Marty Blackwelder - Guest Speaker

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from St. Augustine, FL.

Now enjoy this message. We don't take it lightly when we

ask people to come and minister to us.

We know the character of the ones who come.

We know the lifestyle, we know they reflect the Kingdom, and

more importantly, we know that they're doing the will of God

for their lives. And it's been a little bit since

Brother Marty has been with us. We were reflecting back in my

office. It was probably 2015 and some of

you haven't been, were not here when he came.

He's been with us a couple of times.

He travels extensively. He first started his ministry by

traveling with Brother Hagen, not Pastor Hagen, but Brother

Hagen. And he was on the worship team

with them and they traveled all over the nation doing some

pretty amazing things. And then he went on staff with

Rhema Bible Church with Pastor Hagan and served there for a

number of years, a number of years, 17 years.

Was it, what was it, 11? OK, 11 all together.

And man, I mean, God just used him in many facets.

Then he went and started traveling again.

And obviously he's been doing that for quite some time now.

And his schedule stays really full because God's utilizing him

again. When you're called to do

something, you'll have the grace to do it.

Amen. And so this year when we were

putting together our Rhema regional meetings, both in the

South and the north that seem right with us in the Holy Ghost

that we ask Marty and Lola to come and share to the Ram of

family for our regional meeting. And we had an awesome time down

in West Palm ministering to those that were there.

And it was such a great word. And so obviously we follow up by

coming up here. And he's going to minister

today. Amen.

So would you give a warm welcome to Marty Blackwell as he comes

to minister to us the Word of God?

Thank you, Pastor Earl, praise the Lord you can be seated this

morning. So blessed to have my wife Lola

with me. Honey, stand up real quick.

Thank you, Lord. We, we start a little later with

our kids. So we got one graduating from

high school and one that's still a sophomore heading next year to

be a junior. So she doesn't get to travel

with me as often as I would like.

But she's here today, and I'm so glad.

How many of you would rather be here than in the hospital?

Come on. How many of you rather be here

than in jail? I asked that question one time.

I said, how many of you rather be here than in jail?

This woman jumped up on the front row.

She started dancing. I said, what in the world?

She said I just got out of jail. Amen.

I said, glad to have you. Amen.

Can you hear me nice and clear out there?

OK, good. All right.

Well, listen, we're, we're delighted to be here with you.

We're going to have a great time this morning.

It's going to be a part A and Part B.

You know, I, I don't as a rule, consult with pastors as to what

I'm going to minister. That way my spirit is free to

minister what God would have me say.

And I'm not clouded in my mind by any conversations or so

forth. So I want you to know that what

we're sharing with you initially is something that came into my

heart to share with you. So we'll have part A and Part B.

Is that all right? Give me just a little bit more

of this, if you don't mind. That way I can relax.

Thank you. That's, that's awesome.

So how many of you believe you're in the right place at the

right time with the right people doing the right thing?

Amen. I I can agree with you, you know

something very dear to the heart of God and I know that you're

well versed, you're well taught. So this will just be a review.

But sometimes we just need to be reminded of realities and

truths. Something very dear to the heart

of God is the local church. Jesus said in Matthew 16 and 18,

as you well know, He said, I will build my church and the

gates of hell will not prevail against it.

And ever since He uttered those words, He's been busy

establishing His Kingdom, building His church, the

ecclesia, the elect, those who are called out, separated from

the world, separated unto His divine purpose, and empowered to

establish His will and His Kingdom in the earth.

In a very essential part of that building program and process is

the local church. And your pastor didn't pay me to

say this this morning. It's just something I had in my

spirit to share with you. You know, I'm not sure that most

believers understand that probably one of the most

significant decisions you will ever make in your life as a

Christian is where you go to church.

That one decision will have tremendous impact on your life

personally as a believer, on your family, and potentially on

your purpose and destiny in the body of Christ.

I think it's interesting that Paul noted in First Corinthians

12 and 18, he said, as you've read before, God has set the

members, each one of them in the body, noticed just as he

pleased. Now notice it doesn't say just

as we pleased, but just as he pleased.

The Moffitt translation says. As it is, we see that God has

carefully placed each part of the body right where he wanted

it. So what that tells me and what I

think it would infer to all of us is that if God has set the

members, if he's placed each part where He wants it, then

where I go to church and where you go to church is not

necessarily a matter of personal preference or choice as much as

it is a matter of divine appointment and placement.

And there are several reasons, of course, for this reality.

If you know, every sheep needs a shepherd and a sheepfold.

So God will place us in a local church under the care of a

pastor, where we can be fed the Word of God, we can grow up

spiritually, We can be protected and nurtured as a young

believer. We can be encouraged and

preserved and utilized in the Kingdom as a mature believer.

And where we can receive the necessary truth, spiritual

equipment, impartations to keep us from the snares of the enemy

along our journey and to put us on the right path to fulfilling

our divine purpose and our destiny in Christ.

I also say many times that the local church is where each of us

find our significance as a Christian.

It's where our individual purposes are discovered within

the context of the corporate purpose.

I thought Pastor was going to preach my sermon when he start

first got up here. Because you know, none of us

were intended as a believer to be an entity unto ourselves.

As a believer, our lives, our destinies and our purposes are

interconnected in Christ. So my life as a Christian and

your life as a Christian can never truly find its

significance until we discover how we relate to the body of

Christ as a whole. And that discovery primarily

takes place for most of us within the context of the local

church. And of course, you know, the

local churches where we should meet together, fellowship to

want with one another, forge relationships with other

believers, stand by each other. When I grew up, I was raised

Southern Baptist man. And back in the day, the local

church was the hub of the community.

And when one was down, everybody rallied around, you know, in

Hebrews 10/25 of this scripture was written on purpose because

Paul knew that the day would come when this particular

scripture would be challenged. Not forsaking the assembling of

ourselves together as the manner of some is, but exhorting one

another. And so much the more as you see

the day approaching the the NIV says, let's not give up meeting

together as some are in the habit of doing.

Let's encourage one another and so much more.

Once again, as we see the day approaching, you know, the

ideologies of our present society, individualism,

isolation, non accountability, all of those ideologies are

completely contrary to the ideologies of the Kingdom, which

are the communion and the community of the Saints.

Service in the Kingdom of God, service to others.

So we want to make sure, man, that we stay together and we

stick together. Are you with me?

Because there's some things coming in the future and we've

had a rehearsal and we know what to do.

Amen. I, I saw this little joke, you

know, on, on Facebook. I think it was some social media

platform and, and of course, in it was a cartoon.

And in this cartoon, Mr. Jones passed away, and he goes up, you

know, to the pearly Gates. And Peter's waiting there with

the roll, and he's looking. Mr. Jones.

Mr. Jones. Oh, yes.

Mr. Edward Jones, I see you right here.

Congratulations, Sir. Now, he said, I do see a little

side note next to your name. You didn't actually attend

church, but you did watch it online.

So you don't actually get to go into heaven, but you may watch

it online. Now, you know, that's a joke.

That's a joke. Some people can't get out.

And we thank God for modern technology.

But man, if you can come together, if you can get up and

get dressed, come on. Right.

I would never be in my life where I am, nor my family nor

our ministry if it were not for my constant and continual

relationship with the local church throughout my life.

I was born and raised, as I said, Southern Baptist in the

local church. I started serving as the church

pianist when I was 16 years old. I was trained in the local

church. I met my wife in a local church

setting. Our ministry was launched from a

local church and a large emphasis of our ministry of

today is still to the local church.

So once again, I said to you, where we go to church is not

necessarily a matter of personal preference or choice as much as

it is a matter of divine appointment and placement.

And I said to you, there are many reasons for that.

First of all, God knows what each of us personally are going

to need along our journey to fulfill His purpose, right?

He knows the, once again, the knowledge, the truth, the

spiritual equipment, the impartations that will be

necessary. He also knows the relationships

that need to be formulated and forged in our lives that will be

mutually beneficial, right? And it could be beneficial in

many ways, but also there are relationships formed and

formulated in local church churches that will also promote

Kingdom purposes. Are you with me?

So being in the right place with the right people is essential

because it's not only about what we can personally receive, but

it's also about what we can supply.

As you well know, there's a great scripture, and before you

put it up, let me talk about it for a moment.

In Exodus 31, you'll remember God had given Moses a Commission

to build him a Tabernacle, right?

Build me a Tabernacle, man. Build me a place where my

presence can dwell among the people.

And so in response to that, he began this assignment.

But I want you to notice Exodus 31, verses one through 6, and

then also verse 11. The Lord spoke to Moses saying

now he's given the Commission. But watch, see, I've called by

name Bazil, the son of Yuri, the son of her of the tribe of

Judah. I have filled him with the

Spirit of God in wisdom, understanding, knowledge, in all

manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold,

silver, bronze, in cutting jewels for setting and carving

wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship.

And I indeed have appointed with him a holy AB, the son of

Ahishma of the tribe of Dan. And I have put wisdom in the

hearts of all the gifted artisans, that they may make all

that I have commanded you, verse 11, and the anointing oil and

the sweet incense for the holy place according to all that I've

commanded you. Shall they do?

Isn't that interesting? God said, Moses, I've got a

Commission for you, but I'm going to surround you and

personally endow with wisdom, gifts, graces, and abilities the

individuals that will stand beside you, work beside you, and

bring that vision into fruition. So the point is when God calls

pastors to a city or region and entrusts them with a vision, he

simultaneously calls a people, if they're listening, with the

gifts and the graces and the resources and the abilities to

bring that vision into fruition. So I simply want to encourage

you part A this morning, never let anyone or anything separate

you from your God appointed placement in the body of Christ

as it pertains to the local church.

Now the reason I say that is because I worked in local

churches for 17 years and then of course I went to Rhema and I

was an associate there, taught in the school and so forth.

So I've been around a while and working in churches, I've seen

people, you know, they get offended over something or they

have a disagreement or maybe personal agenda or even life's

trials and and struggles and people pull away from the place

God has set them in. And because I've been around a

while, it's not manipulation, it's just observation.

I've seen in the long run, it doesn't always fare well.

It can impact them personally, their families, and even their

future purpose and destiny because of the fact that's where

God ordained them to be. Are you with me now?

We certainly understand people transition in the body of Christ

and in life by the leading of the Spirit.

I did that several times as along my journey.

We understand that reality, but I believe that there is an

eternal reward. Who for those who will find

their God appointed place and stick with it, right, and not

let anybody or anything take them out?

Are you with me? Did you know that you can be

born and raised in the same city and attend the same local church

your entire life by the divine will of God?

Oh absolutely glory. So with that said, Proverbs 4

and 18 says the path of the righteous, that's you and me, is

like the light of dawn. It shines brighter and brighter

until it reaches full strength at noonday.

So this path that you and I are on, as, as it's been noted and

spoken many times, I'm sure, this is a faith to faith, glory

to glory, strength to strength, journey, right?

Our path is growing brighter and brighter.

And even the day we lay down our head in this physical body is

relieved of its occupation temporarily, right?

Women is going to even grow brighter.

Well, if it would be God's divine intention for our

personal paths as believers to grow brighter and brighter,

Amen, to move from faith to faith, glory to glory, strength

to strength. And quite naturally, it would

also be his divine intention for the corporate and the collective

body, right? So you and I understand that our

personal lives as a believer is comprised of what we call

seasons. Just as there are natural

seasons, winter, spring, summer, fall, right?

Each season has its designated purpose and intention.

The same reality holds true with our lives.

Our lives are comprised of a series of seasons, each with

their designated purpose and intention, which ultimately

culminate to our destiny and our end.

Well, the same reality holds true in the life and the

progression of a local church. Local churches will move from

one season to the next most often.

And as I've witnessed and I believe also see, you know, a

scriptural basis most often in the seasons of of churches,

you're going to see challenges, you're going to see changes,

you're going to see transitions, you're going to see redirection,

reorganization. And then things will settle out,

plateau for a while, and then they break forth into a new

season. And with all that said, it just

seemed my heart was drawn to First Chronicles 4:00 and 10:00

this morning regarding Anchor Faith Church.

This was known as the Prayer of Jabez.

How many of you ever heard of that prayer?

It was made into a little book years ago.

The Bible testifies of Jabez that was he was an honorable

man, but watch his prayer. Jabez called on the God of

Israel, saying, Oh, that you would bless me indeed and

enlarge my territory, right? Enlarge my territory and that

your hand would be with me. And that you would keep me from

evil, that it may not grieve me or cause pain.

And God granted him that which he requested.

It just seems to me this morning by the Spirit of God that this

Scripture holds prophetic implication for you as a church

and as a people, that as you navigate this present season and

then progress into or emerge into the next one, God is going

to bless you. Indeed, He is going to enlarge

your territory. He's going to expand your

influence and he's going to grant you favor.

And his hand, his spirit is going to rest mightily upon this

place and upon this people. Can I get an Amen?

Oh, Hallelujah. And so our expectation for

Anchor Faith Church is that the best is yet to come.

Amen. Come on, come on.

So let's navigate this season and all that it holds and make

preparation for the emergence into a new one because it's

coming. Are you with me?

So you know, that's part A, now Part B.

As I look around me this morning at your faces, I look at this

amazing facility. And as Pastor said, I've been

with you through the years. Many of you may have not met us,

but back when it was in a school, then in a storefront,

now here. And I've watched the progression

of a vision and I look at you and I, I, I can see that you

have been faithful to supply the visions and the the assignment

of this house. But once again, our anticipation

is the best is yet to come. But it just seemed good to me

this morning that we should offer as a body what the Bible

calls the sacrifice of praise. And what I mean by that is

calling to mind the goodness of God, the blessings of God, the

faithfulness of God, not only to us personally but to us

corporately, and then offer on the basis of those things what

the Scripture terms the sacrifice of praise.

But before we offer the sacrifice, I realize we may have

some visitors, right? So I want you to know that

everything you're going to see is scriptural.

We might as well base it off the Word, right?

And maybe some need to be reminded or you're relatively

new to the body of Christ. This will be helpful to you.

OK, so you know, in the Old Testament there was a

priesthood, Did you know that? And it was the responsibility of

the priesthood to offer the various sacrifices that were

required as ordinances of worship under the old covenant.

So, you know, they had the temple right, outer court, inner

court, holy of holies, and it was the responsibility of the

priesthood to offer these various sacrifices.

There were daily sacrifices, weekly sacrifices, annual

sacrifices, wave offerings, grain offerings, praise

offerings, offerings given for restored health, sin offerings,

you name it, they had it. And it was the once again the

responsibility of the priesthood to offer those sacrifices.

But what I want us to realize this morning, and I know you do,

is that in the New covenant dispensation, the institution of

the priesthood still exists. How do we know?

Because the Bible tells us so. Look here in first Peter, first

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Peter chapter 2 and verse 9. But you, that's you and I, you

are a chosen generation, a what? Royal priesthood, a holy nation,

his own special people. So if someone comes up to you

and say, well, aren't you special?

You say, yes, I am, I sure AM, that you may proclaim the

praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his

marvelous life. So here we are.

We're the New Testament priesthood, and as the

priesthood it's our responsibility to offer the

sacrifices that are required as ordinances of worship under the

new covenant. Now, just to mention, you

understand, in the Old Testament, there's a sin

problem. The wages of sin is death, but

the gift of God is eternal life. So God said, look, we got a sin

problem. I'm going to devise a temporary

solution. Here's what we're going to do.

Every year, and once a year, the high priest, and only the high

priest will come into the Holy of Holies, and he will shed the

blood of a sacrificial animal on the altar before me.

He will sprinkle its blood upon the mercy seat, and I will

receive the blood of that animal as payment or compensation for

the sins of the people for one year.

There's a lot we could look at, but I'm just capsulizing, OK?

And so he said, we're going to do this every year until I can

send the final Solution, which he did.

She shall bring forth a son shall call his name Jesus.

He will save his people from their sin.

How? How will he save him?

By shedding his own blood on the altar of the cross, the Lamb of

God, slain from the foundations of the world, eternally purging

the sins of all those who will receive the sacrifice by faith.

How many of you have received that sacrifice?

That's why Hebrews 9 and 12 says, not with the blood of

goats and calves, but with his own blood, He entered once into

the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.

So that particular sacrifice, the sin offering, never has to

be offered again. It has eternally satisfied the

claims of justice, and we've been declared not guilty.

Hallelujah. However, there are still

sacrifices required. And what are they, brother

Marty? Where?

Laurent? It's not the blood of pigeons,

goats, doves, right? Bulls, heifers.

What are they? Aren't you glad?

The Bible tells us first Peter chapter 2 and verse five.

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Notice you also as lively stones are being built together or

built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to OfferUp

spiritual sacrifices, spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by

Jesus Christ. So the sacrifices that you and I

are to offer as the New Testament priesthood are are,

you know, predominantly spiritual in nature and origin.

Are you with me and the and the New Testament gives us insight

as to what these sacrifices actually consist of one that

you're familiar with in Romans chapter 12 verses one and two.

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You remember Paul said I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the

mercies of God that you present your body a living, which means

lifetime sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is

your reasonable service. One translation says your

spiritual worship and be not conformed to this world, but be

transformed by the renewing of your mind.

So you and I understand that one of the sacrifices that we're to

offer is our bodies and our lives, moment by moment, day by

day, a living sacrifice lived in honor, submission and reverence

to our Father. Are you with me?

I like the message Bible. I didn't give it to you guys.

No need to worry about it. I'll just quote it.

But Paul said this in the message, same verses he said,

here's what I want you to do. God helping you.

I want you to take your everyday ordinary life.

You're sleeping, you're eating, you're going to work, walking

around life, and I want you to place it before me as an

offering. And don't become so well

adjusted to your culture that you fit in without even

realizing it. Instead, fix your attention on

God and you will be changed from the inside out.

Amen. So that's one of the sacrifices

that we're to offer, but the one we want to camp on, experience

and express this morning is over in Hebrews chapter 13, verse 15.

Hebrews 13:15

You know it well. The Bible says therefore by him,

that means by Christ, let us continually offer the sacrifice

of praise to God. Now aren't you glad there's not

a period there? He didn't leave us in the dark

as to what this sacrifice actually consists of.

He goes on to say that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks

unto His name. So the sacrifice of praise

scripturally demands the expression of the heart in

Thanksgiving to God through the lips or the mouth.

Are you with me now? I travel extensively and, and

not speaking disparagingly of any of any local churches or

bodies, but I, I found that many times people say, let's praise

the Lord and everyone begins to applaud.

Now listen, oh, clap your hands, all your people shout unto God

with the voice of triumph. I have no problem.

Clap with the music, enjoy yourself.

But when somebody says, Hey, let's praise God, that's when

the hands go up. That's when the heart opens and

we begin to express through our mouth and through our lips our

Thanksgiving to God. Are you with me?

Oh, here's a couple of scriptures.

Psalm 34 in verse one, the psalmist said, I will bless the

Lord at all times. His what his praise shall

continually beware in my mouth, in my mouth.

Psalm 71 and verse eight, Let my mouth be filled with your

praise. Let my mouth be filled with your

praise and with your honor all the day.

So we see the association between the heart and the mouth

where praise is involved. I could give you numerous,

numerous scriptures. So I taught in the school of

worship at Rhema. So you know, you do a little

investigation. So I want to give you some

several aspects of of the meaning of the word praise from

the Hebrew. OK, I think there's basically 5,

but the first one is when you talk about praising God, the

implication in the Hebrew, it means to shine, shine.

So what that means is there's something that is is obvious and

visible in your countenance. Are you with me?

When you're praising God, you can't praise him with an old

Mully grub face. Hallelujah.

God is good. Really.

I don't believe you. No, no, no, no, no, man.

The Bible says man. Woo, let lift up your

countenance, all ye Saints of the Lord.

Woo, let the glory on the inside show up on the outside.

You ought to walk into a place of business and light the place

up. They should know we're carrying

something divine life, Amen, Joy and peace.

So, so it means to shine. The second meaning of the word

praise is to make a show. Make a show?

What in the world? Well, that tells me that when

people are praising God, there's something observable occurring.

Now we're not making a show of ourselves, but we're making a

show of Him and his triumph and his Kingdom.

Are you with me? So something's happening in the

room when people are praising God.

So shine, make a show. And of course, the third meaning

is to boast, to boast. Now basically if you think about

the word boast, what does that mean?

Means to brag? So when we're praising God,

we're bragging on our Heavenly Father.

You know, when I was a kid on the playground, if you got in a

tussle with somebody and you started losing and you'd get up

and say my daddy can whip your daddy now, they'll shoot you.

But used to, used to. We just start talking about our

daddy and my dad's 6 foot two. He'll whip you and your daddy.

You know how it is. So when we're praising God,

that's what we're doing. We're bragging on him.

Whoa. There is none above you.

There's none beside you. There's none before you.

You alone are God. You have all power, all

authority, all dominion, all glory.

That's our Father. Oh, man, I'm getting happy

already. It means to shine, make a show,

boast. Now, here's my favorite, and

this is scriptural. The 4th aspect of praise from

the Hebrew is to celebrate. Celebrate.

I mean, I grew up in a place, dear Lord, if anybody said, hey,

man, hey, everybody, just jump. You know, nobody made a noise.

This is a House of celebration. Now.

Now, think about it. You know, have you ever seen

anybody celebrate? Of course, you ever been to a

ball game, football game, basketball, baseball, soccer,

whatever your sport is. Now, listen, if you are a fan,

you're a bona fide fan and your team is down, but there's only,

you know, a minute or so left and they're at the goal line,

man. And they hike that ball and the

and the quarterback throws that thing and the receiver catches

it. And I mean, he crosses and, you

know, that's it. There's no way they can make it

back down the field. We just won.

And you're a fan. You don't sit there and say,

well, isn't that wonderful, Martha?

My team got a touchdown. Not if you're a fan, you don't.

I mean, if you're a fan and they make that touchdown, you're

jumping up and down, you're dancing around, you're hugging

people, and nobody, nobody thinks anything.

So think about it. Oh, man, he's a fan.

Well, he's just excited. Well, how many of you know I'm a

fan of Jesus? Oh yes, I am.

And he did a lot more than take a bag of wind down the field.

I said he did a lot more than take a bag of wind down the

field. I'm going to put this over here

so I don't knock it over. Amen.

So we celebrate, man. And it is, it is in order when

it's in order. Are you with me?

You can sit down. I'm going.

I'm, we're going to get up in a minute.

Now. Shine, make a show, boast,

celebrate some people who come to church, they, you know, fold

their hands. I just don't see any need and

all of that emotionalism and commotion.

But the same person will sit in that chair Monday Night Football

with a bag of chips and a Doctor Pepper and go crazy.

Are you with me? Once again?

It's what we're a fan of. Amen.

We need to be enthusiastic about our salvation.

So shine, make a show, both celebrate and then of course,

the last means to commend or speak favourably of.

So when we're praising, like if I said I commended the worship

team, wow, that was awesome. That was a beautiful, beautiful

presence of the Lord, I'm commending them.

I'm speaking favourably of what they've done.

That's a part of praise, commending Him for all that he

has done for us in Christ. Thank you, Lord, that you

brought us out of death, into life, out of darkness, into

light, raised us up and made us sit in heavenly places, redeemed

us from the curse of the law. Thank you.

Are you with me commending and speaking favourably.

OK. And then the Greek.

The Greek means once again you, you can see this here.

The genuine. Now what's that mean?

Heartfelt, genuine, the genuine confession of facts in one's

life that brings glory to God. So that's what he's done for us

personally, right? The things that he's done for us

and wrought in our lives, and we thank him for it.

So here's what we're going to do this morning in the house.

Whoa. We're going to offer the

sacrifice of praise with Thanksgiving, right?

The Bible says in the First Chronicles 1634, it says, oh,

give thanks to the Lord. Why?

Because he's good and his mercy endures forever.

Now I love this scripture, Psalm 92 verse one and two in the

living Bible. It says it is good to say thank

you to the Lord, to sing praises to God who is above all gods.

Every morning. Tell him thank you for your

kindness. Every evening, rejoice in all of

his faithfulness, man, when you open your eyes in the morning,

say, Lord, thank you for your kindness.

When you lay your head down at night, thank you for your

faithfulness. Now this is where you're going

to come in this morning. See, this is a participator

service. This isn't a spectator service,

right? And if you don't like today's

service and you're visiting you, come on back.

I'm not the pastor. I won't be here.

I didn't like that guy. Well, come on back.

All right. Next week, give it another try.

All right, but but notice Psalm 35 and 28.

I will tell everyone how great and how good you are.

I'll praise you all day long. I will tell everyone how good

and great you are. So here's what we're going to do

this morning. Maybe a little different, I

don't know. I think years ago we may have

had a service like this, but we're going to have one today.

Amen. In a moment, not right now, but

in a moment, I'm going to ask everybody to stand and then I'm

going to count to 3. And when I do, we are going to

release a corporate shout of praise, thanking, calling to

mind his goodness, his faithfulness to us personally

and corporately. We're going to give a shout of

praise to God for all that he has done in reflection up to

this point. Thank you in Christ in our

lives. OK, we're going to scare every

devil in Saint Augustine. You say, well, I'm visiting.

Do I have to shout? Well, it'll do some good.

You know they had that that the commercial for the tough stains

shouted out, right? Sometimes you need to give a

shout. You just put your head back and

let her rip. Amen.

It's good for you, you say. How do you know it's good for

you? Well, God obviously likes it.

I'm telling you, all you have to do is read the Old covenant

every time. Father God just about was in

charge of the battle plan. I mean, it just, it tickles me

whether it was Joshua in the battle of Jericho, Gideon and

the Midianites, Israel and the Philistines, Father God would

say, all right, guys, do this, this, this, this, and then

shout, you know, and man, when they shouted, it released

something, it activated something in the unseen realm.

You can read it yourself. So I say if he likes it, I like

it, right? So we're going to start with a

corporate shout of praise and then I'm going to ask different

ones of you as your heart prompts you.

Now we got a lot of people, but I, I want some of you as your

heart prompts you, if God has healed you, saved you, delivered

you from alcohol, drug addiction, anxiety, fear,

depression, if he has blessed you with the word that has gone

forth here in your life, has been transformed into marriage,

restored or your kids, anything good God has done, I will tell

everyone how good and how great you are.

Now why do you tell it? Well, because it gives glory to

Him and it encourages others who may be in the same situation

that if He did it for you, He'll do it for me.

But we want to celebrate the goodness of God in the house by

having different ones. Come now, listen to me.

This is not your opportunity to preach.

OK? I'm just going to lay a little

groundwork here, right? I will hold the microphone.

I'm going to hold the microphone so I can hold it close to your

mouth. All right?

And, and what we need is a short, concise testimony of what

something good God has done so that we can, what, celebrate his

goodness with you, right? So, you know, when you read the

newspaper or the magazine and you got headlines and fine

print, this is headlines. If you're a fine print person,

go ahead and start thinking how you can do headlines.

OK, 'cause we want to keep it rolling.

OK? So I want to hear what, what

maybe when, how, what he did for you.

Just headlines. I had this, this, this and God

did this. Are you with me?

You say, well, do I have to tell it?

Well, it'll be a blessing. We want to celebrate the

goodness of God in the house today.

So we're going to start with a corporate shout.

I'll call different ones and, and, and when I get to that

part, you just line up over here and line up over here and then

I'll call you one at a time. You'll stand here, I'll hold the

mic and you tell us and don't sit there like God hadn't done

something good for you 'cause I know He has.

And when you get to your testimony part, we're going to

celebrate with you. Are you with me?

And then, so we'll start off with a corporate shout.

We'll do some personal testimonies and then we're going

to give a final shout of praise. But that shout has significance.

The first was in reflection for all he has done.

The last one will be in anticipation for what we're

expecting him to do Amen. As we navigate the present

season and emerge into the next one.

So we're going, that's going to be a shout of expectation.

And listen, those are powerful. If you have some things that

you're believing for personally that you have not yet seen

manifested, go ahead and praise Him in advance.

Is that scriptural? It really is.

Lillian B Oman said praise hastens victory.

Praise hastens victory. There's something about praising

God in advance that activates his power on our behalf.

Is everybody with me? All right, so everybody stand up

this this morning. Now I'm trying to hear up here,

so I don't want to bust your ears, but did you turn that down

or is it the same volume? I had this microphone.

OK, It's the same one. All right, I'm going to stand

out here where I can hear everybody.

Now listen, we said this is a participator surface, so and you

don't have to worry. Nobody's looking at you.

Everybody's going to be shouting.

So if you've never done it before, just go ahead, right?

And do it under God. All right?

What are we shouting about? All he has done.

Are you with me? Then I'm going to take some

personal testimonies. Then we're going to thank God

for what he's going to do. All right?

Are you ready? I got AI got a track.

I got a track. Oh.

Oh, the podium. OK.

Are you ready? Thank you, honey.

All right. You ready to scare every devil,

isn't it? Where am I?

Saint Augustine set forth some Thanksgiving.

All right, here we go. Testing.

Did I do something wrong? Testing. 1-2, Three.

Come on. Hey.

Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus.

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