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church would you help me pray right now together lord we know god that you have a purpose and a plan and we believe you for it in the name of jesus thank you lord for allowing us to pray allowing us to sing allowing us to celebrate lord your presence thank you for that lord for every heart every life that's in this room we thank you lord right now we want to hear from you once again lord i make myself available to you jesus i must have you and on our hearts our ears our minds that we would hear the word today of the lord and that our hearts and lives would be changed we want to be god what you want us to be in the name of jesus thy kingdom come lord thy will be done in jesus name church would you lift your hands to him one more time before you sit down and just love him i need you i'm hungry for you lord my life only has meaning god when you're in it lord when you're in it lord jesus i need you lord i must have you jesus i must have you jesus oh great god jehovah i need you praise the name of jesus somebody say in jesus name wow what a wonderful presence of the lord that is here god works in great ways god's power and purpose is his amen he allows us to connect with him i have no doubt in this room today there are multitudes of things problems and issues and stuff but i guarantee you are in the right place if you'll simply just reach out to him amen now i i enjoy the singing and the music and the worship and the prayer that's it's what you do it's what our hearts look for but i come today to tell you the word of god is what will change you amen past the oohy and the gooey and the goosebumps and whatever the word of god is what gets in you it's what adjusts you look at your neighbor and say you need adjusting tell them you know i'm not a chiropractor the word is here the word can adjust us amen lift your hand lord help us today to be closer to you let your word settle in us god i pray oh jesus in this generation it is culture god we need you in jesus name you may be seated if you feel like you have to thank you to all the singers musicians the choir great job today guys to those that taught classes that teach sunday school that help with the greeting and the welcoming and everybody that's involved at cornerstone in ministry and doing your part thank you so much for what you do the lord bless you somebody say amen mama what a what a sight to behold a construction project like no other beautiful workings of stone and rock wood and materials a building that would be used for the purpose of bringing people together in order for them to worship their god some would say that this would even be called an architectural masterpiece this building the all the right hardware all the right decorations and the pieces that accented and set it apart a place if you will that would you would be proud to say was your temple your place to to worship the temple was a place of prominence if you will in the community and and everybody that knew anything about the community most times would associate that community with what kind of temple was in that community it was in this place this temple that we see the account of luke in the new testament is very overcrowded on that particular day was very busy season if you will in the temple the fact remains that if you go into this study of the account of luke you find that at this particular day jesus and his entourage if you will were standing in the temple grounds offerings were being brought to the temple it was required if you will for those that were going to worship and celebrate as in worshiping the true god the wealthy for an example they would bring treasures to the temple and everybody could see the treasures they would bring and they would associate the amount of their offering if you will that they were going to give to the temple they would understand this guy has his act together because just look how he's dressed and and look at what he's brought as his sacrificial offering and notice that that he's superly duperly blessed as handy-dandy would say the wealthy would bring their treasures and gifts and everybody knew they had come for that purpose jesus and his disciples his followers they they were all amazed according to the story we read in luke they're looking around and they're like man this is a great looking place every corner is just hustling and bustling with people that have come to the temple for this time to bring worship unto god every place that you could look people were there working it was all because of the requirements that the the pharisees they had put a law into place and you were required to fulfill if you were going to be a part of the temple you would have to bring this sacrifice this portion of your goods to the church stay with me for just a moment today if you would it was in that environment that jesus is standing in the midst of the crowd and he's watching things unfold and with his eye that he knows and sees all things he's making mention to those that are close to him notice this one and look how that one is and put your eyes on that family over there and notice how this one is interacting men would stand there in the line to offer their monies under the temple as was which was required by the sight you could tell these guys had it all together they spoke the part they looked the part they dressed the part their groupies that were around them they all brought it with pomp into the house and the temple and they were doing what they were supposed to do it was very noisy was very congested there was a lot of activity going on that particular day in the temple but in the midst of the hubbub in the midst of the commotion in the midst of all of this beauty and grandeur enters a small widow woman she doesn't look like they look she doesn't have the air like they have she got nobody carrying a sack of money for her she simply joins the crowd with her sacrifice to bring to the temple not a whole lot to see here with her there's not a show going on there there's nothing really that it's definite that she's not at the level of life like these others who bring all of this with them but according to the story it is jesus on this day standing and looking at these people in their activity and their actions and their mindset that he simply leans over to the disciples and he says to them notice what just transpired i will ask you this question which one of these that you see in this line of monies to give which one gave the most the disciples no doubt they're scratching their head they can very well tell it's the guy that has this that and all of that together and the group with him and they're bringing it in and it looks good wow you can even tell who he is by the way his nose is shaped and they all begin to say well yeah it's that one boy that one's got a prettier vest on that one's got a better looking robe on this one's got this that one has that and jesus the whole while is saying you have to look past that and see and notice the little lady standing there what do you mean jesus of all that was given in that line of money givers today she gave the most no no no way no way there's no way i i only saw her place her hand over the the receiving apparatus the bucket the case the bag and she just opened it and and truth is is that she took declaration at that time i've given you what would be considered in our today's money system to be two pennies only and she drops it in the pan and she bows her way out of it jesus immediately identifies with her grabs the attention of the disciples those that want to know him those that pay attention to what he's doing and he says the very very obvious is this you would think the rich and the famous but jesus looks at them and teaches them a lesson luke 21 that's where we find the story unfold verse number one he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury and he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites and he said of truth i say to you that this poor widow have cast in more than they all for all these have of their abundance cast into unto the offerings of god but she of her penury has cast in all the living that she had she placed more emphasis on her offering she did because she understood its worth and its value when you come to the things of god although man the disciples they were weighing out what just happened by what they saw and what they thought they comprehended jesus was instructing them in this matter listen to me carefully when you give out of your abundance you haven't given it a second thought it hasn't even dawned on you what's happening but when you've got a scrape and when you've got to sacrificially decide this goes to the temple work this is not for me this is what i was instructed to do as a child this is what i continue to do although my husband's gone my kids are nowhere to be found i will still do the things of god because he requires them of me i stand at this podium today and i will declare to you that jesus in that hour he taught them a very powerful and a very pointed lesson about what they need to look for when it comes to the things of god hear this preacher today when you give you give sacrificially not out of what's already there but a sacrifice that says i don't know how it's going to come about but i'm going to open up my hand my heart and i'm going to give to the things of god notice today friend i didn't come to this podium to talk to you about your offerings i'm not even rising to this desk to tell you that you're not giving enough or you need to give more i'm bringing to you a principle of the word of god that simply states this you could be standing in a building that looks enormously great and grand and you can put on heirs like you're somebody and all the box of cracker jacks but when it comes to the things of god he's looking at your men your demeanor and your purpose and why you do what you do what are you talking about preacher i'm telling you this when it comes to the things of god you better settle them in your heart and you better know i don't care what man's gonna think it doesn't matter what my neighbor says about me i've come because i believe in submitting to the word of god in submitting to the things of god hang on to me a moment in doing what god has instructed me to do jesus standing in that temple that day notice how this story unfolds this is an incredible indication of the human nature huge and lovely were all the decorations the temple was something worth being in but in verse number five in luke 21 some has spake of the temple how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts he said as for these things which you behold the days will come in which there shall not be left one stone upon another hmm that shall not be thrown down and they ask him in verse seven master but when shall these things be and what signs shall we shall there be when these things shall come to pass when everything would be undone when all of the beauty and the grandeur of the temple would be knocked down when there would be no stone to represent what they once had there when is this going to happen interesting how he translates from this mode of giving and understanding into this mode of trying to tell them everything you've placed your eyes on in this room will mean nothing jesus is continuing the education you're not going to recognize this place in fact it's going to be destroyed it's going to fall apart and it's going to go by the wayside generations to come they will not even know what was here but rather if you'll turn your attention to what god is doing in the lives of the humans in this place you'll notice here that the mercies and the grace of god are working and what the rich man was trying to do the widow woman she had an understanding of giving of your best under the things of god hear me it's not about your name your pedigree or where you're from but it's about submission to the plan and the purpose of god sitting in that environment what jesus was doing was beginning to blow their minds listen they're looking at everything going on around and jesus says this doesn't mean anything but you need to understand something about what's transpiring in this day in luke chapter 21 verse number eight notice what he says things to watch for there's things that you need to keep your eyes open to deceivers are going to come in my name he says there'll be wars he says there'll be commotion hear it he says nation will rise against nation kingdom against kingdom great earthquakes that's right he says there'll be famines there'll be pestilences there'll be fearful sights there'll be signs in the heavens man this don't look good at all does it again they're standing in the temple everything should be great and grand but he's looking around them saying you get your eyes off of this because what's happening here this is going to be destroyed but things are going to change you and i today in 2021 we look at this list and we notice in verse 8 of 21 here that it's not a pretty list brother daniel wars commune commotion going on things happening things going people against people famines pestilence fearful sights it's not a very hopeful situation the world is in chaos things are happening that are uncertain the unjust are ruling and i've come today to tell somebody that when jesus mentions these to his disciples standing in the temple that day he then says to them but wait there's more there's more before all of these before all of these they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you delivering you up to the synagogues and the prisons being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake and it shall turn to you for a testimony before all of these natural things happen before all these wars and all these things begin to transpire you need to know something before any of that takes place the church is about to go through some persecution if you believe in jesus christ you need to know something that in that day what jesus was instructing them that temple was built for a purpose it took them years to build it it took all manner of money to put it together but that didn't mean anything in the presence of the lord god what jesus noticed was the heart of the lady who brought the best of what she had into the church house and then he starts talking all these negative things and you and i in our minds we think in 2021 any day now jesus could come any day now the skies could split and we could go over into heaven and i believe that to be true because god's controlling everything but if the story is told here in the chapter in luke it stands true then you and i got something to look forward to and what we need to clarify within our minds it doesn't matter what the world system is it doesn't really matter what they think we ought to be doing that's blood bought children of god now more than ever before we need to settle within ourselves who we are we're not going to be swayed by the testimony of some preacher across town who can draw a crowd and pound a podium we're not going to be swayed by somebody who says it don't matter the name of jesus it don't matter baptism in that name holy ghost isn't for us today friend of mine if you're not walking in truth you better know you're gonna walk in confusion and the enemy's going to come in and destroy you and run you to the ground and you've got nothing to stay hang on to me a moment see i preach you preach we all preach we all talk about jesus coming jesus coming jesus coming how many believe jesus is coming there's some things about to happen though in the church i'll just ask it this way you don't have to throw your hand up when's the last time you were persecuted for the namesake of jesus christ anybody man in this generation we live now there's so much junk going on you can walk around naked downtown new york and everybody thinks it's cool ain't noticing that no i'm not about to do that i can't get this out there you know what i'm saying come on things happen all over the place churches stuff things buildings all these things going on our world is in just doing this man it's internal it's just turning turning turning things are happening but you listen to this preacher today on this sunday i'm here to reach for somebody that what jesus told his disciples looking them in the eyeball on that day was telling them you better get your eyes off of those guys that are standing in line to act like they're all that in a box of cracker jacks in fact this building as grand as it is it's going to go to the ground we learned that not long ago didn't we god can take a building out from under you but it don't stop the church come on this this is my choice this had now how i would have done it but god knows and god's putting people in the church altar people are receiving the holy ghost i'm believing god's got a plan now listen to preacher real good here it doesn't mean it's easy it doesn't mean that we have reached the end it simply means that we are learning and understanding as humans in this culture and in this generation that jesus name people listen you're going to be offered up as sacrifices in fact you're going to have to go to the to the places of religion and give an account for what you believe there are churches if you will there are bodies that believe out there that they're right just like you believe you're right in fact it's we learned that from the very beginning when the children of israel who god helped me today when they were in egypt what happened when moses had to go before pharaoh come on throw your stick on the ground boom we can do the same thing but man when i get to the house of god i worship fine we can go to church and do it too the devil in hell can lift his voice under the lord god in worship and adoration he's the one who wrote the book leading the choir he knows how to do that the question is this where's the heart that you bring to the house of god don't think for one moment that you can sachet yourself into the blessings and the anointing of god and it not cost you something jesus was instructing them on that day this poor widow that doesn't tell her name it don't tell anything about where she came from nor her past it simply says jesus is standing there and he sees what happens and when he begins to ask his disciples they got the answer he says stop right where you are things are going to happen terrible things are going to take place but instead of looking for all the things the wars the kingdom against king of the nation against nation friend of mine you better get settled in your heart who you are if you truly are one god apostolic you better understand that you better not let the word of god fall apart in your home but you better get in that bible and understand the word says this children sit down and i'm going to tell you this says the word of the lord this is how the things of god are this is why i'm apostolic young person this is why i believe in worshiping god this is why i wear what i wear do what i do walk the way i walk why because i will not be ashamed of the gospel of christ it has changed my life and regardless of what the world around me does i've got to give an account unto the lord god i don't want the things of the temple i don't want the things in my possession i don't want the stuff that i own to keep me from marching into heaven's glory when my name is called and when i stand before him i want to know that i know that he has saved me and he has redeemed me i declare today we spend a whole lot of time talking about the coming of the lord and possibly very possibly we forget the events that will take place before that day because we're hopeful pre-mid post trip trip trip discussion i don't know anybody else talk about that or is that just me i don't know what you're talking about pastor see i all know this he's coming he's coming and every account in the word that i read he didn't come until they cried children of israel they were in bondage 400 years before it finally dawned on them called unto the lord god it was god who came to moses said hey i need to use you to get people out why because a cry is heard when the church when the church realizes lord the things this world is not my home this is not why i'm alive this has nothing to do with my eternal home watching your soul go to a devil's hell ought to make me fall on my face and cry before god but watching your soul connect with the lord god of israel and lift you up as jehovah jireh and provide for you salvation provide for you a name that's above every name that you could call on that name jesus and everything in your life be changed listen friend if you're carrying your future and your backpack and you can pull it out anytime you better be careful what you're carrying in that backpack it's kind of like the old timers used to talk there was that rich young fella that had gold he had riches he had treasure he had everything that he ever needed and so much more it was time for him to die and somehow he negotiated a plan can i bring with me the things that are important and valuable the angel said sure you can bring one case with you so he loads up his suitcase with every bit of gold that he could buy he's going to heaven with gold it's all valuable to him and as he stands there that day and he gives an account the angel says hey what's in your suitcase there he said man i was told i could bring one suitcase one thing that's important to me one thing that's valuable to me to heaven therefore i'm going to bring it they say can i see what you got and he opens it up the angel simply steps back scratches his head you would come to heaven with asphalt man i put this stuff on the streets of glory this ain't got no value here but what you better listen for is the name coming out of the voice of jesus christ well done thy good and faithful servant you've been faithful over a few things i'll make you a ruler over many things i've got a plan for you i've got a purpose for you i understand there is a day that's coming and it's going to come like a thief in the night and if you're not ready for it prepared as a bride for the groom you're not going to go matthew wrote it like this 25-13 watch therefore for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the son of man cometh watch what mom and dad was the last time you told your kids about heaven husband wife when's the last time you discuss the glories of heaven it ought to be part of your conversation once in a while just like tennessee football lord i didn't just say that all right georgia football whatever jesus explained to his followers listen friend the simple lesson of this widow standing here with two months two months a little of nothing but following and understanding the purpose in the law of god she brought it and she gave it jesus said there's more value there because of her submission to the promise i declare today the word of the lord before we look completely at the events happening around us before the we approach the coming of the lord at our bidding lord you need to come right now because i don't want to have to take that test next week or i don't want to pay that bill lord that i'm the one who went by you know all that stuff that we we negotiate in our brain let's understand that every generation has had its purpose i heard physically with my own ears my precious grandmother died saying i knew that i would see the coming of the lord i knew that he would come back but he hasn't i just mentioned a moment ago 2022 is on its way many of us thought man 2000 it's done why 2k i had to work 24 hours that day i was in i.t man they were scared to death that things were going to fall apart and i didn't i just want to go home well if i land here or land there god be glory here's my password here's that lord help me today but here we are we will every generation does the same thing they plant seed that they begin to work they start doing the things of god they water they do the things of god they understand what we're doing here i mentioned to somebody earlier today even i my uncle he before he passed away he got he gathered up some old eight millimeter black and white tapes that had been taken video at their church that they helped start in murfreesboro it was an apostolic church man they were just crazy people they just loved god they just served god man they clapped in church it looked just like that sister ethel though brother duran she had a tambourine church my grandfather on the stage guitar had that swoop hairdo going on black my uncle's standing behind him church shout worshiping going on is black and white eight millimeter no sound to it it's just this and in my mind i could hear every one of them i could hear every one of them when i go back to where this church i mentioned it a moment ago thank you brother duran for putting together a choir our church i when we came here my wife and i my two precious kids there was 12 or 13 people the whole church we could have fifth sunday meals at two tables we're sister kathy remember that huh that was it and now look at all y'all up here taking up space on this stage oh may mean nothing to you but god's working god's doing things people are hungry and thirsty for the things of god and i look at that i say lord every generation has come everybody has dug in the soil everybody has planted the seed of the word and they have hoped and they have prayed god we believe that you're coming i don't know about you but when i read about the second coming of the lord i believe it's going to happen do you i do i believe that when i read about it i am amazed and astounded about the details that are given graves are going to open those that are dead they'll go and those that are alive and remain be caught up together they'll meet in the air what does that even mean of course hollywood does a good job of saying cars are going to crash you know and clothes are going to just disappear and people are going to fool get out of here and all this stuff's going and i don't know it might be here the truth is i plan on being on the other side of that it doesn't matter what happens here sorry somebody please go let the dog out that's all i care you know what i'm saying he just needs to go out but listen to me carefully whether it's today tomorrow and 100 years from now every generation our generation we are doing what we do for the next generation because they're going to be continuing the things of god and heaven forbid that we would pass to the next generation a message that says it is more important about the ornate building it is more important about how you dress and feel to come into the things of god as opposed to having a right spirit submitted to the things of god in the word god help us today to understand that the lord god can multiply your lord 10 cents into bountiful blessings but it's not about that it's about submitting to the word of god and understanding i give i submit i thoroughly enjoy the passion and the things of god nobody's putting me in a headlock nobody's putting my hand on their guillotine nobody gonna threaten me about heaven a friend of mine you start talking heaven i'm ready to go it's what i'm looking for it's my desire it's my hope it is my hope that one day i'll go there notice the writer luke says in 21-14 settle it therefore in your heart nothing not to meditate before what ye shall answer for i will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gain say nor resist and ye shall be betrayed both by parents brethren kinfolk frim some of you shall they shall cause to be put to death and ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake but here at verse 18 but there shall not and hair of your head perish in your patience possess ye your souls what he was declaring here is when he was talking about the temple in its grandeur and its beauty and he was talking about the widow lady he was declaring with them that day the same thing that he's declaring now you need to put in your heart you need to understand settle it now come what may i'm a blood-bought child of god you see there's a lot of us in here that are in the same boat and we're thinking hard about how we would respond or how we would do well they put me in jail what am i going to say i better practice listen hear me i'm a child of god leave me alone there's been a whole lot of folk that have tried to do that one and end up with their head cut off they're called martyrs but what will it be hang on to me hang on don't turn loose to me yet what would it be like in that day though for when the persecution and they will come when the trials and they will happen what would it be like though to be so connected to god in your relationship that he would simply breathe and the words would begin to happen and the unction and the anointing would begin to flow see there's a lot of us that could stand up today and testify and say you know what so and so this and that work whatever they try to tell and i just stood there and told them oh anyway about to happen you better back off i'm going to go to church and and then and the fact is is we can control that but according to the scriptures as much as we believe in a heaven and a hell we got to believe that the day is going to come that you're going to be persecuted prosecuted and you're going to be thrown to the wolves for the name of jesus sake but jesus was telling them on that day and i declare it today don't meditate and worry about those things what you need to concern yourself with now more than ever is your relationship with an almighty god that's why when the church doors are open you need to be here that's why when prayer means called you better be the first one to sign up for it that's why when it's pre-church prayer you don't nonchalantly walk in here but you come in with your sword drawn and your shield up i've come to do war on the floor i'm not letting my babies go to hell i'm not letting my family burn in hell but i'm coming believing that the lord god has put me here in this generation for this moment i won't meditate on the things of what i think should be but instead i'll give myself to prayer i'll give myself to the word i'll give myself to understand and god will do what he will do stand with me please all over the room brother jerome come on settle it settle this in your heart god i've got to determine now no matter what that i am yours and you are mine i can't worry about things i can't wonder about things i i don't know what's going to happen with them i'm not i never got my visual brain because i have an imagination anybody else remember those i still have one anybody else a lot of us let others dictate our imaginations our images don't we well that's a message for another day but my mind though my brain works in weird ways and i'll hear a verse of scripture i'll hear somebody's testimony i'll even hear lyrics from a song in the world who can't get enough of your love jesus y'all thought i was going barry white that one didn't you yeah yeah yeah yeah jesus i can't meditate on what i think what otter would have this is how no god i've got to settle it now your name is greater than anything the church has more power than anything i will say i believe you lord i know god that you have all power and reasoning for the things that i'm in can i tell someone today listening it might be that instead of an explanation or a reason for who you are and what you believe that you should focus more on his voice and how it works in your lives that you should focus on the moment that you stand in the presence of god knowing god i'm not sure how things are going to turn out in this but i know that hard times persecution things are going to happen but i don't look to those lord i look to you i know lord that there were those who have been martyred for the cause of christ there have been many lord that were flayed alive and burned at the stake and boiled in oil and hung upside down beheaded and arms and legs cut off even even even in 2021 we can look across the world and we see horrible things happening to people because they claim christianity but i'll ask again when was the last time you were persecuted for his name's sake huh so we've become good you know i i've used this scenario before but you know at the lunchroom at work or at school and we're sitting there eating and we're getting our fork and napkin out and close our eyes and say lord bless this food and jesus then thank you very much because now that way we don't have to draw attention now you just don't want to draw attention to yourself what if you did draw attention to the lord come on anybody ever have a waitress or a waiter at a restaurant my wife and i will grab hands over every meal lord thank you for the day the food bless it love you for it and we've had him stand back and wait and then when you finish and say hey man they go sorry i didn't mean to interrupt here and we've had others that just came right on in i don't know what you're gonna make me go to verse two aren't you listen to this preacher guys there's a reason that the blood of jesus is applied to your life there's going to come a day that you'll be hated for that you better know that settle it you better know it i don't know if i'm able to stand there and then you better decide right now than what you're going to do because it's going to happen it's going to happen come on you i mean you think it's not you look at our nation the condition of our world right now look at our united states of america the confusion the question people running around what in the world's going where's truth where's honesty where's integrity come on is the church still going to be the church because they're coming after you i'm not a negative person i'm a nation i'm telling you this is what the word says you really believe jesus can deliver you you really believe he's the answer you really believe trust in him is the answer you better know it you better deny him and walk away how can i do that people ask me sometimes why do you bless your food at a restaurant i tell them very specifically i don't know who works back in that kitchen why do you bless it at home you know who because i know i fixed it it's a win-win god i got to get you in everything mom and dad you need to be praying over your babies every day wives you need to be praying for your husband's everyday husband you need to be praying for your wives every day pray for your children pray for your neighbor why because you don't know what they're going to face that day but you listen to this preacher today don't meditate on the thing and try to discover and come up with your own plan the scripture very specifically says in that day the anointing the unction will begin to move pastor can you explain that no i can't explain to you how a brown cow can eat green grass and give white milk doesn't make sense to me but it's what happens i'm convinced and i'm done that there are decisions in this place today some of us hang on to me some of us are trying to fix our world by getting our carry permit and strapping on a gun and believing this is the answer and we can all say because you know there's a bunch of us in here right i'm one of them and we can all say well you don't know how crazy they are well that's true well here's the question i'm a hot topic right for the day here's the question what you gonna do man i meditated on this center mass yeah right i can see it now hold on hold up right there tell you me honey where did i go where's my honey this don't look good see my jacket come on get my jacket i haven't been one of you ladies make me get this purse out y'all hold those m m's oh that's a mint i needed that oh don't you tell me i'm lying no we got this figured out though we've been thinking about it i've come to declare to somebody why why and i get that i do because i believe we ought to be i believe ought to protect my wife and my kids i do and i'm going to y'all don't come in my wife's bedroom at night if i'm not there all doors are locked the baseball bat laying there next to the bed i have no idea what she would do lord jesus i know that if she's in her right mind alive things will happen i can't imagine dead sleep sorry oops oh lord jesus i can see it now i'd be on the ground all beat up i didn't even know honey i'm sorry what would it be oh jesus what would it be though if we were to pour some energy into i've settled it come what may i'm going to love you god i'm going to serve you god i'm going to get in the word lord i'm going to take my family to the altar i'm going to make sure they're baptized i'm going to make sure they're full of the holy ghost i'm going to make sure every day i talk of the goodness of the lord i meditate on the things of god instead of the things that i cannot do i've come today to ask somebody standing in this room could it be that this day salvation is working in your life and instead of worrying about what you cannot control why don't you put some effort and energy on what you can control getting close to him showing his love his mercy and his grace the future depends on your ability to give attention to his voice because in that day when he will say what you need to say and he'll give you the unction and the anointing the greatest challenge and question for every one of us is will we hear his voice and know it's him i will tell you this lauren come here baby and i'm done i have to use her a lot cause she's my daughter baby right here that as my daughter in our relationship if i get a hold of her and i pull her close she can hear her dad she'll even have to ask brother daniel at this point we connect because of our relationship i wonder do you have that relationship with your heavenly father that he's holding you so close that you would know when he speaks to you thank you baby and you could move under the unction and know that it was god it wasn't your flesh it wasn't things it wasn't the media the news it was instead it was your connection with god that's what i've challenged you today to work on lord i need to find a place to pray because i've been so overwhelmed with stuff and things in junk that i have no control over but i do have control over my relationship with you this altar is open right now for anybody that wants to come and pray i want to invite you to come and bow your knee before a holy god and declare lord i'm not sure all the other things but one thing i do know i got to be able to hear your voice i've got to be able to hear your voice come on you need to kneel on the floor you do so there's carpet you need to kneel at this altar come on bow your knee before the lord god my relationship with you has got to be first my connection with you lord has got to be right come on his prayer time in the house of the lord some of you need to discover one more time your voice of prayer your prayer voice that gets a hold of god more than a now i lay me down to sleep but a prayer that's desperate for the things of god and the voice of god to speak into your life come on come on the lord god can move in your situation right now if you continue to carry that junk around and meditate on the things that you can't control it's going to drive you crazy but i challenge you right now get under the blessing of the lord god let the word of god unfold in your life and watch how things happen in you come on it's prayer time lift your voice get past your flesh get past the things that you don't understand or comprehend and allow the blessings of god to work in you come on young people i invite you to come pray would you even right there at your seat you can bow down your knee there come on mom and dad i invite you to pray get a hold of god that's right get a hold of god it's prayer time lord jesus in the name of jesus in the name of jesus in the name of jesus come on that's right it's prayer time jesus i'm trusting you jesus i'm believing you oh god i'm getting closer to you lord i want the things of this world to distract me that's right come on come on list your prayer voice jesus i must have you in my heart jesus i must have you sir i gotta hear your voice i know god that you have order in the kingdom and i'm coming after you today i am thirsty for you jesus i'm coming after you god i don't know what else to do lord i've got to hold to you i've got to get a hold of you i need you jesus that's right come on mom and dad come on young person cry out to the lord yeah yeah yeah yeah jesus jesus i need you jesus do you i believe you jesus your way's right your plan is perfect you've got it all worked out i'm not sure anything lord but i will settle it today your will be done on earth as in heaven your will be accomplished jesus jesus jesus holy holy god that's right come on pray church come on mom and dad get a hold of god worthy is the lamb worthy is the lamb worthy is the land my holy is your name holy is your name jesus christ pray god great god that's right come on that's right jesus worthy is your name lord i'm hungry for you thirsty for you i must have you i can't worry about things lord i've got to give them to you jesus come on pray for your family right now while you're praying lord take my life anoint my kids anoint my wife my husband lord anoint my children annoying my come on anoint the church family come on that's right pray god help us be sensitive to you lord to your voice to your call to your purpose that's right come on in the name of jesus the name of jesus come on that's right call on the name of the lord that's right if you've got the holy ghost you ought to be talking to him right now if you don't have the holy ghost he can feel you right now come on in the name of jesus i trust you lord christ my soul says yes to you jesus yes lord that's right come on let him work in your life right now let it work in your heart right now jesus you know what's going on you know where i am lord i'm believing you y'all pray come on keep praying