1 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:04,120 Could you lift your hands to the Lord and just give Him some 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:05,880 worship and praise together right now? 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:10,600 Come on, let's praise Him. Let's thank Him for this, this 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:12,400 opportunity to feel His presence. 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,920 Let's thank Him for the chance and the opportunity to be in His 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,280 house today. We're not here by accident this 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,000 morning. We are not here by accident. 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,720 I felt something begin to break in the spirit in these last two 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,160 songs. A little bit more freedom, a 10 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,760 little bit more freedom in our worship this morning as we press 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,000 through the works of the flesh today. 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,440 Would you stand with me for the reading of the word of the Lord 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,080 for just a moment this morning? Again, we are so thankful to 14 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,720 have everyone here today. We greet you in Jesus name. 15 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,680 Give honor this morning to our Bishop, Sister McGee. 16 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,520 Love and appreciate them. Please pray for them, pray for 17 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:03,480 their strength. Amen. 18 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,800 I don't know a person in this house that can't say that they 19 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,280 couldn't use a little bit more strength. 20 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,320 But as our our elders continue to age, I know we don't like to 21 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:16,760 talk about it. And I know it gets a little 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,400 uncomfortable and I don't really intend to go there, but 23 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:27,200 sometimes it just requires more, more focus, more attention, more 24 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,120 prayer, more support, more encouragement. 25 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,680 Amen. Pray for our pastor and his wife 26 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,960 as they travel today. Pray that God's blessings would 27 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:48,240 be upon them. I don't know what time they are 28 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,600 traveling, if they're on the road now, If they're not, I have 29 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,560 no idea. But wherever that is, we pray 30 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,360 for God's travel mercies with them. 31 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,520 Looking forward tonight to the word of the Lord from Brother 32 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,440 Alex. Amen. 33 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,800 Somebody shout Amen. So excited about that. 34 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,639 Last but certainly not least, I give honor to my precious wife 35 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,680 this morning. I, whom I love with more than 36 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,240 what I have the capability to put into words. 37 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:21,080 Deuteronomy one and one. If you're there, say Amen. 38 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:24,000 If you're looking at the screen, shout Hallelujah. 39 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,520 Thank you for being honest this morning. 40 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,160 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this 41 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,280 side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain, over against the 42 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,680 Red Sea, between Paran and Toefl, and Lavon and Hazard 43 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,480 wrote, and Deez a hof, Deuteronomy 5. 44 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:46,560 And one says, And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, 45 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,640 Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your 46 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:55,200 ears this day, that you may learn them, and keep and do 47 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,440 them. Deuteronomy 27 And one says, And 48 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,640 Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, 49 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:11,920 Keep all the commandments which I command you this day, one and 50 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:14,920 one it says, These be the words five. 51 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:19,320 And one refers to the statutes and judgments that were spoken. 52 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:25,360 27 and one to the commandments, which were spoken for a few 53 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,200 moments this morning with the help of God. 54 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,320 I want to minister to you on this thought. 55 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,880 The power of words, power of words. 56 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,920 Would you lay your Bibles down? Lift your hands to the Lord one 57 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,720 more time, and ask Him to bless us this morning by His word. 58 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,840 Father, we're so grateful this morning for the opportunity to 59 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:48,040 be in your house. God, we ask you to strengthen 60 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:51,520 those that are here, help those that are not able to be here. 61 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,800 God touch our shut insurance this morning that are watching 62 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,000 by way of the the Internet today. 63 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,280 God, we are so thankful that they are part of this 64 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,840 congregation. But God, we ask that you would 65 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,600 go through the airwaves this morning and strengthen them and 66 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,880 minister in their life. God touch today we give you 67 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,360 glory, honor and praise and Thanksgiving for Lord. 68 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,480 There's none like you God, you can do in a moment, Lord, what 69 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,320 we can do in a lifetime and we're asking you to do that here 70 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,000 today. Touch every life, heart and mind 71 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,360 in Jesus name. Help me to speak with wisdom and 72 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,360 clarity today and we'll thank you for it. 73 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,200 And everybody said Amen. You may be seated. 74 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:34,520 The Lord bless you. The power of words In an article 75 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:39,200 published by the Huffington Post, December 15th, 2014. 76 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:44,600 Doctor Heiders Ahead opened his article with a quote from Yehuda 77 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:52,560 Berg, an Israeli religious author, who said words are 78 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:58,200 singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. 79 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,120 We can choose to use this force constructively with words of 80 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:08,400 encouragement or destructively with words of despair. 81 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,360 Words have energy and power with the ability to help, the ability 82 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:19,240 to heal, or they can hinder, hurt, harm, humiliate and 83 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,560 humble. Doctors ahead continue to write. 84 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,560 Considering the powerful force of the words we utter, we must 85 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,360 discipline ourselves to speak in a way that conveys respect, 86 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:38,280 gentleness, and humility. One of the clearest signs of a 87 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:44,760 moral life is right speech. You can tell a whole lot about 88 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,280 the lifestyle a person lives by what happens when they open 89 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:53,200 their mouth. Perfecting our speech is one of 90 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:58,320 the keystones of maturity. Before speaking, it's important 91 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,400 that we take a few moments to contemplate what we're about to 92 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,040 say. That's an art that many of us do 93 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,280 not perfect yet, and it's something that some of us will 94 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,840 spend maybe, if not all of us, a lifetime endeavouring to try to 95 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:15,360 perfect. Because it requires listening, 96 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:21,040 which is something that we don't really do well at Active 97 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,520 listening would. There would not be as many books 98 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,400 and seminars about active listening as there are if it was 99 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:30,560 easy or if it was practiced the way that it should be. 100 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,360 What happens most often times? We listen just enough to 101 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,520 respond, and while the other person's talking, we're 102 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,480 formulating the words we're just about to speak. 103 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,120 Be kind to all and speak words that are beacons of inspiration, 104 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,960 enthusiasm, and encouragement. Kind and sweet words are always 105 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,640 music to the ears of the listeners. 106 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:59,080 Doctor Gary Chapman in his book Love as a Way of Life uses a 107 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:05,120 vivid metaphor for words as being either bullets or seeds. 108 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:11,200 If we use our words as bullets with the feeling of superiority 109 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:14,840 or condemnation, we are not going to be to be able to 110 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:20,520 restore relationships to love. If we use our words as seeds 111 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,280 with a feeling of supportiveness and goodwill, we can rebuild a 112 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,360 relationship in a positive and life affirming way. 113 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,720 Doctor Chapman continues to say When we need to talk candidly 114 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:37,000 about something difficult with another person, we must focus on 115 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,800 the conversation with keen attention and purpose. 116 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:44,480 During the conversation, we must listen patiently, speak 117 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,800 tactfully and tell the truth as we understand it. 118 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:55,640 Words have power. The words that we choose have 119 00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:00,520 meaning. How many times have we said 120 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:05,160 something and then as soon as it come out said, oh, I'm sorry, I 121 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:12,880 didn't mean to say that I have because as soon as I said it, I 122 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:18,080 understood intently that what I just said had meaning, and that 123 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,720 meaning may have contradicted my intent. 124 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,400 The tone that we use when we speak invokes an understanding 125 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:30,240 of the moment, the volume of voice that we use when we speak 126 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,600 and speak. In and of itself, tone and tact 127 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,919 are the two most important instruments used in creating the 128 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:41,440 Symphony of words and language. When I was studying Hebrew at 129 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,680 the University of Jerusalem, one of my teachers, many of my 130 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:49,080 teachers would always say, and it was very unique because I 131 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:52,280 never heard an English teacher say this, but it was something 132 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,200 that they would always say was when you're speaking the words 133 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,680 in Hebrew, listen to the music they make. 134 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,200 The words we use in the speech we choose and communicating to 135 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,160 others have power to either make a difference or create 136 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,680 separation. Words marry us. 137 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:18,800 Words also divorce us. Words christen us. 138 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,760 Words bury us. To understand the spoken word, 139 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,160 we must understand the language that is spoken. 140 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,520 There are approximately 6500 languages spoken in our world 141 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:32,880 today. The development of the modern 142 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,200 English language occurred after the development of 130 other 143 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,880 major languages in the world. I know that we often think that 144 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,720 we're first and we're biggest and we're best, but we're not. 145 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:47,720 English wasn't first. Many people don't see it as 146 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,080 best. Believe it or not, there's still 147 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,880 plenty of people on the face of this planet that do not speak 148 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,160 English. I got in the back seat of 149 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,800 several taxi cabs just a few weeks ago over a two week span 150 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,800 with taxi cab drivers that could not utter a word of English. 151 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,040 I find that a bit fun. Some of you would find that 152 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,960 terrifying, but language is powerful. 153 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,520 Words are powerful no matter what language they're spoken in 154 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,600 because they have the ability to connect. 155 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:24,240 But here's the thing, it really doesn't matter what language you 156 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,600 speak. The reason for our ability to 157 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,800 articulate speech today finds its origin in the Garden of Eden 158 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,720 when God desired to have communion with his creation. 159 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:39,960 And if we Fast forward a few 100 years, we find the Psalmist 160 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:45,920 David in Psalm 19 and 14 state, Let the words of my mouth and 161 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:51,040 the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, 162 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:56,840 my strength and my Redeemer. The writer to the Proverbs said 163 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:03,880 in 1821 that death and life are in the power of the tongue, and 164 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,840 they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 165 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,640 Somebody say Amen. Let me pause right here just a 166 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:15,520 moment, if you'll allow me today and remind us that This is why 167 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:22,640 our worship matters so much. The this means that the words 168 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:28,440 that we speak, they are not just sounds in the air, but we are 169 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:34,040 planting seeds in our worship, seeds of life or seeds of death, 170 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:39,160 seeds of faith, or we plant seeds of fear, seeds that will 171 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:43,280 eventually produce fruit in our homes, in our families, and in 172 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,200 our futures. And this, ladies and gentlemen, 173 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,960 is exactly why our worship is so vitally important. 174 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,360 When we worship, we are not just singing melodies. 175 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:59,440 We are releasing words that invite God's life into places 176 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,240 where death has tried to settle on us. 177 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:09,120 Some of us are facing situations today that have been speaking 178 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:13,320 fear all week long. Everyone here today, those 179 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,800 listening by way of the the Internet this morning, all of us 180 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,600 come here into this House of God today with a different 181 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,000 background. We come with a different set of 182 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,120 circumstances. We come with different needs. 183 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:29,880 Bills have spoken. Stress has talked into our life. 184 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,720 Doctor's reports have spoken. The enemy has whispered lies 185 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,680 into the ears of God's children. Sickness has spoken. 186 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:43,440 Relationship issues talk very loudly in our daily walk with 187 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,880 gut with each other. But when you step into a worship 188 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,600 atmosphere, when you step into the House of God, you are 189 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,280 choosing to allow God to have the final word. 190 00:12:55,480 --> 00:13:01,160 Worship shifts our mindset. Worship takes our mouths off the 191 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:05,480 script of our circumstances and puts them back on the script of 192 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,880 God's promises. When the enemy has been haunting 193 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:13,280 you all week and you finally arrive at the House of God to 194 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,800 worship, it is time for us to flip the script. 195 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,400 It's time for us to arrive at the House of God anticipating 196 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,400 what He is going to do, for the Bible tells us that he is well 197 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:31,600 able to do exceeding and abundantly above all that we 198 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:36,240 have or need of. Can somebody shout Amen? 199 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:41,320 So when you open your mouth and declare great is the Lord, you 200 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,440 are breaking agreement with the voice that said you're not going 201 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:50,480 to make it. When you sing you are my 202 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,840 strength, you are refusing to speak the words I can't take 203 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:59,120 this anymore. When you lift up that he's a 204 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:04,000 waymaker miracle worker, you are prophesying life into the very 205 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,240 places that the enemy hoped would stay dead. 206 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:15,120 Hear me today. Worship is spiritual warfare and 207 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:19,480 the words that we speak in worship have the ability to 208 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,560 speak life into your circumstances. 209 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,320 Not with swords. We don't fight with Spears. 210 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,240 That's a bit ancient. Let's go more modern. 211 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:37,600 We don't fight with guns, we don't fight with grenades, we 212 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,640 don't fight with machine guns or Uzis. 213 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,560 We don't fight with semi automatic weapons, we don't 214 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:45,040 fight with the bow and arrow, we don't fight with the muzzle 215 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,600 loader, save that for the deer stand. 216 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,200 We don't fight each other with that. 217 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,320 We don't fight the spiritual fight with that, but we fight it 218 00:14:53,320 --> 00:15:02,640 with words. We live and we die by the power 219 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:06,400 of words. That's what the Bible says. 220 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,040 Death and life are in the power of the tongue. 221 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,520 There are some that even say that the words that you speak 222 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:19,360 over yourself have an ability to determine your actions. 223 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:24,160 So if all you do is put yourself down, then that's the way you're 224 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,600 going to behave. I can't do it, I'm not good 225 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,920 enough. You're going to demonstrate the 226 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:34,040 behaviour of those words, but with words, with praise, with 227 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,680 confession, we are able to flip the script on the enemy of our 228 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:40,600 soul today and we are able to speak life into the 229 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,560 circumstances we are facing. Somebody shout Amen, man. 230 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:52,680 Paul and Silas didn't get free because they complain. 231 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:04,640 Paul and Silas didn't get free because they complain, they got 232 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:11,640 free because they prayed words and because they sang words 233 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,800 well, I don't have a good voice. Didn't say anything about the 234 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:23,280 qualification of the sound because the Bible says let 235 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:28,160 everything that hath breath praise ye the Lord. 236 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:35,560 If you want things to shift in your life now this this is it's 237 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,720 it's quiet here this morning and that's OK that that that doesn't 238 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,680 bother me. I'm capable of working through 239 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,040 it. So this is not a slur on that 240 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,840 because I had this written in my notes before we ever got here 241 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,400 and knew what this morning would be like. 242 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,280 But if you want things to shift in your life, you've got to open 243 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:51,880 your mouth. Yes, Sir. 244 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,840 There's no better opportunity to do that than in worship. 245 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:07,760 Now's a fine time too, if you choose to do so, but God bless 246 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:12,200 you if you don't also. But whenever everybody is 247 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,920 collectively worshiping, you see, the beauty of worship is 248 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:20,119 that if everybody does it, you don't ever feel called out. 249 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,119 If everybody's lifting their voice at the same time. 250 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:31,480 I know volume varies by person to person, that's fine. 251 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:37,280 But when we all do it together, it's like, it's like candlelight 252 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,120 service, which is coming up here in about a month. 253 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:41,560 And I'm looking forward to that. But those of you that's been 254 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,560 here at our annual candlelight service know we dim the lights 255 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:50,120 and this, this, this room just illuminates from candles. 256 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:56,800 But if you start blowing a candle out, if you light up the 257 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,560 candles and every other person blows their out, what start 258 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,400 happening? It starts getting dim. 259 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,840 And then if you dim that a little more and every third 260 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,520 person starts taking theirs out, then it's going to get a little 261 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,600 dimmer. And before you know it, you've 262 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,480 got 1 little candle in this room. 263 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:18,120 You're not going to see it. Hey man, same thing in our 264 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:19,840 worship, same thing in our words. 265 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,120 The more that we collectively do it as the body of Christ, not 266 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:26,320 only are our words speaking life, but we are supporting one 267 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,880 another. We're helping each other through 268 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:35,160 our battles. If you want life to flow, you 269 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,920 have to speak life. If you want the atmosphere in 270 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:43,240 your life to change, you've got to release praise, because life 271 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:45,600 and death are in the power of the tongue. 272 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:51,600 So in worship, we choose life, we choose faith, we choose the 273 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,880 Word of God over the words of our circumstances. 274 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,840 So the next time you lift your hands, the next time you open 275 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,960 your mouth to sing, no matter what volume you choose to set it 276 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,720 at, remember you are shaping the spiritual climate of your home, 277 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,240 of your church, and of your own personal destiny. 278 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:17,320 Worship is not just a song. We do not need a song to 279 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,920 worship. Amen. 280 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,720 We do not need a musical instrument to worship. 281 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:26,720 As a musician, I'm inclined to enjoy it. 282 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,320 But I'm telling you today, as a, as a, as a child of God, we do 283 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,880 not need a drum. We do not need a piano. 284 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,880 We don't need an organ. We don't need a guitar to 285 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:37,600 worship God. You know what we need? 286 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,520 We need our voice. We need the power of the words 287 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,960 in our tongue. I feel my help now. 288 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,960 We need the power of the words that we speak before the face of 289 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,680 Almighty God so that I can come before Him and make a 290 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,880 declaration. Today I'm inviting Him to work 291 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:58,000 in my life and I do that through the power of my words. 292 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,640 Oh Hallelujah. Worships not just a song, it is 293 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:09,240 a weapon and God moves with His people. 294 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:16,760 Speak life. Words and the languages that we 295 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:23,760 speak provide opportunity for understanding, development of 296 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,800 understanding. You, you got to you got to get 297 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:28,960 this today. To develop understanding in your 298 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,680 life is not for the weak or the faint of heart. 299 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,480 The subject of understanding has requirements and it takes 300 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:40,920 effort. If understanding were easy, we 301 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,680 would not have so many misunderstandings and divisions 302 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:53,000 among people. If understanding were easy, it 303 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:59,200 would not take so much effort to listen and to think and to get 304 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,280 ourselves away from our own selfishness to hear what other 305 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:08,880 people have to say. Somewhere, I don't know where it 306 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,880 happened, but somewhere I'm afraid that we became afraid of 307 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:15,720 listening to other people for fear that somehow that if we're 308 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,920 listening to them, that that means we agree with them. 309 00:21:20,120 --> 00:21:24,240 And that's a mistake. Listening doesn't mean I agree. 310 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:30,040 Listening means I respect you. And then I have to choose my 311 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,240 words with humility and respect in return. 312 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:40,120 The word understanding is recorded in the Bible. 160 * 136 313 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:43,080 of these times are in the Old Testament, with 24 in the New 314 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,440 Testament. Of the 136 occurrences in the 315 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,960 Old Testament, 53 of them alone are in the book of Proverbs. 316 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:53,720 Among these are Proverbs 3 and five that says, Trust in the 317 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,760 Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own 318 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:04,080 understanding. Now the statement lean not into 319 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,400 that own understanding doesn't mean that we don't need 320 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,560 understanding. The word lean here comes from 321 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:15,040 the Hebrew al Tashan, meaning don't prop yourself up. 322 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,760 That's the context of it. Don't don't. 323 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,480 In other words, don't prop yourself up on just what you 324 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:26,720 think, because we need to trust in the Lord. 325 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,640 Yes, he's the ancient of days, but he's also an ever present 326 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,840 God who cares about us in this modern generation. 327 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,200 For the Bible declares in Matthew 2820, Lo, I am with you 328 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,520 always, even into the end of the world. 329 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,280 Hebrews 13 five. For he has said, I will never 330 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:49,520 leave thee, nor forsake thee. Proverbs 211 Discretions shall 331 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:55,960 preserve thee understanding shall keep thee. 313 says happy 332 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,160 is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that getteth 333 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,800 understanding. Four and five get wisdom, get 334 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,920 understanding, forget it not neither decline from the words 335 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,680 of my mouth. Four and seven wisdom is the 336 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,720 principal thing. Therefore get wisdom. 337 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,440 And with all that getting get understanding. 338 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:20,240 There's there's there's a tone here. 339 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:27,960 Many times I have said I just don't understand God's will for 340 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,720 us is that we develop an understanding nine and six, 341 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:36,040 forsake the foolish and live and go in the way of understanding. 342 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,720 910 for the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 343 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,360 We stop there. We stop there a lot. 344 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,960 And that's a good statement by itself and it's a good stand 345 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,320 alone statement. But there's more recorded in 346 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,440 that verse. The fear of the Lord is the 347 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:55,280 beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is 348 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,600 understanding. 10 and 13 In the lips of him that hath 349 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:05,480 understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of 350 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:10,760 him. Come on now, that is void of 351 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:17,280 understanding. 11/12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his 352 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:23,040 neighbor. Wow, I didn't write that. 353 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,200 The Bible says he that is void or he that does not have wisdom 354 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:35,280 despiseth his neighbor. Watch it now. 355 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:44,760 But a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 1315 Good 356 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,720 understanding giveth favor, but the way of transgressors is 357 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:54,480 hard. 1429 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding, 358 00:24:54,760 --> 00:25:01,360 But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 1514 The heart 359 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:03,640 of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge. 360 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:09,440 But the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. 6th I told you 361 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,680 this isn't for the faint of heart. 1622 Understanding is a 362 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:19,160 wellspring of life unto him that hath it, but the instruction of 363 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,960 fools is folly. 1727 He that hath knowledge spareth his 364 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,840 words, and a man of understanding is of an excellent 365 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:35,000 spirit. 18 Two, A fool hath no delight in understanding, that 366 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:41,720 is, that his heart may discover itself 2323 by the truth sell it 367 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:46,280 not also wisdom and instruction and understanding. 368 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:53,880 It's power in our words. There is power in our language, 369 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,000 there is power in having understanding. 370 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:12,360 There is a lot to be said. Some people like to say it all. 371 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,720 Some people don't like to say it all. 372 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:28,800 Quiet, Internalize. Here's what I believe to be a 373 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:36,440 statement of fact. Our personal preferences have to 374 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,240 be left at the door when we come into the presence of God, 375 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,000 because God looks at you. He's not looking at extrovert, 376 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,840 he's not looking at introvert, he's not looking at loud, he's 377 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:54,200 not looking at quiet. He's looking at child, he's 378 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,760 looking at son, he's looking at daughter. 379 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:04,960 And his desire is that we use words to invite Him into our 380 00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:10,520 circumstances, to invite him into our life, to invite him 381 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:19,400 into places and areas of our life where that we need him. 382 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:28,000 There's power in words. There's power in what you say. 383 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,040 If you don't think so, just don't pay attention to it and go 384 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,160 around in life and not caring what you say to whoever you say 385 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:42,480 it. Seriously, find out what 386 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:49,600 happens. And when you're lonely and when 387 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,080 you don't have anybody to talk to because no one wants to be 388 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:56,720 your friend, stand in the mirror and ask yourself why. 389 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,160 Because of what the reflection needs to tell you is that 390 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,200 there's power in your words. Now. 391 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,360 This is very practical right now, but it's also very 392 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:10,400 spiritual. There's power in the words that 393 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:17,040 you speak, but before we ever open our mouth, there's also 394 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,080 power in our actions and how we walk in our daily life. 395 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,600 You have often heard me say, and I'll, I'll probably continue to 396 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,720 say it until I can't say anymore, that the best testimony 397 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,440 you will ever be for God has nothing to do with what you have 398 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,760 to say. Because your life speaks words, 399 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,880 your actions speak, your behavior speaks, your attitude 400 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:46,680 speaks. And for those who suffer some of 401 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,240 the same syndromes that I do, your facial expressions speak. 402 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,480 God help us, right, Brother Reese? 403 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,120 Sometimes the face talks before the lips can open. 404 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,560 Oh help us, Jesus, help us to be better. 405 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,880 I'm not standing here today because I'm perfect. 406 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,400 I'm standing here today because I'm trying. 407 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,480 I'm in this house today lifting up my words to Him because I'm 408 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:21,280 trying. And what we, what we cannot 409 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:28,400 afford to forget not only where he has brought us from, but we 410 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,280 cannot, we cannot afford to forget that when we come into 411 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,200 this house, every time we are here. 412 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,440 We are here because we're trying. 413 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:38,480 We're not here because we're perfect. 414 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,000 We're not here because we've got it all figured out. 415 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,000 We're not here because we're so good that this is all we've got 416 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,640 time to do. We're here because it's choice. 417 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,520 I'm in the House of God today because I want to be in the 418 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,640 House of God. I want to be in his presence and 419 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,440 I want to invite him into my life. 420 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,240 I want to invite him into my circumstances. 421 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:10,120 When I got back, when I got back home last a week ago, Friday 422 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:15,560 night, Friday afternoon, all I had on my mind was getting home. 423 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,880 I had been traveling for 28 hours. 424 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:24,960 I barely slept on the plane. That's a story in and of itself. 425 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,720 Don't ask me if you're curious, I'll tell it to you, but it's 426 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:31,520 not really that exciting. It was just a no good time to 427 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:36,240 sleep and I was tired, I was fatigued, I was wore out and the 428 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,760 last thing I wanted to do Bishop was to get to my car and find 429 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,480 out that I had a dead car battery. 430 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:48,560 So normally when I park at an airport, I'm normally pretty 431 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,240 good about remembering where I park. 432 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,120 It's just that's one of my last checkpoints as I'm walking in 433 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,880 with my luggage the day that I'm leaving it's I'll sometimes take 434 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,520 a picture of what letter row I'm in, but I'm normally very good 435 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,600 about remembering. But this trip was so long I kind 436 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,360 of forgot where I parked. I knew a general area. 437 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,680 So what do you think I'm doing? I've got my clicker out and I'm 438 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:16,640 going beep, beep, beep, beep. Except it's going there, no 439 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:22,520 beep. Ears are a little stuffed up 440 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,640 from 39,000 foot altitude sometimes. 441 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,320 So I'm thinking OK maybe it's just me. 442 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:31,680 So I hit the panic button because I'm about to panic and 443 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,880 I'm thinking dear Lord it's a much louder than my beep. 444 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:39,680 So I'm hitting panic. Now I'm really about to panic. 445 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:45,080 My panic isn't even working. Last thing I when I thought, 446 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:46,640 dear God, I know what's happened. 447 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:56,670 It's happened to me before. My battery's dead. 28 hours of 448 00:31:56,670 --> 00:32:03,790 travel, Brother Fred, 12. 1/2 of those just on one flight alone. 449 00:32:07,230 --> 00:32:12,870 I'm tired. I've got words that I want to 450 00:32:12,870 --> 00:32:22,920 speak and I I am. I am not I I don't walk in holy 451 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:27,880 robes of glory every day. I promise you I don't. 452 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,760 But I stopped and I said, oh Lord, please help me. 453 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:44,200 I'm tired. So I called my wife to tell her 454 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:45,680 what was going on. So what do you want me to hit 455 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:46,800 the road? No, don't, don't hit the road 456 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,280 just yet. Let me see if I can flag 457 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,200 somebody down because I I tried to put myself in everybody 458 00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:56,960 else's shoes as well. Last thing you want to do is get 459 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,160 everybody when they get back to the airport, everybody's got one 460 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,920 thing on their mind and that's that checkout gate to get out of 461 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:04,440 that parking lot and get on the road. 462 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,760 So I didn't want to be that guy, but I've got my hood up. 463 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,600 I'm I'm practicing part of that guy and I've got my hood up, got 464 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,640 my phone out and I'm standing there looking as desperate as I 465 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,400 know how to. And that probably wasn't that 466 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:23,960 hard. And a guy had drove by in a 467 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,520 pickup truck. He just kept driving. 468 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,880 And I thought, bless you, Sir, because I've probably done that 469 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,160 to other people as well. So if I've done it, I've got to 470 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:39,160 accept it. He drove back around. 471 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:42,240 Oh, thank you. Jesus. 472 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,480 I told my wife. I said, hey, he's coming back, 473 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,200 I'll call you later. He came back. 474 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,400 We hooked the jumper cables up, let it run for a while. 475 00:33:53,280 --> 00:34:00,320 My car's got a button instead of a key, so hit the button, screen 476 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,800 was going berserk, act like it was about the flat line. 477 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:08,280 Nothing. 25 minutes later of running with that pick up, it 478 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:13,480 was big, big pick up. Nothing, not enough juice to 479 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,480 start. So I called my wife. 480 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:19,239 I said you're going to have to come and get me. 481 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,120 Now here's here's where the story gets a little bit more 482 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,360 maybe involved with this message. 483 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:32,080 This morning she came and got me, took me home. 484 00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:37,360 We got up early Saturday morning last weekend, headed back to 485 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,719 Evansville. Now my bad. 486 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,719 I am not a mechanic. Those of you that know me well 487 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:48,840 know that I I try to do certain things for myself, just not my 488 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,280 typical skill set. What won't take Bishop or 489 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,600 Brother Fred or Brother Short 30 minutes to do? 490 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,000 Probably going to take me a couple hours to do usually 491 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,880 because I'm afraid I'm going to break more and have to fix more 492 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:01,040 because I don't know what I'm doing. 493 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,120 Thank God for YouTube. YouTube is my teacher when it 494 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,280 comes to doing things sometimes and very thankful for that. 495 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,960 And I mean that sincerely. But my, my battery sits about 496 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:17,280 80% up under the dash. It's not made for guys with big 497 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,600 hands. It's just, it's a big battery. 498 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,600 It's a heavy battery, angles bad, leverage is bad. 499 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:26,360 It's just a bad situation. And the last time I changed the 500 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:31,400 battery, it took me about four hours for a variety of reasons. 501 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,800 And it's not that I don't know how to change a battery, it was 502 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:40,520 just, I'm not going to go into all the details, but that's what 503 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:47,840 was on my mind at that point. I've been up 32 hours, getting 504 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,720 close to bedtime, going back on a Saturday. 505 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:55,040 The last thing I want to do on the next day is spend 4 hours in 506 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,800 an airport parking lot changing a battery when I'd like to be 507 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,320 home sitting on the couch resting from travel. 508 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:10,290 That was with my heart. So I said, Lord, you got to help 509 00:36:10,290 --> 00:36:13,930 me. I invited him into my 510 00:36:13,930 --> 00:36:17,730 circumstances. It wasn't. 511 00:36:18,330 --> 00:36:23,330 I didn't stop and say, dear Heavenly Father, nothing against 512 00:36:23,330 --> 00:36:27,130 you if that's how you approach it, but it was just simple, 513 00:36:27,130 --> 00:36:31,650 common everyday man to man talk. Me talking to him like he's a 514 00:36:31,650 --> 00:36:33,730 man standing right there with me and said, Lord, you got to help 515 00:36:33,730 --> 00:36:36,320 me. You know this. 516 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:41,400 This is not my natural gifting. I don't want to be doing this, 517 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,920 but I accepted it is what it is. You've got a purpose for 518 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,720 everything. He might have protected me from 519 00:36:46,720 --> 00:36:48,400 something. Maybe that battery needed to go 520 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,280 dead. I don't know. 521 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,840 I don't question that. I want to, but I chose not to. 522 00:36:55,840 --> 00:37:00,760 God, I'm asking you for help. My wife is much better at this 523 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,440 than I am. She got it from her grandmother. 524 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:06,120 She'll pray for the toilet, the refrigerator, the blender. 525 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,680 I'm learning. I'm trying. 526 00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,200 Bishop. We got down there. 527 00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:20,080 We borrowed your car. We got down there. 528 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:25,960 I was missing a tool. I knew I needed a 10mm socket. 529 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,120 I forgot that I needed an 8mm socket. 530 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:33,760 I thought, dear Lord, I'm 45 minutes from home. 531 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,400 I'm not going back home to get an 8mm socket. 532 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:37,720 I'll go to the store and buy one. 533 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,840 And my wife said, no, no, no. She said, Daddy's car's here, 534 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:49,760 He's got tool boxes. Went open that trunk. 535 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,920 It looked like AutoZone in the bed of that trunk. 536 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:03,200 I pulled up the first case, put my glasses on, popped that puppy 537 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,280 up. I saw sockets. 538 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:08,360 I said oh Hallelujah. I pulled one up 10 mil. 539 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,760 No, I've got that 198 mil. There he is. 540 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,080 Pulled that 8mm socket out. Went back to the car, had the 541 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:20,400 battery out in less than 20. Went to the store, swapped it 542 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,720 out, come back, had the new battery back in in less than 20 543 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:29,200 and was saying thank you. Jesus, seriously. 544 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,160 I invited him into my prep, my circumstances. 545 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,680 He knew what the last one was. He knew my fatigue, He knew my 546 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,760 frustration. He knew my heart. 547 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,720 He allowed me to remember the final thing that I did the last 548 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:50,800 time that eventually worked at hour number four so that I could 549 00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:56,600 avoid those four hours of work. That was not me on my own. 550 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,880 I'm telling you, the power of the words we speak between here 551 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:05,360 and heaven matter. And even in the things that 552 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,160 that, that, that's that circumstance was not it. 553 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:13,080 Not in the least spiritual. There's this practical life. 554 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,840 There wasn't anything spiritual about it other than me not 555 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:23,680 losing my spirituality. But by contrast, today, let's 556 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:27,440 compare and contrast what what happens in our life when things 557 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:36,120 don't go the way we want to. How we respond matters and when 558 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,520 we respond the right way, even when we don't understand it, 559 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:47,760 when we respond the right way, God Bishop I I don't think he's 560 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:52,360 just able. I think he wants to help us. 561 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:57,560 By the way, I, I, I would be remiss if I didn't tell this 562 00:39:57,560 --> 00:40:01,600 part of the story. I'm putting that 8mm socket back 563 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,560 up in the, in the, in the little toolbox in the back of the 564 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:09,480 AutoZone trunk. And I told my wife, I, I stopped 565 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,720 and I looked at her. I said, you know what? 566 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,960 We're standing in the middle of the airport parking lot and I'm 567 00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,560 telling her this. I said, I fancy myself a 568 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,280 prepared guy. It's something I take a. 569 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,760 A fair amount of pride on of, of planning and preparedness. 570 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:25,480 It's just in my, my nature and my, my skill set. 571 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,760 I said. But your dad takes it to the 572 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,240 next level. I said. 573 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:35,720 I will never again make fun of him for packing tool tool boxes 574 00:40:35,720 --> 00:40:38,160 in his trunk. Never. 575 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:42,160 I always thought it was excess. Well, what's, what's the use of 576 00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:43,680 it? Maybe I thought it was excess 577 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:47,040 because I wouldn't know what to do with half of them anyway, but 578 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,120 I always thought it was excess. It was unneeded. 579 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,280 It was whatever, that's him. That's great. 580 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,000 And after that, I was like, I'll never make fun of him again. 581 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,240 I love it. I appreciate it. 582 00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:58,960 He's the best. And he can have an AutoZone 583 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:00,640 trunk all day long. All he wants to. 584 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:07,760 Hey, man, there's power in our words. 585 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:14,560 There's power in how we approach life. 586 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:20,640 There's power in our worship. Some of you don't believe that 587 00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:22,680 you've got any power to offer God. 588 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:27,400 Some of you think that you are you are immaterial. 589 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,600 Some of you have allowed the lies of the enemy to convince 590 00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,400 you that you don't matter and that you don't have anything to 591 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,040 offer God, so that you just stay quiet and you stay trapped in 592 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:41,680 your own bed of lies. I've come to debunk those lies 593 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,320 this morning. This isn't in my notes today, 594 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,560 but I feel it in the spirit this morning that that that you need 595 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:48,640 to understand. I want your take away to be here 596 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,160 this morning, that the words that you speak, that that the 597 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,280 words in the meditation of your heart being pleasing to God is 598 00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,240 just as important to you as it is for me. 599 00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:01,760 You've got just as much in your words to offer God as I do or as 600 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:05,640 Bishop does or anybody else does around here, because all he's 601 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,600 looking for is for you to have the ability to just tell him 602 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:13,360 whatever you need to tell him. It doesn't matter what language 603 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,560 you speak. It doesn't matter how fluent it 604 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:16,960 is. It doesn't matter how 605 00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,360 grammatically correct it is. It does it. 606 00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:23,720 None of that matters when it gets between you and God. 607 00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:29,400 It's your willingness. It's not your ability. 608 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,160 Hear me today, I feel the Holy Ghost. 609 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,960 It is not your ability because many of you this morning could 610 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,600 could say I don't have the ability to do that. 611 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,640 I don't have the skill set, I don't have the history. 612 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:45,440 I've never practiced that. I don't know how. 613 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,720 And I've come to tell you that that's a very good thing because 614 00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:52,080 it's not about your ability. It's only about your 615 00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,320 availability and your willingness. 616 00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:05,120 All you have to do is be willing to tell him I need you, I want 617 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:09,840 you, I love you. Come into my circumstances, come 618 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:14,480 into my life, come into my heart, come into my family, come 619 00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:25,160 into my home. There are times we have been 620 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:28,600 invited the ministry of this church, especially Bishop and 621 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,280 pastor. We've been invited into homes to 622 00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:40,400 pray and and I don't have a word to say against that except I 623 00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:49,080 want to add to it. They have nothing to say more 624 00:43:49,680 --> 00:44:00,630 than what you do when when we just when we clear the fog and 625 00:44:00,630 --> 00:44:02,550 we get down to the reality of it. 626 00:44:03,510 --> 00:44:09,400 When Bishop says in the name of Jesus, and I'm not taking 627 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:14,480 anything away from him at all, but I'm trying to lift you up. 628 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,480 We've convinced ourselves somewhere along the way that the 629 00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,720 only certain people can pray for us and we've forgotten that we 630 00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:26,960 can say something for ourselves. We've forgotten that the same 631 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,960 Holy Ghost is in you, that is in him. 632 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:35,760 We we've forgotten acts one and eight that says that you shall 633 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:40,040 receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you. 634 00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:42,480 You want more power and you don't have the Holy Ghost. 635 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,920 You need to start worshipping God for the Holy Ghost. 636 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,120 You need his spirit in your life. 637 00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:52,240 Invite him into your there's power in your words. 638 00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:58,080 Invite him into your life. But when he says it, you've got 639 00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:04,000 the same ability to speak to Yonder mountain and say, Be thou 640 00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:10,360 removed. There's power in our words. 641 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:16,360 Stand with me this morning if you would please, as our praise 642 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,880 team is coming this morning to close us in song. 643 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:27,640 Acts 2 and 14 says. But Peter standing up with the 644 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:30,760 11, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judea, 645 00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,000 and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto 646 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,520 you, and hearken unto my words, hearken unto my words. 647 00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:42,160 Catch that phrasing, because there's power in what's about to 648 00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:46,440 be said. He said, But for these are not 649 00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:49,040 drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the 650 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,040 day. But this is that which was 651 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:56,320 spoken by the prophet Joel in the IT shall come to pass in the 652 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:59,560 last days, saith God. I will pour out of my spirit 653 00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:03,320 upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall 654 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:04,880 prophecy. Your young men shall see 655 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,120 visions, your old men shall dream dreams. 656 00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:10,320 And on my servants, and on my handmaidens will I pour out in 657 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:13,880 those days my spirit. On my servants and on my 658 00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:17,960 handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my spirit, and 659 00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:26,440 they shall prophecy. Acts 2 and 37 Now when they 660 00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,920 heard this, they were pricked in their heart and said unto Peter, 661 00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,800 and to the rest of the apostles, men and brethren, what shall we 662 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:35,560 do? Then Peter said unto them, 663 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:45,560 repent, there's power in these words, so, so much life changing 664 00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:48,840 power in these words. Repent and be baptized to 665 00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:51,280 everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission 666 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,960 of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 667 00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,680 Watch this now for those of you that don't believe yet, those of 668 00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,600 you that are doubting for yourself, watch this for the 669 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,600 promises unto you. Everybody say me. 670 00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,240 Some of you didn't say it, but that's fine. 671 00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:10,040 The promises unto you and to your children, and to all that 672 00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:13,520 are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 673 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:20,000 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save 674 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:24,520 yourselves, save yourselves, save yourselves. 675 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:29,440 Bishop can pray it, Pastor can pray it, but you need to save 676 00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:33,520 yourself. You need to speak words that are 677 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:35,720 powerfully uttered between you and God. 678 00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:39,880 You have to repent for yourself. You have to make the your own 679 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,360 conscious decision to be baptized. 680 00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,560 And when it comes to receiving the infilling of His Spirit, you 681 00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:49,640 have to allow God control of your words. 682 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:57,440 Hallelujah. There is so much power in the 683 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,400 words that we speak, whether it be English, whether it be some 684 00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:05,040 other language, or whether it be a heavenly language known only 685 00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:12,840 to God. Lift your hands right now and 686 00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:16,400 magnify. Come on all over this house. 687 00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:18,520 I'm challenging everybody to lift your hands. 688 00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:23,240 Lift your hands, just begin to talk to him. 689 00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:26,680 It can be quiet if he needs to be, but you just need to whisper 690 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:29,120 to him. I'm inviting you into my life 691 00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:33,120 today. I need you in my circumstances. 692 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:48,800 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be 693 00:48:48,800 --> 00:49:02,760 pleasing to you, God. How do I know? 694 00:49:03,720 --> 00:49:05,840 How do I know he has what I need? 695 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:11,560 Acts 4 and 12 says neither is there salvation in any other, 696 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:16,120 for there is none other name under heaven given among men 697 00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:18,840 whereby we must be saved. I've come to tell you today, 698 00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,400 I've come to speak the words of the word of God in kindness and 699 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:32,160 truth. Today you need him, we need God. 700 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:38,160 And as they prepare to sing this morning, this altar is open. 701 00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,600 I want to invite as many as are willing, many as can to come. 702 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,280 Stand, kneel, makes no difference to me. 703 00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:48,560 But let's flood this altar in a season of worship this morning. 704 00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:52,800 This is an opportunity to for you to not isolate yourself, but 705 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:55,320 to get in communion when fellowship with those that are 706 00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:58,120 around you, so that maybe you feel a little bit more 707 00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:01,560 comfortable to raise your words to God. 708 00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:06,640 Because the word spoken by the holy Word of God is that you 709 00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:11,960 must be born again of the water and of the Spirit. 710 00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:13,360 There's power in our words today. 711 00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:13,960 Let's sing.