Route of Revival - 2/4/26 - Granville Branch - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch

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Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North

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Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from

God.

Amen. Amen. I appreciate each one of you

being here tonight and appreciate dad,

my pastor, coming to fill in for me

tonight and help me. And I need it.

Amen. And I tell you what, if there's

anything I've discovered in the last

year, a couple years of pastoring is I

need preaching more than I ever have in

my life. And uh I'm so thankful he was

able to come be with us. And I

appreciate his faithfulness. I

appreciate his wisdom and his humility.

And I don't just say that just because

he's my dad, but he's the realest

preacher I know. And I thank God for

him. I know he's got something for us

tonight. You pray for him. And Lord will

help us. And be attentive to the word of

God. And I tell you this, you'll listen.

God will give you something.

>> And uh there's never been a time that

I've sat down to a church service where

where he preached and I didn't get

something that helped me. And I can

promise you he'll do the same for you

tonight. And I don't not like I said,

I'm not trying to lift man up. He is my

daddy. Amen. But he's God's man. And I

appreciate him. So, Dad, you preach for

us tonight. That's your water. And uh

Amen. Thank you. Love you.

>> Amen. Well, thank the Lord. Amen. It's

good to be in church. Amen. And it's

good to see you guys tonight. Glad we

was able to be here uh with you this

evening. And always excited to get to go

to church. And and I seen some more

Jesus freaks coming down the road. Amen.

A few people that cleaned their parking

lot off and decided to go to church

tonight. So, God bless you. Thank you

for Amen. braving the elements and being

at church and and I like it. 2

Chronicles tonight 31. Uh if you have

your Bible, you'll turn there. I've been

studying this on our Wednesday night

services for I think since November um

there at the church. And I had another

message I was going uh to tonight.

Charlie, I talked with him this morning

and uh and he asked me to come and be

with you guys this evening and our

Wednesday our Wednesday night, our

midweek services are moved to Thursday

uh through this month. And so, Amen. and

was glad we was able to come be with him

uh tonight. Amen. Be with you guys and

and uh Lord willing to be a help to you.

That's our heart's desire. And again, I

I thought I was going to be somewhere

else. Lord, change that this afternoon

and just confirmed it as we sit there

studying and praying. Uh but 2

Chronicles 31 and you find your place.

Uh find your place in verse number 11.

And uh we'll read the text. Uh amen

tonight. And I invite you to stand when

you find your place and we'll honor

reverence to reading the word of God.

and we'll read this text and I'll go

back and give you some background on

this. I know we've been in study there

at our church for this for several weeks

and I'll go back and give you some

background. I'm I'm going to preach out

verses 20 and 21 tonight, but I want to

give you this kind of lead up to where

we're going to preach at tonight. The

Bible says, "Then Hezekiah commanded uh

to prepare the chambers in the house of

the Lord. And they prepared them and

brought in the offerings and in the

tithes and the dedicated things

faithfully over which Kayiah uh the

Levite was ruler and Shimi his brother

was the next. and Jial and Aziah and

Nahath and Ashel and Gerimoth and Jose

and Eliel and Ishmachiah and Mayath and

Beniah uh were overseers. I'm thankful

for John and Beal and Sue. Amen.

Somebody say amen right there. But

anyway, we'll move on here. It says,

"And there were overseers under the hand

of Kai Shimi's brother, at the commanded

of Hezekiah, the king, and Azerai, the

ruler of the house of God. And Core, the

son of Emna, uh, the Levite, the porter

toward the east, was over the free will

offerings of God, uh, to distribute the

oblations of the Lord, uh, and the most

holy things." The next him were Eden and

Minimum and Jeshua and Shemiah and

Amoriah and Sheckchaniah in the cities

of the priests in their set office to

give uh to their brethren by courses as

well to the great as to the small.

beside their genealogy of males uh from

three years old and upward, even unto

everyone that enterth in to the house of

the Lord, his daily portion uh for their

service in their charge uh charges

according to their courses, both to the

genealogy of the priests, by the house

of their fathers, and the Levites from

20 years old and upward in their charges

uh by their courses and to the genealogy

of all their little ones, their wives,

their sons, their daughters, through all

the congregation. And for there said

Alphas, they sanctified themselves in

holiness. Also the sons of Aaron uh the

priests which were in the fields of the

suburbs of their cities and every

several city the men that were expressed

by name to give portions to all the

males among the priests and to all that

were reckoned by the genealogies among

the Levites. Thus did Hezekiah

throughout all Judah and wrought that

which was good and right and truth

before the Lord his God. And in every

work that he began in the service of the

house of God, in the law and in the

commandments to seek his God, he did it

with all his heart and he prospered.

Heavenly Father, as we bow this evening,

I want to say thank you, God, for the

house of God. Thank you for letting us

uh be back, Lord. I know it's been a

while for us at Mountaintop to be at

church. And I know it's been a while for

the folks here at Metas, God. It's been

good, though, Lord, to be able to come

tonight, Lord. Just the anticipation of

getting to be in the house of God. I

appreciate your people that's faithful

uh to come, Lord, regardless of what's

going on on the outside. I know there's

times when it's not safe to come, Lord.

Lord, I'm glad for those that come,

Lord, and are faithful, God, when they

can. And Lord, give their uh themselves

to you, Father, to worship you, Lord,

and to receive of you what you have for

them. God, I pray you bless tonight and

bless every heart that's in a place,

Lord, the children classes, Lord, please

be with them and help them tonight, God.

if there's one here that's lost tonight.

I pray God they'd realize their need to

be saved. And Lord, for those dear

saints that are faithful, encourage them

and strengthen them, God. Uh Lord, to do

your work. And Lord, help us in these

days, God, just to magnify your name and

shine for you. And we'll thank you, God,

for that you do, Lord. Open our our our

mind and our ears, uh Lord, what you had

to say to us, God, in our heart most of

all, God, that we be helped tonight in

Jesus precious name we do pray. Amen.

And amen. You can be seated. and thank

you for standing. And uh I again I've

been preaching on this for some time and

and uh we we see here in the text we go

back in chapter number 29. I won't spend

a lot of time uh in this but chapter

number 29 we know that Hezekiah comes

into uh rule there in Judah uh after his

father Ahaz had ruled there uh 16 years

and he did that which was wicked in the

sight of the Lord. We see Hezekiah,

amen, comes into reign and he does the

opposite of what his daddy does. He he

turns things around for Judah and he set

his heart, amen, to serve the Lord. And

we believe it was because of his mama.

Praise God. You study about his mama.

Amen. You'll know that her name, Amen,

it means uh Jehovah is God. And and when

you look at that, Amen. You see that

most likely it was she, amen, that amen,

led him in the right way of the Lord.

And so, thank God for good, godly mamas.

Amen. And that we're reading about a man

here that done a great work uh in Judah

because of his mama. Praise God. And I

appreciate that. But we come here and we

see that that Hezekiah uh has brought

revival into the land of Judah. We see

that the first thing he did was open up

the house of God. Amen. When it' been

closed up, when his daddy had closed the

doors on it. And man, they went out. Uh

they was worshiping in the hills and the

groves at the rock and at the stump and

you know the all the names that we could

go on and say tonight. BUT HE OPENED UP

THE HOUSE OF GOD AGAIN. AMEN. Got those

priests and Levites. Amen. Told them to

clean themselves up and and man, they

started cleaning themselves up and those

servants of God got right with God and

they and then we seen that he said that

THEY CONSECRATED THE HOUSE of God. IN

OTHER WORDS, THEY THEY SET it back in

order and and then he called for the

Passover and they sent letters out by

the post all over Judah and uh the

southern kingdom. Then he told them,

"Hey, SAY GO INTO ISRAEL AND INVITE

THEM, AMEN, TO COME TO THE PASSOVER.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A meeting here." And

and man, WE WANT TO GET THINGS BACK IN

ORDER AND and we see that there's many

that come and many that made fun of him

and mocked at him, but many come and you

remember that first Passover, man, it

was so good. They went seven days, you

know, the Passover. Amen. That uh Amen.

It wasn't the uh the first uh uh uh or

the the the 14th day of the first month

they did, but it was the the in the

second month that they was able to do it

because it WAS GETTING THE HOUSE OF GOD

RIGHT. AMEN. In that first month, in

that second month, amen, they had that

Passover, man. It was so good. AND

PEOPLE GOT SO RIGHT WITH GOD, THEY

DECIDED TO GO SEVEN more days. Amen. And

man, they just had a meeting, man.

People got right. And where we come to

in our text here and what we read

tonight, uh, there in chapter number 31

is there's been 14 years of the glory

there in Judah.

>> Amen.

>> 14 years. I'm not talking about, you

know, a twoe meeting and then everybody

goes back to doing the same old thing

that they've always been doing. I mean,

14 years. You You remember that we we

look back in verse number 12. Amen. THAT

THEY HAD SET THE HOUSE OF GOD IN ORDER.

AMEN. THAT BROUGHT THE TITHES IN AND MAN

THAT'S SERVING GOD AND DOING THE WORK OF

GOD. AMEN. LOOK AT THAT VERSE NUMBER 12.

IT SAYS, "AND THEY BROUGHT THE OFFERINGS

AND THE TITHES AND THE DEDICATED

THINGS." LOOK AT THAT WORD FAITHFULLY.

>> RIGHT,

>> MAN. God did a work.

>> They did it faithfully. And then and I

may have told you it wasn't 14 years.

It's not till chapter 32. I was into

another study, but in chapter number 32,

between chapter 31 and chapter 32 is 14

years. Amen. And they continued doing

that, you know. And that's what real

revival looks like. Amen. When it

changes you and that change, listen,

takes a a a place in your heart and man,

you become a different creature. Listen,

and you're not INTERESTED IN GOING BACK

TO THAT OLD WAY OF LIFE. YOU'RE NOT

INTERESTED IN IN GOING BACK TO THAT

HOHAM CHRISTIANITY AND JUST DOING,

LISTEN, just enough TO GET BY. YOU KNOW,

THAT'S WHERE people live today. Most

people that are saved got just enough

Jesus to make them miserable. Right.

>> I mean, man, they got in AND THEY WAS

EXCITED ABOUT THE LORD. AMEN. AND THEY

WANTED TO GO TO CHURCH, MAN. THEY WANTED

TO SERVE GOD.

>> I MEAN, IT WASN'T just something THAT WE

DID. IT WAS WHO WE ARE. AMEN. And and we

see that's who THESE PEOPLE ARE. AND AND

WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT Hezekiah in

this in the verses 20 and 21 tonight.

And and and I want to I want to preach

on this thought tonight on the on the

root of revival. I'm talking about the

root r o t but the root r o u t e like

root 66 you know the the way of revival

I guess that would be better understood

but the root of revival and and we

understand that revival is divine we

know that only God sends it right I mean

and God sends it but but we look right

here in this text and we come to these

two verses here in verses 20 and 21 of

this text and we CAN SEE HOW GOD BROUGHT

REVIVAL TO JUDAH

We can see it. We can track it. We can

trace it. Amen. Right here. And I'm not

saying listen that we can do certain

things and usher in revival. But because

these things are not just something that

you do, Amen. physically. These are

things, listen, that you do spiritually.

And everybody listening here THAT'S

SAVED TONIGHT KNOWS that it's the

spiritual man, amen, that gets in touch

with God, THAT SEEKS GOD, THAT WANTS

GOD, AMEN, MORE THAN THE CARNAL MAN. AND

LISTEN, FRIENDS, WHEN YOU FOLLOW HIM

THAT WAY, FRIEND, HE'LL BE RIGHT THERE

WITH YOU. AMEN.

>> I PROMISE YOU THAT. I CAN'T PROMISE you

much tonight, but I can promise you if

you do these things, man, personal

revival will come into your life. And

when personal revival comes into YOUR

LIFE, YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES? It trickles

into those around you.

>> Amen. And when it trickles into those

around you, amen, you're experiencing

something, AMEN, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE

ARE DESIRING. AMEN. BUT THEY'RE NOT

WILLING TO give to get. Okay. We see

here these things here about Hezekiah on

this route in which this revival came.

And I want you to notice a few things

with me tonight. Number one, uh, here in

this text in verse number 20, let's look

at the character of Hezekiah for just a

few moments. The character of Hezekiah.

Now we see in the latter part, amen, all

listen, all this this groundwork and

everything that was done, amen, here in

the house of God and how these uh these

uh Levites and how these priests and how

these servants of God uh was holding

their positions, MAN, IT WAS LOOK WHAT I

READ TO YOU TONIGHT BEFORE we got to

verse number 20. Amen. It's like a

welloiled machine running. That's what

that looks like. If you go and STUDY

THAT TONIGHT, YOU EVER STOOD BACK AND

JUST LOOKED at a machine maybe in a

factory or maybe a piece of farm

equipment, you just SCRATCH YOUR HEAD.

HOW DOES THAT THING even work? Amen. You

know, AND I MEAN, IT'S BECAUSE EVERY

PART IS DOING ITS PART. AMEN. WHAT YOU

read here in THIS TEXT IS EVERY PART

DOING ITS PART. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY

THE CHURCH NEEDS TO BE TONIGHT. AMEN.

EVERY PART NEEDS TO BE DOING ITS PART.

AMEN. AS PAUL SAID, THE BODY FITLY

JOINED TOGETHER, COMPACTED BY THAT WHICH

EVERY JOINT SUPPLIED. AMEN. THAT'S YOU

AND THAT'S ME. AMEN. AND WE ARE WE'RE TO

DO OUR PART. AND FRIENDS, THE ONLY WAY

THAT WE CAN DO OUR PART IS TO BE RIGHT

WITH GOD.

>> AMEN. We can show up. Amen. To be like a

baron that's out ON A PIECE OF

EQUIPMENT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU RUN

THAT BARON, THAT THING LONG ENOUGH,

IT'LL SET THE WHOLE THING ON FIRE, WON'T

IT? AMEN. WELL, YEAH, I won't charge you

nothing for that. Well, anyway, look at

the character of Hezekiah here tonight.

Look at verse number 20. And Bible says,

"Thus did Hezekiah." Okay? And and and

they're not attributing all this to him.

Amen. Because we don't puff man up. But

but they're using he listen in a sense

OF SHOWING WHAT ONE MAN CAN DO. AMEN.

When he sets his sight upon God and

doesn't take it off,

>> right?

>> Okay. Now, watch what your Bible says.

And and Bible says, "And thus did

Hezekiah through all Judah and wrought

that which was good and right and truth

before the Lord his God." So, let's look

at his character uh tonight and the

attributes of his work. Number one, we

see here in the text, he did that which

was good. Do you see that right there in

your Bible? I'm not going to preach deep

tonight, but just look right there. He

did that which was good. That word

wrought there in your text. That that

means a working a a mending if you will

like a raw iron fence is is as a person

has took some steel. AMEN. AND THEY'VE

APPLIED THE HEAT TO IT. AMEN. And they

have molded that steel. THAT'S RAW IRON.

AMEN. AND WE SEE THAT HE WROUGHT LISTENS

IN IN AND ALL JUDAH and he wrought that

which was good. He did a good work. And

the word good used right here uh is that

which is good in the eyes of the Lord.

>> That's what we've got to understand.

That's what's going to separate Amen.

listen those that Amen. spiritual from

those that's carnal. You know, things

can be good. Amen. But are they good in

the eyes of the Lord? That's what we got

to ask ourselves. Again, do that we can

do that which is good for us personally

and we can even do that which is good

for others. But that's not necessarily

good concerning, think about this now.

the will of God. Amen. There's a lot of

humanitarian aid. There's a lot of

that's been done over the last little

bit. Man, I'm thankful for people that

come and pushed out the driveways. Amen.

I had a neighbor come pushed mine out

while I was uh pushing everybody else's

out. Thank God for it. Amen. Amen.

That's the ones that always suffer the

most is the ones that serve him. Right.

Amen. But uh but but you know, we can DO

THAT WHICH IS GOOD, BUT NOT NECESSARILY

IS IT good concerning the will of God.

And the reason that Judah was in such a

mess is because folk took to the

leadership of Ahaz, Hezekiah's father,

because what he was doing, listen to me

now, they thought was good.

>> He closed up the house of God.

>> That's tired of going anyway.

>> Okay, let's be honest. Let's Let's just

be real honest. Amen. Have we not missed

Amen. the last two weeks of church? Have

we not listen you know uh being absent

from this place would your zeal to be

HERE TONIGHT BE AS IT IS TONIGHT THOUGH

WE'VE MISSED IT LISTEN IF THE DOORS OPEN

EVERY TIME YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO US

IN THE FLESH WE GET TO WHERE AMEN IT

BECOMES JUST SOMETHING THAT WE DO AND

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DESIRE do

>> right

>> and that's the way they had gotten I

mean you can go back and study through

the kings and you can see it just it's

escalating comes in there and you know

and he's looking at a people listen

That's that that well, let's just put it

this way. They need something different.

You know, that's what the modern day

church is doing today.

>> Amen. That they'll dim the lights. Amen.

They'll bring in the rock bands. Listen,

they'll change the Bible and we'll have

a 10-minute session. We'll go eat pizza

and donuts. Amen. Watch the ball game.

Hey, look, friend. Listen, I'm tell you

what, there's no substitute, amen, for

preaching out of that book right there.

Amen. Hey, listen, friend. You got to

understand that YOU CANNOT CHANGE THAT.

AND MY FRIENDS, WHEN AHAZ CHANGED IT,

WHEN HE CLOSED UP THE HOUSE OF GOD,

FRIEND, THAT'S WHEN THE ENEMY STARTED

COMING IN. YOU'LL GO BACK AND READ IN

CHAPTER NUMBER 28 OF THIS TEXT AND

YOU'LL FIND, AMEN, THERE WAS NO KING

during the the reign OF JUDAH WHERE AS

MUCH DESTRUCTION WAS DONE TO THE PEOPLE

OF GOD AS IT WAS UNDER AHAZ BECAUSE HE

CLOSED UP THE HOUSE OF GOD. AMEN. THE

ENEMY CAME AND YOU CAN GO BACK AND READ

THE NUMBERS. AMEN. 120,000 VALIANT MEN,

AMEN, WERE SLAIN OUT OF JUDAH. That's a

lot of people,

>> right?

>> But think about this. 120,000 valiant

men. It didn't just say men. It said

valiant men. It means men of spiritual

uh uh character. Men listen like himself

>> like Hezekiah. MEN THAT THAT THAT LOVED

GOD AND AND AND LOVE THEIR WIVES AND AND

LOVE THEIR FAMILY. COULD YOU IMAGINE

LOSING 120,000 of them? Amen.

But then not only that, but 200,000

women and children during Az's reign was

taken captive by Israel to the north.

That's a picture of the liberal modern

day church.

>> 200,000 women and children. Most of

them, listen, was mamas and BABIES FROM

THOSE 120,000. AMEN. VALIANT MEN THAT

WAS KILLED IN BATTLE. AMEN. AND WHEN

THERE WASN'T A MAN TO LEAVE THE HOME,

AMEN, THE THE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN

WENT A DIFFERENT WAY.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT. And that happened under his reign

when he closed the house of the closed

the doors of the house of God when it

wasn't listen like it needed to be

closed it up enemy came amen listen

every enemy that was against Israel come

against them during his reign 16 years

every enemy that was against Israel Amen

laid their hand on the nation of Judah

AMEN AND LEFT HIS MARK I MEAN THE

PHILISTINES COME AND THEY JUST MOVED in

>> right

>> I mean they didn't come and JUST TO TO

TO HURT THEM THEY COME AND MOVED IN THEY

THEY TOOK THEIR GROUND. AMEN. BACK THAT

GOD HAD given them, you know. So, so but

here's here's where this started when

when Ahaz started this. Amen. And you

know, listen, they they like that carnal

stuff.

They like that carnal worship, you know,

and this this worshiping this son god

Molech where they offered their

children. Amen. You know, they they give

their kids listen to everything but God.

>> Amen. I mean, YOU KNOW, I COULD GO ON

AND ON ABOUT THAT TONIGHT, but but but

he but he did that. YOU KNOW, THEY WAS

ENJOYING IT. THEY LIKE GOING TO THE BALL

FIELD. THEY LIKE GOING TO THE RACETRACK.

HEY, THEY LIKE GOING HERE AND GOING

THERE. AS LONG AS IT WASN'T THE HOUSE OF

GOD WOULD GO DO THAT.

>> But they enjoyed that. They enjoyed

those idols. There's not a person on the

planet that does not enjoy what he's

interested in.

>> Right.

>> But it's not listen, THERE'S NOTHING

WRONG WITH THINGS, OKAY? as long as

things don't possess you. All right?

>> But here what I'm GOING TO SAY TONIGHT.

LISTEN. And and we SEE THAT THIS THIS

THIS THIS GRIP this nation. It brought

the enemy UPON THEM. IT DESTROYED THEM.

AND HEZEKIAH COMES IN. AMEN. WITH A

HEART FOR GOD, A HEART FOR THE PEOPLE TO

SEE WHAT THEY NEED. AMEN. AND HE STARTS

DOING THIS good work.

Okay. I promise you it was not seen good

by all.

>> You're right.

>> All right. Even though they had

suffered, they had struggled. I mean,

they had seen loss. Many of them had

lost their fathers. Many of them had

lost their daughters and their

grandchildren.

Amen. But yet, they were still hung on

this on this this this carnal worship

stuff.

>> Amen. And I promise you, they give him a

hard time. Amen. When he says, "Hey,

we're going to open up the house of

God." You're

>> right.

>> What you going to do that for?

>> We got the groves. We can worship just

as good over here under the tree stump.

They run under the tree. No, I guess you

worship under a stump. But anyway,

you dig a hole like a groundhog and get

under. You know what I'm talking about.

But they didn't see it as good. Amen.

But he did. And God recognized good. And

you SEE WHEN WE SEE THAT RIGHT THERE.

AMEN. THUS DID HEZEKIAH THROUGHOUT ALL

JUDAH AND HE WROTE THAT MEANS IT WAS

WORK.

>> IT WAS WORK. AMEN. IT WASN'T JUST SHOW

UP AND SMILE. IT WAS WORK. AMEN. AND HE

WORKED. AMEN. AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS

GOOD IN THE eyes of the Lord. Notice

number two. Look. He did that which was

right. Look at your Bible. Verse 20. And

And he he he wrote that which was good

and right. And right. Now think about

this.

This has to do with the motive behind

the work.

>> Right.

>> Right. For it to be good in God's eyes.

Amen. That means it's for God's glory.

>> It's not for Hezekiah. It's not for

Amen. So he can have his name put on the

Amen. ON THE PEW OR THE SIDE OF THE PULL

PIT OR WHATEVER. AMEN. IT WAS FOR GOD'S

GLORY. HE DID IT IN THE RIGHT WAY. HE

DID IT. HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT.

AMEN.

>> AMEN.

>> You know, and think about this. It

wasn't for personal gain. I mean, he had

great wealth. But if you study up what

the these chapters before this from 29

up to where we're at, you'll see he give

and give and give. If you've ever heard

the term give till it hurt. This man did

it.

>> Amen. He give of his time. He give of

his talent.

>> And he give of his treasure.

>> Amen. In every aspect of that, he give

till it hurt.

>> Amen. And it was working. Amen. Because

listen, he had a he had a heart for God.

Amen. Which ultimately leads to a heart

for people.

>> Amen.

>> A person says he loves GOD AND HATES HIS

NEIGHBORS. BIBLE SAYS HE'S A LIAR.

>> You're right.

>> Okay. I mean, listen, just be honest.

And we know we boy, they do better if

they just quit this. BUT YOU HAVE A LOVE

FOR THEM. OKAY. AND AGAIN, HE DIDN'T DO

IT FOR PERSONAL GAIN. HE WASN'T for

political pop or popularity because we

know that good work he was doing. Hey,

listen friend. If if this if he was in

this position to get voted in, he

wouldn't get voted in.

>> Okay, listen. He was there because Amen.

he was an heir

>> to that throne.

>> And and you see, friends, he didn't do

it for that popularity or pump. Amen. Or

for praise, any of that stuff. He did it

simply unto God. And you know, having

the right motive, watch this now, and

we'll move on. Having the right motive

will determine the outcome of your labor

in the Lord.

>> Amen. If it's all about you, Amen,

you're going to run up to the end, amen,

and you're going to have the same thing

that you started with.

>> Amen. But if it's for the Lord, Amen.

And you're doing it for the Lord. Amen.

Listen, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO

HAVE AT the end OF IT, FRIEND? YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE BACK TO

HIM.

>> AMEN. You're going to have something,

listen, to give to him, friends, that do

he did it, he did that which WAS RIGHT.

AMEN. AND HE DID IT IN THE RIGHT MOTIVE.

HE DID IT THE RIGHT WAY. AMEN. He didn't

try to compromise AND AND COME UNDERMINE

THE WORD OF GOD. HE DID IT, NOTICE THIS

NEXT THING. He did it in truth. Look at

your Bible. Verse 20.

>> He did it which was good and right and

truth before the Lord is God. Now, this

was this is when I study this is

absolutely amazing to me how that

Hezekiah

stood on the truth throughout this

campaign. I mean, he didn't have much to

work with,

>> right?

>> You study through this, you find when he

started and he started, he went to those

priests AND LEVVIS, HE HAD TO GO THROUGH

his mind. Amen. And think, man, there's

no way. I mean, here's some guys that

ain't been to church in 16 years. I

mean, they're supposed to be servants,

you know? I mean, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE

BAD NEWS BEARS TEAM. AMEN. He come to

say, "LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WIN

the World Series with this crowd."

>> You understand what I'm talking about? I

mean, HE WENT TO THEM. AMEN. THEY WERE

OUT OF SHAPE SPIRITUALLY. I MEAN, THEY

WAS NOT IN LINE WITH GOD WHATSOEVER. AND

HE SAID, "LOOK, GUYS. HEY, LOOK, GOD'S

PUT IT ON MY HEART. HE CAN BRING REVIVAL

TO THIS NATION. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE TO DO?" AMEN. YOU'RE GOING

TO HAVE TO GET UP. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE

TO GET WITH IT. AMEN. BECAUSE GOD HAS

PUT IT ON MY HEART. AMEN. THAT THE ONLY

FIX FOR OUR NATION, FOR OUR HOMES, FOR

OUR FAMILIES, AMEN. IS IF THE CHURCH

GETS RIGHT.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT. What if a president sent you a

letter sent a letter to your pastor?

>> Amen. He says, "God's put it on my heart

to revive this nation." Amen. But it's

up to the house of God. And my friends,

he knows that's by the truth of the word

of God. He would send that here. And

he'd say this. He say, "But it's up to

you guys TO GET IT DONE. IT'S UP TO YOU

GUYS, LISTEN, TO GET RIGHT WITH GOD. HE

CAN'T DO ANYTHING BY HIMSELF. HE CAN

HAVE THE VISION. HE CAN HAVE THE HEART."

AMEN. BUT IF HE AIN'T GOT THE HELP, HE

CAN'T get it done.

>> Right.

>> Right. And so we see that he he did it

in the truth. He stood on the truth. I

mean, he called God's men to sanctify

themselves, to sanctify the house OF

GOD. THEN HE CALLED for the Passover to

be kept. We talked about that

introduction. AND KNOWING, LISTEN, GOD'S

WORD, WATCH THIS. I MEAN, WHEN WHEN THE

PASSOVER DATE WAS PASSED, HEZEKIAH KNEW

ENOUGH ABOUT THE WORD OF GOD THAT GOD

SAID, "IF YOU CAN'T KEEP IT IN THE FIRST

MONTH, YOU CAN DO IT IN THE SECOND

MONTH." SO, WHAT DID HE DO? HE SAID,

"GET IT RIGHT SO WE CAN DO IT ON THIS

DATE THAT GOD said we could do it."

Right.

>> Well, I bet some of them guys looked at

him and said, "Can we do it on the

second month?"

Yeah. Go read the Bible. You'll find out

you can. Right. Can we do that? Right. I

mean, he was he he did it in truth. Then

beyond that, you know, there was there

was when it come to kill the Passover,

Amen. And you can study this back in the

text. Amen. That some of those people,

Amen. They wasn't clean. They couldn't

kill the Passover. I mean, you had to be

right with God to do this.

>> So, Hezekiah sent those Levites that had

got right with God, had got cleansed

themselves to go kill the Passover for

them. Listen, he knew this had TO BE

DONE. THERE WAS NO EXCUSES,

>> RIGHT?

>> AMEN. And then there were some, you

study there that ate of the Passover

that went right with God,

>> right? You study that in the scripture

and they ate of the Passover as God's

going. He said, "Dear God, he forgive

them. If her heart's right, God forgive

them. Don't kill him.

>> Amen. And you know what that is? Listen,

that's grace in the Old Testament.

>> That's right.

>> He knew God enough, listen, to know be

know HIM BEYOND THE LAW. AMEN. TO KNOW

HIM BEYOND THE RULES AND REGULATION. HE

KNEW GOD IN A RELATIONSHIP. AND THAT'S

WHERE TRUTH SETS IN YOUR HEART. THAT'S

WHERE TRUTH LEADS YOU. IF YOU DO this

thing just because you have to, it'll

never amount anything to you. But if you

do it BECAUSE OF A RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU

HAVE WITH GOD, FRIEND, IT'LL BE THE BEST

THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED to you.

>> Amen. He did. This is the way he did it.

He did it in truth. Amen.

Then think about this.

He called for the offerings to keep the

house of God going. Right? All he got in

their pocketbook,

>> right? Called for the offerings. Now

listen, friend, you need to be up here

when when it's time to preach on

tithing. Okay? Right? How cold it gets

in the church sometimes.

>> Amen. I've I preached on for three

weeks. I that's what brought in the

snowstorm. Okay?

But listen to me, friend. I mean, you

got to be right with God and know know

of a truth that it's it's God's word to

proclaim that to a people. Hey, look,

it's your duty to keep this thing up.

>> You're right.

>> It's your duty to give, Amen, to this

house. Amen. To keep this thing up, to

keep the servants where they can do what

they're supposed TO DO. AND YOU KNOW,

THOSE LEVITES HAD TO GO GET THEM A JOB.

THOSE PRIESTS HAD TO GO GET THEM A JOB.

BUT YOU'LL FIND IN THE SCRIPTURE, AMEN,

THAT WHEN GOD, LISTEN, GOT IN THE HEARTS

OF THOSE PEOPLE, WHEN HEZEKIAH

proclaimed to them to keep the tithe,

BRING THE OFFERINGS INTO THE HOUSE OF

GOD. AMEN. THOSE PRIESTS AND LEAVE US TO

BACK SAID, "MAN, WE AIN'T HAD THIS MUCH

IN A long time, king."

>> Good was able to move and do the work of

the Lord. And friends, he did that

according to the truth. It had nothing

to do with him.

>> He didn't take one penny of it.

>> It was all for God's glory. Amen. And

and friends, that's that's his

character.

Okay? And friends, that's the that's the

root that revival rides in on is that

kind of character doing that which is

good, which is right, and according to

the truth,

>> revival rides on that. You say,

"Preacher, that just does that just

sounds too simple." Amen. Well, that's

kind of like salvation,

>> right? Salvation sometimes people try to

make it complicated,

>> right? Got to do this, this, this. If

you don't do this, you'll lose it.

>> Wouldn't you hate to live like that?

>> Amen. Amen,

>> man. Jesus said, "It's finished."

>> Praise God. When he when he come out,

listen, when you hang on that cross,

Amen. those last words, HE SAID, "IT IS

FINISHED. ALL THAT'S LEFT FOR YOU TO DO

IS confess him

>> AND BE SAVED, FRIEND, AND AND TRUST HIM

AND FOLLOW HIM." AND REVIVAL, LISTEN, I

BELIEVE SOMETIMES we make it so

complicated.

>> Amen.

>> Amen. We we we make it look so way out,

y'all. Listen, if if you'll just do that

which is good and do it the right way

and do it in the truth, personal revival

will come into your life. Number two, I

want you to see this. Look at his

commitment. We've seen his character,

but look at his commitment. Look at your

Bible. Verse 21.

I love this. In every work that he began

in the service of the house of God and

in the law and in the commandments to

seek his God, he did it with all his

heart. His commitment. Think about that.

Look at the area of his commitment. The

area of his commitment. Number one, it

was the house of God. You see that? And

every work that he began, verse 21, in

the service of the house of God.

So his area of commitment was in the

house of God. And then notice number

two. Amen. And then the law and in the

commandments, in the word of God.

His commitment, his life revolved

around, listen, the word of God and the

house of God. That's what his life

revolved around.

>> Yeah. Say, "Preacher, I got a job. I

can't do that." Yeah, you can.

>> Come on.

>> You You can actually do your job better

>> if you put your commitment, Amen. to

God's work here on this earth, he'll he

listen, he'll he'll use you greater than

you've ever known.

>> Amen.

>> Amen. If you'll place your commitment

right there, that's the problem we have

today. You know, we we get our

commitment everywhere but the house of

God. You're

>> right.

>> Amen. if you'll commit yourself to the

house of God. But first of all, listen,

you will never be committed to the house

of God if you're not committed to the

word of God first.

>> Amen. You see that? Listen, he that that

was the area of his commitment. You

know, think about this. A man can be

committed to a lot of things, but true

spiritual revival only comes through a

man that is committed to these things.

>> Amen.

>> You'll never see a person, Amen,

experience revival that's, Amen, that's

uh not committed to the house of God.

may be faithful in attendance.

>> Come on.

>> But they're not they're not committed to

it.

>> Amen.

>> Right? They're not committed. Listen, in

praying for it,

>> right? Praying for your pastor, praying

for the Sunday school teachers, praying

for the singing, praying for the

service, praying for souls to be saved.

That's commitment,

>> right?

>> That it means more to you listen than

than listening everything around you.

There's a dear old saint of God I used

to know that would pray listen for the

things of God uh be above and beyond her

own personal being. Sick laying in the

hospital dying. Preacher, how's the

church doing? How's the church doing?

I'm praying for the church. She's laying

there dying with cancer, but she's

praying for the house of God. Praying

for the work of God. You see what?

That's commitment. And she was committed

while she was there when she WAS GOT

SICK, LAYING ON HER DEATHBED. She was

still committed to the house OF GOD, TO

THE WORK OF GOD, BECAUSE SHE HAD THE

WORD OF GOD all up in her heart.

>> Amen.

>> That was his commitment. We see THAT IN

SCRIPTURE. AND EVERY WORK THAT HE BEGAN,

meaning this, THE REASON THAT IT WAS

GOOD, THE reason that it was right, THE

REASON THAT IT WAS ACCORDED TO THE TRUTH

WAS BECAUSE HE WAS COMMITTED TO THE

WORD. HE WAS COMMITTED to the house of

God.

>> His focus was upon doing it all

according to the word. Amen.

by the book.

>> Don't you hate to work around them

people that wants to do everything by

the book, right? Some of you may be in

construction, you know, and you know,

and they got this saying, you know, some

of these jack legs we work with. Amen.

Well, you can't see it from my house. I

hate that.

>> Amen.

>> Or I I can't stand that. And my my wife

says I'm a perfectionist. I always think

it can be done a little better.

>> Amen. But but but listen, friend,

listen. But if you come to the house of

God and that's your that's your heart.

>> Amen. Listen, you're not committed to

it. Amen.

>> Right?

>> But he was committed to it. And and and

and and think about this. We'll move on.

When men com when men get committed to

the house of God and the word of God,

God will do a work in them.

>> Amen.

>> There's no doubt about it, friend. When

you get committed, when you set your

sights on God, friend. Amen. Bible says,

"Draw near to him." What does the Bible

say? James said he'll draw near to you.

>> Right,

>> friend? God God so want you can't be

around him and not be changed.

>> Right? I mean, Moses was around him on

the mount, man. He come down. He was

glowing.

>> Right.

>> Right. Amen. Listen, friends. We We here

in this earthly tabernacle had what he

was trying to cover up that he lost.

>> Right.

>> Right. We've got it. Amen. Through the

spirit of God dwells in us. Amen. And

listen, IT COMES OUT WHEN YOU GET AROUND

GOD IN THIS WORD. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN TELL IF

SOMEBODY'S BEEN IN THE BOOK, BEEN ON

THEIR KNEES. AMEN. And seeking the Lord

has committed to them. You can tell that

kind of people, can't you? AMEN. MAN,

THEY JUST GOT SOMETHING about them.

Listen, it's just pleasure to be around.

So, we see the area of his commitment.

Number two, look at the attitude of his

commitment. Look at the attitude of his

commitment. Bible says verse 21, latter

part, you with me? He did it with all

his heart and he prospered.

>> His attitude, I like good attitudes.

Amen.

You see, we read in his commitment

again, he did it with all of his heart.

That's one of my favorite verses in this

study that I've studied. I looked at it.

I've looked at it. I've read it every

time that I've prepared a message here

in this text. He did it with all his

heart.

>> Amen. And I look at sometimes I'm

studying some things sometimes,

preacher, and I look at him and I think,

man, how did he do that?

>> God takes me back to this text. He did

it with all his heart.

>> Amen.

>> Amen. This kind of reminds me a little

boy. Amen. was uh in art class and he

was drawing a picture. The teacher said

uh give them all an assignment or draw a

picture of something. Amen. And don't

tell nobody what it is. When we get

done, Amen. we'll see what you've drawn

and we can, you know, define what you've

what you have drew a picture of and

colored it and all that. And so the

teacher's walking around to all the

children in the class and she goes to

this one. He's drawing a picture of a

house. This one's drawing a picture of a

mountain scene. This one's drawing a

picture of a bird. You know, anybody can

draw birds, can't they?

>> Right. But she come this one little boy.

Boy, he was at work. He was at work. I

mean, he you can tell them this at work,

man. He was down. He was a drawing

teacher come over there and laid his

hand on. She says, "What are you

drawing?" He said, "I'm drawing a

picture of God."

>> Amen.

>> And she's like, "Nobody knows what God

looks like." Little boy looked up there.

He says, "You will when I get done."

>> Amen.

>> Hey, look, friend. That's if you have

that mindset. Listen, I'm telling you,

FRIEND, THAT THAT THAT'S DOING IT WITH

ALL YOUR HEART. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS,

FRIEND. HOW MANY IT MAY LOOK LIKE A MESS

to everybody else when he got done, but

friend, IN HIS HEART, HE GIVE IT ALL

THAT HE HAD, FRIEND. YOU KNOW WHAT? I

LIKE TO GO TO CHURCH. AMEN. I LIKE TO

WORSHIP WITH PEOPLE, AMEN, THAT COME AND

DO IT WITH ALL THEIR HEART. AMEN. THAT

SING WITH ALL their heart. Man, there's

some people I've been in church with

that can't sing a lick. I'm one of them.

Amen. The sound guy back at Mountaintop,

Amen, turns me off when I help the choir

sing. Amen. says, "Preacher, that's

tough." Amen. So, I just let Cody do it

now. But, I mean, I love to be around

people that just I don't care what they

sound like. I just want to be around

them. Amen. I It just rubs OFF ON ME. I

I LOVE TO SEE HIM GIVE IT ALL THAT THEY

HAVE. AMEN. HE DID IT WITH ALL of his

heart.

Think about this if you want to apply

this to worldly standards.

He started early and he stayed late,

>> right? started early and stayed late.

Think about that tonight. Amen. He

didn't come in. Amen. 10 minutes after

the service had started.

>> Amen. He was here, but before he was

here, he was here.

>> Amen.

>> You listening to me tonight?

>> I mean, it was serious to him. Amen. It

it was a matter Listen, this this this

thing was a matter of life and death

>> to him.

>> I mean, it it meant the world to him.

Amen. He He went, Think about this. He

went above and beyond the expectation of

those around him. You know, people had a

had a had a deacon at a church I

pastored. Just a young fella. Amen. Man,

I I I I'm

jealous of your pastor. Okay. Amen. I'

I've worked hard and I still can't

preach like he can. Right. But I

remember, man, getting there to church

and man that I I just I'd studied and we

we I'd studied, man. I just dumped it

out. I mean, I'd give him everything I

had. A whole lot of didn't know. Amen. I

just I mean, I plowed and I plowed deep.

He come to me one day. He says, "I know

you're supposed to feed the flock, but

he said, but you don't have to give them

the whole feed house at one one given,

you know, and that but that's what I

wanted to do." Amen. Because that was my

heart.

>> Amen. And you see, friends, that's I

believe that was Hezekiah, man. He did

he he went up above and beyond. Amen.

The expectations. Listen, he give them

listen something. listen that they

really truly needed. They didn't even

know that they needed.

>> Amen. Brought revival BACK INTO A A DEAD

NATION. FRIEND, IF WE DON'T get that

here in this land, friend, we're going

to be a hasb been quicker, amen, than

you think.

>> Amen. We are coasting downhill on a

godly heritage right now.

>> Amen.

>> So, people don't get some vision from

this book. I'm not talking about looking

down the church, looking down the road,

the church down the road, what they're

doing when we're just as good as them.

We're actually a little bit better than

them. I know those thoughts that go

through your mind. No, listen, friend.

Amen. The Bible says when Isaiah saw the

Lord, he said this, "Woe is me." Amen.

He didn't look over at his neighbor and

say, "Woe is me." He saw the Lord,

friend. And that's what you and I do.

Man, we look at this text and we seen

what God did in this man, friend. He can

do the same in you and me. Bible says,

Paul said this to Colossians and 3 and

23. He says, "WHATSOEVER YOU DO, DO

HEARTILY AS TO THE LORD AND NOT UNTO

MEN."

Last thing I'm done tonight. Let's see.

Look at the award that come with this.

We see the area of his commitment, the

attitude of his commitment. Amen. But

the award that come along with it. The

Bible says he prospered.

>> You see that he prospered. Amen. I'm not

Joel Ostein tonight, okay? I'm not

talking about, listen, this foolishness,

listen, of serving God so you can live

your best life. No, I'm not talking

about that. But the prospering that he

prospered in was getting to see his

heart's desire,

>> amen,

>> take place in the people of God. You

know what the Bible says? And I wrote it

down here in Psalm 37 verse number four.

I love this verse. Uh the psalmist said

this, "Delight thyself also in the Lord,

and he shall give thee the desires of

thine heart."

>> Amen. That means when your delight is in

him.

>> Amen. You're going to be delighted.

Amen. when he works in other people.

>> You're right.

>> Amen. When when them people you've

prayed for walk an aisle and get saved.

Amen. You might get up and run around,

take a lap.

>> Right.

>> Hey, friend. That might set some people

on fire. Listen. Hey, when those listen

that you've been praying for step out in

service for the Lord. Amen. Listen,

you'll be excited about that. You'll be

jealous. Hey, you'll be excited with

them. Amen. Hey, look, friend. I'm

telling you, that was the award. Amen.

That listen, that was greater than

anything that he could receive on earth.

Amen. The Bible says when he prospered,

he prospered in the Lord. He was full.

>> Amen.

>> He was full. Amen. Watching these people

serve God. Amen. You see, think about

this. Is it okay if Jesse plays

something other? Amen. I don't whoever

you pianist is count. I don't want to

mess it up. But think about this. Think

about this. when he was a boy,

his daddy was reigning as king and he

had closed up the doors of the house of

God. I mean, listen, friend, it it was

it was it was hell on earth for Judah

>> for a lot of years,

>> okay? I mean, they were struggling.

Families was broke.

Children were wewarded. Amen. Daddies

were gone.

>> Homes were busted up. friend. I don't

know about you, but as a pastor, that's

one of the hardest things that I watch

and I see as a pastor is when sin enters

into a home.

>> Amen. And just bust it all to pieces.

You know, as a kid, he watched that

growing up. He watched that. He watched

weward wayward uh children. Amen.

Listen, doing things that his mama had

taught him different about,

>> right?

>> Leading him in the word of God. And he's

like, "Man, something's got to change."

>> Amen.

>> Something's got to change.

>> I mean, heartbroken. Little Hezekiah.

AMEN. HAVING THE WORD OF GOD ALL IN HIS

HEART. AND AT 25 YEARS OLD, I BELIEVE IT

WAS WHEN he took THE THRONE OF JUDAH.

AMEN. LISTEN, THE FIRST THING HE DID,

AMEN, WAS UP THERE AND he repaired the

doors of the house of God.

>> Amen.

>> He said, "If anything's going to happen,

>> you're right.

>> If anything's going to change, it's

going to start right here."

>> We're going to have to get the word

>> in some people's hearts. You're right.

>> Amen. And let God do some work in the

hearts of the people. AMEN. AND CHANGE

THEM AND LET THEM SEE. AMEN. LISTEN, HE

WAS TIRED of seeing people whailing

because of God. Because it was the

judgment of God that they was living

under.

>> Right. Amen. Listen, you know, you can

close this place up. I thought about

this a lot this week. I've missed two

Sundays in my own pull pit. Amen. I

thought about this a lot this week. I I

thought about this a lot, preacher. I

thought, how many people really miss it

in the house of God today?

>> Amen.

>> How many people are thinking in their

mind, you know, preacher says, "Amen.

You you miss it. You you know, you you

just won't feel right. You won't be

right." And they're sitting at the

house, you know, and it's just been

somewhere to go, and they're really not

missing it. Amen. But here's here's the

problem, okay? It don't happen just over

one or two services.

>> You're right.

>> Amen. But over a series, a space of

time, what happens is is you lay that

down.

>> You lay that down. The further away you

get from that, the closer, amen, you get

to the enemy.

>> Amen. And then at that moment, listen,

friend, when those standards, and those

walls are broken down, the enemy comes

in and destroys your home. Amen. You'll

be welling because of God,

>> right?

>> Amen. You'll be wishing you could

worship him again.

>> Amen. And Hezekiah got to see a people

that was whailing because of God start

worshiping him again. Man, what greater

joy, what greater honor, Amen, could

anybody have, listen, than to be that

light,

>> amen,

>> in a world that needs to hear the

gospel.

>> What greater joy could any of us have?

Could say, listen, hey, look, I'm just

going to go ahead and drive my steak

down real deep.

>> Amen. I know we need it. There's no

question about it tonight. We need

revival, right? We need it, don't we?

>> Church needs it, man. I NEED IT FOR YOU.

AND I NEED IT EVERY OTHER DAY, FRIEND. I

MEAN, LISTEN, I'm a leaky vest. I get

full one day, next day, listen, I'll be

running on empty. We need to stay in

close communion with God. Amen.

>> But here's the thing. Listen to me

tonight. Amen. It comes through a heart

just like that man right there.

Amen. Listen. The character.

Amen. Commitment. Amen. And listen,

friend, it'll come. It'll come. It's

divine. God will send it. But I promise

you, you get around him and you start

seeking that. Amen. And don't don't get

discouraged when you're doing the work

and it doesn't seem like anything's

happening because most of the time

that's when the greatest work is taking

place. Amen. I love you tonight. It's

good to be with you, preacher. You come.

Let's bow our heads tonight. Amen. As he

comes, give invitation tonight. Hey,

listen. You mind the Lord tonight. Love

you, preacher.

As we stand tonight all over the

building, heads bowed, eyes closed, you

need to come pray.

Come pray tonight.

Say, "Preacher, it's Wednesday night."

God knew exactly what we needed.

Fed my soul as much as any sermon I've

ever heard.

If every one of us would be honest

tonight, we're all lacking.

We're all lacking tonight

and our character, in our commitment.

And it shows cuz revival hadn't come.

But I'm thankful there's still an altar

that you can come pray.

You can have that character restored in

your life.

Get that commitment settled

and God can still send it.

He can still send it. Father,

thank you so much.

Thank you for your servant minding you

tonight.

Lord, I needed that so desperately.

God, I thank you,

Lord. You know the vision I have for

this church,

Lord, cuz you gave me that vision.

You know the heart, the desires that I

have, Lord, for this year. And

and God, the man of God just spoke my

heart tonight. And I thank you. I thank

you, God, for knowing what we need.

Thank you, God, for always being exactly

what we need. And God, I pray for every

heart in this building, Lord, as a

result of this service, God, I pray

right now, they're making new

commitments to you, Lord, restoring old

commitments, maybe that's been broken

down,

Lord, in spite of what others may say

and others may do toward them, Father,

about them, God, I pray that they'll

have a rock solid resolve tonight, Lord,

that they'll choose you in your way

and Give us strength, wisdom, and

boldness to do your will.

Lord, thank you for the house of God.

I thank you for a place on the side of

the road where the lights are still on,

people can still come and hear your

word,

>> and the Holy Ghost of God have free

course and reign in our hearts. Thank

you, oh God. Thank you for not leaving

us to ourselves.

Oh Lord, we'd be in a mess.

But God, you didn't leave us to

ourselves. And I thank you for that.

Thank you, God, for your word,

that lamp to our feet, light to our

path.

God, I pray you'll help us to be

obedient to you.

Help us do your will.

And I pray for every need tonight, Lord.

I pray, God, if there's somebody here

tonight not saved, I pray they wouldn't

leave this place.

God, they don't know anything about what

we're doing here tonight. If they're not

saved, God, I pray you deal with their

heart even now. And I thank you for

using your servant tonight.

I thank you for helping them. And God, I

pray you bless him. Bless their meetings

this month. Touch the men of God that'll

preach. And Lord, I pray you'll pour out

a fresh anointing, Lord, there at

Mountaintop. And Lord, here God, I pray,

Lord, the Holy Ghost of God would

continue to work, Lord, in this church,

God, that this be just a refreshing

time. God, I I really believe, Lord, I

know, Father, I told the church a few

weeks ago, and I believe that God, you

had to send these events of weather,

Lord, so we'd slow down. God, I think we

needed to just take some time.

And God, I pray Lord that we wouldn't

get so sped back up again that we miss

you, Lord. Help us to stay steady with

you.

>> Stay close to you. I pray

>> we'll give you thanks for what you do

because we ask it in Jesus' name.

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 7:00 p.m. For

more information, visit us at

meadowsbaptisturch.com.

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