1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,360 Same spirit. Hallelujah. 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:04,280 Not going to be no different spirit. 3 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,920 It's going to be the same spirit with these old. 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,960 Bodies up. Out of the grave Amen to meet 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:17,360 our Lord someday preparation rooms right now Amen. 6 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,440 If you have not the Spirit of Christ and this is not me being 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,960 means the book of Romans were none of his Amen. 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,880 We got to have His Spirit to be His tonight, Amen. 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,720 We're going to be turning to the book of Psalm. 10 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:37,720 I'm going to go to Psalm chapter #46 here this evening. 11 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,640 Psalm 46. Good to see each of you in the 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,160 house. The Lord tonight, Amen. 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:50,640 Be able to thank the Lord for His tender mercies this good 14 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,320 weekend, Amen. God's hand. 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:02,480 Psalm 146, in reality, my text is Psalm 146 verse one to Psalm 16 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:08,120 150 verse six. I'm not reading all of that, all 17 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,480 right? So I just want to read the first 18 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:15,480 2 verses then of Psalm 146, and then I'm going to read it from 19 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,480 the home and Christian standard Bible as well, just because of 20 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,720 the wording just a little bit. The Bible. 21 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,280 Says in verse one. Praise ye, the Lord. 22 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,880 Praise ye, the Lord. O my soul. 23 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,720 While I live, will I praise? The Lord I will sing. 24 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:38,320 Praises unto my God while I have any being the home and Christian 25 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:42,240 study Bible says verse 2 like this I will praise the Lord all 26 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,360 my life. I will sing to my God as long as 27 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,640 I live for a little while tonight when I minister this all 28 00:01:52,640 --> 00:02:02,280 my life praise, all my life praise, Hallelujah. 29 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,560 Can we ask the Lord to help us in the next little while? 30 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,840 Father, I thank you Jesus today, God for your spirit. 31 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:12,400 Another opportunity, God to be here, Lord to lend God voice and 32 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,920 lend Lord God worship into the King of glory. 33 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:18,160 Today I pray O. Lord, help us, Jesus, as we lean 34 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,800 into your Word and let Your Word find a place in our hearts and. 35 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:26,040 Lives in an expression, Lord. Jesus, I pray by some measure in 36 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:26,960 some. Way will not. 37 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,640 Lord, forget the thank you and praise you Lord, for what you 38 00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:32,840 accomplished through Your word and the lovely name of the Lord. 39 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,800 Jesus Christ that I pray Hallelujah. 40 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,680 And Amen of the church say Amen, Amen. 41 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,880 You may be seated tonight in Jesus name. 42 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,840 Psalms 100 and. 46 through Psalms 150 tonight. 43 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,960 Again, I am not going to read it, but it would be good to read 44 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,880 it perhaps as a homework, if that's such a thing. 45 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,760 And from a church, a man whenever you go home tonight or. 46 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:00,280 Throughout this week. The 146 Psalm to the 150 Psalm 47 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:05,600 are considered the Hallelujah psalms because each one begins 48 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,400 and they end. With that. 49 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,720 Meaning of the word. Hallelujah. 50 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,320 Which basically means. Praise the Lord, but. 51 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,000 Each of those songs. Begin and end with that. 52 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,800 Praise you the Lord, or praise the. 53 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,080 Lord, and they end with praise the. 54 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,680 Lord, there are times in these last five chapters. 55 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,480 Of Psalms that the. Phrase serves as a command. 56 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:27,960 It's a command and that we ought. 57 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:32,840 To praise the Lord. It's a non negotiable imperative 58 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,840 that we should. Praise the Lord and. 59 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,880 Then there are other. Places in those psalms that it 60 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,840 lends to an invitation or it's inviting us into. 61 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,280 The realm or. Requesting that we. 62 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,320 Would praise the Lord. That we would join with. 63 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,440 Some form. Whether it be our? 64 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,840 Voice of. Movement, whatever it may. 65 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,640 Be to join in some. Act of gratitude. 66 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,320 Unto the Lord. And so as we understand that 67 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,320 tonight, we understand this concerning praise is that praise 68 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,760 is both a requirement and a privilege. 69 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:07,080 Praise is both a requirement and a. 70 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,520 Privilege and when. I only see praise as a 71 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,720 requirement. I tend to often. 72 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,360 Lose the. Fact that it's a. 73 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,800 Privilege to do and yet whenever I. 74 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,560 Understand it as a. Privilege in my life. 75 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,760 Then I. Meet the requirement without 76 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,160 seeing it as such, right? Whenever I understand that it is 77 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,160 a privilege and so some. People believe that that. 78 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,640 Praise is just for the young. Praise is just for. 79 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,600 The Adolescent. Or the teenage, or those that 80 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,240 are of. Younger years and. 81 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:41,240 Better equipped bodies and greater endurance and things of 82 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,080 that nature that it belongs to those that have energy, that 83 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,640 belongs to those that have enthusiasm. 84 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,360 Some even have. Described to the idea. 85 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,920 That that. Praise is something that maybe 86 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:55,680 they did when they were young and in their past and what they 87 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,320 did. Then was good enough. 88 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,600 For that, they don't. Have to do it now that I praise. 89 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:06,160 God in my. 12131418 and young 20 years that that was good enough 90 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,000 then and I. Stored it up, then perhaps for 91 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,160 now it's no. Longer necessary or? 92 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,480 It's no longer anything that the Lord would require of. 93 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,400 Me. Others even assume that that 94 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,160 just a quiet acknowledgement of God is enough. 95 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:26,120 Just acknowledging Him and my thoughts or my mind suffices for 96 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,280 praise unto. The Lord that. 97 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,080 Any outward expression of praise is unnecessary. 98 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,080 Or that it. Really doesn't come on the 99 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,760 radar. Clapping hands or singing songs. 100 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,200 Vocally, out loud, or? Even giving a boisterous shout 101 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,840 unto the. Lord or God forbid. 102 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:45,920 Someone would dance. Before the Lord that. 103 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:50,080 That's really not necessary. Just a quiet acknowledgement in 104 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,680 my heart or mine is sufficient. Anything beyond? 105 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,480 That would be excessive. Or anything beyond that would be 106 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,880 unnecessary. However, the scripture. 107 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:03,640 Tells us quite otherwise. Praise is not. 108 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:05,840 Reserved according to the. Word for. 109 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,480 A particular age group group or particularly a young or student 110 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,440 like type of age group for that matter it. 111 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,520 Is not optional. It's not a. 112 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,680 Temporary activity that takes place at 1. 113 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,880 Particular segment or sector? Of our lives, the call to praise 114 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,600 extends to. Each and every one of us that 115 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,920 are setting. Here tonight, from the young to 116 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:34,120 the age to the middle age to the single to the married, it 117 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,440 matters not who we are, but as a matter of fact, praise lasts. 118 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,120 A lifetime there are. Those who with age. 119 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,120 Or changing of seasons might be. The better phrase it's a little 120 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,480 bit. Less harsh with changing 121 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:50,160 seasons. Of light believe that praise. 122 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:51,560 Again, should be left. To. 123 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:57,000 A younger generation and I weep. Maybe in the corner by myself 124 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,960 sometimes, when I understand. That. 125 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,880 Because we still need some. Gray haired Saints that. 126 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,600 Can be teachers. Amen to those that have not yet 127 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,120 clapped a hand. Or lifted a voice. 128 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,200 Or sung their song. Yet we still need a aged 129 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,000 individual that can teach the. Younger. 130 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,360 And sometimes they excuse themselves. 131 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,240 And please don't misunderstand me tonight. 132 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,760 I'm not out here with an axe. For our elders. 133 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,560 I appreciate. Them but we. 134 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,880 Need not to excuse. Ourselves as. 135 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,400 We get older a man excuse ourselves from. 136 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,600 Active participation. And praise again, I don't want 137 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,320 to. Excuse myself, Sister Sheila. 138 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,920 Thinking my younger years was enough or my prior. 139 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,400 Experience in worship and. Praise was enough, so I'm exempt 140 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,240 today. Because of what I. 141 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,000 Did then. I. 142 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,960 Don't see necessarily. I understand praise can come and 143 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,200 God understands all of that, but I don't. 144 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,680 See that it's necessarily. Stored up for the. 145 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,680 Fact of fulfilling some future. Time whenever I should or ought 146 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,400 to praise the Lord, the psalmist said. 147 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,200 And you know it well in Psalms A. 150. 148 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,200 And verse number six, let everything. 149 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:12,040 That hath breath praise the. Lord, if breath feels our. 150 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:16,280 Lungs praise should rise from. Our lips. 151 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,760 Furthermore, I go back to the book of beginnings. 152 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,120 Yes, Genesis and I. Read that God had made and 153 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:30,440 formed man, but man did not become a living soul until God 154 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:35,840 to breathe the breath of. Life into his nostrils and if. 155 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,159 Breath is a prerequisite for praise. 156 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,000 Then God placed praise in humanity from the beginning so 157 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,520 that throughout his life he could return it back to God in 158 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,960 his lifetime. And in that city where the Lamb 159 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:58,680 is the light someday to come, it someone say man, some may feel 160 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:01,320 that. Praise should be subdued. 161 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,640 Or that it should. Be reserved only for. 162 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:08,840 Corporate times of worship like we are here or you dust. 163 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,600 Off if you wield. These different dynamics and. 164 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:15,880 Demonstrations of praise for. Special occasions like a. 165 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,920 Conference or a camp meeting or a revival service. 166 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:24,280 Yet Scripture consistently describes praise as something 167 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,640 that is visible and also expressive. 168 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,640 Not merely just a thought. Not merely. 169 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,960 Just a feeling. As a matter of fact, Psalms 148 170 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:38,920 and verse 12 reminds us that the young and the old are called to 171 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:44,080 praise the Lord together. Our ears don't excuse us from 172 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:47,080 lifting up our voice or raising our hands. 173 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,760 You say, Brother McGee, I can't raise my hand as high as I used 174 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,840 to. Well, can you get it this high? 175 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:57,640 My praise at 46 doesn't look like my praise at 16, but it's 176 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,400 It's not going to keep me from running. 177 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,080 I just might not run as quick. It's not going to keep me from 178 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,440 jumping. I just might not jump as high. 179 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:09,040 My voice may become frail in old age, but if. 180 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,640 I got to whisper it out. I'll whisper it out because. 181 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:17,000 God has put some breath inside of me and I want to show for 182 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,560 some gratitude. Someone say Amen. 183 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:27,240 Some gratitude unto the Lord, An expression of praise, Genuine 184 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,560 praise, ladies and gentlemen, Amen. 185 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:33,360 It is actually a lifestyle. Again, it's not. 186 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:38,960 Just a momentary act. It is a on going response to 187 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,920 God's goodness, his faithfulness and his presence. 188 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,800 That's the reason why this morning and sometimes you're 189 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:47,960 late when God's. Spirit has moved. 190 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,200 Into the room. I've noticed some praise going 191 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,000 forth. I don't know if it's being 192 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,440 conscious or unconscious, but there's a response to the 193 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,200 presence of God that fuels this place. 194 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,880 There is expressions of adoration and demonstrations of 195 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,760 gratitude unto God, young and old. 196 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,080 I've seen it over the past few services. 197 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,400 It doesn't matter if you've been strong or are you weak, you 198 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,920 praise. It is always, everybody say, 199 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:19,760 always appropriate to praise the Lord. 200 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:27,080 I have breath, I have reason, I have responsibility to praise 201 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,200 God folks, sometimes rather than just. 202 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,080 A herald and a. Call to everybody. 203 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,320 That's in the room. Praise the Lord sometimes even 204 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,520 gets a little personal. Again, every song, here the 205 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:40,880 last. 5. Begin and end with. 206 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,080 Praise. The Lord and they. 207 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,400 Seem to be collective. Calls. 208 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,640 They are actually in the the plural Amen denoting the. 209 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:51,400 Grouping of people that would. Have heard it or even those 210 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,120 that. Read it. 211 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:55,760 It is a call to everyone. To praise the Lord. 212 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:00,160 However, the second verse or the second part of verse number one 213 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:05,400 of our text tonight becomes a little personal because the 214 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,760 second-half of it reads like this. 215 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,920 Praise the. Lord, the psalmist says. 216 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:19,640 Oh my soul, praise the Lord, Oh my soul, because sometimes 217 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:27,240 there's got to be a call to our self to self engage in praise 218 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,760 unto the Lord. The psalmist had made a group. 219 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,960 Call. That covered everybody but. 220 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,920 Then he got very. Personal and was basically 221 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:41,720 saying so praise the Lord if I could say it like this. 222 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,680 There's sometimes, folks. And and let's just get real. 223 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:49,480 My flesh doesn't want to praise my natural being doesn't feel 224 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:55,920 like praising it, doesn't want to engage Amen in gratitude into 225 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:57,200 the Lord. I know He's worthy. 226 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,320 But this old flesh just doesn't want to. 227 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:04,320 Clap a hand or raise a hand or vocalize any type of praise into 228 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,360 God. But in those moments, I found 229 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,240 myself. I got to get along with Paul 230 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,320 McGee and I got to say, Paul McGee, it's time for you to 231 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:15,480 praise the Lord. Paul McGee, I know it's been a 232 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,000 bad day and I know your body isn't feeling up to it, but it's 233 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,160 really not about where you are. It's about who he is. 234 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,800 And so Paul McGee, you, you need to lift up your it might not be 235 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,560 as a shouting voice, but it's going to be some type of voice 236 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:34,080 you need to praise. I tell my soul, soul, praise the 237 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:38,200 Lord. I found in my Christian 238 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:43,240 experience that there are times when we are in an atmosphere of 239 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:47,000 praise and. Praisers, listen to me. 240 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,520 Well. That we can be duped into 241 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:55,120 believing that we're praising too, without having engaged in 242 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,400 praise because we're surrounded by an. 243 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,720 Atmosphere of other people. That are praising. 244 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,840 You know it's. Charged and they're saying. 245 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,040 Things with their. Voices and they're doing this 246 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:13,480 and man, it feels so good to be in an atmosphere like that. 247 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:19,560 I get this false impression that I participated in when reality 248 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:23,000 I'm just feeling the overflow of their demonstration. 249 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,520 Thank God's power coming down and answering to the response of 250 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,680 who He is and what He. Has done. 251 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,040 But what I need to understand is this. 252 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,560 Everybody else's praise isn't my praise. 253 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,800 Everybody else's praise isn't my praise. 254 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:49,320 I still must engage Bishop for years, folks, let me tell you 255 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,920 the hallmark of Bishop's ministry. 256 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,720 Was preaching on stuff like I'm preaching right now about. 257 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,320 Praise and worship. Not everybody's praise is my 258 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,080 praise, folks. We could go through it and you 259 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,960 know this. So there's certain people that 260 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:02,600 have just a certain way, it seems like they dance. 261 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,400 Or shout. I I couldn't I. 262 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,600 I can't do that on on any. Given day of the week, because 263 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,200 that's not my praise. The way that they raise their 264 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,120 voice or the way that they exclaim to the Lord is 265 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:14,160 different. From mine or. 266 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,440 The way that it is all different, the way that they 267 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,240 clap their hands. So I can't assume that their 268 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:23,280 praise is good enough for mine. You have a tailor made unique 269 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:27,920 thumbprint praise that you should also give and offer unto 270 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:29,920 God. Someone say Amen. 271 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,240 One of the aspects of praise is that we praise Him and thank Him 272 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,640 for what He has. Done for me. 273 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,840 And there's a lot of overlap in our life. 274 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,160 I get that. We all could praise Him for 275 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,960 salvation. We all could. 276 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:50,240 Praise Him for mercy and for. Grace and for the daily 277 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,360 provision that he. Gives us in our. 278 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,560 Life we could. Praise him for his. 279 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,240 Presence or the hope that he's instilled. 280 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,480 In our hearts. There's all type of overlap, but 281 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:05,600 there are some tailor made things that only pertain to you 282 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:10,400 because no one knows. Like you know what God has done 283 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:13,000 for you. We can go the we can go the 284 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:16,000 umbrella of salvation. But there's some of you tonight. 285 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,680 Nobody else has your story but you, or brought you from where 286 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:24,560 you were at but you and so. There is a unique praise that 287 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:25,640 will. Come from your mouth. 288 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,440 Because you can say clearly nobody knows. 289 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,440 Like I know what God has done for me. 290 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,840 I know the dregs of sin, that He. 291 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,080 Pulled me out of. I know the pit that he took me 292 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,440 out of. My dance won't be like your 293 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,400 dance, my shouted voice won't. Be like yours. 294 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,960 Because my story isn't your story. 295 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:51,880 I know all my life. Praise. 296 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:02,120 So in that moment, no one can praise him for that, but you 297 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,960 praise. Again, then, this is not 298 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:16,200 limited. By our age, it's not for a 299 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,480 generation like it's some trait that skips generations. 300 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,520 It's not an activity that should fade with time. 301 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:32,680 Scripture clarifies that, people. 302 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:39,280 Of all ages. Are called to praise the Lord. 303 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:49,120 In Psalms 148 he commanded or invited all of creation to 304 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:53,480 praise the Lord. As a matter of fact, in verse 7 305 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:58,280 he speaks that that praise should come from the earth, and 306 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,080 he begins to list the. Different things of creation. 307 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,960 The different things that the earth was prone to that should 308 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:06,920 praise. You can read it later tonight, 309 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:09,960 but he spoke of. How sea creatures should. 310 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:16,600 Praise him. Fire should hell, HIHAIL should 311 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:22,800 Snow, clouds, stormy winds, mountains, hills, fruit trees, 312 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,680 cedar trees, beasts, cattle, creeping things. 313 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,960 He meant flying foul kings and Princess and judges. 314 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:35,840 He follows up in verse #11 then that all people should praise 315 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:39,000 the Lord. And then verse 12 as I already 316 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,400 pointed out that all ages. Should praise the Lord. 317 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,680 He said in verse 12, You can throw it back up there if you 318 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,400 can. He said both young men and 319 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:52,680 maidens, old men and children. In other words, young, old Gray 320 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,880 haired, those that were just, you know, in the infancy of 321 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,840 their life and those that are in the golden years of their life. 322 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,720 If you're single, if you're married, if you're divorced, if 323 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:06,760 you hey man, if you have a sweetheart, you have no. 324 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,720 Sweetheart, if you have kids, if you don't have kids, wherever 325 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,040 you find yourself. In life. 326 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:16,600 He said all creation, mountain, sea, fire, wind, storm. 327 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:24,080 Judges, Princess. All people ought to praise Him. 328 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,360 Jesus reinforced it. He. 329 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,960 Reinforced this truth whenever he quoted Psalms 8 and 2. 330 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:36,480 In Matthew 21. 16 affirming that God has perfected praise from 331 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,760 the mouths of babes and sucklings from the youngest 332 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,920 child who can barely maybe. Can't form a sentence. 333 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,040 Amen. Like somebody with a doctorate 334 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,240 from the youngest of the five year old, or a four year old, or 335 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:55,080 whatever the year old may be. Amen that can offer Amen their 336 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,960 praise unto God, all the way to a elderly St. 337 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,800 That might be watching. Online that Shetty and can't 338 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,880 even get to the House of God anymore. 339 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,480 Amen. That seemed decades of God's 340 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,200 faithfulness and what he has done in their own life. 341 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:13,520 All of them, the whole spectrum, are invited to a lifelong 342 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:16,200 Symphony of praise from His people. 343 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,160 Because praise, ladies and gentlemen. 344 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,000 It's not bound by physical ability. 345 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,960 It's not produced by personal circumstance. 346 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,480 A young person, and I did when I was younger, praise God with 347 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:32,840 exuberant energy and tension before the Lord with all of my 348 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,680 mind as a young person. But there might be a elder 349 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,040 believer that from their seat in their home in a recliner. 350 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,400 Tonight they just. Got a frail voice. 351 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,440 That can render praise of adoration, but it's no less 352 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:49,000 significant than the young person that can do it from the 353 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:49,720 house top. Oh. 354 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,400 Yes, I want to tell our elders tonight that's watching online 355 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:01,560 if the enemy has lied to you and tell you your praise is not 356 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,840 important anymore. It is not significant anymore. 357 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,520 I'm telling you that's a lie. Your praise is still just as 358 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,680 vibrant. Your praise is just as. 359 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,880 Important. Your praise is just as 360 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:18,040 meaningful as it was when your hair wasn't Gray and your bones. 361 00:21:29,010 --> 00:21:31,530 Because the object of our praise is the same. 362 00:21:37,050 --> 00:21:41,850 Praise doesn't have an expiration date, it's a lifelong 363 00:21:41,850 --> 00:21:47,890 responsibility. It's a lifelong privilege, and 364 00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:50,250 so much that the Psalm said there in verse 2. 365 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:53,120 In the the the the home and Christian I will. 366 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:59,760 Praise the Lord all my life. Psalms one O 4 verse 33 the 367 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,920 psalmist mentions I will sing praises to my God. 368 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,320 While. I have my being. 369 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,160 That's not a momentary. Devotion. 370 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:17,440 That's a commitment to continuous, lifelong praise. 371 00:22:20,360 --> 00:22:23,480 Furthermore, to think about. This praise or acknowledgement 372 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:27,840 of God or doing things for God would decline with age really 373 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,240 contradict some of the biblical examples that we have. 374 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,640 In Scripture. Caleb was still willing to claim 375 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,320 mountains. At 85, Anna who gave fasting 376 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:39,720 them prayers in. The temple. 377 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,040 He was worshipping. There at the advanced. 378 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,920 Age of 84. Even the apostle Paul his. 379 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:47,960 Circumstances of being in. Chains. 380 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,880 Amen. By by being imprisoned, he. 381 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:55,200 Continues to lift his. Voice in praise, nevertheless. 382 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,800 So no matter. Your stage in life. 383 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:02,760 Praise is not an activity of the past, it's an activity of every 384 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:09,520 day, an ever present response to God for His unchanging goodness. 385 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,120 I'm here here to tell you today, and you know this to be true. 386 00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,560 God is not any less good to you than whenever you first come to 387 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,200 know Him. God is not any less good to you 388 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:21,480 whenever tongues of fire first fell upon your head and you were 389 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,680 baptized in Jesus name and your sins were forgiven. 390 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,400 If nothing else, you should have a greater knowledge today just 391 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,920 about. How good he has been to you. 392 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:37,440 When I look back over my life and I see Hallelujah, where he's 393 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:42,040 brought me from, I can truly say that I've been blessed. 394 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:54,050 I got a testimony. He's just for anybody that 395 00:23:54,050 --> 00:23:58,970 recognizes God's greatness. And among all those praising. 396 00:23:58,970 --> 00:24:03,450 Him you can look. Again, at Psalm 148, last verse 397 00:24:03,450 --> 00:24:10,840 particularly tells us. His people, Israel, his Saints 398 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,720 should praise him, it says there. 399 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:20,440 In particular Psalms 148 and verse 14 that it are those the 400 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,320 Bible says a. People near, he says. 401 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,000 To to the. Define or clarify, he says a. 402 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,440 People near. Unto him. 403 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,280 People that are near. Unto him. 404 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,520 Again, the reference. Seems to be his people. 405 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,000 Israel or his Saints? Those that are near. 406 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:43,320 Unto him should praise the Lord. While that may absolutely 407 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,080 pertain to Israel, there's something that happens. 408 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:49,840 In the New Testament scripture in the New Testament. 409 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:52,280 Scripture the Apostle Paul are writing. 410 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,080 To some. Gentiles of the Church. 411 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,440 At Ephesus. And he speaks to. 412 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,960 Them. He's making the the notion that 413 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,000 the Gentiles, even in the temple and such, they could only go. 414 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,120 So. Far in they were considered 415 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:08,040 those that were sometimes afar off, but the apostle Paul. 416 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,360 Raises up his voice. Because of the. 417 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:14,320 Sacrifice of Christ. Jesus on Calvary he said ye who 418 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,800 were sometimes. Afar off. 419 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:21,520 Have been made nigh or been made near by the blood of the Lord 420 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:24,320 Jesus Christ. Since I've been brought near to 421 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:26,720 him, I've found the classification then. 422 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:30,280 Now those that are near to him ought to praise the Lord. 423 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,200 It's not just. For the Jew. 424 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,720 It's for the Gentile. Hallelujah. 425 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:38,680 All of us have the opportunity today, regardless of our lineage 426 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:42,880 or our heritage, to offer praise unto God. 427 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:49,000 Someone look at your neighbor and say that means you means 428 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:58,520 you. Praise is not merely an internal 429 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,920 acknowledgement of God's goodness. 430 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:15,520 We get in trouble as the biblical church people peer into 431 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:23,440 our live stream A. Little too noisy, a little too. 432 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:28,760 Loud, but don't. Take all that hand clapping. 433 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,560 Doesn't need to be, no. Affirmation of a. 434 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:37,200 Man or Hallelujah? Praise. 435 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,800 Is not merely internal. Acknowledgement of God's 436 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,640 goodness. Praise in many. 437 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,320 Forms even in these. Last five Psalms are an outward 438 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:52,520 expression that engages the whole person throughout 439 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,120 scripture we even. Have that. 440 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:58,080 Praise is portrayed. As something that is active at 441 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,360 times even. Visible at times even vocal, 442 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:09,080 Psalms 149 provides a clear picture what biblical praise 443 00:27:09,120 --> 00:27:11,720 looks like. Look at it there in your Bible. 444 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,840 Psalms 149. After he admonishes them. 445 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:20,520 Again, to praise ye the Lord, He begins to break down what that 446 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,840 could look like, what that could be expressed as or demonstrated. 447 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:29,560 As He says in verse 1, singing new whose songs unto the Lord 448 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,680 could fall in the classification of praise. 449 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,920 He says in verse three that rejoicing in our dancing can 450 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,040 fall under the classification of praise. 451 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:42,440 Making music with instruments can fall under the 452 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,680 classification of praise. Even shouting aloud the glory of 453 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,320 the Lord, Amen can be a classification of praise. 454 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:55,160 These actions show that praise is not meant to remain locked 455 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:59,440 within our thoughts and just have some type the mental Amen. 456 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,320 A thought pattern that he's a good God or he's a great God no 457 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,240 but if it's in my thoughts, it's going to somehow influence my. 458 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:12,680 Action, my voice, my hands. Hoya by Shaktaya by Saya, my 459 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,520 whole being that's been redeemed by him. 460 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,480 Is going to. Turn in response of the 461 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:27,440 goodness, so much Amen. Psalm has said in Psalms 100 and 462 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:33,560 verse one that we ought to make a joyful noise unto the Lord, 463 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:40,640 not just think about him. Someone say, Amen. 464 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,960 They were to make some type of noise, some type of audible 465 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,200 adoration unto God in times of trouble. 466 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,880 About Scripture biblical figures like the. 467 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,720 Apostle Paul. Silas in Acts chapter #16 468 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,320 Praise. God with a loud. 469 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:03,520 Voice in prison. That demonstrated certainly that 470 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,400 their praise was not. Dependent upon their 471 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,360 circumstance. But it was an intentional 472 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:16,120 response to who God is and was. And the Bible says due to their. 473 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:20,280 Response, the scripture says. And the prisoners heard them. 474 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,880 Can I tell you they weren't doing that to be heard by the 475 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,840 prisoners? They weren't. 476 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,160 Please, please, please. Nobody mistaken. 477 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,880 Amen of the greater world of the WWW. 478 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:36,000 We don't do this to be heard. But if we do. 479 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,000 It, and we are. Heard what can I say then it was 480 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,840 noise to blah abroad but they received the Holy Ghost and Acts 481 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,720 2 Amen. There's nothing wrong with 482 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:47,840 praise being heard by those that are in captivity, those that are 483 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,360 incarcerated, Amen. It caught their attention 484 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:57,080 because why should someone hear something like that in the mess 485 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:02,280 that we are in? I tell you, our worship, our 486 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,200 praise should not be limited then. 487 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,600 Just a quiet reflection, the living declaration of God's 488 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:09,360 greatness. It's. 489 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,200 Through our voices. Through. 490 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,920 Our bodies, sometimes our entire. 491 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,000 Being. Seeing people have that entire 492 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:21,440 being praise didn't get crazy. It's like the old. 493 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,720 Song, the kids used to say, though I feel him in my hands, 494 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,800 feel him in my feet. Feel him in my heart I feel him 495 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:33,400 all my hands got to say thank you My foot's got to say thank 496 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,520 you. My voice box got to say thank 497 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,600 you. Some of y'all never quit 498 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,440 dancing. You just change partners, right? 499 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:46,800 You. Hey man, so let's say glory. 500 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,440 This engagement we consider how praise was described in the 501 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,680 Bible. Ofttimes it was described. 502 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:57,200 With movement and sound and engagement, we read. 503 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,880 In Second Samuel 6. Many of you are familiar with 504 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,440 the story that David is dancing before the Lord. 505 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:06,000 The Bible says with all. His might he was. 506 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,680 Undeterred by. Those who may be along the 507 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:14,160 sidelines that would criticize him or criticize his enthusiasm. 508 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,360 The people of Israel at times, the Bible tells us when they. 509 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,120 Even walked around Jericho and I know they had prescription from 510 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:21,480 God. But when they blew. 511 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:26,000 Their trumpets and they shouted after 7 times around especially 512 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,800 on the 7th day and the walls of Jericho fell. 513 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,040 There was a noise, don't you know, of trumpets and shouting 514 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,000 of the. People in the New Testament. 515 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,080 Scripture. We read of crowds that lifted up 516 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:40,400 their voice in praise and adoration to Jesus Christ as 517 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,240 he's entering to Jerusalem and they're crying out. 518 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,120 Hosanna, Hosanna, and blessed is he that. 519 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,080 Cometh in the name. Of the Lord. 520 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:54,080 Praise has never been a passive act Amen. 521 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,960 It's a response that engages our hearts. 522 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,840 Our voices, our physical being. Amen. 523 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,480 It is worth the Amen to praise the Lord. 524 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,200 He is worth of it all. Amen. 525 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:13,200 A demonstration, a declaration. Why Pastor McGee do this? 526 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:14,960 Why in the world? Pastor McGee. 527 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,120 Do we do? Do we do this to impress one 528 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,840 another? We do this to impress the 529 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,840 Saints. We do this. 530 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:31,680 To impress the pastor. No Psalms 149 and verse 4 tells 531 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:41,880 us part of the why for because for the Lord take of pleasure in 532 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,240 his people. You read those first 4 verses 533 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,120 and it's talking about that praise that is going forth and 534 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,760 how they should sing praises and do this praise and timbrel and 535 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:55,000 harp with praise. It tells in verse 4 all of that 536 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:59,000 for the Lord take a pleasure in his people. 537 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,520 Someone say man, someone say God likes it. 538 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,280 I don't need my wifes endorsement. 539 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,080 I don't need my husbands endorsement. 540 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,960 I don't need the world's endorsement. 541 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:12,960 I don't need the. Church across the streets. 542 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,800 Endorsement. I got heaven's. 543 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,600 Endorsement God likes. It when I praise. 544 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:22,640 Him, can I tell you, as David came into Jerusalem, shout with 545 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,320 all his might His wife. Amen. 546 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,440 Look down her. Nose Amen. 547 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,200 With despair at him, but he. Says this is not. 548 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,640 Before you, Michael. And this is not. 549 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,240 Before your. Father, I'm doing this before 550 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:39,280 the Lord because God likes it. God likes it. 551 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,760 I don't need a stamp of approval from anybody. 552 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,280 I got the approval of heaven. Heaven likes it. 553 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,040 There were starchy colored church. 554 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,640 In Jesus day that. Didn't like it but that. 555 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:09,080 Didn't matter, God liked. It so the next time you're 556 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,600 sitting there and you're batting. 557 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,960 In your head. I don't know about. 558 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,560 I don't know about taking a walk, I don't know about 559 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:15,719 running, I don't know about my hand. 560 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:17,400 What about that one? What about that one? 561 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:22,320 Who cares what? About your God, What about the 562 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,040 one that redeemed you? He loves it. 563 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:47,850 He loves, He loves it. He loves it, Raven. 564 00:34:48,650 --> 00:34:51,360 He loves it Kennedy. He loves it, Sister Jen. 565 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,400 You don't have to have been in this thing for 20 years to do 566 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,480 those things that are written. There in the last. 567 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,640 Five books of songs. So that's why you're not mature 568 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:01,160 enough in the Lord to be able to do that. 569 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,480 Hogwash. You can be a newborn babe in 570 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,600 Christ. You can run, you can shout, you 571 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,560 can lift your voice when. You understand the goodness of 572 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:39,080 God, You don't matter, Yes. Someone say glory, God likes 573 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,960 you. God takes pleasure in it. 574 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:51,080 God takes pleasure in it. You start your thing. 575 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:54,920 God starts smiling. You start your thing. 576 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,040 He's elbowing the Angel, saying, I like that. 577 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:02,480 Your voice raises another octave and praises, and that's good. 578 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,640 Someone takes a run around the church and he says. 579 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:11,440 That mighty fine somebody begins to clap their hands and start. 580 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,440 Lifting it above their. Hands and he's like did you guys 581 00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:17,760 remember what I did to them Do you remember the pit that I. 582 00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:19,840 Pulled them out of. Do you remember? 583 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:27,040 Do you? He likes it. 584 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:41,920 Oh my life praise. Come on, let's talk to him right 585 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,720 now. If you want to raise a hand, 586 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,960 clap a hand, let's talk to him right now. 587 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:53,320 Spirit of the Lord, Spirit of the Lord, yes. 588 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:15,280 Woo. Woo. 589 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,280 Oh, come on, raise your voice. It's just a little, little while 590 00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,960 longer here. I feel the presence of God. 591 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:51,040 I want the musicians to go on and come. 592 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,640 I got other stuff, but I feel like right now we're at a 593 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:58,040 critical juncture. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Oh my 594 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,960 life. Praise, dance, shout, lift up 595 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:03,880 your. Voice clap your hands. 596 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:07,400 However, you can express it. However you can demonstrate it. 597 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,760 However, you can return thanks to him for it. 598 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,000 Do it. Do it. 599 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,280 God likes it. God likes it. 600 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:43,320 Hallelujah. Hey, come on. 601 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,680 Someone might need to start moving the aisle right now. 602 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,160 Somebody might need to move toward the front right now. 603 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,880 Brother McGee, I've never done what I'm about ready to do. 604 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,440 That's all right, God. Likes it, brother McGee. 605 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,120 I've I've never done what I'm about ready. 606 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,160 Attempted to do. That's all right. 607 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,960 God loves it. Oh, your life praise. 608 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:04,120 It's not based on circumstance. It's not based on other people's 609 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,680 opinion. It's our responsibility and the 610 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:18,160 privilege. I will bless the Lord at all 611 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,400 times. His praise shall continually, 612 00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:24,880 continually, continually be in my mouth. 613 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,000 Come on. Come on, Sir. 614 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,600 Come on, ma'am. Step outside of your comfort 615 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,200 zone. Remember where he pulled you? 616 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,920 From Remember where he found you. 617 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,040 Remember the experience he developed in your life. 618 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,120 Look. Back over your shoulder. 619 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,800 And see what he's brought you from, Honey. 620 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:51,880 That should cause a demonstration and an expression. 621 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:00,640 Just keep praising here.