1 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:33,140 Welcome to church this morning. It's a beautiful hot summer day, 2 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:35,820 but it is a beautiful day to worship the Lord. 3 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:40,340 I have a few announcements. If you would turn on the back of 4 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:42,340 your bulletin you will see most of them. 5 00:00:42,620 --> 00:00:46,460 I'm not going to announce all of them, but remember after the 6 00:00:46,460 --> 00:00:52,700 service we do have the board meeting and I don't believe we 7 00:00:52,700 --> 00:00:58,160 will be having disciple women this Wednesday. 8 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,480 So we've either got somebody in the hospital so we won't be 9 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:09,160 having disciple women. OK, thank you women, ladies. 10 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:17,520 Regina, yes, anybody that wants to help with food boxes on 11 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:18,880 Wednesday will be party at 10 AM the party. 12 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,600 Anybody that wants to help with food boxes they will be here 13 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,040 Wednesday and they will leave at 10 AM so you better leave here. 14 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,800 I know Chuck usually gets up at 7:00 so but they will be leaving 15 00:01:30,800 --> 00:02:03,350 at 10 if you want to help. All right, So what she just 16 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:04,670 said. I know most of y'all did not 17 00:02:04,670 --> 00:02:07,310 hear that. Vegetable cans. 18 00:02:07,310 --> 00:02:11,070 If you open a can of vegetables, don't throw it in the garbage. 19 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,240 Put it in a bag. A Walmart bag. 20 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,080 Save them up for the rest of this week. 21 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,120 We need a bunch. Yeah, you can wash that, make 22 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,320 sure they're clean. Well, we need. 23 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:26,440 A bunch of vegetable cans. No like coke cans or whatever. 24 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:28,600 Soda cans, right? Got to be something. 25 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:30,000 We've opened the can that's correct. 26 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:30,480 Is. That correct? 27 00:02:30,480 --> 00:05:30,290 OK, did y'all hear that? Please stand with me. 28 00:05:30,570 --> 00:05:33,410 Turn in your worship handles to number 603. 29 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:37,330 When we all get to heaven, we'll do the first and fourth verse. 30 00:07:32,110 --> 00:07:36,510 You may be seated. First of all, I want to say 31 00:07:36,510 --> 00:07:39,470 welcome to some of the visitors that we have today. 32 00:07:40,070 --> 00:07:44,030 It looks good to see some more young people out here today. 33 00:07:45,510 --> 00:07:51,960 All right for our word of worship today or word of 34 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:57,200 encouragement. We live in a busy life, busy 35 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,320 lifestyle, even in the South sometimes. 36 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:09,280 But in Psalms 4610 through 11, it says be still and know that I 37 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:12,840 am God. I will be exalted among all 38 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,480 nations. I will be exalted in the earth. 39 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:22,080 The Lord Almighty is with us. The Lord of Jacob is our 40 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:26,560 fortress. Now we as Christians experience 41 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:32,360 seasons not like fall, summer, winter, but we have spiritual 42 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:37,919 seasons in our lives. At some point during these 43 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:42,520 seasons, God is telling us in songs to be still. 44 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,560 It's hard for many of us to be still. 45 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:52,640 We're not used to that. But sometimes when we pray, just 46 00:08:52,640 --> 00:09:00,480 be quiet and listen. Be still and know that I am God. 47 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:07,520 Let us pray. Father, help us to see your 48 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:12,840 mighty things that you do for us every day and the things that 49 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:16,520 you do for us throughout our lives and throughout our church 50 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:20,600 lives. Lord, we come to you praying as 51 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:25,200 Jesus taught us to pray. Our Father, who art in heaven, 52 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:30,880 hallowed be thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done 53 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:36,600 on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day Our Daily Bread 54 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:42,440 and forgives our death as we forgive our debtors and lead us 55 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:46,200 not to temptation, but deliver us from evil. 56 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:51,320 For thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. 57 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:59,160 We won't have the children. I know she's not still. 58 00:10:10,270 --> 00:10:12,790 OK, please stand with me again. Open your worship handle to 59 00:10:12,790 --> 00:10:16,910 number 554 as the deer first and third verse. 60 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:34,720 Hey man, you may be seated. Now I have a serious question 61 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:39,840 for y'all. Can y'all hear me singing? 62 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:49,360 I can't hear y'all so I need y'all to sing out. 63 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:50,960 I know you. You don't. 64 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,920 Y'all don't like it sometimes or you're scared. 65 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:57,480 I I don't know. I don't know what it is, but I 66 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:01,640 I'm getting older and my hearing is not what it used to be. 67 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,160 So you're going to have to sing out. 68 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,520 Speak up so I can hear you. OK. 69 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,200 Anyone going to sing louder on the next hymn? 70 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,960 Just raise your hand if you're going to OK yeah, two people 71 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,960 since I'm beginning to see what I think the problem is. 72 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,560 At least y'all aren't telling stories in church. 73 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:27,400 I will commend you on that this morning as we're looking to go 74 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,400 the Lord in prayer. I do want to tell you that I had 75 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:35,200 a request from someone that when we get to the time of the 76 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:40,040 message today that I put in about a good hour and a half. 77 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:47,360 So I'm just letting you know I'm going to start the timer when I 78 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:59,280 get up there, hour and a half. We'll see how that goes over as 79 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,680 we do go. Lord in prayer, in all 80 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:02,760 seriousness, morning. I do want you to continue to 81 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:07,600 remember Miss Patricia Curry. She is still in the hospital at 82 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:11,760 Baptist, but she is doing better, improving. 83 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:20,160 I saw her Friday and in a regular room and sitting up in a 84 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,920 chair and and beginning to regain some strength she has she 85 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,240 had gotten up out of the bed and she walked down the hall. 86 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:30,080 So she is in making some some progress, but do continue to 87 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,720 remember her. Also remember Dan, he had 88 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,600 another of one of his radiation treatments and he is in 89 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,800 quarantine at his house right now. 90 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,440 So just be in prayer for them. Also continue to remember those 91 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,600 within our church family who have lost loved ones recently 92 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:55,560 that we just continue to remember them and know not only 93 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,440 are they hurting, are they mourning, but they're simply 94 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,240 missing a loved one. And what we can do to encourage 95 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,720 them. We, we certainly want to do 96 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,000 that. So let's go. 97 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:08,360 The Lord in prayer, our heavenly Father, this morning we do give 98 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,600 thanks, Lord, for an opportunity to worship, Lord, for an 99 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,120 opportunity to stand before you, the one true and living God, to 100 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:22,560 be invited here, that you desire to meet with us, that you want 101 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:26,240 to commune with us. Lord, it's amazing that the 102 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,040 Creator of the heavens and the earth cares about us as 103 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:34,480 individuals, that you desire a personal relationship with each 104 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,160 of us. As Miss Regina shared. 105 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,320 Lord, we, we, we simply pray that sometimes we will just 106 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:45,800 pause and sit and be still and allow Your Spirit to move within 107 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:50,040 us and for us to realize who it is that we serve. 108 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:56,800 That you are God, that you are all knowing more, that you know 109 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:01,720 what it is to be in pain. Lord, you know what it is to 110 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,720 hurt. You know what our needs are 111 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:09,080 before we even ask, but You still desire for us to come to 112 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:12,920 You and make those requests. We pray today, Lord, as we 113 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,920 worship Lord, that we do so in spirit and truth as we have 114 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:19,560 opportunities to give of what You have blessed us with. 115 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,600 Lord, we do so willingly as You have told us, Lord, that You 116 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,320 love a cheerful giver. We also ask, Lord, that as we 117 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,400 come to the table to remember the sacrifice made by our Lord 118 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:35,440 and Savior Jesus Christ, that we approach that place humbly, that 119 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,920 we acknowledge where we have fallen short, but we also always 120 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:43,840 remember that He died on that cross for us so that we may have 121 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,600 forgiveness of those sins. And Lord, then as we do look 122 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,320 into Your word today, Lord, I just pray that Your word speaks 123 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:54,000 to us, that Your Holy Spirit moves within us, Lord, and that 124 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,960 we are changed, that we are encouraged, and that we look 125 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,240 forward to going forth and serving You in this next week. 126 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,880 We ask all this in Jesus name, Amen. 127 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,480 We deal with joyful hearts. Thank you for the providing us 128 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,920 with our needs eligible times. And all be used. 129 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,040 For the glory and honor, it's in your name we pray. 130 00:19:47,040 --> 00:20:03,130 Amen. Our Communion hymn is #399 Let 131 00:20:03,130 --> 00:20:06,130 us break bread together, of course, first and second verse. 132 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,120 Christ's advice to this table, all who profess the Christian 133 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:02,840 faith and who seek the mercy of God. 134 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,160 Jesus broke bread with all sorts of people throughout his life, 135 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,040 with sinners, with a self-righteous, with hungry 136 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,400 crowds, and most often with his disciples. 137 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,240 It was in the breaking of the bread that the travelers to 138 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,880 Emmaus recognized him. When the first Christians 139 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,160 gathered on the on the Lord's Day to share in a meal of 140 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,560 Christ's remembrance, they spoke of it as the breaking of the 141 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:31,600 bread with all God's faithful. Let us now break bread together 142 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,360 in communion with Christ and with one another. 143 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:39,240 Let us pray, dear. Lord, we do thank you for this 144 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:41,960 communion table that we come to you today. 145 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,920 First of all, breaking of the bread. 146 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:52,400 We know it represents your body broken, that we have been 147 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,680 forgiven. We thank you for Jesus that gave 148 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:02,600 us that wonderful gift of grace. And as we take this bread today, 149 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:07,000 Lord, as the song says, have mercy on us. 150 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,280 Father, thank you for the many blessings you've given us. 151 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,040 Thank you for this day and the opportunity we have to come 152 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,440 together to worship and praise. Your name must be sister. 153 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,320 We thank You for this table and the invitation we have and come 154 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,640 and partake of its emblems. Now as we take of this cup, 155 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,840 we're reminded of Jesus blood that was poured out on the cross 156 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,400 for the forgiveness of our sins. I pray that we might partake in 157 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,360 a manner that is pleasing you. Bryce name I pray. 158 00:23:33,840 --> 00:26:49,640 Amen. The Lord Jesus, on the night he 159 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,040 was betrayed, took bread and we had given thanks. 160 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,280 He broke it and said, this is my body given for you. 161 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:04,880 Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way, after supper he 162 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,680 took the cup, saying this cup is a new covenant in my blood. 163 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:12,440 Do this whenever you drink it in remembrance of me. 164 00:27:37,380 --> 00:27:40,940 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim 165 00:27:40,940 --> 00:28:14,800 the Lord's death until he comes. All right. 166 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:18,920 This morning as we look into God's Word, I have several 167 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,520 verses that I'm going to share with you. 168 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:31,760 You can go ahead and turn to Thessalonians chapter 5, 1st 169 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:54,080 Thessalonians 5, and verse 16. This morning I want to I want to 170 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:59,720 talk with you for a few moments, few minutes about being thankful 171 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,640 and what that looks like in in our daily lives. 172 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:08,960 Let let me ask you this question. 173 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:19,000 If I was to ask you the question yesterday, did you tell others 174 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:25,640 that you were more often thankful for something or did 175 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:30,440 you complain about something? What do you think? 176 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:31,880 What do you think you did yesterday? 177 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,800 What's that? You think you did more 178 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,720 thankfulness than you did complaining? 179 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:40,480 That's excellent. What'd y'all say? 180 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:48,960 OK, On average, do you think that you give more thanks when 181 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,560 you were talking to others, or do you do more complaining? 182 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,200 I want you to really think about this. 183 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,760 I want you to think about when you're driving down the road and 184 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,280 you're talking on the phone to someone and don't say that you 185 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,720 don't do it because I know you do, and someone pulls out in 186 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,280 front of you. Do you tell the person on the 187 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,760 other end of the line how crazy the drivers are and how, how 188 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,480 they can't drive, they shouldn't be on the road and da, da, da, 189 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,360 da, do you do that? I do it all the time. 190 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,480 Ask Randy, ask my wife, ask my children. 191 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,840 When you go and you get, when you go to a restaurant and you 192 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:32,920 sit down and you're starving and you there's hardly anyone else 193 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,160 in the restaurant and you've got your menu. 194 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,240 You've already been looking at it. 195 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:41,880 You know what it is that you want and they don't come and 196 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,840 take your order. Do you ever make the comment, 197 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,640 where is our waitresses? Is anyone waiting on our 198 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,360 section? And on and on and on we go. 199 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:55,000 And then they finally show up and they take our order and 200 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,720 we're like, thank goodness they got our order taken. 201 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,880 And then 10 minutes later you, you don't have your drink, you 202 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,040 finally get your drink. Man, I I hope it doesn't take 203 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,720 our food this long to get here and takes the food a long time. 204 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,080 Then the food gets there and it was not up really up to what you 205 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,120 were hoping that it was. And you're just like, well, this 206 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,640 is a disappointing meal. Do you ever do that? 207 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:26,000 Honestly, I do. I was talking to my parents the 208 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,040 other day and I've and as I sat down on the couch and they're 209 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,840 always my dad is in his recliner right here. 210 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,040 My mom is on this end of the couch and it's an l-shaped 211 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,840 couch. And then I sit over here on this 212 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,840 end. And as I sat down, they said, 213 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:43,680 well, how was your day? And I just started laying into 214 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,000 all the things that I didn't like about the day. 215 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,840 And as I did that, as as I was got getting to the end of my 216 00:31:51,840 --> 00:32:00,400 spill, my dad said something along the lines of, well, 217 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,120 hopefully tomorrow will be better. 218 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:10,120 And it just kind of hit me. And I will tell y'all, this 219 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,720 one's probably more for me than it is for y'all, but I'm 220 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:22,080 preaching it anyway. But it hit me how often we hear 221 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:33,760 negative, we speak negative, we think negative, we complain, and 222 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,480 we just go off about the world in general. 223 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:42,960 Who watches the news in here? How do you? 224 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:47,560 Would you say that you hear more good news, good feeling stories 225 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,440 or do you hear more negative stories? 226 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:57,280 Would you say that it's 90% negative and 10% positive would 227 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,120 be about where that would fall, would you say? 228 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,360 Or is it even worse? Because I, I'm beginning to 229 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:06,560 wonder, it may be worse than 90%. 230 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:13,480 The world that we live in, I'm telling you, is always looking 231 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,240 at the bad side, the negative side. 232 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:24,840 It is up to us as Christians to not be pulled into that. 233 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,880 And let me tell you, I I'm guilty. 234 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:33,120 I am guilty of looking at the negative side. 235 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,680 Let me give you another example. My daughter plays softball. 236 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:45,640 She may play a fantastic game, but there will be 1 ball that I 237 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,960 mean it was just laid out there and you just suck it up and go 238 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,200 right to first base and it went right between her legs. 239 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,760 I don't talk about the double that she got. 240 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,240 I don't talk about the two that she caught. 241 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,640 They were going foul and one of them almost was going out of the 242 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:03,840 out of the fence and she snags it. 243 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,760 I don't talk about those. I'm the first thing I say is 244 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:09,639 what happened on that ball at third? 245 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,080 You were right there and then you just took took her off the 246 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:14,480 ball and went right between your legs. 247 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:20,440 What am I saying to my daughter? All the good doesn't really mean 248 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:25,199 that much to me. But that one bad play, that's 249 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:27,400 where I want to focus. Why? 250 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,320 Why do not say? Why do I not say look at all the 251 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,840 good things. Don't worry about that ball. 252 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:40,080 It is so easy for us to focus in on that one negative thing that 253 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:44,239 happened. Even if it is within a meal, the 254 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,199 the 90% of the meal could be great. 255 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,719 But you were looking forward to this one thing and it wasn't 256 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:52,679 quite right. And you're that's what you want 257 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:58,760 to harp on. I got one more for you then I'm 258 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,440 going to let you talk. So be ready. 259 00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:06,920 One more. We were having a funeral here. 260 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:14,440 Last Saturday was the last Saturday, Lamar last Saturday 261 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,960 and Lamar and Beau, we're out cooking burgers. 262 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,480 And it started to just, I mean, it started flooding in an 263 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:25,760 instant. I mean, there was no rain. 264 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,880 And then all of a sudden, boom, it's just coming down. 265 00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:32,840 So Lamar pulled the cooker underneath the the portico right 266 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:36,200 out here and they finished cooking the burgers and they 267 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,200 were able to stay dry and they got all the burgers cooked. 268 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,360 This door doesn't latch all the way and it was open just about 269 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,240 that much while they were out there cooking and cooking and 270 00:35:49,240 --> 00:35:51,320 cooking. And the smoke was just being 271 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:55,760 pulled in to the sanctuary. And I literally when you were in 272 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:59,240 here, there was just this ring of smoke in the sanctuary. 273 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:06,080 Now, instead of me saying to Lamar and to Bo, hey, thank you 274 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:10,400 all so much for being willing to cook after all that you all have 275 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,800 already done the week before. Thank you all for being willing 276 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,640 to do that. Thank you for cooking burgers, 277 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:19,400 which we all know is one of my favorite things. 278 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,880 And let me tell you what they did. 279 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,800 They cooked me a triple cheeseburger and had it set 280 00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,480 aside specifically for me. That's true. 281 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:33,760 That's what they did. And do you know what I said the 282 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,760 first time that I saw Bo after that cooking? 283 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:42,320 I said, Bo, y'all can't cook under that portico anymore? 284 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,680 Smoke got in there and it was all in the sanctuary and we 285 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,640 could just smell it and it was all over the place. 286 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,600 That's what I focused on. I didn't say, hey, thank you so 287 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,280 much for that triple cheeseburger. 288 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,960 It was amazing. Thank you for being willing to 289 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,080 do this. You volunteered to do this. 290 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:05,640 You didn't have to. I focused on the one negative 291 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,960 thing, on the smoke that got in before the door because the door 292 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:15,200 was unlatched. Folks, we do it and you may be 293 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,680 sitting there thinking, wow, our preacher, he complaints a lot. 294 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,160 But I promise you, if you really start considering what you talk 295 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:26,160 about, if you really think about what you say in your 296 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:31,280 conversation, you're going to speak on some negative things. 297 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:38,840 We have got to move past the 10% and focus on the 90. 298 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,480 Let me read you the Scripture, First Thessalonians chapter 5 299 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:49,840 and verse 16. Rejoice always, pray continually 300 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:56,760 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's 301 00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:03,280 will for you in Christ Jesus. Rejoice always pray continually, 302 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:07,160 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's 303 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:15,320 will for you in Christ Jesus. How often do we rejoice? 304 00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:20,960 How often do we focus on something other than that? 305 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:26,000 Do we pray continually? Do we give thanks in all 306 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:34,480 circumstances? Unfortunately, and maybe it's 307 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:39,160 not for you, maybe it's just for me, but I have been focusing on 308 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,400 the negative instead of the positive. 309 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,080 And that can only tell me one thing. 310 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:58,760 I'm not in the Word enough, I'm not in prayer enough, and I'm 311 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:04,400 not hearing what the Lord has for me to do in my life. 312 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:10,800 Because if we are focused on Him, if we are where He desires 313 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,760 for us to be, we will rejoice always. 314 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,000 No matter the circumstances, we will rejoice. 315 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,120 We will be in a constant state of prayer. 316 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:28,600 We will give thanks because that is God's will for your life and 317 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:32,600 for mine. This morning you got up. 318 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:38,280 Weather was pretty good. No one text and said we don't 319 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:44,040 have any air conditioning today. No one texted and said we got no 320 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:45,760 power. No one text and said we have no 321 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,520 water. Everything's good. 322 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,160 You decided to come to church. How often do we wake up in the 323 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:59,480 morning on Sunday mornings? And we think to ourselves, will 324 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:05,080 I go to church today? Is there any possible reason why 325 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:10,960 I should not go today? Or do we wake up and we think it 326 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,800 doesn't matter if we have water, it doesn't matter if we have air 327 00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,080 conditioning? I'm going to be in the House of 328 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:22,520 the Lord because that's where I desire to be. 329 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,240 What if I told you that next Sunday we're going to go back to 330 00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:31,920 everyone will all the men will wear coat and ties, all the 331 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:37,120 ladies will wear dresses, the choir will be back in robes. 332 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:49,310 How would you feel about that? Most of us would say, I don't 333 00:40:49,310 --> 00:40:50,830 know if I'm coming back next week or not. 334 00:40:57,010 --> 00:40:59,970 What if I text you next Sunday morning and I said there is no 335 00:40:59,970 --> 00:41:01,850 air conditioning, but we're still having church. 336 00:41:02,890 --> 00:41:06,850 There is no water, but we're still having church. 337 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,000 Do you think that we would have the same number that we have 338 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,360 today when I especially when I tell you, yeah, even though we 339 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,480 have no power, we have no electricity, We got no air 340 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,000 conditioning, Still want you to wear a coat and tie, fellas? 341 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:26,960 We wouldn't want to do it. When we go back into the Old 342 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:33,240 Testament and we look at times of worship, there were times 343 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:37,280 when they would call the people of God together for a solemn 344 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:44,080 assemble assembly, and they would literally come before the 345 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,160 Lord. And they were out in the middle 346 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,440 of the heat. They didn't have air 347 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,640 conditioning. They didn't even have a building 348 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:57,840 at the time and they stood for 4-5 and six hours at a time 349 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:01,480 before the Lord. Now, how many of you would want 350 00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:06,080 to go to do that? How many times do you do? 351 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,840 Does it happen when Phillip says, hey, we're going to stand 352 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,920 for this him and you're like, man, I wish we would just sat 353 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:17,040 down on this one. It's hard to get up and down. 354 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:21,920 I'm getting older. Imagine standing for four, 5-6 355 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:28,720 hours before the Lord. The level of commitment that we 356 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:32,560 have today. It's gone down. 357 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:38,040 It has. Whose fault is that? 358 00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:43,320 It's ours. It's the preacher's fault. 359 00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:53,000 It's the organist's fault. It's simply just the world that 360 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,640 we live in. Today's fault. 361 00:42:55,160 --> 00:43:01,040 No, it's our fault. When we choose to place anything 362 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:07,560 before the Lord, that's on us. I can't blame it on the news. 363 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,200 I can't blame it on all the negativity that I hear. 364 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,440 I can't blame it on the restaurant. 365 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:17,120 I can't blame it on there was a little bit of smoke in the 366 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:24,000 building. There's nothing to blame it on 367 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:28,520 but me. Psalm 103, verses one through 4. 368 00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,600 Praise the Lord my soul, all my inmost being. 369 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:36,040 Praise His holy name. Praise the Lord my soul, and 370 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:40,640 forget not all His benefits. Who forgives all your sins and 371 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,560 heals all your diseases? Who redeems your life from the 372 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:47,560 pit and crowns you with love and compassion? 373 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:52,720 That's the Lord. Colossians chapter 2, verses 374 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:55,960 6:00 and 7:00. As you therefore have received 375 00:43:55,960 --> 00:44:00,440 Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in 376 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:04,160 Him, and established in the faith as you have been taught, 377 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,160 abounding in it with Thanksgiving. 378 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:16,360 James 117 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down 379 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:20,880 from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like 380 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:25,640 shifting shadows. Hebrews 12/28 Therefore, since 381 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,680 we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be 382 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:33,400 thankful and so worship God acceptably, with reverence and 383 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:38,280 all, for our God is a consuming fire. 384 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:42,480 Colossians 3, verses 15 through 17. 385 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:47,840 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of 386 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,280 1 body you were called to peace, and be thankful. 387 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,280 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach 388 00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:59,120 and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns 389 00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:04,040 and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in 390 00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,280 your hearts. And whatever you do, whether in 391 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,800 Word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving 392 00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:13,440 thanks to God the Father through Him. 393 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,240 I want to ask you this morning, I've already asked you once, and 394 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:19,280 I want you to be honest with yourself and honest with the 395 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,440 Lord. When we were singing those 396 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:25,480 hymns, were you singing them to the Lord? 397 00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:30,240 Were you singing them to the your Heavenly Father? 398 00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:33,080 Were you thankful for the opportunity to be in worship 399 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:36,000 today? Or did you hear that the piano 400 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:38,720 was not there and it sounded a little bit different? 401 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:42,680 Were you concerned about somebody else was going to hear 402 00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:47,360 you singing? And some of us will say things 403 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:49,280 like, well, my voice is just not that good. 404 00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,040 Y'all don't want to hear me sing. 405 00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,720 But I have sometimes seen people who don't sing very loud in 406 00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:03,080 church. They're in their car, they're on 407 00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:08,360 the golf cart, and they're just letting it RIP at the top of 408 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:16,480 their lungs, singing with gusto. My daughter was riding down the 409 00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,360 road the other day on the golf cart. 410 00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:23,840 Katie Grace and my wife were sitting out on the back porch 411 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:30,320 and there she went down the road, got her music on, singing 412 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,720 at the top of her lungs, which I don't think she even knew. 413 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:35,840 I think she had had them in her ears and didn't even know. 414 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,840 I was on the phone with Katie Grace and she said you're not 415 00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:43,120 going to believe what just happened. 416 00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:45,160 I said what? She said Anna Claire just rode 417 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:48,440 by and she was singing so loud we can hear all the way up here. 418 00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,360 I said there's no way. Yeah, happened. 419 00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,880 What is it about when we're in the car by ourself, when we 420 00:46:56,880 --> 00:47:00,880 think no one else is around and we will sing because it's just 421 00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:04,160 for ourselves? I want to tell you this morning 422 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:08,040 that when we sing these hymns, it's not for those around you. 423 00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:13,000 It's not even for the preacher. It's not Even so Peggy feels 424 00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:16,760 good. You are singing to the Lord 425 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:21,920 about how good He is, how thankful we are for all that He 426 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,840 has done for us. Now, I told you that I was going 427 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:28,880 to give you an opportunity to speak, and it's about to come 428 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:31,000 right now. I've got a microphone right 429 00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:31,600 here. Scott. 430 00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:32,920 Is it ready? Ready to roll? 431 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,040 If one of you has something that you want to share that you are 432 00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:41,000 thankful for today, raise your hand. 433 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:45,800 Anything that you were OK, Mr. Gina, go ahead. 434 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:50,480 I have a picture. Is it on? 435 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:52,240 Yeah, just hold it up. Close. 436 00:47:52,240 --> 00:47:55,600 I have a picture on my phone that shows what happened 437 00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,360 yesterday. I was mowing the yard. 438 00:47:58,720 --> 00:48:06,000 I mowed past a row of trees and then I went somewhere else to 439 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:10,560 mow and I looked up and one of those trees had fallen. 440 00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:16,960 If I had been under there, Lee, pray you know that I was OK, but 441 00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:20,440 then if I had been under there, it would have hurt me or gotten 442 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:23,280 rid of me. So I'm thankful that I was able 443 00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:28,080 to mow the rest of the yard. Anyone else? 444 00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:29,880 Something that you are thankful for? 445 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,680 Something that you're thankful for this past week, that you 446 00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:41,240 were thankful for today. Anything Lamar, I'm coming back. 447 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,800 I'm thankful for this church and the people in it, for what they 448 00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,480 do. Every time they're called on to 449 00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:57,400 do anything, to come, to provide food, to be here, anything that 450 00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:01,040 happens, they're always here. They don't bitch and fuss and 451 00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:03,640 gripe about it. They're just always there to do 452 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:06,400 it. And I think we're one of the, 453 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,600 I've always said this, I think we're one of the most blessed 454 00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:10,240 people in the world because of that. 455 00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:14,000 Amen. Thank you. 456 00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:14,720 Anyone else. Thank. 457 00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:19,000 You, Brad. Scott Gitter. 458 00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:26,200 I'm giving the same things as Lamar, you know, he said the 459 00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:32,760 very words that were in my mind. We have this church to come to, 460 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:37,360 to give our thanks. What more can we ask? 461 00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:42,360 Thank you. Anybody else something that you 462 00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:46,120 were thankful for? I'm I'm also thankful for my 463 00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:47,520 family, which includes. This church. 464 00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:50,960 Family and your Your message hit home today, by the way. 465 00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:58,440 Well, everybody knows the issues I've been having with Abby for 466 00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:02,800 quite a while now. She has been staying down with 467 00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:05,640 the best friend of mine and Bogachetta here in Mississippi, 468 00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:09,720 away from some neighbors and outside influences that were not 469 00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:13,800 very well for her. Not only has she started going 470 00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:19,320 to church down there, my best friend, who I'm not as familiar 471 00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:22,720 with her being in the church, has started going to church with 472 00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:30,640 her and I'm thankful for that. Yeah, Scott, gotcha. 473 00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,640 I don't want to embarrass him, but I want to thank God for my 474 00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:43,080 son and daughter that's here this morning. 475 00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:46,120 Amen. Amen. 476 00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:56,240 Anybody else? I know that I'm probably the 477 00:50:56,240 --> 00:50:59,880 only one here that really cares what happens with pups, but I 478 00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:03,880 was worried about the little Pomeranian that was at KKS and I 479 00:51:03,880 --> 00:51:09,080 decided that if I took her home and bathed her up and gave her 480 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,840 to a friend who was having a 79th birthday and asked her if 481 00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:15,440 she'd just keep her until we could find a home for her. 482 00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:23,160 The dog did her chore and behaved beautifully and she has 483 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:27,080 a home and that for me that's very important because I was 484 00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:29,840 worried. About all the animals. 485 00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:40,240 Hey, Ben, anyone else? Brad, I'm thankful that the 486 00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:43,680 smoke actually. Smelled good and you know. 487 00:51:44,240 --> 00:51:52,680 It just it worked out. And I do want to say that we 488 00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:55,480 have talked about this before and Denise and I talked about 489 00:51:55,480 --> 00:52:02,560 this, for a Church of our size to have 4 funerals in in the 490 00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:07,960 short time span that we had and to to minister to and feed the 491 00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:13,280 number of people that we did. And I honestly, the only 492 00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:14,840 complaining I heard came from me. 493 00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:20,240 And I'll tell you this, we got the meat from Wilson's down in 494 00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:25,280 Crystal Springs. And Lamar said this meat is good 495 00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:29,480 Brad. So I was expecting it to be just 496 00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:32,920 really good. He said it's pretty much as good 497 00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:36,800 as mine and I was like, wow, I'm looking forward to this. 498 00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:40,160 I got it. I ate 2 bites and I was like, 499 00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,360 this tastes nothing like Lamar's meat. 500 00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:50,600 I was disappointed. Lamar, to your committee, to 501 00:52:50,600 --> 00:52:53,520 Miss Denise, to your committee, to everyone who took part in 502 00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,720 that, I, I want to say thank you. 503 00:52:56,640 --> 00:53:00,320 Thank you for not complaining about the amount of people, the 504 00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:02,680 amount of food that you had to come up with. 505 00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,800 It flowed beautifully. Those families were ministered 506 00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:10,360 to in a mighty way during that time of need. 507 00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:15,640 And I commend you all for those who brought food, who cleaned 508 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:20,040 up, whatever part that you took in doing that, I thank you. 509 00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:29,960 My prayer for me is that going forward from today, when you see 510 00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:35,640 your preacher, he's got something encouraging for you to 511 00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:41,200 hear, not something that he wants to complain about, not 512 00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:45,080 something that he's frustrated with because he does get 513 00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:52,600 frustrated, but that we focus on that. 514 00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:55,800 First Thessalonians chapter 5, verses 16 through 18. 515 00:53:55,800 --> 00:54:00,840 Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks and all 516 00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:04,640 circumstances. And I promise you all, when we 517 00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:07,920 do that, He gives us the end of this verse. 518 00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:12,400 For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 519 00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:16,040 You want to have a better day, spend some time in prayer. 520 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:21,000 You want to have a better day, Rejoice no matter what's going 521 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,760 on in your life, give thanks to the Lord for the blessings that 522 00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:27,760 you have. You want to have a better day, 523 00:54:28,240 --> 00:54:31,280 Pray continually when you're not feeling good. 524 00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:33,760 Go to the Lord in prayer right at that time and say, Lord, no 525 00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:37,880 matter what happens today, I'm going to keep my focus in my 526 00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:40,440 eyes on you. And I'm not going to let this 527 00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:42,480 world bring me down. I'm not going to let what's 528 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,960 happening in my life bring me to the place where I don't want to 529 00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:49,320 rejoice. I rejoice because I am your 530 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:52,000 child. I rejoice because Jesus Christ 531 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:56,400 gave his very life for me. I rejoice and I have confidence 532 00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:59,120 in the fact that when I leave this earth, you have promised 533 00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:03,600 and prepared for me a place in heaven for all of eternity. 534 00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:09,920 Go to school. Well, actually, you're not in 535 00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:12,480 school right now. Go to work tomorrow. 536 00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:19,160 Go with the attitude of whatever happens today, I'm going to 537 00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:24,000 bring glory to God. Good, bad or ugly, I'm going to 538 00:55:24,040 --> 00:55:27,800 give thanks and see if your day doesn't go better. 539 00:55:28,480 --> 00:55:31,000 See if you don't have an opportunity to impact someone 540 00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:35,200 else's life in a positive way instead of in a negative way. 541 00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:39,280 Go to a softball game and even if a mistake is made, instead of 542 00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:44,760 focusing on that, focusing on the good, whatever it may be, 543 00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:50,200 bring glory to God because of who He is and what He has done, 544 00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:54,960 not what we can do. Every good gift comes from Him. 545 00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:58,200 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I do give 546 00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:03,480 thanks, Lord, for your love for us, Lord, for Your grace and 547 00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:06,240 Your mercy that you bestow upon us daily that we haven't 548 00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:12,560 deserved, that we don't earn, but You love us anyway. 549 00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:19,920 Your patience, Your kindness, Your goodness that overflows 550 00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:23,440 into our lives. Lord, help us to see it. 551 00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:28,360 Help us to feel it. Lord, help us to understand that 552 00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:33,040 You are right there with us, no matter the circumstance, and 553 00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:34,600 that You will walk us through it. 554 00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:38,320 We may not end up in the destination that we desire, but 555 00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:40,760 You're going to walk with us through it and You will bring us 556 00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:45,200 out on the other side. And because of that, Lord, I 557 00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:50,000 pray that we give you glory and honour, and no matter the 558 00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:54,880 circumstances, we give thanks. Lord, we pray this morning to 559 00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:58,040 our time of invitation, Lord, that you simply move within our 560 00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:01,840 hearts and lives, that we allow your Spirit to mould us and to 561 00:57:01,840 --> 00:57:06,040 shape us and to change us and to bring us to the place that we 562 00:57:06,040 --> 00:57:09,720 can humble ourselves and exalt the name of Jesus. 563 00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:11,960 So in his name I pray. Amen. 564 00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:24,840 Please stand, turn to #465 only trust Him. 565 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:28,040 We'll do the first, second, and fourth verse. 566 01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:03,720 Thank you for being here this morning. 567 01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:06,160 We'll remind you, those of you who are on the board, we have a 568 01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:08,480 board meeting immediately following our service. 569 01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:10,480 Look, look forward to seeing you there. 570 01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:13,080 And for the rest of you, as you go home and enjoy your 571 01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:16,240 afternoon, give thanks to the Lord because he gave it to you. 572 01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:18,280 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we are 573 01:00:18,280 --> 01:00:20,240 thankful, Lord, for our time together today. 574 01:00:20,960 --> 01:00:24,160 Lord, we give thanks for our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. 575 01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:27,480 And Lord, just pray that as we leave this place today, we go 576 01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:29,960 forth ready to share the love of Christ with others. 577 01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,160 It's in his name I pray. Amen.