It Would Have Been Enough | Kids Quest Pastor Nolan Carpenter
by Nolan Carpenter
First Apostolic Church of Maryville (Maryville, TN)
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Scripture: Hebrews 13:5, 1 Samuel 1:2, 1 Samuel 1:12, 1 Samuel 1:27, 1 Samuel 2:1, Philippians 4:11, Philippians 4:12-13, Philippians 4:6, Philippians 4:7, Exodus 16:3-4, Numbers 14:2, Exodus 9:28, Luke 17:14

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Be so kind to stand with me and honor the reading of the word of the Lord. Brother Matt, if I can get a little bit more monitor up here, I'd be greatly I'd be greatly appreciate tonight. Hebrews 13 and 5 says, "Let your conversation be without covetousness. And be content with such things as you have." Right there, if we stop for just a moment, that should convict us all. To be content with such things as you have. For he has said, Notice this is to someone who is content. For he has said, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Content. Contentment. I want to be content in my heart tonight. I want to be content with the things the things that I have. If I can be content, I'll see this scripture come true. I'll never leave thee, nor forsake thee. For just a few short moments tonight, and I believe we're going to end in the altar, yeah, with just a real good season of Thanksgiving. Um I know it's far away from Thanksgiving, but we're going to celebrate here for just a moment of the things that God has done in our lives. Do I have anybody that has a blessings of God in their life? Do I have anybody that has the blessings of God in their home? I'm not talking about riches, because riches can come and go, but how many are blessed beyond measure? Amen. Want to preach for just a moment. It would have been enough. It would have been enough. Before we pray, look to somebody and say, "It is enough." It's enough. It's enough. You be so kind to put your Bibles down, lift your hands to heaven, but most importantly, lift your hearts and and voice to heaven. Let's ask God to touch us here for just a moment. Lord, we thank you for your goodness. I thank you for your word. God, you are so good to us, Father. God, just I'm overwhelmed today with studying the preach tonight. I'm overwhelmed, God, of your goodness to this church. God, I'm overwhelmed. God, that the people here, Lord, they are enough, Lord. I I I thank you for them, God. I'm There's a spirit of gratitude in my heart, God, and I I pray tonight that your word would come alive. God, that if we can be content, Lord, the word will come true that you'll never leave us, nor forsake us, Lord. I I bind the spirit of discontentment here in this house, God. Let there be a season of gratitude where we realize, Lord, that you have blessed us beyond measure. And God, we do everything in your name. In Jesus' name. Before you're seated, can we clap our hands all across this room today? Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You may be seated in the house of the Lord. It would have been enough. Passover after Passover, the Israelites and now Jewish people celebrate this great feast, and they do this celebration like none other. Matter of fact, the celebration now looks a whole lot like the celebration then, besides the the shedding of blood, and and we know that's been fulfilled, but we see through Jewish history and in the history of the Israelites that they would celebrate by telling stories of the Passover, how that God would bring them out of Egypt, how how they would would kill a lamb, a spotless lamb, and they would put the blood on the doorpost, and we see how we know what the three strikes of blood means, because that door to their home has been the entrance and exit exit to their home for some time. But when the blood is applied, that entrance and exit to that door now becomes their exit to freedom. But they see we see that they would tell they would tell the stories of of the great Exodus. They would tell the stories in the celebration of the Passover. And after these Jewish families, after the families of the Israelites then and the now the Jewish people now, when they celebrate the Passover, they would tell stories, but not only stories, they would sing some songs. And a Hebrew song that families would would sing is called the song of dayenu. Dayenu. And what this song consists of is 15 statements. And all 15 statements would end with it was enough. The first statement is, if he had just brought us out of Egypt, it would have been enough. If he had just executed justice upon the Egyptians, it would have been enough. If he had just executed justice upon their gods, it would have been enough. If he had slain their firstborn, it would have been enough. If he had given to us their wealth and just their wealth, it would have been enough. That's the first five statements of the dayenu. But now, this this dayenu turns a a turns a page and now it goes to the five statements of miracles. It says, and if he had just split the sea for us, it would have been enough. If he had led us through on dry land, it would have been enough. IF HE HAD DROWNED OUR OPPRESSORS and just drowned them only, it would have been enough. If he had provided for our needs in the wilderness for 40 years, it would have been enough. But we serve a God that is more than enough. Because he provided manna in the wilderness, and guess how they ended that song? It would have been enough. We see it from leaving slavery to now serving the God of miracles. Now, their final testament to this song is the highest portion of this song. And that's the five statements about being with God. IF HE HAD JUST GIVEN US SHABBAT, it would have been enough. If he would just let us to Mount Sinai, you guessed it, it would have been enough. If he had given us the Torah, it would have been enough. And if he would have brought us to the land of Israel, the promised land, it would have been enough. And the final statement, he said they said, "If he only built the temple, it would have been enough." I'm so thankful. And this this song that they would sing, it parallels to the book of book of songs and the songs of the degrees. There were 15 steps to the temple, and each each line in this song represents one of those steps. And the highest step that you could reach was when they were on the top step and they looked at the temple and said, "IF HE WOULD HAVE JUST BUILT THE HOUSE of God for us, it would have been enough." But that song that this is talking about, this final stanza, this final statement that this is talking about then goes in to lifting up hands in the sanctuary. I want to tell somebody tonight, if you are grateful in your heart that God has brought you out of Egypt, and not only would that was that enough, but God has given you the sense to read his word and to obey his word. And if that wasn't enough, if you are in the house of God tonight and there's a little bit of gratitude in your heart, it will result in you lifting your hands and lifting your voice because if it had not been for the LORD DO I HAVE ANYBODY TONIGHT THAT YOU'RE JUST THANKFUL THAT THE LORD WAS ON YOUR SIDE? NOT ONLY DID HE BRING YOU OUT OF EGYPT, NOT ONLY DID HE FORGIVE YOU THE FIRST TIME, THE SECOND TIME, THE THIRD TIME, AND THE FOURTH TIME, NOT ONLY DID HE FORGIVE YOU, BUT FILL YOU WITH THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST, BUT THEN YOU LOOK DOWN THE AISLE AND YOU SEE YOUR FAMILY, AND YOU SEE YOUR KIDS WORSHIPPING GOD, AND YOU SEE THE KIDS RUN THE AISLES. IT IS ENOUGH, LORD, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR IT TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK you for it tonight. This video that they're about to play and just forgive me for this using something off The Chosen tonight. It's like reading the wrong translation here. It's not KJV, but if you'll just forgive me for Thank you, brother. I heard that. He said, "It's okay. I got permission." All right. This video tonight is is is off The Chosen, and they they're they're doing this this this uh custom, this tradition of the day and new, and uh Mom, you'll have to forgive me for a moment. But, they they're doing this tradition of the day and new where where they're telling Jesus, "If you would only call me by name, it would have been enough." You'll play that for me for just a moment. >> to tell us if he never does another thing for us, he's already done enough. IF HE NEVER GIVES US ONE MORE REVIVAL, I BELIEVE THE REVIVAL THAT WE'VE BEEN IN AND THE REVIVAL THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, IT IS ENOUGH. HE BROUGHT US FROM THE GINLEY TO 1723, IT IS ENOUGH. HE BROUGHT US FROM 1723 TO 1331 AND I'VE COME TO TELL YOU IT IS ENOUGH. WHEN WE GET A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE IN OUR HEART, GOD CAN'T JUST HELP BUT POUR OUT MORE AND MORE AND MORE, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW GOD, IF YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING ELSE, >> >> IT IS ENOUGH. It's enough. It's enough. We serve a God that he gives us enough. How the Jewish people kept something alive through persecution, how they kept something alive through time periods from generation to generation is through this statement. It is enough. How the Jewish people, that little strip of land over there, that's fighting for their freedom every moment of their being, how do they have something go on and on and on? It's through the spirit of contentment. Everybody say contentment. We know the opposite of contentment is covetousness. It's the opposite of being content. And what worries me is that in our American dream, in the dream to to work hard and and and while I begin to to preach this about having enough, I'm not talking about that excuses you to be lazy. Not I'm not saying that we don't need to win more souls. I am not saying that. But I am saying that God has given us enough. All right. I'm saying that God's given us some things that if we just keep on walking the path that God will give us more. I'm not saying anything like that, but covetousness and greed are often excused and sometimes even admired in today's culture through the word called ambition. All right. But there's got to be a moment where you realize and you look at your family and say this is enough for me. If God never blesses me one more time, this is enough. Joshua, the generation Pastor Eric as you begin to talk about the the first generation couple, and I had this on my mind and you you reminded me of this so beautifully during that ceremony of Abigail Abigail whole Lord God help me. Help me. Joel, Jesus, I'm sorry to the the Gabels tonight. I want the sister Gabels to forgive me, brother Ferris. Glad you're here. All right. I'm not making fun of your wife here tonight, so. But seeing them sign that first generation couple, it reminded me of the story of Joshua. How the Bible says with Joshua that there was a day unlike any other in the day of Joshua. There wasn't a day before it. And there's not a day after it. That the Bible says a man looked to the sun and commanded it for it to be still. The Bible says there's been no day like it. But just two generations later, we see a generation that does not know the God of Israel, nor the mighty works that he had done for Israel. Not just to know God and worship God and serve God. Not only that, but to not know the stories of what they did, what God did for their grandparents. That bothers me. That bothers me. It needs This story of what God has done for us needs to be passed down. Because we've got to know and have the spirit of not entitlement with the next generation, but a spirit of contentment THAT GOD HAS DONE ENOUGH for our families. So, I've come TO TELL EVERY WHITE PRECIOUS WHITE-HEADED saints of God here tonight, every trendsetter here, please don't stop selling stop telling the stories OF HOW GOD PROVIDED for you and how it was enough. I LOVE THE STORIES OF HOW GOD PUT EGGS ON YOUR FRONT PORCH AND YOU BEGIN to say, "It was enough." Because we can look to that AND KNOW THAT GOD WILL ALWAYS BE ENOUGH. NOT ENTITLEMENT, BUT CONTENTMENT is where we need to live. I love the stories, Dad, when you when you when you get up here and just the only way that you can. And you begin to tell how you put that tobacco under the back tire of your motorcycle. You rev that engine up. And you spit that tobacco a quarter mile. You know what that tells me? That he's enough. He That tells me that he's enough. I It's almost humbling to hear the stories about how mom and dad would have to go preach out during the week to provide the means, but then come home and pastor the church, and that tells us that God will always be enough. THE STORIES ABOUT THE SACRIFICIAL GIVING FROM BROTHER NEWCOMER AND HOW YOU YOU YOU GAVE FOR THAT WINDOW OUT FRONT BECAUSE YOU WERE TIRED OF SEEING THE THE WOOD that had dry ROTTED. IT WAS PRETTY WOOD WHEN WE PUT IT UP, BUT let weather come through, let the rains come through, but that that wood started to dry dry rot. But let a man feel A BURDEN TO GIVE TO THAT, AND HOW GOD BEGIN TO BLESS HIS FAMILY. I WANT TO TELL YOU, HE'S ENOUGH IF WE'LL KEEP TELLING THE STORIES. HE'S ENOUGH IF WE'LL KEEP TELLING IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR GOD, WE GAVE, AND WE WERE BLESSED BECAUSE HE IS ENOUGH. BROTHER Newcomer Go ahead. Let me tell you. You go ahead. Talk about Joshua. I was in the auditorium up on the hill, and I I quoted that very verse. I said, "God, if a man could pray a prayer and you could hear him, I'm asking you to send somebody to pay for that window out front of the new church. I'm asking God for you to send somebody." I stepped out of the of the auditorium into the fellowship hall, and there stood Brother Randy Newcomer. And he began to tell me he began to tell me about a settlement that come in, and he said this I he didn't hear me pray, but he said, "I'M TIRED OF SEEING that that that wood all black and moldy down there." Said, "How much would it cost to get that window?" I told him the amount. He said, "Go ahead and order it." It would have been enough. Come on. Now, tell me some stories. It's enough. Well, when we built Now, we We strip this right here. When we built the gym up uh up on the hill, we built the gym and we had enough money to put the steel up and the architect called me and he said we got a problem. He said you're going to have to we're going to have to have a fire hydrant out in front of that gym and I said well you little yellow plug that sticks out of the ground. I said well they don't cost much. He said no the yellow plug coming out of the ground don't cost much but a 6-in water line he said that's up on 321. He said William Blount don't have a 6-in water line. He said you got to come across the highway. You got to come down William Blount. You got to go under the highway and you got to go all the way to the back. He said we're looking at at least $100,000 for that. Just for a just for a fire hydrant. And as I was getting ready to leave he said you know I I did a church over in West Tennessee and they got the volunteer fire department to sign off that they could treat the fire without the aid of a fire hydrant. And my mind went off to Jerrold Kirby who used to babysit Sister Carpenter when she did the little bitty baby. And Jerrold and Linda would babysit Sister Carpenter and Sister Carpenter told me about Jerrold Kirby and then I found out that he was not only on the city council here but he also was the chief of the volunteer fire department. >> Yeah. So I went over to where he owned owns a carpet store at that time. I went over there and I when I went in we started talking about we started talking about your mama. He said oh she's cute little old thing. She said with me and Linda we I said yeah she still is cute. And he said the art of the trade buddy it's the art of the deal. And oh yeah Penny was all pretty and I said she's still pretty Jerrold. She's just grown up now. And then I said Mr. Kirby I said is there any way that the the fire department could fight could could take care of a fire on our property. He said, "You know what? We just We just got a brand new tanker." And he said, "We just We just got us a brand new tanker." He said, "But I have to have the the committee They all would have to sign off on it." And he said, "We're having a banquet tonight." And said, "All the committee will be there." And I gave him the piece of paper. And the next morning I got to his job before he got there. And when he got out of his truck, I said, "Well, Mr. Kirby, how did it go?" He reached his briefcase and he had that where they all signed off that they could fight that fire. >> >> It would have been It It It would have been enough. I'M SORRY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ABOUT 20 SECONDS AND REJOICE IN THE LORD BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ENOUGH. HE'S ENOUGH FOR THE MISSIONARY IN ROME. HE'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR THE MISSIONARY FROM YOUR ASIA. HE IS ENOUGH. COME ON, CAN WE TAKE 20 SECONDS? HE'S NEVER NOT BEEN ENOUGH FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. HE WAS ENOUGH IN MCGILL STREET. HE WAS ENOUGH IN 1723. AND HE'S ENOUGH RIGHT NOW. HE'S ENOUGH FOR THE MOVEMENT TRAINING CENTER. HE'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH WHEN WE EXPAND THIS BUILDING. WE SERVE A GOD THAT IS WE SERVE A GOD THAT IS ENOUGH. And I just come on this Sunday night with one statement. Thank you. Thank you, Jesus. WHY DO YOU LOOK DOWN AT A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN MARYVILLE AND YOU GIVE ALL THESE BLESSINGS? I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS GROUP IN MARYVILLE SAYS YOU ARE ENOUGH. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ENOUGH, GOD. AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE AND CONTENTMENT, NOT ENTITLEMENT, BUT CONTENTMENT FOR GENERATION TO GENERATION. WE DON'T DESERVE ALL THIS. WE WE DESERVE THE FINEST. WE DON'T DESERVE THE BLESSINGS OF GOD. BUT IT'S ENOUGH. Could you just lift your hands right now and just tell God it's enough? Come on, if you've got some babies sitting next to you on a pew, WOULD YOU JUST TELL GOD THIS IS ENOUGH FOR ME? YOU DON'T HAVE TO BLESS ME ANYMORE ON MY JOB, BUT I KNOW THAT'S A I KNOW THAT'S A STEP OF FAITH FOR SOME TO SAY, BUT YOU LOOK DOWN TO THE GREATEST BLESSING THAT YOU HAVE. YOU LOOK DOWN TO THE GREATEST BLESSING THAT YOU HAVE. BUT MAYBE THERE'S SOME PRODIGALS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR CHILDREN HERE. IF YOU BROUGHT THEM IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, THAT WAS ENOUGH. THEY HEARD THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT WILL NOT RETURN VOID. THAT'S ENOUGH TO BRING THEM BACK. It's enough. Would have been enough. Would you clap your hands and be seated all across the congregation? Amen. We could go through stories upon story tonight of how we serve a God of enough. We see Hannah and we see her desire to have a child all the while she has a husband that has another wife and I don't have an explanation for that. That is more than enough. And I mean I mean that's not I was just saying that's just I mean that I mean I promise. Preach. All right, I'll listen to the brother up here. I've got something in here here for you, babe, later on, okay? So you just you just keep waiting till the end. It gets good. All right. First Samuel, God forgive me. I've just told a brother we never see him at church and he's always here and I've offended my wife. All right. First Samuel 1 and 2 says, "And he had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah and the name of the other was Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. Hannah was barren and she longs for a child. She decided she's she's crying, she's going to fast. And to make matters worse, it's the time of the year where the whole family would head to the house of God and she watches as her husband Elkanah give the offerings to the other wife Peninnah and and all all her other sons and daughters. And Elk- Elkanah gives her a worthy portion. But her husband looks to a wife and says, "Am I not as good as 10 sons?" She wanted a child. She desired desired a child. She came to the house of the Lord. Some of us know the story. She began to pray and she began to pray fervently. She began to tell God of what what she would do if God would decide to bless her. I wonder tonight if we can get a touch of God in our life if we tell God that it'll be enough when we get that thing. If we tell God, "Lord, if you give me the s- this is what I'm going to give you in return. This is how I'm going to handle being blessed." I don't know if if I mean, we know that God knows more than us and maybe that God knows we cannot handle a blessing. May God knows we cannot handle a financial blessing, but we we see here Hannah says, "I'm going to give him back to you." And as she began to pray so fervently, the Bible says it gives us to the description that her mouth was moving. Her mouth was moving, but no voice was coming from her mouth. And then the next thing you know, Hannah receives not a blessing. She receives a slap against her face. 1 Samuel 1:12, "And it came to pass she continued praying the Lord, Eli marked her mouth." Y'all better be thankful we don't have a pastor Eli. All right. Now, Hannah, she spake in her heart but only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. And pastor Eli thought she had been drunken. And Eli said unto her, "How How long will thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee." And if anybody has a right to be offended, it was sister Hannah. But her need was greater than her offense. Her need for God to move was greater than anything that could ever offend her. And she vows a vow for her future son that was not yet. She vowed to God, and that's one of the reasons God would open up her womb. But I also believe that Hannah passed the test of not coveting of her husband's other wife that was able to have children. Not coveting or being content produces the opportunity for God to bring fruitfulness in your life. Not coveting or being jealous or thinking And not that you're being entitled to the blessings of God produces the opportunity for God to pour out a blessing in your life. And so, we know Hannah has the the child Samuel and makes a decision to give him back to God. And I'll save us I'll save us the reading, but 1 Samuel 1 and 27 says, "For this child I prayed, and the Lord have given to me my petition which I asked of him. Therefore, also I have lent him to the Lord, and as long as he liveth." You don't have a You don't have another choice, BOY. AS LONG AS YOU LIVE, he shall be lent to the Lord, and she worshipped the Lord there. And I've COME TO TELL SOMEBODY TONIGHT THAT HANNAH GAVE SAMUEL TO GOD, AND GOD WILL NEVER be a debtor to anybody. GOD WILL NEVER OWE YOU A DEBT. GOD IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF TAKING OUT LOANS. HE WILL NEVER BE IN DEBT TO A WOMAN THAT GAVE TO HIM SAMUEL. AND I'VE COME TO TELL YOU PRECIOUS PEOPLE WHO GAVE UH SACRIFICIALLY THIS MORNING, GOD WILL NOT BE IN DEBT TO YOU. HE WILL BLESS YOU BEYOND MEASURE. YOU CAN'T GIVE TO GOD AND GOD NOT TURN AROUND AND GIVE SOMETHING RIGHT BACK TO YOU. WE SERVE A GOD THAT WILL NEVER BE IN DEBT TO SACRIFICIAL GIVERS. WE SERVE A GOD THAT WILL NEVER BE IN DEBT TO A PARENT THAT BRINGS THEIR BABIES TO THE HOUSE OF GOD. GOD WILL NEVER BE A DEBTOR. >> >> He'll give back to you. AND THE BIBLE SAYS IT WILL BE PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER. THAT'S THE TYPE OF GOD WE SERVE TONIGHT. He will never be in debt to anybody. He always pays back in good return what is invested to him. But Hannah was so content in her heart with God opening up her womb once that she prayed a prayer of Thanksgiving. She began to worship in 1 Samuel 2. And when God sees somebody that's content with Thanksgiving, when God sees somebody content that has a spirit of gratitude in their life, not entitlement, but a spirit of contentment. GOD, ALL I was asking for was one boy. BUT WHEN GOD SEES SOMEBODY WHO'S CONTENT, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD GAVE TO HANNAH THREE MORE SONS AND TWO MORE DAUGHTERS. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY, NOLAN? YOU TRYING TO TELL US TO HAVE MORE KIDS? YEAH, IT'D BE A EASY WAY TO BUILD THE CHURCH. BUT I'VE COME TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU ARE CONTENT IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU ARE THANKFUL IN YOUR LIFE, GOD WILL GIVE YOU MORE AND MORE AND MORE. WHY? HE KNOWS HE CAN TRUST YOU WITH BLESSING. HE KNOWS HE CAN TRUST YOU WITH BLESSING. HE HE CAN TRUST YOU. >> >> IF YOU'RE CONTENT, GOD CAN GIVE YOU MORE. If you're HAVE A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE, God can give you more. If we're honest, and we'll get a little ahead of myself, and if I repeat myself later, just forgive me. But if I'm honest, you know, we are entitled. We're entitled to one thing. Hell. H E L L Just get over a little bit. HAVE SOME GOOD PREACHING, SON. I'VE ALWAYS wanted to do that. I've seen my dad do that like a hundred times. Thank you, son. Our favorite member in THE CHURCH. WE ALL DESERVE ONE THING. H E and they say double hockey sticks. I don't know what that's about, but that's what we deserve. Hell. You want to know that the wages of sin is death? You didn't wake up and decide to sin today. You were born in it. You were born in sin and shaping in iniquity. And any day THAT IS BETTER THAN HELL IS A GIFT FROM GOD. BECAUSE YOU DESERVE HELL, I DESERVE HELL, I DESERVE CHAOS IN MY FAMILY, I DESERVE ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, BUT IF I CAN GET A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE IN MY HEART. I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TO REALIZE YOU GOT MORE THAN YOU THINK. YOU GOT MORE BLESSINGS THAN YOU THINK. YOU DESERVE HELL IN YOUR MARRIAGE, YOU DESERVE KIDS THAT ARE HELLIONS, YOU DESERVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE HELLIONS. SO, ANY DAY THAT'S BETTER THAN HELL IS A BLESSING FROM GOD. It's something you don't deserve. WE'RE ENTITLED. YES, WE ARE. TO HELL. BUT WHEN GOD pours out a good gift, it's a good gift. Anything better than hell is is something we don't deserve. It's the only thing we're entitled to in this life. I'm not entitled to another blessing cuz you've given me enough, God. You've given me more than enough. She I like this part. She begins to put a spirit of Thanksgiving, a spirit of gratitude, a a Thanksgiving prayer. 1 Samuel 2 and 1, and Hannah prayed and said, "My heart rejoices in in my in the Lord. My horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth No, look at this. This is great. My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies. Because I rejoice in thy salvation." When you are thankful, you know what this is is this is saying? That I smile at my enemies. This is what this is saying. Hannah, and I think I think that the enemy she's talking about is that woman who's been carrying the kids next to her husband, Elkanah, for their entire little whatever they got going on, all right? Double marriages, sister wives, whatever. All right. She said, "Now I can smile. I wish I still had my half tooth in cuz I would love to scare you all sometimes. I mean, it was a great thing in Kids Quest when I could just drop this tooth and just smile at them a little bit. Because when you're thankful, when you're thankful, you can look at your worst enemies just smile. You pray for them. Thank you, Mother. You pray for them. But you just smile at them. Why? Because you know you deserve the hell that they're giving you. You deserve You deserve less than the best. But now, when you're blessed beyond measure, you can just smile at people that despitefully use. You can smile at people that lie on you. Why? Because you're just thankful THAT A GOD WOULD look down at you and bless you. NOT IN MY CLOTHES. NO, NOT IN MY SWAGGER WAGON MINIVAN. NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT. MORE THAN I'M TALKING ABOUT A GOOD MARRIAGE. I'M TALKING ABOUT KIDS. I'M TALKING ABOUT MAGNOLIA LIFTING THEIR HANDS AND AND SHE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SHE'S DOING, BUT SHE JUST LOOKS AROUND AND AND WE WERE WE WERE LISTENING TO WE were listening to Frozen the other day and she began to feel the Lord. You know what she did? That's the greatest thing a father could ever see. Not worshipping the Disney, God forgive me for that, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT A SPIRIT OF WORSHIP TRAINING YOUR CHILDREN. THAT'S THE GREATEST THING. I'M TELLING YOU THESE CLOTHES ARE GOING YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE CLOTHES ARE GOING TO GO AWAY ONE DAY. OKAY? I'M I'M NOT KIDDING. LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE. I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE CLOTHES ARE NOT GOING TO LAST, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO LAST THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY? IS THAT PRECIOUS WIFE OVER THERE AND THAT PRECIOUS DAUGHTER THAT WE HAD TO TAKE TO THE OFFICE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES. THAT'S THE GREATEST THAT'S THE GREATEST BLESSING. IT JUST MAKES ME SMILE. COME ON, DADDY, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SMILE AT YOUR FAMILY A LITTLE BIT. COME ON, MAMA, IF YOU'VE GOT SOME BLESSINGS IN YOUR LIFE, SHOW THAT GRIN TO YOUR BOY AND SAY, "YOU MAKE ME SMILE COMING TO THE HOUSE OF GOD. YOU MAKE ME SMILE WORSHIPPING GOD >> >> the way that you do." Smile. I'm not call I'm not saying that your wife's your enemy, but when's the last time you just smiled at her? When's the last time that she knew she was a blessing in your life? Come on now. When's the last time those kids knew that you're the greatest blessing. You're enough. You're enough. So many times we see them pushing the the things that you know, things that maybe God has something different. Just it's enough. It's enough. A spirit of contentment. God can only use content people. I heard this said the other day by Pastor Hammond and it's so true. And I don't want to If you have a sermon about this, just forgive me, but big churches are made up of content people. You know why God has gra- has allowed the blessings of God with people to flow that through this place. Cuz content people It's people on a Saturday morning. It's It's people on a Saturday morning, Stewart Seaton. Looking at all the people driving past. Picking up trash. Smiling at people. Brother Seaton, that touched my heart so much. You know why? Because I know You know the reason God has poured out blessings for the Seatons? Cuz he's content. Picking up trash. Picking up trash, trying to make the house of God beautiful for somebody to walk through. If you can please two people, if you can please Penny Carpenter with how the how the cleanliness of God's grounds and if you can please God himself, Brother Seaton, you're doing a mighty fine job. And I want to tell you you are a condemned man. You are a content man. But when God sees the blessings, when God SEES CONTENT PEOPLE, WHEN GOD SEES PEOPLE OF GRATITUDE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTENT TO COME TO SERVICE SUNDAY MORNING, TO COME TO SERVICE SUNDAY NIGHT, TO COME TO MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDY, TO COME TO SUNUP TO SUNDOWN PRAYER, THEN GOD SAYS, "I CAN BLESS THOSE PEOPLE." >> >> OH, JESUS. I can bless them. You may be seated. While we were in Rome, our missionaries were taking us around. And uh we stopped by We stopped by Mam- Mamertine Mamertine prison. This is where Paul spent a good majority of his life at the end of his life waiting for execution in this little cell right here. Now, there was some joy, there was some laughter. And we had to take Magnolia out pretty quick cuz there were some people sobbing and crying and all of things. So, took her out pretty quick. But I just got to thinking what this atmosphere produced in Paul's writings. In this prison, this cell right here. Paul wrote Second Timothy and he wrote many scholars debate this but he wrote the book of Philippians. And Philippians is labeled as the book of joy. It says rejoice and joy I believe 19 times. And he wrote that right sitting right there, chained to the wall. Yeah, how can you be happy when you're in this prison cell? How can you be happy when you know your executioner is waiting around the corner because we've got it all mixed up. We expect God to give us happiness but God really is giving us joy. Because happiness is temporal. HAPPY IS WHEN I TAKE MY WIFE TO DISNEY. We spend $20 on a hot dog before we get TO THE CASTLE. THAT'S HAPPY. BUT WHEN WE LEAVE, YOU EVER SEEN THE kids on the bus going home from Disney? That's the unhappiest place in all the world. Everybody's crying either crying or asleep. So, happiness is temporary. But joy IS ETERNAL. YOU CAN'T TAKE MY JOY AWAY. PAUL, YOU EXECUTIONER, YOU CAN PUT ME IN PRISON. KING, YOU CAN SAY I'M SENTENCED TO DEATH BUT YOU CANNOT TAKE MY JOY AWAY BECAUSE YOU ARE ENOUGH. NOT HAPPINESS THAT'S TEMPORARY. THAT'S THAT'S IT'S THAT'S IT'S IS EXTERNAL BUT JOY IS SOMETHING SO MUCH BETTER THAN HAPPINESS. YOU CAN'T TAKE MY JOY AWAY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT GOD HAS BEEN GOOD TO ME. >> >> That's why I'm joyful. He wrote the book of joy in this prison cell. Philippians 4:11, this is some things he wrote right back there. When Paul wrote this he was in prison. Philippians 4:11, now that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned in whatsoever state I am in, therewith to be content." Will you put that picture back up for me for just a moment? You guys are doing so good following all the craziness. In the middle of sitting in a prison cell, HE WRITES, "WHATEVER STATE I AM IN." Right there. "Thereby I be content." And some of us, we will never find ourselves there, but yet WE CANNOT BE CONTENT SITTING ON A PEW DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT GOD CAN USE CONTENT PEOPLE. GOD CAN USE CONTENT PEOPLE. THAT IS SPIRIT I'M NOT IN A PRISON CELL. THANK YOU, PAUL, FOR TELLING ME IF YOU CAN BE CONTENT THERE, I CAN BE CONTENT HERE. IF YOU CAN BE CONTENT WHILE BEING CHAINED UP, I CAN BE CONTENT. >> >> No matter where I am, it'll always be enough. Paul, you take me on the road to Damascus, it'll be enough. If I can have revival, it'll be enough. This is what he's saying. If I can have revival, it'll be enough. If I can see people baptized, but if I get put in there, God, you're enough. Verse 12, "But I know I know both how to be abased, and I know how to be abound. I've been free and I've been chained everywhere in all things I am instructed instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer." But somewhere in contentment in God, Paul realizes this, and he writes this in a jail cell, "I can do all things THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENETH ME." WHAT IS HE SAYING? IF I CAN BE CONTENT WITH WHERE I AM, GOD WILL GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO DO WHAT ONLY HE CAN DO. BUT IT FIRST COMES THROUGH CONTENTMENT. WHAT CAN YOU DO to a man that will worship right there? What can you do to a man in the whys of life when he says why? The question is I was I would think I was down there and I had to climb 10 more flights of steps to get up. I'm wondering why in the world like why? Why? Why? What can you do to a man in the whys of life and he doesn't complain? He doesn't think God why why did I why'd you call me on that road to Damascus? Why did you call me to suffer the things that I must show you to the Gentiles? Why'd you call me? What can you do to a man that has a spirit of contentment? Absolutely nothing. Can't tell you why I'm suffering but I can show you what I'm going to do while I suffer. I can't tell you why a good family that you're going through the things that you're going through but I can tell you some people in this church that are going through some things. They don't know why but they're going to show us what they do while they're going through what they're going through. I know it's a mouthful for some but I think some of you got it because some of you are going through hell on earth but you're going to show everybody else around you and you're going to wink to your enemy that you can smile at in this IN SPITE OF ALL THAT I'M GOING THROUGH. I'VE MADE UP MY MIND THAT I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE. I'VE GOT THE JOY OF THE LORD IN MY HEART. THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE IT TO ME. THE WORLD CAN GIVE ME HAPPINESS BUT THE WORLD CAN'T GIVE ME JOY. THE WORLD CAN TAKE AWAY MY HAPPINESS BUT THE WORLD CAN'T TAKE AWAY MY JOY. >> >> So so backwards. Happiness is external. Joy is internal. Happiness is temporary. Joy is permanent. Happiness is based on chance. Joy is based on choice. Completely different. Happiness is based on a circumstance. I'm in a prison cell. I'm not happy. But joy is based on knowing that God is enough. And I'll say it one more time. Happiness is based on chance. I am happy when my crypto coins go up. I am unhappy when I lose 50% on a crypto coin. All my investments go down. I imagine that. The people that that the price of a code on a computer has crashed to nothing. Imagine that. But that's not joy. Joy is knowing that I've given to a kingdom that moth and rust cannot corrupt. Joy, brother Claver, is knowing that a missionary over there is having the time of his life calling electricians, calling people to come finish THE SANCTUARY, CALLING CARPENTERS TO COME HEY, COULD YOU FINISH? WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? YOU SOUND A LITTLE HAPPY. NO, I'VE GOTTEN SUCH MORE THAN HAPPINESS. I'VE GOT JOY BECAUSE A GROUP IN MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE, IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THEY'RE SO CONTENT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. THEY GIVE. THEY GIVE. THEY GIVE. AND IT'LL COME BACK TO US PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, >> >> AND running over. Oh. For our last scripture, we'll mention about this this prison here. Philippians 4:6, Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding. Now Now, if we could back up, put that on the screen one more time for me, verse number six. Thing by prayer AND SUPPLICATION. IT'S NOT JUST GIVING GOD A NEED. IT'S NOT JUST SAYING, GOD, I NEED THIS. I NEED THIS. SPIRIT AND SUPPLICATION. THING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING. Let your requests be known. IT'S A GOOD IDEA IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FOR GOD TO STOP FOR JUST A MOMENT AND SAY, "GOD, IF YOU DON'T heal me of this, you have been enough. GOD, IF YOU DON'T BRING THIS PERSON OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, GOD, YOU'VE BEEN ENOUGH." YOU KNOW WHY YOU'VE BEEN ENOUGH? YOU FILLED THEM WITH THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST. YOU BAPTIZED THEM IN JESUS' NAME. GOD, IF YOU DON'T HEAL THEM NOW, GOD, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAL THEM OVER THERE. THERE'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF THANKSGIVING THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR NEED. IT GETS BETTER than this. Oh my God, I'm so happy. Verse number seven, please. Verse number seven says, "When we HAVE OUR NEED WITH THANKSGIVING, AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING, SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MIND THROUGH CHRIST JESUS." WHAT IS THAT TELLING ME? IF I CAN HAVE A NEED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THANKSGIVING, I GET THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH CAN BRING YOU THROUGH ABSOLUTE ANYTHING. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING to be thankful for, you will not get the peace of God that passeth all understanding. Cuz he's been enough. You don't have the peace of God. The peace of God rides in on the vehicle of thanksgiving. Notice it's not just prayers and supplications. Lord, you tell me your need and I'll answer. Give you the peace. No. It's thanksgiving. Cuz discontentment is a dangerous disease. Discontentment is a dangerous disease, and I know I'm getting behind the times here. Getting behind the clock here. But discontentment will make you want to go back to Egypt. Discontentment makes you lose your mind. You were thinking clearly coming out of the world. You were thinking clearly maybe come coming to a place of safety, maybe a house of freedom. But discontentment comes in your heart, you'll be starting to say, "Did I have Did I not have a a full of leeks and onions and some nasty other food in Egypt. But you've come here, you maybe come here, Moses, to eat quail that will fall from the ground? Exodus 16 and 3, they complain, we did we had bread full, but you brought us to the wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger. You get crazy, you get hangry. Verse number four, then said the Lord unto Moses, behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. People go out and gather a rate of certain day. And and uh that I may prove to them It's just amazing that we go from verse three, we have negativity, and we have verse four, God provides. If people would just And I'll use the Greek here. Shut up. Okay. With negativity, you'll start to realize you might have God speak, but you just be quiet. All right. You might have God speak if you'll just take your needs and it you're you're you're supplications and your your request and you couple them with Thanksgiving. God, if you don't do it for me, you've done enough. You know, if you you might you might have God move. We see it again. We see it again in Numbers 14 and 2. They begin to murmur. They began God, would you have us to die in the land of Egypt that God would or would God have us to die in the wilderness? And therefore have the Lord brought us to this land that we fall by the sword and our wives and children should be prey prey to enemies? And they said to one another, let us make a captain and let us return unto Egypt. Discontentment. Remember that little window or that little vent I talked about Wednesday night? I was getting beat up here by the woman on the end. Yeah. Okay. I'm thankful for but Remember that window I I was talking about next to the office I used to put my ear up to? I was being a little sarcastic. I've nearly never done that. Once or twice. No more than three times. You know some things that I know looking back now that a lot of issues in that office was destroyed families from discontentment. Men that thought another job would give them just some satisfaction in life. Really, it's all goes back to discontentment. Marriages that were falling apart it all started by discontentment. Discontentment in ministries, discontentment in families, discontentment in jobs. Discontentment never works well. Exodus 9 and 28 says to entreat in the Lord for it's enough. To call on God and it's enough. That would be something I highlight in my Bible. Entreat in the Lord. Exodus 9:28. Entreat the Lord for it is enough. It's enough for me. Closing here tonight, we've got a story of 10 lepers. And we know the story. I can fast forward through the reading. We know the story. 10 lepers come to Jesus. They cried from a distance because we know they had leprosy. And and we know that Jesus speaks in Luke 17 and verse number 14. And when he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priest." It came to pass as they went, as they walked in obedience, they were cleansed. You know the other side of the story, but one of them when he saw that he was healed when he began to walk in obedience and saw that it produced a healing in his body he turns back and he gives thanks. He glorified him with a loud voice. He didn't care what anybody else thought about his thanksgiving in his heart. He fell down on his face at his feet giving him thanks. For he was a Samaritan. He didn't have any other option. He had the option to go see the priest. It was just to be made whole. And Jesus answering said, "Were there not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine?" And they are not found that returned to give glory to God except this stranger. Who has no option other than to give thanks. This is what the Bible This is what the Bible says. That Jesus said to him, "Arise, go that way. Thy faith has made thee whole." Now, this this whole word is is a whole lot more than just a physical healing. This was a spiritual healing. This was a mental healing. This was a a healing of the soul. So, it's possible This word for This word for whole is not just referring to his physical body. But, it likely means that he's whole within his whole heart. Which means the other nine were not made whole. They were just healed. So, it's possible to be touched by God, but still be sick in your heart. But, when you have a spirit of thanksgiving in your life, there's nothing that can stop the wholeness from coming to your life. WHEN YOU ARE THANKFUL THAT GOD IS ENOUGH, THAT GOD YOU DON'T MAKE ME WHOLE, I'M STILL GOING TO GIVE THANKS. AND WHILE YOU'RE GIVING THANKS, GOD MAKES YOU WHOLE. I WANT TO I WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY TONIGHT THAT YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU, GOD WILL MAKE YOU WHOLE. GOD will make your family whole. God will make YOUR MARRIAGE WHOLE. THIS NOT JUST A PHYSICAL HEALING. It's possible to be IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, BUT STILL HAVE A SICK HEART LIKE THE OTHER NINE. BUT, JUST A MAN THAT HAD NO OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN TO RETURN THANKS TO GOD. I WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY THAT YOU ARE A THANKSGIVING AWAY FROM HAVING ALL THAT YOU NEED. YOU'RE A THANKSGIVING AWAY FROM HAVING ALL THAT YOU NEED. Because he makes you whole. Be so kind to stand with me. You say you could be thankful. I You can't tell me that the other nine were not thankful, Dad. You can't tell me that the other nine that had been limping all their life wasn't a tidy bit thankful, Sister Seaton. That man named Jesus but I'm a Jew. I'm going to go show myself to the priest to be pronounced cleansed. But unexpressed thankfulness is not thankful at all. Not expressing what's in your heart. You You thankful for God that You're thankful that God forgave you. That's good. When's the last time you showed him? You're thankful for your family. When's the last time you showed him? All right. When's the last time you just said, "Kids, you're You're enough. I'm going to push you to do great things but you're enough." And when Thanksgiving comes into a family, wholeness comes to a family. When the spirit of gratitude comes to a family, comes to a marriage, I must have heard some good things on marriage counseling cuz this is good marriage counseling right here. When Thanksgiving comes to a marriage, wholeness comes. It's very possible to be in this room tonight, have an experience with God, but still have a sick heart. God may have healed you once before, but it's possible to still have a heart that's not thankful. That man That man had no other option other than to give me make me whole. God, I I I And I I don't think he he thought in his mind, you know, I think he's going to restore what my arm that fell off. I'm going to He's going to restore my toes that had fell off. He's going to restore my ear lobe. I don't think so. He's just just going to give you some thanks. I have no other option. But when thanks came, wholeness came. It would have been enough. My parents would have just raised me in the house of God. It would have been enough. I was baptized at the age of eight in a Wings to Go t-shirt. Finally getting over the fear that they wouldn't hold me under like Sister Lori Hawkins told me they would. I just would have been baptized at 8 years old. It would have been enough. If I would have just received the Holy Ghost at a chapel service and everybody give me their cookies at lunch. It would have been enough. If I only had to put up with sisters and God giving me two anointed brother-in-laws, it would have been enough. God would only call me to preach. It would have been enough. Sweet Jesus, it gets better than that. Flannery Sanders, she would only responded to me on that Instagram. It would have been enough. To stand here, church people, and to see that girl walk down the aisle and become Flannery Carpenter. It would have been enough. But what about when we welcomed our child Magnolia into the world? It would have been enough. What about He's missing the whole sermon. I'm pretty sure I didn't enough. See her lift her hands in church. It's enough. God, if you never do anything else for me, you've done enough. What about this church? And I challenge every single family to have a a personal day and you don't have to be quote Hebrew to your kids, but just a list of things that you're just thankful for. Sister Hannah, if I had just been introduced to Bentley and Brantley, that would have been enough. You know, so many times that we get this this spirit of discontentment when we miss all the things that God's already done. Because when Thanksgiving comes, wholeness comes. When Thanksgiving comes, there's a wholeness that only Thanksgiving can bring. We would only been at McGinley Street in a small house, would have been enough. If God only would have filled that building to the brim, it would have been enough. I remember a video of my dad walking. They videoed him, he's walking in the church the first service in 1723 with no carpet and fold-out chairs, and you would have thought you would have thought it was the day that they had made it. If that If that would only been If it would only been that way where there was no carpet in the building, that would have been enough. If God would only let the choir sing in the choir loft and stand there and sit there during the preaching and the side DOORS OPEN WITH EXTRA CHAIRS, I've come to tell us that would have been enough. BUT IF GOD WOULD ONLY SPEAK TO OUR PASTOR AND TELL US TO GIVE TO MISSIONS LIKE NEVER BEFORE, AND HE WOULD PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR THE NEW BUILDING. IF THAT WAS JUST ALL WE HAD, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH. But all we get into this building in the back half, that would have been enough. But all let us cross the wall, this would be enough. If only we had one family by the name of the Canos that went through the daycare, that would have been enough. Only one family to come through the SCHOOL AND WIN THEM TO GOD called the John Felipes, that would have been enough. IF ONLY GOD WOULD LET US GET 50% FULL, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH. IF ONLY GOD WOULD LET US GET 75% FULL, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH. IF ONLY GOD WOULD HAVE LET A FEW MEN COME TO THE FREE CLASS AND GET BAPTIZED WITH THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST OR OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST KENNY HURST THAT WOULD TURN HIS LIFE AROUND, THAT would have been enough. I've come to tell you WITH THE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE, GOD can give us more. WITH THE SPIRIT OF CONTENTMENT, GOD CAN POUR OUT MORE. IF GOD ONLY LETS US SEND ONE MISSIONARY THROUGH THE MOVEMENT TRAINING CENTER, IT WILL BE ENOUGH. IF GOD ONLY LETS US START ONE CHURCH THROUGH THE MOVEMENT TRAINING CENTER, IT WILL BE ENOUGH. I TELL YOU IT'LL BE ENOUGH. IT'LL BE ENOUGH. GOD, IT'LL BE ENOUGH. Come on, could you lift your voices right down to the Holy Ghost in this place? I'm going to try to close this deal right here. Come on. Maybe you just need to grab that wife by the hand and come to the altar and just declare to God, God, this is enough. If you just grab that family member by the hand, YOU JUST COME TO THE ALTAR AND SAY THIS IS ENOUGH. MAYBE HOLINESS WILL COME THROUGH A SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE. Maybe you'll be RETURNING LIKE THE SAMARITAN AND SAY IN JESUS, thank you. Thank you for my wife. THANK YOU FOR THE HEALING. THANK YOU FOR MY FAMILY. Thank you for this church. God, it would be enough. Come on, let a spirit of gratitude arise. You can't tell me you're thankful and not open UP YOUR MOUTH. YOU CAN'T TELL ME YOU'RE THANKFUL FOR WHAT GOD HAS DONE. I LIKE THE OLD SONG THAT SISTER LORI SANG, YOU GOT TO COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS. YOU'LL FIND ONE IF YOU TRY. COME ON, JUST COUNT ON THE LORD AND WATCH THEM MULTIPLY IT TONIGHT. COME ON, EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE, DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. YOU'RE NOT ENTITLED TO IT. YOU DESERVE LESS THAN HALF. YOU DESERVE THE DAYS FROM HELL. YOU DESERVE A FAMILY THAT HAS HELL AND TORMENTED. Come on now. Come on, it's enough. COME ON, THAT WIFE HOLDING YOUR HAND, THAT FAMILY FOLLOWING YOU TO THE ALTAR, IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH. COME ON, IF YOU HAVE A MATE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, IT'S ENOUGH. IF YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT HAS IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, IT'S ENOUGH. COME ON, COME ON, FATHERS. CAN THAT WIFE HEAR YOU? LIFT YOUR VOICE AND BEGIN TO THANK FOR HER. >> >> Come on, Andrew. I HEAR YOU CRYING OUT, THANKING GOD FOR DAVINA. I HEAR YOU, ANDREW, CRYING OUT, THANKING GOD FOR HAYDEN. COME ON, YOU CAN'T TELL ME YOU'RE THANKFUL IF YOU CAN'T LIFT YOUR VOICE. COME ON, SOME OF YOU GOING THROUGH HELL RIGHT NOW. THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE'S DONE. AND THE PEACE OF GOD THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING. Come on, it's enough. IT'S ENOUGH. IT'S ENOUGH, GOOD FAMILIES. Come on, there's a spirit of thanksgiving here tonight. YOU DON'T DESERVE IT. YOU DON'T DESERVE THE BLESSINGS OF GOD. COME ON, YOU GOT TO HAVE JOY AND NOT HAPPINESS. JOY WILL LAST YOU THROUGH A LIFETIME. JOY WILL LAST YOU IN YOUR MARRIAGE WHEN YOU'RE A TRENDSETTER. NOT HAPPINESS. JOY WILL LAST YOU WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH YOUR FINAL STEP TOGETHER. Thank you, Jesus. Come on, Pastor Eric. Let's sing to us tonight.