The Work Must Go On - 3/11/26 - Bro. Austin Elkins - Meadows Baptist Church

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Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from

God.

And the truth is, if we really ever got

a hold of what she just sang,

if we really just grasp that that he is,

he's it.

>> You don't need nothing else.

>> You don't need nobody else. You don't

need nothing else.

>> He's all you need.

And uh

I think until we get to that point, I

think we're we're still not going to see

revival until we get to the place where

we say, "Lord, I don't know what else is

going I don't know what's going to

happen. I don't care. I don't know what

it's going to cost me. I don't care. I

don't know where it's going to take me,

but I don't care, Lord. I just want

you."

>> You get to that place, you'll have

revival.

>> Amen.

Amen. Well,

it's good to have brother Austin Elkins

back with us tonight. And uh I

appreciate this man of God. I really do.

>> And God has used him uh in my life. He's

been a been a help. And uh more than he

realizes. His his pullpit ministry has

been such an encouragement to me. And u

I guess probably about the age I am now

was how old you was when I first started

preaching. I guess so. somewhere around

there. And he's always stayed the same,

preaches the same, and God uses him. And

uh he just goes preaching uh wherever

God lets him. And I thank him. Thank

thank the Lord for using him and the

open door that he has. And I appreciate

him minding the Lord these last two

nights. And preacher, you come preach

what's on your heart. And let's get

behind it. May help him preach. And I

know he's got what's on the heart of God

for this service tonight. So you pray

for him, worship with him.

>> Amen. Love you, preacher. I appreciate.

>> Yes, sir. Amen. Well, I'm glad I'm

saved. Amen. I'm glad to be in church on

this Wednesday night. And I can say

already, it's been good to be here. And

I'll be honest, I can sit and listen to

singing like that, listen, testifying

all night. That stuff don't bother me. I

grew up around stuff like that. And I'm

thankful for God's goodness and his

mercy and for his amazing grace. The

book of Nehemiah tonight. The book of

Nehemiah, chapter number four. Nehemiah

chapter number four. When you find your

place, we'll invite you to stand with us

as we'll read and pray together and give

you the thought uh that is in our heart

for tonight. Nehemiah chapter number

four. And we'll give you this thought.

And uh you know, we'll be timely and

trying to get it to you. And this has

been on our heart since about the time

we left yesterday. Started trying to

pray towards tonight and have direction.

I I was looking I was hoping to get do a

series this week. Uh, but it seems like

the Lord's just orchestrated everything

the way he's wanted it. And I'm not

going to complain about his leadership

one bit. I'm thankful uh for his

goodness and his mercy and for his grace

and uh for all that he's done. Church, I

want to say thank you for the room.

Thank you for all the meals, the

fellowship. Uh it's always always a

precious thing to be around you. I love

getting to be with you y'all. Some of

the friendliest people I've met. And I

mean, man, he made me a a tumbler with

Tennessee on it. I know it pained him

greatly to do it, but he did it. And I

praise the Lord for that. And uh I mean

all the kindnesses and all the all the

blessings, all the giving, all the

things y'all done just to make us feel

welcome. And since this is my life, I

sure do appreciate places that feel like

home. And I appreciate that uh much the

Lord. Let's read together tonight

Nehemiah chapter number four. And we'll

start our reading in verse number one

tonight. The Bible said, "But it came to

pass that when Sand Ballot heard that we

builded the wall, he was wroth and took

great indignation and mocked the Jews,

and he spake before his brethren and the

army of Samaria, and said, "What do

these feeble Jews? Will they fortify

themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will

they make an end in a day? Will they

revive the stones out of the heaps of

the rubbish which are burned?" Now thai

the Ammonite was by him and said even

that which they build if a fox go up he

SHALL EVEN BREAK DOWN THEIR STONE wall

here oh our God for we are despised and

turn their reproach on their own head

and give them for a prey in the land of

captivity and cover not their iniquity.

Let not their sin be blotted out before

thee for they have provoked thee to

anger before the builders. NOTICE VERSE

NUMBER SIX. SO built we the wall, and

all the wall was joined together unto

the half thereof, for the people had a

mind to work. Now if you will skip to

verse number 10, the Bible said, and

Judas said, the strength of the bears of

burdens is decayed, and there is much

rubbish so that we are not able to build

the wall. And our adversary said, "They

shall not know, neither see do we come

in the midst among them, and slay them,

and cause the word to cease." Skip over,

if you will, now to verse number 14.

"And I looked and rose UP AND SAID UNTO

THE NOBLES, and to the rulersh, and to

the rest of the people, be not ye afraid

of them. Remember the Lord which is

great and terrible uh and fight for your

brethren, your sons, and your daughters,

your wives, and your houses. And it came

to pass when our enemies heard that it

was known UNTO US. AND GOD HAD BROUGHT

THEIR COUNSEL TO NOT that we returned

all of us to the wall, everyone unto

his work. Let's pause and ask God's help

again tonight. Father, in Jesus lovely

name. Thank you so much for YOUR

GOODNESS AND YOUR MERCY in your amazing

grace. Thank you for what you've done

already these couple of nightsh in this

meeting so far and for working in the

hearts of your people and in the hearts

and saving sinners. God, I pray for a

little while that you'd MAKE PREACHING

EASY. GOD, THAT you'd help us to focus

our HEARTS ON YOU. GOD THAT you'd give

ALL THE PRAISE AND THE honor and the

glory safe sinners. Help us, oh Lord, as

your people to continue on until you

come again. And we'll thank you and

praise you for it's in that name above

every name, Jesus Christ, THAT WE ASK

WITH MUCH THANKSGIVING AND FOR YOUR

GLORY. AMEN. And amen. You can be seated

tonight. Thank you for standing as we've

read and prayed together. Again,

this is a very familiar book and it is

one of my favorite books of the Bible.

Uh, as we come to this book of Nehemiah,

I know most people have heard it taught

on, preached through, and dealt with,

and I'm not going to tell you anything

that you've not heard before, but listen

tonight. I believe as we come to chapter

number four uh that God is doing a great

and mighty thing through his servant

Nehemiah. And you remember back in

chapter NUMBER ONE THAT GOD I believe

HAD RAISED HIM UP FOR THAT SPECIFIC TASK

and that specific time. And let me say

this, I believe the church of the living

God has been brought to this place and

this time, hey, so we can fulfill the

will of God and accomplish exactly what

he wants us to accomplish. You remember

chapter number one, hey, Nehemiah hears

about the destruction of Jerusalem. He

hears about the walls that have been

torn down. He hears about the gates that

have been burned with fire. And what it

does is it he does not harden his heart

but it breaks his heart and he melts

into a season of prayer. And as HE

BEGINS TO PRAY, God begins TO WORK NOT

ONLY IN his heart but on THE KING'S

HEART AND ON OTHER HEARTS BEFORE he ever

gets back to Jerusalem. And God directs

him with a burden. And I want to say

this before I move ON TONIGHT THAT IF

WE'RE EVER going to accomplish anything

for God, in reality, we are going to

have to be guided and directed by A

GENUINE heaven sentent burden from God.

Oh friend, our our own acts and our own

self will never do the trick. It must be

that God gets the glory and gives the

burden to guide us in the right way.

There are not only in chapter one, God

begins to direct him with the burden,

but in chapter number two, God begins to

let the burden spread. For when he gets

back to Jerusalem, he begins to look

around. He's observing. He's figuring

things out. And then God begins to

assemble people around him that say,

"Hey, let us rise up and build." Can I

just remind you as way of introduction

tonight that oh that Nehemiah could not

DO IT ALL ON HIS OWN. THOUGH HE WAS THE

SPEARHEAD, though he had the first

burden, though he got things going, OH

FRIEND, IT COULD NOT be born alone on

his shoulders. It took everybody in the

family of God. It took everybody in that

area that day to be able to get that

great job accomplished.

God directs him with a specific burden.

God lets the burden spread. Chapter

three, God begins to bless their

efforts. And they began, hey, where

every great where every Christian must

begin at the sheep gate. And when they

get that foundation right, and when they

began to build from the sheep gate on,

hey, that is how God begins to set

things in order. And I'll tell you, if

we're ever going to see GOD DO MUCH, WE

BETTER get back TO BLOODY CALVARY. AND

WE BETTER REALIZE it was he that bled

and died for us, he's the one that

opened THE LIFEGATE THAT ALL MAY GO IN.

AND THAT is where we start our work for

God.

>> Ever since the first effort was made,

you know this in chapter number two all

the way until they are completely

finished. The enemy begins with a

malicious attack on the work of God and

the PEOPLE OF GOD. CAN I JUST THROW

THIS? Y'all know this is true. That's

Wednesday night crowd. But listen to me.

We are in a day if we are going to do

anything FOR GOD, THERE'S GOING TO be an

attack. THERE'S GOING TO BE UPHEAVAL,

HEY, THERE'S GOING TO be some things,

hey, that the enemy is trying to throw

at us. Let me say this tonight though,

EVEN THOUGH THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO STOP

THE WORK, THERE ARE WALLS that need to

be rebuilt in our day. There needs to be

WALLS OF DOCTRINE. THERE NEEDS TO BE

WALLS of discipline. There needs to be

WALLS OF DIRECTION. OH FRIEND, LIKE THE

SONGWRITER SAID, there need to BE WALLS

OF PRAYER. THERE NEED TO BE WALLS OF

POWER. THERE NEED TO BE WALLS of

protection. HEY FRIEND, THERE NEEDS TO

BE WALLS OF THE WORD. THERE NEEDS TO BE

WALLS OF WORSHIP AND WALLS of

well-being. You say, "WHAT IN THE

WORLD?" HEY, CAN YOU NOT LOOK around and

realize the need for the wall tonight?

>> Oh, friend, our churches, our homes, our

families, our our ministries across this

generation, they're crumbling. They're

falling apart. And we HAVE NEVER SEEN A

MORE NECESSARY DAY FOR SPIRITUAL WALLS

TO BE BUILT around each one.

Paul friend, let me say as we look in

these verses, the enemy tried everything

they could to cause the word to cease.

But even though they did, by the grace

of God and some divine determination,

divine direction, and divine

discernment, Nehemiah says, "WE ARE NOT

STOPPING for anything." Amen.

>> Aren't you glad for some people that

have not quit, that have not given up,

that have not stopped in the great work?

Hey, they had, listen now, THEY HAD

MISERABLE MOCKERS, BUT THEY HAD A MIND

TO WORK. THEY HAD THREATS AND THEY HAD

ANGER, BUT THEY HAD THE THRILL OF THE

ALMIGHTY. THEY HAD MARCHING ARMIES, BUT

THEY MADE MORE EFFORT IN PRAYER. AND GOD

SAW TO IT THAT IN RECORD TIME IN 52 DAYS

THEY GOT THE JOB DONE AND GOD GOT THE

GLORY AND A GENERATION SAW GOD.

>> That's right.

>> You know what I love about this is it's

not just about their generation. It's

about the next generation and the

generation after that. I'm just telling

you tonight I sure want to see God hey

move in the next generation if he don't

come back real soon. And I believe he

is. Hey. But I say this, HEY, WE NEED TO

HAVE SOME WALLS SO GOD CAN WORK

TOMORROW.

As I think about this, let me just say,

oh,

Amen. As I think about these walls going

up, as I think about THE GREAT WORK THAT

HAD and needed to be accomplished, I'm

reminded that IF THEY DID NOT do it,

nobody else was going to.

Somebody had to step up. Somebody had to

be the one to have the burden and go

forward.

But just because they faced obstacles,

just because things were not easy, just

because things were not, hey, the way by

the way, serving God rarely is easy. But

I will say this, it is always worth the

effort put in.

>> I'm interested tonight as we think about

this. You notice in verse number n and

verse number six he said the for the

people had a mind to work. Verse number

nine. Nevertheless, we made our prayer

unto our God and set a watch against

them by day and night BECAUSE OF THEM.

HEY, THEY CONTINUED ON. They did not

stop. Hey, verse number 15. HEY, GOD

BROUGHT THEIR COUNSEL TO NOT THAT WE

RETURNED all of us to the wall, everyone

unto his work. Let me just for a little

while tonight, I'd like to preach ON

THIS SIMPLE THOUGHT ON THE work must GO

ON. THE WORK MUST go on. Oh, friend,

aren't you glad that THE WORK WAS

STARTED BEFORE WE EVER GOT HERE? AREN'T

YOU GLAD THAT THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A GOD

IN HEAVEN THAT'S had everything running

in THE RIGHT DIRECTION? HEY, THANK GOD I

DIDN'T START IT AND I CANNOT STOP IT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IN AND HANG ON.

HEY, THANK GOD. THERE'S A WORK TO BE

DONE.

>> Number one, we must realize the reproach

of the adversary tonight.

Notice the mocking of their efforts.

Verse number two, he spake before his

bre. Matter of fact, verse number one,

it came to pass that when Sam Ballot

heard that we builded the wall, he was

wroth and took great indignation and

mocked the Jews. And he spake before his

brethren, the army of Samaria, and said,

"What do these feeble Jews? Will they

fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice?

Will they make an end in a day? Will

they revive the stones out of the heaps

of the rubbish which are burned?" You

say, "What happened?" The very first

thing is the enemy begins TO RUN THEIR

MOUTH.

>> Can I just remind you tonight? I know

y'all know this, but that's just

spiritual warfare.

Every time before there's ever a sword

drawn,

before there's ever an issue of any kind

of warfare, before there's HEY, THEY

WEREN'T THEY HADN'T gathered armies yet.

They said they were going to. Hey, here

they are. And they're getting ready to

fight. They're getting ready FOR

SOMETHING. AND NOW THE ENEMY BEGINS TO

REPROACH AND TO MOCK THEM.

>> Do you remember? Do you? Oh, y'all know

this already. But it's amazing to me how

quick the enemy is to open his mouth. Oh

yes.

>> When you going to try to serve, when you

going to try to do, when you going to

try to sell out and go for God and live

for God and REBUILD SOME WALLS, THERE

WILL BE WORDS from the enemy.

>> There's wrath encountered. You know why

they're encountering the wrath of the

enemy? Because they are trying to do

something in the opposite direction.

Anytime you try to do something in the

opposite direction of the enemy, the

forces of hell and Satan, there will be

opposition

and there will be words of evil. From

from chapter number two, they have been

matter of fact, it's the Ammonites. It's

those there's a three-fold enemy that

you'll find a picture of the world, the

flesh, and the devil. It's a wicked

enterprise. THEY BEGAN, HEY, TO TRY TO

GET IN THE mind of those that are trying

to do something for God.

>> Can I remind you this week, it is

Wednesday night. Y'all still got two

more nights of revival efforts coming up

before you. The enemy would love to say,

"Well, there's no sense in trying to

fool with anything else. Hey, there's

we've already seen this or seen that."

OH, FRIEND. OH, GOD, help us to

remember. HEY, THERE IS SOME REASON TO

CONTINUE ON. THERE ARE THOSE DEPENDING

ON US AND THE REPROACH OF THE ADVERSARY

must be ignored.

The mocking of their efforts. Notice

this. There is the ministry of effectual

prayer. Look at verse four.

He said, "Here, oh our God, for we are

despised.

turn their reproach upon their own head,

and give them for a prey in the land of

captivity. Cover not their iniquity. Let

not their sin be blotted out before

thee, for they have provoked thee to

anger before the builders.

Yes, there was the mocking of their

efforts. But there was the ministry of

effectual prayer. You know what GOD DID?

AS SOON AS THEY STARTED FACING ATTACK

from the enemy, you know what they did?

They said, "We're going to pray, boys."

And they geared down and THEY GATHERED

UP AND THEY GOT UP UNDERNEATH one

another and they SAID, "WE'RE GOING FOR

GOD." HEY, GOD, LOOK ON the enemy.

Listen to what they're saying. Hey, they

directed THEIR ATTENTION TO THE GOD OF

HEAVEN AND THEY DESIRED HIM TO AVENGE

them of their enemies.

Oh friend, you know what? Our most of

the time our last response is to look to

God.

>> Yeah.

>> But it is time for it to become our

first response.

>> It is time for it to become our

preparation. It is time for it to become

our every step. It is time FOR FOR

PRAYER TO BECOME THE THING WE DEPEND ON

AND we need in our day. Yes, sir.

>> The mocking of their efforts, the

ministry of effectual prayer. There's

the mind of the essential labor.

Verse number four, actually verse six.

So built we the wall, and all the wall

was joined together under the half

thereof, for the people had a mind to

work.

I love this. You know what they did?

Their key to success was simply this. It

was their unity.

I'm going to come down here again.

That way they'll listen.

>> You know what they had?

They had unity.

>> In order for the work to be done,

it wasn't just that they got along,

but they had to have a united vision and

a united direction.

They had to have united efforts.

There's a lot of places I go in and they

don't have much unity.

It's sad. Remember what the Apostle Paul

wrote? He said, "Endeavoring to keep the

unity of the spirit in the bonds of

peace.

>> It takes effort to stay unified. It

takes effort to keep your eyes on Jesus

and off of everybody and everything

else." Hey friend, forbearing one

another in love. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT

MEANS? IT MEANS BECAUSE I LOVE YOU IN

the Lord AND I LOVE JESUS, I'M GOING TO

PUT UP WITH YOU AND I'M GOING TO FORGIVE

YOU. AND IF YOU LOVE JESUS, YOU GOING TO

FORGIVE ME. AND WE GOING TO HOOK UP AND

GO ON FOR JESUS AND TRY TO BUILD

SOMETHING FOR GOD AND HAVE SOMETHING

THAT will last.

>> Their key to success was unity. It was

faithfulness. I know it's Wednesday

night and I ain't going to beat that

drum too hard, but let me just remind

you again, faithfulness still matters

>> to God. One of these days when we stand

before him at the bema seat it will not

be well done thou grand and glorious

servant. It will not be well done thou

fabulous and flamboyant servant. It will

not be hey you WERE GREAT AND SUCCESSFUL

BUT IT WILL BE THOU GOOD and faithful

servant.

If there's ever been a day for a revival

of faithfulness, just oldfashioned

>> Holy Ghost Christian faithfulness,

>> it is today.

>> There's the keys to success, their

unity, their faithfulness, the direction

they had. They were going in God's

direction. They were trying to do

something that would protect the house

of God. Do you realize that?

years prior, the Lord had allowed the

house of God to be built. And now they

needed something to be rebuilt. Now they

needed something to protect the house of

God. You know why? Because where would

they have to worship if they did not

protect the house of God?

>> Oh yeah.

Where would they live in safety if they

did not have those walls? Where would

they be able to enjoy the upbringing of

for the next generation had somebody not

done something about it? There's the

reproach of the adversary. Number two,

I'm moving on. There's the

responsibility

to arm the people. Look in verse 10.

Judah said, "The strength of the bears

of burdens is decayed. There's much

rubbish so that we're not able to build

the wall. And our adversary said, "They

shall not know, neither see, till we

come in the midst among them, and slay

them, and cause the work to cease." And

it came to pass when the Jews which

dwelt by them came, they said unto us 10

times, from all places, when she shall

return unto us, they will all be upon

you. Therefore said I in the lower

places, behind the wall, on the higher

places. I even set the people after

their families, with their swords, their

spears, and their bows. And I looked and

rose up and said unto the nobles, we'll

pause there for just a minute. BUT THERE

IS NOT ONLY THE REPROACH of the

adversary, but there is the

responsibility

to arm the people. You say, "What do you

mean?" Hey, as soon as they began, as

soon as they prayed, they began to go

back to the work. And now there is a

wrathful plan of the enemy. Our enemy

hates the REVIVING WORK OF GOD with an

evil and hatred and a passion IN HIS

HEART. HEY, AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO

REALIZE WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO SKIP ON

THROUGH THE TULIPS. HEY FRIEND, THERE IS

A BATTLE AND THE ENEMY has a plan.

>> But you know what they did? As soon as

that wrathful plan was realized, they

took one more time to watching and

praying.

You know what I'm learning, brother

Charlie? People don't get excited about

prayer much.

They don't.

Oh, yeah.

You know why? Cuz I ain't doing it.

>> Amen. People don't have a personal

prayer life.

>> Amen. I know some people do,

>> but I'm learning as I go. You know why?

You know what? I've sat and listen, Miss

Sister Betty. I've listened to some

generations gone by and I've heard about

the preachers of days gone by, those

older men of God that mentored me and

and you and tried to help us come up and

they they talked about the prayer life

of the people of God. It wasn't just the

preacher. It wasn't just the s the song

leader. It wasn't just the deacons or

the Sunday school teacher, but it was

mamas and daddies. Hey, it was those

that were laboring, THOSE THAT SHOWED UP

TO CHURCH, they invested themselves in

prayer.

>> If you want your life to be a success,

you want your church to be a success for

God, you want your witness to be a

success, GET YOURSELF IN A PRAYER PLACE

SOMEWHERE, YOU AND GOD, AND WALK WITH

GOD IN PRAYER. AND WHEN THE ENEMY

ASSAILS, HEY, WHEN THE VOICE OF THE

ENEMY COMES THUNDERING IN, HEY, RUN TO

THE SECRET PLACE AND GET WHERE GOD IS

AND HE WILL HELP YOU.

>> Oh friend,

they continued

in watching and prayer. There's

weariness in the progress.

Verse 10. Judah said, "The strength of

the bears of burdens is decayed.

There is much rubbish

so that we are not able to build the

wall."

They're worn out. They're tired. And

they have nothing left to give.

But the work cannot cease, and the work

cannot stop.

For there are several thousands

depending on this work. Can I remind you

tonight, our work is not just about us.

Our labor for the Lord is not about our

life. It is about those that are coming

behind us. There's the reproach of the

adversary, the responsibility to arm the

people. Thirdly, and lastly, there is

the Almighty's plan, the returning to

the Almighty's plan. Verse number 14.

And I looked and rose up, said unto the

nobles, and to the rulers, and to the

rest of the people, "Be not ye afraid of

them. Remember the Lord, which is great

and terrible, and fight for your

brethren, your sons, and your daughters,

your wives, and your houses." And it

came to pass when our enemies heard that

it was known unto us, and God had

brought THEIR COUNSEL TO NOT THAT WE

RETURNED ALL OF US TO THE WALL, everyone

unto his work.

You say, "How did Can I get somebody to

come to the piano for me?" Go ahead and

be making your way on this direction and

they'll think I'm quitting and they'll

be happy.

Amen.

They began to remember the Lord. Look at

verse 14. Remember the Lord

which is great and terrible and fight

for your brethren.

Now they are looking. They are turning

their eyes one more time upon Jesus.

You know what it's time for us to do

tonight? It is time for us to remember

our great God

>> so that we may be everything he wants us

to be.

There's the resolution to labor.

Verse 15. It came to pass when our

enemies heard that it was known unto us.

And God had brought their counsel or not

that we returned all of us to the wall,

everyone

unto his work.

The remembering of the Lord. There's the

resolution to labor. Now they have not

only continued in the face of all this

opposition,

but they're going back to finish what

they started. Church, it's time for us

to finish what was started. He that hath

begun a good work in you, he shall

perform it under the day of Jesus

Christ, and he will do exactly what he

said. Let us continue on to be faithful

to him. And there's the revival of

longevity. He through the rest of the

chapter says, "Whenever you're ready,

just start playing."

There's a time to guard and a time to

build. He said, "You take the trial in

your hand and you take your sword in the

other hand." That's the balance of the

Christian life. You're to build and

you're to guard,

to fight, and to finish the job that God

has for us to do.

Christian, it is not time to back up. It

is not time to quit.

>> The work must go on. There is no place

for compromise. There is no time to come

off the wall. The work must go on.

There's no time to go to the plane of oh

no like is offered in chapter six.

There's no time to listen to the lies of

the adversary.

>> For there must be something finished.

And when it is done one of these days

and we look back, there'll be some that

we did not even know we were building

for. Could you imagine that generation,

brother Charlie? They built and they

labored and they SWEATED AND THEY GOT IN

the trenches and they dug and they built

and they had no idea

hundreds of years down the road they

turn around and there were some

generations they had a temple TO WORSHIP

IN. THEY HAD A PLACE TO GO MEET GOD.

HEY, THEY HAD FAMILIES AND THEY HAD

PROTECTION AND THEY HAD the goodness of

the Lord all around them. HEY, BECAUSE

YEARS AGO, HEY, THERE WAS A MAN OF GOD

THAT STOOD UP AND SAID, "LET'S BUILD."

AND THE PEOPLE SAID, "LET'S BUILD." AND

THEY BUILT IT.

>> And in 52 days, they did the impossible.

>> I tell you what, let's do tonight while

she's a play. Brother Charlie, Miss

Abby, get your young ones come this way.

I want them to get in this altar

tonight. I've had this on my heart for a

while this week. I just I don't know.

Oh, I just in prayer. I felt impressed.

Church folk, I want y'all to gather

around them. Fellas, get over here on

Brother Charlie's side. Ladies, get over

here near her. If there's ever been a

time to pray, if there's ever been a

time to seek God,

man, it's right now.

If there's ever been a time to dig your

heels in and do something for the Lord,

to pray a hedge about your pastor and

his family, it's now.

I want to see y'all succeed for God so

bad it ain't even funny.

I want to see God bless. I want to see

God work. I want to see God do. I want

to see God blow your mind.

Let's pray together tonight. All right.

Father in Jesus name, thank you for your

love, your mercy, and your goodness, and

your grace. Thank you for the people of

God. Thank you for this dear man of God

and his family. God, I beg you, Father,

in Jesus name that you'd put your touch

on them, God, that you'd fill them, God,

that you'd help them, that you'd

strengthen them, God, that you'd put

that hedge, that guard about their home,

their the guard about their minds, the

guard about the direction for the

future. God, you'd bless them in a

mighty way. God, we want, Lord, we know

the adversaries everywhere. We know the

enemy is fighting. But God, I beg you

for a little while that you'd please

touch. And God, bless the remainder of

the week, God, that you'd do, I mean,

exceedingly abundantly above all that we

ask or think. And Lord, one day when we

look back at this week, and when we look

back in our minds and our hearts, we'll

say, "It was God that did it all. It was

God that did the work. It was God that

accomplished everything that we needed

done. For it is of you, God, that it'll

get done. God, you're the one we're

looking to. You're the one we're

LISTENING FOR. GOD, YOU'RE THE ONE WE'RE

leaning on. God, we're weak in

ourselves. WE HAVE NO ABILITY. WE HAVE

NO STRENGTH. GOD, Charlie can't do it.

Miss Abby CAN'T DO IT. GOD, I BEG YOU,

DO GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS. BLESS THEIR

FUTURE HERE. GOD, I BEG YOU. Use them.

Send them do mighty power. Save their

young ones, God. Just help them, GOD, IN

A POWERFUL and a mighty way, God. Keep

the enemy off of them. Help them to be

able to get REST AND REFRESHMENT. AND

GOD, BE BLESSED IN serving you. Have

your will and way, God. Help the church,

oh Lord, like like Aaron AND HER TO GET

UP UNDER THEIR ARMS. HOLD THEM UP SO

they can serve so they can do what

you've called them to do. Uh have your

way, oh God. Do mighty things. We thank

you and we love you for your kindness to

us. HAVE YOUR WAY NOW, OH GOD. Unify

this place. Unify these people. And

Lord, let mighty WALLS GO UP FOR THE

GLORY OF GOD. In Jesus' name we ask with

much thanksgiving.

Amen. And amen.

Thank you for joining our service today.

We'd love it if you'd join us in person

the next time you are able at Meadows

Baptist Church. Our physical address is

2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North

Carolina. Our service times are Sunday

school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning

worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening

worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday

evening Bible study at 700 p.m. For more

information, visit us at

meadowsbaptisturch.com.

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