Sunday Morning Worship Service

well welcome you may return to your seats we greet you in the precious name of Jesus and welcome you to First Apostolic Church on this Sunday morning the Lord's day of course every day is the Lord's day and we give praise for another opportunity of gathering together in the house of the Lord I join with the voices that have gone before me by welcoming all to First Apostolic church today I welcome all those who are joining us uh online uh Pastor Anthony mentioned earlier that this is the week that our County and our school system celebrates or takes I guess uh fall break and some folks have made a break for it and uh I know they are still joining us in service so we're glad to have you join us and want you to hurry home but we also welcome those who may have uh uh come from another uh area and you're in church today thank you for being with us in the house of the Lord and O say I also want to say uh welcome back brother Kenneth Brown we've been praying for you brother Brown he it's so good to have you back home at First Apostolic church so good to see you and I want to say I'm glad to see sister Linda Gibson good to have you back in the house of the Lord I love you sis been praying for you would you give her a hand we love all of our church family and we have several who are convalescing right now I'm not going to call all the names I've been in touch with several of them who have had uh uh surgeries and procedures uh from uh illness and from injury and we're praying that the Lord would bring them back to the house of the Lord but they're they're uh already tuning in uh I had to tell on uh brother Shawn O'Brien again his wife sister charity shared a video with me he was injured in a terrible fall and he had to go through several surgeries and procedures on his leg and foot has pin and all that stuff that none of you want to hear about and makes me cringe to think about but with that said he was in his recliner but he was not reclined because you could hear the Praise Team singing as he was watching the uh service and uh he was doing just like this doing just like the whole time and uh I I had to text him after I got the video and said man uh your your worship and praise brought me to tears I'm thankful that God has provided a vehicle that we can carry the gospel to those who can't be here but it also gives us the responsibility if we're capable of being here we need to be in the house of the Lord and we need to be worshiping the Lord so I'm thankful for all that God is doing for us and uh thankful for the many blessings of the Lord I also uh say well welcome uh to brother and sister uh Garder we're so glad to have you folks with us today and we're always excited when our family can get together and uh uh just brag to each other just how about how great our grandbabies are so uh uh love you guys brother Keith sister Angela it's so good to have you here and all who are in the house of the Lord this morning and I have to tell you this uh Bishop M uh just outdid himself Friday night uh preach pring to our Master rally and fellowship meeting what a marvelous word we heard from the Lord and uh uh we enjoyed the service with the the Saints at the promised Church Pastor Lov LA and all of them and Bishop thank you for preaching to me thank you for preaching to us and uh thank you for uh just doing a marvelous job preaching the word in the kingdom of God I want to take you to the word of the Lord this morning I would take you to the book of Lamentations the first chapter Book of Lamentations the first chapter and I'll read three verses Lamentations 1 beginning with verse number one how do the city sit solitary that was once or that was full of people how is it she becomes as a widow she that was great among the Nations and the princess among the provinces how is she become a tributary she weepeth sore in the night and her tears are on her cheeks among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her all her friends have dealt treacherously with her they become her enemies Judah is gone into captivity because of Affliction and because of great servitude she dwelleth among the Heathen she findeth no rest all her persecutors overtook her between the Straits for a few moments this morning drawing from that first statement how that the city sit solitary I would speak to you on this subject now is no time for the church to sit down now is no time for the church to sit down let's pray savior I love you I thank you for your many blessings for your word that feeds us instructs us and protects us now God let us receive your word today let it minister to our hearts and Minds let us say and be all you'd have us to say and be in the name of Jesus we do pray amen and amen Lamentations coming from the word that we're familiar with to lament provides eyewitness testimony of a time when babylon's destruction of Jerusalem is vivid in the writer's detail L me ations indeed is teaching or tells us about the fall of Jerusalem we find that Jerusalem would fall to Babylon and God's people would go into captivity because of their sins because they had rejected God's word that he sent through His prophets and because their governmental leadership had also LED them astray as I reread this account in Lamentations of Jerusalem's de demise I noticed a unique wording in verse number one notice it says how does the city quote sit sit T it does not say as many times when referring to Jerusalem Jerusalem was called a city set on hell but it says sit not set now you folks who are much mightier in English and understanding grammar than I do one of those simple rules that an English teacher taught me a long time ago to understand the difference between sit and set was that people sit and things and objects set but in this case the city it says death sit solitary it gives it personality as an individual and the reason it does is I submit to you this is not a grammatical error but this is also giving us insight into the type and typology the example that is being presented that the church which is represented in scripture and typology as Jerusalem is now an individual even though it's a group and it is in the posture of being seated rather the posture that the city should be in and that the church should be in taking a stand and standing up yes Jerusalem in history and in the word was represented with might and grander at many points in history it had many complimentary names for the city of God's chosen people it was called the city of David the city of God the city of the great king the city of Judah the city of Truth the holy city the holy Mount Perfection of beauty and Throne of the Lord all are referred to when talking about Jerusalem but in typology and symbolically Jerusalem also does represent the church more specifically the people of God who make up God's church so with all of this stated foundationally what Splendor what grander what magnificence and Brilliance how could it be that the church would be described as a place that now sits in solitude that church that City should be a city set on a hill bright a Haven of Rest that protects us all now because of their sins because of their Disobedience to the word and because of poor leadership the city now sits in solitude we must understand that there will be attacks on the church the church will be under Siege a compromise of the church's security weakness and defeat will all come when the church sits down God's people both literally In this passage and in a church that has taken a seat has become complacent and rebellious they sat down and started taking it easy and this led to nothing more than bondage to Babylon so it is with the Church of God today if Satan can't get us all to leave the safety of the church he'll settle for us all sitting down in solitude and being satisfied with the status quo I'm here to tell you in the day we live with all the attacks that are going on against the church it's no time for the church to sit down we must remain standing Vigilant and alert against every attack back of the enemy we must stand strong unashamed unafraid and not looking to put her feet up Satan would like nothing better to than to give the church a proverbial recliner and US say we're going to lean back and be satisfied with where we are we as the Church of God cannot afford to take a symbolic seat amen and sit down we are the church we are the Apostolic Church our heritage is Apostolic our history is Apostolic our Traditions are Apostolic our Legacy is Apostolic this is what we have inherited this is the way we should think feel and do I get nervous when someone tells me oh I'm not backsliding I just want to sit down for a while yes there is a myth that says that elephants never sit down that's not true but those who study elephants tell that elephants in the wild stay on their feet most of their life but elephants who are in captivity find themselves being seated and laying down maybe we can learn from that a Captive Church will find it easier to take a seat but if we understand we're facing the Ws of the world the predators of the world that would come against us sin that would attack the church we must stay on our feet and stay vigilant as a church body if we dwell in captivity we'll feel more comfortable to take a seat or even lay down in Repose notice the subtle hints that we find of the condition of Jerusalem that has taken a seat lamentation one it says how does let the city sit solitary in present tense that was past tense full of people you want to empty the church Let the church take a seat and stop taking a stand for anything that's right Let the church go with the status quo and find satisfaction with our four and no more we got enough we got enough people we've got enough programs we got enough this look at what we've got and we get satisfied and take a seat it won't fill the church up it will empty the church it said the church was full a people understanding the typology of Jerusalem and the church how is she become as a widow the the noted Bible commentator Adam Clark said this of the Jewish Widow of which is spoken here the Jewish Widow is considered the most destitute and wretched of all human beings she has her hair cut short throws off all ornaments eats the courses of food fast often and is all but an outcast in the family of her late husband you see when the church takes a seat it no no longer has the Vibrance and beauty of the bride of Christ instead it becomes as a widow destitute wretched among human beings it goes on to say she that was great among the Nations when the church loses its vision for what we're supposed to do a soul wining station and we become come a place of programs presentations social experiences and we forget our main goal of being a soul-winning station and we take a seat we no longer will be a church of greatness we will be a church that is destitute it said she was great she was a princess remember that we're born of a royal priesthood a holy nation A peculiar people the church should be of God's royalty we should be as a princess to this Kingdom the church should be great frankly in the society in which we live the reason and much of the church and I speak not just of the apostolic church but the idea of church in general the reason the church is not respected is because the churches have stopped respecting ourselves that's right we have tried to make the church more like the world thinking that will make the world comfortable in the church let me Enlighten this again we will be never we will never be rather better at being the world than the world is we don't need to be a sinful station we need to be a Holy Soul Saving Station the world will always be the world sin will always be sin we must be different from this world we must be a holy nation we will lose our greatness it said it said the church has become as a tributary a tributary defined as paying tribute to another as acknowledgment of submission owing obedience or allegiance to another to flow into a larger stream or lake let me tell you I certainly believe that our churches must continue to minister to our community to all of the the needs of the needy but when the church becomes more interested in Social programs than taking the gospel we become a tributary contributing to another cause rather than being the place that others would contribute to I'm not talking about money but I'm talking about resources and desire that it's a lifechanging experience when you become part of the church we're not a rehab center where a Holy Ghost Soul Saving Station that's what we've got to continue to be listen I can't let me slow down I'm yelling but I'm not mad I just want to be forceful with what we were supposed to do we can find ourselves thinking that we're supposed to counsel people out of their problems listen I am not a professional counselor I'm an anointed preacher who God called me to preach I can't help you in the office if you can't come to the Altar and let the Holy Ghost minister to you I'm not your financial planner if you can't let Malachi teach you like the bishop talked about earlier I can't help you there's not a money tree made big enough by the government or anything else that can pay for the cost of sin but when you put your life your finances your morals under the authority of the word of God Miracles take place in your finances are you trying to line your pockets absolutely not I'm trying to find your blessings for you to find see I'm yelling again I want you to find the disciplines for life it's not about putting money in the church it's about putting money in your pocket because you've given unto God and you've let God bless you and touch you and guide you you he'll sew up the holes in those bags that you carry your money in that you've been losing stuff the True Church of God will not become a tributary to this world it will not submit to sin and be obedience obedient have allegiance to sin if we aren't careful the church will sit down and acknowledge the practices the programs of sin it will adopt ideology that instead of filling our church we'll be contributing to others if we aren't careful when the church sits down we'll start feeding and filling the world with our own anointed talent I would say it this way I'm not flat Ed or excited when someone says the winner of this and so talent show used to be Apostolic all that is is an acknowledgement that we lost somebody that we should be have working in the kingdom of God someone sat down and became a tributary feeding into the world right I like those testimonies when someone one had some kind of talent and some kind of ability that suddenly the Holy Ghost convicted their hearts and lives and they came to an altar of repentance they were filled with the Holy Ghost they were baptized his name and suddenly they changed from a sinful lifestyle and found joy found peace found freedom in the Lord when they got in the church not when they left the church oh I may as well say it now I've made enough enemies already I'm sure the social media chat will be greater now so let's just go all the way if you can't invest in your child to be involved in church camp meetings conferences Christian education you can't invest in those things but you can make them a Swifty you've done sit down that's right if you can't invest to have your child in the house of God and involved in all the things that the church provides for them but you are so willing to invest in the things of this world to influence them you're not contributing to the house of God you're sending them as a tributary to a lost sinful world for what ever it's worth remember dogs don't tell their Master to sit the master tells the dogs to sit if we aren't careful we get get it backwards I have to tell you I heard a story a few years ago the heroic baseball player of great history now Reggie Jackson after he had retired had a couple of uh I believe they were pit bulls they were very gentle but man they looked menacing and he was at some event and those pit bulls he had a Handler with him and Reggie Jackson and his two pit Bulldogs and the Handler got on the elevator and said the elevator went down one floor and two older ladies got on the elevator well can you imagine getting on an elevator with these two great big bruisers one home run hitter they're standing on this elevator and two pit bulls and they said the elevator got eerily quiet as they went down it was a multistory skyscraper hotel and as they got about 34 of the way down said one of the pitbulls stood up and said the Handler instinctively said sit said both those L sat down in the floor did you know if we aren't careful as the church sin will come along and will be so intimidated by the programs by the resources and by some of the stuff that goes on we will be afraid to stand up and be the church in this world today every time the world says do something we sit down I'm here to tell you the church needs to be on its feet figuratively saying I'm going to be what God called me to be we're still going to be a Soul Saving Station we're not going to be hoty we're not going to be proud we're not going to be in your face but we are here to win souls and that's what we're going to continue doing the church cannot sit down now is no time Lamentations 2 in our text said she weepeth sore in the night her tears are on her cheeks among all her lovers she hath no none to comfort her all her friends have dealt treacherously with her they have become her enemies you know why because she made friends with the wrong thing when you become friends and lovers with compromise compromise will turn on you second Timothy 3:1 said this know also that in the last days perilous time shall come do I have to take any time to convince us that we're living in perilous times do do I have to refer you to the headlines of the news even the last 24 hours we are living in Desperate perilous times for men shall be lovers of their own selves verse two said verse four said lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof from such turn away don't come on I refuse to be a powerless church I refuse for the refused to allow the apostolic church I refused to let fac Knoxville become a powerless church that's afraid of its shadow and afraid to take a stand for the name of Jesus and stand up and be counted as an Apostolic Jesus name Holiness Church on but did you know just as bad is if you've made friends and a lover out of self-righteousness to be super Pious holier than thou looking down on everybody else with Pharisee gazes that won't fill a church it'll empty it listen I don't have time to fight with other denominations I don't have time to respond to the naysayers I don't need to be worried about those who would fight against the church I need to preach the gospel I need to be holy and righteous before God yes I need to follow a standard that God would be pleased with and instead of trying to fight with others preach the good news of the Gospel everywhere I go I need to be telling people about the wonderful things of God that's what the church is supposed to do when we we become friends of worldliness and lower our standards there are story after story that I could site but I'll just make this general statement in general in many places public education has battled to lower high school standards for graduation requirements only to find when they lowered the standards achievement and graduation rates still went down yes we're not here to lower any standard of being the church we need to be what the church has always been if we as a church start adopting sin lowering our standards for life it will not make us achieve more in Christ the world will always be better as I said it being the world than we are and then it said in verse three of Lamentations Judah is gone into captivity because of Affliction and because of great servitude she dwelleth among the Heathen she findeth no rest all her persecutors overt took her between the Straits now again if you need a quick Bible Lesson Judah means biblically now will I praise the Lord that's what the name Judah stands for now will I praise the Lord when our praise goes into captivity somebody hear me in the house oh pastor don't you think we could ease up just a little bit that that that church our our church is just Mighty emotional you know I'm afraid we're going to scare somebody right you know they come into our church and and and folks are clapping their hands and they're shouting and they're singing uh God forbid they they've got uh some screens up there and some lights oh I I we're we're just not showing reverence I believe in being reverent but I don't believe even being dead let me tell you I refuse to be intimidated and not give God praise my praise is not going into captivity I refuse to be one of those that's afraid to lift my hands to clap my hands if I get excited I may dance I may run I may jump I may shout hallelujah man if that scares you don't you go near nailing St Stadium man that you'll have a coronary if somebody getting a little bit excited don't you dare go to tractor pull they have to wear earplugs all right amen let me tell somebody in this house today when we start trying to limit Our Praise because of the criticisms and the opinions of a lost World we're letting the church sit down and stop being what we're supposed to be yes we will be demonstrative in our worship we will be worshippers and praisers there'll be times when we will give quite reverential praise but there's some times we're going to get excited too I do not apologize I will not let my praise my Judah become Afflicted I will not let it become a servant to the world that I can out praise in the world than I do in the church I will not give my praise to the Heathen it said she dwelleth among the Heathen she findeth no rest it's in man oh I'm not a creature of emotional he you're not a creature of emotion were you the same dude that when somebody pulled it in front of you and you going that's called anger anger is an emotion we're all made creatures of emotion right when the church sits down we lose our praise when Judah goes into captivity Our Praise becomes impaired it said she dwelleth among the Heathen God help us when we are more comfortable to praise with the Heathen but we're inhibited to praise with the Saints verse four said the ways of Zion do mourn because none come to the solemn feast all her gates are desolate her priests sigh her virgins are afflicted she is in bitterness none attend a solemn Feast nothing is sacred anymore we can have a crowd at a picnic but no one would come to a Prayer Revival if that happens the church has taking a seat that's right she's in bitterness Zion Mourns it Grieves it laments when you lose your praise the priest sigh to sigh means to give a deep audible breath in weariness or sorrow I refuse as a spiritual leader in this church and our pastoral staff and our teachers and all those who work in the kingdom of God so many names I could dare not begin to name all of those who contribute in some way in the ministry of First Apostolic church we can never find ourselves going I'm weary right we have to have a refreshing and a renewing of the Holy Ghost every time we come into the house of God don't ever let it be said that we come to church it's a dread let it be a refreshing a renewing an exciting an anticipation that God's here we're going to do something special because he showed up she's bitter show me a church that loses its praise I'll show you a church full of bitterness that's taking a seat all I've said so far might appear to be a bit negative and yes that passage of scripture is called Lamentations for per on purpose because it was a lamenting of what had been compared to what is now last week I told us we ought not to compare so let me tell you this I've got good news for everybody in the house First Apostolic Church of Knoxville has not nor will not sit down Hallelujah we've been taking a stand for over 66 years and I Proclaim I have the evidence among me we haven't taken a seat Instead This is a church that has taken a stand all of these years that we will will be a Jesus name Apostolic Holiness Church will Minister every way God affords us the privilege of doing so could I have you to stand with me praise team musicians get ready I've said this before but I'll reiterate it for the two who's never heard it I guess if you were going to buy used pews out of a church you might ought to buy them out of an Apostolic church because they hadn't been used as much as they have in other churches we get up and stand up a lot physically but that only indicates that we've taken to stand spiritually I say the real Apostolic Church needs to continue to stand up in this day Ephesians 6:13 said it this way wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God you don't put on Armor unless you're getting ready for a fight armor is not Leisure wear armor is not what you put on to go on vacation you put on Armor when you're ready for a fight he said take unto you the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the day the evil day we're living in an evil day he said stand up put on the whole armor and having done all stand having done all stand let me tell you in this house today there's some stuff that looks like you're fighting a battle stand don't sit down don't give up God has given us an opportunity we're in a battle against sin and the enemy himself stand up verse 14 says stand therefore having your loins gted about with truth let me tell you the truth of God will help you stand in a war and having on the breastplate of righteousness righteousness will protect you your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace preacher I thought you PR preaching about War I am the best way to prevent war is to promote peace that's right he said put on the arm but said have your feet Shaw with the preparation of the Gospel let the word of God bring peace Amen in your situations the problem when we let our flesh start dealing with things rather than let the preparation of the Gospel It prepares us for dealing with situations properly and above all taking the shield of faith faith will protect us our belief in Christ will protect us wherewith ye shall be able to quench the fiery darts of the wicked take the helment of Salvation And The Sword of the spirit which is the word of God praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching there into with all Pur perseverance supplication for the Saints notice verse 19 and for me that utterance may be given to me I want to say things right notice that I may open my mouth boldly to make known The Mystery of the gospel for which I am an ambassador in bonds that therein I may speak boldly as I ought to speak speak now again this is the Apostle Paul writing to the church at Ephesus he's not pinning these words in a penthouse suite with monogrammed letterhead instead he's likely moving the quill and ink dragging chains across them as he pins the word for he's in bondage he's taking a prisoner and what's he saying in the situation he's in he's saying I want to open my mouth boldly that's not talking about being confrontational too many Christians think we're supposed to go out and be confrontational Christ didn't call called us to be confrontational he called us to be Soul winners he who winth the soul is Wise It's not going out and creating confrontation even with some someone that has conflict with you he said I opened my mouth boldly concerning what the mystery of the Gospel he said I'm not an ambassador for myself for my any personal attacks against me but I'm am an ambassador in bonds for the gospel that there and I may speak boldly as I ought to speak the psalmist said Psalms 111 six he ha showed his people the power of His works that he may give them the heritage of the Heathen listen if we'll do what God calls us to do he'll provide for us the heritage of the Heathen the thing that the Heathen ought to be inheriting would become that of the church The Works of his hand are ver uh Verity and judgment all his Commandments are sure they stand fast forever and ever and are done in truth and righteousness I would draw shortly to a close by reading you just a few more passages of scripture for Nehemiah 9 we read of the rebuilding of the house of God the temple of God this is not telling us about now Babylonian servants when the church would sit down but this is now revisiting and a rebuilding Nehemiah 9:1 said now in the 24th day of this month and the children of Israel were assembled with fasting with sackcloth and Earth upon them sounds like they humbled themselves before God and the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers and they stood up in their place and read in the book of The Law of the Lord their god notice 1/4th part of the day y'all think I preached long they read the book of law for fourth part of the day and then after they heard the book of the law for a fourth part of the day it says they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God isn't it amazing if you get into the book of God and you get into the law of God it will make you confess before God it didn't say they got up in front of the church and had a confession they confessed before God and they worshiped you see that's what we commonly call repentance when you confess before God when you find you a place to kneel down for a while and you talk to the Lord and you let the word start ministering to you repentance will come and then worship will come how many times have we as a church seen one seen someone who's been bound by sin and the word of God be preached not in condemnation but just simply the law of God go forth and suddenly they want to confess before God and they repent of their sins and invariably when someone starts repenting worship starts coming forth a freom to give your praise and worship to [Music] God folks upstairs I didn't give you this but that's okay you can take my word for it it's still in the book the law of God has never been about [Music] condemnation in fact Romans said this there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death oh there's another really good Bible study there that I got to give you in 30 seconds notice Christ didn't come around condemning if the church becomes a condemning station we're not here to condemn people folks are already condemned by guilt and shame of what sin is done to them the church is here to call out folks and condemn them we're not being like Jesus if we go around all the time condemning folks sin will do that for them but the law of God the law of the spirit of Life the Bible refers to it hath made me free I'm not here to condemn you I'm here to tell you about the joy and freedom that comes in the law of God you will be free from the law of sin and the law of death so what did Jesus say in John three for God so condemned the world no for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world if the church becomes a condemning station we're not being like Jesus Jesus didn't come to condemn the world Jesus came to love the world and to bring Salvation for God sent his son into the world not to condemn but that the world through him through who through Jesus might be saved he that believeth on him is not condemned well see there preacher all you got to do is just believe on Jesus believe let's read on this is still Jesus words but he that believeth not is condemned already because Heath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God and this is the condemnation of the world now here it is here's what condemns the world that the light has come to the world and Men love Darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil Deeds sinful Deeds for everyone that doeth evil hateth light now please don't let this slip by because you're standing and you're anticipating a dismissal because this is the ju of the matter this is not talking about what you think in sin it's talking about what you do in sin the Deeds of sin and this is the condemnation that light is com to the world but men love Darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil for everyone that doeth evil hateth the light who's the light Jesus is the light of the world if you're doing wrong if you're doing sin Jesus said you hate the light neither come to the light lest his deeds should be reproved notice verse 21 please notice this but he that doeth truth how do you do truth ask you said it said but he now this is Jesus talking this is mol this is Jesus he said he that doeth truth the way you do truth is obey truth you can claim you believe it all you want to have you done anything about it when Peter preached on the day of Pentecost repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost he didn't say believe this he was saying you got to do this right but he that doeth truth cometh to the light you want to come to Jesus do truth you're not doing truth just because you say you believe it what you say means one thing what you do proves it because if you believe something you will act on what that something says but he that doeth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be manifest that they are rought in God quick definition for all you folks that want to know what words really mean if you look up the word rot the word rot means of metals beaten out or shaped by by hammering God has to hammer some things out in us we have to be pliable that the God we serve has to shape us and have to has to mold us if we as the church stand like Jesus then we must preach the Salvation message not with condemnation but with love that Jesus loved the whole world I would ask everybody in this house if you would like to maintain your stand in Christ I'd like for you to step out from your seats where you are and gather around the Altar for a few moments of prayer you know some folks sit down for so long that their legs go to sleep I've done that naturally I mean you got that tingly you want to stand up but there's a tingling all over can't get up so you know what I found out the best way to get up when you're in that kind of situation been sitting for a long time sometimes I have to go down on my knees first we might learn something from that spiritually sometimes in our posture both naturally or spiritually we have to bow ourselves before God and say Lord I need to be reminded that I've got to take a stand for who you are and whose you are cuz you know what happened that gets the blood flowing I still need the blood of Jesus flowing in my life today so I can take a stand are you willing to stand for your family are you willing to stand for Holiness I'm glad to be a part of a church that's taking a stand could we lift our hands and love the Lord in prayer right now as the praise team leads us in worship let's pray right now Hallelujah God I love you God let me stand against the enemy God let me stand against the enemy God if I've grown LAX God if I've grown impatient Lord if I've grown uncaring I pray that you would reach down right now Lord Lord and let me stand up once again for you let me be reminded Lord if I've taken a seat and Lord I haven't been doing what you call me to do with the fervor Lord with the excitement with the intentions Lord let me stand for you this day God let us be a church that represents what You' have us to be God I want to be the center of you yeah I want to be in the center of your will I want to be in the center of your way Lord [Applause] hallelujah oh yeah yeah nothing in this world Lord let me stand for righteousness this day Lord let me stand for you everything everything re roles around you Jesus you Hallelujah be the center of this church Lord Jesus be the center of this church CER of your [Music] church every knee will bow every T shall you Jes oh Jesus I love you Jesus I love you Jesus I love you Lord Jes you Lord oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] Jesus from my heart to the heavens Jesus be the center it's all about you yes it's all about heart to [Music] [Applause] the it's all about you yes it's all about you the center of it all would you love him would you love him right now would you love him thank you Lord Jesus Lord let us Stand For You Lord let us take a stand for you you are our strength you're our power you're our Authority you're our protection you're our Salvation we stand for you this day Lord we stand for you this day would you give the Lord a clap offering of Praise right now savior we worship you this day we worship you this day please go from this house unashamed and unafraid to stand up for the Savior be a witness be a leader in the kingdom of God please be here tonight our main Evangelistic service we'll have prayer time at 6 main Evangelistic service at 6:30 all musicians and praise team be aware of your alerts that will be sent to you via all of the platforms that we notify those folks for your practice time times greet everyone in Jesus name you're dismissed shake hands and be friendly