family Bible Dad would read and I 853 00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:16,280 couldn't hear my mother softly singing Rock of Ages, Rock of 854 00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:26,520 Ages Cliff for me. This old world of ours is full 855 00:59:26,560 --> 00:59:33,000 of trouble. This old world would oh so 856 00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:48,920 better be if we had more bibles on the table and mothers singing 857 00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:55,120 Rock of Ages. Clair for me. 858 00:59:59,680 --> 01:00:14,200 Oh, I can see a sitting round. The table went from the family 859 01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:28,680 Bible that would read and I can hear my mother softly singing 860 01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:40,920 Rock of age. Just Rock of Ages left for me. 861 01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:50,400 Hallelujah, Hallelujah. I believe that's a lot to what's 862 01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:54,720 wrong with our family. The family table is faded. 863 01:00:57,040 --> 01:01:02,640 This altar's open this morning. I feel Holy Ghost in here and 864 01:01:02,640 --> 01:01:15,640 just a special way I can envision Sister McGee. 865 01:01:17,120 --> 01:01:26,710 Our table many times been visited by lots of people when 866 01:01:26,710 --> 01:01:33,720 you're youth leader our family we had a large. 867 01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:41,960 Youth Group. We had as many at Youth Services 868 01:01:42,720 --> 01:01:53,020 some people have at church fact it it got so exciting that the 869 01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:00,440 families would come with our kids. 870 01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:05,520 God began to do things in the family. 871 01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:15,600 I remember Thanksgiving. We never knew who was going to 872 01:02:15,600 --> 01:02:21,240 show up. We had some kids, didn't have 873 01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:25,720 family around here. They showed up at our home. 874 01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:31,480 I think we, I think Sister McGee fed 3435 people that 875 01:02:31,880 --> 01:02:37,000 Thanksgiving. Most of them was young people. 876 01:02:43,240 --> 01:02:46,680 If I could get anything through to us this morning, it would be 877 01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:56,520 to let's open the door of this church to whosoever will let him 878 01:02:56,520 --> 01:02:59,040 come in and gather around our table. 879 01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:06,800 We may be small, but we can grow. 880 01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:20,210 Could we stand this morning? This altars open this morning. 881 01:03:20,850 --> 01:03:23,930 I don't and I'm I'm not going to say just the altar. 882 01:03:25,970 --> 01:03:28,050 I had a reason putting these down here. 883 01:03:28,050 --> 01:03:32,370 I really did. I don't know. 884 01:03:35,050 --> 01:03:37,290 Maybe this morning you just won't come and sit down at the 885 01:03:37,290 --> 01:03:41,130 table. Maybe you want to reminisce a 886 01:03:41,130 --> 01:03:46,120 little bit of what what it could be like to feel God's presence 887 01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:54,040 sitting at your table. Maybe I want to remember what it 888 01:03:54,040 --> 01:03:56,080 feels like to have that table full. 889 01:03:57,320 --> 01:04:00,920 I guarantee you some of you know you've had people sitting around 890 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:07,360 your tables just from being around your Mama Sister Tracy. 891 01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:13,560 I'd say there was some a table setting someplace. 892 01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:21,760 Don't lose. Don't lose out on the family. 893 01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:30,200 Don't miss out on the family table. 894 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:33,640 We need to come and get around this table. 895 01:04:38,600 --> 01:04:45,360 This is the church family table. I'm telling you, there's a 896 01:04:45,560 --> 01:04:46,840 feeling. Comes with it. 897 01:04:49,120 --> 01:04:51,160 Thank you for listening. 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