Wednesday Night Bible Study | Bishop McCool

and praise the Lord everyone praise the Lord everyone we greet you tonight in that wonderful lovely all-powerful magnificent magnanimous name of Jesus that name that is above every name God hath highly exalted him and given him a name that is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow up things that heaven are things that are I want you to know we've got the highest name aren't you glad you know that name let's give that name a great big hand right now we want to express our love and condolence to sister Kelly McCool and all of her family the Gardner family she lost her grandmother and death this past week and the funeral was coming up this a weekend and we want to be praying for them this is one of those things that you never you'll never get used to we we certainly believe in the Hereafter and the promotion that a child of God gets when death comes but uh that don't always relieve the the pain and the suffering of the loved ones left behind and the Bible spoke in in the days of grief in the Bible to eat New and Old Testament and uh it's not wrong to grieve but Paul said sorrow not as others which haven't hoped didn't say not to sorrow but it said Saul not as others that have no hope so we pray for sister Kelly she's here tonight and at her post of Duty and uh the the the the Pastoral staff as well as others here and there are the entire staff not just the Pastoral staff the the Christian School the the uh Children's Day Ministry the uh we cut used to call it daycare and and they're always on their job and they're so faithful and I appreciate each and every one of them well you're ready to get back into studying the word we've had so many wonderful things happening the last few weeks um we're not we're I tell you we're teaching tonight's lesson November the 13th and we're already well into December and we'll just hit the high spots on some of these lessons but um we need to we need to the Paul said to study to show yourself approved and we must never get beyond that that point of of studying the word of God it is a blessing you can the Lord lives in the praise of his people the praise of Israel and God wants us to praise him sing shout and dance but he also wants us to take time to study the word of God and that's what we're doing on Wednesday night and I want to say how we have been blessed the last well you can't set a time because uh Pastor Whitley blessed us and and Pastor McCool precious and Pastor Anthony McCool bless us and their messages have just been so absolutely uh phenomenal I I just said and just just soak it in and it's this this cross ain't for sale and uh pastor Pastor Anthony McCool and Pastor Mark mccubbo I preached along that line and I want you to know it is very true when the Bible said by the truth and sell it now we've got something too valuable to sell it's just not for sale we are studying wisdom wisdom tonight we're going to be studying wisdom's works wisdom works the works of wisdom and then the next lesson would be wisdom weights and then the next lesson for November the 27th would be wisdom's warning that will complete that particular series on choosing wisdom um if uh Proverbs 7 and 4 says say unto wisdom Thy Art my sister and call understanding by Ken's woman you know in the Bible uh when when abnon David's brother mistreated it uh his sister when when Abner was treated Tamar uh right right off uh he was Marked for Death because of the violation of of her her brother's sister and he he purposed in his heart that day that Amna would die for what he'd done that's how much he thought of his sister and of course we're not advocating violence in any way but I'm saying that only to point out how valuable wisdom should be to the child of God and and in my Ministry down through the year 74 75 years um I've never seen anything beyond the actual uh fundamental Doctrine of the the Oneness of the godhead your penis water baptism in Jesus name the infilling of the Holy Ghost and so forth uh more valuable than wisdom I've seen down through the years I have seen the church one that did not demonstrate the very best wisdom and I've seen it when it did and we're blessed to have a pastoral staff and a ministerial staff that knows the value of wisdom and I'll tell you this before I get into this every man not I started to say every young man know every man every man should read the seventh chapter of proverbs and see what you need and why you need wisdom because in that chapter tells about the the Harlot woman that perfumes her bed and decorates herself in in and attires herself as a harlot and she caught the young man in the street and and she she cut him with her flirtatious ways and the Bible said he went after her as an ox would uh to the socks and and he was going to his his he in other words he called the the the man the father as dumb as an ox and and this is what it is when you get away from God and that's why every married man every single man needs to read that chapter and and see what you get into if you don't uh develop and adhere to the wisdom that you can find in the word of God going back wisdom were the works of wisdom and I want you to notice this in the Bible the the the the church is likened to a woman because that's the most precious thing God ever created somebody said that God made man and took one look at him and said I think I can do better and made the woman well the Bible don't say that but it Bears out and the the woman is is likened to the church and the church is likened to the woman so as we enter this subject tonight let's give our attention in our prayers God we thank you for the Blessed word of the Lord I pray God that you will anoint the lips of clay with the spirit of God and give what you would have for this service tonight in Jesus name we pray Proverbs 31 verse 31 said give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates and then the lesson text starts proverbs 31 and 10 and starts out with a question who can find a virtuous woman now keep in mind the woman is likened to the church the church is likened to a woman so when we talk about the virtuous woman we're going to talk about the church who can find a virtuous woman for her price is far above rubies virtuous means having or exhibiting virtue morally excellent righteous now that's what virtuous is now we're talking about the church and we're talking about The Godly woman so they're interchangeable so we're talking about a virtuous church that exhibits virtue that is morally excellent now this is why that each one of us and most especially those who those who take a leadership role especially the ministry remember this you represent the body of Christ the church is the bride of Christ now of all uh creatures on planet Earth that should exhibit uh virtue it should be Ministers of God and those who call themselves leaders I thought so much when uh when when uh admin was uh forcing his half-sister Tamar and she uttered one of the most powerful statements that's in the LEDs of the Bible she was pleading with her half-brother not to commit rape and and she said wherefore shall I cause my shame to go how can I get rid of the shame that I'm going to have because she was a virgin and she said as for thee Thou shalt be another fool in Israel now Abner was the eldest son of day of David he actually according to the birthright was in line to be king he should have been the king because his birth put him in in line to be the the successor to David one simple Act he went from a prince to a fool oh I if I had every preacher of the apostolic faith under the sound of my voice tonight and tell them sir you're a prince of God but every lewd woman on planet Earth has got her eyes set on a man that calls himself a preacher you dress a fence post up in a suit and called him a preacher and they'll they'll go for him because they want to down and bring disgrace upon the church and that's what the devil does and in one simple Act Abner went from a prince and she said just another fool in Israel and in my long Ministry 75 years I have seen I have seen so many that find themselves admired and they don't realize sometimes the woman don't realize what she's spelled she's under but they both are bringing themselves down to the lowest state and facing a devil's hell without the Forgiveness of God so keep this in mind what I'm teaching tonight that's not only a King's son but any of you men here tonight the Bible said he the committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding and he destroys his own soul and his reproach shall not be wiped away hey you out there online anybody listening we'll be under the sculpture your your laptop on listen to this preacher I said are you going to turn out to be a fool you can be a prince of God or you can squander it and one little incident it's not worth it sir it's not worth it it's not worthwhile let us go on the church needs its virtue it needs virtuous members um having exhibited virtual moral excellence and then notice what it says the heart of her husband does safely trust in her so that he shall have no need of spoil now we're talking about a virtuous woman we're talking about the church and we're talking about an individual woman as well the heart of her husband is not deceived he can safely trust in her he don't have to worry about her being unfaithful she's always faithful when his back has turned when he's there and when he's not let me tell you something there's much to be said today about us being true now the Bible calls getting away from the doctrine it calls it spiritual adultery did you know that did you know that as committing spiritual adultery when you get away from the truth the doctrine of of of the Apostles and Holiness you need to hold to that truth because we're the wife of Jesus Christ and when you start flirting with the world you're breaking your marriage vows and you're not this virtuous woman the heart of her husband is safely trusting her so that he'll have no need of spoil now that actually had a very natural and and carnal meaning back in those days when when times got very rough that man would go out and raid a neighboring country and bring back the spoils because of his own need now this sounds a little far-fetched but this is true she can she's going to be unspotted the heart of her husband does safe and Trust in her he knows she'll take care that proper Provisions is made for his household and Will Not Waste anything there was an old saying there used to be a quite popular in the old days that a woman can scoop more out the back door with a big spoon than a man can shovel in the front door with a cold shovel now if you can remember that you're in the the old generation was me he has no need of spoil he's obliged to go out he he is not obliged to go out on predatory excursions to provide for his family at the expense of neighboring tribes and I don't like to apply apply this also in a spiritual manner the bride of Christ has many posts and many locations a real Church they're not trying to steal members from another Apostolic Church they go out and find sinners they're not trying to raid another congregation to try to find somebody that might be a little bit unhappier that's a little something and and uh you know a little a little something going on over here that kind of gets somebody's eye and and they they flirtatiously we're not trying to find people that's got an Apostolic Church we're out to find Souls that need God we're out to find the lost and the Wayward she'll do him good and not evil all the days of her life she is ever alert always doing only what will reflect good upon the work of God whether it's in a restaurant a place of business on the phone or the internet she always thinks what am I doing will it reflect negatively on the church when you're in a restaurant and you don't get good service and you act in a naughty way that's a bad reflection on the church Pastor has adopted a saying he heard and I think it's good he said if the service is good I'll leave a tip if a service is not good I'll leave an offering and uh it's kind of showing Shoney's has got a sign up in their arrestor that says Be Kind to our staff that did show up to work because so many don't don't show up behave yourself in a manner that will reflect well upon the church then it said she seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands and I will in Flex she seeks raw material Not Silk and Satin Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost he did not come to seek those in the neighboring church he didn't come to the glittering world of the unfallen but he came to the lost sheep to The Prodigal Son and the five times married woman at the well and the woman caught in the act of adultery that's who he came to save he didn't try to find somebody that was a good song leader in another church he didn't did we don't go looking for somebody that's available someplace we're looking for that woman that's been married five times and living in sin we're looking for the Republic of son that's wallowing with the Hogs we're looking for the woman that was caught in the active adultery we're looking for the prodigal son that's lost his mind that's what we're after he came to seek and to save that which was lost Give the Lord a hand clap [Applause] she will do him good and not evil all the days of his life she'll do him good she's ever alert always doing only what will reflect good upon the work of God around town sister McCool and I I guess when you've been at a place as long as we've been in Knoxville uh while church is what 65 years old um you're going to know an awful lot of people that when you've been on the radio and television and one time I was on the radio three times a day and uh even even uh some of the one-time Highland Hill even even use the term uh uh greetings truth lovers that little saying was known so much that in some of the public things and they wasn't making fun but they just used it the greetings truth lovers because that was my greetings when I came on the radio three times a day well when you're known as well as we are in this city you you do right because it's right to do right and another reason you do right is because it reflects badly on the work of God I I don't want my behavior in any way to reflect negatively on the church she's seeketh wool and plaque she she's she's looking for raw materials not still Consignment Jesus came to seeking to say that's which was lost verse 14 she is like the merchant ships she bringeth her food from afar or as I study this lesson I just got a I got a mental picture of so many things and I jotted them down the best I could she's like the merchant ships she Imports raw material she's a missionary minded lady she loves the loss and she she brings her ships from a she goes across the sea she's a me she may not can go and though she cannot go personally she can pay those who God has called to God and we're doing our very best to reach the whole world for the Bible said when this gospel is preaching to all the world as a witness then shall the End come one of these days the last one is going to obey or they're going to refuse it and the Lord's coming back for a church that's ready for him oh that's what we want I want to be that virtuous woman he's coming back for she Imports she she Imports raw materials she's a missionary minded and then it says she riseth also while it is yet night and give me to her household and a portion to her maidens this is my comment on that verse she is an economist of time she Rises while it's yet night and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her maidens she does not neglect her home folks while trying to save the world she is attentive to all ages to minister to everybody ah she don't overlook the little one she's got a Child Care Center she don't overlook Overlook the adolescence she's got a Christian School she don't overlook the young people they buy buses and take them here and take them there they don't overlook the older ones they've got the the the uh the old ones are that they take here and there that keeps them interested there's something for everyone she Imports her her food from afar she's reaching out there let me tell you something you may not be interested in some certain thing of the church it may not appeal to you it might might not might not be your is the old saying your cup of tea but it may be somebody else's somebody else may enjoy it immensely and can you not bear with someone else as they enjoy their particular style of worship because your type of worship is going to be available also as she Rises well she's it amazes me um brother Jim uh Baker started the the security camera business and he put miles of wire under this platform back up here and there and then others took took on after that and uh brother Justin massengalen and so many of the others that are doing so so many so many things but so much is is going on for so many if we could only realize now everything that pleases a an 86 year old is not going to be the most pleasurable thing for a 17 year old or an 18 year old the only joke there is and and I've said this many many times done through the years as I grew up I started preaching of course when I was 11 years old and I've said at the feet of some of the greatest men of God greatest pastors and uh I I've been in churches that one time we got the they got after the lobby in my supper club we got some more of the young folks and we shot firecrackers uh I was on Sunday and and you thought we committed a terrible sin because we shot firecrackers on the Sabbath day and we got corrected for it and there's other things and I said them when I get older when I get mature or as I want God to keep me in tune and don't let me forget what it's like to be a young person and we we older folks need to remember that that don't just don't don't forget what it was like when you were young now whether you whether you'll admit it or not you were young ones I believe I can say that of certainty uh David said I was young but so now I'm old and I said I've never seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging bread she's an economist of time she goes out of the way she arrives as well as yet night I I look on the security cameras and and I see the cars coming and going six o'clock in the morning 6 30 in the morning seven o'clock in the morning cars are coming they're lining up children are getting out parents are letting them down the halls and somebody had to be here to open the doors at six o'clock 6 30 whatever time it is now and they they're they're here ready to receive little children that needs a place of care while their parents go to work she does not now she does not neglect her home folks while she's ministering to the rest of the world let us remember that our church and our pastors our leaders are ministering to every age group possible and let's just get behind them and say let's go with it praise God all right verse 16 she considereth the field and buyeth it while the with the fruit of her hands she planteth the vineyard she's a wise business person she considers a field and if it's a wise investment she buys it with the fruit of her hands she plants a Vineyard she looks forward to the future when we started building this church we determine that we're going to build it by faith and we were not going to borrow any money and at the time we found out we heard of churches that we knew personally that was paying as much as thirty thousand dollars a month interest on their loan and was shopping around looking for some place to refinance but I'm talking about having to raise that much money for interest monthly not yearly monthly well she considers a field if it's a good buy she buys it with the fruit of her hands she's a wise business person and she plants she cultivates she looks forward to a harvest she she she invests in a bus she invite she invests in school she invested and and uh typewriters well typewriters is a ancient thing they used to have but then she they invest in laptops and so forth I can well remember when sister Daniel was talking about word processor uh I I thought there's a great big machine that's going to move in there was a word processor like a big old uh I visited a a printing press years ago when that deal uh they they set the type with the hot lead a big old Chuck's like a window weight they were on a chain of a drop down into a bath and it was hot and it would melt it and then they'd pour that and that's what made the letters and they put in what they called Galley and and the gallery and then they would press the paper over that and that made and had to read the the papers backwards so I'll be able to and that's the way the and I didn't know what word professor says it was I I didn't know that that was something that was they call it software that went in a laptop or a computer but we're living in a new day a new age and the church we're talking about is keeping up with the times they're not trying to keep up with child but they're keeping up with the the very best in technology all right and then it says she girdeth her loins with strength and strengthens her arms she takes care of her own health she stays strong spiritually physically and financially a lot of church has suffered badly spiritually because they got too far in debt and couldn't pay their bills and and was under such a burden there are different things that have the lack of Revival the lack of special things the lack of things going on to keep the people looking forward to the work of God she takes care of her health she stays strong spiritually physically and fun and financially she perceiveth that her merchandise is good her candle gold not out by night this is a good one now that was my comment my this is a good one she perceives that her merchandise is good she don't see the church as a grasshopper but a giant killer her perception of the church is always good and not bad oh Hallelujah amen Preacher Brother she perceives that her merchandise is good uh listen now how do I put that or say this let me be careful that I don't violate my own guidelines I'll say it like this I preached an awful lot of camp meetings in in my years and uh camp meetings and uh revivals and and anniversaries and so forth but you as a church has never been fodder and church uh example of bad things it's always been how good the saints of God are at First Apostolic Church in Knoxville Tennessee you see she perceives that her merchandise what do you think about First Apostolic church it's the friendliest Church in town what do you think about the elders that they are the finest men I know of what do you think about the choir oh if you want to hear some singing come and hear our choir oh well what about that oh listen I want to tell you she perceives that her merchandise is good we need to be out selling our product and telling folks how great First Apostolic church is what a great gospel we got how pregnant we are we don't need to go around and hold an extra 38 or hell we need to go around about putting out the bed out Bob's we need to be telling folks what a great church we've got go ahead give a little hand clap [Applause] she perceives that her merchandise is good one preacher used to say get him half mad and half anointed and he could really preach when he said that for a joke but sometimes I I believe he really meant it but um you are not sermon father when these preachers go away from Knoxville I'll guarantee you you don't hear Pastor Whitley tell what an omni bunch of folks who got back home I'll guarantee you I heard Pastor Anthony preach to 4 000 people in in Nashville Tennessee uh a week or so ago and I want you to know him he only talked about what good merchandise he had what a great church he have what great people we have what a great heritage he has his grandpa and grandmother mom and dad and all on both sides it was nothing but good she perceives that her merchandise is good it's good it's not negative it's not bad we're not filled with a church full of Hypocrites and gossip some and we don't get online and get into buses with folks we talk about how good the Lord is we perceive that our merchandise is good stuff never do it Hallelujah man if I had two good legs I'd run all over this place she perceives that her merchandise is good she layeth her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the distaff She lays her hands to the spindle and her hand holds a distant she not only talks to talk but she walks the walk she's not afraid to put her hand to the plow the Bible said to put your hand in the front look back you're not fit for the kingdom well you see him we don't turn loose we don't turn loose of the spindle she's she she's persistent and and consistent in what she does and putting her hand to do something um uh laughs the boy told his girl he loved her better than anything in this world he swim the deepest ocean climbed the highest mountain and I'll be over to see you Saturday if it don't rain somebody came up with the way wise little saying 19 drops of rain keep 20 people out of church well I'll tell you one thing is rain for days now and it sure didn't keep this crowd out so it's what a good what a good crowd we've got here on a rainy Wednesday night I perceive that we've got some faithful saints of God that's going to be here if it rains they're going to be here for Sunshine so I perceive that our merchandise is good we've got some of the finest people to shoot ever we've got some of the finest people that walks of the planet Earth and you are the bride of Christ you're the ones we're talking about the who can find a virtuous woman I found her a founder [Applause] foreign the words echo in my mind I guess you call this a Gospel According to Jeffrey when the ash Easton was just she was much much of much younger than she is not a little bit of your thing and Anthony went out and bought her a stuffed giraffe that was this tall I mean it it was this tall and it was actually so big that it took up so much room that uh Ashley just said I don't have room in this house Anthony couldn't you got something a little smaller and and and well he decided to take uh uh the giraffe back and uh he had it wrapped in the back of his car and they were going to appease her and get her mind off of it and as he started to pull out of their the parking area where they have done a cul-de-sac the the giraffe's head stuck out the window and Easton saw it and she said you found him you found him you found him I said honey get in this car he ain't taking that drive back we're going to chase him I'll buy it I think he paid 75 dollars for it and he was going to take it back and get his money we chased him all the way back to Marshalls in the parking lot so Anthony you're not taking that giraffe back I'm going to buy that giraffe here's your face here's your money I she found and we took him home to our house and we named him Jeffrey every time she came to our house I would have him in a different place I would have him behind the door and let her look I've had him in the bed covered up I've had him uh head here and head there and she we played a game with as long as she was young enough to play the game we played the game of where is Jeffrey I found him I found him well I'm going to tell you something I found that church I'm talking about I found him I found him Jeffrey is still in the family he's got a little brother now we call him uh what was his name Jeffrey and I forget we named him anyway but it's been such a pleasure playing with those kids now we've passed it on to to Eleanor it's at Eleanor's house now I think but Callaway yes Callaway so what I'm saying is those words that she said echoed to me it's a good thing Anthony hadn't asked 500 for him because when she said you found him you found him that resonated with me that there's no way I'm going to let them get rid of that giraffe I'm going to give him a name and I'm going to give him a home and he's still in our family to this day well I said that to say this I found the church I've been looking for I found it I found it a long time ago Jesus said Upon This Rock I'll build my church and the Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it I found it I found that I found it [Applause] foreign goes with this this man bought him an electric base he's going to learn to play it and he just played him on one string all that boom boom boom boom Rings well I've got it on her nerves and she said honey said other fellows Play That Base so they can go up and down the neck of that and they pay off and I said they're looking for it I found it well I want to tell you something I don't know what they're looking for but I've found the Church of the Living God that's founded upon this rocket that Jesus said I'll build my church Upon This Rock and the Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it well let me let me get back to my lesson um she stressed about her hands to the poor yay she reaches forth her hands to the needy um we believe in helping and we've helped and we don't get up in the sound of trumpet and and tell we don't we we don't tell everything we do for poor folks but we we help but one of the biggest and the one of the greatest way we help folks is foreign if we can get to people with this gospel if we can get to them with this gospel they're not going to waste the money on cigarettes and booze and and drugs and alcohol they're going to have a subtle life and and it's going to do more for them than any amount of money you could give them verse 21 She's Not Afraid of the snow for her household for all her household or clothed with Scarlet oh I want to tell you something her household is clothed with scarving She's Not Afraid of the snow she's not looking for an excuse not to do something for God she's looking for an opportunity to do something for God I read a little piece this judge and his wife and another couple was going somewhere together and he was going kind of mountainous terrain and and he got behind a slow-moving car and a long time getting past him and she said how did you have had a you've had a half a dozen chances to pass that car he said I'm not looking for a chance I'm looking for an opportunity well I want to tell you something we need to be looking for opportunities to do something for God verse Ecclesiastes 11 and 4 says he that observant the wind shall not sow and he that regardeth the cloud shall not reap Proverbs 22 13 says the slope of man saith there's a lion without I shall be slain in the streets he's making excuses not to go to work and make an excuse this this virtuous Lady of whom we speak tonight is not one that's making excuses for not reaching out to the loss she's looking for opportunities to reach the loss verse 22 she maketh herself coverings of tapestry her clothing is silk and purple now I want you to know this church is no plain Jane she's no gravel dirty her clothing is silk and purple now we have worshiped in a barn before we have worshiped in a basement with a dirt floor we have worshiped with a water bucket sitting on the pulpit with the roof leaking and we would do it again if we had to but let me tell you when God allows us to do better and I see things going on around here new carpet new pews knew this knew that knew this knew that and keeping the house of God up in a and ahead of the time the plague God for such a church as this she's no plain Jane she's not dressed in rags and shabby but she is a a beautifully dressed Church laughs she maketh herself coverings of tapestry her clothing is silk and purple and her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the Elders of the lamb her husband Jesus is known in the gates and what does he know what about that church if they equate us with Jesus what do they think of Jesus well those folks have I'll tell you one thing they pay their debts I'll tell you one thing they'll do what they say they do I'll tell you one thing they're they're good people those are good because and I'm not just seeking for praise but I'm talking about a virtuous woman her price is far above rubies and that's who you are that's who you and you and you and you are she opens her mouth with wisdom well let me go back a little bit she making the fine linen sells it delivers girdles and Merchants she makes fine lining and sells it and delivers girdles unto the merchant she makes a fine product fine linen and delivers unto Merchants she's a wholesaler of her product she knows how to most efficiently distribute her product Bible study public worship radio TV internet Revival camp meeting youth conference GMC personal witness a Christian Child Care Center at Christian School acquire Second To None the friendliest church family and town Multicultural multi-ethnic a place where everyone is someone and best of all a church which preaches the apostolic Holiness message and I found it Island Paul said excuse me First Corinthians 9 22. we just stand here feet with me to the weak became I as weak but I might gain the weight I have made all things to all men that I might by all means save some we do whatever we can do to reach the loss strength and honor are clothing and she shall rejoice in time to come so strong in faith and honorable to the extent that she is said to be clothed and strength and honor did you hear that this is how this is what a valuable a woman she is so strong in faith it says strength and honor are her clothing and she shall rejoice in time because she is so strong in the faith and honorable to the extent that she is said to be clothed in strength and honor she opened her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness oh my well I'm going to skip skip skip Paul said I knew a man in Christ about 14 years ago whether in the body or out I cannot tell whether out of the body cannot tell God not such a one caught up to the third heaven and I knew such a man whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell God knoweth how that he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable Words which is not lawful for a man to utter of such a one will I Glory yet of myself I will not go to but in mine in Primitives for though I should desire to Glory I shall not be a fool for I will say the truth but now our foreign above measure through the abundance of the revelations there was given to me a thorn in the flesh the messenger of Satan to buffet in me that lest I should be exalted of measure for this thing I besought the Lord Thrice that I might that it might depart from him and he said to me my grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities that the power of Christ May rest upon me therefore I take pleasure in the permanente's recruit I'm not a I'm not a a complainer about it but he said I take pleasure in an infirmities and approaches necessities persecutions and distresses for Christ's sake for when I am weak then I am strong Hallelujah she looked at the well to the ways of her household and neither not the bread of islands her children rise up and call her blessed her husband also and he Praises her many daughters have done virtuously but thou excels them all favor of deceitful beauty is vain but a woman that fearth the Lord she shall be praised give her of the fruit of her hands and let her works praise her in the gates father we thank you tonight for the Blessed word of God we thank you for truth and we thank you forth the inspiration of this great book of which we read tonight I pray God you'll let this word sink deep into our hearts as we go from this place and may we rejoice and and may it germinate man take root and may grow in our hearts and lives that we will continue to grow in you bring us back at our next appointed time in Jesus name we pray amen