I'm Inclined To Do So - Bro Jeremy Howell 9-22-2024

May I direct your attention to Versus number twenty three

and twenty four, Brother Jesse, Psalm chapter number one nineteen

and verse number one twelve. Brother Nathaniel, Exodus chapter number

thirty three and verse number eleven. Again, man, direct your

attention to our golden text that God has put in

my heart. If you were to ask.

Me this morning, preacher, what brought that scripture to your heart?

What brought forth such a confirmation from Brother Jesse and

Sister irish Lynn Wooden, I'll tell you God did in

the middle of the night. For anybody that doubts that

you're fixing to be amazed, Brother Jesse, Psalm chapter number

one nineteen and verse number one twelve.

Please, I have.

Inclined to my heart to perform thy statutes away, even

unto the end. Did y'all notice that I have inclined

by hard reading Again, Brother Jesse, I have inclined find

heart to perform our statutes always, even unto the end.

Sounds to me like the Holy Ghost has connected some

dots this morning, Sister him and and he's been working

since the early morning hours, and he's speaking to speak

to somebody among this seventy and perhaps somebody that's tuned in.

But when we preach, remember this church, we're not preaching

to those that are tuned in. We're preaching to those

that are within these four walls. I've heard it must

be to those whom are sitting in the fusions, Brother Nathaniel. Exodus,

chapter number thirty three and verse number eleven, And the

Lord spake and the Moses face to face is a

man speaking unto his friend. And he turned again into

the camp. But his servant, Joshua, the son of Nun,

a young man, departed not out of the tavern at amen,

I want to preach a message the Holy Ghost titled

I am inclined.

To do so.

At a time of seeking the Lord for a sermon

specific for special people, I said, God, I need something

for this beautiful family that you have given me. That

I'm coming back to, something straight out of the portals

of glory, which it please help me while I'm praying,

And I said, God, why am I doing this when

I need sleep?

Why am I in this for?

Why am I going back and forth from the flour

in the chair. Why am I doing this rather than

sleeping tonight? And Brother Jesse, it seemed as though my

spirit said, I am inclined to do so.

I want to preach a.

Message the Holy Ghost titled I'm inclined to do so Again.

Sister quoted in her testimony these words, I have no

inclination of jumping ship. Speaking of Brother Jesse's testimony prior

to being here this morning, and also Brother Nathaniel, Brother

Jesse just read scriptures of people that were inclined to

go to church. I am inclined to spend time in church,

as Joshua would terry there in the meeting place where

the people had gathered, where Moses had saw our God.

Let's stand for.

The reading of our golden text. Joshua with twenty four

verses number twenty three and twenty four, very familiar.

Verses of scripture the Bible.

Sitting now therefore put away, said he the strange gods

which are among you, and incline your heart onto the Lord,

God of Israel. And the people said it to Joshua,

the Lord, our God. We will serve in his voice.

We will obey, praise the Lord. Let's pray this morning,

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the opportunity to be

in your house. We thank you for this precious people. God,

I sure feel like they are precious. I know you

know the heart, you know the mind, you know the people.

I pray that you would send a guard at their

ears and have them to hear what the Spirit of

God says. And to the church today, Lord, and not

of my words, but of your words, I ask you, God,

may they hear. Would you send a guard in my

mouth and help me to say the things you would

have me to say?

Nothing more or less.

God, I pray that we would depart this place joyfully

and not sorrowfully, in Jesus' name. And the church said,

Amen again, it is so good to be home with

our precious church family. The church family, our golden text

is found in an Old Testament book of the Holy Bible,

the Book of Joshua. The title of this book bears

the name of its author, author of the sacred writing,

is one of the most recognized characters of the entire Bible,

especially the Old Testament.

The name Joshua is recognizable.

Among the methel hole Inist Church family because for now

one of our members bears such a wonderful name. I

looked at the meaning of the name Joshua and was

blessed by the meaning of the wonderful name.

This name immediately triggers the memory.

Into a mental explosion, Memories of a mighty warrior. Memories

of this mighty warrior's mighty exploits began to pulsate through

my mind and even your minds this morning, readers and

students of the Bible, people of the Divine Library.

People of the claw, people of the sacred Red.

When I mentioned that name Joshua, your mind is pulsating

with memories of his exploits. And truly, brother Jesse, they

were notable and remarkable exploits. You know of him, don't

just some of you are smiling right now. Maybe only

a couple of you do not recognize the name of

such a biblical character.

Someone at this very moment is thinking that he is.

The successor of the meek and the greatest pastor Israel

has ever known, the meekest and the greatest pastor Israel

has ever known, the man Moses, while another in this

building is thinking of the numerous conquest of Canaan. Another

person sitting out there will remember that Joshua is the

one who reminded the Israelites, the people of the Lord

of the importance of fearing and honoring the Lord, their God.

His instructions that God's people were specific.

He went on to say that you should.

Serve the Lord with your heart.

That your heart should be inclined unto the Lord, and

not other things. His instructus to them word that they

were to be faithful people, to belong and to allow

nothing or no one to come in between them and God.

There's somebody in this fielding that was safer. As long

as I will live, I will never forget that this

was the man.

That told the children of Israel to march around the walls.

Of Jericho, and told a certain group among that group

that you are to blow trumpets loudly and tell others.

You are to shout loudly and tell some you are

to march. And therefore there was a great victory that

day for the nation of Israel, which included the down

of fall of Canaan and also the downfall of the

walls that kept God's people.

From possessing their promise. What a character, what a.

Noble man man, what a man of valor, a vip

amongst the men of God, A very important person, someone

that told his people you must serve the Lord. Why

would the people of God have to be reminded that

it is their duty and their responsibility to live in

servitude to the Lord. It seems to be a no

brainer to me and some mother's present this morning. But

this man of God that was Moses's successor, who finds

himself as the leader of.

God's people, and at.

This time he is a dying man, the greatest general

that Israel has known up until this time, only to

meet this place by David.

Joshua was a mighty general.

But there would come one greater named David, that would

be more beloved and more regarded and more revered.

But this man is second or David and brother Nathaniel.

He speaking to people that.

Have problems, and they have problems because they have inherited

death from people that have made bad choices.

And there's some of you this morning that are present

that could say I.

Was not reared nor was I raised among the people

of God. They could not say this. They are reared

and raised among the people of God. But the people

of God that they were around, those professors were not

always possessors, and their forefathers for the Jesse, some of

the founding fathers of this great movement.

They disobeyed God, and.

They transgress a newly received law. If you want their

new converts. They received a new covenant for their time,

and they're already transgressors and their law break. And Joshua

and knows as Phos Daddy and marvel, some goes the babies.

So these desert babies are inclined to do evil because

of the examples, the fun of them. I feel like

preaching to you this morning. You see, this man of

God told the ones who profess to be the people

of God to toss out the pagan gods. Why would

anybody at this point after the ministry of me can

mold to For Moses, who did have phare ups at

times sometimes the physical body has flair ups. Author rihotis

first side as veterrianius all of these houses. Sometimes a

mad of God, even Jesus Prince himself had a playo.

Sometimes a man of God as a spiritual.

And so here the spiritual the trust Joshua as a pharaoh,

and he's telling me, these people things are not as

they appear to all of you.

Consecrated God, He said, the gods, pagan pagans.

Forget about the little gods and focus on Vico, the one.

That would describe and divide himself as the Lord of

the moves and.

The God of gods.

Isn't it terrible that the Lord would have to speak

concerning himself in that manner.

So, this great general of Israel, he.

Reached the tie and a point in his life when

he's about.

To take his last breath.

And he knows, after he's taken his last breath, this

dying man knows, my voice will no longer be heard

in the ir canals of this people. My voice will

soon stop echoing in the planner of the beings of

these individuals. And so as he's saying goodbye and about

to lead the land of promise, howven of you know

we will be dying soon.

Seventy and eighty years is about a long time for

someone to live.

If we know that.

Joshua was about to lead the land of the dying

in order.

To lay hold on eternal life.

In this twenty fourth chapter, the reader findes Chashua was

farewell address, and in this address he addresses people he

dearly loved. Again, he addresses people who me dearly loved,

but they were a people who were raised by people

whose hearts had not been fully inclined unto the Lord.

I always see what you're doing on Sunday and Wednesday.

I don't know what you're doing every other day on

that seven day week, that's five more days were giving

me incline or the other things that what you seem

to be inclined that on Sunday and Nick week. These

people are listening to General Joshua preach and speak, and

General Joshua is addressing that these people could easily turn

back in other words, but Jesse he felt that there

was some in that congregation that were incline to jump ship.

I'm telling if.

God speaking to somebody in this building here this morning,

Joshua was telling them, I feel like some of you

are inclined to be like your parents and your fore

fathers up. You have been too focused on their actions

up and their conductor and their characteristic so that you

have not been focused on and nothing on your heavenly father.

Do you know that their family father, so their fore

fathers had problems.

Jesus people.

Just to it.

These chaldren of God's spiritual that thought that they should

not follow them.

And these and they should not place.

He said it should not.

Said they should not person. Something took place.

It was horrible.

It was not God, it was the counsel sources.

It's her worst compromise.

There somebody in this building this season.

So these people raised by people repeated the next time

of the dead.

Choices mhm.

Still being born to a certain direction. It's not our

ways of God. And sometimes situations they.

Have a way of seeming to prove out to have

been the perfect will of God.

Until after Daniel Boone's son realized it was unwise to

separate from Daddy and his group. I don't remember the

name of that son that was murdered there on the

frontier because he felt like, I'm a skilled hunter. I

have learned all of the necessary skills for survival from

the legend of himself. And tonight, me and my small

band of me and we will break. Of course, we

will set up for Tampa. I'm figuring link.

Yeah serious.

M hm.

So they joined up for General Joshua. They prospered, They've

reached the promised Land. Not only did they reach it,

they possessed it. But Josua is on his deathbed. Brother

Nathaniel I know it's much to ask of you, but

you and Brother Towler move that altar to a position

here in front of the pulpit, and I want to

ask Brother.

Nathaniel to lay on that altar. I know that will

be uncomfortable.

I know that our pattern tubes sometimes make us too

comfortable in the House of the Lord. But we won't

have to worry about Brother Nathaniel being very comfortable because

he's on netwooden altar that represents a death bed. It

is never a comfortable position or a posture to be

constrained or restrained to a deathbed. The confinement in itself

is almost too much for a man to bear. And

somebody's dealing with his own personal battles in his own

personal mental battles. And Brother chip Roy as he's walking

work past up the shadow of the value of death,

he has approached the valley of death and death itself,

the grim Reaper its flooding angels over him.

He's speaking some last words.

His Pharah addresses, No, some of you your heart is

not inclined to the Lord, looking like some of those

things You've got to do it. Try to offer words

of instruction, my God, when we should be comforting and

counseling the dying. The dying has having minister to us, who,

sweet Lamb of God, I'm telling you that tribe should

have been gathered together, and then Joshua should have been

able to say with a heart full of great joy,

that I rejoice in you, my children, that you all

walk in truth, and that not one of you air.

And it's something that here on his deathbnd, here in

his final address, he's still telling Summer, you better get rid.

Of those the little gods. Are you paying attention? You

better get rid of those little gods?

They come on.

Now. He may never have laid eyes upon those little gods,

but he knew there's a reason why the fine is

being spoiled.

There's some little foxes lo this camp. You see these

scars specific that night. They don't receive these risks.

Because then would not put sin out of the camp,

because of they would not put sin out of their lives. Sister,

But it's too late to walk up to the casket

of the buyer and look at that general and say,

you know what, those are beautiful scars, And those are

scars he has because he fought from me. And it

might be true, he fought for you. But the problem is,

Joshua knows I did fight for you, I did stand

for you. Victory did come, but I will no longer

be fighting for you. And I'm concerned. And I can't

remember the name of that boy, but I remember studying

in school on the frontiersman, specifically Daniel Boone.

And I remember brother Start. He was part of the

British colony.

You will remember they had that eastern coast and the

British ruled the eastern coast of the United States of America,

and the British sovereign had ruled that nobody was to

cross the Appalations because on the other side of the

Appalachians were the Indians, and that was Indian territory. You

will remember the Shawnee pretty much covered from Michigan almost

all the way clear down to Tennessee. I think it

was I have not looked into this that I'm not

sure that Cherokee might have been a little further west.

And then you had to sue you had many other

groups of Indians.

Brother Tiffroy, but Daniel Moon he wanted to get some

skins because in him selling those hides, he was able

to become a very wealthy man. And so he ventured

into the frontier against the will of the British emperor,

you remember, against the will of whoever was the leader

at that time.

I can't remember.

And he explored, and sure enough, it appeared to be

beautiful territory. It appeared to be virgin land. It appeared

to be unoccupied, and it appeared to offer no danger.

There was no reason for alarm or concern. I'm just

gonna go out into there. I'm gonna get all of

these hides and skins and pelts, and I'm gonna come back,

and I'm gonna be prominent and very wealthy. It's true,

in that one or two month period he could have

earned the year salary in wages for the sales of

the proceeds of selling those skins. But brother Charlatan, I

can't remember exactly how long it was into.

That adventure or into that journey.

He came back to.

Camp, and a month or two of hard labor and

worker had been totally dissolved, and the race they had

confiscated every skin that that man had ten and that

that man had collected, and that man intended to take

back into.

The British colony and sell well Jessey.

He went out fairly richer and it came back in

great data, and it was a great popular Because.

He doesn't likely he himself, I can go out and

do it.

Oh my God in Heaven, you better make.

Sure that when Joshua went, does that's your everything.

You think you wrong, and that she won't go.

They're talking about that with everything go you can do.

H okay.

To us, brother chip Roy.

These people have been raised by dads and moms and

grandmas and grandpas whose heart was not always fully inclined

unto the Lord. I remember growing up in the churches

of God, and I could tell which elder's heart were

inclined under the Lord, and I could tell who was it.

And I'm pastor and preaching round here this morning.

I could tell.

And there was something.

As a young person with an innocent.

Mind, not being critical and not being judgmental, I picked

who I wanted to be like if I ever lived

right and if I ever sold out to God. I said,

I want to be like sister Clara. I didn't want

to be like them Others that I will not name,

but I will tell you.

What their actions were. Their actions were.

I came early for.

Church to pull out of my pocketbook a cross word puszle.

I ain't got more problem.

In the world at all across word puscles. I love

working across word puszle.

But I'm gonna do it.

I'm stay and I'm gonna do it. I'm not gonna

do it.

Sometime this so was ti to their fingernails.

I could see the fingerdale dust on the floor in

front of their pew where they were.

Sitting after church. I could see little clippings and nails.

And some of them will go so far as to

take their shoes off and cross their legs and trim

their toenails. I'm not talking about fairy tales here or

something that I'm not an eye witness too.

I saw it with my own eyes.

I never said anything to Dad and Mama that I

was taking a mental note that my problem meals.

I might have been deciphering between the two. I might

have been differentiated between the two what I wanted to.

Be when I got a wife and the problem mill

said this. Nine percent of that youth drooper, you stopped percent.

That's their example, and they're no longer. If God sends up.

They no longer got a desire to prepare church.

They don't to be.

You see, these people felt like they were constantly moving

and constantly running. They felt like brothers Jesse, that they're

torn in so many different directions. You know why that

is because of Dad involving Grandma and grandfather's indecision. They

feel like they're being torn into different directions. They made

bad choices about where to spend and invest their time. Yeah,

I'm inclined to invest my time right here this morning

at the Bethel Hoonly Church eleven fifty three Cornelia Drives Lavel, Florida.

Three three nine three five.

And I'm inclined to spend and invest tonight's time in

the worship God at the same house and worship at

the same I tress, why are so many people overwhelmed spiritually?

Why are so many people torn spiritually?

Because they don't invest enough.

Time in the Lord and in the things of the

Lord in the church, said Amen. In the fifteen verse

of this twenty fourth chapter, Joshua says to Israel.

Choose you this day, whom ye will serve? Make a choice? Now.

The bomas that a double minded man is unstable in

all of his ways, Brother Nathaniel, come up here now

and walk this ledge, walking very carefully.

A double minded man is unstable in all of his ways.

I'm working, brother Nathaniel. He was the general Joshua, and

now he is an unstable man. For right now, he's

not stolen because he's got his eyes focused on the step.

He's also got his eyes focused on the goal, and

that is not falling, not failing, and not faltering. That's

his objective. We'll make it on this ledge. But if

he's divided in heart and spirit and.

He's double minded, and he's looking to the left and

he's looking to the right, he will not be long.

He will be fearing. Oh clears, listen, moms and dancer.

I would fear God. Who too much in the com

into God's house and check my say so. Media, just

see what the latest report is or somebody's gossip station.

There's more right.

I would play anything, he would myself anything.

Concerned.

He puts his hand, he's not. There's not so because

popped there, see, he said, pops the sting.

It just.

It just.

You go on circles, when you turn the sideways and

look at sideways, I felt the Holy sit in this place,

and I really do. And I'm not just saying that.

In the fifteenth verse of this chapter, josh was made

a choice, and that now I'm telling you they had

half for time to do so. They had time to

do it when Moses was their leader. They had time

to do it when Joshua was their leader. But they

remained in indecision. And Elijah did dealt with the same

syndrome indecision. He said, I don't halts you between two opinions.

You need to make a choice, because you ain't doing

nobody any good. I remember one time our pastor preached

a message. I don't remember the title of the texts.

I think I just remembered, is thy heart right when

my heart? As my heart is right with? I heard,

and I thought, surely, nobody in this building is struggling

in this manner. There's only thirty some people here. Everybody

seems to be faster than praying. Everybody seems to be

doing good. Everybody seems to be on fire. The young

man that I least expected. I just went to the

pastor's office the next morning, knocked on the door and

in a very foul, bitter spirit.

He said, no, it is not. That was the young

man that had been promoted to preach.

That was the young man that had been allowed permission

to play a piano, had been allowed to sing. He

went to his pastor's office and knocked in the door, foolishing,

spoke to his pastor in a manner he had never

spoke to him before, and said, I've come with an

answer to you a question. I want to tell every

foolish person that's ever done that to a pastor, including

these people have done it to Joshua Moses, you've got

mighty too big for your riches, because what you were

to do was to humble yourself and answer God and

the altar that night, not make a trick down a

highway and go to your pastor's office and knock on

his door while he's busy providing a living for his

family and say, I come for it with an answer

to your question.

Listen.

It was God asking the question. And from what I've seen,

that guy has not prospered one bit. And I have

definitely seen that he has struggled in some spiritcing ever

since he told his passion of my heart is not

with your heart as your heart is with my heart.

And that's what Joshua was saying to these people.

I know how dead and Mom were, but really, in reality,

they should have considered every last.

One of them.

Brother, your boy is buried over there in the desert,

saying they none of them inherited or inhabited the Thaumased

land after all. And just because you made it don't

mean you'll keep it. Just because you made it to

there don't mean you'll keep residency there. So these people,

they were incline to invest their time and things that

were frivolous, and investor time and things that didn't matter.

You're thinking about things that really don't matter. I remember

one time I was offered a church, and it didn't

take me long to realize I have to stop thinking

about that opportunity. Sometimes I'll mention that opportunity here to Methel,

just to let them know that the sacrifice I made

came from my heart.

Choice that I made was between two, and I chose Bethel.

And Sister how was talking about that while we were

swimming in the ocean, while we were gone on that

private beach, we swam in the ocean, not exiting, not

getting out of it. One time every day for at

least two and a half hours, so that's a long

time to be in the water.

She loves the water. I love the water. We were

not concerned about sharks. Did we see one?

Of course, when you spend that much time in the

water for a week, you'll see the porpoise go by.

In the distance, you'll see a shark. Vin, you have

to be careful remove yourself from their territory. As I'm

preaching here this morning, you better stay out of Indian territory.

You better make sure you're a Daniel Boone before you

attempt to be a frontiersman. Just because you're Junior Boom,

don't make you Daniel Boone and just propose.

Daddy Haulds your height up.

To the top of the Appalachian and you looked out

with Joshua and you said, look at that.

That's an opportunity for conquest.

That's an opportunity for inhabitation, that's an opportunity for civilation.

Listen, little Junior Boon, you better be careful. There's a

time ahawk for you. I feel like it's a tomahawk

of sin. Huh. I'm preaching to somebody.

I'm telling you I'm not going to overlook what God

has done this morning. I wasn't looking for confirmation for

God's speaking to somebody this morning. I've said it for years.

God is the only one that opens doors. The devil

opens opportunities door. God's not the only one that promotes. Yes,

promotion comes from the Lord, but the devil also promotes people.

And so I had to think about that opportunity. I

don't think it was an opportunity that the devil presented.

I don't think it was an opportunity that would have

destroyed my family altogether. But I know my family wouldn't

be identified as it is today. I don't feel like

my boys would have the wives that they have today.

I don't feel like some of you would be where

you're at spiritually today. And Sister House said yeah about

that a lot of times, she said, you know, sometimes

the question that I hear you keep saying is I

hope that God somebody didn't lose her soul as a

result of me not choosing them. And that was what

haunted me up until this past week. I hope to

God that there wasn't a passle of people that lost

their soul.

Or lost their vision, or lost their burden, or lost.

Their zeal, their passion, their desire, their inclination of because

I wasn't there, because I didn't accept that opportunity that's

haunted me privately at night, all hours of the night

for many years.

Did I obey God? Or did I disobey God?

Was that God's will?

Or was it not?

And I've really realized it wasn't. And the further I

get from that situation tomorrow, I realized.

That was not the best choice.

It was God's will for me to be here, to

drive down state to set up tent, to pitch tent here,

and Sister house, she said, you know, Jeremy, I was thinking.

She said, for every soul that could have been.

Lost potentially there, she said, if you'd have left Bethel,

she said, you'd lost the equal amount there. She said,

where would Tyler be? Where would Crystal be? Where would

this one and that one be? And I said, you

know what, You're right. It was just a trading off

of souls. And so I felt peace right then, and

Sister move because I realized.

Tyler, where are you at? Tyler?

I realized he's just as important, just as special to

me and God as anyone else. No matter what his

last name is, He's just as important and just as

special to being God as anyone else.

All souls belonged to God.

And so I've decided I am burying that, and I

left it in that sea of forgetfulness for effort.

I have not been haunted one day and not since it.

And there's some of you that have lost stays and

it's in your past and you're struggling.

With and an apostle Paul dealt with that same demon

and that safe spirit and what could have been?

That's what my wist brother said to me and Sister

Hannah's one celebration over there, as we had time of

refreshment nursement. He said, the only thing I struggle with

is what could have been if Be and you in

charity and my wife had have been together and could

have spent time together and pellowship together and foster and

family together, and that close companionship and companionship.

Listen, You're not the only one that bothers and fauns and.

Struggles with what and what could I be?

This message has taken a lot longer than it should

have because I'm trying to help so many people in

so many areas, you'll kill yourself mentally, physically, inspiracy, wondering

about what could have been, what should have been? What

if I preached the message years ago toddled the storm

name what if if any of these people who would

hurt Joshua refused to choose, then their choice was made

by default. If they refuse to make a choice, then

an essence they chose right then and there. When Gamaliel

told the men, thus remain neutral. I'd like to just

have neutral feelings concerned in this matter, he made a

choice right then against Christianity. His indecision, Brother Stare, was

indicative of the same thing that George W.

Bush just done. He made a decision, and by him

not speaking, he made a choice.

Most of these celebrities, including a list celebrities, sports stars,

musical talents of all genres, also preachers of all persuasions,

they're recommending a candidate for the presidency of the United States.

Among former presidents, I believe only one living president refused

to make a referral and to recommend whom he should

vote for, whom we should vote for, and that was

our dearly beloved George W.

Bush.

And when I heard him say, I refuse what do

you call that one name? Make a statement endorsement?

That's it.

When I heard George W.

Bush say I refused to endorse a president for this

presidency upcoming presidency, I knew ricked in brother Thomas there

at the fact that the man wouldn't speak against Donald J.

Trump and wouldn't say I endorse Miss Harris. I knew

wracked in in blazing big bold letters, George W. Bush

was saying, I vote for Donald J. Trump defies you.

The fact that the entire political system and every rhyter included,

is saying we endorse miss Harris. So call V P.

Harris the last choice in the previous Democratic primary. The

fact that he didn't just boldly like Carl Rove did

and Dick Cheney and all them McCain's and all them

other people.

Brother Jesse ted Cruz had stepped out.

Yet, said Bunch. Marco Rubio said a few things. There's

a lot of them going very silent. There's a lot

of them growing even more.

Silent by the day, and that appalls me and concerns me.

Well, what I'm trying to say is you're in decision

right now and you're continueing decision.

Or put things behind.

I heard the messages that were preached in life since

our father.

The spirit of what was being said.

I heard, never go.

Samuel said, don't sell your everybody in the face of God.

Don't don't go get through this week? Did you see God?

Did you people? Did you find He? Did you proceed.

Side?

You say?

If you if you meditate on that old flame long enough,

you play with that fire, you'll get burned. You'll marry

somebody that's supposed to be the apple of your eye,

the prize of your.

Soul, the joy of your heart, and you'll find yourself tying.

And I pant to what could have been.

There's no way we could get where we're at today

if I was continually thinking about the opportunity of fifteen

years ago. I feel the Holy Good stick in this place.

I'm preaching that somebody. We'll see if the altar is

fruitful for that time. My pastor preaches, your heart right

with my heart is my heart's right with eye. The

young man didn't respond, but he was planning in his spirit,

in his heart, he was gonna make his moood literally,

and in the next day he spoke.

With big bold words, and I can tell you something.

I mean no disrespect.

I need somebody's wearing a necktie that I don't care about.

You amiliate because they don't care about you amiliating their mom. Philip,

thank you, Greg, come up here. This guy's always been

a nuting. But that guy was being controlled by his wife.

And it came out that he was so impact and

so whipped into submission his little wimpy heart. Listen, if

you want to be a slave to spirits, they will

lead you about. She led him from that church to

the next church, to the next church, to the next church,

and slowly, but surely she's led him away from this standard,

to this standard, to this standard, to this standard. While

saying whether this traditions of yesteryear, why should we continue

this tradition, I'm telling you you get led away from

the will of God, it'll be to your demise. I'm

my preaching is exactly how I want to preach, because

God is moving on me right here this morning, to

cover a lot of bases and a lot of ground.

Why they refuse to settle it in our spirit? Look

again at our golden texts. Now therefore put away, said

he the strange gods which are among you, and incline

your heart unto the Lord, God of Israel. Did you

notice that Beloved, the Spiritual and Natural God told these

people incline your hearts unto the Lord. I wonder how

many of these people started shaking their heads and wagging

their tongues, and how many stood there and denial when

they knew very well that they had allowed their hearts to.

Be inclined towards other things besides the things of God.

As we read that verse, we clearly say there were

a thing in their lives that were inclining their hearts

away from the Lord. So among the congregation, so among

this congregation, so among many other congregations, and it will

continue to be so until the Lord's return. There will

be those that gather together of different inclinations.

Do y'all think God has ordered the service this morning

or not?

Our brother read one of our co texts, saw one

nineteen one twelve and said, I have inclined my heart

to perform.

The statues of the Lord.

I have inclined my heart to perform always the statues.

Of the Lord.

And he went on, Brother Roquep, I'm not quoting I'm paraphrasing,

but I believe he said, even unto the end, how

many presents today, know that the choices you make today

will become your inclinations. You're inclined that way because the

choices you're making, you're choosing with your own being, her

very own mind, to dwell on it and to meditate

on it. The choices that you are making are becoming

your inclinations. When we define the word inclined, we say

it means to lean toward, lean inward, tend to fall

in a direction, to be drawn toward a course of conduct.

The song was said, I have inclined my heart to

perform thy statues always, even unto the end. Joshua was

at the very tip of the end of his life.

We live near the very end of the tip of

the state of Florida.

This maranss to how it was about to breathe his

last breath, when he has served God all the days

of his life, all the days of his life, he

was inclined to do right.

Y'all.

Hear me say it a lot of times, which way

are you bent? Concerning Central Christmas? From miscuity? We hear

sometimes people say, hey, that one was always bent in

that direction. And extend It's thirty three and eleven the Bible.

He said in the Lord speaking to Moses face to face,

as a man speaking and his friend. And he turned

again into the camp, but to servant Joshua, the son

of None, a young man, departed, not out of the tabernacle.

So this tells me, Brother Nathaniel, Brother Jesse.

Even as a young man, this man.

Joshua was inclined to do what was right, that include

going to the House of God. In essence, he didn't

want to quit church. In essence, he didn't want to

jump ship. In essence, he didn't want to quit God

because his heart was inclined to the Lord. You wouldn't

find this guy hiding little gods here and there, hide

little apse on a cell phone, deleting his brows in

his true because his heart was inclined unto the Lord.

Joshua wasn't so sure that his contemporaries and peers were

making the same choices as he. He spoke directly to

those people. They needed to be renewed in the Lord.

Here in his death, Brother Jonathan, he knew they need

a personal revival. When you see somebody in the church

family rugling and trade for them to have a personal revival,

because Joshua was.

Tired of hearing their lift service.

He heard their pledge as they vowed to serve God,

but his words to them were just echoes of their

forefather's words. And so he repeated, incline your heart unto

the Lord God of Israel. Incline your heart that that

is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, that that

you don't really know.

Incline your heart. So everyone was to take his instruction

to heart. Incline your heart.

I want everyone present to think with me right now,

what are my inclinations?

What is my natural tendencies? What about that feeling that

makes you want to do that certain thing.

Sister Howell's natural tendency is to find a gourmet donat

but now she has taught herself not to have those inclinations.

But because we were out and about on our thirtieth

wedding anniversary, I decided to reinvite form her inclinations. And

I went into Publics and I found the very best

Gormete donuts and on the mankind in the bakery at

Public's at Fort Myers, beach and sister woodin.

She said, I don't know, Jeremy, you shouldn't have done it.

And she said I can't do that, and walked about

thirty feet started looking at other things, and so I said, cheered.

I need to ask you a question.

But I was standing right by them donuts, and I said,

I need to ask you a question about something else.

There's a half gallon of unsweet tea right here, Public's brand,

it's brewed.

It'd probably be good. What do you think I think

it'd be good?

I said, Poplic's got good subs, Public's got good fried chicken,

Pope's got a good grocery store, Polish got.

Good clean stuff. Gotta be good.

She said, I think it'd be finding. As I saw

that eye, look at that gorm made donut. And if

you have Marco Polo and you have my seconds, you

see me proud to eating my half. You didn't see

her eat her half unless I captured it on my seconds.

I might have, but she ate her half and then

we both ended up a whole one.

But now because she's been re exposed to the gourmet donuts,

she's inclined to do so. Because I heard her say

just yesterday or the day before. She said, you know,

I've never had a donut like that one. She said,

the dough and that thing and the way it tasted.

Sister Megan is just so good. So Sister Booting.

Because of a choice that I made.

Now she has an inclination. She's inclined. I feel the

whole case so tall. You make it some bad choices,

and that's why you're inclined. I'm inclined to do so.

But I'm glad I've made some good choices, and I'm

inclined to be here with my beautiful church family today.

I'm inclined to fellowship with the believers, to the service

here this morning. I'm inclined to go to church. I

have a desire to go. I'm inclined to do so.

Brother Dan, I'm meant to be in church. You know,

they used to make I don't want to say the

word it begins with a letter V. Those that had

never experienced certain things that adults do that are married.

And they used to make fun of those people because

of their status as a begins with a letter V.

A pure moral person that is unexperienced.

I remember in the.

Nineties they tried to shame some of those that were

inexperienced gloriously and that had self control, and that were

pure and moral.

They tried to shame them for being a Well, some

of us were inclined to be so.

Unashamedly because we found it disgusting and sickening to throw

ourselves at something like a pent tall.

Because we were above that morally.

And now they try to shame us for being bonafide

true blue tear, vanilla grade, a old fashion in style,

never out of fashion, Holy rollers, cure, living clean, living.

Tongue talking people of God. Well, I wasn't ashamed to

be pure then, and I'm I'm ashamed to be pure

and holy before God.

Now I'm in climbing in a holiness church. I've been

climbing a Florida no matter who comes in, it.

Sun what he comes on.

Something.

Saf Son.

T Bidwick servant.

Said a standing Oh God, my heart just broke.

I'm preaching to somebody. I can tell when a person's

inclinations are off.

I can tell when a person's inclinations are off, Brother Jesse,

would you come to the piano please, my brother. I

can tell when a person is sensitive to the situation.

Before they ever at hand, and I can tell when

they're insensitive. I can tell when they're sensitive to their situation.

I can tell when they're insensitive to their situations as

to how they leading in the wrong direction. I can

tell those that realize I'm taken a wrong turn, and

they take correct the action and turn around emotionally.

That's what I did in that ocean. Just this past week, I.

Said, you know what, I've made a good choice, and

I've decided that was the only decision that I needed

to make, the only choice to be made. I've made

it because if I remain an indecision, I will still

feel inclination of what shouldn't been, what.

Could have been, what if?

But the Bible said that as a young man, Joshua

accompanied Minister meet Moses to the place of meeting.

Brother Chip.

I don't know if he actually walked inside immediately, if

he stood outside the door, but if I read it correctly,

about a month or two ago, God began to speak

to Moses, Brother Philip. I feel like Joshua heard what

God told Moses, and I've been thank you about this

since the early morning hours. Brother stare at what he

heard changed him, what he saw Moses' experience change him,

and our co text said that when Moses left church

to go take care of business and to run the

people of Israel, to manage the affairs of the people

of Israel, that Joshua stood there into ten.

You ain't getting this.

I want everybody to forget that, Brother Jester, brother Nathaniel,

or in physition there at the pendent. I want you

to picture brother Philip standing here on the platform. Brother Jonathan,

would you turn them blights in the back out? Throw

them switches, Brother Kennill, put you through these switches.

Church is over.

The move of God has happened, has taken place. Moses

has had an amazing.

Encounter with God. Everybody knows he's anointed, He's preached, he

spoke to God to part. God has moved to parate.

God's all over Moses, and Moses walks out of church.

But Dame had been inclined unto the Lord. Daniel had

been inclined under the Lord. The three Hebrew children had been.

Inclined under the Lord.

Life had not been inclined unto the Lord. Lot's heart

was not inclinedent to the Lord. Abraham's was, but Mary's

heart was inclined into the Lord because when he laid

in the dark speaking of Jesus, when he laid in

a two, she went looking for him.

When this service is over, when pastors on vacation.

When Moses is exited the building, Brother Caleb turned on

that chandelier.

If you can't.

Brother Phillips standing there behind the pulpit, I've walked to

the back. I imagine this building is empty, vacated. Everybody

look up there at Brother Philip. Get the imagery. Joshua

is still in the tent, He's still in the tavern nkele,

He's still in the meeting place.

God.

What I need is an experience like Moses had.

What I need is an encounter like Moses had, because

I find of myself struggling because of the influence.

Of all these other hipocrites.

Listen, other people's actions are not ground or calls for bidterness.

If anybody this building could end up bitter yours truly

to be that man, Because how am I to cope

even with the fact that I'm having to preach to

one among seventy, or maybe two or three among seventy,

even right now that you're inclinations.

Of your heart are not fully after God or God's will.

That didn't make for a peaceful night last night. It

won't make for a peaceful afternoon. But I'm glad to

do it. So Joshua remained in the tent, so we

can incline our hearts in the right direction. And the

church said amen. So Joshua said, we could do so

by destroying and putting away these little gods that are

now present in our life. Listen, if you're putting a

girl or a woman, or a church, or a business

opportunity or anything between you and God, that thing or

that person has already become an idle unto you in

this sin anyway. It's a touch me not already, because

if it was meant to be, Ruth will follow Naomi wherever.

What it is God's spirit, your God spirits you from

an unfaithful spirit, Because sister Howell followed me out of

a world that charismatic, compromising church, out of a much

nicer building and facility, out of the presence of a

more political pastor, and followed me into a little church

out in obscurity.

Listen, if the spirit of that girl is that such

that she would follow you, If the.

Spirit of that church opportunity pastor was that after a

year you'd been brought before the board and then brought

before the church for reconsideration to see if.

They would keep you.

Why wouldn't you take it anyway?

Because everybody should know from day one there was a

man sent from God. There's too many people struggling with

what could have been. You had to put it behind you,

put it in your past once and for all. Thank

God for the memories. But we've all got cherished memories.

We've all got memories, a new feel of wonderful, tender,

sweet spirit in this place. Some things have been tethered

to our minds and our imaginations too long, and because

of that we're bearing off course, we're stumbling and staggered.

I wanted to say this, Are you inclined to tarry

until you're endued with power on high? Are you inclined

to be in church? Are you inclined to serve God

all the days of your life? Do you know why America,

our beloved country, is into shape she's in at this

time because she's inclined unto other things besides the Lord.

The Bible said that there will come a time in

their lovers and pleasures more than lovers of God. They

are busy pursuing the almighty Dollar brother Broadcap rather than

they're almighty God. They are too busy climbing the corporate

ladder instead of scaling Jacob's ladder and reaching greater heights

in the Lord. I don't know about y'all, but I'm

inclined to be here this morning, and I'm inclined to

be here tonight, and I'm inclined to see God this afternoon.

I'm inclined to visit fire forest. I'm inclined to lay

in the floor at night. I'm inclined to spend all

night in the chair. And that is the God's honest truth.

I'm inclined to feel.

That to God, just so that one of them Indians

does not get you.

And I'm talking to some people among seventy maybe only morning,

that if you keep making these bad choices, you're gonna

find your family veering off course.

In the days of old, I spoke to my servant Abraham.

There was a reason and a purpose from my calling.

Yeah, I call him henceforth from among some that would

have cost him his very life.

History has written.

Differently because of my call, because of his obedience, because

of his departure and his destination.

Yes, he became the father of the faithful. He found

himself faithfully serving me. I call him friend. Why do

you look back? Do not look back?

Go into the land of promise, Remain there and terror

I shall bless thee And now see in an amazing way.

Yeah, I say in time, even as.

My servant that drifted in my mighty ocean understands today

he made the right choice. You will go that you

made the right choice.

Choose you this day.

Put everything else.

Away, put it out of your mind, and serve me.

And see if I'm blessed me, I will blessed it.

Did I not telled Abraham I would bless his seed,

and that it would be a great multitude, an innumerable host.

Did not my.

Servant John, thousands of years later, look into heaven and

saw the innumorable host, the hot spring of the obedience,

the offspring of the faithful.

I say to you, I will bless.

You all mightily abide and the fine abide in my spirit.

Abide in the land of promise, that I will be

with him. Leave the fortress and be destroyed.

Thus said the Lord, need to pray this morning.

That's actient, all right here the after I've heard, I'm

in fine to obey im.

Fine.

Mm.

Let's say.

I'm going, Lord, I'm.

Bringing the journey.

I would be.

No whoa.

God, I'll be there to time.

Rigoring be golopy. Yeah, that would make bar oh scared

it all the girl.

I'm with you for the journey.

I will be there.

I will born the choices.

You saw, I see it.

I will follow me. Hm hm, how you fall.

Over, wherever you may go out.

People, mhm, wherever you make.

H the joy that it brings? Can it be explained?

I will it turns around you that day you came

when I saw your love, I said I would, Lord,

I'll followed.

Will see came down, don't know me and I pray

by sitting her forgiving.

Then norldings passed away. Lord, I gave you my promise. Lord,

who might behind me?

Dream God?

Oh, the journey, the.

River whatever.

Up?

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Oh, exp.

Change stay where saw you.

Seeing you all lived, I would be.

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Gave my promise.

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