Don't Count Me Out, I'm Still Here

Job 14 and seven. Will you have it? Say amen. The setting of this text, Job is a man like ourselves, human in nature. And Job happened to be going through a very hard time. Anybody ever been through some hard times in your life before? Come on, let me let me see the hands of the honors folks in the house. He was going through a very rough time. His world was dark. He was wallowing in depression. And he was trying trying to figure out how he was going to make it till tomorrow. Anybody know what I'm talking about? Trying to figure out how he was going to make it till tomorrow, where he was going to get strength from, how he was going to get out of his situation. And in this text of scripture, it's almost as if Job maybe somehow was walking near trees or he happened to think about a tree and he began to write this verse. He said, "For there is hope." Somebody shout hope. Come on, shout it again. Shout hope. For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down. Somebody shout dead. If it be cut down. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down that it will sprout again. And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof died in the ground, the Bible says, "Yet through the scent of water." Anybody thankful for the water this morning? Come on. Anybody thankful for the the remission of sins and water this morning? Yet through the scent of water, it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant. And then Job Job began to ask himself. He began to ask the question, if such hope lies for a tree that is dead, he said in verse 14, "If a man died, shall he live again? Shall he live again?" The sons of Kora in Psalms 8 and 6, 85 and 6 begin to write this psalm and they begin to ask this question. Will thou revive us again? I've come to tell somebody that God is still working in your life. I'm still selling hope in the sanctuary this morning. I said, I don't care what it looks like to your eyes and the optics of your spirit. I'm telling you right now with the Holy Ghost that God is still working in your life. Come on. If you believe that, if you believe that God can work a miracle, lift up your voice and lift up a radical praise in a house. Come on, I feel it. Come on, I feel it. Come on. Can you feel it? The shaking, the shifting, the changing. Come on. God's changing the tide. He's working it out. There's hope. There's hope. There's hope in the house. Hey, you can get a breakthrough before the preaching happens. you can get a breakthrough in your spirit before the word hits your soul. you can get a breakthrough in your family. JUST LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND SAY, "GOD, I WANT HOPE. I NEED HOPE. I got to have hope. Amen. Somebody shout hope and clap your hands like you love the Lord. I love it. Amen. God bless you in the fear of the Lord. You may be seated. Amen. I I want to tell you a story before I begin to preach and I pray that the Lord will begin to continue to work in your heart in this house right now. Anybody ready for the word of the Lord? There there was there is there was a young man by the name of [name redacted]. A very young man, 13 years old. And and [name redacted] [name redacted] and his friends one summer day, hot, humid like today, he and his friends decided that they wanted to have a good time. Anybody like a good time? And his friends, they lived in a small country town in Alabama. And they decided that the time that they were going to have included ATVs or

four-wheelers, if you will. And they decided that they were going to ride these ATVs down some dusty roads and trails in this small town. They wanted to amplify the fund and so they thought that it was a good idea to hitch a trailer to the back of the ATV. Somebody say that sounds like a bad idea. And they began to continue riding down the road. And as they were riding, something very cat catastrophic unfolded rather quickly as [name redacted] found himself sitting on the back of that trailer that was hitched to the ATV. Going down curves, steep ravines, down this dusty road, gravel shaken beneath the tires. And all of a sudden, without notice, something tragic unfolded in the life of [name redacted]. Without any warning, the trailer quickly became detached from the ATV as the vehicle skirted around a curve and they began to topple end over end down the ravine. What took a matter of seconds was a gruesome nightmare as the trailer began to ski down the hillside and [name redacted] was ejected from the trailer. Thrown from the trailer several feet away. He began to fall end over end, head over feet down the ravine and quickly found himself on the bottom. If the fall wasn't bad enough, what happened next was even worse. What [name redacted] did not know was that the trailer was following quickly after him. End over end. And without warning, quickly the trailer found its way on top of [name redacted]. The weight of the trailer pressing against his body. What was even worse was the positioning of the trailer. Because when the trailer fell on top of [name redacted], it fell in the worst place that it can fall. It fell right on his head. Sustaining gruesome injuries, sustaining great contusions and fractures in his skull. He quickly found himself unconscious, blacked out under the weight of this trailer. Suppressed by his weight, unable to move and barely breathing, [name redacted] was barely holding on to life. Somebody shout life. As he was quickly pulled from the trailer's grips and his friends called the e emergency medical professionals, they quickly rushed [name redacted] to the hospital as they loaded him in the the emergency vehicle. They began to diagnose, evaluate, and try to determine the the the severity of his injuries. As they began to look at [name redacted], they realize that he has s that he has sustained so many fractures in his brains and so many contusions in his body that even in the ambulance they said there's no way he's going to make it. It's all right if I just take my time this morning. I'm going to preach in a little bit. There's no way he's going to make it. And eyes they made it into the hospital room and and gave him a hospital bed without notice. [name redacted] flatlined on the hospital bed. Doctors quickly rushing in doing all they can to resuscitate him. They were miraculous able on first attempt to bring [name redacted] back to life. Everybody shout life. They were able to bring him back to life and they begin to evaluate HIS CONDITION AGAIN. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, [name redacted] flatlined for the second time. The doctors did what they could, begin to try to revitalize him, and miraculously one more time. Somebody say, "One more time." One more time, they were able to resuscitate him again. first time, the second time, the third time, and even a fourth time, [name redacted] died on that hospital bed. And the doctors were astonished at every recovery, saying, "This is a miracle., we don't know how this is happening., but it still looks like this boy won't have much hope." As the doctors began to evaluate his condition, they noticed that every time they brought [name redacted] back to life, that his internal organs began to fail more and more, they begin to weaken more and more. And his state, his condition began to wax so worse that they thought that

it would it was impossible for him to ever recover to normality. The doctors called in the boy's mom, a baby lying on the hospital bed, and the doctor said, "Ma'am, we want to talk to you." He said, "Your boy is in a bad condition." Anybody have ever been in a rough place before in your life? Your boy's in a bad condition. We don't believe there's any chance. we don't believe that there's any hope. Somebody shout hope. we don't believe that there is any hope for him. we don't believe there's a chance that he'll ever live a normal life. they said, "You have a decision to make." She looked at the doctors and said, "What are my options?" The doctors, the doctors, they said, the doctors said, "We're here are your options. Your boy is not doing good." He said, "But there is hope." Somebody say, "Hope." Come on, say it again like you mean and shout hope. They said there is hope, but the hope is not for [name redacted]. They said there are five children, five young children that are around his age with similar body structure. and they are waiting on a transplant of organs. They said we can help those children. In fact, [name redacted] can help THOSE CHILDREN. ALL THAT WE need is your permission. She said, "Permission for what might I" She said, "We need permission for you to sign over permission to us that we can pull your boy off of life support and we can quickly start the process to help somebody else." This mom distraught at the news, tears streaming down her face, upset at the mere sound that her boy, her boy that's in this coma, not awake, not responding, no chance, no hope, no life, THAT THERE'S NO ABILITY FOR BELIEF IN HER MIND to believe that he can live. She's faced with the gruesome thought that I have to give up on him. As any mother can imagine, this is hard. And so she looked at the contract. She looked at the bed of her boy and then she looked back at the doctors and they said, "Are you sure the shore? Are you sure? There's nothing else we can do." Said, "Ma'am, we've tried all we can. If we if he if he dies again as he did the last time, 15 minutes long, there's no chance there's no chance for him." She looked back at the just looked back at her boy. She looked at the contract. She took out her pen and began to sign her name on every dotted line, giving permission for the doctors to pull the plug on life support on her boy. But beyond the belief that was in that hospital room, the very next day, as the doctors begin to evaluate [name redacted] one last time, somebody say one more time. Come on, say it like you mean it. One more time. As the doctors begin to evaluate [name redacted] condition one more time, they begin to check his vitals, his pulse, the diaphrame contracted slowly, barely breathing, his brain still nonresponsive in [name redacted] still in a coma. One of the doctors begin to look [name redacted] over and begin to evaluate HIS COMPLEXION. ALL OF A SUDDEN, without notice, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE doctor quickly noticed THAT [name redacted]'s COLOR IN HIS face was beginning to turn. All of a sudden, he looked closer, astonished at what HE WAS SEEING. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A WRINKLE IN HIS EYEBROWS AND A FLICKER OF HIS EYELASHES. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT LOOKED like [name redacted] began to move. Before they know it, before they realized what was happening,, the doctor, NOT SURE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HE PULLED THE COVERS BACK AND HE LOOKED AT [name redacted]'s FINGERS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN [name redacted]'s FINGERS begin to twitch. Boy, I feel my help in the house right now. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE DOCTOR IS LOOKING OUT OF ASTONISHMENT., NOT SURE WHAT IS TRANSPIRING., THIS BOY THAT IS DEAD,, PRAYING DEAD, NOT RESPONDING,, NOT MOVING, NOT RECOVERING, NO CHANCE,, NO HOPE. All of a sudden, he pulled the covers back again, and [name redacted] toes were moving. Anybody feel the spirit of God in the

house? And all of a sudden through THE MIRACULOUS HAND OF GOD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TIME AND ETERNITY [name redacted] WITH A TENACIOUS SPIRIT HEARING THEM SAYING THERE'S NO HOPE FOR HIM EVEN THE DOCTORS AND HIS MAMA SAYING THERE'S NO HOPE FOR HIM WITHOUT WARNING TREN'S EYES POP WIDE OPEN ON THAT HOSPITAL bed and WITHOUT THE DOCTORS KNOWING THAT BOY THAT THEY SAID HAD NO HOPE TO LIVE. HE WOULD NEVER RECOVER. HE WOULD NEVER BE NORMAL. HE WOULD NEVER GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION. BETWEEN GOD AND [name redacted], [name redacted] STILL ALIVE TODAY. OH, I FEEL HOPE RISING IN THE HOUSE. I SAID THE BOY THAT THEY COUNTED OUT AND SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE, HE'S STILL ALIVE., I'VE COME TO PREACH TO SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE THAT I DON'T CARE HOW DARK YOUR SITUATION IS. I DON'T CARE HOW ROUGH YOUR WORLD IS. THERE'S A GOD THAT SAYS IF YOU ARE DEAD, you can live. Can I tell somebody in the househ, I don't care how dark it is, WE SERVE THE GOD OF LIGHT. We serve the God of life. And if he said live,, you shall live. Hey, you ought to lift up your VOICE AND THANK GOD FOR HOPE., thank God FOR HOPE. THANK GOD FOR HOPE. Thank So, I've come TO SERVE NOTICE TO THE DEVIL., AND EVERY VOICE IN YOUR EAR THAT'S SAYING WE AIN'T GETTING OUT OF THIS MESS., THERE'S NO CHANCE I'M GOING TO PAY MY BILLS., THERE'S NO CHANCE I'M GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. Can I preach to SOMEBODY ON A SUNDAY MORNING? I'VE COME TO DECLARE A SPIRIT IN THE HOUSE., DON'T COUNT ME OUT. HEY, I I I feel my help in the house right now. I said, "Don't count me out. Don't scratch my name off the list. Don't Don't give up on me too quick. Don't throw in a towel. DON'T THROW UP THE FLAG. GOD IS STILL WORKING. HEY, but that ain't all. Don't count me out. I'm still here. Anybody feel the hope in the house?, come on. ANYBODY FEEL GOD IN THE HOUSE?, DON'T COUNT ME OUT BECAUSE I'VE MADE IT TO THE SANCTUARY., DON'T COUNT ME OUT BECAUSE I'VE STEPPED IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD., DON'T COUNT ME out because I'm STILL WALKING., I'M STILL BREATHING., I'M STILL LIVING., I'M STILL ABLE. HEY, I WISH SOMEBODY THAT HAD two hands and two feet and a voice to raise would say, "God, I I feel like I can't make it. I feel like I don't have a chance, but I'm still here. Hey, I'm still here. Tell the devil, "I'm still here.", TELL THE ADVERSARY, "I'M STILL HERE.", tell your best friend, "I'm still here." Hey, lean over to your neighbor and say, "I'm still here." Come on, SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. I'M STILL HERE. I'm still here. Hey, we live in a TIME OF DARKNESS WHERE EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY. IF YOU'RE STILL ALIVE, Y'all ain't hearing WHAT I'M TELLING YOU. I SAID IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, YOU OUGHT TO LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND SAY, "GOD,, I'M GLAD I'M STILL ALIVE." I come to preach hope to somebody. Somebody shout hope. Because when you step in THE HOUSE OF GOD,, THERE'S A SPIRIT OF LIFE THAT IS EMANATING AROUND THE SPIRIT OF WORSHIP OF broken people. THERE'S A SPIRIT OF LIFE THAT BEGINS TO EMANATE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. WHEN YOU SAID, "GOD, I FEEL HOPELESS. BUT HE'S A GOD OF HOPE." GOD, I FEEL HELPLESS. BUT HE'S THE EVERPRESENT HAND OF HELP.

I'll tell you why I'm preaching what I'm preaching right now. Can I just preach a little bit? I tell you why I'm preaching what I'm preaching. because there's folks that ON THE EXTERIOR FABRICS OF YOUR BODY NOBODY WOULD KNOW THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH YOU. YOU SMILE BEYOND THE COMPLEXIONS OF YOUR BROKENNESS. YOU WEAR THE MASK AND SAYING I'M OKAY. BUT DEEP DOWN INSIDE YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT. Can we tell the truth right now? AND IF YOU LET THE ADVERSARY GET IN YOUR EAR, HE'LL TELL YOU YOU MIGHT AS WELL QUIT. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GIVE IN GIVE IN. YOU MIGHT AS WELL THROW IN THE TOWEL BECAUSE THERE IS no hope. But when you begin to read THE TEXT OF JOB, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JOB IS REALLY SAYING. JOB BEGIN TO SAY, "I I FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE MUD. I DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE DARKNESS. I'M CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP. I'M TAKING PILLS TO GO TO BED., AND I'M TAKING PILLS TO WAKE UP., I GOT PAIN IN MY BODY., I GOT SICKNESS IN MY SOUL., I'VE GOT ISSUES THAT NOBODY KNOWS. Am I preaching anybody in the house? And Job Job Job said, he said, "But but in a time that I need hope, I got to reach for hope ANYWHERE THAT I CAN.", AND SOMEHOW JOB LAID EYES ON A TREE. SOMEBODY SHOUT A TREE. He laid eyes on a tree and he BE TO THINK ABOUT THAT TREE, BUT IT wasn't just a tree. HE SAID HE SAID, "FOR THERE IS HOPE of a tree that if it be CUT DOWN," SOMEBODY shout dead. Come on, SHOUT IT AGAIN. SHOUT DEAD. He said, "For there is hope of a tree that if it be cut down, that it will sprout again." Now, I I I don't mean to be nerdy this morning, but I'm just going to preach like I feel like preaching. What Job was saying AND WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT REALIZE,, HE SAID, EVEN IF YOU CUT A TREE DOWN,, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE STUMP, U, JOB knew in his SPIRIT AND EVEN AFFIRM scientifically, that if there is A REINTRODUCTION OF THE PROPER NUTRIENTS, FERTILIZER, AND THE SCENT OF WATER, I ain't got no help in the house this morning. He said, "You look at A STUMP. HIS FLATTENED OUT IS CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE TREE. IT LOOKS LIKE HIS EXTREMITIES HAVE BEEN SHRIVELED UP AND DIED, THOUGH THE ROOT THEREOF WAX OLD IN THE EARTH AND THE STOCK THEREOF DIE IN THE GROUND." JOB SAID, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE IS EVEN HOPE FOR A DEAD TREE. WELL, you say, "HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?" YOU CAN CRACK OPEN YOUR PHONE AND Google check me if you want to. but if you if you reintroduce nutrients AND FERTILIZERS EVEN ON A STUMP, BROTHER TREVOR, YOU COME BACK A FEW WEEKS LATER AND MAYBE EVEN A MONTH AND YOU WILL REALIZE THAT EVEN THAT DEAD STUMP IT'LL BEGIN TO SPROUT UP. Y'all ain't hearing me in THE HOUSE. I SAID EVEN A DEAD TREE WITH THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT WITH THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE IT WILL BEGIN TO SPROUT UP AGAIN AND IT BEGIN TO GROW BRANCHES AND LEAVES OUT OF THE DEAD TREE THAT WAS NOT ALIVE. HEY, WHAT WHAT ABOUT COME TO TELL SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE? I DON'T CARE IF YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING UP YOU JUST GET YOUR DANCING SHOES ON AND GOD SAYS YOU CAN LIVE. Some of y'all ain't buying what I'm selling yet, so I'm going to keep on preaching. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'VE GOT DOWN IN THE BOG AND YOU'RE RUBBING PENNIES AND NICKELS TOGETHER. YOU PUT YOUR HAND IN THE HAND OF GOD AND GOD WILL INCREASE your I feel my help in the house. if you are sick, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS, and let the spirit OF GOD BEGIN TO FALL. LET THE HOLY GHOST BEGIN TO FALL. Because something happens when the atmosphere begins to shift and the spirit of GOD BEGINS TO FLOW. CAN I TELL YOU WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE HOLY GHOST ALL OVER THE SANCTUARY? AND A FEW MORE CAN GET IT at the END OF THE

SERVICE. IT'S BECAUSE WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE EVER LIVING WATERS OF THE HOLY GHOST BEGIN TO FLOW IN THE HOUSE IT'LL GET ON YOUR MIND AND DEPRESSION HAS TO LEAVE. OH, I WISH I HAD SOME HELP IN THE HOUSE. I SAID WHEN GOD GETS A HOLD OF YOU, DEATH HAS TO TAKE A BACK SEAT., AND FEAR HAS TO GO., AND DOUBT HAS TO LEAVE., AND God I said, "Don't count me out. I'm still here. Is this all right this morning? Is this all right this morning? ANYBODY SMELL HOPE IN THE HOUSE? Anybody feeling better so far? Can I tell you? Can I tell you why that there is profoundness in the very fact that you made it to the sanctuary this morning? is because there's a sobering truth that we don't like to think about. But you could be dead. Y'all ain't Y'all ain't buying it yet, are you? I said you could be dead. But the very fact that YOU HAVE WALKED INTO THE HOUSE is a proclamation of PROOF THAT GOD HAS HOPE THAT HE wants to give you. THAT GOD HAS ANOTHER CHANCE THAT HE WANTS TO give you. THAT GOD HAS GRACE THAT HE CAN DROP ON YOUR DOORSTEP IF YOU WANT IT. THAT GOD HAS MERCY THAT HE CAN GIVE YOU IF YOU WANT IT. THAT GOD HAS POWER THAT HE CAN GIVE YOU IF YOU WANT IT. THAT GOD HAS A SPIRIT THAT HE HEY, what you need IN A HOUSEH, THERE'S HOPE because you're here. Because you're here. Because you're here. Hey, can I tell you can I tell you something? Some folks say, "Man, this preacher is way too hype on a Sunday morning." But can I can I just tell you something? Can I can I just help you out and let you in on a small little secret? You don't know God like I know him. If you trying to figure out why I'm so hyped up about hope. No, YOU DON'T KNOW GOD LIKE I KNOW HIM. HEY, HEY, I'M THE I SERVE THE GOD THAT CAN STEP IN YOUR WORLD AND AN INSTANTANEOUS MOMENT CAN SHIFT YOUR MARRIAGE. AND YOU TELL THE LAWYER WE CHANGED OUR MIND. AND WE'RE STAYING TOGETHER. WE SERVE THE GOD. hey, I I was preaching in a service somewhere in Louisiana and I was preaching like this AND I'M SWEATING AND I'M TRYING TO PROPAGATE A SPIRIT of hope in the house. AND I I DIDN'T FEEL I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING WAS HAPPENING. I DIDN'T I WAS LIKE, "GOD, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE EVEN HEARD WHAT I SAID. THEY DON'T BELIEVE WHAT the preacher's even talking about. But long live the preacher anyway. And I begin to preach and the spirit of of prophecy begin to get over my body. AND I SAID GOD CAN SHRIVEL UP TUMORS IN THIS SANCTUARY RIGHT NOW. HEY, can you hear ME IN THE HOUSE? ANYBODY STILL HEAR ME IN THE HOUSE? AND I SAID, MATTER OF FACT,, GOD CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE., THAT BY THE TIME YOU GET BACK TO SERVICE TOMORROW NIGHT,, GOD BEEN A WORKED A MIRACLE. And they said, "Brother Williams, WHY ARE YOU SO SURE?", I SAID, "BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE YOU HERE, BUT GOD is here." I feel the Holy Ghost in THE HOUSEH. I SAID IT AIN'T JUST THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE. IT'S THE FACT THAT THE EVERPRESENT HELP OF HEAVEN IS IN THE HOUSE. AND WHAT YOU NEED IS HERE. because you're here. It's here. BECAUSE YOU MADE IT. IT'S HERE. And somebody came up to me the next night of revival and they begin to shake me up AND THEY SAID, "BROTHER WILLIAMS, YOU won't believe They said, "I took MY DAUGHTER TO THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY FOR A MRI CHECKUP ON HER BRAIN BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW SHE HAD A SMALL TUMOR THAT WAS DEVELOPING." AND THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT THAT SCREEN AND HE LOOKED THAT TIME AND HE LOOKED THAT WAY. HE SAID, "AIN'T NO WAY." I AIN'T HAD HOPE. THERE WAS NO CHANCE.

Y'all still ain't buying. I'M ABOUT TO PULL A TRICK OUT OF MY POCKET. AND THEY SAID, "BROTHER WILLIAMS, YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT.", MY DAUGHTER, THEY SAID, ", WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY.", BECAUSE THAT TUMOR IS NOT THERE ANYMORE., I'LL TELL YOU WHY., IT'S BECAUSE HEALING IS HERE., faith is here., power is here., and you are here in the Can I I'm almost done, but can I just help some more folks in the house cuz you look at me, you said, "Preacher." Somebody shout, "Preacher." Say, "Preacher, I I appreciate your sermon." And it sounds good and you're sweating and I know you're giving your best, but you really don't know what I'm dealing with at home. Can I just preach to somebody in the house? You don't know. My children are rebellious. and and there's there's abuse that you're dealing with in your house. and there's depression that's getting a hold of your mind every time you try to go to bed. and you're trying to figure out my bank account. my income, it ain't making it. I don't know how I'm going to make it tomorrow. I don't know what I'm going to do., preacher, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW DARK IT IS., PREACHER, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW BAD IT IS., PREACHER, YOU DON'T KNOW how rough it is. I don't know, but you're here. I'll say it again for the church in the back., I DON'T KNOW., BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE., AND THE FACT THAT YOU'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD,, GOD CAN WORK A MIRACLE RIGHT NOW. NOT TOMORROW,, NOT NEXT WEEK,, BUT RIGHT NOW,, NOT NEXT. Not in two hours,, PUT HEALING IN the house now. Hey, anybody believe what I'm telling you now. Now, faith now. Now, now when you say, "Preacher, I don't think I qualify for what you're talking about. I want to serve God., but my track record and and my my my background IS TOO BAD. MY BAGGAGE IS TOO HEAVY. MY GARBAGE AND MY PAST IS TOO ROUGH. Anybody can help me preach in the house. Oh, preacher, preacher, preacher. You don't know. You don't know. You don't know. I don't think I qualify for this Jesus stuff. I don't think I qualify for salvation. I don't think I qualify for a miracle. Can I just tell the devil and hell and every voice that's in your ear, yes, you do. Boy, I wish I had somebody in this section right here. Believe me, I wish I had somebody in this section. Yes, you do qualify. Hey, hey, I'm just a wretched man in need of grace and mercy. BUT GOD SAID, IF YOU DRAW NIGH TO ME, I'll draw nigh to you. if YOU STEP IN MY HOUSE, I'LL FILL YOU UP. If you get CLOSE TO ME, I'LL DO A miracle in the trying to figure out if you qualify. I'm going to Can I just help you? Let you know that you qualify. This This is how This is how I know the Bible. the Bible in in 2 Samuel 4 and 4 begin to talk about a young man that if if there was anybody that should have been counted out, he should have been counted out. Anybody feel like nobody loved you? Nobody cares about you. Hey, if it was up to men and not God, they would have wrote this brother off a long time ago. Anybody say amen to that? Family and friends desert you., but we serve a God that will never leave you., he's always present., he's always here., the Bible begins to tell us about Jonathan's son, the son of Saul. The Bible said that he had a son who was lame on his feet. And what happened to this boy way WAY BACK IN HIS PAST? ANYBODY GOT A PASS IN THE HOUSE? WAY BACK IN HIS PAST SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM THAT HE HAD NO CONTROL OVER. I WANT TO MINISTER TO YOU IN THE HOUSE. HEY, THERE'S PEOPLE IN THIS

HOUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH DEEP WOUNDS AND FRACTURES IN YOUR SOUL THAT PEOPLE DID STUFF TO YOU THAT YOU HAD NO CONTROL OVER. but we serve a God that can heal a hurting soul. WE SERVE A GOD THAT CAN HEAL A BROKEN PAST. WE SERVE a Bible says this boy by the name of Aphibicheth when he was 5 years old that there was word that came to his HOUSE BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY SOMEBODY SAY THE DEVIL THE ADVERSARY WAS AFTER HIS FAMILY. THE ADVERSARY WAS TRYING TO DESTROY HIS HOUSE. THE ADVERSARY WAS TRYING TO OBLITERATE HIS GENERATION. And so word came to the househ that his dad had been killed. AND HIS GRANDPA HAD BEEN KILLED. SAUL AND JONATHAN AT JEZEEL. AND THEY SAID, "WE GOT TO GET EVERYBODY TO SAFETY. BECAUSE THEY'RE AFTER YOU NEXT. YOU'RE NEXT ON THE LIST." CAN I TELL YOU? THE DEVIL AIN'T going to let you LEAVE THIS HOUSE WITH JOY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT. THE DEVIL AIN'T GOING TO LET YOU WALK OUT OF THIS HOUSE WITH VICTORY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOUT FOR IT. My my my my I feel God moving RIGHT NOW. HEY, THE DEVIL AIN'T GOING TO LET YOU LEAVE HAPPY. YOU GOT TO FIGHT TO BE HAPPY. They said they said we got to get him to safety. The Bible says that in the haste of running trying to escape the the the the pursuit of the ADVERSARY THAT THIS BOY FIVE YEARS OLD the nurse picked her up picked him up in her arms and as she WAS RUNNING SHE FELL FROM HER arms and the fall. Somebody say the fall. Anybody ever fell down flat on your face before? I'm preaching to you right now. AND THE FALL THAT HE ENDURED CAUSED HIM TO BE LAME ON HIS FEET IN SO MUCH THAT HE WAS PARALYZED FOR the rest of his life. And so if you look at the fabrics of his story, you will say this boy don't qualify. YOU CAN GIVE UP ON HIM. he's a parapolgic. there's no chance for him, no hope for him. But we serve a God THAT HE SPECIALIZES IN BRINGING hope in your world. I'm still preaching to somebody in the house. I said WE SERVE A GOD THAT IF YOU BUY WHAT I'M SELLING THIS MORNING YOU CAN LEAVE HERE WITH THE HOLY GHOST WITH EVIDENCE AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES. YOU CAN LEAVE HERE WITH A HEALING with no pain in your body. you can leave here I feel something happening. I feel something happening. I feel something happening. I feel something shaking up. Watch this. Here it is. I'm done preaching. Here it is. THIS BOY. THIS BOY. BEGINS TO GROW UP and now he's a man now. Say, "I'm grown now." Come on, say it like you mean it. I'm grown now. Paul said, "When I was a child, I THOUGHT LIKE A CHILD." but now that I'M A MAN, I PUT AWAY CHILDISH AND FOOLISH THINGS. HEY, SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO TELL THE DEVIL, WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IS YESTERDAY. WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK IS GONE. IT HAS NO PREDICATION ON THE POWER AND THE PRESENCE THAT RESIDES IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. And so you fast forward five chapters later in 2 Samuel 9 and1 and there was a man by the name of King DAVID THE GREAT HONORABLE KING OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL. King David SITTING ON HIS THRONE HE BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT THAT FAMILY. I'M PREACHING TO SOME FAMILIES IN THE HOUSE. HE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THAT FAMILY THAT THEY WERE ON HARD TIMES. HE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THAT FAMILY THAT THE ADVERSARY WAS TRYING TO SEND YOU TO DIVORCE COURT. HE BEGIN TO think he begin to think about that family that the enemy was trying to kill. and he began to ask the question. he walked around and LOOKED AT HIS SERVANTS AND HE FOUND THE SERVANT NAMED ZEVE. HE SAID, "ZEVE, I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. DO you remember that FAMILY SAUL'S FAMILY THE SON OF JONATHAN JONATHAN HIS SON? DO YOU REMEMBER THAT FAMILY THAT HAD IT ROUGH THAT HAD IT BAD? THAT WAS LIVING IN A ROUGH CONDITION. I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU."

He said, "IS THERE ANYBODY STILL YET ALIVE?" Somebody say, "Is there anybody still here?" He said, "Is there anybody still yet alive from the house of Saul?" And Zea began to scratch his head and begin to think. He said, "Yeah, there's one that's one person that's still alive. That young man by the name of Mphibicheth, he's still alive. PUT IT ON THE SCREEN IF you can, BUT BUT MIB MPHIBICHETH, YOU DON'T WANT to deal with him. He ain't worth he he ain't qualified. He said, "Yeah, there's still there's still a boy by the by the name of Fibete." But look what he said. All of a sudden, he begins to bring his imperfections into the picture. Hey, can I tell you, the devil is the only one that will look at your imperfections before he sees your potential. I don't know if you hear me in the house right now. I said, "THE DEVIL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'LL LOOK AT WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU BEFORE HE FINDS OUT WHAT GOD CAN DO." Y'all ain't helping me in the household. I SAID, "BUT GOD IS THE GOD THAT SEES THE END FROM the beginning. he don't see your imperfections. HE SEES THAT YOU ARE THAT BY HIS STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED. that by his stripes you were healed. Hey, hey, hey, hey. And so the king said, "Oh yeah, he's lame. That ain't a problem because we serve a God, THE KING OF ALL KINGS, THAT HE SPECIALIZES AND REACHING OUT A HAND TO THE TO PEOPLE THAT NOBODY WANT TO DEAL WITH." THE BIBLE SAYS IN LUKE 14 AND 21 WHEN THE GREAT MASTER WAS TRYING TO PREPARE A FEAST HE SAID I GOT AN INVITATION FOR SOME FOLKS BUT IT AIN'T THE FOLKS THAT YOU THINK BROTHER WILLIAMS HE SAID BRING ME THE POOR FOLKS HE SAID BRING ME THE MAIN FOLK HE SAID BRING ME THE SICK FOLKS I CAN'T HEAR NOBODY IN THE house he said you got a sickness bring it to Your bills ain't paid. Lay them on the altar. YOUR FAMILY'S MESSED UP. GRAB YOUR WIFE AND YOUR BABIES BY THE HAND AND SAY, "WE GOING DOWN TO THE ALTAR AND LET HOPE GET A HOLD OF US." HEY, THAT BOY SAID HE'S CRIPPLED. Ain't no hope for him. Ain't no chance for him. GIVE UP ON HIM. THE king said, "No, no, no, no. I WANT TO SHOW GRACE to his house. I WANT TO SHOW MERCY TO HIS HOUSE." And you know what the king did? THE BIBLE SAYS THAT DAVID, THE KING, THE GREAT HONORABLE KING, HE PULLED UP A CHAIR AT HIS TABLE AND SAID, "MPHIBICHETH, I GOT A SEAT JUST FOR YOU. Can I tell you what I'm preaching right now as we stand across the house? I want to tell you what I'm preaching. I'm going to put a bow on it for you right now in the Holy Ghost. I've come to tell every lion devil in hell that sickness has no place and can even stand in THE PRESENCE OF GOD. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO CALL UPON THE NAME of Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus g Because the GOD THAT WE SERVE IS THE KING of all kings. So I tell you what you need to do. you need to look the devil in the face and tell your sickness, "Hold my seat because the king has a chair for me." the king. Hey, hey, hey. Your family can stay there if they want to., BUT YOU OUGHT TO PUSH your way out of the pew and say, "I'm going., I'm going meet the king. I got a miracle to get." THAT'S IT. SIS, HEY, THAT'S IT. YOU GOT TO SAY, "GUESS WHAT? I'M STILL HERE. I'm still here. I'm still here. DEVIL, YOU'RE TRYING TO KILL ME, BUT I'm still here. Something happens. Something happens WHEN YOU CALL THE NAME OF JESUS. something happens when you plead the blood of Jesus. something happens when you lift up your voice and cry Jesus.

Come on, lift up your hands in the house. God's working., he's working., sickness, leave. Fear, leave. Doubt, leave. No, no, no. Hey, you ought to get God's attention right now. YOU OUGHT TO GET GOD'S ATTENTION RIGHT NOW. SAY, "I'm right here, God., I'm here, God., I made it on my last leg., I MADE IT ON MY last prayer., I'm here with my last sto." Hey, this. Anybody need some help in the house? Come on, let me see your hands. Anybody need some hope in the house? Let me see those hands. Can I tell you WHAT I'VE NEVER SEEN OR NEVER EVEN HEARD OF? SOMEBODY BEING DESERTED AND STRANDED ON AN ISLAND WITH NO CHANCE OF RESCUE. AND THERE'S A HELICOPTER PASSING BY OR A BOAT PASSING BY AND THEY STAND THERE WITH THEIR ARMS FOLDED AND THEY JUST LOOK AND SAID, ", THAT LOOKS LIKE HELP right there." AND THEY DON'T SAY A WORD. That's right. Oh, y'all can't help me in the house right now. Can I tell you what I never seen, Brother Hammond? I never seen a infid that nobody ever taught them. THAT THERE'S A JAR OF cookies up ON THE TOP SHELF AND THEY LOOK OH SO GOOD. Chocolate chip, Oreo raisin. I don't care what it is. BUT IF THEY WANT IT, I NEVER SEEN A KID NOT REACH UP THEIR HANDS AND STAND ON THEIR TIPPY TOES. y'all ain't hearing what I'm telling you. WHAT I'VE NEVER SEEN IS SOMEBODY THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS A MIRACLE SIT on their BUMP ON THE LOG ON THE PEW AND NOT MOVE A MUSCLE. BUT CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE SEEN? Can I tell you WHAT I HAVE SEEN? CAN I TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE HEARD? THERE WAS A MAN BY THE NAME of Barameus that said, "Jesus, don't pass me by. Jesus, don't pass me by. I'M RIGHT HERE. I'm right here. I'm right here. Hey, YOU OUGHT TO SAY, "GOD, I'M HERE. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here." Come on, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND TELL GOD, "I'm here. I'm still here. I'm still here. I'm still here. I'm still here. I'm still here.