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Now enjoy this message. We don't take it lightly when we
ask people to come and minister to us.
We know the character of the ones who come.
We know the lifestyle, we know they reflect the Kingdom, and
more importantly, we know that they're doing the will of God
for their lives. And it's been a little bit since
Brother Marty has been with us. We were reflecting back in my
office. It was probably 2015 and some of
you haven't been, were not here when he came.
He's been with us a couple of times.
He travels extensively. He first started his ministry by
traveling with Brother Hagen, not Pastor Hagen, but Brother
Hagen. And he was on the worship team
with them and they traveled all over the nation doing some
pretty amazing things. And then he went on staff with
Rhema Bible Church with Pastor Hagan and served there for a
number of years, a number of years, 17 years.
Was it, what was it, 11? OK, 11 all together.
And man, I mean, God just used him in many facets.
Then he went and started traveling again.
And obviously he's been doing that for quite some time now.
And his schedule stays really full because God's utilizing him
again. When you're called to do
something, you'll have the grace to do it.
Amen. And so this year when we were
putting together our Rhema regional meetings, both in the
South and the north that seem right with us in the Holy Ghost
that we ask Marty and Lola to come and share to the Ram of
family for our regional meeting. And we had an awesome time down
in West Palm ministering to those that were there.
And it was such a great word. And so obviously we follow up by
coming up here. And he's going to minister
today. Amen.
So would you give a warm welcome to Marty Blackwell as he comes
to minister to us the Word of God?
Thank you, Pastor Earl, praise the Lord you can be seated this
morning. So blessed to have my wife Lola
with me. Honey, stand up real quick.
Thank you, Lord. We, we start a little later with
our kids. So we got one graduating from
high school and one that's still a sophomore heading next year to
be a junior. So she doesn't get to travel
with me as often as I would like.
But she's here today, and I'm so glad.
How many of you would rather be here than in the hospital?
Come on. How many of you rather be here
than in jail? I asked that question one time.
I said, how many of you rather be here than in jail?
This woman jumped up on the front row.
She started dancing. I said, what in the world?
She said I just got out of jail. Amen.
I said, glad to have you. Amen.
Can you hear me nice and clear out there?
OK, good. All right.
Well, listen, we're, we're delighted to be here with you.
We're going to have a great time this morning.
It's going to be a part A and Part B.
You know, I, I don't as a rule, consult with pastors as to what
I'm going to minister. That way my spirit is free to
minister what God would have me say.
And I'm not clouded in my mind by any conversations or so
forth. So I want you to know that what
we're sharing with you initially is something that came into my
heart to share with you. So we'll have part A and Part B.
Is that all right? Give me just a little bit more
of this, if you don't mind. That way I can relax.
Thank you. That's, that's awesome.
So how many of you believe you're in the right place at the
right time with the right people doing the right thing?
Amen. I I can agree with you, you know
something very dear to the heart of God and I know that you're
well versed, you're well taught. So this will just be a review.
But sometimes we just need to be reminded of realities and
truths. Something very dear to the heart
of God is the local church. Jesus said in Matthew 16 and 18,
as you well know, He said, I will build my church and the
gates of hell will not prevail against it.
And ever since He uttered those words, He's been busy
establishing His Kingdom, building His church, the
ecclesia, the elect, those who are called out, separated from
the world, separated unto His divine purpose, and empowered to
establish His will and His Kingdom in the earth.
In a very essential part of that building program and process is
the local church. And your pastor didn't pay me to
say this this morning. It's just something I had in my
spirit to share with you. You know, I'm not sure that most
believers understand that probably one of the most
significant decisions you will ever make in your life as a
Christian is where you go to church.
That one decision will have tremendous impact on your life
personally as a believer, on your family, and potentially on
your purpose and destiny in the body of Christ.
I think it's interesting that Paul noted in First Corinthians
12 and 18, he said, as you've read before, God has set the
members, each one of them in the body, noticed just as he
pleased. Now notice it doesn't say just
as we pleased, but just as he pleased.
The Moffitt translation says. As it is, we see that God has
carefully placed each part of the body right where he wanted
it. So what that tells me and what I
think it would infer to all of us is that if God has set the
members, if he's placed each part where He wants it, then
where I go to church and where you go to church is not
necessarily a matter of personal preference or choice as much as
it is a matter of divine appointment and placement.
And there are several reasons, of course, for this reality.
If you know, every sheep needs a shepherd and a sheepfold.
So God will place us in a local church under the care of a
pastor, where we can be fed the Word of God, we can grow up
spiritually, We can be protected and nurtured as a young
believer. We can be encouraged and
preserved and utilized in the Kingdom as a mature believer.
And where we can receive the necessary truth, spiritual
equipment, impartations to keep us from the snares of the enemy
along our journey and to put us on the right path to fulfilling
our divine purpose and our destiny in Christ.
I also say many times that the local church is where each of us
find our significance as a Christian.
It's where our individual purposes are discovered within
the context of the corporate purpose.
I thought Pastor was going to preach my sermon when he start
first got up here. Because you know, none of us
were intended as a believer to be an entity unto ourselves.
As a believer, our lives, our destinies and our purposes are
interconnected in Christ. So my life as a Christian and
your life as a Christian can never truly find its
significance until we discover how we relate to the body of
Christ as a whole. And that discovery primarily
takes place for most of us within the context of the local
church. And of course, you know, the
local churches where we should meet together, fellowship to
want with one another, forge relationships with other
believers, stand by each other. When I grew up, I was raised
Southern Baptist man. And back in the day, the local
church was the hub of the community.
And when one was down, everybody rallied around, you know, in
Hebrews 10/25 of this scripture was written on purpose because
Paul knew that the day would come when this particular
scripture would be challenged. Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together as the manner of some is, but exhorting one
another. And so much the more as you see
the day approaching the the NIV says, let's not give up meeting
together as some are in the habit of doing.
Let's encourage one another and so much more.
Once again, as we see the day approaching, you know, the
ideologies of our present society, individualism,
isolation, non accountability, all of those ideologies are
completely contrary to the ideologies of the Kingdom, which
are the communion and the community of the Saints.
Service in the Kingdom of God, service to others.
So we want to make sure, man, that we stay together and we
stick together. Are you with me?
Because there's some things coming in the future and we've
had a rehearsal and we know what to do.
Amen. I, I saw this little joke, you
know, on, on Facebook. I think it was some social media
platform and, and of course, in it was a cartoon.
And in this cartoon, Mr. Jones passed away, and he goes up, you
know, to the pearly Gates. And Peter's waiting there with
the roll, and he's looking. Mr. Jones.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Edward Jones, I see you right here.
Congratulations, Sir. Now, he said, I do see a little
side note next to your name. You didn't actually attend
church, but you did watch it online.
So you don't actually get to go into heaven, but you may watch
it online. Now, you know, that's a joke.
That's a joke. Some people can't get out.
And we thank God for modern technology.
But man, if you can come together, if you can get up and
get dressed, come on. Right.
I would never be in my life where I am, nor my family nor
our ministry if it were not for my constant and continual
relationship with the local church throughout my life.
I was born and raised, as I said, Southern Baptist in the
local church. I started serving as the church
pianist when I was 16 years old. I was trained in the local
church. I met my wife in a local church
setting. Our ministry was launched from a
local church and a large emphasis of our ministry of
today is still to the local church.
So once again, I said to you, where we go to church is not
necessarily a matter of personal preference or choice as much as
it is a matter of divine appointment and placement.
And I said to you, there are many reasons for that.
First of all, God knows what each of us personally are going
to need along our journey to fulfill His purpose, right?
He knows the, once again, the knowledge, the truth, the
spiritual equipment, the impartations that will be
necessary. He also knows the relationships
that need to be formulated and forged in our lives that will be
mutually beneficial, right? And it could be beneficial in
many ways, but also there are relationships formed and
formulated in local church churches that will also promote
Kingdom purposes. Are you with me?
So being in the right place with the right people is essential
because it's not only about what we can personally receive, but
it's also about what we can supply.
As you well know, there's a great scripture, and before you
put it up, let me talk about it for a moment.
In Exodus 31, you'll remember God had given Moses a Commission
to build him a Tabernacle, right?
Build me a Tabernacle, man. Build me a place where my
presence can dwell among the people.
And so in response to that, he began this assignment.
But I want you to notice Exodus 31, verses one through 6, and
then also verse 11. The Lord spoke to Moses saying
now he's given the Commission. But watch, see, I've called by
name Bazil, the son of Yuri, the son of her of the tribe of
Judah. I have filled him with the
Spirit of God in wisdom, understanding, knowledge, in all
manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold,
silver, bronze, in cutting jewels for setting and carving
wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship.
And I indeed have appointed with him a holy AB, the son of
Ahishma of the tribe of Dan. And I have put wisdom in the
hearts of all the gifted artisans, that they may make all
that I have commanded you, verse 11, and the anointing oil and
the sweet incense for the holy place according to all that I've
commanded you. Shall they do?
Isn't that interesting? God said, Moses, I've got a
Commission for you, but I'm going to surround you and
personally endow with wisdom, gifts, graces, and abilities the
individuals that will stand beside you, work beside you, and
bring that vision into fruition. So the point is when God calls
pastors to a city or region and entrusts them with a vision, he
simultaneously calls a people, if they're listening, with the
gifts and the graces and the resources and the abilities to
bring that vision into fruition. So I simply want to encourage
you part A this morning, never let anyone or anything separate
you from your God appointed placement in the body of Christ
as it pertains to the local church.
Now the reason I say that is because I worked in local
churches for 17 years and then of course I went to Rhema and I
was an associate there, taught in the school and so forth.
So I've been around a while and working in churches, I've seen
people, you know, they get offended over something or they
have a disagreement or maybe personal agenda or even life's
trials and and struggles and people pull away from the place
God has set them in. And because I've been around a
while, it's not manipulation, it's just observation.
I've seen in the long run, it doesn't always fare well.
It can impact them personally, their families, and even their
future purpose and destiny because of the fact that's where
God ordained them to be. Are you with me now?
We certainly understand people transition in the body of Christ
and in life by the leading of the Spirit.
I did that several times as along my journey.
We understand that reality, but I believe that there is an
eternal reward. Who for those who will find
their God appointed place and stick with it, right, and not
let anybody or anything take them out?
Are you with me? Did you know that you can be
born and raised in the same city and attend the same local church
your entire life by the divine will of God?
Oh absolutely glory. So with that said, Proverbs 4
and 18 says the path of the righteous, that's you and me, is
like the light of dawn. It shines brighter and brighter
until it reaches full strength at noonday.
So this path that you and I are on, as, as it's been noted and
spoken many times, I'm sure, this is a faith to faith, glory
to glory, strength to strength, journey, right?
Our path is growing brighter and brighter.
And even the day we lay down our head in this physical body is
relieved of its occupation temporarily, right?
Women is going to even grow brighter.
Well, if it would be God's divine intention for our
personal paths as believers to grow brighter and brighter,
Amen, to move from faith to faith, glory to glory, strength
to strength. And quite naturally, it would
also be his divine intention for the corporate and the collective
body, right? So you and I understand that our
personal lives as a believer is comprised of what we call
seasons. Just as there are natural
seasons, winter, spring, summer, fall, right?
Each season has its designated purpose and intention.
The same reality holds true with our lives.
Our lives are comprised of a series of seasons, each with
their designated purpose and intention, which ultimately
culminate to our destiny and our end.
Well, the same reality holds true in the life and the
progression of a local church. Local churches will move from
one season to the next most often.
And as I've witnessed and I believe also see, you know, a
scriptural basis most often in the seasons of of churches,
you're going to see challenges, you're going to see changes,
you're going to see transitions, you're going to see redirection,
reorganization. And then things will settle out,
plateau for a while, and then they break forth into a new
season. And with all that said, it just
seemed my heart was drawn to First Chronicles 4:00 and 10:00
this morning regarding Anchor Faith Church.
This was known as the Prayer of Jabez.
How many of you ever heard of that prayer?
It was made into a little book years ago.
The Bible testifies of Jabez that was he was an honorable
man, but watch his prayer. Jabez called on the God of
Israel, saying, Oh, that you would bless me indeed and
enlarge my territory, right? Enlarge my territory and that
your hand would be with me. And that you would keep me from
evil, that it may not grieve me or cause pain.
And God granted him that which he requested.
It just seems to me this morning by the Spirit of God that this
Scripture holds prophetic implication for you as a church
and as a people, that as you navigate this present season and
then progress into or emerge into the next one, God is going
to bless you. Indeed, He is going to enlarge
your territory. He's going to expand your
influence and he's going to grant you favor.
And his hand, his spirit is going to rest mightily upon this
place and upon this people. Can I get an Amen?
Oh, Hallelujah. And so our expectation for
Anchor Faith Church is that the best is yet to come.
Amen. Come on, come on.
So let's navigate this season and all that it holds and make
preparation for the emergence into a new one because it's
coming. Are you with me?
So you know, that's part A, now Part B.
As I look around me this morning at your faces, I look at this
amazing facility. And as Pastor said, I've been
with you through the years. Many of you may have not met us,
but back when it was in a school, then in a storefront,
now here. And I've watched the progression
of a vision and I look at you and I, I, I can see that you
have been faithful to supply the visions and the the assignment
of this house. But once again, our anticipation
is the best is yet to come. But it just seemed good to me
this morning that we should offer as a body what the Bible
calls the sacrifice of praise. And what I mean by that is
calling to mind the goodness of God, the blessings of God, the
faithfulness of God, not only to us personally but to us
corporately, and then offer on the basis of those things what
the Scripture terms the sacrifice of praise.
But before we offer the sacrifice, I realize we may have
some visitors, right? So I want you to know that
everything you're going to see is scriptural.
We might as well base it off the Word, right?
And maybe some need to be reminded or you're relatively
new to the body of Christ. This will be helpful to you.
OK, so you know, in the Old Testament there was a
priesthood, Did you know that? And it was the responsibility of
the priesthood to offer the various sacrifices that were
required as ordinances of worship under the old covenant.
So, you know, they had the temple right, outer court, inner
court, holy of holies, and it was the responsibility of the
priesthood to offer these various sacrifices.
There were daily sacrifices, weekly sacrifices, annual
sacrifices, wave offerings, grain offerings, praise
offerings, offerings given for restored health, sin offerings,
you name it, they had it. And it was the once again the
responsibility of the priesthood to offer those sacrifices.
But what I want us to realize this morning, and I know you do,
is that in the New covenant dispensation, the institution of
the priesthood still exists. How do we know?
Because the Bible tells us so. Look here in first Peter, first
Peter chapter 2 and verse 9. But you, that's you and I, you
are a chosen generation, a what? Royal priesthood, a holy nation,
his own special people. So if someone comes up to you
and say, well, aren't you special?
You say, yes, I am, I sure AM, that you may proclaim the
praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his
marvelous life. So here we are.
We're the New Testament priesthood, and as the
priesthood it's our responsibility to offer the
sacrifices that are required as ordinances of worship under the
new covenant. Now, just to mention, you
understand, in the Old Testament, there's a sin
problem. The wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life. So God said, look, we got a sin
problem. I'm going to devise a temporary
solution. Here's what we're going to do.
Every year, and once a year, the high priest, and only the high
priest will come into the Holy of Holies, and he will shed the
blood of a sacrificial animal on the altar before me.
He will sprinkle its blood upon the mercy seat, and I will
receive the blood of that animal as payment or compensation for
the sins of the people for one year.
There's a lot we could look at, but I'm just capsulizing, OK?
And so he said, we're going to do this every year until I can
send the final Solution, which he did.
She shall bring forth a son shall call his name Jesus.
He will save his people from their sin.
How? How will he save him?
By shedding his own blood on the altar of the cross, the Lamb of
God, slain from the foundations of the world, eternally purging
the sins of all those who will receive the sacrifice by faith.
How many of you have received that sacrifice?
That's why Hebrews 9 and 12 says, not with the blood of
goats and calves, but with his own blood, He entered once into
the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
So that particular sacrifice, the sin offering, never has to
be offered again. It has eternally satisfied the
claims of justice, and we've been declared not guilty.
Hallelujah. However, there are still
sacrifices required. And what are they, brother
Marty? Where?
Laurent? It's not the blood of pigeons,
goats, doves, right? Bulls, heifers.
What are they? Aren't you glad?
The Bible tells us first Peter chapter 2 and verse five.
Notice you also as lively stones are being built together or
built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to OfferUp
spiritual sacrifices, spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by
Jesus Christ. So the sacrifices that you and I
are to offer as the New Testament priesthood are are,
you know, predominantly spiritual in nature and origin.
Are you with me and the and the New Testament gives us insight
as to what these sacrifices actually consist of one that
you're familiar with in Romans chapter 12 verses one and two.
You remember Paul said I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God that you present your body a living, which means
lifetime sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service. One translation says your
spiritual worship and be not conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind.
So you and I understand that one of the sacrifices that we're to
offer is our bodies and our lives, moment by moment, day by
day, a living sacrifice lived in honor, submission and reverence
to our Father. Are you with me?
I like the message Bible. I didn't give it to you guys.
No need to worry about it. I'll just quote it.
But Paul said this in the message, same verses he said,
here's what I want you to do. God helping you.
I want you to take your everyday ordinary life.
You're sleeping, you're eating, you're going to work, walking
around life, and I want you to place it before me as an
offering. And don't become so well
adjusted to your culture that you fit in without even
realizing it. Instead, fix your attention on
God and you will be changed from the inside out.
Amen. So that's one of the sacrifices
that we're to offer, but the one we want to camp on, experience
and express this morning is over in Hebrews chapter 13, verse 15.
You know it well. The Bible says therefore by him,
that means by Christ, let us continually offer the sacrifice
of praise to God. Now aren't you glad there's not
a period there? He didn't leave us in the dark
as to what this sacrifice actually consists of.
He goes on to say that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks
unto His name. So the sacrifice of praise
scripturally demands the expression of the heart in
Thanksgiving to God through the lips or the mouth.
Are you with me now? I travel extensively and, and
not speaking disparagingly of any of any local churches or
bodies, but I, I found that many times people say, let's praise
the Lord and everyone begins to applaud.
Now listen, oh, clap your hands, all your people shout unto God
with the voice of triumph. I have no problem.
Clap with the music, enjoy yourself.
But when somebody says, Hey, let's praise God, that's when
the hands go up. That's when the heart opens and
we begin to express through our mouth and through our lips our
Thanksgiving to God. Are you with me?
Oh, here's a couple of scriptures.
Psalm 34 in verse one, the psalmist said, I will bless the
Lord at all times. His what his praise shall
continually beware in my mouth, in my mouth.
Psalm 71 and verse eight, Let my mouth be filled with your
praise. Let my mouth be filled with your
praise and with your honor all the day.
So we see the association between the heart and the mouth
where praise is involved. I could give you numerous,
numerous scriptures. So I taught in the school of
worship at Rhema. So you know, you do a little
investigation. So I want to give you some
several aspects of of the meaning of the word praise from
the Hebrew. OK, I think there's basically 5,
but the first one is when you talk about praising God, the
implication in the Hebrew, it means to shine, shine.
So what that means is there's something that is is obvious and
visible in your countenance. Are you with me?
When you're praising God, you can't praise him with an old
Mully grub face. Hallelujah.
God is good. Really.
I don't believe you. No, no, no, no, no, man.
The Bible says man. Woo, let lift up your
countenance, all ye Saints of the Lord.
Woo, let the glory on the inside show up on the outside.
You ought to walk into a place of business and light the place
up. They should know we're carrying
something divine life, Amen, Joy and peace.
So, so it means to shine. The second meaning of the word
praise is to make a show. Make a show?
What in the world? Well, that tells me that when
people are praising God, there's something observable occurring.
Now we're not making a show of ourselves, but we're making a
show of Him and his triumph and his Kingdom.
Are you with me? So something's happening in the
room when people are praising God.
So shine, make a show. And of course, the third meaning
is to boast, to boast. Now basically if you think about
the word boast, what does that mean?
Means to brag? So when we're praising God,
we're bragging on our Heavenly Father.
You know, when I was a kid on the playground, if you got in a
tussle with somebody and you started losing and you'd get up
and say my daddy can whip your daddy now, they'll shoot you.
But used to, used to. We just start talking about our
daddy and my dad's 6 foot two. He'll whip you and your daddy.
You know how it is. So when we're praising God,
that's what we're doing. We're bragging on him.
Whoa. There is none above you.
There's none beside you. There's none before you.
You alone are God. You have all power, all
authority, all dominion, all glory.
That's our Father. Oh, man, I'm getting happy
already. It means to shine, make a show,
boast. Now, here's my favorite, and
this is scriptural. The 4th aspect of praise from
the Hebrew is to celebrate. Celebrate.
I mean, I grew up in a place, dear Lord, if anybody said, hey,
man, hey, everybody, just jump. You know, nobody made a noise.
This is a House of celebration. Now.
Now, think about it. You know, have you ever seen
anybody celebrate? Of course, you ever been to a
ball game, football game, basketball, baseball, soccer,
whatever your sport is. Now, listen, if you are a fan,
you're a bona fide fan and your team is down, but there's only,
you know, a minute or so left and they're at the goal line,
man. And they hike that ball and the
and the quarterback throws that thing and the receiver catches
it. And I mean, he crosses and, you
know, that's it. There's no way they can make it
back down the field. We just won.
And you're a fan. You don't sit there and say,
well, isn't that wonderful, Martha?
My team got a touchdown. Not if you're a fan, you don't.
I mean, if you're a fan and they make that touchdown, you're
jumping up and down, you're dancing around, you're hugging
people, and nobody, nobody thinks anything.
So think about it. Oh, man, he's a fan.
Well, he's just excited. Well, how many of you know I'm a
fan of Jesus? Oh yes, I am.
And he did a lot more than take a bag of wind down the field.
I said he did a lot more than take a bag of wind down the
field. I'm going to put this over here
so I don't knock it over. Amen.
So we celebrate, man. And it is, it is in order when
it's in order. Are you with me?
You can sit down. I'm going.
I'm, we're going to get up in a minute.
Now. Shine, make a show, boast,
celebrate some people who come to church, they, you know, fold
their hands. I just don't see any need and
all of that emotionalism and commotion.
But the same person will sit in that chair Monday Night Football
with a bag of chips and a Doctor Pepper and go crazy.
Are you with me? Once again?
It's what we're a fan of. Amen.
We need to be enthusiastic about our salvation.
So shine, make a show, both celebrate and then of course,
the last means to commend or speak favourably of.
So when we're praising, like if I said I commended the worship
team, wow, that was awesome. That was a beautiful, beautiful
presence of the Lord, I'm commending them.
I'm speaking favourably of what they've done.
That's a part of praise, commending Him for all that he
has done for us in Christ. Thank you, Lord, that you
brought us out of death, into life, out of darkness, into
light, raised us up and made us sit in heavenly places, redeemed
us from the curse of the law. Thank you.
Are you with me commending and speaking favourably.
OK. And then the Greek.
The Greek means once again you, you can see this here.
The genuine. Now what's that mean?
Heartfelt, genuine, the genuine confession of facts in one's
life that brings glory to God. So that's what he's done for us
personally, right? The things that he's done for us
and wrought in our lives, and we thank him for it.
So here's what we're going to do this morning in the house.
Whoa. We're going to offer the
sacrifice of praise with Thanksgiving, right?
The Bible says in the First Chronicles 1634, it says, oh,
give thanks to the Lord. Why?
Because he's good and his mercy endures forever.
Now I love this scripture, Psalm 92 verse one and two in the
living Bible. It says it is good to say thank
you to the Lord, to sing praises to God who is above all gods.
Every morning. Tell him thank you for your
kindness. Every evening, rejoice in all of
his faithfulness, man, when you open your eyes in the morning,
say, Lord, thank you for your kindness.
When you lay your head down at night, thank you for your
faithfulness. Now this is where you're going
to come in this morning. See, this is a participator
service. This isn't a spectator service,
right? And if you don't like today's
service and you're visiting you, come on back.
I'm not the pastor. I won't be here.
I didn't like that guy. Well, come on back.
All right. Next week, give it another try.
All right, but but notice Psalm 35 and 28.
I will tell everyone how great and how good you are.
I'll praise you all day long. I will tell everyone how good
and great you are. So here's what we're going to do
this morning. Maybe a little different, I
don't know. I think years ago we may have
had a service like this, but we're going to have one today.
Amen. In a moment, not right now, but
in a moment, I'm going to ask everybody to stand and then I'm
going to count to 3. And when I do, we are going to
release a corporate shout of praise, thanking, calling to
mind his goodness, his faithfulness to us personally
and corporately. We're going to give a shout of
praise to God for all that he has done in reflection up to
this point. Thank you in Christ in our
lives. OK, we're going to scare every
devil in Saint Augustine. You say, well, I'm visiting.
Do I have to shout? Well, it'll do some good.
You know they had that that the commercial for the tough stains
shouted out, right? Sometimes you need to give a
shout. You just put your head back and
let her rip. Amen.
It's good for you, you say. How do you know it's good for
you? Well, God obviously likes it.
I'm telling you, all you have to do is read the Old covenant
every time. Father God just about was in
charge of the battle plan. I mean, it just, it tickles me
whether it was Joshua in the battle of Jericho, Gideon and
the Midianites, Israel and the Philistines, Father God would
say, all right, guys, do this, this, this, this, and then
shout, you know, and man, when they shouted, it released
something, it activated something in the unseen realm.
You can read it yourself. So I say if he likes it, I like
it, right? So we're going to start with a
corporate shout of praise and then I'm going to ask different
ones of you as your heart prompts you.
Now we got a lot of people, but I, I want some of you as your
heart prompts you, if God has healed you, saved you, delivered
you from alcohol, drug addiction, anxiety, fear,
depression, if he has blessed you with the word that has gone
forth here in your life, has been transformed into marriage,
restored or your kids, anything good God has done, I will tell
everyone how good and how great you are.
Now why do you tell it? Well, because it gives glory to
Him and it encourages others who may be in the same situation
that if He did it for you, He'll do it for me.
But we want to celebrate the goodness of God in the house by
having different ones. Come now, listen to me.
This is not your opportunity to preach.
OK? I'm just going to lay a little
groundwork here, right? I will hold the microphone.
I'm going to hold the microphone so I can hold it close to your
mouth. All right?
And, and what we need is a short, concise testimony of what
something good God has done so that we can, what, celebrate his
goodness with you, right? So, you know, when you read the
newspaper or the magazine and you got headlines and fine
print, this is headlines. If you're a fine print person,
go ahead and start thinking how you can do headlines.
OK, 'cause we want to keep it rolling.
OK? So I want to hear what, what
maybe when, how, what he did for you.
Just headlines. I had this, this, this and God
did this. Are you with me?
You say, well, do I have to tell it?
Well, it'll be a blessing. We want to celebrate the
goodness of God in the house today.
So we're going to start with a corporate shout.
I'll call different ones and, and, and when I get to that
part, you just line up over here and line up over here and then
I'll call you one at a time. You'll stand here, I'll hold the
mic and you tell us and don't sit there like God hadn't done
something good for you 'cause I know He has.
And when you get to your testimony part, we're going to
celebrate with you. Are you with me?
And then, so we'll start off with a corporate shout.
We'll do some personal testimonies and then we're going
to give a final shout of praise. But that shout has significance.
The first was in reflection for all he has done.
The last one will be in anticipation for what we're
expecting him to do Amen. As we navigate the present
season and emerge into the next one.
So we're going, that's going to be a shout of expectation.
And listen, those are powerful. If you have some things that
you're believing for personally that you have not yet seen
manifested, go ahead and praise Him in advance.
Is that scriptural? It really is.
Lillian B Oman said praise hastens victory.
Praise hastens victory. There's something about praising
God in advance that activates his power on our behalf.
Is everybody with me? All right, so everybody stand up
this this morning. Now I'm trying to hear up here,
so I don't want to bust your ears, but did you turn that down
or is it the same volume? I had this microphone.
OK, It's the same one. All right, I'm going to stand
out here where I can hear everybody.
Now listen, we said this is a participator surface, so and you
don't have to worry. Nobody's looking at you.
Everybody's going to be shouting.
So if you've never done it before, just go ahead, right?
And do it under God. All right?
What are we shouting about? All he has done.
Are you with me? Then I'm going to take some
personal testimonies. Then we're going to thank God
for what he's going to do. All right?
Are you ready? I got AI got a track.
I got a track. Oh.
Oh, the podium. OK.
Are you ready? Thank you, honey.
All right. You ready to scare every devil,
isn't it? Where am I?
Saint Augustine set forth some Thanksgiving.
All right, here we go. Testing.
Did I do something wrong? Testing. 1-2, Three.
Come on. Hey.
Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus.
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