Sunday Morning Worship Service

he is the only one worthy of our High Praise amen what an awesome God we serve today amen and it is such a privilege and an honor of ours to be here amen I asked the Lord I said what in the world can I offer a church that's got such a steady diet of wonderful preaching and he said just preach what I tell you to preach amen so we're just going to let the Lord speak today we are so honored to be here one of the highlights of my life many years ago I was asked called upon to preach at the international Apostolic Fellowship Conference I thought man this is awesome until I seen that I had to follow Bishop Billy mcco now how do you follow Bishop Billy mcco but we give such high honor amen he was a friend to my father amen and I always the Bible teaches me to honor those who are friend of my father amen and of course to your pastor and his family then I got to spend a week with brother Anthony in Walnut Mississippi he and I were the only ones in Walnut Mississippi that didn't know anything about riding horses but we acted like we knew how to do it amen but we are so honored to be here I'm thankful my family's with me today amen my my prized winning drummer Jackson amen and then Abby and my dear wife Alicia now you got to understand something about Molly I get in trouble for telling this but Molly come up to me at a church in Indiana and she had $27 I said where'd you get that money she said I've been selling autographs out there in the lobby I said Molly you can't do that she saidwell people's paying for them and uh so uh we have to watch Molly if she tries to hit you up for an autograph do not pay her uh do not pay her so but I'm so blessed they're with me today would you Worship the Lord with them as they give honor to him [Music] today [Music] Jesus over every and [Music] mind I know there isace your presence I speak [Music] jus I just want to speak the name of Jesus every darks [Music] breaking and there is I speak [Music] Jesus your name is power your name is healing your name [Applause] is break every strong shine through the [Music] shadows and I just want to speak the name of Jesus hope fear and all [Music] anxiety every I speak Jesus your name is power your name is healing your name [Applause] is break every stold shine through the shadows and I just want to speak the night of [Music] Jesus hope fear and anxiety to Every Soul i s Jesus your name is power your name is healing your name is bre every shine through the [Music] shadows [Music] streetus in EN and Jesus for my I speak the holy [Music] nameus in Theus in the over every enemy Jesus for my S I speak the Holy Name [Music] Jesus [Music] jusus the stre Jesus in the dark [Music] over Jesus [Applause] my the Holy Name [Applause] Jesus Jesus the mountain Jesus in the street Jesus in the darkness every eny Jesus my I speak the Holy Name [Applause] Jesus your name is power your name is healing your name is break every shine through the [Music] Shadows like a [Music] of Jesus over every heart and every mind I know there isace within your presence I speak Jesus oh come on can we speak Jesus right now can we just speak that name right now there's not a need that he can't solve in this place hallelujah hallelujah thank you Jesus praise the mighty name of Jesus and I feel his presence right now oh Hallelujah Hallelujah Jesus Hallelujah Jesus what an awesome awesome presence of the Lord that we feel today amen if you leave without a miracle today that's your fault amen because I feel the the gift of faith in this room today amen somebody ought to leave with the answer that you almost gave up on Amen in Jesus name hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah praise God Matthew chap 11 and verse number four again we give such high honor amen this goes at the top of my resume getting I leaned over to Jackson then during worship and I said this is kind of surreal to me because uh growing up as a kid when you thought of Pentecost you thought of fac Knoxville amen and so it's uh a surreal moment that you would trust me with your precious Saints and I am so honored to to take this sacred desk this morning Pastor thank you amen but we we are nothing uh without him man and in us there's no good thing uh I'm just a wounded warrior that God chose to keep using for his [Music] service amen amen Matthew 11 verse number four Jesus answered and said unto them go and show John a again those things which you do hear and see the blind receive their sight the lame walk and the lepers are cleansed and the deaf here and the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached unto them Jesus I want to read it again said answered and said Go and show John those things which you do hear and see the blind receive their sight the lame walk lepers are cleansed and deaf hear and the dead are raised up the poor have the gospel preached unto them we see John here in a place of weak Faith a place where John is saying I need to know are you the Messiah or should I look for another and Jesus did not all he had to say was you tell John I am that I am but Jesus didn't say that he told them you go back and tell John that the blind are getting their healing the deaf are starting to hear the dead are being raised up and when John hears that he's going to know that I am the Messiah hallelujah amen I've just came to serve a reminder today that God is still in the miracle business he's still still in the miracle business if the Lord will help me today I want to preach to you the answer for weak Faith or failed Faith the answer for failed faith God of heaven we need you right now Lord I pray that you would anoint this this word god that is it comes to us anointed but if you'll help this servant today God I will break the bread that you have put in my spirit God unto this body of believers and God I pray you encourage our faith today in Jesus mighty name we pray amen as we give the Lord Praise today as we're seated oh God answer answer needs in this house in Jesus name you may be seated today faith is a subject that should hold the attention and the interest of everybody the Bible says that faith comes by hearing Ing and hearing by the word of God Amen we can pray all day long and still not have faith you must hear the word of God because it produces faith I like churches that like the word I I worry about churches that are doing away with preaching and getting more shallow with their preaching because the word is what builds our faith the word of God is what makes us what we are it is what establishes us in our faith amen God's promises are sure he makes a promise and he keeps them I want you to understand today and you already know but when everything in this world fails you the word of God will never fail you today I'm thankful for the word of God I'm thankful for the written word of God I'm thankful for the preached word of God I'm thankful for the word of God that is taught to us that there's something about the word that makes a [Applause] difference amen I heard a man say one time if God had anoint him he'd preach if not he'd just tell stories I worry about that kind of mindset because the word itself is already anointed amen and you can't you can't read the word preach the word speak the word or teach the word without feeling the power of the Holy Ghost speak to to your situation there's something about the word of God that makes the [Applause] difference Hallelujah this is why faith is based on the word of God is because it is a sure thing it is a solid foundation Heaven and Earth will pass away but his word shall endure forever amen God is the source of all Faith the Bible declares in John 1 and one in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God Amen the word in John 1:14 was made flesh and dwelt Among Us God created the heavens and the Earth by the word of faith the same word that created the heavens and the Earth became flesh and dwelt Among Us Jesus Christ the visible manifestation of the word of God you can't talk talk about the word without having a revelation of who Jesus [Applause] is hallelujah hallelujah my my Bishop growing up taught us and taught us as young preachers that you can preach one God from every scripture in the Bible because there's no scripture in the whole book that's not a one God Scripture oh Hallelujah I'm thankful that the word brings Revelation the word brings healing the word brings Faith the word brings truth the word brings light the word brings love and the word brings us into the fellowship with Jesus Christ I'm thankful for the word thankful for the word wherever Jesus walked the word walked amen trusting in hearing Jesus is putting faith in his word when Jesus spoke and the word went forth Faith was produced in the ears of the hearer wherever the word goes Faith goes faith is a follower of the word they are married one to another if the word ceases to exist faith will cease to exist some people are content with singing they are content with rejoicing joing content with shouting and I love all of that it all has its place in the church but those folks that have no desire for the word are going to miss out on the supernatural manifestation of God's spirit in their life because it is the word that builds my faith it's the word of God that makes me a Believer when the music Fades and the song is done the word word will be forever settled if you're thankful for the word right now would you just love him for a moment God I love the word of God I love your word hallelujah the preaching of the word of God is one of the most if it is the most important part I believe of every Apostolic service the word produces our faith it causes us to grow grow in Christ this is why we have runts walking around in the church because they don't love the word but if you fall in love with the word you're going to grow in the word ah Hallelujah Hey listen I'm thankful that the word is hid in my heart today and when sin tries to creep in I've got the word that rises up when the enemy tries to creep in with doubt I've got the word that rises up when the enemy tries to creep in with depression I've got the word that rises up in me there's something about the word of God there's something about here o Israel the Lord our God is one Lord there's something about knowing that he'll be with me even until the ends of the [Music] Earth thankful for the word faith faith ah is something that is under a attack greater I believe in this modern-day Church than any other element of the church amen now I'm an evangelist so holiness and all that's not my place to preach but I'm going to tell you the world's starting to try to dress like the church that's not the problem that's not what's under attack worldly people are mimicking our dress amen people that don't have truth are mimicking our worship amen they're they're listening to our preachers that that's not what what's under attack is we worship but we don't expect God to do the miraculous we pray but we're not ready for the supernatural Can I Tell You Folks God is still in the miracle [Music] business it has not ceased amen Faith brings result assults where unbelief brings disaster Faith counts it done before there's any evidence Faith walks through the corridors of time and it brings new Souls it brings new life it brings new Direction Faith lives through the centuries it laughs at the education of man it walks through the walls of difficulty it walks through the walls of trial and persecution faith will get the job done when nothing else will work oh Hallelujah you can pray all day long and not have faith and you can leap higher and run faster than anybody in the church and still not have faith and we can have sing Inspirations and sing songs man I'm telling you what anointed music we heard today what anointed singing We heard today amen but I'm going to tell you something according to the word of God that will not produce Faith it'll make you feel better it'll cause you to move out of your seat it might even put a tear running down your cheek but it will not produce Faith you must have the word of God faith comes by hearing and hearing by the [Applause] word hey this is why faith is based on the word because if prayer ever stops and if worship ever stops and if singing ever stops there would be no faith but this is forever settled in heaven and there is an answer for failed faith it is the word of the Lord oh God don't ever let me fall out of love with the word of the Lord I tell my wife and my kids all the time if Dad ever gets to just being a rambling preacher and I ever get to the place where I'm just telling stories and I'm just up there entertaining please tell me to sit down and shut up because I want to be a word preacher oh God I I want to tell you everything that happened in the word of God can happen on this December morning in 2023 eyes can be open ears can be unstopped mental conditions can be healed Hallelujah When Faith begins to move in the church Devil's hide hell trembles doubt disappears Angels start rejoicing When Faith starts moving because Faith leaves a miracle Trail everywhere it goes faith gets the job done Faith was at Mount Carmel Elijah challenged the false prophets of Baal he did it by faith faith was exercised by the man of God the altar built the sacrifice laid the prayer said the fire fell and by Faith the what the the results were were given by faith folks I'm telling you nothing is impossible this whole service the songs have been sung Who Are You great Mountain who you've never lost a battle and you never will I don't care what you walked in here facing today God walked in here with your answer [Applause] he walked in here with your answer faith is a champion tell you something we all have lived over the past few years where covid and pandemics sickness and all kind of nonsense that we've had to put up with has went on in our world and you know what we're still singing We're still shouting yes are we're still preaching the word we're still living for God but some of us are doing that without faith it's the Motions we know how to do it amen I don't mean to be arrogant today but I've been I've been I'm a fourth generation Apostolic preacher fifth generation Apostolic and and and I've been around it long enough I've been around it long enough Pastor M that that that that I know how to have a good service without the anointing I don't want I don't want that to scare you but you we can become so professionally Pentecostal that we learn how to have a good service without any faith and without any anointing I'm going to tell you something folks I don't want to get so caught up in the fads of Pentecost that I forget about the faith of pent my God we need a move of the word we need a Resurgence of God's power to flow into our [Applause] lives Faith open the Red Sea now the Red Sea it looked like a victory you know when that sea opens up man it's a victory I've had some Red Sea moments I've had some moments where life was tough and I didn't know where the answer was going to come from and somehow God just rolled back the waters and I walked on dry ground and that that's an awesome Miracle but do you know the greater Miracle of the Red Sea was the fact that it was not just a victory for the children of Israel but it was a setup to destroy the enemy that was pursuing them because only those that had Faith got to walk on dry ground but when the enemy stepped in between those walls of water those walls of water began to enclose on the enemy and sometimes we shout because we got a feel-good feeling and we're walking on dry ground but we also got to remember that if I got faith what the battle was for me is going to be victory for me and defeat for my [Applause] enemy oh Hallelujah the word of God the miracles of god the faith of God there's something about faith Hil Hallelujah October October of 2022 seems like yesterday man how are we at December of 23 already October of 22 I was preaching for Revival in for for some family of y'alls for brother manold in in Rochester Hills Michigan there was a gentleman there in that Revival that the first time I had preached there was very exuberant in his worship very very very in tune with the service but this time he was laid back at the back very reserved uh almost looked like he was battling depression and I thought man something's really happened and so the second night kind of Revival I'm preaching and I I you'll find out that anytime I preach anywhere I go I'm going to talk about faith because I believe it's one of the elements that's going to lack the most in this last day yeah CU he didn't say when he comes back is he G to find good singing he didn't say when I return am I going to find good preaching but he did say when I return will there be faith on the Earth so I think the enemy in this last day if he can attack our faith this is where we are most vulnerable so I'm preaching Faith at this revival different sermon but preaching faith and and his wife on the second night grabs him and comes a dragging him up the the center aisle and I said well maybe that's the explanation why he's been reserved you know like the gentleman said him and his wife fought all the way to church and they got there and he went to the front row and worship she sat on the back row and pouted they got in the car and she said you're a hypocrite sat there and worship after we fought all the way to church he said no I'm not a hypocrite I just mad at you not God so I thought maybe I thought maybe my message wasn't going to help this couple I thought maybe Pastor Mangold needed some marriage counseling you know but then I found out as I prayed for him I stopped preaching and prayed for him and the spirit Spirit of the Lord moved on him and that worship that he once had came back I saw him take off Dancing across the front of the church what I did not know was about two months prior to that Revival they had amputated two of his toes and and and the Friday before that Revival started they had told him that they was going to have to amputate up to his knee because of infection that had set into those wounds oh Lord have mer Mercy when I found that out I was so so apologetic in my spirit for judging his lack of worship because his faith was under attack his faith was under attack they came in the third night of that Revival and she come running in with a different smile on her face and he come walking in with a different bounce in a step and she said I don't want to gross you out or be uh off color here she said but can I show you a picture of the wounds that were on my husband's foot she said I'm going to show you this oh it was it was gruesome it was very obvious why they were going to have to amputate she said now I got to show you a picture that was his foot last night when we got home from service I'm talking about completely healed up not an open spot on that foot folks I'm telling you God is still doing Miracles if your faith is under attack let me give you some Assurance John he's still a miracle worker would you love him right [Applause] [Music] now she said brother we we got home last night and I told him he needed to prop that foot up so I could dress it so I propped it up and helped him get his shoe off and his sock and I said I need the foot that's got the wounds he said baby that is the foot that's got the wounds she said brother we we shouted all over our house our neighbors had to think something goofy was going on she said because the power of Faith revived in our spirit Hil he's still in the healing business I know you walked in here today with some ailments but let this preacher encourage you today if your faith is weak God is still a Healer September of 2020 my uncle my uncle I'm thankful uh my dad side to be a fifth generation Apostolic on my mother's side I am the grandson of a town drunk and uh my mom was a first generation Apostolic my grandfather was a drunk and my grandmother sold herself in lewd ways to supply for the family my mom at 12 and 13 years old would have to go get her dad off the sidewalks of of town square and walk him home and go into strange houses and get her mom out of strange beds but that that that that that that mother of mine went to Sunday school with her grandmother her grandmother never really lived it she just always thought it's Sunday and we're supposed to go to church but something got a hold of my mom going to that Sunday school with that grandmother that didn't really believe it and at 12 years old Bishop walking down a railroad track by herself my mom starts singing oh I want to see him look upon his face there to sing forever of his Saving Grace on the streets of Glory let me lift my voice cares all passed home at last ever to Rejoice I don't know if it was on the streets of Glory or if it was when cares were all passed but somewhere in that song the Holy Ghost visited a railroad track and baptized my mother with the spirit of the Holy Ghost and she said you know what I'm not going to raise a a family like my family raised me I'm going to raise boys in the fear and the admonition of the [Applause] Lord my uncle my uncle went to those same Sunday school Services he watched my mother for years never would live for God he was baptized in Jesus name but he never would live for God the enemy had convinced him and I pray today that before I'm done and I'll be mindful of your time but that before we're done today that this is not just a message but it's a challenge unto your spirit the en enemy had convinced my uncle that he had to have everything perfect before he could live for God that all of his sin had to be gone and I said UNC you're never going to live for God cuz there's no perfection in mankind the only thing that helps me get things right on a daily basis is the Holy Ghost 2020 my uncle come down with Co in September didn't have any signs of sickness but my uncle had Faith Bishop he had Faith he didn't live for God but he had faith I remember I remember this same uncle seven times in my childhood was was shot in bar fights Drive buys drug deals going wrong seven times he was shot and he had Faith every time God's going to heal me he had a car battery explode in his face after about three months the doctors told him there's nothing we can do for your vision you're going to be blind for the rest of your life on the way home from that doctor's appointment he said you know what we've tried everything else why don't you take me by my Pastor's house and that feeble old Pastor come out he didn't even get out of that S10 pickup truck he didn't even step out of that Chevy that Pastor just reached his hands through the window and said in the name of Jesus I speak faith into this body right now and sitting in the front seat of that little pickup truck God restored my uncle's Vision 100% sitting in that truck that day you see it's possible to live right and not have faith and it's just as possible to not live right but have faith my uncle had Faith he couldn't live for God but he had faith in God 2020 September he ends up in intensive care with covid he told his family don't worry about it CO's not going to be what I die from been a picture of health of what they could see when they got in there doing all those x-rays with on his lungs and different things they said you know what Steve you have stage four cancer from the top of your head to the sole of your feet every organ that you have is eat up with cancer he had Faith but this time the faith was different because every day he lived he stayed in that hospital long enough that they took three different tests said you're you you've CO's not no longer a problem you're testing negative for covid he said but but but what about this cancer he said I'm not worried about this cancer tell doc told the doctor said I'm not worried about it he said what I need you to do is make a way for some of those Pentecostal preachers in my family to be able to talk to me he said I'm not worried about this cancer but he said I'm fixing to go to a place that I've only heard about said well he didn't have the Holy Ghost he didn't live right let me tell you something for 45 minutes on a FaceTime call all we said me and my two brothers gathered and we made contact via FaceTime with my uncle and all we said was in the name of Jesus and my uncle took off praying the rest and for 45 minutes God baptized him with the gift of the ho Holy [Applause] Ghost I got to speak at his funeral with some Assurance somebody said well God didn't heal him I said God why didn't you heal him you all those years it took for him to get the Holy Ghost God said I had to take him while I had him I'm going tell you something maybe the enemy told you it's too late late in your life but if you got a breath you can have faith today would you lift your hands I feel that gift of faith in this room I know I'm not the greatest oror you've ever heard and you get better preaching on a on a every service basis but I feel the gift of faith in this room I was 12 years old I just accepted a call to preach hadn't even preached my first sermon yet my brother my brother was six years older than me and he had been preaching for a couple of years incidentally when Mama broke that generational curse on that railroad track all three of us boys are still preaching this one God Apostolic hero Israel Holiness without which no man not one thing's changed about the doctrine for us none of us have partook of alcohol none of us have had addictions like my family's had but God honored the prayers of that 12-year-old little girl when she said God let me break this curse I stood by her bedside when God took her home at 60 years old and we sung to her oh I want to see him look on his face so when she met him the first time she was singing it and when she met him the last time she was singing it oh I want to see him look upon his face I was sitting in a service my brother had preached a message he titled it it wasn't it was probably pretty Elementary he titled it I deposit in the Eternal Bank of glory and he said there's times there's times pastor that that you pray and you don't have a need but you're praying to the King of Kings because he's God there's times that you worship and it's not that everything's going good or bad you just worship because he's the king of kings and the Lord of lords and he said God takes all of those prayers and all of that worship and he places it into an account with your name on it and when you're about to hit a hit a a a a a tragic wreck you can say Jesus and he writes the check out of the account of your prayers while he was preaching for the first time in my life I remember hearing voice the voice of God that felt audible to me God spoke to me and said I'm going to open the blinded eyes of Phyllis Davenport tonight I said Woo that's a big check God so when Ser when service progressed to the altar I went to my mom now you got to understand dad dad was a man of very eloquent speech my dad was a preacher's preacher my uh there was something about my dad that he just he seemed so educated to me now you can tell I took after Mom Mom was as country as cornbread she didn't have good speech I'd look over at her and say Mom quiet down she's digging in her Pur string Church I'd say shh she said I'm trying to stay awake Jason leave me alone I sat next to her My Wife and Kids wasn't with me one time I was at my home church and I sat next to my mom and she talked to me the whole service I said you used to take me out and whoop me with my own belt for this nonsense hush your country I went over to her and I said Mama would you go get Phyllis and bring her to the altar God told me he wants to open her blinded eyes diabetes had eat phyllis's eyesight to the point that they had removed an eyeball completely out of her socket her right eye she just wore a patch over an empty socket my mom looked at me and said I ain't getting Phyllis I told you she country now cuz God didn't speak to me she said he spoke to you and if he's going to do it you're going to have to go get her so I took them walks of Faith down to that back row where fyis set I said Phyllis this is Jay Phyllis had been blind longer than I'd been alive she'd never seen what I look like but I said this is Jay and the Lord told me he wants to open your blind eyes tonight we took every step by faith we got to the second Pew of that church and Phyllis took a big needle out and popped my balloon of Faith cuz I knew man I'm walking in high cotton we fixing to see a miracle Phyllis looked at me and said you know what I can go to heaven blind oh my she said said but I can't handle leaving this world with my children backslid she said instead of praying for my healing maybe we can pray that God would bring my babies back to the household of faith I said well there went my Miracle there went my story I was going to testify about that later but somehow I heard his voice again Pastor Anthony and I heard the Lord say when when you put others before yourself God will put you before others we walked up there I leaned into my dad I said pastor I know God wants to open her eyes but Phyllis said she's not worried about that she wants us to pray that he'll save her three daughters and bring them back to the household of faith he said Phyllis we're going to pray and we're going to believe as soon as he laid his hand on her forehead philis took off screaming and dancing across the front of that church we hadn't seen Phyllis walk on her own without Assistance or without a cane or without her seeing the eye we hadn't seen Phyllis move that way because she always had to be brought in because she was blind we were so excited that Phyllis was shouting we wasn't listening to what she was saying when we finally calmed down Phyllis is screaming I can see your face Pastor I haven't seen seen you in 20 years and I can see you perfectly right now and on that Sunday night service this is why I still like Sunday night church because we're getting pretty close to that day and he said as you see that day approaching forsake not the assembly God open those blinded eyes right in front of us so what about the eye that didn't have anything in it I'm glad you ask Tuesday morning Phyllis just so happened to have an appointment at the specialist in Indianapolis Phyllis walks into the doctor's office not in a wheelchair nobody leading her nobody holding her hand philis just walks in says hey Doc he falls back in his chair said what in the world is going on Phyllis she said I met a better [Applause] doctor God have mercy I feel faith in this room she said I met a better doctor for four hours he examined that eye finally come back and told her Phyllis I don't know who you met or what they done he said but I'm going to tell you something you have compl completely perfect vision restored in that eye it as if there was never any sickness in that eye whatsoever so Phyllis said take off the patch doctor now we're we're really going to try Faith now he said now Phyllis I'll give you credit you're saying this Jesus did this for you and maybe he did maybe he didn't I don't know he said but you know I took that eyeball out she said yeah but I told you I met a better doctor and if I'm lying I'm dying and God can strike me right now when that doctor removed that patch not only had God restored the eye that was in her socket but God had placed in that right eye a brand new eyeball and when Phyllis died we buried her with doctor's reports that said I've never seen it on this fashion I'm telling you if you got faith you can say who are you great Mountain come on love [Applause] him who are you great mountain and I hasten the music can be preparing today phyllis's last request Pastor was that we all me and my two brothers and my dad all take part in her funeral I was only about 17 I'd never spoke at a funeral before I said God what do I say these kids know that you opened her blinded eye they know that you gave her another eye you see I want to speak prophetically to somebody today God doesn't just want to heal you but he wants to restore unto you what disease has taken from you I'm not a prophet or the son of a prophet but I'm GNA tell you I know when God speaks and he wants to do something Supernatural in this room today I said God what do I say at this funeral and he said tell them the rest of the story I said God it's a funeral them girls don't even know if they like the church anymore he said tell them what phyllis's last request was so I got up there and I told him how God spoke to me that night and how my mom made me go get Phyllis because that's the only way it' work and I said you all got the doctor's papers they're laying in her casket you you have acknowledged the supernatural power of God that touched her on that Sunday night but what you don't know was Mama's last request was that you three girls would get back to the household of faith and when I said that that first daughter Kathy in that dark dated Antiquated funeral home at 25th in Walbash in terot Indiana green shag carpet very poorly lit Kathy raised her hand up pastor and in that funeral parlor where you're supposed to celebrate death God God poured life out because Kathy lifted her hands and began to speak in a Heavenly language as the spirit of God give the utterance and it was like dominoes it fell on her younger sister and it fell on on at the Mama's funeral God rebap tized them three daughters with the gift of the Holy Ghost if you stand with me today brother we're here is 45 46 years old you come in here preaching us that our faith can can fail and get weak well let me give you a Biblical example and understanding John baptized Jesus John was the first one to preach about this coming Messiah he was a voice in the wilderness John was the first one that ever heard the audible voice of God standing in the waters of baptism and the voice of God says this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased now I'm GNA tell you something if I got to baptize Jesus there ain't nothing going to steal my faith if I'm in the water with Jesus and the clouds start talking you made a Believer out of me sir and I believe that about John until he ended up in his own prison because faith is something that's easy to have when you're praying for other people but when you're the one in prison when you're the one in sickness when you're the one battling sometimes faith is a little tougher to hang on to and for the love of God if John the Forerunner of Jesus the one who leapt within the womb of his mother if that John can say are you the Messiah my faith is struggling my faith is struggling I'm struggling to Believe In You Jesus I'm in a prison and I'm going to die here Jesus says you just go tell John that the blinded eyes are being open deaf ears are being unstopped the dumb are speaking the lame are walking the Dead's coming back to life when John hears that he will know that I am the Messiah if I could say anything to you today can I say to you and I say this proverbially John God still healing bodies he's still saving loved ones he's still restoring he's still he still takes care of depression and anxiety oh I'm telling you now you got to understand I was raised by a man that was from the generation of you ain't got time to be depressed you better get some faith in God but I've lived long enough to know that my mind my mind is an organ just like my heart is and it can fail me just like any other part of my body sometimes I forget that Jesus knows where I'm at I wonder today if you could reach for him I wonder today if you could reach for him I feel the miracle working power of God I don't have a fancy word to say to you but I can say to you this the same Messiah that they told John about is the one that I'm here to tell you about and whatever you have need of today if you got the courage to step out of your Pew and walk to this altar there are men and women of God to pray with you that I believe Supernatural things things are going to happen because there is an answer for failed Faith as you come would you lift your hands to the King come on would you be willing to open your heart up today say God my faith has grown weak but I trust in you somebody ought to say it out loud who are you great