Part Five: Help
Pastor Aaron Batchelor Preached on 6/17/2026
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Summary
In part five of the Keep Climbing series, Pastor Aaron Batchelor explores Psalm 124, emphasizing that every victory and escape in a believer's life is solely because God was on their side. He encourages the church to look back with gratitude, testify of God's deliverance, and trust in the power of the name of Jesus.
Key points
- •A disciple must intentionally look back and 'say it,' verbally testifying of God's goodness to strengthen their own faith and build the faith of others.
- •The 'songs of ascent' (Psalms 120-134) served to shape Israel's identity and remind them that they were distinct because of the God they served.
- •True worship and joy should be based on faith and doctrine rather than fluctuating feelings or musical preferences.
- •Victory is found in realizing that God is not just better than our enemies, but infinitely greater; he is a 'strong tower' and an ever-present help.
Scripture
Faith
Worship
Hope
Perseverance
Purpose
Life application
This week, find a specific moment to share a verbal testimony with someone else about a 'trap' or trial God has brought you through, ensuring you give Him the credit for your survival.
Reflection questions
- If God had not stepped in during a specific crisis in your life, where would you be today?
- Are you currently carrying a burden that was meant to be cast at the feet of Jesus?
- How do the songs you listen to or sing shape your understanding of who God is?
- In what areas of your life do you need to pray for a 'holy boldness' to speak up for Christ?
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0:00Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. Amen. Are you
0:00feeling encouraged tonight?
0:01Praise God. Amen. We want you to come on
0:03this midweek service,
0:04>> [music]
0:05>> hear what the Spirit is saying, but we
0:06want you to leave encouraged and with
0:09hope that he is coming [music]
0:11again soon. If you've got your Bibles,
0:13we want you to open it up to Psalm 124.
0:17Thank you, Bishop, for the word that you
0:19preached last night or last week,
0:21rather, in the gymnasium.
0:23Praise God. What a new birth that God
0:25has given to us. What a hope that we
0:27have. Thank you so much. How many love
0:29our Bishop? Bishop Tracy, Sister Tracy,
0:31we love you so much. We are so blessed.
0:34I'm telling you, we're so blessed and
0:36thankful because of the Lord giving to
0:40us such a wonderful man and faithful
0:42woman of God. Amen. Psalm 124
0:45is where we're going to go. We're going
0:47back to our Keep Climbing series. I hope
0:49that you're
0:50you're enjoying this, and I do want to
0:52give a shout out right now because I
0:54know that she's either watching online
0:56right now or she will be watching this
0:59because she is New Life St. Louis number
1:02one fan. And some of you know who I'm
1:04talking about, but I'm giving a shout
1:06out right now to Macy Turnbull. She's in
1:08ICU right now, but she's going to be
1:10watching these services. The Lord's
1:11going to touch her, heal her body, take
1:14away all of that infection, and she
1:15keeps climbing. She's going to keep
1:17climbing in Jesus name.
1:20She's already been talking about it to
1:22all the nurses, all the doctors, so much
1:24so that her daddy told me that the
1:26nurses brought in little sheets of paper
1:28with mountains on it that said keep
1:30climbing for her to color and for her to
1:32look at. So, she is still plugged in to
1:35New Life. And we certainly love Macy. We
1:37love the Turnbull family, and thank you
1:39for your prayers for them. Amen. So,
1:42we're going back to our Keep Climbing
1:44series. This is Psalm 120 through Psalm
1:46134. These are the songs of ascent that
1:49they would sing as they were making
1:51their way back to the temple to worship.
1:53And uh I think Psalm 124 fits
1:56beautifully into this series because
1:58it's disciple that's looking backward
2:01and realizing I would not have made it
2:04this far without God.
2:08You know, when we get to heaven, I think
2:09we're going to have the massive
2:10realization even more so than we have
2:12now. We would not have made it unless
2:15God had been with us and because he's
2:18with us, we're here today. Amen.
2:21So, we've had a progression because the
2:23songs of ascent is like the journey of a
2:26disciple starting out with repentance
2:28and then trust, worship, and service.
2:31And now, Psalm 124 is remembrance or
2:35deliverance. So, Psalm 124, let's begin
2:37to read these eight verses together. If
2:39it had not been for the Lord who was on
2:41our side, now may Israel say, "If it had
2:45not been the Lord who is on our side
2:47when men rose up against us, then they
2:50had swallowed us up quick when their
2:51wrath was kindled against us. Then the
2:53waters had overwhelmed us, the stream
2:56had gone over our soul, the proud waters
2:58had gone over our soul. Blessed be the
3:02Lord who had not given us as a prey to
3:04their teeth. [music] Our soul is escaped
3:08as a bird out of the snare of the
3:10fowlers. The snare is broken and we are
3:14escaped. Our help is in the name of the
3:16Lord who made heaven and earth." Can you
3:19say amen to the word of the Lord?
3:21Tonight, we're going to be teaching on
3:23this again, but a disciple never forgets
3:25that every victory, every escape, every
3:27blessing is because God was on their
3:30side. Are you thankful tonight? Do you
3:32have faith and believe that God is on
3:34your side tonight?
3:36Amen. Well, I hope that you do by the
3:38time you leave this place. Why don't you
3:39set your Bibles down, lift your hands,
3:41and let's thank the Lord tonight for
3:43being on our side, invite his presence
3:45to speak to us for these next few
3:46moments. Heavenly Father, we didn't come
3:48to play church. We didn't come to play
3:50games tonight. We didn't come to waste
3:52our time. Your good people got off work,
3:55Lord, some of them skipped dinner, came
3:56right to church. They've come gathered
3:58together to hear what the spirit is
4:00going to say, and I thank you for that.
4:02I thank you for our children. I thank
4:03you for our young people. I thank you
4:05for those that are tuning in online, and
4:07now we pray that your spirit would speak
4:09to us. Give us revelation,
4:11understanding, and faith to be mixed
4:13with the word, so it'll be profitable
4:15for us, and so that we'll give you all
4:17the glory. In Jesus' name we pray, and
4:20everybody said, "Amen."
4:22God bless you. You can be seated in
4:24Jesus' name. I love the songs that we
4:27sang tonight. I didn't know what they
4:29were going to be singing, but I like the
4:31throwback to those songs. They They stir
4:34in something in me, and they stir
4:36something in my heart, and it goes right
4:39in line with what I'm going to be
4:40preaching about tonight, cuz I brought,
4:41as you noticed, I brought some books up
4:43here that some of you
4:46long-timers may recognize. Anybody
4:47remember the brown hymn books?
4:51Right there.
4:53I keep this in my office. This This This
4:55means something to to me. It means
4:57something to this church. I love it. New
4:59Life Pentecostal Church, donated by
5:01Jerry Craig. Anybody remember Jerry
5:03Craig? And sing unto the Lord. I love
5:07these hymn books. Now, this one I'm not
5:09as familiar with, but it's it's even
5:11older, I think, if I'm if I'm thinking
5:13clearly,
5:14than the brown hymn books, and that's
5:15the red hymn books. So, how many of you
5:17are around for the red hymn books?
5:19My Lord, melodies of praise. This one
5:21United Pentecostal Church of Bridgeton,
5:23Bridgeton, Missouri. But you could just
5:26thumb through here, and some of those
5:28songs,
5:29they shaped our faith. They shaped what
5:31we believe. When the roll is called up
5:34yonder, heaven's jubilee, and oh, I want
5:37to see him. These are songs of doctrine,
5:40songs of faith. It's all in him, the
5:43fullness of the godhead. It's all in
5:45him. Those are songs that we sang out of
5:47these hymn books. At Calvary, he set me
5:50free. Leaning on the everlasting arms.
5:53Anybody remember some of those songs
5:55that we sang in those hymn books? They
5:57shaped our faith. What we believe, these
6:01songs were important to us. They
6:03identified
6:05our faith. You could tell what a church
6:07believed by what they sang.
6:11The reason I'm bringing this to you
6:12tonight is because these songs of ascent
6:15are not just inspirational songs.
6:17They're not just feel-good songs. These
6:19are songs that shaped Israel's identity.
6:23It shaped their faith. Their songbook,
6:26the Psalms, what they sang, what they
6:28rehearsed, it separated them from all
6:30the other nations, all the other idols,
6:33and all of the other people that didn't
6:36serve the Lord. When Israel sang these
6:38songs, it was more than just about
6:41feeling good. They were celebrating
6:43their faith. They were celebrating what
6:45God had done for them, who he was. These
6:48testimonies became songs. These
6:50victories became songs. Deliverance
6:54became songs. Psalm 32 and verse seven.
6:59Let me read very quickly for you from
7:01Psalm 32 and verse seven. He says, "Thou
7:04art my hiding place. Thou shalt preserve
7:06me from trouble. Thou shalt compass me
7:09about with songs of deliverance." That's
7:12what these songs are, testimonies of
7:15what God has done. Exodus 15 and verse
7:17two says, "The Lord is my strength and
7:21my song." These songs are more than just
7:24words. They're They're more than just
7:26lyrics and great melodies and great
7:28tunes. These are songs that describe
7:31their faith, shape who they are, and
7:34tell of God's wonderful works. It's not
7:37just for Israel to feel good about. I I
7:40uh reiterate that, and I want to
7:42emphasize that tonight because I think
7:44we've got to take caution to how we sing
7:48and what songs we sing in our churches.
7:51And that as a congregation, that we
7:54don't just look for songs that just
7:56inspire our feelings.
8:00Amen. This is why our musicians and our
8:03praise singers have to work so hard. And
8:07we don't like it. We don't like to call
8:08it a performance, but unfortunately,
8:10sometimes, not in this church, other
8:12churches around, not at New Life, but
8:14and sometimes they come together and we
8:17we look for the music to inspire our
8:19feelings. And if we don't like that
8:21song, no matter if the words are true or
8:23not, no matter if it's faith-filled, if
8:26the song doesn't move our feelings, we
8:28don't worship to it.
8:31We don't we won't tap our feet to that
8:33unless we know the song. We won't clap
8:35our hands because that's too old of an a
8:37song. I I don't know that old song or
8:39got the new songs and we we we go back
8:41and forth and I think that we've got to
8:43be cautious that our worship times
8:45together doesn't come based on feelings,
8:48it comes based on faith.
8:51Praise God. That whenever we sing
8:53together, we worship to the Lord
8:55together by faith, not just by what we
8:58feel. So, I was taught, I don't know
9:00about you, but I was taught growing up
9:01that whenever you get into the presence
9:03of the Lord, whatever sermon you hear,
9:05whatever the worship choir is singing,
9:07whatever songs they're singing, you
9:09participate because you're part of the
9:11body of Christ.
9:13This is our identity. This is who we
9:16are. The we are the people of God and
9:18these songs are more than just feel-good
9:21songs. These songs are more than just to
9:23get us to tap our feet and clap our
9:25hands and spin around and shout. These
9:27songs are who we are. They identify who
9:30the God that we serve is and they
9:32identify what he has done in our life.
9:36That's what Psalm 124 is. Psalm 124 is
9:39one of these songs of deliverance. It's
9:42one of these songs of hope. It's one of
9:44these songs of praise. It was Israel's
9:47way of saying, "We're still here because
9:50God has been with us."
9:54So, I do have a concern in our modern
9:56Christianity. It's not that we have too
9:58many songs. We've got more songs coming
10:01out than I think that we have ever had
10:02before. We've got more artists that are
10:05singing. We've got more people that are
10:07writing songs than ever before. My own
10:09daughters, God has inspired them.
10:11They've written out some songs. They're
10:13starting to record. And brother sound
10:15man, I apologize to ask you if you can
10:16give me a little bit more monitors. I
10:17sure appreciate it. Don't want to hurt
10:19them. It's just my voice is a little
10:21tired tonight. But our my concern is not
10:23that we have too many songs, but that we
10:25have too many songs with too little
10:27theology.
10:30Amen. So, we're singing songs that that
10:33sound good, feel good, and even have
10:36some Bible words in there, Bishop. Even
10:37got some good things in there. But I
10:39think that we've got to make sure that
10:42what our ears are listening to. Oh, be
10:44careful little ears what you hear
10:46because it is shaping the way that we
10:48think and the way that we know God. It
10:50is shaping our identity as a
10:52congregation. And so, Israel sang these
10:55songs that reminded them who God was and
10:59what he has done. And Psalm 124 is one
11:02of those songs. So, I want to list
11:05several things from this short chapter.
11:08Just eight verses long. And I want to
11:11emphasize some things that I think could
11:13help us here tonight. Psalm 124 and
11:16verse 1. If it had not been for the Lord
11:19who was on our side, now may Israel say.
11:23Now may Israel say. The first thing that
11:26we see in this is look back and say it.
11:29Would you Would you say that with me?
11:31Look back and say it. Let's say it
11:33again. Look back and say it. I want you
11:36to notice that David doesn't merely want
11:39Israel to know it, he wants Israel to
11:42say it. Our faith is strengthened
11:45through confession. Israel was commanded
11:47to tell the story. I know there's a lot
11:49of people that say, "Well, I have faith
11:51on the inside. I know what the Lord has
11:52done. I'm just more of a quiet person
11:55and I kind of keep my myself reserved."
11:58And that's okay if that's your
11:59personality type. You don't have to be
12:00the extrovert like me. You don't have to
12:02be wild and crazy like some of us around
12:05here. That's okay. But there is a
12:07command in scripture that when the Lord
12:09has done something in your life that you
12:11are commanded to tell it. You are
12:13commanded to SAY IT. YOU ARE commanded
12:16to sing it. You are commanded to speak
12:18it. He said, "Go into all the world and
12:21make disciples." And the only way that
12:23you can do that is you got to open up
12:25your mouth and you've got to say it. So
12:27there's times you got to look back over
12:29your life at what the Lord has done and
12:33you got to tell somebody.
12:36This is what Israel did. This is why we
12:39have the Bible. This is why we have
12:41scripture. It's because people were
12:44intentional on telling what God had done
12:47for them. Parents told their children.
12:50Grandparents told grandchildren.
12:52Influential leaders would sit at the
12:54gate. They would sit at the head of the
12:57city and they would communicate and tell
12:59what the Lord had done. The testimony
13:02survived because somebody kept saying
13:05it.
13:07One person can forget, but a nation that
13:09repeats it keeps it alive. When we sing
13:13our songs, when we worship together, it
13:16is part of what we're doing is
13:17reiterating the story of what God has
13:20done for his church. We are testifying
13:24to our generation and the next
13:26generation that God is faithful, that we
13:29should keep our hope in him, that we're
13:31looking forward to a new heaven and a
13:33new earth, brother Hancock, that we're
13:35looking forward to God coming again. And
13:38so, if you're not the type of person
13:40that likes to speak up, get louder to
13:42tell somebody something, then we need to
13:44ask God and pray for a holy boldness.
13:47The Bible says in Acts chapter 1 and
13:49verse 8, Jesus said, he said, "You shall
13:51receive power AFTER THAT THE HOLY Ghost
13:53has come upon you and you shall be
13:56witnesses unto me both in Judea,
13:58Jerusalem, Samaria, and the uttermost
14:01parts of the earth." When you receive
14:02the baptism of the Holy Ghost, it
14:04doesn't matter what your personality
14:06type is or any Ingram type is. When
14:08you're filled with the spirit of God,
14:10there is a spring that wells up on the
14:13inside of you THAT HAS TO TELL SOMEBODY
14:15THE GOOD NEWS OF WHAT THE Lord has done.
14:18You can't keep it quiet. You can't keep
14:20it to yourself cuz when you walk in the
14:22spirit, the spirit begins to stir inside
14:25of you and he says, "Do not be afraid on
14:28that day of what you should say. OPEN UP
14:30YOUR mouth and I will fill it," the Lord
14:33says. "I'll speak through you. I'll give
14:35you the words."
14:37But you got to look back and say it.
14:39What would your life look like if God
14:42had not stepped in?
14:45Where would you be? What addiction would
14:46still have your life? What tragedy would
14:49have DEFINED YOU FOREVER? WHAT MISTAKES
14:51THAT YOU AND I have made would have kept
14:53us down? In Romans 8:31, I want to
14:55reiterate, "If God be for us, who can be
14:57against us?" Having God on your side. I
15:01love that scripture. "If it had not been
15:03for the Lord who was on our side." I
15:04want you to think about that for a
15:06moment cuz we always talk about being on
15:07God's side. I want you to think about
15:09God being on your side.
15:13That's like Shohei Ohtani playing for
15:14the Little Leagues.
15:16Now, those of you that don't know him
15:17cuz some of you just gave me a blank
15:18stare like a a deer in a headlight. So,
15:20like, "Oh, what? I'm not sure who that
15:22is." He's one of the greatest baseball
15:24players ever to have lived and he is
15:25right now he's going to be in the Hall
15:26of Fame. He's absolutely phenomenal
15:28right now. It's like taking that quality
15:30of a player and throwing him into the
15:31little leagues and watching him play
15:33against little
15:35slamming it. Just knocking it out.
15:37Pitching against these little leaguers.
15:38It's like Michael Jordan playing
15:39basketball against ants.
15:44When God is on your side, the contest in
15:46other words is not even close. It's not
15:48even close when God is on your side. And
15:50David's point is even bigger because God
15:53is not just better, he is infinitely
15:56greater.
15:57That's why the Bible says his greatness
15:59is unsearchable. It doesn't mean that
16:01you can't understand or see God's
16:03greatness. It means that it is so vastly
16:05greater than our minds can even
16:07comprehend. So the Lord tells us, "My
16:09ways are higher than your ways. My
16:11thoughts are higher than your thoughts.
16:12As high as the heavens are above the
16:14earth." What I'm trying to tell you is
16:16when you got God on your side, there is
16:18nothing that can stop you. My prayer
16:20minister and chaplain used to say it
16:22this way. He said, "You and Jesus make a
16:25majority."
16:27You and Jesus make a majority. We should
16:30never have our heads hanging down as if
16:33we have nobody beside us cuz he said,
16:35"I'll never leave you. I'll never" Is
16:37this too fast for a Wednesday night? Are
16:39you okay with me preaching about the
16:41greatness of Jesus?
16:45We got to look back and we got to say
16:47it. I want you to turn to somebody right
16:49now and just tell them, "God's been good
16:50to me."
16:52He's been good to me, Thomas. He's been
16:53good to me. Got to look around
16:56and you got to say it. Here's the second
16:58thing we find is you got to look up.
17:00Somebody say, "Look up."
17:03You got to look up and see it.
17:05Verse two, if it had not been for the
17:06Lord who was on our side when men rose
17:09up against us. If it had not been for
17:11the Lord who was on our side when men
17:14rose up against us. I want you to
17:15understand who David he is describing
17:18the battle now and here is how he is
17:20describing it. Not Israel versus men,
17:23but the Lord versus men.
17:27It's spiritual versus natural.
17:30It's eternal versus the temporary. It's
17:34the omnipotent versus limited power.
17:36It's omniscient versus limited
17:38knowledge. It's omnipresent VERSUS
17:41CONFINED SPACE. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO
17:42REMIND your problem about.
17:46That's what you need to remind your
17:47situation about. You need to remind your
17:49situation who's on your side. Well, I'm
17:53not sure, Pastor, he is on my side. I
17:55just That Where's your faith? Oh, ye I'm
17:57going to be like Jesus tonight and step
17:58out on the bow of the ship and look back
18:00at you and say, "Oh, ye of little
18:02faith." God is on your side.
18:05If he went all the way to the cross
18:07while we were yet sinners, if he died
18:09while we were yet sinners, what makes
18:11you think he'd forsake you now?
18:15Come on, if the Lord is for us, who can
18:18be against us? He's with us, and he is
18:21on our side.
18:23I had somebody come to me, a good friend
18:25of mine, he's been talking to me lately.
18:28And um I won't say his name and
18:29embarrass him, but he'd been sharing
18:31with me some trouble he's been going
18:32through. And so, he's just been
18:34unburdening himself. That's what I love
18:35about the body of Christ. When I'm going
18:37through something, I can find my bishop,
18:39I can find brother Thomas, I can find
18:41somebody in the body. I can share with
18:43them, and we can depend upon one another
18:45that the Lord is going to give us
18:46strength and help us. So, he was sharing
18:48with me some more of his trouble. And in
18:50the middle of that, he said, "Pastor,
18:51I'm so sorry." He said, "I'm sorry I've
18:53been sharing all this with you. It seems
18:55like lately every time I come to you,
18:56it's just complaining and problems and
18:58issues." And I stopped him. And I said,
19:00"Hey, I don't want you to worry about it
19:01cuz I got a secret." I said, "In fact, I
19:03want to share my secret with you right
19:04now." I said, "My secret is is every
19:07problem that people unload upon me,
19:09every bit of trouble, every bit of issue
19:11that comes into my life or through
19:13communication, I know where to take it.
19:17Bring it on. What she got? I have
19:19finally learned, Bishop, I don't know
19:20why I was so thick-headed and it took me
19:22so long to learn it. I thought I had to
19:24fix everything. I thought I had to put
19:26it all on my shoulders. I thought I was
19:28all by myself trying to trying to prove
19:30myself to people, but what I really
19:32realized now, I finally found out, you
19:34can appreciate and thank the Lord that
19:36pastor is growing up a little bit in the
19:38Lord cuz I finally learned, Sister
19:40Dorfa, what to do whenever people have
19:42problems and they come with issues that
19:44are bigger than my puny little mind can
19:46comprehend. I take it right to God. I
19:48bring it right to him and I present the
19:51problem to him, put it directly in his
19:53lap cuz God IS ON MY SIDE.
19:57SOME OF YOU ARE CARRYING PROBLEMS you
19:59were not meant to carry and you're
20:00worried and you're anxious and you're
20:02fretting and you're fearful and you're
20:04wondering why Jesus told you not to fret
20:06and how you're going to get over this
20:08thing. Well, can I help somebody out
20:10tonight? Is that all right? Can I help
20:11YOU OUT TONIGHT? YOU DON'T need to have
20:13the answers to all of your questions.
20:15You don't need to have everything
20:16figured out right now for there to be
20:18peace in your life. YOU NEED TO TAKE
20:20YOUR PROBLEMS, cast your cares upon the
20:22Lord because he cares for you. Take it
20:25to Jesus. I know some of you right now
20:28you're going, "Yeah, pastor, we heard
20:29that." But you're going to go back to
20:30your bed tonight, you're going to be
20:32heavy laden, your heart's going to be
20:33heavy, you're going to have health
20:35issues and trouble and you're going to
20:36wonder why God's not working. It's
20:38because you've not cast all your cares
20:40upon the Lord for he cares for you. You
20:43need to take every problem, every issue,
20:45every mistake, everything that people's
20:47piled on you, take the whole HEAP AND
20:50MESS AND BRING it straight to Jesus and
20:52put it at HIS FEET. IF GOD BE FOR US,
20:55who can be against us?
21:00Come on, somebody declare it, God's on
21:01my side.
21:03You got to look up and see it. The enemy
21:05may have thought he was just fighting
21:06Israel, but he was really picking a
21:08fight with Israel's God.
21:11Devil's not just fighting you.
21:13HE'S FIGHTING YOUR GOD.
21:16And you need to remind him of that.
21:18Greater is he that's in me
21:20than he that's in the world.
21:22Numbers 14 verse 9.
21:24That's why Moses said, "Only rebel not
21:26ye against the Lord. Don't fear the
21:27people of the land. They're bread for
21:29us."
21:32>> [laughter]
21:33>> I eat my enemy for dinner.
21:38I'm not talking about flesh and blood.
21:39We don't fight against flesh and blood.
21:40I'm not fighting my boss. I'm not
21:42fighting my spouse. I'm not fighting
21:44people. I'm talking about the enemy of
21:46your soul that's coming against you. And
21:48the the Bible says that deliverance is
21:50the children's bread.
21:53Deliverance is Oh, my Lord, help us
21:55right now tonight. I think we get
21:57ourselves in such a mentality and
21:58mindset, sweetheart, that we get
22:00ourselves in such a mentality, we have a
22:02hard time believing that victory is ours
22:04because the problem's still in front of
22:05us. But the Lord is trying to remind us
22:08that he is on your side. And I want to
22:10tell somebody tonight that if you'll
22:11stay on the Lord's side, he'll always be
22:14on your side.
22:16Amen. So, you got to look up and see it.
22:18Here's the third thing. You got to look
22:19around.
22:21Somebody say, "Look around."
22:23And remember it.
22:25Psalm 124 3 through 5. Let's read those
22:27few verses right there.
22:32Then they had swallowed us up quick when
22:36[snorts] their wrath was kindled against
22:38us. Then the waters had overwhelmed us.
22:40The stream had gone over our soul. The
22:42proud waters had gone over our soul.
22:46David is using two pictures right now of
22:49a beast and a flood.
22:52He's describing circumstances and
22:54enemies that the children of Israel and
22:56that perhaps he personally has faced. He
22:58said that they would have swallowed us
23:01up alive, gobbled us up, total
23:02destruction. He said they're like a
23:04flood, the waters would have overwhelmed
23:06us, the the flood waters. Now, that may
23:08have reminded Israel of the Red Sea or
23:10of the parting of the Jordan or maybe
23:12even of the Babylonian captivity and the
23:14exile and them coming out of that. All
23:17any overwhelming crisis that they may
23:19have faced. The point is not about
23:21identifying just one event, the point is
23:23this, that there were moments that they
23:25should not have survived, but God was
23:28with them.
23:29And I want to remind you, everybody's
23:31got a chapter where you almost quit.
23:34Everybody's got a chapter where you
23:35almost walked away, you almost lost your
23:38family, you almost lost your faith, but
23:40almost, God help us tonight, is not the
23:43end of the story. God brought you
23:46through.
23:48God brought you through. If it's a
23:50chapter in your life, you ought TO
23:51REJOICE BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER CHAPTER
23:54coming in Jesus' name. It's not the end
23:56of your life.
23:58>> [cheering]
24:00>> But you got to remember, you got to
24:01remember where God brought you from. You
24:04got to remember there were times that I
24:06almost quit. I want you to imagine right
24:08now, whatever you've been through in
24:09your life, you're still here.
24:13I'm going to preach IT LIKE I FEEL it as
24:15I was practicing it because some of you
24:17walk around like you swallowed lemon
24:18juice and you're still complaining about
24:20past issues that you had years ago and
24:23you're not living in victory. You're not
24:25walking in victory. You need to remember
24:27where God brought you from. Remember
24:29what it was like to be without hope, to
24:31be without peace, to be without a
24:33savior, to be without love, to be
24:35without the family OF GOD. YOU REMEMBER
24:37WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHENEVER DRUGS had your
24:39life, whenever pornography had your
24:41life, WHENEVER ALL OF THAT LUST HAD YOUR
24:43LIFE, BUT NOW YOU'RE FREE IN JESUS'
24:45NAME. You need to remember.
24:52Which brings us to the fourth thing,
24:54look again and thank him.
24:59Psalm 124:6, "Blessed be the Lord.
25:03Blessed be the Lord." Somebody say that.
25:05"Blessed be the Lord."
25:08David pauses. He can't talk about
25:09deliverance without praising God cuz
25:11gratitude changes everything.
25:14Ungrateful people, they focus on what
25:16they lost. Grateful people focus on what
25:19God preserved.
25:21When you become grateful, you realize
25:23you got more left. You've still got
25:25stuff inside of you. You still some got
25:27some get-up-and-go. You You still got
25:29some faith left. You still
25:30[clears throat] have the family of God
25:32left. Whenever you become grateful,
25:33YOU'LL START TO REALIZE THE ENEMY MAY
25:35HAVE FOUGHT ME and taken some things,
25:37but he didn't take everything.
25:41Oh, I know it felt like it. I know it
25:42was hard. I know that season was
25:44difficult. I know it was painful. LEFT
25:46YOU WITH a few scars in your life, BUT
25:48YOU'RE STILL HERE BY THE GRACE of God.
25:51AND IF GOD IS FOR YOU, WHO CAN BE
25:53AGAINST YOU?
25:55Come on, a grateful HEART REMEMBERS THAT
25:57I AM THE HEAD and I'm not the tail. And
25:59there are more for us than be against
26:01us. A GRATEFUL HEART SAYS, "GOD IS NOT
26:03DONE WRITING MY STORY AND HE THAT BEGAN
26:06A GOOD WORK IN me is going TO FINISH IT.
26:08HE'S GOING TO COMPLETE IT."
26:11OH, that's what a grateful heart. A
26:12grateful heart, you can't keep a
26:13grateful woman down. You can't greet a
26:15grateful man down. They keep getting
26:17back up again saying, "If it had not
26:19been for the Lord who was on my side,
26:21where would I have been?" Cuz a
26:23righteous man may fall seven times, but
26:25they're getting back up again. They just
26:27bounce back. They just bounce back. THEY
26:30JUST BOUNCE BACK CUZ IT DOESN'T matter
26:32what they went through. THEY REMEMBER
26:34WHAT GOD BROUGHT THEM THROUGH AND THAT
26:36HE'LL NEVER leave them or forsake them.
26:38They just bounce back. They just keep
26:40getting back up. They keep coming on
26:42service. You wonder how they CAN
26:43SURVIVE. YOU WONDER HOW THEY CAN LIFT
26:45their hands, how they can bring an
26:47offering in the presence of the Lord cuz
26:49they recognize IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR
26:51THE LORD WHO WAS ON MY SIDE? WHERE?
26:55>> [cheering]
27:00>> UNGRATEFUL people are forgetful people.
27:05Ungrateful people are forgetful people.
27:07YOU START TALKING ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS
27:08AND YOUR pain long enough, you forget
27:11what God has actually done for you,
27:12where he's brought you from, and what he
27:14is able and capable of doing.
27:17Oh, God help us right now. Let me tell
27:20you, grateful people are memory makers.
27:22That's why they sing songs like this on
27:24their way up to Jerusalem. They're
27:25making memories with their families.
27:27They're making memories with their
27:29tribes. They're making memories with
27:31their friends. They're making memories
27:32as they're traveling up, remembering God
27:34brought us to the Red Sea. You remember
27:36when God brought our fore-forefathers to
27:38the Jordan River? And you remember when
27:40God helped us to conquer? You remember
27:42whenever it felt like they were going to
27:43swallow us up and the floods were going
27:45to overwhelm us? But if it had not been
27:47for the Lord who was on my side. You
27:49need to You need to interject that into
27:52your daily conversation. You ought to
27:54have a testimony ready to go at lunch
27:56tomorrow.
27:58Oh, God help us. You ought to have a
28:00testimony ready TO GO AT LIFE. GOD DONE
28:03ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY IN THIS HOUSE? LET
28:06ME SEE your hand.
28:09There ought to be 120 testimonies
28:12tomorrow that happened at LUNCH OF WHAT
28:15GOD HAS DONE, OF WHAT GOD CAN DO. And
28:18somebody's going to hear your testimony
28:21and say, "If he did it for you, brother
28:23Rux, he can do it for me. If God KEPT
28:26YOU, THEN CERTAINLY HE CAN KEEP ME. If
28:28God brought brother Craig Casey out, he
28:31can bring me out."
28:33>> [cheering]
28:34>> They overcame the enemy, the accuser of
28:36the brethren, by the blood of the lamb
28:38and the
28:40and the
28:42and the
28:44and the
28:45I'm going to say it again cuz some of
28:46you still quiet. And the
28:49And the
28:51And the word got some you got shortened
28:52it on me, didn't you? You're like, I
28:53don't want to say the whole thing. And
28:55the word of their testimony. You got to
28:58speak out. YOU GOT TO SPEAK OUT. YOU GOT
29:00TO MAKE SOME NOISE SOMETIMES.
29:02LISTEN, I know that you already have a
29:04loud pastor. You got a pastor who gets
29:06up and gets with it, and I get it all
29:07the time. Where do you get your energy?
29:10Where Listen, I'm going to be honest
29:11with you. I've pastored long enough. I
29:12think I have the I can be honest with
29:14you here about this. I get questions all
29:16the time. Where do you get your energy?
29:17Listen, I'm 44 years old. That energy,
29:19it's way
29:21But it's it's crashing, nephew. I'm
29:23doing the best I can, but it's going
29:25down. Let me tell you something. 99% of
29:28what I've got doesn't just come because
29:30I've got energy. It becomes cuz I was
29:32taught gratefulness and to learn that
29:34God is always going to be with me, and
29:35God is always going to be for me, and
29:37God is always going to BE ON MY SIDE.
29:40NOW, I HEAR IT UP ON THE PLATFORM, but I
29:42can't hear it out here. Maybe that's the
29:43trouble. Maybe you could turn it up a
29:44little bit out here. But if God be for
29:46us, who can be against us? That's where
29:49that comes from is a faith that says, "I
29:51can't quit now. I can't give up now.
29:53It's hard. It's hot. It hurts, but I
29:55can't give up now cuz God's been too
29:57good to me. So, I got to get up. I got
29:59to go to Bible study. I got to get up. I
30:01got to go to prayer meeting. I got to
30:03get up. I got to go to work and BE
30:05FAITHFUL CUZ GOD IS ON MY SIDE. AND IF
30:08GOD'S ON MY SIDE, I CAN DO ANYTHING."
30:10DAVID SAID IT LIKE THIS, "I CAN run
30:12through a troop. I can leap over a
30:14wall."
30:18If the joy of the Lord is your strength,
30:21THEN GET SOME JOY BACK IN YOUR SPIRIT
30:24and let IT FLOOD YOUR LIFE AND BUILD YOU
30:27UP AND GIVE you the energy you need to
30:29move forward in Jesus' name.
30:31>> [cheering]
30:33>> Hallelujah. Clap your hands unto the
30:35Lord. Let's give him praise tonight and
30:37thank him because he's on our side.
30:40Thank you, Jesus.
30:43Thank you, Jesus.
30:46Thank you Jesus.
30:48>> [snorts]
30:49>> Praise God.
30:51Praise God.
30:53Hallelujah.
30:55Praise God.
30:56I'm almost done. We're we're almost
30:58finished. We're almost there. Thank you
30:59for enduring tonight.
31:02Psalm 124 verse 7, look free and
31:05celebrate it is the next thing we learn.
31:07Somebody say look free
31:10and celebrate it.
31:12The snare is broken in Psalm 124 and
31:15verse 7.
31:17The snare is broken
31:20and we are escaped.
31:23Do you believe that?
31:25Are you free?
31:35Are we free sister Tracy?
31:38Hey, she is.
31:40Showing it on her face.
31:43Are you free?
31:45And if you're free
31:47tell your face.
31:53I mean, I I know this is I know I'm
31:55being a little facetious tonight.
31:57But if you're free
31:59act like it.
32:02Why do the people of God
32:04feel that we have to be the most
32:05miserable people on the face of the
32:07earth?
32:11Is it for attention's sake?
32:13Is it because somebody else is getting
32:15more attention?
32:18Come on. Is it I know sister Hancock.
32:20I'm just I'm messing a little bit.
32:25He that the son has set free
32:27is free
32:29indeed.
32:32Now, this doesn't mean that we just
32:33pretend like we don't have pain. It
32:34doesn't pretend like we don't have
32:35grief. We we just pretend like no life
32:38isn't hard. We just go through like like
32:40everything's lollipops and rainbows and
32:42unicorns. We don't act like that, but
32:44but we rejoice even in the trial.
32:46Rejoice, and again I say. So, apparently
32:48the Apostle Paul, everything that he
32:50went through had to remind the church
32:52everything that they went through to
32:53rejoice again. So, rejoice, and again I
32:56say rejoice. And when you go through
32:58trials, count it all joy, my brethren.
33:01Whenever you suffer FOR FOR DOING WHAT'S
33:04RIGHT, COUNT IT ALL JOY. When you go
33:06through PAINFUL TRIBULATIONS AND TRIALS
33:09THAT ARE WORKING on your faith, count it
33:11all joy. Be joyful. I don't I'm just not
33:13sure, pastor, HOW TO DO THE JOY OF THE
33:16LORD IS MY STRENGTH. The kingdom of God
33:20is not about meat and drink. It's not
33:22about the physical things that are
33:23making you happy. The The kingdom of God
33:26is righteousness, peace, and joy in the
33:29Holy Ghost. SO, YOU GET MORE OF THE HOLY
33:32GHOST, YOU'LL GET MORE JOY.
33:35I told you this a while back ago, but
33:37God flipped my theology. I He changed my
33:40mindset on this because we used to be
33:42taught you don't pray for patience cuz
33:44you pray for patience, you get more
33:45trouble.
33:47That's not Bible.
33:49That's not Bible. I can't find that
33:51anywhere in the Bible. It sounds good,
33:53and that's what makes us afraid to pray
33:54for patience.
33:56You pray for joy.
33:58So, you think God's going to give you
33:59more trials?
34:01Maybe. But let me tell you what this IS.
34:03LET ME TELL you what the Bible says. The
34:05Bible says that peace and joy and love
34:09and self-control are a fruit of the
34:11spirit.
34:12Whenever I pray for patience, I'm asking
34:15God for more of his spirit CUZ I CAN'T
34:17DO THIS on my own.
34:20When I pray for patience, a good
34:21heavenly father, a perfect heavenly
34:23father, isn't going to go, "Oh, good.
34:25They're asking for patience. Maybe I
34:27should kick them in the seat of the
34:28pants again. Maybe I should take things
34:30away from them." That's not what kind of
34:32father That's not what We're coming up
34:33on Father's Day, by the way, and I hope
34:35that's not the kind of way that we
34:36father. I hope we're better than that.
34:38That we're we're kind to and patient
34:40with our children and we love them and
34:42if they ask us for a fish, we're not
34:43going to give them a stone. And then if
34:45they ask us for bread, we're not going
34:46to hand them a serpent because we love
34:48them. What makes us think that our
34:50heavenly Father is going to hand us
34:52something evil because we're asking for
34:54something good?
34:57And so, with that in mind, if you need
35:00joy, ask him for it.
35:03I need joy. I'm a little low. My tank's
35:06running low right now and I need the joy
35:08of the Lord. So, I'm going to cast all
35:09my cares upon you. I'm not going to
35:11worry about it. I'm going to focus on
35:13what your will is, what your kingdom's
35:15doing, and what your purpose is in my
35:17life and I'm going to trust you with my
35:18life. And if you'll trust him, then the
35:20joy of the Lord will rejuvenate,
35:22strengthen, and refresh you.
35:24So, he said, "The snare is broken and we
35:27are escaped."
35:30In other words, the hunter set the trap,
35:32the bird got caught, everything looked
35:34over and then looked looked over and
35:36then suddenly the trap broke.
35:39That's what life feels like sometimes.
35:41The enemy comes in, something in life
35:43happens,
35:45seems like it catches you,
35:47but then suddenly God steps in and the
35:48trap breaks. It reminds me of an old
35:50song in one of these hymn books that we
35:52used to sing, hymn number two. Once like
35:54a bird in prison I dwell. Well, I don't
35:56think that I think that's another hymn,
35:57not hymn number two, but once like a
35:58bird in prison I dwell, no freedom from
36:01my sorrow I felt, but Jesus came and he
36:04listened to me and glory to God, he set
36:07me free. That bird didn't free itself,
36:10God broke the trap. Can I testify
36:12tonight? God's still breaking traps.
36:15God's still breaking. If you're trapped
36:16in sin, if you're trapped in depression,
36:18if you're trapped in shame, if you're
36:20trapped in fear, I just want to testify
36:22tonight that God is still breaking
36:24traps. He is still setting birds free.
36:27He's still setting souls free.
36:29Whatever's got you bound, whatever you
36:31feel overwhelmed with, God wants to be
36:33on your side.
36:35And here's the last thing as the
36:36musicians come right now. Look forward
36:39and trust him. Somebody say, "Look
36:40forward."
36:42And trust him.
36:44And trust him. Psalm 124 and verse 8.
36:46Our help is in the name of the Lord.
36:51Our help is in the name of the Lord.
36:53That's where every disciple should
36:56finish right there. Our help, listen, oh
36:58Lord, help us. Our help is not in
37:00government.
37:02Our help is not in financial security.
37:05Our help is not in secret societies and
37:07clubs. Our help is not in ourselves. Our
37:10help is in the name of the Lord.
37:14The Old Testament, that name represented
37:16authority. It represented character,
37:19God's presence, God's power. And in the
37:21New Testament, it was fulfilled and
37:24revealed in the saving name of Jesus.
37:27When the angel said, "Thou shalt call
37:29his name," then all of heaven and all of
37:33earth was there as that name was
37:35expressed and breathed out on a divine
37:38assignment as the angel spoke out, "His
37:40name shall be called Jesus, for he shall
37:44save his people from their sins." And
37:47Acts 4:12 tells us, "Neither is there
37:50salvation in any other name, for there
37:53is no name under heaven given among men
37:56whereby we must be saved." Philippians 2
37:59says, "Wherefore God also hath highly
38:02exalted him and given [clears throat]
38:04him a name which is above every name,
38:07that at the name of Jesus every knee
38:10should bow, of things in heaven, things
38:13in earth, things under the earth, and
38:16that every tongue should confess that
38:18Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God
38:22the Father." That's the name. That's our
38:25hope. That's where our help comes from
38:27in the name of the Lord.
38:31That's where your help is when you call
38:33out his name, when you trust in his
38:35name. The Bible says that the name of
38:37the Lord is a strong tower that the
38:39righteous run into and they are safe.
38:42And so those pilgrims, listen, I want
38:44you to know those pilgrims that sing
38:46this song of ascent, Psalm 124, wish
38:48they had the revelation that you and I
38:50have had today.
38:53That's right. Hebrews 11 tells us that
38:55there were men and women of faith who
38:56were sawn asunder, burned alive, whose
38:58children were killed. They were cast
39:00into prison and they were looking for
39:02the promise and they had not yet
39:03received the promise that us without
39:05them it should not all yet be complete.
39:07And yet they kept their faith. They wish
39:09they saw the things that you and I SEE.
39:11THEY WISH they saw the spirit being
39:13poured out like we see upon all flesh.
39:15They wish they had the revelation like
39:18you and I have, but they kept the faith
39:20with what revelation they did have. They
39:22trusted in God. They did not let him go
39:25because their help was in the name of
39:27the Lord. And now we on this side of the
39:29cross, in the new covenant, we've got
39:32the name of Jesus Christ that's been
39:35applied in the waters of baptism and in
39:38the in-filling of the Holy Ghost. We've
39:40got his name on our life. That's a
39:42strong help that we have. And when you
39:44get in trouble, YOU CAN CALL OUT HIS
39:46NAME.
39:48JESUS.
39:49He's an ever-present help in the time of
39:51trouble. In fact, they used to sing that
39:53old song. This is why I know it, cuz
39:54they used to sing that old song. He's as
39:56close as the mention
39:59of his name.
40:01Jesus.
40:02Jesus.
40:04Jesus.
40:06Just got to call out that name. Before
40:08you call your friend, before you call
40:09the bank, before you talk about it on
40:12social media, call out the name of
40:14Jesus. Run to the name that is above
40:16every other name. Run to that strong
40:18tower of help whenever you [music] need
40:21hope, whenever you need comfort,
40:23whenever you need peace, whenever you
40:24need understanding, and whenever you
40:26need revelation, run to that name and
40:28call out that wonderful name
40:31of Jesus.
40:32Stand with me if you will as I conclude
40:35here tonight. Every pilgrim that
40:36traveled those roads,
40:38they just kept on climbing, and they all
40:40had a different story.
40:43One survived a battle, one survived a
40:45famine.
40:46Someone survived a failure or a tragedy,
40:49and yet they all sang the same words. If
40:51it had not been for the Lord who was on
40:54our side,
40:55our testimonies may be different,
40:56brother Daniel. Our testimonies may be
40:58different. Our stories about where we
41:00came from, but what
41:02we have in common, that if it had not
41:04been for the Lord who was on our side,
41:07where would we be?
41:10I want you to think about that as we
41:11conclude here tonight. Where would your
41:12marriage be? Where would your family be?
41:14Where would your ministry be? Where
41:16would your life be if it hadn't been for
41:18the Lord? It's by the grace of God that
41:19you and I are present here. We're not
41:21little greasy spots on the floor.
41:24It's by the grace of God that we're here
41:25tonight. Could you lift your hands and
41:26your voice to him right now and thank
41:29him? Would you just thank him right now?
41:31Thank the God of heaven. And if it's if
41:33it's your testimony, would you just tell
41:35him say, "Thank you, Lord, for being on
41:36my side. Thank you, Lord, for being our
41:39help. Thank you for being our our
41:41strength and our joy and our peace.
41:44Thank you, Lord, that you're still
41:45breaking open prison doors and you're
41:47setting the captive free and you're
41:49breaking chains."
41:55Hallelujah.
41:56We thank you for it tonight. Let's just
41:58worship the Lord just for a little bit
41:59longer. Can you do that? Come on, we're
42:01almost done, but just lift your voice
42:02right now and thank the Lord right now.
42:04Would you express your love to him right
42:06now with your own words and your own
42:08heart? Thank you, Lord, as I remember
42:10where my life was.
42:12As I remember, oh Lord, that I was lost
42:15and I was undone. I was in just a barrel
42:18of grief, Lord. I was in a mess, but you
42:20were there all along. You helped me. You
42:23strengthened me. You held me. If If it
42:25had not been for you who was on my side,
42:28Lord, I would have been swallowed up. I
42:30I would have been drowned, but Lord,
42:31you're still here and you're still
42:33faithful. Oh God, I pray that you'd
42:36remind your people tonight, Lord, even
42:38in the middle of their darkness. I pray
42:40that you'd remind them of songs of
42:42deliverance. I pray that you'd remind
42:44them some songs of faith, Lord. Words of
42:47faith that they've heard that would
42:48encourage them tonight. I pray, oh Lord,
42:51that their hope would be in you, that
42:53their their their spirit would be
42:54elevated and lifted up tonight as they
42:56cast all their cares upon you, that they
43:00would go to bed tonight not worried and
43:02frustrated or anxious, Lord, but tonight
43:05I pray that your spirit would give them
43:07a sense of peace that surpasses all
43:09understanding and you'd keep their mind
43:12stayed upon you, Lord. In the name of
43:14Jesus, I thank you that you've been our
43:16help. I thank you that you've been our
43:18strength. And now, Lord, I pray that you
43:20give us boldness. Would you ask the Lord
43:21for boldness right now? God, I pray
43:23you'd fill us with a holy boldness to
43:25declare, to testify, to tell others of
43:28what you've done for us. I pray, oh
43:30Lord, that you would help us to show
43:31others, Lord, the mercy of God that's
43:34been upon our life, the forgiveness that
43:36you've shown, the sins that you've
43:38forgiven. I pray, Lord, that tonight
43:40your spirit, oh Lord, would encourage
43:42and embolden us to be a witness for you.
43:45Oh God, there's people all around us in
43:47this city that still have yet to hear of
43:49your faithfulness and your goodness. So,
43:51I pray tonight that your spirit would
43:53lead us, oh Lord. Help us to be bold to
43:55open up our mouth to declare it, to say
43:58it, Lord, to testify of your goodness.
44:01In the name of Jesus, we pray.
44:04In Jesus' name. Would you take a moment
44:07right now? I want you to do something. I
44:08I could call you to the altar, but I
44:09want you to do something right now.
44:11Would you just kind of step mingle
44:12around right now and find a brother,
44:14find a sister, find a family member.
44:17Would you just pray over them right now
44:19in the name of Jesus. Would you
44:20encourage them in the Lord. Would you
44:23just remind them that their help is in
44:24the name of the Lord and maybe if
44:26they've got a burden or a care or a
44:28sickness that you just pray with them
44:30right there in Jesus name. Come on, he's
44:33as close [music] as the mention of his
44:34name. Speak his name over their life
44:37right now. Speak his name over the
44:39trouble that they may be going through.
44:42Come on, in Jesus name.
44:48In Jesus name.
44:50Oh, touch my brothers, touch my sisters
44:53tonight.
44:56Oh, the effectual fervent prayers of a
44:58righteous man availeth much.
45:04On this Wednesday night, we pray grace
45:06and peace Lord and mercy upon your
45:08people in the name of Jesus.
45:10Hallelujah Jesus.
45:15OH, YES LORD.
45:20OH, yes God. Overflow in them tonight.
45:23In the name of Jesus.
45:28>> [snorts]
45:29>> Oh, yes Jesus.
45:31>> Oh, yes Jesus.
45:34>> Oh, he's as close
45:36as the mention
45:39of his name.
45:45Jesus.
45:51Jesus.
45:56He's as close
45:59as the mention
46:01>> [snorts]
46:02>> of name.
46:08Jesus.
46:12Jesus.
46:17And he's [music] as close
46:19as the mention
46:22of his name.
46:28Jesus.
46:30>> [singing]
46:33>> Jesus.
46:36I feel him in this place [music]
46:37tonight. He's as close
46:41as the mention
46:43of his name.
46:50Jesus.
46:54He's my [music] Jesus.
46:56>> [singing]
46:58>> He's as Come on, just cast all your
47:01cares upon tonight. Lord, everything
47:03we've been worried about, or [music]
47:04concerned about, everything we've been
47:06burdened with, Lord, we cast upon you in
47:09the name of Jesus. And heavenly Father,
47:11we pray for our city right now. We pray
47:13for our community, Lord, that's under
47:15such great stress and shame. And Lord, I
47:18pray right now grace upon them that they
47:20find hope in you like we find hope in
47:23you. I pray that they'd find redemption
47:25and salvation and a light in the
47:27darkness, oh Lord. I pray in the name of
47:29Jesus that those that are far from you
47:32would come close in the name of Jesus.
47:35Oh God, I pray peace upon them. I pray
47:37great salvation. Let them hear, oh Lord,
47:40our testimony and turn to you.
47:45I speak your name. I speak the name of
47:47Jesus over our city. I speak the name of
47:49Jesus over our city.
47:51Oh he's as close
47:54as the mention Come on, praise team.
47:57of his name.
47:59>> [music]
48:01[singing]
48:03>> Jesus.
48:04>> [music]
48:09>> Jesus, [music]
48:13he's as close
48:17as the mention
48:19of his name.
48:25Jesus.
48:30Oh, yes. Jesus,
48:36he's as close
48:39as the mention.
48:41He's on our side.
48:44>> [music]
48:44>> Oh, of his name.
48:46>> [singing]
48:48>> Jesus.
48:53Jesus,
48:55>> [music]
48:57>> oh, he's as close
49:01as the mention
49:03of his [music and singing] name.
49:09Oh Jesus.
49:16Jesus,
49:20>> [singing]
49:21>> would you lift your hands one more
49:22[music] time and love him as we're
49:23dismissed tonight? Oh, thank you, Lord,
49:26for your presence here.
49:27Thank you for confirming to us, Lord,
49:29you'll never leave us, you'll never
49:30forsake us. Let there be a blessed
49:32assurance with your people tonight as
49:34they walk through this week, knowing
49:36that you're their help, knowing that
49:38you're their covering, Lord, you're
49:39their protection, no matter what comes
49:41against them. I pray they would walk in
49:43faith and walk, Lord, in in in
49:46confidence, knowing that you're with
49:47them. I pray you give them boldness in
49:49the Holy Ghost to declare what you have
49:51done for them, and that others, Lord,
49:53would be saved and others would come to
49:55the acknowledgement of you. We ask it
49:58all in [music] the name of Jesus we pray
50:00and everybody said amen.
50:02Amen. The Lord bless you tonight. Hug
50:04one another's neck. Shake somebody's
50:06hand. Love on somebody as you're
50:08dismissed from this place tonight and
50:09tell them how glad you are to be a part
50:11of the same family of God. If it had not
50:13been for the Lord who was on our side,
50:16where would we be tonight? In Jesus'
50:17name, you're dismissed. Praise God.
50:22Thank you, Jesus.
53:44>> Amen.
54:13>> I see it.
54:34No.
54:37No.
55:12No.
55:39No. like this.
59:31>> Mhm.
61:26>> Mhm.
63:21>> Mhm.
71:01>> Mhm.