Sunday Evening Worship Service

stand across this house and we're going to enter in to this service with a word of prayer what a tremendous word we heard this morning from Pastor mol about how much God loves us and we believe that give Pastor mol a great big hand thank you for ministering that to us if we could lift our hands across this house let's invite his presence and spirit to be with us here tonight Heavenly Father we thank you Lord we thank you for bringing us back together once again to lift up your name on high God as we enter into your presence and into your throne room Lord we do so with Faith Lord praising you in advance for the works that you're going to do Lord we come tonight expecting Miracles Lord we come tonight having our needs met and Lord we lift up your name on high and Worship You In The Name of Jesus we pray would you put your hands together right now and let's Worship the [Music] Lord th fill our hearts with Wonder and let your power fill this place [Music] so we're [Music] inviting your 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this house right now savior you're so worthy of all glory praise and honor Hallelujah we love you tonight savior yes Lord yes Lord please remain standing a few more moments I'd like to invite our ministers and Elders if you would please take your places we're going before the Lord in prayer tonight we're taking every need and every request before the Lord as we pray I'd ask for the church family to in particular uh continue uh praying for uh sister Deanna Cole also continue praying for sister Susan Brian uh recovering from surgery as well and we're continuing to pray for you brother Ronnie we're praying that the Lord is going to give us a good report we're praying for your recovery as well if you have a need tonight an unspoken request would you please make that known by the uplifted hand at this time our ministers and Elders are here to pray the prayer of faith with you and you have faith the Bible lets us know that as your faith so be it unto you and we're here to fulfill James 5:14 to anoint you with oil to pray the prayer of faith for those who are sick in body if you have a need you please come and get what you need from the Lord as we pray together at this time mighty God we do love you savior we're so grateful and thankful that you've given us the privilege of gathering tonight in your presence Lord you know every request that have has been named every hand that's been lifted the requests that have been sent in on our multimedia platforms God I pray that you would reach down and work in every life Lord you know those who are con convalescing those who are recovering from surgery Lord I pray that your hand of healing would give them speedy recovery for Lord you are the only healer Lord you know those in the house that need encouragement and strength but Lord Jesus we thank you most of all that you are here tonight and you're still Our Savior now Lord be with every individual Lord let your power be manifest in all that we do Savor we praise you we love you we 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[Music] I Hallelujah with all the Believers in the house give another shout of Praise unto Jesus Savior I believe savior I trusting you oh hallelujah hallelujah Glory Glory thank you praise team for leading Us in Mighty worship thank you First Apostolic church for your worship Lord bless you I'll let you move to your seats again we welcome each and every one of you to Sunday night worship service here at First Apostolic church so glad you made it your choice to be with us what a wonderful crowd of Believers are here in the house tonight and oh I want to say welcome home to one of our kids uh you're always home folk no matter where you live uh sister Robin Simmons it's good to have you home tonight we love you uh formerly Robin mole some of you folks remember her back then that was her maid name good to have you home with us Lord bless you and then I want to say a special welcome to the service tonight I I want to welcome the Metro Pentecostal Church of Owensville Kentucky uh Pastor uh bill Huff text me this afternoon uh they had a snow wind Sunday thank the lord it's north of us uh but uh Owensboro Kentucky uh had a snow in and uh they uh uh weren't able to have service so he said just want to let you know uh the uh Metro Pentecostal Church of Owensboro was joining in from home so we welcome you folks tonight as well he said it'd be in the PM service so all the could we give Metro at Pentecostal Church of Owensboro great big welcome glad to have you in the house of the Lord I'd like for our ushers to make your way to the front at this time we're going to receive our Sunday evening offering in all the tithe uh Bishop is not shering his duties but he had other responsibilities uh he he had great grandson responsibilities he said you take the offering I've got something important to do so uh uh L you think I forgot him as I have sometimes in the past but it's our turn to give to the Lord he gives so much to us he doesn't the Lord provide Mighty things for us just just think about it a minute think what the Lord is doing for you I want to give tonight according to His blessings would you stand with us right now we will indeed be bringing our offerings I would ask everyone to exit the right side of your Pew pass by the offering container enter into the opposite the end of your Pew please give as the Lord has blessed you and if you have nothing to give would you move with all of the others and do this by faith not just an exercise of moving around but do it by faith trusting that God will bless you abundantly in the future that you will be able to give of the abundance he's given you let's pray Heavenly Father we're grateful to be in your house Lord we're so blessed and once again we stand in awe of your many mighty blessings Lord I Thank you for our health for our families for our jobs for our businesses for the many things that you so freely bestow upon us now God let us in turn not give Stingily but Lord let us give of the abundance that you've blessed us with Lord receive this offering and let it be multiplied in your kingdom for all this we're grateful and we're thankful in the name of Jesus let all who agree say Amen you give unto the Lord [Music] his rightous his body was broken for our transg [Music] and [Music] victory on Hallelujah he's [Music] alive [Music] hallelu he gave me a reason he gave me a reason to dance Hallelujah gave me a Reon to dance gave me a reason to dance Hallelujah gave me a reason to [Music] he we [Music] might was broken his body was broken for our Tre that's not the story The Lamb was that day in [Applause] [Music] Victory Hallelujah he's alive [Music] Hallelujah he alive me Reon to dance Hallelujah me a reason to dance me a reason to death Hallelujah me a reason to gave me a reason to Hallelujah gave me a reason to he gave me reason to Dan Hallelujah me a re to Dan I'm dancing out of my great for who the sun sets free is free indeed morning here and I'm great for the Savior got up B Victory Dan out of my great who the sun set free Sun free is free morning here morning here and I'm grateful for for the god of Victory get out of my thee ISE morning [Applause] morning [Music] God the sun Suns free is free here [Music] PR for the god of his victory come on aren't you glad you serve a risen savior tonight he got up in Victory yes oh say hallelu he's aive he Hallelujah he is alive he is alive say [Music] hallelujah he alive he alive he alive [Music] Hallelujah he is he is hallelujah [Music] hallelu he is hallelujah he's alive he's alive come on and lift that praise up in this house tonight I believe that every single one of us have a reason in some capacity to give God praise right now would you testify just a moment let the redeemed of the Lord say so would you let him know for just a moment that God I thank you God thank you for bringing me out God thank you for showing up Lord we bless your mighty name would you give him one more hand clap of Praise across this house and you can be seated and keep that same Spirit as you make your way back to your seats I welcome each and every one of you to Sunday evening worship uh as we in all of our prayers let's remember Pastor Whitley he's ministering down in the great state of Louisiana God didn't strike me with lightning there my wife yeah know she's in here sorry sister Charlotte yeah I'll talk to y'all after it is it is a great it is a great state because it did bring me my beautiful wife Kelly wow I just turned that around let's get into the word of God tonight if you have your Bibles turn with me to the Book of Exodus uh chapter 17 and we'll begin reading at verse 8 awesome all always to have our brother sister George here with us love you all and it's always a blessing to have you here with us and from the church in Owensboro I reiterate welcome to you all what a testimony even in this inclement weather uh to make your way into the house of the Lord Exodus chapter 17 and we'll begin reading at verse number eight then came amalec and fought with Israel in ridom and Moses said unto Joshua choose us out men and go out fight with amalec tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand so Joshua did as Moses had said to him and fought with amalec and Moses Aaron and her went up to the top of the hill and it came to pass when Moses held up his hand that Israel prevailed and when he let down his hand amalec prevailed but Moses hands were heavy and they took a stone and put it under him and he sat thereon and Aaron and hers stayed up his hands the one on the one side and the other on the other side and his hands were steady until the go going down of the Sun and Joshua dis confided amalec and his people with the edge of The Sword and the Lord said unto Moses write this as a memorial in the book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua for I will utterly put out the remembrance of amalec from under heaven and Moses built an altar and called it Jehovah nii for he said be because the Lord Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with amch from generation to generation I want to minister to you for a few moments tonight from the topic Hands Held High the power of Prayer in the Battle of Life The Power of Prayer in the Battle of Life we've prayed a few times this evening and we'll pray some more so I'm going to get go ahead and get right into it pictured here behind me is a fresco of an early Christian worshipper it's a round dated from the second half of the 3 century and it was found on a catacomb in Rome Italy and this is a posture of Prayer in the early church standing with hands and eyes upraised to heaven and this was a common posture for prayer in the early church this imagery allows us to imagine what it would have been like in the Jerusalem's buildings to have been filled with worshippers with their hands and their eyes and their heads lifted up to heaven in vision for a moment the many hundreds of hand upraised gathering around the holy sights acknowledging a Risen Savior and I must say that I am grateful to be a part of a Church body that it is not difficult to imagine such a scene as we from week to week get to experience what seems as an infinite amount of hands lifted up to heaven in worship and praise to the King of Kings and the Lord of lords the lifting of hands goes all the way back to the Book of Genesis chapter 29:35 with Leah raising her hands in praise to yah way and naming Judah God's word in both Testaments is filled with hand raisings and praise has always been demonstrated physically as well as verbally Exodus 1711 our key verse so it came about when Moses held up his hand that Israel prevailed that Israel would continue to be Victorious and if he let his hand down then amalec the enemy would Prevail Nehemiah 86 says then Ezra blessed the Lord the great God and all the people answered amen amen while lifting up their hands and they bowed low and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground Pastor mul so eloquently a few weeks back talked about when we lift up our hands it's also a posture of surrender surrendering to God and we certainly do this as worship as well Deuteronomy 32:40 Psalm 634 so I will bless you as long as I live and I will lift up my hands in your name Psalm 282 hear the voice of my supplications when I cry for your help and when I lift up my hands toward your holy Sanctuary Psalm 1412 may my prayer be counted as incense before you the lifting up of my hands for the evening offering talking about and giving the imagery of the sacrifice of praise as the altar of incense goes up the psalmist is letting us know when we lift our hands and when we give God praise it's a sweet incense going up to heaven Lamentations 219 arise cry aloud in the night at the beginning of the night watches pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord and lift up your hands to him for the life of your little ones who are faint because of the hunger at the head of every street when there's a need when there's starvation in the land and there's a a need for your children the first thing that you need to do is lift up your hands 1 Timothy 8 I will therefore that men pray everywhere lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting we turn specifically tonight to our key text from Exodus where we find the Israelites locked in a fierce battle with the AL amalekites this story is not just an ancient account but it's a profound allegory for the battles that we face in our own lives battles against doubt and battles against despair battles about the Temptations that come our way battles about frustration and adversity in this particular narrative we encounter Moses Joshua Aaron and her each playing a vital role in securing victory for Israel and as we delve into the scripture we uncover the critical importance of prayer the necessity of perseverance and the strength we find in unity and support and my aspiration this evening overlooking the inadequacy of the speaker but God's word going forth is to ignite a fire within you ignite an Fire Within Me and ignite and fire with all of us collectively here together that it's a call to elevate our prayer life a call to fortify our faith and a call to recognize that even when we grow weary even when things are in despair that we have a call to hold our hands up high in prayer Our Story begins with the Stark reality then came amalec and fought with Israel and ridum the amalekites were a nomadic tribe and they were known for their ruthless attacks their rules of warfare in fact were that there were no rules of warfare Fair they were known for their brutality and not engaging in battle as typical of other armies or nations for they would pray on the most vulnerable they would pray particularly on those that who were weary or that were straggling behind and their assault on Israel was not just a physical attack but it was a spiritual one it was testing the faith and the resilience of God's people in their campaign to the promised land just like as we see in Psalms 23 with the Lord and the imagery of him being a shepherd and then we see The Parables of Jesus talking about going out and getting that one lost sheep because one lost sheep is vulnerable one lost sheep of uh away from the flock is much more susceptible to an attack from the enemy and this is what the amalekites were looking for they were looking for someone who had isolated themsel or who had separated themselves or who had perhaps gotten behind and were weary and vulnerable and this was the type of individuals that they looked for also when you look at that name refidim or refidim interpreted it means a place of refreshing it means a place of rest but this place of rest would become the place where they became attacked I couldn't help but think as we talk about that place of rest one of the greatest sermons in my life was my grandmother Iola sers this is the mother of my mom and my aunt Sher that's here tonight growing as they grew up they from the from Ohio and my grandmother Iola sers worked as a Night Nurse delivery and work all kind of night shifts and she L worked in the delivery Ward and just worked several hours just making sure that her daughters had everything that they uh needed uh for for life from school to make sure they were able to go to the events uh that the church they were going to hosted and and all of those all of those things and my grandfather Jim sers was a factory worker and he punched a clock I they they say he wasn't late one day in his life I remember just my some of my earliest memories were to be at at their house and uh the grandkids had to keep it down because somebody had to get up and go to work the next day and I remember that my uh Grandpa sellers would get up around 4:30 a.m. punch the clock and this was their life making sure that they had a a home for their daughters and making sure that their daughters uh had everything they needed moved down and pastured and evangelized in the area and just uh all all of their kids moved down this way so when it came to retirement age Jim and Iola sellers had it all planned out and I know that my grandpa had it all planned out because you did not touch his desk it was it was very particular very organized he was at kind of guy when he'd pull up uh at the house he would ask where the paper towels were to make sure and go off and clean the car from the drive you know everything was planned out and what a story book retirement that would be to move down to where their family was now and no offense to Ohio man I'm just making all kind of enemies tonight but East Tennessee is a a place people move to right it's a mountains are close it's a beautiful place and moov down with all their family and what a beautiful retirement that would be but as soon as they arrived my grandfather Jim sers would begin to show signs of the early stages of dementia and Alzheimer's and it was not it was not a quick thing but it was a a slow and often painful often painful digression of his health where he was able to attend church at first but then he lost the ability to communicate and had to have assistance from her uh uh to to walk to everything he needed to to drive to eventually he would he would become uh where he had to be on bedro rest and eventually hospice and uh all of these different struggles and all of these different trials and what was supposed to be a place of rest what was supposed to be a time of renewal and refreshing it did not turn out the way they had planned but as I mentioned the greatest sermon I ever heard was that my I my grandmother Iola sellers she continued through every adversity coming to church just as often as often as she could and when he was mobile they never missed a service you'd see that green neon come almost peeling in the parking lot she cared for him took care of him made sure that he had every everything he needed her daughters didn't hear her saying one time I can't believe God allowed this to happen I I don't know if I don't know if God's promises are are still true in my life in fact it was the opposite every time that she was at church and there would be a testimony service she would begin to talk about the goodness of God and she would do everything that she could to make sure he was listening even though he couldn't communicate she was making sure that he had everything he need I think she brought the hospital bed into church one time with her hands lifted High through this battle of life she didn't know what she was preaching for tonight two of her daughters sit here tonight the other one's a pastor of another church and she's got grandchildren she's got great grandchildren in this house tonight because through the battle and through the trial and through the place that was supposed to be a time time of refreshing and through the place that was supposed to be a time of rest it that was when the enemy attacked her life like never before and attack their life like never before but not one time did she ever blame God but in fact it was absolutely the opposite she had her Hands Held High and say God I don't completely understand why this is happening God I'm not going to ever know this until I get to Glory but God I'm going to give you praise and I'm going to make sure my daughters know I'm going to make sure my grandchildren know I'm going to make sure that my great grandchildren know that there is a place that they can turn to and there is a God who will hear their prayers in the darkest times of their life there's a God who will show up even when I feel like everything in my life has gone to hell and everything in my life has turned to chaos I know that you're still there and what was supposed to be a time of refreshing and a story book retirement turned into no doubt the toughest battle that she had ever faced in her life and you talk about a memorial how can I step into his house and man I don't I don't know if I feel like being here tonight oh that person hurt my hurt my feelings I or man I this this this might be the be the one I I'm too stressed I'm I'm too weary there's too many things going on but I I think of my great grandma or my grandmother rolling that bed into our old Sanctuary down there in our lives amalec represents the forces of Darkness that seem to undermine and Cloud our faith and those weary moments and Destroy and prohibit us from having hope these forces come in many different forms from those Temptations to compromise our values in different difficult circumstances and the despair that Whispers were no longer good enough or Whispers of the things are never going to get back the way they once were the doubts that question God's cial promises in my life and the frustrations that I know many of saints of God Even in our faithfulness deal with sometimes is why am I dealing with this right now this was supposed to be a season of refreshing this was supposed to be a time of rest and just as the Israelites faced a physical enemy there was also a spiritual battle that was raging as well Joshua the courageous Warrior leads the charge against the amalekites symbolizing the active fight we must engage in with these forces no we will not sit idle by We Will We Will press forward and fight but my call to us this evening is Victory is not one by might alone Moses with the rod of God in his hand Thomas if you'd bring that to me ascends to the top of the hill representing the indispensable role of Prayer in our struggles so you have Joshua down on the battlefield with the physical fight with the advancement with the strategies of warfare and you had Moses on the top of the hill overlooking the battle with a rod in his hand and Moses said to Joshua choose out men and go out and fight with amalec tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand and here we see the division of labor Joshua leads the physical battle while Moses engages in scripture in spiritual warfare through prayer Joshua embodies Action Joshua embodies courage and the willingness to confront the enemy hands on he represents the part of us that takes practical steps to overcome challenges maybe if you're a student it's working diligently on a project or in the workplace working on a project or confronting a difficult relationship maybe it's somebody in the house that had to take on two jobs to make sure that their family was cared for or maybe you're a student uh burning the midnight oil and uh or burning the midnight oil for a work project and making sure that you're going to be able to meet that deadline or maybe you're the individual that's battling addiction but you continue to show up to support groups and you're doing everything that you can to get it conquered or maybe you're going to counseling over a trial in your life or whatever that looks like for you it's the physical action that takes place and the determination with inside of you that I'm going to fight and I'm going to be Victorious and I'm going to defeat whatever comes my way even in my weary State Joshua is in each of them fighting diligently whether it be our job or family or personal struggles the the the fight on the battlefield of life that's that's the Joshua but Moses on the other hand symbolizes intercessory prayer with the rod of God in his hand he stands as a mediator between God and his people and the rod is a symbol that God's power and authority reminding us that our strength comes not from ourselves but from him and as long as Moses has his hands up as long as that Rod is up in the air then there's victory in the physical then there's Victory on the battlefield as long as his hands are up in the air Israel is going to advance oh Joshua man when you think about battle and you think about Warfare oh I want Joshua on my side if you were going to put guys against the against the wall and you're going to pick them out for for a battle I'm getting Joshua I mean he walked around a city for goodness sake and it fell down yeah he he's a he's a he's a fighter but God said is as great as a military General as Joshua is all the success and talent and fighting capability that Joshua and his great Army half they're not going to have Victory on the battlefield unless there is prayer going on this El stats that our efforts are only as effective as our prayers are fervent we cannot rely solely on our strength or intellect we must also seek God's guide man I like preach preaching with a staff it's like something else okay keep going okay we must also seek God's guidance and intervention in all that we do prayer is not a passive activity it's an active engagement with God inviting his power to be in our circumstances but even Moses and get heavy so they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it then Aaron and her held up his hands one on one side and one on the other and said Moses from an older generation but thank you for showing us we got a great Army and we we've got a mighty military but Moses we're going to keep your hands up because we know as long as that staffs up we know as long as that rods up there's going to be Victory Moses Des I mean think about who Moses is even though it his strength and and his legacy he was not immune to human weariness Moses whose staff was used to throw down and become a snake in the court of Egypt the the the highest and most powerful in Empire uh one of the most possibly to ever exist in humanity but Moses walks in there with that staff and throws it down and it becomes a serpent and it it eats up all of uh uh uh all of The Illusionist there in the court that that that takes some courage that takes some action Moses whose staff would go up and he would strike the Nile and it would turn to blood right right in the face of pharaoh while they were pressing his people and the same thing every time you read one of the plagues he's doing something with his staff he might be striking the ground to get the gats going or doing something else and waving it around to get the frogs coming or maybe he's going to send hell down or you know what the uh this Red Sea is kind of in the way I've got a good idea I'll hold my staff out and we'll just walk right through it I'm talking about some power in that staff we know who the power came from but I'm talking about M Moses using what he had oh you're hungry in the desert how about some water from a rock but even Moses in all these great victories even Moses with all of this courage and action we find him in the battlefield not hiding out in his tent we find him in the battlefield not saying all right boys y all do it now I'm going to to kick my feet up and drink me something with a an umbrella in it while y'all go out and fight he says no while you all are out there fighting I'm going to be up high interceding on your behalf I'm going to be up high mediating between God and the battlefield because I know you boys know how to fight I know you got some talent but you're not going to win this battle unless there's prayer going on but even Moses physical fatigue took over and even you no matter how great of a saint of God no matter how faithful you are no matter what God's done in your life there's going to be moments of weariness there's going to be moments where you get tired and that's where we as a church body and I don't know anyone who does it any better than fac gets together and says I'm going to help you lift up your hands in this situation I'm going to make sure that your hands stay up so we know what happens Joshua defeated amalec and his people with the edge of this sword and this is a powerful example of the body of Christ now working together in modern day we're not meant to fight our battles alone we need each other to lean on to encourage to lift up when we are weak we're called to support our brothers and sisters through in Christ through prayer encouragement and insistance and through the combined efforts of Joshua and Moses the Israelites achieved a decisive victory over the amalekites and it was not just a temporary one but it was a testimony to God's faithfulness and power God commanded Moses to rec record this as a memorial you need to celebrate what happened here today every single year is what he's saying and every single time that hardship comes along remember what happened on the battlefield against the amalekites because it was Talent oh yeah it was it was great military might and courage to fight all of those things were present and that was necessary but he said the most important thing that was necessary while you're using your talents is that there was prayer going forth and after this Victory Moses built an altar and he named it Jehovah nii and that name means means the Lord is my banner because as those Fighters were out on the battlefield while they were away they had they had probably in that place of rest that place that was supposed to be a place of refreshing they were weary and knowing how the amalekites fought they probably slipped into them by surprise in kind of a dark time of the day and of their life and tried to cheap shot him so there was probably a little chaos at first and there was probably some doubt and weariness at first initially and there was probably a struggle of of of being uh going into battle by surprise and maybe in this struggle and maybe in this doubt maybe those Israelites thought to started to think that maybe I'm not going to get to the promised land and maybe I've gone this far but this is is where it ends I I didn't see this one coming oh we're so talented and and we're so mighty in the fight but but somehow some way in this situation all of the sudden I don't know if I'm going to be able to get where I had planned on going but all of a sudden they looked up and there was some Hands Held High up to heaven oh and when they saw those hand held high it reminded them that there was a God fighting on their behalf oh when they saw those Hands Held High it reminded them that there was going to be Victory and Moses said I got to keep my hands up even in the midst of this battle come here boys I need some help would you help me hold my hands up because this is the only way we're going to get Victory this is the only way we're going to advance this is the only way we're going to get to the promised land if I keep my hands up musicians come on and everybody remain come just go ahead and stand he HS a banner when a s of God has their hands up it's a call to action when your hands are up a couple key takeaways number one Victory requires prayer and this is my call to us tonight there's no doubt that we have the fight there's no doubt that we have the education there's no doubt that we have the resources oh we got the greatest singing and the the greatest of of buildings and we have every single resource at the tip of our fingers what whatever we need we could get together and raise the money oh when there's a need over in North Carolina hey let's just call for it let's raise the money for whatever the need is we're able to come together and there's no doubt that we're able to fight there's no doubt that we can run into battle and wage war on this day but my call to all of us is don't you for one second start thinking oh it's because of my talents I can sing so good I can play so good I can speak so good and I'm such a hard worker oh I've been blessed so mightily I just know how to do that job I've been trained to do I'm so good at business and I'm so good at people oh my marriage is because I just I just know how things operate I know how to do it all of those things will come crumbling to a halt when you start thinking that you did it on your own and the only way that we're going to advance in this today is by remembering that true victory that real Victory is only going to come when we got our hands up in prayer when there's a people that know how to get together and pray it's not about Talent it's not about uh all of our resources it's about prayer second thing is get your hands up we got to get our hands up oh it's a banner in this day it's a banner that I'm advancing it's a banner that I'm calling on The God Who is going to bring me Victory and it's also a banner to somebody else around me who might be going through something oh and they say oh that person's praising and I know what they went through then I think God's going to deliver me as well there's Victory when my hands are up and number three help others get their hands up if you've got a brother or sister who is overtaken in a fall he that is spiritual restore such a one and get their hands up because that's where the victory is I want to invite every single person under the sound of my voice that whatever issue that you're dealing with tonight whatever circumstance that you find yourself in it might be in be in a great deal of confusion and you might be weary and you might be tired and you might have asked those questions Lord why am I going through through this right now in this season I want to give the invitation right now to come up to this altar with your hands up because that's where the worship takes place if you need to lament get your hands up if you need Victory get your hands up if you need to pray in faith get your hands up if you need to pray an intercessory prayer over a lost loved one get your hands up if you need to pray an intercessory prayer over a need for the life of someone else get your hands up if you got a brother or sister who you know's going through a struggle why don't you help them lift up their hands in this house oh and when I begin to look around oh I know I'm going through some stuff I know I'm dealing with some stuff but I look around and I'm saying Advance there's a banner held high advance advance advance keep fighting keep fighting keep fighting it takes a prayer life it takes mediation between God God's going to bless every facet of your life don't let anybody pray alone right now don't let anybody pray alone right now steady word get your hands up whatever you have need of get your hands up I worship you father I worship you I step before you in confidence and Faith keep fighting keep fighting fight for your marriage fight for your kids fight fight fight oh there's people with their hands up you can make it you can do it you can do it God's going to bring the victory yes [Music] Jesus lift that Banner lift that Banner oh and it's all encapsulated in that name of Jesus you [Music] are I believe you are who you say you are and you do what you say you do you come through you are always aable I believe youve already way so I'm running through parted way straight to you you are [Music] faithful I [Music] believe SP and by your stes I have been healed every promise you fulfill I believe I believe that you Rose again in Victory and that same power Liv I'm Bor again I've been I [Music] believe does anybody have a need in this place I've asked Bishop to come forward and he's going to hold this staff up symbolically Alex and Christian why don't you'all come up here and help hold up his arms for him while he prays he's going to pray over sickness he's going to pray over reconciliation and relationships and let's all 100% participation lift our hands across this house [Music] Satan we come against you disease we come against you in the name of Jesus for every doubt for every financial problem we come against you right now in the name of Jesus we resist you and you are bound to flee because the word of God says that you would be flee Lord your word declares I'm the god that Heth all all thy diseases my God we're asking you right now those that are suffering from cancer in this building those that have been given a bad news to bad we come against it in the [Music] [Laughter] [Music] name Gates of will not Prevail your church is still alive and will this goel truth I live to I believe I believe that one day soon you'll split the you're coming for usless until myth has been I believe I want to invite the musicians and the singers and the technical staff and everybody in this house we need some miracles to take place we need God to show up in some situations we're going to do our best with the talent and the resources and everything that he's given us but we need God to intervene would you would you pray with me right now with hands lifted high oh mighty God as we've prayed for healing Lord we need you to move right now God I ask you to reconcile the broken relationships right now from families and friends and workplaces and Lord bring us Unity together God you see those that are standing in the Gap right now as well for lost loved ones God we stand as a intercessor right now knowing that you're talking to them knowing that you're convicting their heart right now Lord knowing that they know that you love them that that we love them in the house Lord you see those with the struggles in their life right now with their hands lifted ey Bo they're faithful faithful saints of God Faithful saints of God oh and they're in that season that was supposed to be a time of resting oh but the enemy showed up unexpected but Lord we we know that we need prayer we know that we need mediation Between Heaven and Earth God we're asking you to show up on this day God you said it would be a memorial from generation to generation God we Proclaim Jehovah nii right now in the name of Jesus we Proclaim Jehovah ni right now in the name of Jesus my hands lifted high are my banner my hands lifted high are the proof my hands lifted high or the battlecry and the call to action in my life oh would you lift your voices a little higher oh there's something special when you hear God's people praying oh would you lift your voices a little louder we need you to move we need you to move we need you to move Jesus Oh don't let the vulnerable get by themselves don't let the vulnerable get by themselves I wonder if somebody right now would go out and get that one go out and get that one you're not going to pray alone you're not going to pray alone oh mighty God Mighty God Mighty God Mighty God Mighty God oh mighty God Mighty God Mighty God Mighty God oh You Are Holy you are righteous oh you're the one true God oh you're the banner in my life oh when I see the saints of God with their hands held high in the midst of adversity oh it gives me encouragement to fight oh it gives me encouragement to praise it gives me faith in the present oh I thank you Father there's intercessory prayer going on right now there's intercessory prayer on the behalf of sick loved ones right now you can get your healing in this house you can get your deliverance in this house God's Miracles are in this house tonight that's Jesus I wonder if a married couple would get together and say things might not ever get back to the way they once were but they're going to be better in the future than they've ever been cuz I'm going to make sure that prayer stays on the Forefront I'm going to make sure in my house that prayer that prayer is going forth that the staff is lifted up high oh in the fight of the battle of Life I'll lead my kids in the way that they should go oh I I'll take them and I and I'll cranum but Lord in the in the fight for the Battle of life let me never forget that it's prayer that makes the difference oh First Apostolic Church we're not going to be Victorious without prayer we're not going to make it on our talent we're not going to make it on the resources of this world we've got to have prayer we've got to have prayer yes if you haven't gone down in the name of Jesus tonight is the night to take on that name of Jesus in baptism and when you take on that name of Jesus you take on every covenantal promise every description of God in the Old Testament including Jehovah nii Jehovah Shalom Jehovah Rafa God is my provider God is my healer God is my banner that's my fight song That's My fight song that's what gives me the motivation that he's fighting on my behalf and every single promise is available to you from a memorial to remind you that no matter what you're facing his promises are for you on this this night