Sunday Morning Worship

if you're not already standing today would you stand with me and before I read my text could we one more time the songs of Victory today the songs of Victory today have created an atmosphere and an environment right now do you know how valuable that you are to God every person in this room is so valuable to God right now and if you're valuable to God could we just lift up a praise to him before I read my text could we just one more time lift up a praise to the Mighty God Of Heaven oh thank you Lord thank you for my strength thank you for my help God thank you Lord You're the lifter of my head oh you're my everything you're my all in all God Lord you're so good to us today you're so good to us today God you have your Bibles meet me in Acts chap 10 acts chap 10 and verse number one I'm going going to be reading verses 1 through 4 but keep your Bible open in the 10th chapter of acts as we will go through that this morning acts chap 10 verse number 1-4 and there was a certain man in cesaria called Cornelius a centurion of the band called The Italian band a devout man and one that feared God with all all his house which gave much arms to the people and prayed to God always he saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming into him and saying unto him Cornelius and when he looked on him he was afraid and said what is is it Lord and he said unto him thy prayers and thine arms are come up for a memorial for a memorial before God I want to preach for a few moments today and teach the life the life of Cornelius and uh keep keep pencil paper handy pen and paper for Handy whichever because you're going to learn some things about Cornelius today that's going to help you to live for god father I love you thank you for your word today God help me to feed the sheep this morning because you said if I loved you as a minister I would feed your people God help me to feed your people today your word Lord help me God that your word bring light to Darkness God help your word bring order to chaos today as it did in creation I'll give you praise and honor and Glory if you'll use me in Jesus name we all pray amen and amen you may be seated it's interesting we learn of this Gentile it's a gentile it's the first uh Gentile in the book of Acts that comes into the church by way of the new birth Bible tells us of what city he was from the Bible tells us his name Cornelius and it tells us he is a Roman he is a Roman captain that is over a hundred men he is a centurion that word Centurion means 100 he is over he is over 100 men and uh he is from and the men are from the country of Italy they're from the country of Italy as they are soldiers in the Roman in the Roman army goes on to tell us that he is a devout man he is a devout man that word devout there means he is a godly man he is a God-fearing man he is a devout man he feared God and his walk with God although it was so it was so incomplete this man does not have the fullness of Truth he um he loves God with all the knowledge that he has of God and uh his his love for God is contagious because verse two says that he not only feared God but all of his house feared God evidently he was a good witness and his house his wife children servants they also they also feared they also feared God he was a man that was easily touched by poverty he was a man was easily touched by those that lack food and clothing and shelter the Bible doesn't just say that he gave arms to them that was a way of helping the poor it just doesn't say he gave arms but it says he gave much arms he he he was really into taking care of of the poor and doing all that he could do to help them and then the Bible said he prayed to God always he he had a prayer life he he wasn't sporadic he had a consistent prayer life of all that he knew all that he knew about God the Bible said that God sent him a vision God sent him a vision and the vision uh as we read the entirety of the story The Vision was of a man appeared to him in in um in bright clothing in bright clothing and uh the man the angel of God called his name and uh told him that his prayers and his arms had come up in the presence of God for a memorial for a memorial now and I I want I want this to help us today to understand the power of prayer don't ever get discouraged and stop praying because you don't think your prayers are being heard this is a story this man this man doesn't have the knowledge of truth that we have but yet God heard his prayers the angel told him said your prayers are come up and I like how this ver uh fourth verse says it your prayers have come up in heaven for a memorial a memorial you ever thought about prayers being a memorial being a memorial morial before God the purpose of a memorial is to remember an event that took place or a purpose or a person of influence or a group of people uh that performed a certain action they build memorials they build they build monuments and memorials to keep us in memory of something that happened lest we forget as a matter of fact our nation's capital Washington DC is filled if you go to Washington get ready to see numerous monuments the Lincoln Monument the Jefferson monument all of the different monuments and things that are there for a purpose why I don't want but they don't want you to forget what happened they don't want you to forget the people they don't want you to forget the purpose well I got news for you monuments didn't start in washingon Washington monuments and memorials was the ideal of God join me in Joshua chapter 4 and verse number one the children of Israel have miraculously came across the Jordan River don't get that confused with the Red Sea they come across the Jordan River and at the Jordan River it was miraculously divided by the hand and by the power of God it was divided by his hand the children of Israel crossed into Canaan on dry land and watch what happens in verse number one it came to pass when all the people were clean pasted over Jordan that the Lord spake unto Joshua saying take you 12 men out of the people out of every tribe of man command you them saying take ye hence out of the midst of Jordan out of the place where the priest's feet stood firm 12 Stones you shall carry them over with you and leave them in the lodging place where you shall Lodge this night Joshua called the 12 men whom he had prepared of the children of Israel out of every tribe of man Joshua said unto them pass over before the Ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder now watch this now he didn't say get a stone in your hand all right he didn't say just get a stone in your hand that would probably mean a small Stone but he said I want this Stone to go where I want it to go on your shoulder it's going to be large you're going to have to you're going to have to place you're going to have to place this upon your shoulder according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel verse six what's the purpose that this may be a sign among you that when your children ask their father in time to come saying what mean ye by these Stones then you shall answer them you shall answer them that the Waters of Jordan were cut off before the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord when it passed over Jordan the Waters of Jordan were cut off and these Stones shall be a memorial unto the children of Israel forever now God is into memorials God said in the time to come I want you to stack up 12 rocks and said it's going to be in the years to come your children ought to will be asking your children are going to ask Papa what are these Stones All About Mama what are these Stones all about Aunt Uncle dad mom what are these Stones all about and there they will rehearse a memorial about a god about a God who brought them about a God who brought them out of bondage and made a way through the Jordan River God is into memorials join me again in Psalms chapter 56 Psalms chapter 56 and verse number 8 in this chapter David is telling about a horrible season in his life a horrible season in his life and can I get a little little little reaction here a little participation with the audience today how many of you have ever went through a horrible season of your life huh how many have went through multiple huh how many would say I'm in one right now Pastor huh right sure absolutely I'm inan a season that you're looking for it to end I mean one man said he said two 2023 was so bad for him he said 2023 was so bad for him that he stayed up to midnight on December 31st so he could say goodbye you ever had a season of your life that way that you're looking forward to it being over David sister Carpenter had a horrible season of his life and the enemy was after him and and everything was uncertain in his life but he comes to verse number eight in chapter 56 and he says God thou tellest my wondering said God I I've just been wandering out here here and and um he said God you know you tell us my wondering and put thou my tears in thy bottle are they not written in thy book when I cry unto thee then shall my enemies turn back and I want you to see this this I know praise team it just I was so had this connection with you today cuz I knew I was going to read this verse this I know would you say that with me this I know for God is for me I don't care how bad the season is I don't care how terrible it is how upside down your life is this one thing I know God is for me Paul got a hold of it in the Book of Romans and he said it sister Brenda like this if God be for us who can be against us I'm glad to preach today about a God that's not against us but a god that is for us now hundreds of years ago thousands of years ago when a person died there were not flower shops that you sent a beautiful array of flowers to there wasn't a place that you went got a honey baked ham and all of that one certainly not among the Jews all right uh it was not a place uh sorry about that there was not a place um that you went and bought flowers and you know that's what we do today right we someone passes away and we order flowers and that flowers is a a symbol of our grief Sister Martin it's a it's it's a symbol we're we're saying in flowers we're saying hey this is we feel for you and this is our our our offering that speaks of our our our grief for you but not in the Bible days in the Bible days they had a small vial and when you heard of the death of an individual you would collect your tears you would allow your tears to drip into that vial and however you cried however you cried and I'm GNA tell you something trying to get back on the good side today if you want to see emotions go among the Jewish people as they worshiped in the Bible they're emotional about their worship and they would take that small vial and hold it up and let tears drip down in that vile and then they would cap it off they would get a pen they would have a scribe if they were wealthy enough they would have a scribe to write down in a book in a book now we do it today we have a book out in the lobby you sign the book in that day they would have a scribe to write down this is how I feel about this situation David flips it here in the season of his life David flips it around and he says oh god I've been wondering God I've had the enemy after me God I got anointed and my life fell apart after I got anointed by you God I I God after you anointed me everything went up so after I killed Goliath and after them women wrote that song of wish I I wish they had never written that song that day that Saul has slain his thousands but David has slain oh what a song I wish they never ever since that song got put out I've been running from my life I I don't know where I'm going to lay my head down I don't know where I don't know where I'm going from here I'm I'm just wandering around but then David stops and he says God I believe that you put all my tears in the bottle and I believe God that you've written it all down I believe you've written it all down in a book because God when I Cried unto thee my enemies are going to be turned back for this I know this I know that God is for me oh if I could encourage you to leave here today in a few moments and know one thing about this message about the life of Cornelius is you got to know that your God is for you you got to know that God is working it out you got to know that you're a Val you're just not a speck in the billions of people on planet Earth God knows you God knows you by name and I think we ought to give the Lord a hand of Praise right now memorials come on if you really believe God knows you by name you really believe you're valuable to God this morning we uh we just observed a few weeks ago what's called the Lord's supper and it's nothing more than a memorial of the the death the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the memorial is to keep us reminded of his soon coming to us there was another woman in the Bible another woman in the Bible in to the best of my knowledge evidently this woman must have had some kind of knowledge given to her by God that Jesus was going to die and when that woman when that woman received that Knowledge from God that Jesus was going to be crucified she brought a box of ointment an alabaster box very costly ointment she found Jesus in the house of Simon the former leper and as she found Jesus there without asking any permission from anybody she walked over to him where he was seated and she broke that alabaster box and the ointment flowed down on his hair and down his face and on his body when that happened and the disciples sitting around saw this very costly box of ointment broken and apparently just poured out Upon Jesus they begin to murmur and they begin to say what a waste what a waste what a waste what a waste of this ointment what a waste at this woman we could have taken this we could have sold it we could have given to the poor what a waste what a waste only to hear the rebuke of Jesus as Jesus said this is not a waste This Woman This Woman has done this for my burial this woman has come to anoint me for my burial and then Matthew 2613 I'd like to read it to you verily I say unto unto you Matthew 2613 verily I say unto you wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world there shall also this that this woman hath done be told for a what Memorial and you know what I'm even fulfilling brother boy I'm even fulfilling this right now today in that I am preaching this Jesus said what this woman has done is a memorial and when preachers preach my word they'll remember this and they'll tell this as a memoral to the woman now be very careful the enemy wants us to say it's a waste of of time here today the enemy wants you to see your attempts to live for God as a waste of your time that's what he wants it to see he wants to whisper in your ear you're never going to measure up you're never going to be good enough you're never going to get out of my trap you are wasting your time to keep on going to church trying to study your Bible trying to improve your life you are wasting your time don't forget what they called waste God called worship what they called waste God called worship what Satan is saying is a waste of your time God is saying oh no it's not it's worship unto me when you got up this morning you didn't start worshiping when the music Started you started worshiping when you got up and said I'm going to the house of God God said that's worship God worship started when you got here and when you begin to Worship the Lord Lord don't ever forget that don't ever forget that what they call Waste God calls worship prayer waste of time it's what the enemy wants you to think but to Cornelius what all them prayers I prayed have come up for a memorial sure Cornelius now I want you to send down to japa and there's a man down there by the name of Peter and he's going to come and he's going to tell you words whereby you and your house can be saved you and your house can be saved now I'm going to tell you something about a memorial a memorial keeps us connected to the right people notice how Cornelius is memorial connected him to what he needed his his knowledge of God is incomplete at best he studied how the Jews worship at best he stood he couldn't go in he's a gentile he couldn't go into the temple and hear the rabbi he couldn't go in and hear but he could stand outside and glean all that he could but prayer don't you ever give up on prayer every time you pray visualize you just send another box to Heaven every time you pray just visualize your prayers are not dead and I I I got I don't mean to get spooky or Goofy on anybody today but I'm here to tell you something even people that have prayed their life and passed away and in the grave right now they may not be here with us but their prayers are still alive their prayers have no expiration date brother Shannon I told you this I think maybe last week but we were in a time of prayer and I'm not going to boast I'm some great spiritual guy but I I was in the zone of praying I was just in a Zone and I was praying and the the spirit of God was on me real strong and I was just praying and um I only saw your mother a few times here at church her health did not permit her to be in the house of God I only saw her a few times and I only heard her voice a few times but brother Shannon in prayer I heard and saw your mother as clearly as day and I heard and saw her say keep praying for my boy keep praying for my boy can I tell you today that prayers are so powerful that after you have died and you're in the grave your prayers are still in heaven just as powerful just is alive man that ought to make every one of us want to be great people of prayer right huh right that ought to make every one of us be great people of prayer you never can listen that's why the enemy fights prayer so much because once we pray it in the name of Jesus once we believe it in the name of Jesus he's trying to he's trying to discourage us and tell us oh it's a waste of your time has anybody oh I'm gonna be transparent today has anybody ever felt like your prayers didn't even go to the ceiling you know why our flesh and our adversary wants us to stop praying because our flesh and our adversary knows Brother Art our our adversary knows with every prayer meeting they have they just put another box in heaven with every prayer meeting they had they just put another brick in heaven how many want to put another brick in heaven that God walks around heaven and God just looks down and says wait a minute can can you see brother martin can you see God I I I hate to be picking on the Martin familyes well some of our newest families here today and they've got a front row seat and I love it I love it you see God Walking Around Heaven one day just kind of and and uh he Walk Around Heaven and what in the word where was that Gabriel might have said that's old cornelius's prayers that's he's praying not even a Jew he don't even have he don't even have New Testament salvation he he don't even he just worshiping the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob he's just he B he he not even have complete Bible salvation and God said Angel go down there to corus's house and tell him that his prayers and his arms have come up for a memorial I've remembered it and tell him to send down and get Simon Peter and Simon Peter's going to come to his house and Simon Peter's going to tell him words whereby he and his whole house can be saved well the angel appeared to Cornus the angel told corneus that and Cornus sent some servants down to japa where Simon Peter was lodging with a t manner by the seaside now you got to understand now although that Simon Peter had Bible salvation he was filled with prejudice he felt like the Salvation was only to the Jews only to the Jews matter of fact he kept a lot of the old Prejudice ways a Jew would never be allowed it would be a crime if a Jew went under the roof of the Gentile a Jew even to eat with the Gentile was an insult and uh over Peter although he's got Bible salvation he still got this rooted in his spirit and uh he's up on the housetop they're fixing some food for him he went up on the housetop and the Bible says he fell into a trance and the Bible says he got very hungry he got extremely he got extremely hungry I'm talking about the 3:00 a.m. refrigerator Madness hunger all right have I got anybody can real can can relate to I'm talking about he h hungry he fell in a trench he got real hungry and uh about that time God led a a sheet down from heaven that was tied at Each corner and when Peter looked over into the sheet this basket like sheet he looked down and he saw all kinds of animals now the note thing noteworthy thing about it it was animals that were unclean for a Jew to eat it was everything that Jew couldn't eat was inside of that inside of that that that that sheet and he heard the voice of the Lord say arise Peter slay and eat now Peter has really got an issue to my knowledge and y'all help me out you you you folks who study the Bible to my knowledge among the disciples among the apostles Peter is the only one telling God manifest in the flesh no can you IM I mean I can imagine telling you no and I can imagine you telling me no but can you imagine telling God in flesh no Jesus said Son of Man me I'm betrayed into the hands of Sinners I'll be taken to Jerusalem I'll be crucified there by the chief priest and guess what Peter said no you won't but guess what Jesus said back to him get behind me Satan all right and here's another time God says to Peter Peter kill one of them animals and eat it and Peter says no not so Lord for I have never as a Jew as a Jew oh I I wish I had thirston Hal's voice of Gilligan's Island right now I have never lovey I have never as a Jew ate any of that unclean happened three times and God rattled him he said Peter don't you call what I have cleansed common or unclean that's how we love everybody to have Bible salvation is to love everybody it's not a white gospel a black gospel a red gospel an a US gospel a European gospel it is a gospel to the whole world oh he cleansed every one of us every one of us have been cleansed the Lord said Peter somebody's about to knock on your door and when they do go with them and don't doubt anything Peter went with the men from corus's house and let's go to Acts chapter 10 let's go to Acts chapter 10 and verse number 24 we'll start there Peter has got the men from corus's house in verse number 24 and it says and on the marrow after they entered into cesaria and Cornus waited for them and had called together his Kinsmen and his near friends I mean Cornus man he said God is going God sent us a man and I want everybody to hear this verse 25 and as Peter was coming in Cornelius met him just kind of show you just kind of show you where Cornelius is at cornelus met him and fell down at Peter's feet at his feet and worshiped him all right and worshiped him now I really love what Peter did I I I I've I've never had anybody fall at my feet and worship me I've had a few folks want to get in my hair but not at my feet all right Peter took him up saying stand up for I myself also am a man Peter corrected that real quick when Cornelius came out now you got to admire you you got to admire let's kind of let's kind of lean corus's way a little bit okay now I'm not for worshiping the I'm not for worshiping the messenger but I sure to worship the god of the message let's lean his way just a minute let's lean his way we're not for worshiping the messenger we're not for worshiping the messenger they tell me and while we're leaning this way a little bit I have I I have been told and I've witnessed this to a small degree as I've traveled the world that people in other countries are so appreciative for the gospel being brought to them so appreciative people that live in cardboard houses people that walk miles to get to church are some of the happiest and the most emotional people that they they're so appreciative of this uh it is in other countries that we continually get reports of notable of notable Miracles so are you still with me today of of notable Miracles I was once told about a a healing crusade in Africa where God was doing God was working miracles one of the pastors it was a bamboo it was a bamboo uh platform and uh it was about 8 feet off the ground made of bamboo one of the pastors SE Seated on the platform said that he kept feeling something on the sole of his shoe at first he thought the bamboo was rolling or something but he kept feeling something that was pushing his shoe up and finally he made mention of it and one of the leaders there told him brother sinata he said if you look closely through the cracks and the bamboo said the people are up under this platform and they're just believing if they could take their finger and touch the soul of a man of God 's foot that God would somehow let power come down through their feet now again again I'm nowhere I I I'm nowhere near I'm nowhere near that but I do want to bring attention that they have so much respect for the message and the power of God that just to get around somebody that's bringing them good news that they would reach out and I'm going to he I'm here to tell you and I'm speaking to myself today we're spoiled We complain about things we shouldn't complain about we stand and open up the refrigerator and it's not empty it's we just don't know what we want right now oh God help us as a church to realize and be thankful for with explosive dynamite praise and faith in our lives that God you are good and you not only want to be good to them but God even to us I want to respect you God I want to appreciate you God you're my all in all you're my everything in my life Peter Cornelius get up get up I am a man as you are verse 27 and as he talked with them he went in found many of them come together he goes into the house and sees the crowd he said unto them verse 28 he said unto them you know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company or come in one a unto one of another Nation but God has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean therefore came I unto you without gain saying as soon as I was sent for I asked therefore for what intent have you sent for me now this is a little confusing here it seems like that what Peter is saying is hey I've got Victory I can come into your house hey I've got victory ought to come into your house but then Peter seems to be clueless about why he's there I I mean a preacher to walk in a house full of Sinners and say hey why'd y'all call me here to to me that's ridiculous question to ask brother white when he walks in he says now now I know God's told me that I can come into your house and I shouldn't call anything common or unclean that he's cleansed and but but could you all tell me why you have called for me verse 30 Cornelius said four days ago I was fasting into this hour and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house and behold a man stood Before Me In Bright clothing and said Cornelius thy prayer is heard thine arms are had in remembrance in the in in he in the sight of God send therefore to japa call hither Simon whose surname is Peter where he lost lth in the house of one Simon a Tanner by the seaside who who when he cometh shall speak unto thee immediately therefore I sent to thee and thou has done well that thou art come now therefore we're all we are all here present before God to hear now notice this follow this is the life of Cornus we're here before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God we're here to hear Commandments not suggestions then Peter opened his mouth and said of a truth I perceive that God is no respector of persons but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him this word which God sent under the children of Israel preaching Peace by Jesus Christ he is Lord of all this word that word I say you know which was published throughout all Judea and begin From Galilee after the baptism which John preached how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with him and we now listen to Peter we Are Witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem how they slew whom they slew and hanged on a tree him God raised up the third day and showed him openly not to all the people but unto Witnesses chosen before of God even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead and he commanded us to preach un the people and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the judge of the quick that's the living and the dead to him give all the prophets witness that through through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins that's as far as Peter got he began to preach Jesus to these people he began to preach the resurrection from the dead he begin to preach this and I love verse 44 because memorials should always lead us to more truth and Memorial should always lead us to a spiritual outpour while Peter yet spake these words the Holy Ghost fell on them uh fell on all them which heard the word that's Cornelius all the people that was with him while Peter yet spake the word the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word they of the circumcision which believed were astonished as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost Peter pretty smart brother Patterson he thinks if I'm going to get in trouble if I'm going to get in trouble for going to a gentile's house I'm not going to go alone I'm GNA take six Jewish Brethren with me and so if I get in trouble we all get in trouble and now here Peter standing six Jewish brothers are behind him Peter is preaching the gospel to the Gentiles and all of a sudden an interruption happens a good Interruption happens all of a sudden the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word to the point that the Jewish men's mouths are gaped open they are astonished they're elbowing one another they're say look look look look let listen over here look look look at this look at this uh look what's happening over here for let me read verse 45 again they were and they of the circumcision which is Jews which believed were astonished as many as came with Peter because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost how did they know they got it look at verse 46 for they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God then answered Peter I mean they're standing there they're standing there and they hear the Gentiles speaking in tongues now hold your place there but go to the next chapter chapter number 11 chapter chapter number 11 this is where Peter has been called in by the Jerusalem Council he's been reported that he went into the Gentiles house and that he preached there they've called him back to Jerusalem to ask him why he did this and in Acts 11 verse number 12 Peter rehearses it acts 11 verse 12 he's standing before the counsel and the spirit he says the spirit B me go with them nothing doubting moreover these six Brethren accompanied me and we entered into the man's house and he Cornus showed us how he had seen an angel in his house which stood and said unto him follow this now send men to japa and call for Simon whose surname is Peter verse 14 look at this closely please who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved Peter is preaching the Plan of Salvation watch him now in verse 15 and as I I began to speak the Holy Ghost fell on them as on us at the beginning don't let anybody tell you that when the Holy Ghost fell on the day of Pentecost it was a one and only time for a a select few people it's 8 to 10 years later and Peter stands and tells the Jerusalem Council when they got the Holy Ghost just like us who got it at the beginning the Holy Ghost was poured out 2,000 years ago and I am glad to be in an Apostolic church this morning that we're still getting the Holy Ghost just like they got it on the day of Pentecost if you're glad you got it just like they why don't you give God a praise right now I am so glad oh hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah Now flip back with me to the actual account for they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God acts 10:46 act 10:46 for they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God then answered Peter can any man and I believe he's looking at the six Jews can any man forbid water can any of you hold back water baptism he looks at these six men because remember I'm here today to tell you words whereby you must be saved I'm here today follow it underline it I'm here today to hear what God has commanded you to preach to us that's what I'm here today I'm not here today to give you a suggestion I'm not here today to tell you about some little do or don't ordinance that the church has I'm here to tell you something that God has commanded he turns to the men and he said can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we and he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord then te then prayed they him to carry certain days I want you to know today that cornelius's prayers led to a memorial and a memorial led to the right connection and the right connection led to a spiritual outpour why don't we follow that today the life of Cornelius let's be praying people let's lay up memorials in heaven don't ever stop praying for a closer walk with God don't ever stop praying that you become more like Jesus Christ don't ever stop praying for the lost loved ones in your family don't ever stop praying for deliverance don't ever stop praying for God to use you why I've been praying for years and nothing has happened it just takes God seeing your prayer one time that's going to turn it all around and it's going to be a spiritual Memorial and then I'm going to connect you to the right people and I I don't know if I see Candace and Tyler here this morning they may be at the marage I I I don't know but don't ever underestimate the power of small acts I didn't know this till last week we were talking to uh the Copeland they live in Madisonville they live close to the church that was just donated a church donated to brother and sister or a church donated to brother sister not only a church but a parsonage behind the church donated donated you you do know what donated means don't you that's that's called free all right mother Le I'm about to shout donated a church just said we're going to give you this church and and they been remodeling it and oh it's so pretty it's so nice you can see it on the M for 41 you can look over and see it the church there an Apostolic church now that was donated to Joel and Emily Candace is a nurse Candace lives close by the church before it was donated Candace saw a woman an older woman on a riding lawnmower and it looked like the woman she was mowing the church yard and it looked like the woman Candace being a nurse she looked over and she thought that woman's struggling to breathe that woman that that woman is in trouble so Candace stopped got out of her car walked over and started talking to the woman who was mowing the grass at the church and she said I'm on antibiotics right now and I shouldn't even be out in the sun and and and and said but I've got to get the churchyard mode and all of this and and from that one conversation Candace said we have a man in our church that's looking look for a building here in town they're looking for a place to worship they're looking she said well there's the connection made there and we can talk about Joel and Emily going and I thank God for him but had it not been had it not been brother and sister or had it not been the mom and dad of brother Joel had it not been for that one act of Candice nothing may have ever happened can I tell you don't ever don't ever underestimate the power of a small prayer don't ever underestimate the power of a small prayer Samson got brought back into to God by just simply said touch me one more time what a small prayer but Samson gets his strength back by just saying touch me one more time don't tell me small prayers are not valuable a thief on the cross I feel the Holy Ghost right now come on let's just praise him right now small prayer Bo the devil wants to keep you back from a small prayer because a small prayer leads to another prayer and another prayer and another prayer and another prayer and another prayer and another prayer another prayer another prayer another prayer tell how powerful prayers are tell how powerful prayers are and I'm ending today musicians would you come Revelation chapter 5 I'm going tell you how powerful they are Revelation chap 5 and verse number 8 oh mighty God Of Heaven I love you right now oh God I love you right now oh mighty God I love you and I worship you right now Revelation 5 and8 watch this closely and when he had taken the book The Four Beast and the four and 20 Elders that's people that are in heaven fell down before the lamb having every one of them Harps and golden vials gold golden containers full of odors which are the prayers of the Saints oh friend today is it not coming to light now why the enemy fights our prayer life because our prayers are going to heaven and they're being put into golden vials in the presence of God stop judging the success of your prayer by answers and stop judging the the success of your prayer prayers by your emotions judge your prayers by your knowledge if a man without Bible salvation can put Memorial prayers in heaven how much more can you and I with the fullness of Truth you stand with me this morning Revelation chapter 8 this is what's going on in heaven right now this is what's going on in heaven Revelation chapter 8 verse number one and when he had opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven about the space of a half an hour and I saw the seven angels which stood before God and to them were given SE seven trumpets and another angel came and stood at the altar having a golden sensor and there was given unto him much incense that should be offered with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which were before the throne and the smoke of the incense which came with the prayers of the Saints ascended up before God out of the Angel's hand our prayers today are as a sweet fragrance our prayers today is as a sweet ointment a sweet fragrance in the nostrils of God oh God I need you today is my prayer oh god I've got to have you in my life today is my prayer oh god I've got to I've got to have you calm the troubled lonely spirit that I have inside oh god I've got to have you in my life is my prayer today all over this room could we lift up our hands right now and could we give God a prayer come on give God a prayer right now oh God save me today oh God help me today right now all over this room I'm going to open this altar up right now I'm going to open this altar up right now if you're here and you want to have a prayer would you make your way down the down the aisle this morning if you're here right now and you want to have a prayer would you would you come right now brother Carpenter I need to have a prayer today I need to have a memorial I I want to put another brick I want to put another I want to put another I want to put another box in heaven I want to put another prayer in heaven I want to I want to send up another prayer right now come on would you come right now I want to send up a prayer right now God oh God I want to send up a prayer right now if you're here today and you don't know the Lord come and pray the prayer of repentance come on if you're here today and you don't know the Lord pray the prayer of forg of forgiveness pray the prayer of repentance right now you be be so kind as to move up close to the altar so everybody can get in the altar this morning oh God save my husband oh God save my wife oh God deliver my son oh God deliver me God oh God make a way God oh God make a way right now God oh God make a way right now God oh God make a way right now God oh God oh God go ahead a prayer a prayer that's right brother Hyde that's right brother Hyde pray for that wife this morning that's right son pray that God Will Make A Way a prayer a prayer a prayer a prayer a prayer a prayer a prayer a prayer a prayer a prayer oh why don't you join with somebody right now and help them oh why don't you join with somebody and help him pray right now A Prayer a prayer a prayer God fight for me of Victory hallelu hallelu you have torn apart the sea you have led me through the Deep Hallelujah hallelu you're the God who fights for me Lord of every Victory hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah torn apart the sea you have torn apart the sea let me through the day me hallelujah hallelujah I'll let you up Jesus Hallelujah spirit it's a moment I know many of you may be waiting for somebody to pray with you but you got to get desperate this morning you got to get desperate this morning you got to get desperate like you're drowning today you got to have a prayer that's a desperate prayer Jesus Jesus have mercy upon me Jesus help me today God come on pray that way right now pray that way right now come on get desperate today get desperate today come on Mark get desperate today I need you God I need you God I need you God that's it he's a chain breaker he's a chain breaker today oh oh the God who fights for me Lord of every Victory hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah Tor upon the sea you have Tor upon the se you have L me through the Deep hallelujah hallelujah you're God you're The God Who for me of every Victory hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah you have torn apart the sea you have L me through the Deep Hallelujah hallelu to my you took me by the you mared me out fre the pr I will not forget you Lord I'll sing of all you s All Forever f you my me free you must be out into the I will not forget you all you forever God you're the God who fights for meory hallelujah hallelujah torn apart the se you have torn apart the SE rescue Hallelujah thankful Jesus Hallelujah You're The God Who find for me Lord of of every Victory hallelujah hallelujah T apart the sea you have Tor apart the sea you have me through the Deep Hallelujah hallelu but precious soul to be baptized this morning let's direct our our attention toward the baptismal pool thank God yes do it Lord Do It Lord in Jesus name Lord in the name of Jesus God oh oh God In The Name of Jesus God lord fill her with the Holy Ghost God give her that power God Lord give that power God Lord that power God oh in your name in your name in your name in your name in your name oh in your name in your name oh thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord thank you Lord you took me by again you Mar me out the promise now I will not for I sing SW the FY of you Ste through my you took me by youed me the all you love forever the FY of your for The God Who for me Lord of every Victory Hallelujah hallelu you have torn heart the S you have me through the hallelu Hallelujah Jo the god the God who fights for me Lord of every Victory hallelu oh yes Lord hallelujah oh yes Lord come on can we send up a praise to him right now one more time God you've been good to us today God you've been good to us today God oh God you've been good to us today oh you've been good to us today God oh yes God you've been so good thank God thank God thank God how many are thankful today for old prayers be glad for old prayers conversations are held that go something like this where did he get his money where did she get her money and somebody may say she has old money she has old money now what what what's meant by that is she inherited she inherited grandparents or great-grandparents money and they'll say well that he has old money you know I don't have old money but I sure have some old prayers why you here today old prayers old prayers let's send them prayers up to heaven let's send them to God today the life of Cornelius thank God for the soul that was baptized this morning and I believe that that young lady will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost amen I believe that with all my heart go ahead Give the Lord a hand believe that with all my heart we got a we got a special word treat for you tonight uh brother Matthew ball our world missions director and also so also our marriage Retreat speaker who did a fabulous job at marriage Retreat uh is going to be with us tonight going to be with us tonight preaching and uh I know I know that you're going to be blessed tonight I I know that you're going to be blessed and the other half of the church is going to be back they're going to come back better marriages I mean we've worked them over this weekend all right they gonna come back better marriages so all you kids that stayed home don't run it for them all right have the house clean all right mow the yard uh make you bed and they're going to come in they see the house clean the bed made they're going to fall out in the spirit they're going to know that God they're God's going to move Welcome Home Ex at right after I say Amen we got welcome home but would you remember this statement today God is for me God is for me God bless you dismissed in Jesus name