If The Shoe Doesn't Fit Wear It - Bro Jeremy Howell 2-5-2025

Book of Joshua. Man direct her attention to the first chapter.

We will be reading versus number one through seven.

The Book of Joshua, chapter number one, reading Versus number

one through seven. Brother Nathaniel Exodus, chapter number four, Versus

numbers ten through twelve, and Brother Jesse Hebrews, chapter number

thirteen and verse number five. I've heard from several people

that are members of this congregation. There's about seventy five

of you here tonight, and also people on the outside.

They said, pastor, did you hear that one of the

preachers at the minister's conference this past week preached.

A message title watched the wolfs.

A lot of you reminded me that three and a

half years ago I preached that message, watch out for

the wolves. How many of you believe we better watch out.

For the wolves?

We better watch out for the wolves. They'll come in

and sheep's clothing, sure will. But praise be to Jesus.

Don't you feel God down.

In your soul to night? I sure do.

I'm glad you do too, all right, Brother Nathaniel, Exodus

chapter number four, reading verses number ten through twelve. Please,

my brother, and Moses said unto.

The Lord Oh, my Lord, I.

Am not eloquent, neither hereto ford nor since now I've

spoken under thy servant. But I am slow speech, and

I'm a slow tongue. And the Lord said, unto him

who hath made man's mouth, or who maketh the dog.

Or death, or the sea or the blind? And have

not I the Lord?

Now therefore go, when I will be with thy mouth

and teach thee what.

Thou shalt say? Amen. And further to that, how many

of you remember Moses said.

Lord, if you're not going to go with me, don't

even carry me up from you.

God, don't even send me. I need you to go

in person. Praise the Lord.

Brother Jesse Hebrews, chapter number thirteen and verse number on five.

Let your conversation be without coveteousness, and be content with

such things as ye have.

For he hath said, I will never leave thee nor

for safety.

Now he hath said, I will never leave thee nor

forsake thee of God who cannot lie. Praise the Lord.

Let's stand for the reading of our golden texts. Joshua

chapter number one, reading verses number one through seven. The

Bible says, now after the death of Moses, the servant

of the Lord. It came to pass that the Lord

spake unto Joshua, the son of knows none Moses's ministers, saying, Moses,

my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, Go over this Jordan,

thou and all this.

People, unto the land which I.

Do give to them, even to the children of Israel,

every place that the soul of your foot shall tread

upon that have I given upto you, as I said,

unto Moses, from the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto

the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of

the Hittides, and unto the great sea towards the going

down of the Sun.

Shall be your coast.

There shall not any man be able to stand before

Thee all the days of thy life. As I was

with Moses, so I will be with THEE. I will

not fail THEE, nor forsave THEE. Notice this, be strong

and of a good courage, for under this people thou

shalt divide for an inheritance to land which I swear

unto their fathers to give them.

Only be thou strong and.

Very courageous, that thou mayst observe to do according to

all the law which Moses my servant commanded. Thee turn

not from it to the right hand or to the left,

that thou mayst prosper wheresoever thou goest look at in

verse number seven again, only be thou strong and very courageous.

Let's pray, Heavenly Father. We love and we praise you.

We thank you for the opportunity to be in your

house tonight. I prayed God that you would anoint this

thy servant, set a guard in my mouth, help me

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

nothing more or less anaught the ears with this thy people,

that they might hear what the spirit of God says

under the church. We pray God that we would be

doers and not hearers. Only, Lord, I pray that you'd

help this people in a very special way.

We'll give you the praise and honor to glory in

Jesus's name. Amen. I'm gonna need brother Jesse.

And Brother Micah up here, if they will all our

prayers tonight, praise the Lord.

Come on up here, Hey.

Man, how many of you are glad to be in

the house of the Lord tonight.

Come on up here. Brother Jesse, and Brother Micah.

Hold this bag in your hand, Brother Jesse, looking again

at our golden text Joshua, chapter number one and verse

number seven, only be thou strong and very courageous. A

couple of weeks ago, I was in my prayer Clauset.

I was praying, and it felt as though I heard

the Holy Ghost whisper inside of my soul this phrase,

the source of courage is the assurance of His presence.

Look at your neighbor and say, hey, neighbor, the source

of courage is the assurance of His presence. Our text

has founded an Old Testament book of the Holy Bible,

the Book of Joshua. The title is the name of

a great leader and mighty man of valor. The Book

of Numbers tells us a little bit about how the

Lord felt about this very special man named Joshua. In

the twenty seventh chapter and the eighteenth verse of the

Book of Numbers, we read where the Man of God said,

take Joshua, the son of None, a man in whom

is the spirit, and lay thy hand upon him. Because

the Spirit of God was in this man, Joshua, he

was qualified to succeed Moses and lead others. Look at

your neighbor and say, hey, neighbor, does the spirit of

God recide in you?

Ask him that question again, hey, neighbor.

Does the spirit of God reside in?

You will appear receiving the assurance.

Of His presence tonight, and without a doubt, after this service.

You will be courageous. Why not? Joshua was spiritual leader.

Moses laid his hands on Joshua and spoke words of

encouragement to Joshua, and he receivedless words, and he walked

away from the presence of God, and Moses forever changed again.

Joshua was qualified.

To succeed Moses because the Bible said in whom is

the Spirit? In verse number twenty three of the Book

of Numbers, in the twenty seventh chapter, it says that

Moses laid his hands upon him and gave him charge

as the Lord commanded.

This tells me.

That Joshua was not MoMA called, nor was he Daddy said.

This man was a recipient of the succession of the

leadership of Moses, because God had selected him, and God

had commanded Moses to make it clear to everybody around

that Joshua was to be his successor. Now anyone who

knows anything about the relationship between Moses and Joshua, you

know that it was a wonderful relationship.

Not every marital relationship is.

A wonderful Not everybody marries according to the will of God.

That the minute they get married and say I do,

they did, and that marriage becomes the impeccable, perfect.

Will of God. God has joined them together. That marriage

is not to be put.

Asun there or put away or dissolved by any human

parsa whatsoever, No human pulsa can dissolve the binding contract.

Between that man and woman when.

They say, before God Almighty, I do again. Young people,

when you say I do, you did, and it will.

Be until death do you part.

And so we know that this was a very special

relationship between Moses and Joshua. It would not have been

second to the relationship shared.

By the apostle.

Paul then Timothy, nor would it have been second to

the relationship shared between King David and Jonathan.

We see a very.

Strong bond between the mentor and the willing students. The

Bible readers and students among us know that Joshua learned

what he knew about god stewardship and leadership from his

mentor Moses.

And surely Moses taught Joshua that meekness was not a weakness.

Knows of you that know your Bible, you know that

the Bible.

Said that Moses in his lifetime was the meekest man.

Upon the face of the earth. But when you.

Read of his noble and medi exploits, you can.

Tell that this man was not weak in.

Character at all, nor was he weaker in his natural

and physical body.

No, he was mighty meet Moses, was all said Mighty Moses.

And I'm sure as mentor Moses began to mold his successor,

that he takes some character risks that should be treasured

by the man of Joshua. There's no doubt he gave

him the characteristics of a leader or of a leadership.

And as he's studying the life of Joshua, you can

see that he must have developed his character according to

Moses's character. He must have developed conviction because of the conviction.

That Moses had. I'm sure his character.

And conviction was shaped by the great man of Moses.

There's something else that he learned from his leader, and

that was.

How to be courageous.

You see Joshua was a man of good character. Not

only was he a man of good character, he was

a man of deep conviction.

Not only was he.

A man of good character and deep conviction, he was

a man of great courage.

I know all this people in this building the night

who are.

Not as courageous as some of the others that have

gathered in this building.

You see Josua on the all start.

Of his ministry as just a general in the army

of Moses. So there is no doubt there was already

an elevator of currents coursing.

Through his veins, but that needed to increase. How many

of you know that the.

Righteous is supposed to be has owned as a lion.

It seems interesting in me that a man that has

fought so many battles and have so many victories under

his felt that would it come time for him to

lead the nation in Moses's stead, that Moses would have

to push him out there and say be strong.

I mean, a man that's used his.

Burial solna to execute the enemiesa of God that cats people.

Why would he needed be tear to be strong? He

calls this more to a pastor's life, to what meets

the eye.

There's a whole lot more that goes on in the

pastor or the leader's life than what people the real lives.

I remember a great preacher of yesteryear his preaching revival.

And he said, I trimble her.

I could thought of my mother passing because I know

that she prays for me on a daily basis.

He said, I am a target and a lorded man,

not only by her.

The enemies of God, that by the enemies of God's plum,

they are after me. It wasn't long up to the

death of his mother than this man's ministry piseled out

for the most part. I'm telling somebody here tonight into

a contemplating them to considering pastoral ministry.

You better make sure it's he thought more than a

battle her here or.

There a time or two. He better made sure that

you possessed her.

It's short of that being a courage that comes from God.

I'm telling somebody in this beauty tonight. When it comes

to winning souls.

And when it comes to the praying for the sick,

when it comes to pastor the church, when it comes

to preaching the gospel, when it comes to raising children, mother,

when it comes to for God.

For ask Father, what you needed is strength and courage

in order.

To do it. To the glory of God, y'all pray

for her here tonight.

I have preferred my brother to let her preach for

a couple of weeks. Ask the Lord to help me

with my win there. I don't seem to be struggling

at all, but I want the Lord to really help

me deliver this message the way it needs to be delivered.

Tonight. How many remember the words of.

Do the Runic chaptain of a thirty one then and

burse number seven That Mesu scripture reads like this, and

Moses called him the Joshua has set unto him and

the sign of all Israel. Be strong and of a

good courage. And be strong and be of a good courage.

And be strong and be of a good courage. For

thou must go with this people unto the land which

the Lord has sworn unto their fathers to give them,

and thou shalt cause them.

To inherit it.

Now here's where I'm going to preach to you. We've

laid the foundation. Get the imagery here the tune of

Israel and their courageous leader Joshua for standing out there

listening to Moses and Moses mother Jesse.

He's got something going on.

There's a meeting been called, and they have been summons

into the Princess of God and into the presence of Moses,

then into the presence of the peacras. They're wondering what

is going on?

I wonder about the town or how many thoughts?

Why have we been summons? There's some of you in

this midding that has served as a chur on a jury.

When you get that summons from the court, you usually

wonder what is this about? And you get a little

bit nervous. I'm there because I'm your pastor, and I

noticed when you tell me you receive a summons from

the court, the county court.

Imagine this man Moses saying God has told us.

To a symbol, and you know what they assembled. Now.

I want to remind you that the Bible.

Saying now thou shalt have no other gods before me

was not Moses speaking.

That was God speaking.

The New Testament writer said, for sake, not the assembling

of yourself together. Even so much as you see the

day of the Lord approaching, do it more. I am

paraphrasing there, but we should do it more. These people

came with expectation and anticipation to hear from Moses about what.

God was doing there in their.

Midst and everybody's wondering why, what is the purpose of this?

Perhaps there was a mixture.

Of emotions present at that moment of time. I'm sure

everybody's guests was as good as their neighbors. There was

somebody promising, what could this be the night that we

move out and we advance and go into Canaan's land.

Perhaps somebody up said to.

Moses, be about to or myself, that the earth is

going to split in twain and that some more people

are going to be swallowed up.

At some point, though, Moses began.

To speak, and he offered clarity, and it became obvious

to everyone president that he was handing over his leadership

role to Josua.

Now y'all think on that.

How did Joshua feel? Mixed feelings, different emotions? Have he

ever had to fall there a great speaker after he

has spoken there to a group group of people, How

unsettling it is, how unnerving it is. Young preachers, if

you're preach at a care meeting, that you can tell.

A man has been.

In the presence of God and the people knew the

lies preacher and ye's message.

He's been in the presence of God. Have you ever

been in a place where you have to follow that

kind of preaching? I want you to know if they've

never been there.

It is unnerving, if not disturbing, to have to do

such as that.

I'm preaching the.

Night a message the Holy Ghost titled if the shoe

doesn't fit, wear it.

If the shoe doesn't fit, wear it. Hitting that wal

Mart plastic bag.

There are some sketcher slip on shoes.

I'm telling you those are Micah's Papa's shoes. Those are

my shoes. Sitting next to my son Jesse is his

son Micah. They are on this platform where right now

that mother Jesse has in his hands a pair of

my shoes. They're fairly new and by yes, they don't stink.

I notice you're holding them by a heel without any problem,

and you're not holding at arms leaked. That's because Papa's

feet does not stink. Ever asks us to how they

never stink. You're looking at somebody right here, No matter

how much I'll work and anybody's ever been outside with me.

When I work, you know that I do the work.

Of two men. That's what my own daddy said. I

work hard. I don't believe in sitting down and doing nothing.

The only time I sit down usually is.

To eat a bottle, and then after about twenty minutes,

I'm standing up and gearing up.

To go at it again. I do not have to

wear deodorant. I don't know if my pH balance is

so well, but.

I have not had to wear the odor in probably

fifteen years.

I challenge you to get behind.

Me, standing around me after I preach, after I'm suffering wet,

you will find.

That I do not admit an odor rapped. There's a

pair of.

Shoes that Papa has worn. I must not hesitate at

all to bring them to church.

And what I want Brother Jesse to.

Do is stand his son Michaeh upper in front of him,

and I want Brother Michaeh to slip both of his

feet with his shoes onner in the paper shoes. There's

some of you in this building here tonight that you

will notice that Micah has no problem whatsoever putting his

feet inside of Papa's shoes.

Brother Jesse.

If you need to remove better Michael's shoes, you can

do that as well, but better Philip.

I believe everybody in this fielding a numbering of people

at the number of seventy five, they would easily say

that Micah does not fit those shoes, and that those

shoes do not pit Michael's feet.

Again, I'm preaching him message.

The Holy Gess Tyler it to shoe doesn't fit learning

Now I want to take a back again, and what

I said before I told you about her our illustration

or demonstration. How unnerving it must have been for Joshua

to see Moses saying.

I'm preaching a hand over the rod. I'm piercing a

hand over the stiff, I'm pushing a handover the time.

That's a start that I present to give you the rains.

Come here, brother Michael. If you're looking another Michael.

Right now, he's.

Six years old, he's in kindergarten. That's a bit plenty

to look at, isn't it.

He looks like somebody that likes to wear the road

size of shoes. He reminds me of Mother Samuel staring

about two years ago it did not matter what size

she gotta stay Sam.

You'll put on that he was big enough to wear it.

And that's what I want to test somebody here to

not you may.

Not be big enough to feel the shoe in that area.

You might not be big enough to feel the shoe.

And that Sunday school teacher and that pastor.

That I want you to know if.

God tells you you like to take up that class,

to take up preaching, that to take up a pastor

and he to preach you are being enough because God

is big enough. Have you ever had to follow a

great person in anything? Have you ever had to slip

into the slippers of a great grandmother and assume.

Her of making the confection.

Area centerpiece of the family together. Grandmothers they know how

to lift the ball. I think of the biscuits that

grandmothers have made. We've called them cat heead buttermeal biscuits,

and y'all have hurt. People say things like they can't

nobody bake like Grandma. I've heard people say they can't

nobody fried chicken like Jeremy Howell's great grandmother, kert True Jones.

I'm still looking for.

Somebody that knows how to fried chicken. As good as

my great grandmother. I share a birthday with her, but

she never shared the recipe with me or anyone that

I know of has. She carried it to her grave. Now,

if I was asked, because I share the same birthday

when my grandmother June the Forest, that I should be

the successor and that I should bring them great fried chicken,

I would feel about an it's tall. I would feel unworthy.

I would feel this, and you look at and I

would be her able to perform to people's expectations and.

The calls of their last. Set the bar.

I'm telling you, Moses, to set the bar that he's

telling Josua.

All I can tell you is be stronger. That being

a good time that I come to tell somebody to night,

we may not feel like we mess up. Be staller,

that be too later that the sue doesn't fit word.

Sister Howell makes a biscuits for the family the other night.

Now I've got some daughter in laws.

It's not all of them, it seems like it's all

of them, but there's two or three of them that

have worked in bakeries. They've worked in homeless people's bakeries,

and they are confectionaries to the extreme. I'm telling you

they are talented when that stuff. But sister Howell, just

on a whim, decided to make some miss and we

called the family over for a late night breakfast.

How many of you know there's no breakfast better than.

Having it in the evening or late at night. It's

better than when you have it in the morning. Could

the church say?

Amen?

And so sister how who's an efty nestra with me,

she still got me making a mess in the next Amen.

But Sister Howling decided to try her hand again at

making buttermilk biscuits for the family. One of the Howl

boys he was sitting there brother Samuel's barbershop, and he said,

my wife prefers those that's have busted and pulled out

of the tube.

You know, you bust open the tube and pull it out.

Another of us said, I think my wife, Preserved prefers

to take those that are frozen, throw them on a

pan and a bacon.

And Brother Samuel said.

Well, my wife, she knows how to make homemade biscuits.

And he said, at any time.

I'm there, or not even in the early morning.

Hours, if I get a hanker for a biscuit.

I said, Megan, want you going there and make me

a good biscuit. He says, she goes in there and

makes the best biscuits.

You've never had. Him you are to life, and you

never better say no. Saying that. I talk, man, that's

gonna be some big snippers.

To feel for her grandchildren.

But let me tell you the rest of the story.

The next day, I saw my Rost's eyes did really

big as she received the text message. I said, I

can tell by your expression that there's something going on now,

and you're mighty proud of herself. She said, Megan wants

my biscuit recipe, and Megan said, don't tell my grandma.

Then I'd rather have your recipe that hers come on

my telling you.

Even Megan was saying that there is room for improvement,

and she recognized her there's an ingredient. She wanted to

know what is in that recipe that makes it different.

I told sister Harold, I said, that smart woman. He's

gonna compare the ingredients.

Oh, come on now and see one of these exe's missing.

And I want to tell somebody that I you're not missing.

Any came up, but street and courage, and God will

take care of that.

Grandmothers, lift the bar high, pastors, lift the bar high.

Have you ever had to move your things from one

office to another only to be greeted by the many

plants on the wall, plights that were awarded to that

successful businessman or leader who's sat in there her only

days before you moved into his office, after you've received

that promotion.

How many of you have ever experienced that I have?

And I'll tell you that is one of.

The most intimidating experiences that I've ever experienced, is the

sliding of the officer of my boss man who had

prats on the wall? Who engineers from NASA admired? Who

engineers or come up from FMC admired. Hell, just sit

there and see.

Carda after caorida after card of commendation. O, what a

great man he was, What a great trustman he was,

What a great bossman he was?

It is so challenging, it is so intimidating.

Again, though, in Deuteronomy thirty one and seven, we find

Moses saying something to Joshua in front of everyone, be

strong and be courageous. Come on, now, be strong and

be courage these are the words for tonight.

Now wait a.

Minute, Moses, Moses, Moses, hold on just the second. Everybody

this building knows Moses is no Barney five.

Not five.

If five he eat Barney five, everybody this building knows

it would.

Be no problem at all to follow the come on

to lead of a Barney five.

Everybody this building knows that Moses was by leaning law,

that Moses was quite the skilled craftsman, that Moses was

quite the learned person.

That schooled under pharaohsa scholars. This man he could speak Hebrew,

and he could speak a gensu fluently. He was good

to look at her. I mean everything everybody looked for

in a leader. Moses had it that Moses also had

a humble and a meet spirit. That's why Moses would

lie between.

His teeth and talk about how he felt he was,

how his spirit felt. He said, God, I'm not eloquent

of speech. I'm not able to speak to these people.

I'm not able to read a word. But we all know, really, everybody.

Else new there's no better Twysa than Moses to lead

us up. And there's no better, or tell her God

than Moses. I'm telling your God, we'll.

Put his spirit up in you.

The source of curt He's in assurance of his present.

I'm sure Joshua was thinking, I had to succeed Moses.

Now, my buddy Caleb, I can handle that.

Put him in charge for a little while, and then

let me run it after Caleb has tanked it a

little bit.

How many of y'all remember Joshua was cohort Caleb. I mean,

follow and Caleb would have been difficult.

But following Moses, I'm telling you what. Moses was a

great example of courage. You could talk about the courage

of Moses when he went hand to hand or comeback

against one of the taskmasters of Egypt. Who could talk

about the courage of Moses. How he walked into the

troll room of Pharaoh and put a mowing finger in

the face of Pharaoh with an appearance of a shepherd

somebody in the Egyptu's despisal, and he said that Saith God, who.

Let my people go. Tusa was thinking, all that I've

got to pull off a man like that. No greater

example of courage is available readily.

Available in the Bible than that of Moses. He faced Pharaoh,

he faced the Red Sea, he faced the plans of Egypt.

He let six hundred thousand people out of Egypt, took him.

Across the Red Sea and watched him multiply in number

beyond a me.

And he saw Moses do so many wonderful things.

Moses, the one that saw the back part of God.

Moses, that master craftsman, that organized basic Leo and other men,

and they craft in and constructed the timer knuckle of God.

Moses had got along with God, that got handed the

commandments from God.

Moses told Joshua, you're gonna be my successor. And the

only thing you can say before he turns over the

rains he is, hey boy, he's true. Hey man, be courageous, Sir,

I want yall to earth. Almost to say that to

Micah right now, he.

Would be a pon. He would be shocked.

He even walk out of his church and say, no way, Papa,

I can't walk her comfortably in.

Your joes her I preach it all and his shoes

her no fitter lore there, my God.

I know they don't fit, Joshua, but you better grow

into them.

Quin. That's what cecil Camacho told me. I caught him.

Cecil Co Macho just about everybody caught him, Cecil co Macho, Comeicho,

but those.

From his homeland, island of Antiquay, they caught him, Cecil Camacho.

And you know what, oh, Cecil just walked over there

and he said, it's your baby.

And I thought, man, I locked it to sit in

your lap for a couple of months before it becomes

my baby. And here's what Cecil said. He said, you'll

figure it out. You'll figure it out. Can y'all imagine

Moses if you would turning in his resignation letter and

not leaving any so ops, not leaving any standard operational procedures,

Brother Thomas Sterrett, not leaving any older manuals. The only

thing he's leaving and leave him behind are the commandments

of God.

I'm telling you, you're not getting this, are you.

You're not feeling the anxiety that Josua is feeling?

Are you?

If you take a.

Little responsibility and start doing something for God, you can

relate to what I'm talking about. And out here right now,

I caught my life last night praying.

I caught her crying out to God and I never

interrupt her prayer. But I deserve what it was.

And I said, honey, well, what is that. I've never

done that in thirty two years of marriage.

I said, what it is?

What is it?

She said, well, you've got me teaching the women Saturday.

And she said, I feel like it's of God because

I know you, I know the Holy GHOSTA. I know

there's something to this, she said.

I know you have felt this for some time, and

I know that.

I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna go through with it.

I'm not gonna check it out. But here's what she

said is she said, my greatest fear is missing what

God has told you these people are to receive. She said,

I can't burn the thought. I'm missing it, missing it,

missing the mound.

Of God, missing the will of God, missing what God

tells me this people.

You're not bringing a call now, and I know that's

what trusting a do. I'm willing to fight another God.

I'm willing to conquer another king. I'm willing to turn

out another.

Shit ere And I'm not sure about this particular title.

I'm not sure how about this particular past I do it.

I'm just that, y'all.

What a beautiful side it must have been for Moses,

whose natural force had not abated. It looks just as

ablebody to do what he's been doing. That's when he

first got started. Whose eyes are still just as keenly

aware as to what's going on? And they've ever been

the best judge this people has ever known and probably

will ever know.

Oh, come on, now, he's still able to run things.

He's still just as great as he's ever been.

Just because he's got some age on you, man, doesn't

mean his ability has left. The word is God is

turning something old for Come on, I'm.

Telling you God has begun a transition. It's anybody listening

the pastor how you right here this time?

As some ore young people, there's time that he's say

some strength and you say some turrets. All you need

is the assurance of his presence and realize he can

hold a side of you can have somebody attract You

can say.

Man, you the same gord of God.

You can go to your Parentfaser the find the Devil's

just be still holding.

They're courageous, Brother Jesse, What brother Michael? On them shoes?

They say that a man should not criticize an Indian

until he's walked a.

Mile in his moccasins. Now y'all.

Look at brother Micah. How goofy does he feel? Come on, now,

he feels goofier than goofy.

He feels more clumsy than Ronald McDonald, the clown of McDonald's.

Somebody's the preacher. Which one do you prefer? Burger King

or McDonald's.

I don't know.

Sometimes I feel like I gotta be eating with a king

versus eating with a clown.

Could I get an amen?

But could you imagine what these people were thinking after

Joshua took the reins, or after Joshua took the man,

Brother Aaron Wood his guests was right. They were probably

about sixty to seventy percent of them that was saying,

he is a great warrior.

He is a noble warrior, a great fighter. I come on,

but he ain't no Moses. And you know what Moses do.

The haters they're.

Gonna hate Moses do. The critics we're gonna criticize, and

the skeptics are gonna be skeptical.

The only thing you tell a young man is feeling

deeply in his new position is beslow and be toring.

Come on, now, the Lion of Julia is with you.

David said, I will fear no evil, for thou art

with me. The source of courage is.

Knowing that God's presence He's there. Two and a half

weeks ago, when the sister dropped dead in the back

of our church, you notice the presence.

Of God was there. And because of as presents, we

have courage that God could be the monocular Sir. I'm

telling you here to night, just get in the presence

of God. They'll tell you, get an assurance, and he's there,

and you will have college.

Somebody said, well, when you're preaching holiness or sanctification.

The separation from the world, you.

Have courage just because I believe what I'm preaching, because

I've been in the presence.

Of the Lord.

And as I told my wife a week and a

half ago, I set charity. People rise and people fall,

people come and people go, People give the heart to God,

people bapslide away from God. But I'm convinced now more

than ever, and I've been pretty convinced for about thirty two.

Years that holiness is right. I'm telling you I'm not

looking for a way of loosing up. I'm looking for

a way for God to tighten me. I'm putting now

I'm not looking to tighten it up on people. I'm

looking for God to tighten you up until I get

in the present, so oh the Lord and deceiving assurance

that He is with me. I had to succeed Moses.

I have to get in their and pray.

Yes, you can receive the Holy Ghost the same way

your daddy and mama did.

You can receive the blessings of God the.

Same way your pastor of First Lady did. A week ago,

we heard Brother Jesse stand up here and say, I

am celebrating what two years of receiving the baptism of

the Holy Ghost.

He told our youths to not.

Brother Samuel, Brother Josh Jonathan toldas they are celebrating this day,

this night path two years of being filled with the

Holy Ghost.

Come now, I'm telling you they'm getting told.

Up two years and two days ago that they would

be preaching, that they would be red testimony, saying yourself,

they're gonna be shouting all over.

The turns they would say, not be thus, sums, don't.

I'm pld on you who will not in the sub appear.

Tell the devil love a pentecosta. Tell the dad, I'm

gonna be holy? Does Baptist go ahead put all and say,

I said, God, that's somebody cut. If the seer doesn't

fit work devil. I may not be filling with the Holy.

Guess right now, but I'm fish and now I will

be then well, I may not be here for tencer

right now, I'm giving about ten minutes.

I live it. It was how about a week ago,

I was as sick as some of you are. Sister

High was said here a Sunday morning service.

He says she felt strong to come lay her hand

on me and just pray for me. She said, Jeremy,

I felt like getting all of your sons and your

daughter too and tell them to pray for dad.

I'm telling you, I wish she'd o't be God. But

she beat herself up about that, and I told her

that night, I said, that's all right, y'all know.

We were here, had it offer to celebrate dor belated.

It wasn't DELI whsy of writing. And I got down

in that motel as as some of you are, and

Brother Philip could sit me with some antibotics.

I got down, having difficulty of breathing.

I got down, Brother Philip, choking in my sleep just

thick mucous let brother Jake has been dealing with.

And I got down there and tried to pray.

I didn't hit the panic, but come on, chicken little

but if you want to call her Henny Penny. She

got all of her friends in trouble while she escaped

because she hit the panic.

But not talking to somebody right now. I got down there.

I didn't make any phone calls. I didn't say, Bethel,

pray for me. I'm gonna die. I didn't even wake

up my wife. I didn't call my best friend and

say pray for me.

I got down there and I'd set.

India style, and I touched my forehead to that mattress

at to Marriott in Melbourne, Florida.

I've got in the spirit and got to swaying in

the spirit, got to jerk in a little bit. I

wouldn't putting on by some of you that parrot what

God is doing. Another tru taught there was nobody but.

Being God had come on commuting at that time. Then

I heard the Holy Ghost bring a scripture.

Back to my mind.

He does it what I'm preaching. People say, how do

you preach like that? That's the Holy Ghost do we

need the Holy Ghost to preach?

And I was down there and I thinking about the scripture.

Then it came to mind about to learn, saying, shall

I'm not aving mine owner which crying to me day

and night.

Then he said, I've heard your time. They'd got to.

Feel afracted in there somewhere between jerk number seven had

jerk number eight.

I was carelessly healed you, I said.

Alone, watch somebody else that was following a breath do

I said, like somebody that was deeing overybody? Answer, I'm

telling you here and not because she doesn't.

Feel I said, I have to tell her careful hold

you got her? Put in the hold up anyway. I

ain't got a testimony like brother Phillips put it on anyway,

put it out anyway.

I don't have a Philip yet a testimony yet, like

brother Phillips put the shoe on anyway, I don't have

the Holy ghost yet like Brother Jonathan and Brother Caingblybs put.

The shoe on anyway.

Come on, jos one destrong to me to alighteous, keep

Paul praying, Keep Paul.

Past the keep ball seeking God's able to feel you.

It's coming. It's coming. As sure as I'm riven, I

told you to havel. There's no tell us.

What's gonna happen in these altars at that Istra conference.

I was praying about it yesterday.

You know what if we don't have a woman in

this church that plays the piano proficiently, And the devil said,

you ain't even got a Jesson Howell to play the

piana for that ladies Christian conference, we're really having one

night this year.

Next year we're gonna have three knights. It's a lady

teaching ladies to the church. Say man. I was praying

about that. God said, that's all right, that's all right.

Just have dang of kids play the pan and sing

and I'll be pleased.

Then I was praying about it some more, and he said,

just have Leah play the pen and sing and I'll

be pleased. So Sunday, Saturday, listen to my sons. Saturday,

y'all won't be tickling the ivories. Y'all probably be fishing

on the river. But there's gonna be some sisters.

In here playing and singing to the Gold God.

And your mama's gonna pull that lectern around there, and

she's gonna give these ladies whatever it is God's.

Giving her to give them. I told her while she

was crying and praying, I said, if it's ten minutes

or if it's forty minutes, just don't go over now.

For your name, mate, Jeremy Howe. And I said, but

you give them what you've got and it will be enough.

It's just like you give the comments on Sunday score.

And here's what I told her.

I said, honey, you remember years ago I said, when

a preacher's getting nervous in the pool pit, it's always pride.

There is never a time that it is not pride.

It took me years after making excuses and saying it

wasn't pride.

It took me years to realize that you have to

pray through till you know He's with you. You have

to pray through to the goring. And told you when

you have to pray.

Through until the Holy Girls takes over those nerves. You

gotta get past that. And I said, when you go

to the pool pit or the letter or to the.

Sunday school classroom, you rely totally. Oh the Holy Ghost.

You study and you prepare her, but the Holy Girls.

Will put words in your mouth and the Holy ghost

wiping perky anton that this thrust the yolta and all.

You gotta do is get annoyed it. And I'm telling somebody,

and this is from my life. I'm not preaching to her,

but this will help her. Sister. Put the heel all up,

and word I said, put the slipper rode up. It

doesn't fit. And my God, I'm a pending I preach it.

Joshua didn't have on his record, stood in the face

of the leader of Egypt. Joshua didn't have on his record,

saw the hinder parts of God. Joshua didn't have on

his records, received tables of stone with lettering pinned by

the finger of God.

Come on, now, I'm telling you there's a lot of people.

They ride on Sister Woodin's kirttail, they ride on Sister

Halie's kirttail, They ride on Pastor Hallie's suit coat. Tell

you better be careful, because I don't even wear a

suit coat when I'm annoyed.

There's two reasons for that. I don't like any restriction.

I found that I get a little too dignified when

I'm wearing my suit coat.

And I've also found that I sweated at.

Sabbatha that my wife has to send it to the

cleaners after six months. It never really does smell, but

it just don't feel right in the church said amen, Oh,

come on now, I don't know that that mantle that

Elijah left Elisha fit his person just like it did

Elija's person.

I'm not sure that it was a perfect fit. I'm

not sure that those men were of equal stature. I'm

not sure that that mantle was compatible with the person

of Elisha as it was with Elijah.

But I know it was compatible with the spirit. And

that's what I'm telling you.

From the Word of God says that the message was

in Joshua is the spirit.

He Joshua is the spirit, and lots that Moses knew.

He's got the spirit that said, enough the Holy gost

to give you what to say the Holy Ghost, He'll

help you.

With the opportunity of Rosa. Should I keep preaching us?

Should we go to the house.

Moses told Joshua to be brave and fearless.

Notice this and.

Urse number six and do the wrotomy in thirty one.

He said, be strong and of good courage, fear not

going to be afraid of them.

For the Lord thy God, he it is that doth

go with thee. He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

The source of his courage was the assurance of God's presence.

Mother the thing your brother Jesse recently have received significant

promotions and great opportunities of advancement in the workplace in

a mockerly and I'm.

Telling you it's house to me like her. They've got

some pretty big shoes to feel. I want to tell

them right now.

You can consider the challenges and I consider the challenges

that all of these people face to including Josua.

They face the same things that you and I face

on a daily basis. Oh, come on, now, there unknowns

of the new child.

The rights of sicknesses are the trying times and the

moments of life. During these times, we need to be

sol and courageous. We don't know what tomorrow homes, but

we do know through hands tomorrow.

Think of this, the children of Israel.

We're about to cross the threshold of the gate to

the Promised Land without Moses.

You mean I've got to do this without Mama. I've

always done everything, Ma, Mama, you mean I've gotta go home.

My dad just died. You're telling me I've gotta go on.

That's what Joshua do.

There's a reason for Moses turned into this resignation. Hey,

I'll fix you to leave. And you made a carry on.

Now you made a carry on.

Come on, Tyler.

He'll let me tell you something that came from God.

A couple of nights ago. I've already four warns you.

God showed me that your grandma's living on Bard time.

That is not to hit the panic button.

That is not to think she's gonna die tomorrow or

the next year, within the next five years.

God did not give me a timeline, but God made

it clear to.

Me that you will see a time in the future

when she is not working in that kitchen.

You will see a time in the future when she's

not out there the roasting brisket to your pleasure, and.

You'll please and oh, come on, but I'm telling you,

if you did, you.

See across the chili Jordan, you see a grandma among

a great class.

I don't witnesses that. People saying Tyler, he's strong, Tyler, Tyler,

to do the good, playing a good service.

They keep serving God they's still that ain't trunk and

the moody of holding us.

I'm telling us somebody here to lie. Mama may be dead,

that he may be dead. That's best time to carry over.

I said, continue, o you.

He it is that death go with THEE. He will

not fail THEE nor forsake THEE. Y'all know what Joshua,

he knew.

There's ten men right here with me right now that

brought evil reports.

There's ten men in.

My company that brought evil reports when me and Cayla

brought good reports. And Joshua keeps on leading despite the

bad reports. Certainly their unknown challenges and dangers just ahead.

And Moses to Joshua and that suld of his will

be strong and be courageous, Why can you do such

a thing? Because of his presence, Fear must have gripped

some people, including Joshua. I'm telling you I'm not planning

on resigning, and I'm certainly not putting in a vote

to God to die.

I'm not planning on leaving the Becca Holy Church any

time soon. But I want you to know if I

was to be told by God.

That I'm gonna die in the near future, or if

I was to be told by God, there go be

a missionary on foreign soil, and to leave you would.

Have to put on the shoe that seemingly did not pit,

and you'd have to keep on. Come on, I'm telling somebody,

if the shoe.

Doesn't pit, wear it, what do you need to do

such a thing? What do you need to take such

an undertaking your hand? Have God's presence with you. Fear

must have gripped.

So many people that day, Brother Roquet. When I think

about it, I couldn't imagine.

Moses literally turning loose of the reins and a horse

that is running at a Britant ut face.

We like Joshua, though, we can be strong because the

Lord goes with us.

In the Book of Exodus, chapter number four, we find

a time in Moses's life when he felt like his

own people would not believe his words. In fact, Moses said,

these people aren't gonna believe me. They're not gonna believe

a word I'm saying. Moses felt like the Israelites wouldn't

hearken unto his voice. He felt like they would doubt

his burning bush experience. They felt like he would doubt

his burning bush experience. Moses felt like they would doubt

his burning bush experience. And the Lord said, Moses, what's

that in your hand? And he said it's rod. And

God said, we'll throw it down, and that rod became

a serpent. There was a time in Moses's ministry when

he felt like the shoot didn't fit either if God

was telling him he put them on.

God told him said, take off your shoes, Moses, for the.

Place where you ustadt is Holy Brew, and you're fixing

a put on holy shoes.

Hey, come on, are y'all feeling what I'm feeling? On me?

Running backs like, well, I hadn't this preacher's preaching for

two weeks? Didn't you come on? Nothing? Worship power out?

I don't A bunch of you texting me today said

we're ready for Pasor to preach. Come on, you don't

matter who's doing the preaching. We should still stay spiritual.

We should still have the power in the bows. Come

on up, I sitt have to resurrect.

Somebody of us hervits. Oh my god, I'm feeling good

in my soul. That's not boasting. I'm telling you your dollar.

I'm teach too.

Your sister is speaking his sisters too. He said, he's

still teaching to teach with an audience. Come on, my

name ain't Moses, but you know what I do.

Bereave. I believe in.

God, says stepping in shoes, Moses, I believe in got

this stuffing and shoes tear mean God'll make you.

Shoes, your steet feeling shoes.

God.

Somebody down now, warn't more a Bethel sleeper.

Huh, somebody down now, we're warm bethel sleeper, Brother Jesse.

He preached to you now, man, huh, where are you

at him? Where are your Bethel? Where are your beth by? Moses?

Take out the shoes for the place where thou.

Standest is holy ground, Brother Jesse, preach, where are at him?

Why? Come on? Where are your Methel?

It's time to put on in shout shoes. I've never

shouted to day in my life.

Put him out.

It's time to put him holding off my car shoes hot.

I'm telling you it's time to do something.

You lower God.

Ay man, I'm just now for pretty good the man

I was where to start the preaching because of God's presence,

I'm feeling good.

I ot captains. These people need to wake up. But

we're about to have a shout and fit.

Two years ago and one day brother Sam young brother

Jonathan would not believe at all, and they were gonna

have the Holy Ghost.

The next day they struggle without too.

Why Moses, take off your shoes for a place where

you're standing on is holding?

Now? Oh, come on, God told Moses.

He said, you're worried about what they're gonna think. You're

worried about what they're gonna say. He said, cast that

rod down.

Y'all know what happened.

It became a serpent. God said, pick it up and

became a rod. And then Moses is still wondering, am

I able.

To do it?

God said, stick your hand out, and his hand became lepers.

Then God said pulling back in and his hand was restored.

Oh my Jesus, a long waking up.

Yet that wasn't come on churches out, Oh word. When

the lost God was teaching Moses to rely on trust.

Totally on the Lord's prayers, that God was, let Moses

do they no matter what they think't what they do and.

What they say. It's all us who go about prayers.

That's with you.

And that's why later Moses is able to say, God,

don't you take me up from here unless.

You go with me.

I'm trying to tell whom Moses had the same mindset

Josua had.

But Moses was getting started in ministry.

And that's some of these people that are holy gones

feel they had the same hesitations, concerns, reservations.

That you knew that you knew.

I've heard, I'm preaching. I've got to sleep, and God

help us Nowjesus is passing the raising Jostley. Moses told

the Lord that he wasn't an eloquent speaker. They said,

I'm slow at speech.

Not to lie. It's true that Aaron is just a

little bit better. It's true, just a little.

Bit better, just a little bit. But Aaron's also a liar.

It'll prove that later. Aaron's also a charismatic pastor into

making here is also somebody that's fine us at the

backbone where the good one. That's why a lot of

these pictures are making these churches houses of the devil,

because they don't have it in them to say no,

they should be preaching, they should be pastoring. So while

Moses is up communal of God, Hearin's telling them at

these golden calfs are the gods.

That brought them out of each of that. Aaron's a

lion trothet Moses.

God could have said, while you're every wondering if you're

good enough, God could have said, well, I'm gonna take

you down the road.

This man you're asking to come hell you, he is

going to lead my people astray. Y'all know why I

do a lot of what I do.

Around here because I could trust myself. You can't trust everybody.

And we open this poope and everybody. What I'm saying

is we know vet.

And screen who's preaching in this poop ya. And there's

some of them that are preaching this pooping and will

never preach here again. And they can act like right now, oh,

oh so bad. It is bad. It is a dishonor.

It is a dishonor to you that you no longer

qualify to preach. Oh come on now, I'm turning you up.

You are preaching. Aaron's got about their worshiping golden casts.

Aaron's got about their worship of golden casts and Moses.

Before he starts preaching, he's saying, I'm not eloquent.

Of speech, and God said, who has made man's mouth, Moses,

he makes the double of death the sin of the party.

Have not either word. Now, therefore toe and I will

be with it. I'll be without mouth, and I'll show

thee up to say, I'll tell us somebody him and out.

Just put your feet in. It sees that God will

cause the feet the pick.

O God, my God.

Then my brother Jesse got the Holy Ghost. God impressed

upon my heart to say, just a quick sentence, I'm

looking for spiritual people to pray.

And Brother Jesse in that moment realize I'm not spiritual,

and that struck a chord with him the same.

A beautiful tune. I must be spiritual.

I must be spiritual or somebody right down you to

receive the Holy Ghost in this servance.

Well, I don't have I said. If the shoe does appear, what, oh,

it ain't none of us said we're gonna measure up

the Christ. But we're worried. There ain't none of us

that we're gonna be as big as the Holy Ghost.

But win killing are y'all waving come?

I'm telling you right there, I'm feeling like preaching when

I'm waiting on turns to wake up.

I ain't on somebody like Charsson to be strong, to

be able to get turns. I ain't on somebody to

look at that shoe that doesn't fit and I put

it on. I've never ran around the turch before. I've

never left up the name of Jesus before. I've never

shouted the loss of time of her. I've never seen

the person and God before. I've never cut my hands,

And with all of the night before.

I'm slow. A speech Moses said, I'm slow. Speech Moses said,

Oh Jesus.

Hebrews, chapter number thirteen, of verse number five is a

reminder of what he said in do Toroonomy thirty one six.

For he has said, I will never leave thee nor

forsake thee Jesus had told his followers, It's expedient for

you that I go away, for if I go not away,

the comfort or will not come. Jesus did ascend, and

the Holy Ghost did the said. And the truth is

two years ago there were a lot of young men

around here that I could lick it unto Joshua that

was looking at the moseses of this church, the elders,

the leadership of this church and they were thinking, I'll never.

I'll never have. What they have was Sister Wood. God's

lit a shoe right there. It's years if you want it.

You just don't want to get as loud as Sister

Wound's getting right now.

She's not doing that to be heard. She's doing that

betrays her God. If the sin doesn't fit.

Worth, I an't worthy. That's what I was saying, a thought,

I'm not worthy.

That's what you're a mythought, I'm not worthy.

That's what Amos thought. Sweet may love God, and I

wait by the church to wake up. Then with I

want to tell you enclosiveness.

The spirit, the Holy ghost will rise to the occasion, I.

Said, the spirit the Holy ghosts will rid us to

the actasia.

And that's what mosees DoD God said. The spirit said, Joscela, Oh,

I gotta say.

That, Josu is be sah, it'd be collagious, because I

know the spirits in my ship, I said, because I'm.

There, the spiriting your super it is the spirits in her.

We all live to your crazy just staying sleep in

turch two weeks and you're asleep.

Two weeks ago, we'd been shouting by now, and I'm

not scold anybody