1 00:00:08,370 --> 00:00:11,370 Jesus, thank you. Jesus, praise the Lord, 2 00:00:11,370 --> 00:00:15,850 everybody, Amen. Hasn't this been a good Sunday? 3 00:00:17,170 --> 00:00:18,890 Amen. It's a good Sunday. 4 00:00:18,930 --> 00:00:24,530 I feel the presence of the Lord in here tonight again, Amen. 5 00:00:24,530 --> 00:00:28,330 Wonderful service this morning and God's doing things. 6 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,680 Just take a look. In the midst of all the sickness 7 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,160 and everybody that's going through problems, God's still 8 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,920 doing things. Amen. 9 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,760 Let's just keep that going. That's a great thing. 10 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:45,800 It's a great thing, Amen. Thank all of our visitors for 11 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,040 being here. Brother Andy, it's good to see 12 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:50,880 you. So good to see you. 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,400 Brother Billy good to see you again Amen. 14 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,040 Campbell family, aren't we glad for them Amen. 15 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:04,760 So glad for them Amen. Let's let's help Brother Josh 16 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,080 pray. He's working on his mom and dad. 17 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,440 And I remember when I still lived in the trailer court that 18 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,760 there was just one trailer between us and them. 19 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:22,400 And I remembered about lost his mother and it wasn't good at 20 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,240 all. I think they lost her four times 21 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,600 and she cold blue four times on him. 22 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:34,160 And he was telling me this morning that she is up and lost 23 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,320 £40, which has been a good thing for her and she's up moving 24 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:40,000 around, doing things. I've even seen her out in the 25 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,560 car driving by herself now. She's a miracle. 26 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,720 She's a miracle. He said it. 27 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,760 He said this morning, he said, yeah, it's a miracle. 28 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,120 We're glad for that. So why not just have them in 29 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,280 church? So let's let's pray as they deal 30 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,120 with them. Let's let's pray God to just 31 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,080 bring them on in Hallelujah. Praise God. 32 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:05,440 Let's remember Sunday is the start of pastor appreciation for 33 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,600 our pastor. And then the the rest of the 34 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:11,680 stuff will come later on Facebook. 35 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,000 So brother Reese told me to announce that. 36 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,440 So y'all keep that in mind. We want to, we want to, we're 37 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,600 thankful for our pastor and his family. 38 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,200 So we're thankful for our pastor and his family and we need to 39 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,000 show appreciation. Amen for that. 40 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,240 Amen. I'm going to be turning tonight 41 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,520 to the book of Ruth. I know we've heard lately and 42 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:41,760 about Ruth and this and that and things has been picked up, but I 43 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,040 feel like going there tonight and ministering in Ruth. 44 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:50,640 I'm going to go to chapter 1 and I'm not going to read all of 45 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,120 this. I'm just going to read a couple 46 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:56,680 verses and then kind of drop down and read a few more and 47 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,400 then would you see what God does with it tonight? 48 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,960 Chapter 1 of Ruth. Now it came to pass in the days 49 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:10,360 when judges ruled that there was a famine in the land. 50 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:16,120 Everybody said famine and a certain man of Bethlehem, Judea 51 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:22,080 went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife, his 52 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,640 two sons. The name of the man was 53 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:32,520 Elimelech, the name of his wife Naomi, the name of his two sons, 54 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:38,400 Malone and Shulian, Ephrites of Bethlehem, Judea. 55 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:43,560 And they came into the country of Moab and everybody said 56 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,440 continued there. Then I want to drop down to 57 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,800 verse 21 because most of you know this story. 58 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,720 If you don't, I will fill in the blanks a little bit after a 59 00:03:55,720 --> 00:04:01,240 while. But verse 21 says this is Naomi 60 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,800 talking. You find her in verse 20 there. 61 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,280 And she said, I, she's telling them after she gets back to 62 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:15,000 Bethlehem, she said, I went out full and the Lord hath brought 63 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:22,079 me home again empty, seeing the Lord had testified against me 64 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,560 and the Almighty hath afflicted me. 65 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:31,760 So Noah, Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite is her 66 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:36,120 daughter-in-law with her, which returned out of the country of 67 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:41,320 Moab, and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley 68 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,440 harvest. Heavenly Father, I thank you for 69 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,200 your word. Oh, Lord, I thank you for the 70 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,520 Spirit that I feel in this place. 71 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:57,880 God, thank you for what you've already done today, tonight, 72 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,440 even in this service. Lord. 73 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:04,120 Now I ask you, Lord Jesus, that you would move upon us and let 74 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,840 us, God, Hallelujah. Let us bring this message forth, 75 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:13,320 God, as you anointed it. Oh Lord, let me minister God to 76 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,960 people tonight, to your people, Lord, to encourage, to 77 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:23,720 strengthen, Lord, to awaken us, God, Hallelujah to a new day, 78 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,840 God, in Jesus name, Amen and Amen. 79 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:31,640 And you can be seated. Let me get rid of this coach, 80 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:52,140 yo. For a little while tonight I 81 00:05:52,140 --> 00:05:57,820 want to preach on this subject. When emptiness brings the 82 00:05:57,820 --> 00:06:02,100 blessing. When emptiness brings the 83 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:06,140 blessing. Elimelech with his wife Naomi 84 00:06:06,140 --> 00:06:10,340 and his two sons, left Bethlehem. 85 00:06:10,340 --> 00:06:15,460 Judea, the Bible says to sojourn in the country of Mohab. 86 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:22,960 The Bible says in verse 2 they continued there somebody shout 87 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:27,800 mistake. I want to say right now, you 88 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,920 know that we have heard this said down through life. 89 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,600 The grass is always greener on the other side. 90 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,640 But I want to tell you, even though it looks good, it has to 91 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:42,400 be mowed. There's still work to do. 92 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:46,200 Hallelujah. And there are some keys in these 93 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:51,760 first 2 verses that tell us a lot about this journey and gives 94 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,440 us a clue of how it might turn out. 95 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:59,080 And I want to deal with that a little bit because names meant 96 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:05,200 something back in that day and I want to bring that to you. 97 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:13,240 Elimelech means my God is king. Naomi means gracious or 98 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:18,480 sweetness. Mahone means weekly. 99 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,280 Shillian means pining or wasting. 100 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:33,320 Bethlehem means House of bread. To sojourn means turn aside from 101 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:38,320 the regular road and find a lodging place as a guest. 102 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:45,960 Moab means wash pot. And when we look at just those 103 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,560 few words, we kind of get a glimpse of what's going on. 104 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:56,600 And then the word continued comes in there and continued. 105 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,360 It said they continued there. You know, it's extending without 106 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,640 interruption. It wasn't a one night fling, if 107 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,680 you please, but they stayed for 10 years. 108 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,160 Glory. And I began and I don't know 109 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,760 this, this didn't come to me till this afternoon. 110 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,600 But as I was here this afternoon and praying and seeking God, I 111 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:24,360 began to think about a sojourner, you know, and I, I 112 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,680 began to think about where they were at, you know, and where 113 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,160 they were, where the, where they'd come from and where they 114 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,440 were going to. They were coming from a godly 115 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:38,280 heritage, from the House of bread, you know, where they was 116 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,039 used to plenty. But because of their sins, 117 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:46,840 because the Midianites had had wiped them out, so to speak, 118 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:50,240 they adhered and took their crops and this and that and 119 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:54,080 because of that. And God had pronounced upon 120 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:59,960 Israel on Judah A famine. Amen, if you please, on his own 121 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:05,240 people. Yet here we have Elimelech and 122 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,920 Naomi, and they're looking across the way and they see 123 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:15,280 there's green grass, They see that there is pasture. 124 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:20,800 So I don't know about you, but I kind of think that if we're not 125 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:25,560 careful, we get our eyes on things and we begin to look and 126 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:27,600 think it looks better on the other side. 127 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:33,360 But when we get there now, I don't know about you, but I'm 128 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,040 going to, I'm going to tell you tonight. 129 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,320 I began to think about this thing and and I don't know, but 130 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,880 if I was a sojourner, this is the kind of thing I'd have 131 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,760 because I've not come to stay there. 132 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,800 Come on. I don't care if you've come just 133 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:54,960 for a visit. Maybe they come to feed their 134 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,760 flock. You know, Hey, he was a rich 135 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,560 man. If you study history, you find 136 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:02,320 out that Elimelech was a rich man. 137 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:06,040 Boaz was in his in his genealogy. 138 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,520 So, you know, he was Amen. He was a rich man. 139 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:14,480 And he left a place of riches and goes to some place where 140 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:17,280 there's Pagan gods. Come on. 141 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,360 I I don't know about you, but I don't want to go some place 142 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,920 where there's no truth. I don't want to go someplace 143 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,920 where I can't find God. Come on. 144 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:34,640 I I want, I want to go to a place where it's real. 145 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,520 I want to go to a place where there's plenty. 146 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,760 You know, they can be plenty. Amen. 147 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,240 They can be plenty in Moab and still not have God. 148 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,320 So if they ain't got God, they ain't got everything. 149 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,560 Come on. In fact, they're on starvation 150 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,000 if they haven't got God because their luck can run out just 151 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,760 every day. But I'm going to tell you 152 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:02,840 tonight, I am going to give me a tent because I'm a sojourner. 153 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:08,560 I'm hoping tonight you're a sojourner, 'cause I'm, I'm not 154 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:12,120 going to go to Moab and I'm not planning on staying there. 155 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,160 Remember, if I go to Moab, I'm just passing through. 156 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:23,480 If I go to Moab, it isn't a set up housekeeping, but I'm going 157 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:24,840 to tell you that's what they done. 158 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:29,400 They they might have went there maybe just to get the cattle to 159 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,520 graze a few days. The sheep, whatever flock they 160 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,320 had, they might have come along and thought I'll stay here a few 161 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:44,480 days and I'll go back home. Abraham done that couple times. 162 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,920 I'm going to tell you it's not good to stay where the foreign 163 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,800 gods are. I want to be where the real God 164 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:57,600 is. Hallelujah, Yo. 165 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:02,040 I feel like that Elimelech was maybe kind of looking over 166 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,680 Yonder and saying, you know, that looks good. 167 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,600 I'm going to tell you what the world will find something to 168 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,720 make it look good. You ever watch the commercials 169 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,520 that come on TV? That's about all I see is the 170 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,520 commercial and the and the news and after that it's off. 171 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,600 But but if you ever notice the commercials, they'll they'll 172 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,800 always show booze and this and that and they make it look like 173 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,680 they're all having fun and and all of that. 174 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:31,600 But what it is, they've drank their self to death and they 175 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:36,040 don't know what they're doing. They're happy because they they 176 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:37,640 don't know any what the word they're at. 177 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,240 They don't even have any clue how much they've drank. 178 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,920 Come on, Hallelujah. But you can if you're not, if 179 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,040 you're not careful, you can look at something long enough till it 180 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:52,920 looks like it's appetizing. Come on, it looks good. 181 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:58,160 But when you get there, it's not, it's not what you expected. 182 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:03,440 And, and here we are. This family goes to Moab. 183 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:10,960 It's a sad thing when you leave with a blessing full and come 184 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,160 back with just the clothes on your back empty. 185 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,400 Come on. They left rich and came back 186 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:22,440 poor. Now you tell me what happened to 187 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,640 all the things. Glory Hallelujah. 188 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,800 I don't know what happened. They they don't give us no 189 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,840 history. We don't have no way of knowing. 190 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,440 But something happened to the riches. 191 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:39,680 I don't know if they got involved and gambled it away. 192 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,400 I don't know if they got involved in drinking and 193 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,680 drinking it away. Come on. 194 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,320 I don't know what they was wrapped up in, but they was 195 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:54,000 wrapped in something that took away the riches. 196 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,640 When you get out of the will of God, watch out. 197 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,760 When you step out of Bethlehem, honey, watch out because you're 198 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:10,360 about to get in trouble. When you step out of Bethlehem, 199 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:12,760 where there's plenty, it's a House of bread. 200 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:16,000 And you step into a wash pot, watch it. 201 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:22,600 I don't know about you, but when I think of a wash pot, I've seen 202 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:27,240 them as I've grown up, you know, and you, you, you, you, you take 203 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:30,800 one of those pans and more wash pots and and you wash in that a 204 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,040 few times and you know, everybody washes in it. 205 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:35,520 Watch out. And the next thing you know, you 206 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:43,040 got a old dirty ring around it. Oh, I see some of you tell right 207 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:48,520 away, you know, you didn't live in the old days, you know, you 208 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,440 know that that's when you was poor people. 209 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:55,040 There wasn't inside bathrooms, you know, but short knows what 210 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,960 I'm talking about. Didn't have them inside 211 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:01,560 bathrooms. And remember those old #2 and #3 212 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,480 tubs, You know, Mama put that tub out there in the front yard 213 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,400 and she'd set it on that concrete porch out in the front, 214 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,360 and she'd leave it there all day. 215 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:16,080 And the sun, it'd warm up. I'm all I know this is going to 216 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:16,560 get. Yeah. 217 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,560 And this thing just quit going off and go ahead. 218 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:26,840 But I remember, you know, and I always wanted to be first, take 219 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,000 a bath because there's going to be two others after me. 220 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:36,760 Come on now. I'm talking you. 221 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,200 Hey, hey, we're hey. We're talking about a wash pot 222 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:45,280 here. We're talking about a place that 223 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,920 I if I could, if I could even. I don't know how you describe 224 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,640 Moab. Evidently it was every place. 225 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:56,880 You look trashy. Come on, it's one of them run 226 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,240 down cities. Evidently it was like a wash 227 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,920 pot. It was unclean. 228 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,680 Come on, not only unclean in cleanliness, but it was unclean 229 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:11,280 according to Scripture. Come on, they, they believed in 230 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,560 throwing their kids through in the fire. 231 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:18,200 They believe in in giving, you know, sacrifices, live 232 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:22,000 sacrifices. Your children, they sacrificed 233 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:22,520 it. Come on. 234 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,480 I'm talking about a wash pot. They were filthy when it come to 235 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,520 God. They didn't look as man like we 236 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:34,920 do Come on, Hallelujah. It was a filthy place to be. 237 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,840 Hallelujah, Hallelujah. And the sad thing, this was a 238 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:44,880 time now that that you know, in this, in this day and hour. 239 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,280 Then the the wives obeyed the husband. 240 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,840 It was just it was a culture. It was a culture thing, you 241 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:54,960 know, and sometimes people have to become empty before they're 242 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:59,280 ready to come home. You get so wrapped up in 243 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:06,839 something that you like it so well that it's no longer a tent. 244 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:12,000 But you now dig you a well. And if you're not careful, the 245 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:14,480 next thing you're setting up housekeeping. 246 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,880 You know why? Because you've become entangled 247 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:22,200 with some friends. Now you got comfortable in the 248 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:26,160 state that you're in. Oh, Hallelujah. 249 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:33,080 Come on, you can get comfortable and be in sin because there is 250 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:36,600 pleasure in sin, but it only lasts for a season. 251 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,560 Come on, You can like what you're doing, and it can be fun 252 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,400 for a little while. But I'm going to tell you the 253 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:51,080 fun runs out. And usually, if you stay long 254 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,480 enough to get into that fun, you're getting into some other 255 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,840 things that takes you farther away from Bethlehem. 256 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,880 In fact, you get so far away that you're not sure. 257 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:09,000 I really believe that Naomi had got so far from Bethlehem that 258 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,880 she wasn't sure she could make it back. 259 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,840 The only, the only way that she can make it back is is after her 260 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,720 husband died and after she lost her two boys. 261 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:26,160 See, because I, they married, they married wives over there. 262 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:30,800 They've got so comfortable now that the whole family is 263 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:36,400 entangled within the wash pot. Be careful of the road that you 264 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,680 take your family down. You might end up with them and 265 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:44,360 you in the wash pot. Thank God for a mother named 266 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:50,760 Naomi that held on to Bethlehem. I can almost see her looking 267 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:53,960 back toward Bethlehem. Maybe when she said her morning 268 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:58,040 prayers she knelt down toward Bethlehem and praying toward 269 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:02,160 Bethlehem. Oh, I've lost, I've lost my 270 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,600 husband. I've lost my two sons. 271 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,280 All of Ghazi's daughter lost. Thank God for daughter. 272 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,640 I got the best daughter-in-law that anybody could have. 273 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:25,630 She's Yeah, she's my favorite. She's just like one of our 274 00:19:25,630 --> 00:19:28,110 children. That's right. 275 00:19:28,110 --> 00:19:31,110 She become part of our family. And Buddy, when she come a part 276 00:19:31,110 --> 00:19:32,750 of our family, she become my daughter. 277 00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:37,150 She's not an in law. She's not an outlaw. 278 00:19:37,310 --> 00:19:44,630 She belongs. Oh, Jesus. 279 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,680 Hallelujah. And I feel so comfortable with 280 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:50,720 her. Even even, you know, she's just 281 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,320 like, she's just like my daughter. 282 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,840 If I need help, I can go to Sister Don and she'll help me. 283 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,240 You know why? Because she's one of us. 284 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,840 You did a wonderful thing. It's good thing that Sister 285 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,720 Naomi had a couple of good daughter in law's. 286 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:11,440 Come on. They might not be in the truth. 287 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:16,480 But I'm going to tell you Naomi was walking this before him, and 288 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:24,120 one of them began to grab hope. You never know what you're doing 289 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:26,200 to people when you're walking before them. 290 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:32,080 Every day, Sister McGee and I lives in an apartment right in 291 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:36,080 back of the church. We find out more and more how 292 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:40,040 many people we're touching. They call me the Whistler. 293 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,280 One of them says, oh, there comes the reverend. 294 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:55,360 You know I've invited them to church and the day I left and 1 295 00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:58,640 you know, lady Sister Mcgee's lady friend come she come up and 296 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,040 stayed all afternoon Sister McGee while I was over here 297 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:07,840 studying. She got comfortable enough now 298 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:09,960 with us that she give me info upon the day. 299 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,480 So would you go pay my rent for me? 300 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:20,400 She don't drive. Come on, you know what we've 301 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:25,280 built trust. Thank God for Naomi. 302 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:31,680 She was living the life before the daughter in laws and Ruth 303 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:37,120 said I begin to like who she is. There's something different 304 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:39,720 about her. She's not like all the other 305 00:21:39,920 --> 00:22:02,010 mother in No, about you. 306 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,480 You carry 10 around, they'll get tore up. 307 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,040 Wind will blow it. Hey, I'm a souljourner. 308 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,200 You know why? Because I I'm not. 309 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:22,080 I don't know about you, but I'm not planning on staying here. 310 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:29,320 The fact I can stop right there, brother short and we can sing a 311 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,040 little low. This world is not my home. 312 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:37,960 I'm just a passing through. My treasures are laid up 313 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:44,200 somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me from 314 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:49,400 Heaven's open door. And I can't feel at home in this 315 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:55,120 world anymore. Oh Lord, you know I have no 316 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:59,800 friend like you. If Heaven's not my home, then 317 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:05,040 Lord, what will I do? The angels beckon me from 318 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:10,360 Heaven's it's open door. And I can't feel at home in this 319 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:14,720 world anymore. I'm a sojourner. 320 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,960 Come on, somebody shout. I'm a sojourner. 321 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,960 Come on. I don't feel comfortable here. 322 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:24,560 I'm not willing to stay in this world. 323 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,680 There's a place better than this. 324 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,280 Come on, one of these days there's a trumpet going to 325 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,840 sound. And the dead in Christ shall 326 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,760 rise 1st and then wish her alive and remain shall be caught up to 327 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,440 meet the Lord, and so shall we ever be with him. 328 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:49,900 So I'm a sojourner because this world isn't my home. 329 00:23:51,140 --> 00:23:55,900 I can almost hear Ruth or I can almost hear Naomi, she said. 330 00:23:55,900 --> 00:24:00,740 Ruth, I want to tell you, daughter, we don't really belong 331 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:06,880 here. I know you grew up in this mess, 332 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:16,880 but I got something better. I've come from Bethlehem, I've 333 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:21,280 come from a House of bread. I know we came here and we got 334 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:26,760 mixed up and all of and caught up in and caught up in it and 335 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,560 caught up in it. You get caught up in saying. 336 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:42,280 I said you can get caught up in sin and there's some sin that 337 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:50,960 will snuff you out. There is sin that will smother 338 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:58,600 you. But I'm a sojourner, so I ain't 339 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:02,360 planning on staying here. I'm planning on moving out. 340 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:10,360 Hallelujah, Horry, Hallelujah. They was focused on on the other 341 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:15,720 side too long. They they was looking at it. 342 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:20,320 You know what, if you look at sin long enough, you'll find 343 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:29,980 something to catch your fancy. There'll be something that 344 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:34,180 you'll like. And I want to tell you 345 00:25:34,180 --> 00:25:38,680 something, if you're planning on heaven revival, you better learn 346 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:43,160 how to deal with afflictions, suffering if you please. 347 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,840 You better learn how to suffer because real revival will empty 348 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:56,000 you out of the creature, the sinful self, and it will fill 349 00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:01,920 you with himself, Jesus Christ. He will get your attention some 350 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:08,320 way and sometimes it takes longer for some than it does 351 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,600 others. It took ten years and I really 352 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,640 believe it's because she lost her family and after I don't 353 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:22,280 think she wants to stay there. You think about this a little 354 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,480 bit, go with me here. Why, I don't think really Naomi 355 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:28,360 wanted to stand there that stay there that whole 10 years, but 356 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:34,640 she had no say until the boys was gone too, because the men 357 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:38,560 were the men of the house. When Daddy died, the men made 358 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,600 the decisions. I'm going to tell you, men don't 359 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:47,800 always make the right decisions. I hate to say that, ladies, but 360 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:52,440 that's true. There's been there's been a few 361 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:56,000 times that my wife was right. Not many, but few. 362 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,760 But she is the boss around our house. 363 00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:13,360 She ain't really. I always get the last word. 364 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:21,210 Yes. Dear God, let him do that once 365 00:27:21,210 --> 00:27:23,930 in a while, you know? Amen. 366 00:27:24,570 --> 00:27:26,810 So here we are. We're planning on having 367 00:27:26,810 --> 00:27:30,610 revival, but we don't know how to suffer. 368 00:27:31,930 --> 00:27:36,010 See, that's the problem. Israel had went through a time 369 00:27:36,010 --> 00:27:40,280 where everything was good. You know, there was a lot to 370 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,600 eat. God is blessing them. 371 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,560 Everything was all right. But now comes the famine and 372 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,600 they've got to fend for their self because God ain't there. 373 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,280 Yeah, you go ahead to handle this on your own. 374 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,280 I'm not saying I'm quitting, but I'm saying right now, for a 375 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,840 period of time, you're on your own and you're going to have to 376 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:09,800 get by the best way you can. So Elimelech thought it best to 377 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:15,680 leave because he didn't want his family to suffer, but he led him 378 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,360 to suffering. What a sad thing. 379 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:26,920 Romans 721 through 23. I find, Paul says, I find in a 380 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:32,320 law that when I would do good, evil is present with me. 381 00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,040 Let me tell you something. I don't care where you go and 382 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,800 what you're doing. You'll always find the enemy 383 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,760 everywhere you go. You don't have to look for him. 384 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,720 He's not hide behind some corner, honey. 385 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:49,000 He's walking with you. He's he's hoping he can kind of 386 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,360 change your path a little bit and lead you off. 387 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:57,640 Come on to the wash pot. He's wanting to take you to Moab 388 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,680 if you please. He wants to take you to the 389 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,920 Sinful Valley. Come on, He wants to take you in 390 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,520 where all the sexuality and all this stuff is going on. 391 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,320 He wants to get you blinded to self. 392 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,680 I said blinded to self so you can't see yourself. 393 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:30,440 And if you allow him to, he'll put you right in the midst of 394 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:35,800 the strongest, most contagious sin that there is. 395 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,200 Now, I know, you know, we heard this morning not one sin greater 396 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:42,560 than the other. We've heard that. 397 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,040 We know that. We know that that's true. 398 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,920 But you know what? There is some sin that's more 399 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:57,110 contagious than others. I said, yeah, you know what? 400 00:29:58,110 --> 00:30:01,430 If they could just get you and get you to take one little bit 401 00:30:01,430 --> 00:30:10,600 of some drug, something that's you know, addictive, a little 402 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:15,560 cocaine or a little little weed. Weed won't hurt you and they 403 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:17,400 sell it right down here on 9th St. 404 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:21,160 You know, they'll give it to you medically and recreationally. 405 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:26,120 And isn't it funny how it won't hurt you but you're not allowed 406 00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,320 to go in there and get any medical and else you're 20 or 407 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:34,520 recreation until you're 21. How come is that because it 408 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:38,360 ain't good for you? They can call it medical, they 409 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,280 can call it whatever they want to. 410 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,600 And I'm not saying it don't have some properties to help you out 411 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,080 in some areas, but they need to turn that over, the doctors and 412 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,280 all of that and they need to leave it alone. 413 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,360 Our government needs to stay out of it. 414 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,280 Come on. What they're doing is they're 415 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,560 leading Mount Carmel into this sin, if you please. 416 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,560 We didn't used to have nothing like that Mount Carmel. 417 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:03,960 We didn't even sell alcohol on Sunday. 418 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,400 Now it don't matter because you can get in the grocery stores 419 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:11,320 and or every place you want. I call it Sin City. 420 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,960 We have, we now we've got gambling joints on every corner, 421 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:28,920 slots, slots, brother, gambling stuff almost on every corner. 422 00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,160 Come on. And I, you know, and then 423 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,600 they've got this, they've got this workout place right next to 424 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,640 1 and I go in there and I watch them people come in and out of 425 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,640 there. See, they don't, they don't have 426 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,400 to go next door to Liquor Lake to get them something to drink. 427 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:48,080 They can get it in there. And I'm praying the Lord shut 428 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:59,560 all the liquor Lakes down. And the lake goes dry. 429 00:32:06,300 --> 00:32:09,180 Come on, I said, it's a wash pot. 430 00:32:10,620 --> 00:32:13,580 If we don't watch it, Mount Carmel become a watch pot. 431 00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:17,940 That's why God's in revival in this church, so we can stop it. 432 00:32:19,460 --> 00:32:23,420 We need angels at the four corners of this city to watch 433 00:32:23,420 --> 00:32:25,380 her over and to keep it straight. 434 00:32:25,740 --> 00:32:28,860 And we as the church need to be a part of that. 435 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:41,160 Oh Jesus, Hallelujah, oh Jesus. When I would do good, evils 436 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,920 always present with me. For I delight in the law of God 437 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:48,720 after the inward man. But I see another law in my 438 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,160 members warring against the law of the mind and bringing me into 439 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,600 captivity to the law of sin, which is in my members. 440 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,400 The law of sin is in my members. I was born with it. 441 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:05,960 Come on. Thank God I've been redeemed. 442 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:12,480 Glory. I'm glad I got to Bethlehem. 443 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:20,080 I'm glad I got where it's safe. It's just like the, you know, 444 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,000 the baseball game. You just slide into base and 445 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:29,400 they say, I'm going to tell you if you can get close to Jesus, 446 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:34,800 you're safe. Oh yeah, thank you, Jesus. 447 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,040 Psalms 30 and five, I got to move on. 448 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:42,200 Psalm 30 and five for his anger endureth, but a moment in his 449 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:46,120 favor is life weeping. I like this. 450 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:51,120 I love this verse because it says May weeping May. 451 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:59,200 Everybody said May weeping may endure for a night, but whether 452 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,280 it does or whether it don't, it's a joy comes in the morning 453 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,760 If I can just make it through the night. 454 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:15,800 Remember when brother Steve Wilson's son drowned Patrick? 455 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,199 And he was, he was going through so much. 456 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,679 He was him and his wife were just devastated. 457 00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,080 And I, I won't forget, Brother Mike Wilson said. 458 00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:33,719 He he come to him and he said, he said, but I need a song. 459 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:39,840 I need something to hold on to. And brother Mike Wilson wrote 460 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:47,040 him a song about morning coming. I'm going to tell you through 461 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,840 all the trials and all the tests and all the devastation, I'm 462 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:52,960 going to tell you, see, we're in revival. 463 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,719 That's why we're having all the mess. 464 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,440 You know why? Because the devil knows if we 465 00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:04,840 ever get a well church 100% well, he's going to be in 466 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:08,200 trouble in Mount Carmel. Come on. 467 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,520 We going to be ushering him to the gate and kick him right out. 468 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,640 Come on. He hadn't got a chance. 469 00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:19,280 One will put 1000 to flight 2 Will put 10,000 to flight. 470 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:20,920 That's enough. Take care of Mount Carmel. 471 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:25,960 Come on. We need to take our Dominion. 472 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,600 We've got Dominion here. Come. 473 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,920 I said we've got Dominion here. Come on. 474 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,360 We need to shout it. We've got Dominion here. 475 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:41,320 This is our Dominion devil. You have no business here. 476 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:50,680 Hallelujah, oh Lord, when emptiness brings the blessing, 477 00:35:52,200 --> 00:36:00,800 oh Jesus, I like that blessing. Praise God, Hallelujah, glory, 478 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:07,800 Hallelujah for anger and dearth, but for a moment in his favor is 479 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,720 life. Weeping may endure for night, 480 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:15,080 but joy cometh in the morning. And I don't have this up there, 481 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:19,840 and I'm sorry, but I want to go to Lamentations. 482 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:30,800 Very familiar verse Lamentations 322 and 23. 483 00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:37,880 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed because his 484 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:43,480 compassion faileth not. They are new. 485 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,920 Everybody said new every morning. 486 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:53,120 Great is thy faithfulness. Come on, His mercies have been 487 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,520 so good today and yesterday and this week. 488 00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:58,840 But just think about it. I can go to sleep tonight, 489 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,320 brother, and in the morning when I get up, my mercies are all new 490 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:06,360 again. I got another book of mercies 491 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,520 that when the devil comes, I can say here, take this ticket. 492 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,480 It's mercy. You can't touch me today, devil. 493 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,720 Come on. I'm figured on getting healing 494 00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:21,480 today. I'm figured on this church to 495 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,720 get well. I'm figured on some miracles, 496 00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:27,320 signs and wonders. And take place in here. 497 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,120 Yeah. For these signs shall follow 498 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:32,440 them. That believe in my name. 499 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,880 They'll cast out devils, Lay hands on the sick and they shall 500 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,840 recover. If they drink any deadly thing, 501 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:43,720 it won't hurt them. We need to start believing 502 00:37:43,720 --> 00:37:48,400 because we're in Bethlehem. We're not in the wash pot y'all? 503 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,480 Hallelujah. When God set you up for a 504 00:37:53,480 --> 00:38:02,680 temporary try, don't run from it, for you may run into a 505 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:10,120 bigger problem. I said when God set you up for a 506 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:19,630 temporary trial? Temporary. 507 00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:24,070 Everybody said temporary. It ain't going to last forever. 508 00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:26,910 There is going to be sunny is going to shine. 509 00:38:29,990 --> 00:38:33,750 Yeah, the rain comes, but it ain't going to last forever. 510 00:38:33,830 --> 00:38:38,070 There's going to come a day of sunshine in the church. 511 00:38:38,070 --> 00:38:41,800 I'm going to tell you the trial ain't going to last forever, and 512 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,600 I'm going to promise you this because I preached a message on 513 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,360 it once and I believe it. I believe the Bible teaches it. 514 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:52,840 One thing you'll find about what happens in Bethlehem, God 515 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:56,160 always, if he get, if you get into trial, if you get in a 516 00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:01,520 test, if you get in a temporary place of having trouble, God 517 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:09,160 will either remove the problem, He'll take the trial away, or 518 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,760 He'll go with you through it. So what I'm telling you is no 519 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,520 matter what kind of condition you're in, I'm going to tell 520 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:20,880 you, I'm serving a God that will stay around for the outcome. 521 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,400 He won't leave you in the middle of it. 522 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:25,720 I said he won't leave you in the middle of it. 523 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,160 He'll deliver you out of it, or he's going to stay around and 524 00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:35,000 see what the outcome is. Oh, Jesus, Hallelujah. 525 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:39,080 Jesus, thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord, Hallelujah, 526 00:39:40,240 --> 00:39:42,920 Hallelujah. In the midst of your trial, 527 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,040 remember your mercies. They're still there. 528 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,120 Psalm 3419. Many are the afflictions of the 529 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:55,360 righteous, and I like this, but oh, that makes all the 530 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:59,800 difference in the world. But the Lord delivereth him out 531 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:03,760 of them all. He'll never leave you in the 532 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,400 midst of them. He'll deliver you out of it. 533 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:18,280 For that he was laying out there in that ditch tangle up in the 534 00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:23,600 motorcycle and this and that. You probably thought, well, this 535 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:27,920 could be the end. You know what he told me? 536 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:33,400 He said, Bishop, when they got me on that helicopter, I was 537 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:39,760 praying Jesus, Jesus, God hurt him. 538 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:46,560 Look at him today. Can you believe the same night 539 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,200 he had that he called bro, he called me, He called Brother 540 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:53,320 Freddie. He's calling people after having 541 00:40:53,320 --> 00:41:01,840 that bad accident and messing up a leg and wrist and the neck 542 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,960 and. I don't know. 543 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,600 Yeah, another ankle. Yeah. 544 00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:10,720 Here he is, though. Today. 545 00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:13,320 He's still here. I'm going to tell you, Brother 546 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:14,960 Pat. I want to tell you. 547 00:41:15,720 --> 00:41:18,240 I know you wandered out there in Moab a little bit. 548 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,080 Still got a little oven hanging on. 549 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:22,480 I ain't brought my Clippers yet. I'll get rid of that, too. 550 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:30,720 You know what the problem was? He got to looking at it real 551 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:33,840 plain and he bought him a Harley and thought he need to look like 552 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,640 a Harley rider. But we're going to take care of 553 00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:40,640 that. We've got Clippers. 554 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:46,480 He might be bald headed and I get through, but at least he'll 555 00:41:54,790 --> 00:41:57,990 he's going straighten up because I'll keep after him till he 556 00:41:57,990 --> 00:42:02,830 does. Oh good Glory, I love you. 557 00:42:02,830 --> 00:42:10,150 I love you, Brother Pat, but I'm not going to let up Glory, 558 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:18,400 Hallelujah. I want to take you. 559 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,800 I want to take some place in the Bible so you understand what I'm 560 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:27,440 talking about tonight, that when emptiness brings the blessing, 561 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,080 David numbers Israel. Remember that story? 562 00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:37,320 Second Psalm of 24 and 10. And David's heart smote him 563 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,200 after that. He had numbered the people. 564 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:45,200 And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I 565 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,240 have done. And now I beseech thee, O Lord, 566 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:53,800 take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very 567 00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:58,840 foolishly. So he sins. 568 00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:02,640 Second Samuel 24 down to verse 13 through 15. 569 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,360 So Gad came to Dave and told him, and said to him, Shall 570 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:11,680 seven years of famine come up on thee on thy land, or will thou 571 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:15,000 flee 3 months before thine enemies while they pursue thee, 572 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:20,320 or that there be 3 days of pestilence in the land? 573 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:24,440 Now advise me, see what answer I shall return, and to him that 574 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:31,240 sent me. And David said, And to Gad, I am 575 00:43:31,240 --> 00:43:36,160 in a great straight, Let us fall now in the hand of the Lord, for 576 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:44,200 his mercies are His mercies are great, His mercies are great, 577 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,440 and let me not fall in the hand of men. 578 00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,760 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning 579 00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:56,480 even until the time appointed, and there died of the people 580 00:43:56,480 --> 00:44:00,280 from Dan, even to Beresheba 70,000 men. 581 00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:07,040 If you start counting men, and God don't want you to, you ain't 582 00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,280 going to have near as many when he gets through. 583 00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,160 You know why? Because God can do more with 584 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:18,280 less. It's been proven time after 585 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:21,360 time, all the way through the Bible, all the way through 586 00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:27,560 Hallelujah, Hallelujah Jesus. Isn't it amazing that the Lord 587 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:34,760 brought Naomi back home and Ruth 122 in the beginning of barley 588 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,960 harvest in the time of first fruits? 589 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:43,520 Isn't, isn't it amazing that this lady that that has had come 590 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,480 back home empty? She had nothing. 591 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,000 She didn't even think there was any chance or ever to get 592 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,920 anything. She's too old to get married. 593 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,880 She's too old to have kids, so here she is. 594 00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,600 She hadn't got any retirement. She don't have a place to live. 595 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:03,080 She'll have nothing. And the Lord brings her back 596 00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:10,160 home in barley harvest. It's planted in October, you 597 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:13,200 know, and in April they harvested. 598 00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:17,040 He brought her home at the time of first fruit. 599 00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,000 You talk about a blessing. In other words, can I tell you 600 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,840 that? When emptiness brings the 601 00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:28,160 blessing, when you get back to where you should be, there's one 602 00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:31,320 waiting on you. Come on. 603 00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:38,920 Oh, I just said something there. When you get back to where you 604 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,800 should be, there is one waiting on you. 605 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:48,760 Come on. There's God's waiting with a 606 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,240 blessing. It's yours. 607 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,880 It's got your name on it. Hallelujah. 608 00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:57,320 Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. 609 00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:03,280 And isn't it amazing that she gleaned in the field of Boaz, a 610 00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:09,480 mighty man of wealth of the family of Elimelech, and Boaz 611 00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:15,640 was of the tribe of Judah in Direct Line of the Messiah. 612 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,840 Come on, I'm telling you it don't get any better than that 613 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,240 glory. Second Kings, I'm about to 614 00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:24,800 close. Second Kings. 615 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:29,680 Elijah said to her. First Kings 1713 through 16. 616 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,080 Elijah said to her, here's another lady, another story. 617 00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:37,120 And Elijah said to her, fear not go do as I said, but make me 618 00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:42,960 there for a little cake 1st and bring it to me, and after make 619 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:48,200 thee and for thy son. And she did so, and the barrel 620 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:54,480 of meals didn't waste neither. The crews of oil fail because 621 00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,000 she done what she was supposed to do. 622 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,440 Hallelujah. Glory. 623 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:01,640 I ain't gonna keep you all night. 624 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:04,600 I'm closing. Thank you, Jesus. 625 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,200 Hallelujah. So I want to tell you something. 626 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:10,920 I know tonight. I know. 627 00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:12,080 I know. You all tired. 628 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:13,800 You've had a had a busy day today. 629 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:24,160 Thank you, Jesus, but I, I, I want the music to come because I 630 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:29,680 feel tonight that God could do something else in this house 631 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:35,000 because there may be somebody that's away from home that needs 632 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:40,800 to come back tonight. He wants to fill your emptiness 633 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:44,680 with a blessing. He don't care where you've been. 634 00:47:46,480 --> 00:47:48,520 Might have been in Moab, I don't know. 635 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:52,440 Might have been in the wash pot hard telling where you've been. 636 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,840 But tonight I'm going to tell you something. 637 00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:58,280 If you come back home, he's here waiting on you. 638 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,760 He's he's here and he wants to give you a blessing. 639 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:04,440 See, it's time for the first fruits. 640 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,200 And there's a blessing waiting on you. 641 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:10,400 There's something up here just waiting for you to receive it. 642 00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:18,960 A Stan, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. 643 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:32,680 Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, 644 00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:39,400 Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Come on. 645 00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:41,800 God's done. Touch some people in here today, 646 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:50,800 but there's some of you that's still wandering out there and 647 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:55,200 you've been looking over into Moab. 648 00:49:00,720 --> 00:49:05,640 I want to tell you that fun won't last long, but God's got a 649 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:09,480 place for you right here. He's calling you back home 650 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:13,400 tonight. He's calling you back home 651 00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:24,080 tonight, May. You've got caught up where 652 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:27,600 you're at right now, so I'm not ready. 653 00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:31,360 I'm not ready. Bishop, you know where we're at 654 00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:33,160 right now. You could wait too long pretty 655 00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:40,120 easy. I want to tell you something. 656 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:44,280 The only I figured out a long time ago, Brother Short, the 657 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:47,360 only thing I can take with me when I leave this place is 658 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:52,880 people. I don't want nobody in here to 659 00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:58,760 be lost. And if I can do anything to turn 660 00:49:58,760 --> 00:50:03,240 you around and get you headed back towards Bethlehem, then I'm 661 00:50:03,240 --> 00:50:07,880 going to do it. Thank you Jesus. 662 00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:11,680 This altar is open, Brother Alex, just go ahead and sing a 663 00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:15,320 little bit if you will. Thank you Jesus.