Mommy, Take Me To Jesus ( Moriah's Baby Dedication) - Bro Jeremy Howell 4-23-2023

The Holy Egost moved in a mighty way, and to my brother Nathaniel and

I will share with you our experiences while in the country of Dominica, not

to be mistaken for the Dominican Republic, their primitive natural island. At times

you feel like you're in a third world country. For the most part,

you probably are at third world status. Our lives have been in jeopardy while

we're over there. We have some exciting things to share with you all tonight.

We're looking forward to that. I believe you will be really impressed with

what God is doing. It is truly His doing, and it's marvelous in

our eyes. Brother Nathaniel and I looked at one another numerous times and said,

who God can do such things as these? This has to be the

handiwork of the Lord. So we're chomping at the bits to tell you about

our experiences in Dominica. Our service will start at six pm tonight if you

would like to hear about that. Also, we want to thank you for

your support. This blessed people out there have covered our expenses. I thank

you so much. If you only knew how much that helps us as missionaries.

Our burden was tremendously lighter this time because if you all helping bear our

burden, thank you so much. Well, we have an exciting service before

us this morning as well. We're excited about dedicating our beautiful granddaughter Mariah today,

another baby dedication service. If you've ever preached a baby dedication service,

you know it's very convenient to take in hand something called a pastor's manual.

You go to any Christian Bible bookstore and pull out a four by six hardbacked

book that says Pastor's manual. In there is the baby dedication services to read

them verbatim. Also, you can perform wedding ceremonies verbatim by reciting or reading

what is written in that handbook. I made up my mind years ago the

concerning the children that we try to dedicate to the Lord, that I will

try to be sermons specific for that special child, and I will try to

pray in regards to their life as forthcoming and their experiences that they're yet to

embrace. That I will try to get the mind of Christ concerning that child

as an individual, although they're an infant, and I want to do that

yet again. But Brother Walla Butler, we're having so many children born here.

They are working me. But I'm so glad that the church is growing

from people coming from the outside and people being born within the family of God.

My dear brother in the back, they've come in from the outside.

That's so good to have them again. This morning, I was blessed while

on the mission field to hear that him and his press, his family was

here. So God setting him in from the outside. And also he's growing

the church from the inside. So it's keeping me very busy. When they

printed the new church bulletin, I think it was Sister Tammy Wood said,

Pastor, you're going to be the one that's busy this month. You have

so many baby dedications to do this month, and I don't take it lightly.

It would be very convenient. I've been preaching long enough now to know

just take the handbook, put some filler in there, and make it special.

It'd be very convenient to read out of that man your brother would,

but we're gonna try not to do that. So with that in mind,

would you turn with me to Saint Mark's Gospel. May I direct your attention

to the tenth Chapter and Versus number thirteen and through sixteen in the highest regards

to the Word of God, may request that we stand at this time for

the reading of the sacred text again. Our golden texts are verses numbers thirteen

and through sixteen. The Bible says, and they brought young children to him,

that he should touch them, and his disciples rebute those that brought them.

But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased and said, into

them, suffer the little children to coming to me, and forbid them not,

for of such is the Kingdom of God. Verily, I said to

you, whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child receiveth

don't get that. Verily, I said to you, whosoever shall not receive

the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them,

and bless them. Could we pray, Heavenly Father, we love him,

We praise you, We thank for your goodness and your mercy. I thank

you for each one that has come today for the special time. As we

dedicate baby Mariah unto the Lord and give her back to you, we pray

that you would annoint this thy servant, set a guard at my mouth,

and help me to say the things that you would have me to say,

nothing more or less. Annoint tears of this thy people, that they might

hear what the spirit said under the church. God, help these sayings to

go below the shoulders, to get in our heart, permeate our spirit,

heart, mind, soul, body, our being. We pray for it

said that we live and move in your spirit. We pray. We pray

God as you would bless baby Mariah and her friends and family this day in

Jesus name. Amen. May we depart this place joyfully and none sorrowfully.

Looking at our text again, March chapter number ten, verses thirteen through sixteen,

may I point out to you. Verse number thirteen almost said that he

should touch them and his disciples rebuke those that brought them, moving on to

verse number fourteen. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased and

sending to them, suffer the little children to coming to me, and forbid

them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God. Our text is

found in a New Testament book of the Holy Bible, specifically the Book of

Mark. In fact, the text for Mariah's baby dedication sermon is a very

special text, and we find it in a strange location and get it's a

very special text, but we find it in a strange location because this text

is sandwiched in between the Lord Jesus christ teachings on marriage and divorce, Comma

the sanctity of marriage, and also his encounter with the rich young ruler.

Everywhere Christ went he was teaching and blessing others. One group after another heard

Christ, one group after another saw Christ. Then there were those times that

Christ offered people an opportunity for a personal encounter with him. A biblical example

of this is Nicodemus that came to Jesus by night he had questions for the

Master. So whether it was a group which was a large multitude thronging him,

seeking him out to hear his precious words as he taught, or if

it was an individual seeking a personal encounter, Christ had time for those people.

Christ had time for that large group. Christ at time of people of

every race, nationality, of both genders. Christ had time for the young

and old alike. This generation seems not to have time for our elders.

After somebody achieves a certain stage in their life and reaches a certain age,

they've put them away and forget about them. I'm very thankful for the various

outreach of ministries of our church. We find that there are people in this

building that are trying to make other people enjoy these certain seasons of their life,

people that have been pushed away, outsiders of society, people that have

been neglected. You'd be surprised what a difference a little basket of Christmas cookies

makes to somebody's grandma that has been forsaken, impart in a wheelchair on the

backside of a nursing home. What a difference that makes in people's life when

you have time for them. Somebody approached me not long ago and they said,

brother Howell, one thing that we like about you and your ministry style

is this you're approachable. Secondly, they said, you practice something called serve

leadership and not lordship. Our biblical example for this as ministers is Jesus Christ.

He was approachable at this time of this particular generation. They would not

have allowed children to approach such a wise man. A teacher of this caliper

would not have had time to instruct the little ones. Because, of course,

in most people's minds, they wouldn't have been unable to understand what was

being taught. The general consensus would have been that these little children should be

shoved away in the back corner of a children's church somewhere, and that they

should drink some punch and eat some cookies and not be told about Jesus.

But I have found a brother, Jean Butler, that no matter the age,

or the gender, or the race, that somehow our Lord is able

to help each and every one of us. And for that I am very

thankful. And so we know that these people came in a large group to

hear the instruction of Christ. And anytime Christ is instructing his people, the

words are important words. I feel like every book of this Bible and every

verse within the book of that Bible is very important. That all scripture has

been given by God, I have found it to be profitable for instruction.

As I prayed about little baby Mariah, brother Samuel and sister Megan, I

said, God, would you give me a sermon that his sermon specific for

this precious little baby. And as I began to pray, the Holy Ghost

descended upon me where I was knelt down, and I heard the Lord,

give me the nickname for this grandchild. The nickname is sweet Tart. Her

mommy and Daddy has heard that for the first time. And I said,

God, I don't want to just reach into a hat, pull something out,

open a piece of paper and say here's her nickname. I'd love for

it to come from heaven. Brother Nathaniel, stand up right quickly, right

there, if you'll show them our precious little blessing. When Brother Nathaniel and

Sister Rachel were unable to have children, we had received a word that there

was about to be a natural abortion that was going to take place right in

the middle of one of our services. Brother Nathaniel and Sister Rachel approached the

platform and with a look of total despair, Brother Nathaniel said, Dad,

I believe we have to go to the hospital. Rachel's about to lose the

baby. And we prayed, and Brother Nathaniel and Sister Rachel, my wife

and I we exited the back door at the back of the building there and

as we walked out, the Holy Egels again fell upon me and I begin

to pray two words little Row. As we climbed up into suburban and closed

the doors, I bowed my head, and I said, let's pray.

I said, God, would you please just give us one little arrow?

He calls up. Until this point, brother Nathaniel and sister Rachel were unable

to have a child to hold for themselves. But you know what, God

granted that request and gave us little arrow. And there's little arrow this morning.

Also, sister Mariah has a big sister, stand up brother Samuel.

Her big sister is Natalie Rose Hammel. She is a beautiful young girl,

of beautiful personality, and her nickname is a sugar pot because she is nothing

but sugar. She's total sweetness, and you know what happens when you have

too much sweetness, You're rotten to the core. She's so precious and so

sweet. Everybody loves her contagious personality. But concerning Sister Mariah, I was

praying, and it seemed like the Lord let me know that the parents had

named her appropriately or properly. The name Mariah means the land of teaching or

God is my teacher. And I realized that this young girl is going to

be one that wants to be taught. As this holy ghost was present,

it was as though I saw her become a spune sister Megan, and then

I saw her return to her natural visage, and she would return to a

sponge. And I realized, brother the brother Samuel, that this little baby

will be all ears, and she will be somebody that soaks in things until

she gets saturated. That can be a good thing or that can be a

bad thing, because she will be very teach up that baby in the way

that she should go. I do believe that it's going to work out for

her good, and she is going to be a very unique personality because of

her desire to learn. As Brother Waldau Butler mentioned a little while ago,

he is a listener when you're pastor when I was a young boy, people

noted that I was a listener, and a lot of the things that I

know today or teach what I'm teaching or preach what I'm preaching, is because

when all of the other children were playing, I was listening to what was

being said. And I know that not everybody that was present on this day

when Christ was teaching on the sanctity of marriage, and whenever the rich young

ruler was approaching him, not everybody was listening. Not everybody's motives were pure.

There were some coming there for the loaves and the fishes. There were

some coming there to be benefited financially. There were some coming to see if

their pantries could be filled up. But there were people that we're listening to

see. If this group ain't mine, this awesome philosopher, this teacher of

all teachers, would impart into them and their children some words of eternal life

and words of blessing. And so whether they came in a large group or

one by one, they were blessed when they got into his presence. Those

of you that belonged to the bethelhol in his church, you can testify and

say that whenever it was three or four of us, we were still in

his presence. Now that it's between sixty to eighty, depending on if everybody's

here, we are blessed to say that, even though the numbers have increased,

we are still in his presence. I pray that His presence never depart

from this place, your family or our lives. I say, God,

would you help us to always frequent this house where your name is known.

Praise God that we can come into this place. Other Samuel's sister Megan,

this is a wonderful start in training up that inquiring mind, that one that

will be a sponge for knowledge, that one that will be so impressionable and

so teachable, is to bring her into the presence of the Lord. I'm

sure there were some people that disregarded the teachings of Jesus and they just letting

his words be like water off the duck's back. It's hard to believe that

the Son of God, the Word himself, could have been teaching that day

and somebody could have went home and enjoyed a family dinner with the rest of

the group and said, what did he say? I was too busy watching

the people. I was too busy looking at all in distractions. At somehow

I missed the words of the Master. I feel like little Mariah will not

be one that misses the words of the Master. And she's also not going

to be one that will miss your words. I think we need to be

careful what we are saying as a church family around this little mind and these

little ears. Oh be careful, little mouth, what's you say? Oh

be careful, little eyes, what's you see? Because the Father up above

is looking down and love. So let's be careful as a church as we

watch this little sponge try to soak up the knowledge that she needs. So

this comes back to the setting of this sermon. We see that busy mommies

are bringing little rambunctious children into the presence of God. They broke away from

their daily assignments and their routine chores because of one opportunity and possibility of seeing

and hearing Jesus. Now there is no doubt they did this for themselves,

but they also did this for their children. When I got saying to start

to serve the Lord, I can say, like brother Walter or Butler,

that he definitely made me a new creature not long after I got saved him

and he's a lord. Is that really my assignment? He said it is,

And I said, well, I want to do my best. If

so, sometimes I believe people mistake my intentions. It is just simply a

pushback to say, hey, what about separation, what about sanctification, what

about holiness? It's just because it's what I was called to do for me.

It's a heaven or held issue if I don't preserve holiness for the next

generation. So if I've ever been offensive with the words of my mouth,

my manner or conduct, please understand I am not better than anybody, nor

am I trying and sold anybody. I am the least in this building,

because those that are leading should be servants of them all. I want to

help us. I want to preserve holiness for the upcoming generation. I really

do believe in separation from the world unto God. And you can see here

that these mommies were not seeking out some wise man of the city. They

were not seeking out of witch doctor, but they were seeking out this lowly

Jesus. So get the imagery with me here. It's not one or two

mothers. It's a group of mothers with a lot of children. Now I

know I'm fixing and try to pull off something that's probably impossible. Every child

under the age of thirteen, including the inputs. If your mother could take

you by the hand as much as possible and come around the front of the

church right here to make three circles around these altars, then return to your

seat, let's do that. I want you to get the imagery of there

being a service going on where a teacher of teachers and the preachers of preachers

is preaching, and suddenly there is a distraction, This disrupt and is not

disorganized. This is a well organized effort of mothers that wanted to get their

children to Jesus. Already, your minds are being distracted as you see these

numerous mommies and numerous children coming forward. We see sugar pappas looking at the

crowd, walking on our tippy toes, and we see some of these barmies

have three in their hands, and others are waiting on one another, and

they're trying to get to Jesus. As you see them approaching Jesus, they're

working their way through the crowd. And as they're doing this, working their

way through the crowd, Jesus takes notice. Not only does Jesus take notice,

but his disciples take notice, which are his bodyguards. His bodyguards notice

that these crazy mommies are trying to bring their children to Jesus. Immediately,

their next turn red. They get plustered, and they're wonder what can we

do to keep them from getting to Jesus. Because what Jesus is teaching matters.

These people need to hear it. And so Brother Jesse, they believe

these little ears are too little to hear. Hey, the Bible didn't say

he that hath big ears. Let him hear what the spirits saith under the

churches. They didn't say, he that hath little ears, let him hear

what the spirit saith under the churches. The Bible said, he that hath

an ear, let him hear what the spirits saith under the churches. And

so the people of this day and hour would have felt like that was disrespectful.

They would have felt like, that is wrong. How dare you start

working your way through the crowd, for children are to be seen and not

heard. We need to keep him on the outskirt so that don't distract the

Master while he is teaching to me. That was very precious to see these

mothers and fathers leading their little ones to the presence of the Master. While

most people would have objected that, some would have been a conscientious objector.

Some would have been vocal and verbal and said, Hey, that ain't right,

that's wrong, how dare they do that? Who do they think they

are? I would have been one of those men standing off to the side.

If I'd have been a disciple that Jesus and warrant, tears would have

started flowing down my face and had said that is so moving. There is

nothing in the world as moving as a mother's heart when it begins to manifest

her love. And as they watched this, there was some that just protested

and objected, and Jesus Christ himself, who had chosen some of his followers,

were displeased and disappointed because some of his very own the elect, the

chosen, Some of the Twelve are beginning to push those Mommy's back. Sister

Megan, would you stand up with baby Mariah? Isn't she beautiful? Doesn't

she looks so pretty in her dedication gown. I'm telling you, when you

look at baby Mariah, you see a little bit of Samuel and a whole

lot of Sister Megan. She's so beautiful, thank God. But one thing

U sees little girls is their daddy's big eyes, her Danny's big eyes.

She's got her daddy's big eyes. But when I look at her, I

see Sister Megan, and I see such potential. Does the sweet in the

tart right there? Red headed sweetness and brown headed tarts. Samuel's the tart,

Megan's the sweet. But I see such a beautiful child. I feel

like this child will be multi talented, that the Lord will bless her in

a mighty way, and that perhaps because her name means Maria. How many

of you know a good name is ready to be chosen than great riches and

loving favor, than silver and gold. Because farm and Daddy gave her a

good name. When they first named her as a preacher, I immediately knew

they had named her after something in the Bible. And so after Maria was

born, I said, how did you spell that? Because when I was

lost and undone, without God and a son and in the world, one

of my favorite seniors named was Mariah. She was the queen of pop music

of that day in the eighties and the nineties, And I said, how

did y'all spell her name? In fact, I had to throw Mariah out

of the car, and no joke to night I got saved, she went

too happy about it. Now I threw her cd act because you know,

whenever I was lost in sin, she scratched an itch and nobody else could

scratch. There was vibes that I was looking for that she could provide better

than anybody in the world. They were high notes that she could hit that

nobody else could hit. She was very moving, But thank God, the

night I got saved, I found a different Mariah, a different teacher.

Those of you that are familiar with a Mount to Mariah, that is the

place where Abraham offered his son Isaac unto the Lord. Also, Mount Mariah

is the site of Solomon's temple. It is known as the land of Teaching.

Brother Samuel, I believe you might have right there a Sunday school class

teacher among teachers, somebody very special, somebody that could perhaps be a graphic

artist or somebody that knows how to tap that resource and be a tremendous blessing

to others. Does anybody feel that besides me? Jesus was teaching on some

very difficult topics, the sanctity of marriage, and this large group approaches him

and I could hear it now. Jesus stops his teaching and it gets really

quiet. Jesus, don't stop teaching now, you're talking about the sanctity of

marriage. There's a lot of people need to hear that. But it gets

quiet, and Jesus begets to focus on what is the distraction of the moment.

It's not the devil. A lot of times the devil tries to interrupt

our service and distract us from Jesus this particular time, and this is of

God. Nobody's gonna understand it. There's no sense in trying and explain it

to anybody. Jesus realizes these mommies intentions is pure, their motives are pure,

and he tells his disciples that are pushing these mommies away. Now,

how disappointing that would be for some of you, while others of you would

say, that's great, good job, bodyguard, that's wonderful. Throw their

hauts out of here. What are they doing? Who do they take the

art? But Jesus stops And if you'll look our Golden Text Verses thirteen three

sixteen A sandwiched in between so serious teaching, so right in the middle of

a wonderful service. If we're spirit, let God con speak to little ears

as well as big years and give them instruction that will keep them and help

them understand how to handle the school bully, give them understanding of how to

handle the teacher. The teaching of elution we got them. Part into these

children. Knowledge of Jesus begins to let these people know this is not my

followers of tomorrow. These are my followers of today. In fact, whenever

Jesus began to approach Jerusalem. You will remember it was the little children that

began to see Josanna in the highest I wonder if they were reacting and responding

to be in touch that day. Wonder if we would allow our children to

approach the altars more sincerely and seriously more often, and if we would accompany

them into the presence of Jesus and lead them into the presence of the Lord.

Despite what the church deacon or elder of the church bodyguards say. Hey,

I say, if they want to shout, looking baby shout, I

said, they want to run around the church and love what Jesus because the

precious soul has been saying. I say, let them run. How do

you know that God has not perfected praise and our named the strength of the

glory of God through the little One suffered them, little children. Jesus had

suffered them, little children. Allow them to come unto me. Don't turn

them away, Please, don't turn them away. We'll preacher. It's twelve

fifteen in the chicken house, as the frig chick could ready for us.

Yeah, but what about that little baby that's down there in the altar praying?

What great man of God said years ago. He said, to the

heavens, rejoice in health troubles when even the youngest of children praise. But

our tendency is, well, it's just a child. It's just a little

child. The bride chickens getting cold supper, the little children, and forbidd

them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Listen to this.

I suppose that there might have been a baby girl there that day named

Mariah, and in that crowd, somebody heard Jesus say, come here,

and Mariah, come here, Mariah, Meghan, bring Mariah unto me.

I'm talking about Mariah, our little sweet tart, preaching a sermon titled Mommy,

take me to Jesus. And my second point is, Mamma, teach

me about Jesus. I feel like the greatest responsibility upon sister making shoulders will

be to teach or train and take her children to Jesus. And when Jesus

receives this little baby Mariah, notice that it was emphasized that it was the

mommy's bringing them to Jesus. Brother Samuel, you're not going to be left

out of this morning sermon. Awesome responsibilities upon your shoulders too. In fact,

you'll carry the weight of the world as provider and protector of this precious

family God has entrusted you with. But Sister Megan seems to be in this

particular case, She's going to be the divine instructor to this little soul.

Bring little Mariah Megan into the land of teaching. Bring little Mariah Megan to

the teacher of teachers. And now let me ask you, Megan, what

is it that you desire for me to do? And you can see the

desire Sister Megan's heart, or that he would take my baby up into his

arms and bless him, or bless her all, that he would take my

little Mariah up into his arms and bless her. I have seen you,

mothers of Israel, pray for the children or the offspring of the bethal hole

in this church many times. And I have seen God bless the children of

this church family because of your motherly prayers. It takes more than motherly instincts

to train and God at y'all, it takes motherly inspiration. I feel the

Holy Ghost in a unique way this morning. I feel like I'm speaking maybe

to more than just these parents, but our prayers as parents ought to me

to see Jesus bless our babies. Mommy's would you close your eyes just for

a minute and ask God to bless our babies each and everyone, no matter

their age, Because mammas, I feel like your prayers are so important to

our children's well being spiritually and naturally. These disciples might have said to Jesus,

everybody's wanting to get to you. Look at the multitude enthronged you.

No, there's something about these mothers intent. They really want them babies to

be touched and blessed by me. Suffer the little children to come into me

and forbid them not, Jesus Christ was saying, allow these little people to

come into me, and do not turn them away. What a beautiful sight

it was to behold as the little children were blessed by the master that was

blessing the adults. People of this generation knew exactly as the mothers of these

children knew. They bring their children to prominent people, hoping that they will

bless them, or hoping that this particular encounter will forever change their little child.

Some people take their children to a Southern gospel music concert so they could

watch a certain musician play skillfully upon some instrument, whether that be the piano

or the guitar, hoping that they will fling a craving or a desire to

become as skilled of a musician as that person is. Recently, we were

disappointed and displeased with Buddhist people. A lot of people viewing the world stage

was greatly disappointed because within this particular religion, the wise man, the teacher

that people were coming to see, the one they were thronging, the ones

they were begging to behold, the ones that they were begging to touch,

that very one, he allowed a young man to approach him, and then

he violated that young boy's innocence. You are familiar if you're reading the news

and watching the headlines with how upset the world is. As they saw this

disappointment as a spiritual leader violated a young boy who simply wanted to receive a

hug of blessing from a spiritual leader. Well, Jesus did not disappoint the

bombs and death. Jesus did not leave these children tainted or polluted in their

mind. Jesus did not impart a strange or a familiar spirit into them.

But they walked away blessed the beloved position. Luke put an emphasis on the

fact that they brought little babies. If you studied those particular words of Luke

the Position and his Gospel, he put an emphasis on they were tiny impats,

just as Mariah is this morning. But if you reach on Mark's gospel

and look at the definition of these words in the Greek, you will see

that he's referring to children from the age of twelve and down. An influx

of children were approaching Jesus. So we have the age of when it is

critical to train up our children in the way they should go. I mentioned

this recently in a sermon and during one of my exhortation, and not to

weary the crowd, I did not try to explain to you why I believe

this to be so. But the reason why I believe this to be so

is in this specific passage, this biblical example, we find the children from

the age of twelve and down are the most impressionable. That is a critical

age when you must minister or teach your children in the ways of Jesus Christ.

Well, could I get a namen right there? I want to put

out a few things for us. If you'll notice in this text, if

our children are to be blessed by Jesus, first we must bring them to

Jesus, and not the doli lama. If our children are to be blessed

by Jesus, we much must bring them to Jesus. How can we do

that in this life, amongst this wicked and perverse generation. The closest thing

that we have to have it is a church where the Bible is being promoted,

and as teachings are being preachers. We must bring them to Jesus.

It says in verse number thirteen they brought young children to him. The parents

were persistent, I'm going to take more time right here in terry, just

for a little while. They knew that these children would need more than one

encounter. It is not enough to bring your child to the priests, the

preacher, or the pope that they've sprinkle a little water on them and lay

a rose on their breast, kiss them on the forehead, and say they're

eternally secure. That is not enough. That is how we raise hellions.

We grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

That is not how we grow or advance The Kingdom. The Bible said

that a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Secondly, I

want to point out, if our children are to be blessed by Jesus,

we must bring them close to Jesus while they are young or impressionable, while

they are still a sponge and don't know everything. Brother Samuel, you see,

you gotta get them off of the line that marks the boundaries between the

Church and the world, and you've got to get them into the altar.

That's what Abraham did with Isaac when he brought his precious little child Isaac.

He brought him to the altar. I remember when I first started bringing those

six, five boys and one girl to the altar. Bring them as close

as you can to Jesus. I want to say this, almost foking tongues.

Now it's prime time to win our children for Jesus Christ, during these

earlier years of their life. If we do not do it now, if

we waved, we have waited to law. Jesus spoke to his mother and

said, I must be about the father's business. How old was he twelve?

At twelve years of age, he realized with a spiritual awareness and felt

a personal accountability and responsibility to the father, that I must be about the

father's business. They come on churches dot village business, Holy churches dot need's

business. Only church is children's business. Because if Marmy's introduced them to Jesus

Christ villaging Butler, they walked away forever change. I've heard of single prayers

raising their children without another prayer in the home. But because they introduced Jesus

into that equation, Jesus became a father to the fatherless. Jesus get exactly

what they needed to be done Proverbs twenty two and six. I'll try to

refrain from preaching. This is a baby dedication ceremony, but the Bible said

train up a child in the way that he or she should go, that

when he has grown old, he will not depart from it. Train up

a child in those critical years between the ages of so many months and twelve

all the benefits of being brought to Christ. There's some of you here this

morning. You can say I do not have the scars on my spiritual soul

because my mommy and daddy understood what Pastor Howell is preaching and teaching this morning.

There's people that can stand up young men that are preachers of the Gospel

can stand up and say, my mommy and Daddy took it seriously to bring

me up in the nurture and the admonition of the Lord. Even the Israelites

when they were on the move from Egypt unto the Promised Land, they were

told, instruct your children. You have to speak to them concerning the things

of God. You have to sit down with him when they don't understand the

double standard, when they don't understand this and understand that, you have to

show them the scripture. You have to take the time to instruct him.

Brother Samuel and Sister Megan, there were a lot of times and Sister how

and I and our ministry had got home late at night and one of our

kids would say, Dad, I don't understand this. This is confusing me.

And I had to sit down and bring them into the living room.

And whether Gabriel began to instruct him, and what thus said the word of

God? Because I found there are times that even the words of Cheremy and

Charity Howell are not enough. That I've never found it to be so that

the words of God are not enough. Oh, the benefits of the Blessed

Book, Freedom of Jesus Binom a Bible. One of the things we will

be given Mariah this morning is a cute little Bible. Amen, look at

that little bible with that fine print that Papa cannot read. It isn't that

cute? Those little eyes though, will be able to read that one day,

Brother Samuel, I feel like you will do right, Sister Megan.

I feel like you will do right and not withholding from this child the most

precious of things, which includes church attendants, Bible, devotion, and just

love it on Jesus. The benefits of a child has been brought to Jesus.

How many of you know an untrained child will not fear God, neither

will that child love God. Brother Nathaniel and Izbisionaries can tell you. Unless

people be taught, they have no knowledge whatsoever. When we first come to

South Florida, I guess it was fifteen years ago to try to do work

for the Lord in obedience to his mandate. I was a preaching, huffing

and a puffing like we'll be doing here in the near future. I'm trying

to do that here this morning. But in the middle of that message,

Sister, when do you remember this sandwich. Right between some serious things,

a little innocent soul stood up, and this is why we have a child

Sunday school class. That little innocent child that had been brought up in LaBelle,

Florida, in these United States of America started doing this right here.

Excuse me, preacher, excuse me, preacher, excuse me, preacher.

And I stopped and I said that, yes, I didn't say, hey,

make that bratch sit down. Hey, that's a disruption of what God's

trying to do. That child had a legitimate question. Now, as parents,

we know better than to interrupt a service. But that little child right

there stood up and said, I got to ask a question. Who is

Jesus? So, Brother Waldo, at the thirty five minutes of preaching,

the little kid said, who is Jesus? He was a visitor that morning.

His parents had never told him who Jesus is. I'm glad that I

know who Jesus is. I'm glad that brother Samuel, Sister Megan will teach

sister Mariah who Jesus is. I'm glad she'll know the lyrics to the gospel

song. I'm glad she'll know the verses of the Good book. I'm glass

him know who Jesus is. I'm glad that little sponge will sit in this

church and soak up every testimony that the Age Saint gives. I'm game for

that little sponge will sit right there praising God and worshiping God. Amen.

An untrained child will not fear God. The parents must bring their children to

Jesus, the teacher of teachers. Again, Mariah's name means God is my

teacher. And I've noticed already since the service started this morning, Sister Bacon

has been busy teaching her daughters. While Sister Wooten was testified, I'm testifying.

I looked over there and I just was amazed as such a good teacher.

She's such a good teacher. And I can tell I have pushed it

very upset. But now so we're gonna cut this short so we can get

the baby dedicated and get mom and daddy on the road. But as parents,

we are to train and teach our children. How many of y'all know

teaching and training works, And not to take your precious time. I'm just

trying to pour into you. I felt like some of you are receiving it

as a sponge. But my daughter Hannah received an Australian and shepherd. Well,

I've had Australian shepherds. I like labs, I like American bulldogs.

I love dogs. I've got plenty of them at my house. I've got

a stroke throughout the balm. I love dogs. But Hannah wasn't teaching that

dog how to obey. Well, there's one thing that brother Jeremy Howe has

never had to do, and let's put a dog in a pin or a

cage. We cage them up at night just to keep them from strang because

the dog will always be a dog, and when the cat's away, the

mice of play. But during the day, as long as the goodman of

the house is home, as long as they're instructor Jeremy Howe and their other

instructor, Charity House prays that them dogs do not leave our yard. Our

children were the same way. They did not leave our yard. I wasn't

concerned about an abduction because we kept them from being drifters. But my daughter

Hannah got that Australian shepherd and we would say, just like this without an

elevated voice, so sweetly, we'd say, getting a pen. I mean

you could be grilling hot dogs, eating hamburgers. Brother, would just all

the lessons of this life around them, camp fire, those dogs lusting after

everything you're eating, look in their chops. But all you had to do

with a muffled voice where the crowd couldn't hear us, get in the pit

and son, it's nothing but wagon tells one, two, three, four,

yeah, really five six? Then the pin, But sister Hannah's Australian

shepherd just prints it around. And finally, after waiting to see will they

teach, will they train? Will they work with that dog? After months?

You won't know how I'm natured. Finally I said that right, there's

uncalled for. I said, teach the dog, because it's not on the

dog. It's on y'all. I said. If you don't teach the dog,

the dogs leaving my property. They left the house and went got a

training doll or immediately started working with a dog with a lead line. Go

to the pen, Go to pin, Go to the pen, Go to

the pen, Go to pen, Go to the pen. And you know,

for the most part, now when you say go to the pen,

that dog goes to the pen. Now, parents, I said it a

little while ago, the Word of God said, a child left to himself,

bringeth his mother to shame. If you let Xbox baby sit your kids,

don't be surprised when they shoot a school up. Bab wouldn't say shoot

it up, and said, train it up, Train up a child in

the way they should go. Sister began as a wonderful teacher. I mean,

I love it. I take him to barbecue if Natalie gets just a

little drop of barbecue sauce on her lip or on her chin. Sister Megan

just so sweet, and then tenderly said, take this napkin, wipe your

mouth. All of my daughter in laws are great teachers. All of these

move been around here are great teachers. But parents, we have to teach

our children training works, our dear missionaries, training people on foreign sore works.

That's why we're having a hole in his conference in Dominica, Dominica,

because people are saying, teach us what the Bible says concerning certain doctrinal truths.

Solomon said it that wise man, you know, the one that was

smarter than everybody, than all of the kings and queens, were coming just

together around this teacher and teachers, and to hear his wise works speak.

He said, train them kids, train them kids, receive instruction and pass

it on to the next generation. Train if he was good for you,

but it'd been good for your kids. I've heard parents before say, well,

my parents were disciplinarians, so I'm not going to be a disciplinarian.

You spare the rod, you'll spoil the child. Do you know when you

begin to train a child, it comes in three phases. The first phase

is control. Control. You teach that child when to sleep and when to

be awake. You do, parents, you're not near as smiley as you

as you are when they finally sleep through the night. Right now, you

know you're not that smiley right now? You know I'm telling the truth.

Though, If that baby gets us days and nights mixed up, and Mama,

you come out looking like a wet dish rag has been thrown in the

backyard and tore apart by dogs, and you said, pastor, pray for

me. My baby's got days and nights. Bay said, you know what

you start doing, You start controlling that child. There's a lot of ujijigu

and all this stuff was trying to sleep, you know, hey, wake

up, wake up, And that some of them. Children will eat and

eat and eat and eat, and they'll cry, and they'll scream till they

get the bottle. They'll vomit it out, they'll throw up on you and

Daddy's best suit, and then they'll cry a pitch a fit because they're so

sure they need to eat. But Mama, are you cruel? Are you

controlling? You're saying I'm controlling food portion control. I'm teaching them. I'm

controlling them right now because they don't know how to control themselves. A child

runs out into a highway, so Mama has to grab it by the arm

and take control. Oh thank god, they'll still love pastor. Right.

So we train up a child. So we do it from birth to maturity,

and it first begins with taking control. We train them up, brother

Tyler, you'll find out what I'm talking about. One day, we get

them on a schedule. Then after we have taken control of them and set

the schedule, then we instruct them. There's the instructional phase of their life.

And you will see that. Sister Mariah will enjoy that very much.

Here's why she's gonna have the name Sweetheart. She's gonna be a little know

at all and she's gonna be so full of knowledge that if mommy and daddy

ever don't do right, she's gonna let him know what the Bible said.

Sister Woods are shaken and are trembling, and they're realized. We got us

a little teacher on our head, a little instructor. And Sam's gonna have

to remind her, wait a minute, you're a little girl, and I'm

the daddy. You're a little girl, and that's the mamma. But the

good news is, did they train her off right? Then? One day

two is better than one, of course, but one day a threefold corp

will not easily be broken. If they could just bringing this family up,

provert to maturity as by the Samuel Sister megan, growing their experiences together as

they help their children, growing this experience of life. Everybody has to be

training up, somebody beating this morning. Brother Rick Jacob said it. He

said, one woman tried a certain church and she said that doesn't work.

I need something better than that. I gotta scale it up. I gotta

grow him up. And she just kept moving up till she felt old time

pentecostic. She said, hey, that's enough. I like that. I

love what I'm gonna be there. So after that we have taken control of

them, and after we have instructed them, then we get into those critical

years they get to be teenagers and come here, brother Samuel, I've done

this a lot of times when my sons, they said, this was the

hardest part of them being the sons and daughter of a disciplinarian counsel have a

seat in the chair and talking to them and counseling them for however long it

took, Is that right, brother Samuel, if it took thirty minutes or

three hours. Brother Waldo said a little while ago, because his daddy used

the belt, he no longer needs the belt. And he admitted and said,

there was a time in my life when daddy must take control and Dave

Daddy must instruct he said, but now I no longer need to belt on

my backside because Daddy gave me plenty when he was taking control of my mind.

Molded me. I am not advocating beating children, that's for sure.

My children have never walked away with bumps or bruises because of me beating them.

But the thing that they despised the most as they went from birth to

maturity. But now they loved the most as counsel. They loved to hear

the teacher teach, just as this young man loves to hear the teacher teach

his expert on the admonishing of the Saints of Bethel Lowe's as much as they

do preach it, because you could look on the faces of people and realize,

people really do want to be taught by nature. People really do want

to improve it, really do want to become better people. And so we

look at Sister Mariah this morning. She's in the control stage. This should

be an instructive stage. And then one day, thank you, brother Samuel,

would you sit down now, let's get sister Faith. Come here,

Sister Faith. One day she'll be in the counseling stage. Come here,

my little daughter. And I want to tell you there's a lot of things

that you don't understand about things we're seeing. I can't go into detail and

really tell you exactly why you can't do this or why I don't want you

to do this, but I will give you enough information important to you,

enough knowledge to protect your innocence and protect your purity, and protect your conscience

and help you. And that's what these mommies would do. And they cared

so much for their little ones that they wanted them little ones to get close

enough to Jesus that they could be blessed. The kiss of the doll Alama

let a mama down, but the blessing of Jesus will never let them molly

down. In my opinion, the doll Alama to be hung up by his

neck and swing from a tree because of the spirit he put upon those people.

But Jesus will never defy out of the ears, Brother Samuel and Sister

Megan, would yall come forward at this time? Thank you, Sister Faith

Mariah Jehovah. Teach us sweet Tartet, you will see sweetness in her life,

but it won't all be peaches and cream. Should be very positive about

black and white. Ye, you will see with her that it's heaven or

head, black or white. There's no gray areas. The by betimes sugar

Pop says, old, what's the big deal? It doesn't matter. The

sweet heart says yeah, but it does. I think God for checks and

balances in my life. We have fourteen preachers under this ministry, several pastors

churches, and those guys say they say pastor we appreciate the checks and balances

that you bring into our life. I believe this is going to be the

tart and sweet, not something you despise, but something you love. She'll

be the first to throw the red flag up and say, but it's not

what Papa's preaching. That's what Jesus said. Now that blesses me. That

really encourages me system with it. But I see this and her mother too,

and I think it's a beautiful thing, don't you. Brother, But

when somebody's out there in the congregation, but he's trying to pull the wool

over somebody's eyes, and there's somebody's got enough of God in there, brother

Jean, to say, no, that's not what the Bible teaches. That

is not what my Master said that day when I got close to his presence,

and I'm so tented to preach us because I I'm so excited, But

I want to ask those that had the holy ghosts if you would please come

and gether close. Also, Grandma's come close. Please get up beside him.

Brother Jesse, would you come to the piano and begin to play every

so softly. Jesus loves the little children. At request to the parents.

I did not know the psalm that you had picked. I had no idea

when God gave me the Golden text for his dedication ceremony that Jesus would be

displaying his affection and little once. So we know we have heard from him,

and this is one of the most serious times in our lives, is

when we bring our little ones back to God. He gave them to us,

and we present him back to the Lord. This is no new practice.

This is something that Hannah of old done. This is something your parents

done, Megan. This is something your parents done, saying we dedicated you

all to God, and as a result of that, you two are here

together today. So as we move into the formal part of a ceremony,

we'd like to proceed with a dedication vows, Brother Samuel and Sister Megan,

believing that this child is in fact a gift from God, and that she

shall hold you accountable that great day when she stands before God. It's her

instructors of Christ, and that God shall hold you accountable for what you've done

with her and your instructions. It's just life. Do you solemnly agree that

it is your purpose to dedicate this child to the Lord and for his service.

Will you pray with her, instruct her faithfully, because she's gonna want

to know she's gonna be one of them. I just gotta know. We

come back from camp meeting, I just gotta know. I mean, isn't

this or isn't that. I just got to know she's gonna be one of

those. And you're gonna have to offer her clarity for her confusion. But

it's gonna have to come from the book. You can't make it up.

You can't bring forth traditions. Amn, she's not gonna understand traditions and men.

She's gonna be a very I feel, an intelligent soul. It's gonna

be viable truth and nothing at all. Will you faithfully teach her in the

doctrines of the Christian faith and teach her to read the Word of God,

to pray, to lead a holy life. Will you to take her faithfully

to the house to worship, to attend services when the doors are open to

do so. Will you do everything in your power to bring her to the

knowledge of Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and savior. I wonder if we

could get some to help me pray. Preachers of the gospel somebody, those

of you that have the Holy ghosts, would you pray with me even now

ask the Lord to help us those of you that don't. Would you pray

even now that the Lord will help us as a church not to fill these

children, not to fall Daddy of Mommy and Natalie and Mariah. Would y'all

pray for me as a pastor to always preach the truth to them to be

incident in season. Would y'all pray for grandma's and grandpa's elders, deacons,

leaders, musicians. Oh, I feel the presence of them. Y'all can

sing that song as we pray. Jesus h jees love this time knows he

loves solow take che being all us vet comes jeers, Yes Jesus. So

let's just all thank God one more time? Phrase he lor. Could we

do that? Just thank Him one more time for this little blessing sweet times?

Yes, Jesus, ons, these little chill Let's teach them and train

them in the right place. Let's teach them up. Let's train of love.

Let's all sing that course again together, and we sing it together.

Do you believe that boy? The beauty for Jesus loves you. Aren't you

thankful for a daddy? When she was a little boy, he said,

demirized scripture, beaut camirized scripture, beufer, that's what your daddy want to

know? Anything which it training? Let's sing the course he is so she

wouldn't need to know. Jesus loves them, suffer a little children and forbid

and pops such as how about arms and dads? Isn't it a wonderful thing?

Though he loves us too? Because he loves you this morning, thank

you for it? What at the time would you thank your avenue? Only

that while we re get sinners cross less