Good Morning
Rev. Dr. Omar Williams Preached on 7/5/2026
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Summary
Drawing from Psalm 30 and David's repentance after his prideful census, Rev. Dr. Omar Williams encourages the congregation that while weeping may visit for a night, God is faithful to turn mourning into dancing and bring a new morning of joy.
Key points
- •Psalm 30 was likely written by David for the dedication of the plot of ground where the Temple would eventually stand, serving as a reminder that God's presence is not confined to buildings.
- •Prosperity can lead to dangerous self-reliance; David's pride in numbering his army led to a plague, reminding believers that success comes from God's favor, not human effort.
- •Weeping is described as an unwelcome guest that can only stay for the night, whereas joy is the rightful resident that returns with the morning light.
- •God's discipline and anger are momentary, intended to prune pride and redirect the heart back to Him, while His favor lasts a lifetime.
- •God specializes in divine turnarounds, transforming funeral-like mourning into wedding-like dancing and replacing the sackcloth of despair with the wardrobe of gladness.
Scripture
Worship
Restoration
Perseverance
Hope
Repentance
Life application
Identify one area of your life where you have been relying on your own strength or 'numbering your troops' rather than trusting God. This week, consciously release that burden through prayer, declaring 'good morning' over your situation by faith, even if the darkness hasn't fully lifted yet.
Reflection questions
- David lost his 'dignity' and cried out like a baby when he realized his need for God; when was the last time you were truly transparent and desperate before the Lord?
- In what ways has the recent 'dark night' of our community or your personal life tempted you to remain silent in your worship?
- How can you distinguish between a 'resource' (like a job or building) and your 'Source' (God) in your daily gratitude?
- Is there any lingering 'sackcloth' you are still wearing that God is inviting you to trade for gladness today?
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0:00them time to finish their service
0:00because we know how hard it is when
0:00we've got to rush out of here and not
0:02get the opportunity to fellowship the
0:04way we would love to, right? So, we want
0:06to give them an opportunity to be able
0:08to to to clear the space before we get
0:11in. So, I'm going to ask us please try
0:14to get there at about 12:30 on Sunday.
0:18Everybody say 12:30.
0:20not before 12:30 so we can give them
0:23time to finish their service and to to
0:26clear the parking lot before we get in.
0:27So if you get there before 12:30 because
0:30I know we got some early birds here,
0:31right? You get there before 12:30, just
0:34sit in your cars and keep the AC
0:35running. Is that all right? And stay
0:38cool. And then at 12:30 thereabouts,
0:43then we can start trying to enter the
0:45parking lot. Just giving them the time
0:48to be able to to to get out. Is that all
0:50right? Amen. Amen. All right. Tell the
0:54neighbor neighbor we can do it.
0:56Amen. We can do it. All right. I was I
1:00was very uh surprised that we are in the
1:04summer already. We are in the month of
1:06July. And before I came here, I felt
1:09before I came to Pentab, uh, as I was
1:13praying, preparing my mind to come here,
1:15I I really, God works with people
1:17differently and he knows me. He knows
1:20who he has made me to be. Um, and so one
1:25of the things that I felt really
1:27impressed on me was that every year I
1:30should lead the saint through the
1:32Psalms. The Psalms is the book of the
1:35heart and it was at the heart of Jewish
1:39worship. And so every year [music] since
1:42I've been here, I've dedicated the
1:44summer to do the Psalms. In fact, we
1:46call the series the summer in [music]
1:48the psalm series. And so, uh, every year
1:51for for the new newcomers who are
1:53[music] in our midst, uh, every year we
1:55do about seven psalms in the summer. So,
1:59we are we in four years, [music] we've
2:01completed 29 of the psalms. So today,
2:03the fifth year, we start at Psalm 30.
2:08Psalm 30. Last year we ended at [music]
2:10Psalm 29. So this year we start at Psalm
2:1330. So go with me in your Bibles to
2:15Psalm chapter 30. Psalm chapter 30 as we
2:18open somewhere in the Psalm 5.0.
2:22And somewhere in the Psalms 5.0. And
2:26today I want to speak to us from Psalm
2:28chapter 30. I will read verses four and
2:31five in your hearing to get us started.
2:33It reads like this. Sing praises to the
2:36Lord, you saints of his or sing praise
2:39to the Lord, you saints of his. And give
2:42[music] thanks at the remembrance of his
2:44holy name. For his anger is [music] but
2:48for a moment. His favor is for life.
2:52Weeping,
2:54you all know it, don't you? may endure
2:56for a night, but joy comes in the
3:00morning. I want to speak to us on this
3:02subject today. Good morning.
3:05Good morning. One of the joys that I've
3:08had in doing the summer and the Psalms
3:09is to look at the story. What is that
3:14[music] event that precipitated the
3:17writing of each psalm? And it will
3:21intrigue you and interest you to know
3:23that there is an event. There is always
3:25some event that is happening that
3:28triggers the writing of a psalm. In much
3:30the same way that uh people who write
3:33poetry or songs, there is always [music]
3:37a historical event to which they can
3:39point as the inspiration for that poem.
3:43I see a witness over there, Lady
3:44Annette. And that book is almost out,
3:47right? Amen. We're going to get ready to
3:49support [music] Lady Annette when she
3:50releases her book of poetry. Uh Psalm 30
3:54is classified as a song of thanksgiving
3:59or a [music] poem of declarative praise
4:02unto God. In our Bibles, the
4:05superscription of Psalm 30 reads, quote,
4:09a psalm, a song at the dedication of the
4:13house of David. Uh but when I read Psalm
4:1730 in the Torah, the cifer to him
4:20section of the Torah, it renders the
4:23heading like this quote, "At the
4:25dedication of the temple, a psalm, a
4:29song at the dedication of the temple."
4:32And so this title is fascinating because
4:36David did not build a temple.
4:39His son Solomon did. But because of
4:42this, because there are some
4:44translations that say the house of David
4:47and uh the more original translations
4:51say that it was done at the dedication
4:55[music] of the temple. People, scholars,
4:58biblical students are divided and debate
5:01uh at exactly when this transpired. But
5:04I I believe the the most widely accepted
5:07[music] historical context is that David
5:10wrote this psalm when he had the
5:12inauguration, the dedication of the plot
5:16of ground on which the future temple
5:20would be built [music] by his son
5:22Solomon. And that story can be found in
5:251 Chronicles chapter chapters [music] 21
5:29and 22. When I read through 1st
5:33Chronicles 21 and 22 and read Psalm 30,
5:37I I believe that there is [music] an
5:39alignment, an alignment between the
5:42psalm and the story. The emotional and
5:46psychological narrative of Psalm 30 fits
5:49very well with what happened in 1
5:53Chronicles [music]
5:53chapters 21 and 22. I'll give you the
5:57breakdown before [music] getting into it
5:59a little bit later on. But late in the
6:01reign of David, David ordered a military
6:05census. Something that God did not want
6:09for the Jewish kings. [music] The pagan
6:11nations did it. But for a Jewish king,
6:15it was an [music] act of profound
6:18arrogance because kings would take
6:21census of their military army to brag
6:25about their military might. They took a
6:28census and they numbered their troops as
6:31[music] a measure of their own power and
6:34that which gives stability to their
6:38kingdom rather than to trust in God.
6:41That's why further in the Psalms we'll
6:44explore the text that says some trust in
6:46horses
6:48but and some trust in chariots but we
6:51will remember the name of our Lord
6:55because it is never the accutraments. It
6:58is never the army. It is never the
7:01weaponry. It is never those things. It
7:03is and in our context we can say it is
7:06not about the building that define the
7:09success of the people of God but rather
7:12it is that the name of God is upon us
7:14and the hand of God is with us.
7:18He trusted in the might of his army than
7:22trusting in God. And God judged his
7:25pride with a devastating [music]
7:27plague. There was a plague, an illness,
7:30some kind of pandemic that came upon the
7:32land. And God sent the prophet Gad to
7:35David to warn him. And I like David
7:39because whenever God would confront
7:41David about his wrongs, David would
7:44repent before God. David repented
7:47[music] in sackcloth, and God instructed
7:50him that he should build an altar at a
7:55plot of ground that he had bought from
7:58Orin from Orin on Mount Mariah. And when
8:02he built the altar there and offered a
8:06sacrifice to God, the plague stopped.
8:09And so David purchased the property and
8:12he decided that this would be the place
8:15where the temple of God would be built.
8:18And he wrote in Psalm 22, he said in
8:23that verse 22 and verse one, he says,
8:25"This is the house of Adoni.
8:29This is the house of God. This is the
8:31altar that Israel is to use for burnt
8:36offerings." the the house was not yet
8:39there. The temple was not yet built. But
8:41I heard him saying by faith, "This is
8:43the house of God." Lean in for a second.
8:45Can I tell you that this reminds us that
8:49God is not confined to buildings made
8:51with hands.
8:53But wherever his [music] people will
8:56sacrifice, wherever he will send us,
8:58wherever we'll worship, saints, whether
9:00we're here or at grace, wherever we are,
9:03let's not get it twisted. We are in the
9:05house of God.
9:09This is the house of God. In fact,
9:12scholars say that this is the same psalm
9:14of dedication that [music] Ezra you used
9:18when he dedicated the temple when they
9:21came back uh from uh the the uh
9:25Babylonian exile. And this was the same
9:27psalm that the Makabian family used to
9:31rededicate the temple after it had been
9:33defiled. This psalm became the song of
9:37dedication of the house of God. In fact,
9:40to this day, the Jews still recite this
9:44psalm every day of Hanukkah,
9:47which Hanukkah is really [music]
9:49dedication. It is the the festival that
9:52commemorates the dedication of their
9:54temple. Brothers and sisters, I I I I
9:57want to say to us, I'm impressed by this
9:58because David's experience that birthed
10:02this psalm is one that is not just
10:07unique to him, but is prevalent in our
10:11world. It's prevalent in our world. It
10:13is this that we have a human tendency to
10:17trust in our own successes.
10:20We have we have a human tendency that
10:22when things are going well, when money's
10:25in the bank, when our health is good,
10:27when our family is happy, we tend to
10:29believe that our stability is our own
10:33doing, that we pulled ourselves up by
10:35our own bootstraps. But but Psalm 30 is
10:38there to teach us that there are times
10:41when God will use our deepest struggles
10:45and troublesh to strip away our human
10:49self reliance so that he can transform
10:53our temporary weeping into an eternity
10:57of worship and gratitude to our God.
11:01Sometimes God has to take some things
11:03away from us. Sometime we begin to lean
11:05too much on a relationship and God says,
11:07"Uh-uh, I got to just pull that away
11:09from you for just a little bit so that
11:11you can realize that it's not that
11:14person that sustains you, but I am your
11:16sustainer." So, sometimes he's got to
11:18he's got to disrupt a job so you can
11:21realize that your job is just a
11:23resource, but God is your source.
11:26Sometimes God takes some things so that
11:29we go through the dark night of the
11:32soul, stripping us away of the temporary
11:34creature comfort. But if we just hold on
11:37to God and repent like David did, here
11:40is the deal. Joy will come in the
11:42morning. Joy will come in the morning.
11:45Brothers and sisters, we're called to to
11:47embrace this idea [music]
11:49that it usually takes a sudden
11:52disruption, a scary diagnosis, a loss of
11:55a job, a broken relationship, and dare I
11:58say, a burnt sanctuary to remind us of
12:02how fragile we actually are. That we are
12:06not in control. And the things that we
12:08have and hold dear to our hearts, they
12:11are borrowed.
12:12>> Yeah. Do do anybody remember that old
12:14song? They are not mines at all. Jesus
12:16only yet let me use them to brighten my
12:19day. So So just remind me. Remind me,
12:24dear Lord. Roll back the curtains, ah
12:27God, of memories now and then. Show me
12:31where you brought me from. Because you
12:33see, it is in the dark night of trouble
12:35that we sometimes begin to realize how
12:38much we need God and how much we cannot
12:41do without God.
12:44>> So Psalm 30 is the transparent testimony
12:48of David as they gathered to [music]
12:51dedicate this plot of ground to the Lord
12:54that he survived his errors. He survived
12:58the error of thinking he was independent
13:02of God and lived to see a brand new day.
13:05And can I tell you brothers and sisters
13:07that for every trouble that God allows
13:09us to go through, if we will do like
13:12David, if we'll fall on our our swords
13:15of humility and repentance, we can see a
13:19dawning of a brand new day. Am I talking
13:21to anybody here? We can see the dawning
13:24of a brand new day. We can prepare our
13:27hearts to say to ourselves and to
13:29everybody who is riding out the storm
13:31with us, good morning because God is
13:34going to give us a brand new day after
13:37the night of trouble has passed.
13:41>> He starts with the highlight of the
13:43testimony in verses 1 to5. He started
13:46with the highlight of the testimony.
13:47I'll extol you Lord for you have lifted
13:49me up and have not let my foes rejoice
13:51over me. Oh Lord my God, I cried to you
13:53and you heal me. These are the
13:56highlights of the testimony. Sometime
13:58after the plague ended, after uh the the
14:01the sacrifice had been offered, after
14:02the repentance had been made, David
14:05gathered the congregation together at
14:07this site that would become the future
14:10temple of the Lord. He gathered the
14:12people there together and he began to
14:15share the victory report. He began to
14:17share the testimony of what the Lord had
14:21done. And he he gave firstly a summary
14:24of God's working. He gave a summary of
14:27God's working in verses 1 to3. [music]
14:29He said, "I will extol you God. I will
14:33extol you God." That is to say, "I will
14:36lift you up." Why, David? He said, "I'll
14:38lift you up. I will exalt you and extol
14:41you because you lifted me up." There has
14:45to be some degree of reciprocity in our
14:49relationship with God. When God lifts us
14:52up, we have an obligation to lift God
14:55up. Am I talking to anybody here? Yeah.
14:57When when God does anything for us, this
15:01is why I love the Psalms because they
15:03teach us that when God has done anything
15:06in your life, you can't just get locked
15:08jaw. You can't just get spiritual
15:11tetanas and just sit around with your
15:13mouth closed and your arms folded and
15:15your legs crossed. No. David said, "I
15:18will lift you up because you lifted me
15:21up." The the the the term for lifting up
15:23means it is somebody it is it is drawing
15:26a bucket from the well. A bucket that
15:28had gone down into the bottom of the
15:30well. A bucket that had gone all the way
15:33down to rock bottom, but God drew you
15:35up. That's what David He said, "I FELT
15:37LIKE I was going down to the pit. I was
15:40about to die because apparently when God
15:43sent the plague on the land, even David
15:46got sick with the plague. Whatever the
15:48plague was, he got it too. And he felt
15:51like he was going to die like everybody
15:53else. But he said, "God, when I
15:56repented, you reached your HAND DOWN AND
15:59YOU PULL ME BACK UP." AND HERE'S the
16:02deal. When you pull me up, YOU DID NOT
16:04ALLOW my enemies to know what I was
16:06going through. Come here. Lean in here
16:08for a second. Don't act like you can't
16:11identify with David. No matter what I go
16:13through with God, I don't mind going
16:15through it as long as my enemies don't
16:17know. As long as those who am I talking
16:20to ANYBODY HERE? JUST DON'T LET MY
16:22ENEMIES KNOW. DON'T JUST DON'T LET THE
16:25NAYSAYERS KNOW. WHAT? IS there anybody
16:27in this house? Anybody? Anybody? You
16:30know somebody that if they just knew
16:31that you were going through a headache?
16:33My God, that would be the story on the
16:35great vine. David says, "I'M GLAD THAT
16:38you delivered me from THIS AND YOU DID
16:41NOT EVEN LET MY ENEMIES KNOW WHAT I WAS
16:43GOING THROUGH. I'M GLAD FOR THAT KIND of
16:45God that he DOESN'T PUT YOUR BUSINESS
16:47OUT THERE." HE'LL WORK ON YOU IN THE
16:50PRIVATE TO GET YOUR LIFE TOGETHER, BUT
16:52WHAT HE'S DOING WITH YOU, HE SAID,
16:53"THAT'S NOT ANYBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS."
16:57WOO! I'm glad for that kind of God.
16:59Yeah. Yeah. He said, "You pulled me out
17:01and you didn't let my enemies know
17:03because they would have rejoiced over
17:05me." He said, "It happened when I cried
17:08to you." I like this because this term
17:10to cry. Now, hear me. David, it is a
17:13man's man. David is a real macho kind of
17:18man. This is this is a warrior. This is
17:20somebody who grew up in the backsides of
17:22the desert. This is somebody who knew
17:24how to defend himself. He knew how to
17:27fight off lions. I'm Is there anybody
17:29here ever fought with lions? I I I
17:31promise you don't try to do it. He knew
17:33how to fought lions and bears and to
17:35kill Goliath. But when God confronted
17:38David, this word to cry shiwati, it
17:41means that he cried like a little baby.
17:44He He wasn't just shedding a few tears.
17:46It means to shriek. It means to holler
17:50out of an urgent distress. Look at this.
17:53the dignified king of Israel, the most
17:56powerful monarch. At that time when God
18:00pulled his cord and pulled HIM ON THE
18:03CARPET, HE CRIED LIKE A LITTLE BABY. Am
18:05I talking to anybody here? I feel the
18:07Holy Ghost in here. And and and he
18:10teaches us something that there is a
18:12time to be dignified, but when God
18:15confronts us, that ain't the time to be
18:18dignified. That is a time to lay your
18:20dignity aside. That's a time to lay your
18:22crown aside. Take off your purple robe.
18:25I know you are THE CHOIR MASTER, BUT
18:27TAKE ALL OF THAT OFF. I KNOW YOU'RE THE
18:29PASTOR, the associate pastor, the goodly
18:32elder, the deacon, whatever your role
18:33is. But when God pokes you in THE SIDE
18:36AND SAID, "COME HERE. WE NEED TO TALK."
18:38THAT AIN'T TIME TO TELL GOD ABOUT YOUR
18:40PEDIGREE. NO, THAT'S THE TIME TO TAKE
18:42ALL THAT STUFF OFF, FALL ON YOUR FACE,
18:45AND CRY OUT TO GOD. IS THERE ANYBODY IN
18:48this place that knows a little bit about
18:50crying out to God?
18:53I feel like there are some of us who
18:54would who would get breakthrough in our
18:56lives a little faster and be healthier
18:59in our mentality and psychology if we
19:02learn how to holler before God. If we
19:05learn how to just cry out sometimes, YOU
19:08ARE [snorts] IN AN UGLY SITUATION, but
19:10you're trying to acute in your prayer.
19:12Oh Lord God Almighty, some assistance
19:16PLEASE OVER HERE. TIME FOR ALL OF THAT.
19:19SOMETIME YOU JUST GOING TO FALL DOWN AND
19:21SAY HELP [screaming]
19:23LORD IF YOU DON'T COME THROUGH I'M GOING
19:26TO DROWN OVER HERE. AM I TALKING TO
19:29anybody here? He lost ALL DIGNITY AND HE
19:32CRIED OUT TO GOD. [screaming]
19:34The prayer the prayer the prayer was so
19:37deep. The prayer was so deep, brothers
19:39and sisters, that David D, I I I love
19:42this here because David, he he he he he
19:44said, "God, I I I I'm not just going to
19:47use one name of yours just in case one
19:49name doesn't get me the help I need. I'm
19:51going to use two titles, two of your
19:53most powerful titles." He says, "Lord
19:56God," back to back several times between
19:58verses 1 to5, he said, "Lord God." That
20:01is to say, he called him Yahweh Elohim.
20:05Yahweh Elohim. What what what's the
20:06significance here? Because Yahweh is the
20:09personal covenantkeeping God of mercy.
20:12He said to him, I'm crying out to you as
20:15a personal God of mercy. I'm calling to
20:19you cuz you're the God who knows how to
20:21have mercy. I'm calling to Yahweh
20:23because you sure enough know how to have
20:26some mercy. But then he said, I'm also
20:28calling you Elohim because Elohim is the
20:31God of all power. I need both your mercy
20:35and your power. I need your mercy to
20:37forgive me for getting myself in this
20:40mess, but I also need your power to draw
20:43me out of this mess. Am I talking to
20:45anybody? I'm glad that I don't have to
20:46call him Elohim or Adonai or Yahweh. But
20:51today, I CAN PRAY AND SAY, "JESUS, FOR
20:54WHEN I SAY JESUS, IT'S ALL IN HIM. ALL
20:57THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD, THE MERCY
21:00OF YAHWEH IS IN JESUS. THE POWER OF EL
21:03SHADAI AND Elohim is ALL IN JESUS.
21:06SOMEBODY SHOUT JESUS RIGHT QUICK IN THE
21:08HOUSE. THERE IS MERCY. THERE IS GRACE.
21:11AND THERE IS POWER FOR WHATEVER YOU'RE
21:14GOING THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE. OH,
21:16HALLELUJAH. Somebody clap your hand and
21:19give the Lord a praise. When he called
21:22God, when he called God, the Bible said
21:26David said, "God, he pulled me from the
21:29pit. He pulled me literally from the
21:31grave. He drew my soul back. I was on my
21:34way to death. They didn't have the
21:36sophisticated uh kind of med medical uh
21:39uh uh in uh uh apparatus like they have
21:42now. So, he was on his way to the grave.
21:45He said, "But when I cried out to God,"
21:48he said, "God pulled me back from the
21:51brink of death and destruction." When I
21:53cried out to God, he stopped the plague.
21:56When I cried out to God, he healed me
21:59from my disease and restored me to good
22:02health and restored me to my right mind
22:04and restored me to my kingdom and
22:06restored me to my spirituality when I
22:09called on God. Saints, I promise you
22:11[snorts] that we should never forget the
22:14importance of calling on the name of our
22:18God because there is healing, there is
22:20salvation, there is restoration. If
22:23you're dealing with demons, he can strip
22:25those things off of you. If you're
22:26dealing with sin, he can forgive you. If
22:28you're sick in your body, he can heal
22:30you. I said something happens when we
22:33call on the name of Do I have a witness
22:37in here that WHEN YOU CALL ON the name
22:39of Jesus, SOMETHING BEGINS TO HAPPEN.
22:44HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. So
22:48when he thought when he thought when he
22:50when he began to share the summary of
22:53God's working, he had to now make a
22:55summons to God's worship in verse four,
22:58he called it everybody. He said, "I
23:00can't just give God praise alone for
23:03this." Why? Even though I was the one
23:05that caused the trouble for numbering
23:07the military, but the trouble I caused
23:11was about to wipe out the entire nation.
23:1370,000 people had already died. So he
23:17called the survivors and he said to
23:19them, "Come on y'all, let us praise the
23:22Lord." He said to them, "Join me in
23:25singing praises unto God." Because you
23:28must understand this that the praise
23:31must be as pervasive as the pardon. If
23:34I'm the only one blessed, then that's
23:36okay. I'm the only one that praises the
23:38Lord. But if everybody in here has been
23:41blessed, if if everybody has been
23:43delivered, if everybody has been healed,
23:45if everybody has met God in some
23:48miraculous way, then you can't LET ME
23:50PRAISE GOD ALL BY MYSELF. THAT'S WHAT
23:53that's where Pastor Sammy is. You can't
23:55let the praise singers sing FOR YOU. BUT
23:58EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE, WE ARE CALLING
24:01YOU. WE ARE SUMMONING you to praise.
24:05I feel the Holy Ghost in here. We summon
24:08you to praise the name of the Lord. Is
24:11there anybody here that can testify that
24:14God has been good? LIFT YOUR HAND IN THE
24:16SANCTUARY AND GIVE THE LORD A MIGHTY
24:20shout of praise.
24:24Hallelujah.
24:25Hallelujah. Hallelujah. There are some
24:28things that God does that he merits our
24:32songs. I I like the word of James Row in
24:35the song that says, "Love lifted me. I
24:37was sinking deep in sin, far from the
24:40peaceful shore, very deeply stained
24:43within and sinking to rise no more. But
24:46the master of the seas, my God, he heard
24:51my despairing cry and from the waters he
24:55lifted me. Now safe am I." And in verse
24:59two, he said, "So all my heart I give to
25:02him. Ever to him I'll cling. In his
25:05blessed [music] presence ever live, ever
25:08his praises sing." Hear this. For love
25:10so mighty and so true merits my soul's
25:15best songs." Brothers and sisters, when
25:17God has been so GOOD TO US, MY GOD, HE
25:22DESERVE THE SONG OF MY SOUL. I MAY not
25:25be able to sing it on THE CHOIR, BUT
25:27I'LL SING IT IN MY BATHROOM. I FEEL LIKE
25:29PREACHING HERE. I'LL SING IT IN MY CAR.
25:33HAS ANYBODY EVER BEEN SINGING IN THE CAR
25:35AND THE SONG GOT SO GOOD TO YOU THAT
25:37YOU'RE AT the traffic light and when you
25:39look out, somebody's looking over you at
25:41the other car laughing at you BECAUSE
25:43YOU'RE IN THERE. SOMETIMES TEARS ARE
25:45RUNNING DOWN YOUR FACE. SOMETIMES YOU'RE
25:47LIFTING YOUR HANDS. THEY DON'T KNOW
25:49WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT CAR, BUT YOU
25:51KNOW love lifted me. I FEEL LIKE
25:55PREACHING HERE. YOU GOT TO SING YOUR
25:57SONG TO GOD.
26:01He said, "Everybody sing because when
26:02God works, there is a shortity of a new
26:05dawn." Verse five, there's a shortity of
26:08a new dawn because God does not keep his
26:11anger forever.
26:13I said God doesn't keep his anger
26:16forever. when it comes on to the people
26:18of God, he doesn't stay angry with us
26:22forever. His anger is is but for the
26:25blink of an eye, a moment, the blink of
26:28an eye, but his [snorts] favor is all
26:30through our lives. Anybody glad for
26:32that?
26:33>> Can I make a plug right quick? So, so if
26:35God, the holy God, only stays angry at
26:39us for the worst things we do, for the
26:42blink of an eye, but gives us eternal
26:45favor, can I challenge you right here?
26:47Why is it that you are still in malice
26:50and anger with a parent, a child, a
26:53spouse, a I know it would get a little
26:55quiet right here. [snorts] Why is it
26:57that you who make your own mistakes and
27:00you who need grace and mercy, why is it
27:03that your anger lasts so long when God's
27:06anger [clears throat] is only for the
27:08blink of AN EYE? THE HOLY GOD, LISTEN TO
27:10THIS, HIS anger is only for the blink of
27:13an eye. But somebody [snorts] did it
27:15wrong one time and even though they
27:17repented, you have decided you will
27:19never forgive. You lean, you need to
27:21lean into this. If God has forgiven you,
27:24you need to learn how to forgive. I AM
27:27NOT SAYING TO BRING THEM BACK TO CHUMMY
27:29BUDDY STATUS, BUT I'M SAYING THIS, YOU
27:32NEED to let that anger go. You need to
27:34let it seep OUT OF YOUR HEART BECAUSE IF
27:36GOD can release you, you need to learn
27:39how to am I talking to anybody here?
27:41Weeping, God, I feel you in this place.
27:44David says here, he says this. He says,
27:46"Weeping weeping is like an unwelcome."
27:50the the the imagery here of weeping is
27:52weeping is an unwelcome guest. The kind
27:55of person you don't want in your house,
27:58but because they don't have anywhere
28:01else to go, you say, "Okay, all right. I
28:03I'll have you, but you better be out
28:05first thing in the morning before the
28:07day breaks, you better be out of here."
28:08Am I talking to anybody?
28:10Has anybody ever had that person to
28:12visit you, that family member, and you
28:14told them reluctantly, you tried to find
28:16every reason why they couldn't stay
28:17there, but when nothing would stick, you
28:19say, "Okay, okay, okay, you can stay
28:21tonight, but the first thing in the
28:23morning, you need to be on your way.
28:25Anybody?" Now, this is how the writer
28:28captures weeping. He says, "Weeping, you
28:32can only STAY FOR A NIGHT. GOD, I FEEL
28:34YOU HERE. YOU ARE AN UNWELCOME GUEST.
28:37YOU ARE ONLY HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T DO
28:39BETTER. LEAN in here. The last two
28:41years, weeping has been a resident. Am I
28:44talking to anybody? HE HE'S BEEN A
28:46VISITOR. He's He's a visitor. And we
28:48want to remind the weeping and the grief
28:51and the troubles AND THE TRIALS. WE WANT
28:53TO REMIND WEEPING, you are only A
28:56VISITOR. YOU CAN'T STAY HERE FOREVER.
28:58GOD, I feel you in here. You took our
29:01bishop. You took OUR BUILDING. YOU'RE
29:03EVEN TRYING TO MESS WITH OUR BUDGET. AM
29:05I TALKING TO ANYBODY? BUT BUT YOU CAN'T
29:07STAY HERE FOR TOO LONG BECAUSE THE
29:09MORNING IS COMING. I FEEL LIKE preaching
29:12here. Slap a neighbor high five and say,
29:14"NEIGHBOR, THE NIGHT IS almost over."
29:18Come on, TELL THEM. SAY, "HOLD ON."
29:20BECAUSE THE NIGHT IS ALMOST OVER.
29:23WEEPING CAN ONLY STAY HERE FOR THE
29:25NIGHT, BUT JOY IS COMING BACK IN the
29:28morning. Weeping, YOU ARE ONLY OCCUPYING
29:31THE BED THAT MY JOY LIVES IN. SO YOU
29:34CAN'T STAY HERE FOR TOO LONG CUZ MY JOY
29:37COMES IN THE MORNING. SO YOU BETTER BE
29:39UP OUT OF HERE AT 4:00. YOU BETTER BE
29:42OUT OF HERE BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP
29:45BECAUSE JOY [screaming]
29:47IS COMING in the morning. Somebody clap
29:51your hands and give the Lord a shout of
29:53praise. Give the Lord A SHOUT OF PRAISE
29:56in here.
29:58Ah brothers and sisters, we must
30:01understand this that sometimes the
30:02morning the morning doesn't always get
30:05bright immediately. Sometimes the
30:07morning is still dark. Yeah. Yeah. In
30:09fact, the solar morning starts at 12:01
30:13a.m. Yeah. That's when it starts. But
30:15that that is the darkest part of the
30:17night when it becomes morning. From 12
30:20to 12:01, that's when all kind of evil
30:22goes down in our world. My God. But I
30:25tell you this, I know the morning is
30:28coming. I KNOW THE SUN IS GETTING READY
30:31to rise. I know the morning is already
30:33here. I KNOW WE ALREADY turned the
30:36corner. WE MAY NOT SEE IT YET. BUT DO ME
30:39A FAVOR BY FAITH. SLAP THAT NEIGHBOR
30:40HIGH FIVE AND SAY NEIGHBOR, good
30:42morning. Good morning. Good morning.
30:43Come on. Say neighbor, good morning.
30:45Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because the turning
30:48has already started to happen. My God,
30:51some darkness is still here. Yeah. Yeah.
30:54Yeah. weeping is still packing HIS
30:55CLOTHES TO GO. BUT THE MORNING IS
30:58ALREADY HERE. GOOD MORNING, PENTAB.
31:04>> I feel the Holy Ghost in this place. I
31:06feel the Holy Ghost in here. He goes on
31:09to chap He goes on to number two after
31:11giving the highlights. He goes on to
31:13talk about the humility in the troubles.
31:15This this is where the turning point is.
31:17This is where the turning point is. He
31:18says, "Now in my prosperity I said I
31:23shall never be moved." And he highlights
31:26something here for us in these verses
31:29that there is dangerous pride in human
31:32prosperity. That if we have unchecked
31:35prosperity, sometimes pride can slick it
31:39sneak its way in. Look at David's
31:41prosperity in 1st Chronicles 11:20. uh
31:44David he he consolidates the kingdom in
31:47chapter 11 he becomes king over all
31:49Israel of 1 Chronicles in 1 Chronicles
31:5212 his army expands in chap chapter 13
31:56he brought the ark of God to the city of
31:58David in chapter 14 he established
32:01Jerusalem as a capital in chapter 15 and
32:0316 he brought the ark to Jerusalem and
32:06in chapter 17 God said to David you are
32:09the man I give you an everlasting
32:12covenant I will establish lish my
32:14covenant with you that the Messiah will
32:16come through you. In chapters 18 to 20,
32:19David had favor. He beat everybody and
32:23expands the territory of Israel from the
32:26Red Sea to the river Euphrates. That is
32:29why uh the Jews have this slogan from
32:33river to river because God said to them,
32:35"Your land is from the the the crossing
32:38of the Red Sea all the way to
32:40Euphrates." David expanded the kingdom.
32:44No wonder he felt like he was the man.
32:46The cats meow, the dogs bow out. And
32:49sometimes when we are in prosperity,
32:52that can happen. So he said, in my
32:54prosperity, I told myself, I shall never
32:58be moved. In my prosperity, I told
33:00myself, I am the man and I am
33:03untouchable and I'm doing THIS ALL BY
33:06MYSELF and my military might. But then
33:09God struck David and my God, I feel the
33:12Holy Ghost in here. Brothers and
33:13sisters, can I tell you that sometimes
33:15prosperity can do that to us. But I
33:17thank God for the disciplinary pruning
33:20in the presence of God. When we air,
33:24when pride comes in, I'm glad God did
33:27not leave David to die in his pride. I'm
33:29glad God doesn't let us die in our
33:31pride. When David became proud, God sent
33:34trouble his way. David said, "You hid
33:36your face from me." My God. God hid his
33:39face from me and I was perplexed. I was
33:42dismayed. I was troubled. It was almost
33:45as if the floor fell out from beneath
33:48me, said David. He said, "I was the man
33:51when pride was there. But when God
33:53pruned him through some troubles, that's
33:55the next point. Number verse seven. When
33:56God began to prune him and to discipline
33:59him through pruning in verse seven, I
34:02hear David said, "You know what? I am
34:04not the man. God, by your favor, you
34:07have made my mountain stand strong. That
34:09is to say, God, it was your hand. It was
34:12your grace. It was your favor that made
34:15my mountain strong. Listen here,
34:17brothers and sisters. I don't care how
34:19big your mountain looks. If God pulls
34:21his hand out, that mountain collapses.
34:25It's by God's mountain that our
34:27marriages are standing. Thank you, boo
34:29boo. IT'S BY GOD'S FAVOR THAT OUR
34:31MARRIAGES are standing. IT IS BY GOD'S
34:33FAVOR THAT our church has lasted for 30
34:36long years. It is by the favor of God. I
34:39feel the Holy Ghost. So when God pulled
34:41the rug out, he began to make some
34:43desperate petition. I can't go through
34:45all of this. In verses 8 to 10, he began
34:47to make some desperate petitions for
34:50God. He began to say to God three
34:52question. What prophet is there in my
34:55death? Who who if I go down to the pit,
34:57will the dust praise you? Will will it
35:00tell your faithfulness? In other words,
35:01God, if you allow me to die, who is
35:05going to sing of your faithfulness? In
35:07other words, it was also a commitment.
35:09God, if you bring me out, I am going to
35:12tell everybody what the Lord has done
35:14for me. He said, God, hear me when I
35:18cry. Have mercy on me and help me. Be my
35:22help. Bring me out of this. Be my
35:25shield. Be my support. Bring me up out
35:28of the crisis. Let me tell you this. God
35:31began to turn some things around.
35:33Saints, can I tell you this? Let trouble
35:35do its work. Not every trouble that
35:38comes is from the devil.
35:40God sometimes send some troubles our way
35:43so that he can GET OUR EYES BACK ON HIM
35:47because [snorts] David had got his eyes
35:49on his prosperity that he thought he was
35:51doing it. But when the trouble came and
35:54he realized he couldn't shake a stick at
35:56it, he began to say, "God, this is you.
35:58It's your grace. It's your mercy. It's
36:01your faithfulness. So, what I'm going to
36:03do is rather than brag ABOUT HOW BIG I
36:05AM, how good I am, how rich I am. I'll
36:08tell of your faithfulness. I'll tell of
36:11your grace and your mercy. I'll tell how
36:13you delivered me and how you kept me
36:16alive. But can I go to the closing here
36:19because there is a hallelujah in the
36:22triumph. I feel the Holy Ghost here. Is
36:25there anybody here that knows that when
36:27God brings you through trouble and
36:28through trials that if you just turn
36:30around and look at Jesus that there can
36:33be a hallelujah in your triumph? Matter
36:36of fact, IF YOU'RE STILL IN THE TROUBLE,
36:38the story ain't over yet. THE STORY IS
36:41OVER WHEN YOU HAVE THAT HALLELUJAH in
36:44the triumph. Here it is in verses 11 to
36:4712. He said, "God, you turned my
36:49mourning into dancing. You put off my
36:52saddle and clothe me with gladness to
36:54the end that my glory may sing praise to
36:57you and not be silent. Oh Lord my God, I
37:00will give thanks to you forever. He said
37:04when I CRIED OUT TO GOD, there was a
37:07turnaround. Saints, CAN I TELL YOU FOR
37:09EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH in
37:11your personal life, if you can just
37:13trust God and depend on God, there will
37:16be a turnaround. CAN I SAY ONE MORE
37:18TIME? I said, "If you trust God and
37:21learn how to lean and depend on God,
37:25there will be a turnaround." Come on,
37:27WHY DON'T YOU SLAP SOMEBODY HIGH FIVE
37:29AND SAID, "NEIGHBOR, THERE WILL BE a
37:30turnaround." If you trust God, there
37:34will be a turnaround. Oh, God. He'll
37:38turn around. He'll make you turn around
37:41FROM MOURNING TO GLADNESS. VERSE 11, he
37:44said, "God gave me a change of worship.
37:48He took my mourning and he gave me
37:51gladness. I feel the Holy Ghost in here.
37:54In other words, he's saying here that
37:56God turned my funeral into a wedding. I
37:59feel like preaching here. He said, "I
38:01was walking and I singing like I was at
38:04a funeral, but God, when he turned
38:08things around, HE TURNED THAT FUNERAL
38:11INTO A WEDDING." CHURCH, I FEEL LIKE
38:14PREACHING IN THIS PLACE. I HOPE THAT
38:17THEY KEPT THE MONEY FOR THE WREATH
38:19BECAUSE THIS FUNERAL IS ABOUT TO TURN
38:22INTO A WEDDING. MY FUNERAL MORNING IS
38:26ABOUT to turn into a wedding of
38:28gladness.
38:29Is there anybody IN THIS PLACE THAT
38:32KNOWS THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN A FUNERAL
38:35MARCH, BUT THE WEDDING IS COMING?
38:38SOMEBODY SHOUT it in here. SAY, "MY
38:40FUNERAL IS TURNING INTO a wedding." Oh
38:44God, I feel mourning about to be turned
38:48to gladness. But not only that, he
38:52changed my wardrobe. I feel like
38:54preaching here. He changed my wardrobe.
38:58Oh God, come here, Elder Ramon. Take
39:01your JACKET OFF FOR A SECOND HERE. Uh
39:04come come here. Come, come here, Elder.
39:05If I can just use YOU FOR A SECOND. Just
39:07come here, Elder. My God. Just stand
39:09stand right here. Stand right here so
39:11they can see you. He took off MY
39:14SACKLOTH. AND THE idea here is that the
39:18SACKLOTH WAS BIG AND BULGY. THE SACKLOTH
39:21DIDN'T FIT ME WELL. PUT YOUR JACKET ON
39:24HIM. If you looked at it, YOU COULD TELL
39:27THAT THIS WAS NOT WHERE I BELONG. THIS
39:29IS NOT THE garment I wear. This is only
39:33temporary. I ONLY HAVE THIS ON BECAUSE
39:36[snorts] MY CIRCUMSTANCES PUT IT ON ME.
39:38I FEEL LIKE PREACHING IN THIS PLACE.
39:42BUT HE SAID, "WHEN GOD TURNED IT AROUND,
39:47WHEN GOD turned it around, WHEN GOD
39:49PULLED ME OUT OF THE MESS, WHEN HE
39:52PULLED ME OUT OF THE SIN, HE TOOK THE
39:54SACKLOTH OVER ME." COME HERE, ELDER
39:56KIRBY. Just take ELDER RAMON'S RO
39:59JACKET, HE SAID, "GOD TOOK THE BAGGY,
40:03TOOK THE HEAVY, TOOK THE HIDEOUS, TOOK
40:06THE UGLY SACKLOTH OFF OF ME." COME ON,
40:09ELDER KIRBY. Take it OFF OF HIM. TAKE
40:11THAT OFF OF HIM. GOD TOOK IT OFF OF ME
40:14AND HE PUT ON ME. HE GIRDED ME WITH THE
40:19CLOTHES THAT WAS MADE FOR ME. I FEEL
40:21LIKE WE'RE DANCING IN HERE. HE TOOK MY
40:24SACK OFF AND HE CLOTHED ME WITH GLADNESS
40:28THAT WAS MADE FOR ME. I FEEL THE HOLY
40:31GHOST IN HERE. SOMEBODY LIFT YOUR VOICE
40:33IN HERE AND SAY, "GLADNESS IS MY STYLE."
40:36COME ON, SAY, "GLADNESS IS MY STYLE."
40:39GLADNESS IS MY FIT. HE HAS TURNED.
40:43HE HAS TURNED IT AROUND. HE CHANGED MY
40:47WARDROBE. SOMEBODY CLAP YOUR HAND IN
40:50HERE AND GIVE GOD A PRAISE. GIVE
40:53[snorts] HIM A PRAISE. SO, I'VE GOT TO
40:55TRANSITION FROM MUTED [clears throat] to
40:58gratitude. I'M CHANGING FROM MUTED TO
41:01GRATITUDE. HE SAID, "I REFUSE." I'M IN
41:05VERSE 12. He said, "I refuse [snorts] to
41:09be silent. I feel like preaching in this
41:12place." Is there anybody in THIS PLACE
41:16THAT THE SADNESS HAS ALMOST TAKEN YOUR
41:20VOICE AWAY? THAT'S WHAT DAVID SAID. HE
41:23SAID, "THE DISEASE TOOK MY VOICE AWAY.
41:25THE PLAGUE TOOK MY VOICE AWAY. BUT WHEN
41:28GOD TURNED IT AROUND, MY GOD, I BECOME
41:33ON SILENCE." SOMEBODY SHOUT, "I'M ON
41:36SILENCE." SAY, "DEVIL,
41:38YOU TRY TO SILENCE US. YOU TRY TO
41:41SILENCE ME." I FEEL THE HOLY GHOST IN
41:44HERE. THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS. HE WANTS TO
41:47SILENCE OUR WORSHIP. HE WANTS TO silence
41:49our witness. BUT DO I HAVE AN UNSILENCED
41:54PEOPLE? IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT
41:57REFUSE TO BE SILENT? I refuse
42:01to shut my mouth. I REFUSE TO DISAPPEAR.
42:07BUT I'LL OPEN UP MY MOUTH AND PRAISE GOD
42:12WITH UNENDING PRAISE. WITH UNENDING
42:15PRAISE. I'LL PRAISE him now. AND I'LL
42:18PRAISE HIM FOREVER. I'LL PRAISE HIM.
42:22WHY? Because the trouble IS ONLY
42:26TEMPORARY. BUT MY BLESSING IS FOREVER.
42:30THIS AIN'T THE END OF MY STORY. I FEEL
42:33THE HOLY GHOST HERE. THIS AIN'T HOW THE
42:35STORY ENDS. WE ARE COMING OUT.
42:39SOMEBODY SHOUT IT IN HERE. SAY, WE'RE
42:41COMING OUT. BLESS THE LORD.
42:45[snorts] OH MY SOUL AND OH [screaming]
42:50THAT IS WITHIN ME, BLESS HIS HOLY NAME,
42:54THROW YOUR HANDS UP. HE SAID, I'LL GIVE
42:57YOU HALLELUJAH. I
42:59[snorts and clears throat] THROW MY
43:00HANDS UP. I THROW THEM UP IN THE
43:02SANCTUARY. I THROW THEM UP AT HOME. And
43:06bless THE NAME OF MY GOD. BLESS HIM IN
43:11HERE. BLESS HIM IN HERE. BLESS HIM IN
43:14HERE. I FEEL THE HOLY GHOST IN HERE. DO
43:17ME A FAVOR. SLAP SOMEBODY ELSE HIGH FIVE
43:21AND SAY, "GOOD MORNING, NEIGHBOR." SAY,
43:24"Good morning." The morning of praise is
43:27here. THE MORNING OF WORSHIP IS HERE. IT
43:31MIGHT STILL LOOK DARK, STILL WORKING ON
43:33SOME THINGS, BUT MY morning
43:37is here. AND I PRAISE HIM IN THE
43:41MORNING. I PRAISE HIM IN THE MORNING.
43:48[music]
43:49SHIA
43:52DAILY I SHALL WORSHIP THEE. LAMB OF GOD,
43:58WHO DIED FOR ME, WHO EXTENDETH
44:02ENDLESS MERCY DAILY I SHALL WORSHIP
44:07THEE. I'LL GIVE HIM PRAISE.
44:11I'LL [clears throat] GIVE HIM PRAISE.
44:13I'LL GIVE HIM PRAISE. I'LL GIVE HIM
44:15PRAISE.
44:20HALLELUJAH.
44:21HALLELUJAH.
44:23I LIKE DAVID'S STORY, BUT I GOT MY OWN
44:27STORY BECAUSE Jesus
44:30came DOWN TO THE PIT FOR ME ALL THE WAY
44:33TO CALVARY. He went for me. AND THE
44:36BIBLE SAYS WHEN HE DIED FOR MY SINS, he
44:41came DOWN INTO THE PIT. HE DESCENDED
44:45INTO SH. HE CAME IN MY PIT. I FEEL THE
44:49HOLY GHOST IN HERE. AND HE LOSE MY
44:52CHAINS AND HE [clears throat] STAYED
44:54THERE ALL NIGHT FRIDAY. HE STAYED THERE
44:58ALL DAY SATURDAY. HE STAYED THERE ALL
45:03NIGHT SATURDAY. BUT [snorts] EARLY
45:07SUNDAY MORNING, HE rose up with all
45:11power and was in HIS HAND. GOOD MORNING,
45:15PENTAB. GOOD MORNING, LADY KIMBLE. GOOD
45:19MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YOUR MORNING IS
45:23HERE. RESURRECTION IS HERE. Praise God.
45:35Hallelujah.
45:37Hallelujah. He did it for the joy that
45:40was set before him. The [snorts] joy of
45:43seeing you saved. The joy of seeing you
45:46delivered. The joy of seeing you
45:48restored. The joy of seeing your
45:50EMOTIONS COME BACK TOGETHER. THE JOY OF
45:53SEEING YOU HEALED. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. THE
45:55JOY OF SEEING YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF. HE
45:58DID IT FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE
46:00HIM. BROTHERS and sisters, when we
46:03refuse to let the night win, and when we
46:05CLAIM THE RESURRECTION POWER OF A NEW
46:08DAY, EVEN WHEN THE DARKNESS IS STILL
46:10HERE, WE GIVE HIM THE JOY THAT HE DIED
46:12FOR. SOMEBODY LIFT YOUR HAND. WHEN we
46:14get ready to close here and we open the
46:16altar, but lift your [snorts] hand in
46:17the house AND THANK GOD. COME ON, THANK
46:20HIM. Thank him that morning is here. In
46:23his resurrection, PERPETUAL MORNING IS
46:26HERE. NO MATTER HOW DARK AND DISMALLY IT
46:29LOOK, I'LL STILL GET UP, LIFT MY HAND,
46:33AND SAY, "MY JOY IS HERE." AM I TALKING
46:35TO ANYBODY HERE? JOY IS HERE.
46:40SH. Good God from on high. If there is
46:43anybody in this house that needs you
46:45need joy, sin, sin has been holding you
46:49captive, HOLDING YOU SPELL BOUND, you
46:52feel like you can't get out of it. But
46:54if like David today, you can repent. If
46:57you can repent today, here's the deal.
46:59It will be a good morning for you. When
47:02God washed your sin away, when he holds
47:04you by the hand and PULLS YOU UP OUT OF
47:07THE MESS, out of the mire, out of the
47:10pit, HE CAN DO IT TODAY.
47:14HALLELUJAH.
47:15This is your day of joy. Come on. I
47:18wonder if there's one today. Pray
47:20singers, want you to come and just raise
47:21that song. Love lifted me. Hallelujah.
47:23When nothing else could help, love
47:26[snorts] lifted me. We got a few minutes
47:28here. But if there is somebody in the
47:29house, if there is somebody here, sin
47:33has a hold on you. Yeah. Yeah. Sin has
47:36been ravaging your life. feel like you
47:38can't get out, can't get free, can't get
47:41over. But if you'll walk from your seat
47:44today and come to this altar, there is
47:47resurrection power awaiting you in THE
47:51HOLY GHOST. YOU CAN GET UP OUT OF
47:54WHATEVER IT IS that is trying to hold
47:57you bound. Hallelujah. Resurrection
48:01power
48:03is in the name of Jesus. Come on, praise
48:04singers, lift that song. Hallelujah.
48:06Hallelujah.
48:08>> Yes. [singing]
48:11>> Yes. Love.
48:16>> His love can lift you this morning.
48:18Whatever you're in, wherever you are,
48:21[music]
48:22>> if you will let him. His love can lift
48:25you up this morning.
48:28>> Hey. Yes. [music and singing]
48:32lifted me.
48:35>> Oh, love [music and singing]
48:39me
48:40>> when nothing
48:44[music]
48:44else could help [singing]
48:47>> love
48:50lifted
48:53me.
48:55>> [music]
48:58>> All love
49:00lifted me.
49:03>> Yes, it will. Love
49:06>> lifted me.
49:09>> When [music and singing]
49:11nothing else could have
49:15>> Oh, love
49:18me.
49:21Oh, love it.
49:26>> Oh, love [music]
49:30me.
49:32>> When when
49:34nothing [music and singing] else could
49:37have
49:38>> love
49:44me.
49:46>> Verse two. All my heart,
49:50all [music and singing] my heart, to him
49:54I give.
49:56>> Ever to him I cling. [singing]
50:01In his blessing,
50:04[music]
50:07>> ever [singing] his praise sing. Love
50:11[music] so mighty and so true. Love so
50:13[singing] mighty.
50:16So so true. Merits [music and singing]
50:19my soul's best song.
50:24>> Faithful [music and singing]
50:27service to to him. [music]
50:32[singing]
50:35>> Love
50:38[music] me.
50:39>> Oh yes. Oh yes. Love [singing]
50:42[music] lifted me
50:46>> when
50:48nothing [music]
50:50else
50:50>> could help
50:54lifted [music]
50:55me.
50:57>> Oh
51:01me. [music]
51:03Oh,
51:04>> God lifted me
51:09>> when [music]
51:10>> when nothing [singing] else could help
51:18[music]
51:21me.
51:23>> Souls in danger, look up above.
51:26>> Souls [music and singing] in danger,
51:29look above.
51:32Jesus completely [music and singing]
51:34saves us.
51:37He will lift [singing] you by his love
51:43out of the angry [music] way.
51:48>> He's the master [singing] of the sea.
51:54Fillows his will. [music]
51:59He your savior [music and singing]
52:03to be be saved to
52:08[music and singing]
52:10love
52:13[singing]
52:13me.
52:15Oh
52:17[music]
52:19king
52:21>> when
52:23nothing [music and singing]
52:24else could help
52:28lift me.
52:32>> Where [singing]
52:32love
52:35[music] me.
52:37>> Oh love lives.
52:41[music]
52:44and nothing [music and singing] else.
52:53[music]
52:55>> Let's sing one more time. [singing]
52:57>> Souls in danger.
53:00>> Souls in danger.
53:05>> Yes. Jesus completely saved. Hallelujah.
53:11He will [singing] lift you by his
53:15[music] love
53:17out of the angry way.
53:20>> He's the master. He's the master
53:25[singing] of the [music] sea.
53:28>> Below his will [singing] obey.
53:34>> He [music]
53:35savior
53:37to me.
53:38>> He saved me.
53:42>> [music]
53:45>> Love [singing]
53:47me.
53:49>> He can lift you right now.
53:51>> Love is [music]
53:55>> when
53:57nothing [music and singing]
53:59else could love
54:04me.
54:06Oh love
54:08lifted [music]
54:09me. [singing]
54:11>> Oh love lifted [music]
54:17when
54:18>> when nothing [music and singing]
54:20else could love
54:26>> lifted.
54:28[singing]
54:28[music] Send the chorus one last time.
54:30This is it. Love lifted.
54:34Love lifted [singing] me.
54:38>> Love
54:41lifted [singing]
54:42me.
54:45>> When
54:47nothing else [singing] could help
54:52[music]
54:53me.
54:55>> [singing]
54:55>> Oh love
54:57lifted me. [music]
55:01>> Oh love [singing]
55:04[music]
55:06>> when nothing
55:07>> when
55:08nothing else could have
55:11>> love.
55:18[singing]
55:19[music]
55:21Let's lift those hands and thank God
55:23right now.
55:25Hallelujah.
55:28Hallelujah.
55:31Hallelujah.
55:33Hallelujah.
55:35Hallelujah.
55:37Hallelujah.
55:39Hallelujah.
55:41Hallelujah.
55:44Hallelujah.
55:47Saints,
55:49I am convinced
55:52Satan wants to silence this church.
55:57>> He wants to silence this church.
56:00And the truth is, grief can do that.
56:05And and here's the reality. We've been
56:06grieving. We've been grieving quite a
56:09bit over the last two years. Yes. Yes.
56:13Yes.
56:14And can I tell you saints, the grief is
56:16even heavier.
56:18Can I be quite open and transparent with
56:21you
56:22this week?
56:24I walked through the building, walked
56:27through the sanctuary. It might tight
56:29might have been Tuesday or Wednesday.
56:32One of those days. Wednesday.
56:35Walked through the sanctuary.
56:38And my God, when I left,
56:42my wife knows when something is off
56:44because
56:46maybe this is a blessing, but when I
56:49really feel sacked by discouragement,
56:52sleep comes easily, Lady Emory. And
56:55thank God for that because this mind of
56:58mine here, I can do bad all by myself
57:01with this machinery right here. So,
57:03thank God I went home on Wednesday.
57:06And after dinner, don't do this. I I
57:10went straight to bed.
57:12No shower, no brushing of teeth.
57:17I I was I'm just I'm just Can I testify?
57:20I'm not there anymore. So, I can share
57:21with you.
57:23>> I I was I felt so discouraged.
57:27I felt so heavy when I looked at the
57:29building and I'm like, "Oh my god.
57:33But God
57:36>> I I this this week I struggled so badly
57:39to write the sermon.
57:43>> But God
57:44>> and while I was writing this he was
57:46healing me. Hallelujah.
57:52Ah thank you. Hallelujah
57:55shooia.
58:01While I was writing this on Thursday and
58:03on Friday and yesterday, he was healing
58:06me. He was lifting me. He was telling
58:09me, "I know how you feel. I know how
58:12things may look, but it's not as bad as
58:15it seems. The day is about to break. You
58:18keep going. You keep pushing. YOU KEEP
58:21ENCOURAGING the people." AM I TALKING TO
58:23ANYBODY HERE? AND I STAND HERE THIS
58:25MORNING TO PREACH THIS TO YOU NOT AS
58:27SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T FEEL THE HEAVINESS,
58:31but somebody who deals with more of it
58:33than you know. But there's a lot of
58:35things that we haven't shared with the
58:37entire congregation.
58:39But I hear God saying, "Don't let
58:41anything silence your voice. Praise,
58:45worship, keep going, keep giving, keep
58:48doing. Morning is here.
58:53I challenge you today, saints, let
58:55nothing stop our voice.
58:58>> Praise him.