Called to Praise | Bishop Rosie S. O’neal

Go and tell somebody we can ready to get

in this word tonight.

>> Yeah. Then we going to fall out. Just

study and fall out again. Amen.

>> Get your Bibles. This will be easy for

everybody to understand.

>> But we're called to praise.

>> I said we're called to praise.

>> My God.

I couldn't even get the Holy Spirit

wouldn't even let me start dealing with

some of the stuff in his ministry until

we did some reintroduction.

>> How many been with us in the mornings?

>> Amen.

>> And uh so you got to understand you are

saved through your faith in the finished

work of Jesus Christ and that alone.

That's why nobody deserves the praise

but him.

>> I thought I'd hear more on that.

>> I said nobody deserves the praise but

him.

[applause]

>> And so when I understand that and I nail

that down and I start really letting the

implications

of being saved sink in,

>> that means I'll never be alone.

Okay, one hand.

>> Okay, you you miss it. Say, let me let

me say it again cuz in case it didn't

come out clear, you'll never be alone.

[cheering]

>> You are never without help.

>> You are never without hope. I wish I had

me a few folk in here. You have God on

the inside of you strengthening you to

go through anything that comes your way.

AND IN ALL THESE THINGS, WE ARE MORE

THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED

US.

>> When you really let the truth of

salvation sink in,

>> he made me fit

>> to overcome.

>> But see, your peace and your praise will

tell you where your faith is.

>> Oh, I need somebody. Yeah. Yeah. You can

tell where you are in your reliance upon

God and in your faith walk, you can tell

by your peace and your praise.

[cheering]

>> Oh

yeah. Because when there is no peace,

it's an indication that there is some

area you have not trusted God in. If you

don't have peace, you have allowed stuff

to take your eyes off. Come here, Peter.

You've allowed yourself to start

focusing on the storm and not on the

savior.

>> [screaming]

>> Because as long as you know who you are

with,

>> y'all ain't having church with me.

Listen, IF YOU'RE WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S

GOT everything you need, you carry

yourself differently. If you Oh, Lord

have mercy. I don't, you know, I don't

have mass. Y'all feel free to give me

masses of money. I take bags of it. I'll

be glad to.

>> No, it's okay. Anyway, but I'm saying I

got a couple nickels.

So chances are if we go out to eat and

you realize you left your wallet, you

ain't going to be upset.

>> You just going to say, "Bitch, you

bitch." You know,

>> you know, you'll be like that,

You know, you now it's not going to be a

problem.

>> So then where where is this anxiousness

coming from?

>> Uh-uh. See, where is this anxiousness

coming from when we are with the one who

made heaven and earth? [cheering]

>> Yeah. Uh-uh. Emmanuel

>> with us be God. God manifest in the

flesh. So when you really let the

implications of salvation really become

come real to you and come you become

aware of them it changes you. There's a

peace that settles in.

>> You say I don't know what tomorrow's

going to hold

>> but I know who hold tomorrow

>> and that's the one that's with me and

for me that loves me. It's I know it's

hard to believe sometime, but loves me

so much he he tattooed me on his hand.

Read your Bible. Y'all up here tattooing

folks name on you and in three years you

ain't even going to know them. You ain't

going to see them no more.

You done put their name and tattooed

everything and then they quit you and go

with somebody you knew. Come on y'all

ain't [cheering] I don't hear nobody.

That's why try to tell folk don't start

that tattooing too early

cuz some of these people you think you

can't live without. You won't even

remember. Were you in my class or my

sister's class? You won't even remember

them. You see a McFamp classroom, you be

like, I know I've seen you somewhere.

>> Come on. In Acts chapter 16,

Acts 16 · chapter mention

>> but your peace and your praise will tell

you where you are in your reliance upon

God.

And so what we have to do is we have to

understand that God has called us to

praise.

>> In Acts chapter 16, it was read uh we

Acts 16 · chapter mention

are dealing with Paul and how he has

been preaching. He and Silas have been

preaching and taking the gospel and

they're going through persecution. And

let me just share with you, you want to

live out loud until it irritates the

devil.

Oh, you want to be so strong with this

thing until it just makes the devil

nervous. You ought to have him You ought

to have him mad when you wake up.

>> When you step in your job, you just let

it be known.

>> Now, devil, I know you're listening.

>> And I want you to know I'm taking

authority over this workplace

environment.

>> You don't run this. Somebody righteous

is here. Oh, God. [cheering]

Paul has been preaching and so they're

very upset. You know the story that

takes them and the Bible says in verse

23 of Acts 16 when they had laid many

stripes on them. Well, let me do 22. And

the multitude rose up together against

them and the magistrates ran off their

clothes and commanded told beat them.

That's okay. That's okay. Yeah, you you

can beat this body but you won't be able

to touch the next one.

>> Oh Lord have mercy.

Okay. Okay. When they had laid many

stripes on them, they cast them into

prison, charging the jailer to keep them

safely, who having received such a

charge, thrust them into the inner

prison and made their feet fast, cuz

they told him, "You better take you

better keep them." He says, "No problem.

I got it." Verse 25, "But at midnight,

>> Paul and Silas prayed and

>> sang praises unto God." Watch this. This

won't no silent thing.

>> This wasn't in their head. nudges. And

you know, I told you I don't like

touching people too much in church. You

know, people every three sentences is

touch your neighbor. That ain't going to

never be my testimony cuz after a while,

I don't want nobody touching me. Now,

stop. Okay. But just elbow somebody and

tell them somebody ought to hear your

praise.

>> Now, that's important because it's very

easy for us. And can we just can we just

talk real plain? Particularly in a

ministry that is more teachingbased, you

have to be that much more careful and

proactive that you don't stay in your

head all the time.

>> I'mma wait till we get all the claps in.

That's right. Because it's very easy for

us because admittedly we tend to be of

teaching ministry.

>> Okay. But you and I have to be willing

to open our mouths and make declarations

about the greatness of our God. And you

got to be able to do it and be bold and

do it. And plus, it's going to help you.

YOU NEED TO start getting bold about who

God is to you anyway.

>> I got three hands, five hands. No, he's

my keeper.

>> He's my friend.

>> He's the one that's holding me up.

>> He's keeping my mind. Now, y'all don't

REMEMBER THIS STUFF, BUT HE'S A HEART

fixer

>> and he's a mind regulator.

>> Oh, Y'ALL Y'ALL ARE HERE. HE'S A DOCTOR

IN THE SICK room [cheering]

>> and a lawyer in the courtroom. HE'S A

HE'S A HE'S A THERAPIST WHEN MY MIND IS

FLIPPING OUT. [cheering]

>> And you GOT TO BECOME VERBAL ABOUT THAT

BECAUSE FAITH comes by.

>> So God's been dealing with me. Y'all

ain't started that clock. Y'all are

brave.

God has been dealing with me about us

being called to praise.

>> Called to praise.

>> You have to understand that there are,

as I said, certain things that you and I

cannot get

>> just from

sitting back in our comfort zone. You

can be attentive mentally,

but there is a degree of intimacy you

want to have with God.

Oh,

>> or you won't bear fruit.

>> You can, okay, y'all don't remember this

from when you were little kids. You see

somebody, they were cute and they looked

at you twice

>> and blinked one time. Next thing you

know, you were writing y'all's names

down

>> and y'all don't remember the little the

little box, do you?

>> Where you write rich, poor, millionaire,

the three cities you want to live at.

Y'all ain't having a church with how

many kids and then you go around and

count the time we wasted. Lord Jesus,

>> but as long as you have all of those

emotions and thoughts in your head, how

many know you ain't going to get

pregnant from thinking about it?

>> Y'all not here.

>> In order for that to occur,

>> there has to be some action. There has.

Huh?

>> Ain't no more immaculate conceptions

taking place.

>> Oh, you didn't catch that. You You

missed that.

>> Did you catch it? There are no more

immaculate conceptions.

>> So, if you going to get pregnant with

something from God, that means you going

to have to have some interaction with

God. [cheering]

>> That means you're not going to be able

to sit in your chair and keep it cool

like this. And cuz see, praise is

designed for there. There's a stripping

that takes place

>> because now it's no longer about you and

what you got on.

>> NOW IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL

and what you look and whether people are

STARING AT YOU. IT SHOULD NOT MATTER.

YOU CAN'T. LET ME TELL YOU, YOU CAN'T

GET SO IMPORTANT.

>> Oh Lord, I I want every dollar the Lord

wants me to have, but not one more

>> than I have grace to have. Y'all not

talking to me? Cuz I don't need a two. I

don't need an extra dollar. And then I

start thinking I'm too important to hit

the floor and give God the glory. Let I

done told y'all I don't mean to be

commenting ON THIS THING, BUT I DON'T

WANT A PAIR OF SHOES THAT COST SO MUCH I

CAN'T dance in them.

>> And I know I'M NOT JUST TALKING TO

WOMEN. NOW YOU GOT TO TALK TO MEN about

that because I found out MEN DON'T LIKE

TO BEND up their shoes.

>> How crazy is that?

>> You The Lord done blessed YOU WITH SOME

$200 SHOES

>> and you don't want to bend them up and

get wrinkles in them. Let me tell YOU

SOMETHING. THERE WAS A TIME WHERE $200

WOULD NEAR ABOUT PAY ALL YOUR BILLS. AND

YOU GOT ENOUGH MONEY NOW THAT YOU CAN

PUT $200 ON YOUR FEET. YOU BETTER BEND

THEM UP AND WRINKLE THEM UP AND SCUFF

THEM UP IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD.

[applause]

[cheering]

>> You better check yourself.

>> It's not that serious, honey. Shoes are

not that ser [laughter]

We are called to praise. Praise is this

outward expression

>> that I know God

is greater than I am.

>> I I've given so many

definitions. Praise is the celebration

of certainty. when I know God is who he

said he is and I know God is gonna do

what he said he was gonna do and I know

God gonna open the door like he said he

would SO I CAN PRAISE HIM IN ADVANCE I'm

certain he's going to do it

>> but it is this outward thing it is can

you imagine not talking to somebody and

you have the ability to speak

>> that you love

>> that you would never reach out to hug or

or even pound or or what somebody that

you care about. We cannot allow

ourselves

to come into the house of God and then

become stoic

>> and overly reserved.

>> Now I understand the Bible when you come

to the house keep your foot people being

there acting white. I understand all

that

>> but this is not a church without order.

>> [applause]

>> Folks, we need to open ourselves up and

say, "You know what, God? I don't want

my relationship with you to be dry.

>> I want to be that person that responds

to your presence by offering you glory

both with my mouth, with my hands, with

my lifestyle choices. I want to praise

you in everything I say and everything I

do.

>> I got any people really want to praise

God? See, I don't have a problem coming

up standing with any hands lifted. I I'm

going to put myself Do I always feel

like it? Of course not.

>> But he his worth has not changed.

>> Just because you had a yucky day doesn't

mean God's worth has changed. HE IS

STILL WORTHY. Oh Lord have mercy. He's

worthy of our praise. And I'm going tell

you, even though we ought to bring it to

him, it still does more for us

>> than it does for him. I want to share a

few things with you about praise. And

I'm going to let you go home. First of

all, praise

is our acknowledgment of the greatness

of God.

It's our acknowledgement. See, and I

think that's important for us to to nail

down because if you think praise is

feminine, then guys, you'll be sitting

there, man, I ain't f to do all that.

>> Praise is not feminine

>> and it's not masculine either.

>> It's human.

>> When you Okay. Okay. Okay. Somebody you

esteem great. Now it's getting harder

and harder to think of somebody.

You used to be able to use public

official. You can't. You can't. Yeah.

Yeah. And almost now you almost better

go to sports and spit it. [laughter]

But if somebody has done something great

in our society and they come in, we

stand.

>> It doesn't matter how you feel about it.

That's your way of offering respect and

recognizing that somebody that has

distinguished themselves has entered

into the room.

>> Then how is it possible

>> that we could come in God's house?

>> I need somebody here.

>> Come in God's house

>> and then want to BE RESERVED. OH, NO,

NO, NO, NO. I'm coming in on the

strength you gave me.

>> I'm coming in BREATHING THE AIR YOU PUT

IN my lungs. I'M COMING IN IN MY RIGHT

MIND, WHICH I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LOST

IF YOU HAD NOT WALKED WITH ME.

[cheering]

IN FACT, I LOST HALF OF IT AND YOU HAD

TO GIVE IT BACK TO ME.

>> BUMP WHO I'M SITTING BESIDE.

>> FORGET WHO ON MY ROW.

>> YOU BETTER GIVE ME SOME SPACE.

>> HALLELUJAH.

>> It's an acknowledgement. Go with me to

Psalm 100. Go with me to Psalm 100.

Let's just Y'all ready to study a little

bit? Just look through the scripture

some.

>> Everybody say, "Yes."

>> Okay. Psalm 100. Look at it. Lord, I I

need my Lord. And we keeping uh Re

Marsha in prayer. She's um been on a a

divine assignment with her family.

>> Amen. Cuz you know, other than that, you

know, she'd have been here on the floor

>> just to shout. Watch this. Make a joyful

noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

>> Serve the Lord with what?

>> Yeah. Come be Look here. Come before his

presence.

>> Me and a brother of mine, we sit on the

phone sometimes and uh you know, I tend

to be late, you know, uh a night hour,

so I will go to bed early, you know, you

know, go to bed and then I get back up

because I'm still awake. And uh so

sometimes we'll text back and forth and

uh we were talking about it a few months

ago. You know, we thank God for the

praise team,

>> but you didn't used to have praise

teams.

>> You used to have the folk on the floor,

the deacon. I know some of the folk

church got you had a deacon on the

deacon down here and then they started

start off a song.

Yes. [applause]

>> And everybody had to sing the song cuz

we nobody have a mic.

>> And I thank God still for the praise

team. But what it has done is opened a

door for us to at the time when we're

supposed to be offering our praise to

God, we're watching and listening other

folks sing.

>> You got to catch yourself. MAKE YOURSELF

LOOK UP there on them on those po what

do you call them thing screens. Read

them words. Think about them and sing

them out your mouth.

>> Because if it's my birthday, I don't

care how many other people say happy

birthday to me. If don't part his lips,

y'all ain't talking to me.

>> Just cuz he's at the at the house while

everybody's celebrating. Uh-uh.

I'm looking first. And blessedly, I

don't have to worry about it cuz he

going to make sure 4:00 in the morning

when he get up.

[laughter]

He lay out my little stuff. Thank you.

When I get up around 7:30,

5. Yeah. Right. Watch this. Come before

the Lord. Come before his presence with

what?

>> Folks, this is telling me what I need to

do.

>> So, it's not about whether I like THE

SONG. IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER I'M ON KEY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT. I'm coming before

the Lord's presence. He told me to come

singing.

>> No. See, this is why it's about

acknowledgment.

>> Don't you know that he is God?

>> It is he that has made us.

>> I wish I had me somebody. And not we

ourselves. We are his people and the

sheep OF HIS PASTURE. HE SAID, "IF YOU

GOING TO ENTER INTO MY GATES AND YOU

GOING TO FIND YOUR WAY INTO MY COURTS,

YOU GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN WITH

PRAISE, BE THANKFUL, AND BLESS my name."

Y'all ain't talking to me.

So God is saying, "I have CALLED YOU TO

APPROACH ME A CERTAIN WAY WHEN YOU

ACKNOWLEDGE that I'm God." Yeah.

>> And see, we got to be careful because

though he is father and though he's a

friend that sticks closer than a

brother, IT DON'T FORGET THAT HE'S GOD.

>> Every now and then you raise, you know,

I had teenagers at one point, that point

long since gone. I think you know what I

think my my coming up on retirement has

taught everybody about time

>> because I told y'all 20 years of 21

years ago I'm retiring December 14th

2025 everybody like [laughter]

and about about 15 years later y'all

December 14th 2025 y child that's what

that child went over there it's next

week [laughter]

excuse me.

>> Are you understand? See how quick stuff

goes.

>> He says, "I WANT YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE

>> THAT HE'S GOD." Watch this. I had teens

and every now and then I tried to, you

know, I tried to be somewhat modern, but

not really. You know, I wasn't, you

know, it's being a parent ain't easy.

>> Where my parents at? Come on, tell the

truth. It ain't easy, is it? You know,

you're trying to be cuz you want them to

be able to talk to you. Then they roll

up off their mouth wrong

>> and you were trying, you know, trying to

be hip with them. So, you know, hey

babe, I'm here for you. I'm in your

corner, dog. [laughter]

And then I said, clean your room. He

said, "Mom, why you crazy?"

>> And you got to be careful that you don't

just think of God. Oh, you're such a

great mother. You're so sweet. Yeah,

>> he is God.

>> No, y'all. UH-UH. UH-UH. HE'S GOD.

[cheering]

>> NO. HERE IT IS AGAIN. HE'S GOD.

>> He made this world. He is God. And if he

NEVER DID ANYTHING FOR US, WE MUST

ACKNOWLEDGE WHO HE IS AND BOW BEFORE

HIM. DON'T LET NOBODY FOOL YOU. I DON'T

CARE WHO ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE. ACT LIKE

THEY SO BIG AND BAD. IT IS HE THAT HAS

MADE US AND NOT WE OURSELVES. AND EVERY

KNEE IS GOING TO BOW. AMEN.

>> And every tongue is going to confess.

[cheering]

>> He says, "You acknowledge me."

>> He says, "Enter into his gates with

thanksgiving, into his courts with

praise." Be thankful unto him

>> and bless his name. I told you many

times if y'all security, you have to

double up in your personal life.

>> What did I say?

>> Double up.

>> They got to double up because they are

trained when they are in here to stay

somewhat out of it.

So they because they can't and then

somebody come in here and clown.

>> So they have to train themselves to hear

the worship, hear the music, but stay

focused.

>> But that same assignment.

>> If they don't double down privately,

>> they'll be in position to backslide.

>> So they have to double down. So in the

morning, you got to get UP AND SAY,

"GOD, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I can't I don't get a chance to holler

at church. In church, I GOT TO WATCH CUZ

SOME OF THESE FOLK are

>> Let me show you something else. Sneak

over to Psalm 95. Come on. Just a few

pages back. Psalm 95. Just let's run a

little bit. Oh, come let us worship and

bow down.

>> I said he's God. We got to bow down.

Come on. Let us kneel before the Lord

our maker. For he is God and we are the

people of his pasture and the sheep of

his hand.

>> That's our job.

>> That's our job, y'all.

>> Let me show you what happens. Go to

Romans. When we don't want to do it,

>> go to Romans chapter one.

>> See it. When you won't praise, it's an

indication you have an issue with him

being God.

>> Come on, let's think through it now.

Yeah.

When you won't open your mouth, he says,

"Come before me.

>> You come before me with singing,

>> you you you be thankful and bless my

name.

>> Lord, your name is great. God, I thank

you. God, I honor you. Thank you for

another day. God, I give you glory.

Hallelujah. Jesus, don't make no

difference how I'm feeling about it. I

Here's what I know. You're God and

you're worthy of this. You're holy. You

everything that you are, you are through

and through. You don't change. You ain't

sometime. I worship you. That's blessing

his name.

>> Thank you, Lord.

>> All right, y'all. In Romans 1,

>> watch this. Start reading the verse 20.

>> Give me verse uh 20 and 21. Y'all read.

>> Uh-uh. I asked you, were you there?

>> Romans 1 20 and 21. Come on.

>> Everybody

>> Uhhuh.

>> are clearly seen,

>> being understood. Come on.

>> Even his eternal power and godhead so

that they are without.

>> Now, just as a tidbit, what he's saying

is you can look around in nature, even

without a Bible, and tell this world

didn't just pop up the way it is. You

can tell just from looking at the beauty

of the trees and the depth of colors

that there is a God that created all of

this. And if you can do that, then you

ought to acknowledge him.

>> Watch this. In verse 21,

>> read it.

>> When they knew God, what?

>> Oh, you Oh. Oh, wait. Wait. Oh, oh. You

know there's God, but you ain't going to

say nothing.

>> YOU KNOW GOD, YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T MAKE

YOU. And you know you AIN'T KEPT YOU.

MANY TIMES YOU AND I HAVE DONE dumb

stuff. We should have been cut off.

>> Oh, I got a few people. We should have

been taken out of here. We could have

easily driven the car while we were lit.

>> I know y'all sanctified. You don't

remember those days, do you? Lying

wonder. Do you understand what I'm

saying?

>> But he kept us.

>> So you mean to tell me you knew God, but

you were too too proud, too clean, too

intelligent to glorify him?

>> He said they knew him, but they wouldn't

glorify him, and they wasn't thankful.

God said, "I let you become vain in your

imagination. Your foolish heart is going

to be darkened."

>> You need to understand that worship,

praising God is an acknowledgment that

he's God.

>> To not open your mouth, to not be

willing to lift your hand.

>> Jesus,

>> let's I mean, come on.

You got a problem with authority

>> because he said, "Come before me this

way."

>> Let me just read this in Psalm 29:1 and

Psalms 29:1

give unto the Lord, oh ye mighty. Give

unto the Lord glory and strength. Give

unto the Lord the glory that's due his

name.

>> Worship the Lord in the beauty of

holiness.

>> Watch this. Praise is an assignment.

Write it down. Praises are what?

>> Now, I need you to understand something.

I I really want you to get a hold of

this. Go to first Peter. I don't know if

you know it, but you and I don't have

the privilege of choosing our divine

assignment.

>> Amen.

>> There are general assignments. It's like

being in a family. Everybody got to make

their bed.

>> Now, some people will wash dishes,

others will vacuum. La. Everybody going

to make that bed.

>> Amen.

>> That's good.

Okay. But here's the thing. In the

kingdom of God, our first

>> assignment

is to replace the void that the fall of

Lucifer left

>> as the covering cherub. What we call

Satan. Satan, the opposer.

Y'all already know your Bible. at one

point was a was an angel.

>> Amen.

>> He ain't want to worship.

>> Look who you were acting like

>> when you won't open your mouth.

>> Jesus.

>> Now, I don't want to get musty when I

come to church either. But it's God that

gave me strength.

>> If something about this right here

blesses him,

>> then that's what I'mma do.

>> I can't let myself think I'm here on a

date somewhere.

>> I'mma just, you know,

>> y'all go ahead. That note ain't my

thing. [laughter]

What is that?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. How you say

no?

>> Watch this. First Peter chapter 2. You

1 Peter 2 · chapter mention

and I are responsible. When when Lucifer

decided he didn't want to he didn't want

to worship, he wasn't going to do that.

And Ezekiel, he said, "Oh, no, no. I'mma

be like the most high." God said, "No,

no, not up here you ain't." And the

Bible said we saw him fall like

lightning.

>> So the co the worshshiping covering

cherub

was now gone and took a third of the

angels with him

>> became demons.

>> I just don't believe God ought to be

lacking nothing

>> as good as he been to us.

[applause and cheering]

>> I don't feel like God ought to be

lacking a hallelujah.

>> Oh, I wish I had me somebody. I don't

think God ought to lack hearing he's

great and greatly to be praised. I don't

think he OUGHT TO LACK KNOWING THAT HE

IS LOVED AND HONORED AND ADORED. NOT

WHEN HE SAVED ME. NOT WHEN HE PICKED me

up, turn me around, PLACE MY FEET ON

SOLID GROUND. HE OUGHT NOT MISS

ANYTHING.

LONG AS I GOT BREATH IN MY BODY.

IT'S A DECISION THAT I MAKE

TO GLORIFY THE GOD that see you. Oh

Lord, I'm not even just I'm talking

about my salvation. Now don't get me

wrong, that's where I'm focusing. But

y'all don't know what it is to not have

enough money to pay bills.

>> No, you don't. I know y'all don't. No,

you don't. I don't even believe you. Mm-

mm- They don't know. They don't know.

>> No, you don't. Cuz if you did,

>> and you paid the ones you had last

month,

>> she got it. She got it. IF YOU'VE EVER

BEEN TO A PLACE WHERE THERE WAS NO MONEY

TO BE FOUND, IT WON'T LIKE YOU, WELL,

I'M GOING HAVE TO WAIT. I DON'T KNOW

WHEN I'MMA GET IT. AND GOD STILL BROUGHT

YOU THROUGH. AND NOW YOU CAN PAY YOUR

BILLS WHEN I COME INTO THE HOUSE. I

SAID, GOD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

EVERYTHING YOU DONE, for everything

you've

Hey, [screaming]

>> hallelujah.

>> Hallelujah.

>> And we only we only had to talk about

stuff.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT PEACE. [cheering] LET'S

TALK ABOUT BEING SO MESSED UP IN YOUR

HEAD THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN SLEEP AT NIGHT

THAT OVER AND OVER ALL THIS MESS IS IN

YOUR MIND. THEN WHEN GOD BRINGS YOU

THROUGH IT AND YOU SAY, "GOD, I WANT TO

>> WHAT?"

HALLELUJAH.

>> The Bible says, sit down y'all. I'm

sorry.

>> The Bible says that he has made us to be

priests.

EVERYBODY MAY NOT BE A PREACHER, BUT

EVERYBODY IN HERE IS A PRIEST.

>> OH, you you missed that. May not be A

PREACHER, BUT YOU ARE A priest if you're

born again.

>> Are y'all in 1 Peter 2:9?

1 Peter 2:9

>> Where my reader, Pastor Chris? I thought

you were reading tonight.

>> Lord have mercy.

>> All right. 1 Peter 2:9. Hurry, y'all.

1 Peter 2:9

>> First Peter 2:9.

1 Peter 2:9

>> Yeah. Yeah. But ye are a chosen

generation.

>> Somebody thank him that he chose you.

>> Yeah, honey. Let me tell you something.

That that right there. See again. Oh,

we're doing too much. We're doing too.

Oh my god. I've been chosen.

>> Don't make any difference down here. If

folk act like they don't see my value.

You know what? Whatever. Oh lord. See, I

done got ugly now. I mean it though.

Whatever. You know what? Whatever.

Because he chose me.

>> Oh God. AFTER YOU ARE LONG GONE, he

chose me.

You you GO IN AND OUT OF FOLK LIKE YOU

DO DRAWS. BUT JESUS chose

>> every now and then you got to remind

yourself I've been chosen. [cheering]

>> A chosen generation.

>> Watch this. What's this next thing?

>> A royal priesthood.

>> A holy nation.

>> A peculiar people.

>> What you say?

>> That you should show forth the praises

of God. chose us

>> so we could shoe forth.

>> Okay.

>> It's the difference when you have a a

baby sometime they can throw up and it

just comes out

>> that you they that's when it shows up

that they don't feel good. But when it

shoots forth it

>> it's projectile. It is. Y'all y'all not

talking. Y'all not talking with me. I'm

not talking about I'm not talking about

praising on the down low. I'm not

talking about I'm talking about He said,

"I chose you so you could get loud for

me. I CHOSE YOU SO YOU COULD SHOW FOR

OH, LORD have mercy. [cheering] IS THERE

ANYBODY IN HERE THAT DOESN'T MIND SAYING

I DON'T CARE WHO'S LOOKING, but my

praise [screaming]

belongs to God.

Boy,

>> he picked me up.

[cheering]

>> I was a chronic underachiever.

>> And God,

>> see, oh, y'all said, see, let me tell

you something.

>> Y'all know my uncle, he didn't mean no

harm by it because I was I was a I was a

troubled, it looked like I was getting

ready to carry my mom and them through.

Ooh, it was one of them things where

they adopt you and then somebody say,

"You sure? You might want to check to

see how long is there return policy."

And I was thinking about it, you know,

the other Sunday, you know, y'all did so

much for me, had me tried to cry and

whatnot, and they presented the key to

the city, and I said, "Wonder what the

key goes to." So, I'm just making a joke

about it, you know, I'm just cutting up.

And I realized my mom and them was so

proud.

It was even be it, you know, it didn't

hit me the same,

>> but they had watched when it just looked

like I wasn't gonna ever round the

corner.

>> God said, "I chose you."

>> Watch this. And while you were acting a

clown, I kept my hand on you.

>> While it LOOKED LIKE YOU WASN'T GOING TO

EVER COME THROUGH IT, I NEVER LEFT YOU.

YOU WALKED OFF FROM ME, GOD SAID, BUT I

STAYED CLOSE TO YOU BECAUSE IT WAS

EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE MY PLAN FOR YOU

TO SHOW FORTH. [screaming]

Y'ALL DON'T FEEL LIKE TALKING.

>> God chose us.

>> To project out, to show forth

>> his praise.

>> We're called to this. This is what

priests do.

>> They offer sacrifices. They teach the

scripture. They guarded the sanctuary.

They blessed the people. But 1

Chronicles 23.

>> Hurry. Y'all getting anything?

>> I just I want us to just take this in.

It's not not trying to be deep. I just

want to want us to get hold of it.

>> It's what we've been called to do.

>> That's what Don't let people praise by

themsel.

>> They up here shouting. Shout with them.

You ain't You don't need nothing to hit

you.

>> You in your right mind. You got clothes

and you ate this week.

What

>> do you know how many folk are snapping

mentally?

>> Living in fantasy world just is crazy.

>> No shade on people with mental illness.

Just understand what I'm saying. Do you

realize how many people are just not

well at all

>> and you run around here in your right

mind?

Thank you.

>> Sometime you got to thank God when you

can tell you ain't thinking right.

>> You ever had some thoughts say, "I know

this ain't right. I shouldn't even be

thinking." THAT RIGHT THERE IS A

BLESSING. THAT YOU EVEN KNOW THAT THAT'S

JACKED UP IS A BLESSING.

>> Y'all in 1 Chronicles, come on here.

Y'all not f to hold us all night. 1

Chronicles 23. I guess I've been holding

y'all all morning, so y'all tried to get

me bad. Watch this. This is what he

called them to do. You can read it at

your leisure in 1 Chronicles 23. It

begins at verse 26. He's telling you

what the priest are going to do and they

don't have to carry all the furniture of

the tabernacle. La. And then he talks to

them from 20 years old and above and

offices to do this and that. But I want

you to look this thing in verse 30. This

is a part of their responsibility. Check

this. And this is us cuz we're the royal

priesthood. Who are we?

>> The royal priesthood.

>> Look at your neighbor and say, "Hey

priest."

>> Hey priest.

>> Yeah. That's right. So then what the

priest supposed to do according to verse

30

>> and to stand every morning

>> what?

>> To thank and praise the Lord.

>> What you say?

>> And likewise at evening.

>> There go your job description. There it

is right there. In the morning

>> EVERY MORNING.

>> GET UP AND PUT YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR

AND SAY, "GOD, YOUR PRIEST IS READY TO

SERVE YOU. I want to thank YOU FOR YOUR

MERCY AND YOUR GRACE. I WANT TO THANK

YOU FOR BEING MY GOD. THANK YOU FOR

BEING MY SAVIOR. I praise YOU THAT I'M

IN MY RIGHT MIND. I PRAISE YOU FOR FOOD

ON MY TABLE. Y'ALL DON'T MAKE ME GO

BACK. I PRAISE YOU FOR CLOTHES ON MY

BACK, shoes on my feet.

>> I'M JUST TRYING TO THAT'S WHAT IT SAID.

AND THEN AT NIGHT TIME,

>> y'all saw it.

>> You see that?

>> This what he called me to do.

>> Yes, sir.

>> It seems simple, don't it?

>> My God.

>> I told you the Christian life is not

intended to weigh you out like that. Are

there troubles? Oh, of course, cuz your

flesh going to fight you.

>> The enemy will attack.

>> But still, it's relatively simple. Stay

true to Jesus.

>> But it's right here.

>> We're called to praise. We got to hurry.

Okay. So, how many see it's an

assignment

>> every morning when you get up.

>> Don't you reach for that phone. I hope

your fingers start.

>> Don't you touch that. I'mma show up at

your house and just slap it off your

[laughter]

nightstand.

>> Put that thing down.

>> Amen.

>> Ain't nobody you can call on that better

than who you can call when you open your

mouth and tell him thank you.

Hallelujah. Don't worry about who liked

your post. [cheering]

[applause]

>> I I have to confess to y'all. That's why

I don't hardly be up there. I I know I I

know I should do better,

>> but I can't I can't I can't keep up with

every all y'all and him.

>> Now, maybe you can. You got more

bandwidth than I do. I don't have that

much.

>> No. Y'all first wake up,

>> my feet hit the floor. This every

>> day.

every morning.

>> Said, "Thank you, Jesus.

>> God, I thank I thank you for who you are

to me.

>> I'm sorry y'all. I feel old. I thank you

for being my all and all. I thank you,

Lord, for being in my right mind that

you I MEAN, I JUST START THANKING HIM

FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE. LET ME TELL YOU

SOMETHING. GET UP IN THE MORNING AND

SAY, "GOD, THANK YOU THAT YOU LET ME

LIVE ANOTHER DAY. THANK YOU, GOD, THAT I

GOT IN MY MIND AND WANT TO DO RIGHT. I

MAY HAVE MESSED UP YESTERDAY, BUT THANK

YOU THAT YOUR MERCY IS NEW EVERY

MORNING. Great

is your faithfulness.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Then we need an awareness. Come on.

Here. I'm got two more. I got to hurry

up and go. I just got We got to do. So,

first of all, we're called to praise

because it's an acknowledgement that

he's God.

>> You cannot sherk back on that.

Nobody's approval and opinion is as

important as the Lord

>> cuz he's our savior

>> and then it's our divine assignment.

You may you may be called to serve

children's room. You may be called to do

sound. You may be called security. You

may be a musical Levite. You may serve

in all variety of capacity. You may be

in the background working on the digital

stuff and all the tech stuff and

whatever. But your first assignment sir,

>> is to be a priest before God

>> and offer the sacrifice of praise.

>> Not that it ought to be hard for you to

do it. Now, sometimes it is. If you have

enoughness going on, you got to press

through yourself.

[cheering and applause]

>> But normally, it doesn't mean sacrifice

like it's so hard. It means it's

replacing all the bulocks and the goats.

>> I ain't have to I ain't have to drag no

goat in here.

I drug my hallelujah in here.

>> Okay, come on. Come on. The third thing,

and there's only four, is the awareness.

We're called to praise because of an

awareness of his goodness.

>> What's the first thing you start working

on the little child with? When you give

them something,

>> you say thank you.

>> And if they act like they don't, now I'm

talking about I'm talking about the

older parents now. I'm not talking about

this new the new breed. I don't know.

Some of these new breeds starting to get

old again.

>> Have you noticed that? I saw some Well,

let me let me talk about it. But suffice

it to say, old school exists in all kind

of cultures.

>> But here's my thing. The first thing you

tell them, you learn to say thank you.

>> The Bible teaches us. Look at Psalm 34.

God, hurry here. Y'all know it. Oh my

gosh. We got to go. I may not get to the

last one. Watch this. Psalm 34.

But this is what we're called to do. And

I just wanted you to have a biblical

perspective of it.

>> I just wanted to remind us because there

are things that God wants to do. Oh, I'm

getting ahead. There are things that God

wants to do in you and for you that you

will not access until you press far

enough in.

>> Amen.

>> In the Oh, how do I say it? In the same

way that um

oh I don't know how to say it because

back in the day it was bumping and

grinding. I don't know what they call it

now. It's probably something different.

Psalm 34.

You just had to drop that right there.

But if you come to church and and you

won't and you don't ever strip, as it

were,

>> and you stay closed,

>> you you you will not leave with anything

divine in you.

>> And no matter how they preach, no matter

how they sing, no matter what's going

on, you will miss it. Because there are

people that come into services and their

whole mental health is shifted. There

are people that come in and physical

bodies are healed. There are people that

come in and started out, I get

testimonies all the time. When I came, I

didn't have two nickels to rub together.

And now look at what God has done. We're

living debtree and we're this that and

and they sat on the same pew with

somebody who's in the same situation.

Never changed.

>> Psalm 34. Now you know it's time they

cutting the lights out on me. That's

that's old right there. They just shut

the lights down. Next thing would be the

mic. I will bless the Lord at all times.

His praise shall continually be in my

mouth.

>> How often should it be in there?

>> Continually.

>> I don't care who I'm with. See, that'll

help you too. Especially if you used to

cuss real bad.

>> Start praising

>> cuz you you you could you will mess

around. Listen to me now. Cuz things I

used to cuss very badly, like a lot, and

was good at doing it.

>> So, it was it was a challenge to step it

over to get rid of it.

>> But I knew the Bible didn't want me to

do it.

But what I found is the more I praised,

>> the less I was willing to let that junk

come out my mouth.

>> So when somebody would do something, I

said, you know, [laughter] you

glory.

Hallelujah.

>> Do it enough times and see.

>> Do it enough times, see what happened.

>> You'll get victory over it.

>> Amen.

>> My soul shall make her boast in the

Lord. The humble shall hear thereof and

be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me

and let us exalt his name together. Why?

I sought the Lord and he heard me and

deliver me from my fears. That's why

I'mma bless him at all times. Look on

down verse six. This poor man cried. The

Lord heard him and saved me out of my

trouble. That's why I'm going to bless

him over and over. Oh, taste and see

that the Lord is good. Over and over, HE

SAYS, "THE MORE AWARE YOU are of what

I've done, the more consistent you ought

to be in your praise."

And you have to make up your mind to

start looking at the way God has blessed

you and not the challenges in front of

you.

>> Amen.

>> At the same point that Peter was

standing there realizing, dog, I'm in a

storm, when he first noticed it, he was

literally standing on top of water.

>> And he had company with Jesus.

>> What are you looking at? You can There's

always a reason to praise.

>> Watch this. and generally always a

reason to complain.

>> I'm not saying that you don't go through

tough things. Of course you do. Of

course I do. But I'm saying we have an

opportunity to choose what we going to

focus on.

>> And I'mma focus on the goodness of God.

>> Said, man, they said, uh, somebody sent

me this picture, that poor Christmas

tree. I'm tell you, that tree had been

through something. They said, this is

the kind of Christmas that's going to

be. That tree was like this right here.

And I said, "Well, at least you'll have

the day off.

I mean, if you I mean, if you can't put

nothing under, thank God, sit there. At

least you ain't work. Sit there and look

at it.

Go back to the old school. You can't

don't you can't honey. These ornaments

so expensive. Shut up complaining and

string some popcorn if you really want

to." Oh, I done gone old now. Then who

Anybody remember that?

>> Y'all bougie jokers.

Watch this. Psalm 145. Hurry, hurry,

y'all.

You have to be aware of the blessings of

God. I guarantee you, there are 30

things that you could praise God for

right now.

>> I got shoes on my feet.

>> Come on.

>> I can feel my feet.

>> Got some socks.

>> I got some circulation in my legs. Thank

God I had some pants I could wear. You

know, you gain a little weight. You

just, oh God, am I? That's okay. I had

them that size, got them in this. Hey to

God, who in the world I must be truly

rich. I got pants in multiple sizes.

[laughter]

I mean, it just depends on what YOU WANT

TO LOOK AT. SEE, WHAT THE ENEMY IS

HOPING IS THAT YOU WILL FOCUS ON THE

NEGATIVE AND DRY YOUR PRAISE UP. NOW,

NOW ALL WE GOT IS PORK AND BEANS. DO YOU

NOT KNOW SOMEBODY WOULD GET THOSE PORK

AND BEANS AND GO INTO A PRAISE LIKE YOU

AIN'T NEVER SEEN?

>> Psalm 145. Hurry.

Just write it down for your for your

your your personal use. All of it's

good. I'll extol thee, my God, O king,

and I'll bless your name forever and

ever. Every day will I bless you, and

I'll praise your name forever and ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be

praised. His greatness and is

unsearchable. And he said, "One

generation ought to praise your works to

another." That's why I tell you, don't

let folks shout alone.

>> And watch this. Watch this, older

saints. Don't let the children just

stand up there. You go grab them.

>> You said, "Well, honey, they so young.

They don't know what they doing." Well,

then show them then.

>> Oh, y'all ain't talking to me. If you've

been through so much, show them. Show

them how to praise him.

>> Come on. That don't even look holy.

Well, show them a holy one.

>> Well, shut up. Let them find their way.

>> Come on. Have church with me now. Have

church with me.

>> Same thing. Y'all see mother them young

people? Y'all see mother them in the

corner? Go over there beside mother and

praise him.

>> Amen. Amen.

>> Watch this. Let me get on through here.

Verse six. Men shall speak of the mighty

uh of thy terrible of thy might, excuse

me. All and men shall speak of the might

of thy terrible acts, and I will declare

your greatness. This is the verse I

love. They shall abundantly utter the

memory of thy great goodness

>> and sing of your right. Every night, you

ought to just go back in your mind and

think and bring it up and praise over it

again.

>> Ain't that what that Philippians said?

Rejoice in the Lord always and again I

say rejoice. That mean rejoice over it.

>> So I already shouted over that. Well

shout over it again.

>> The fact that you can remember it. Shout

over that.

>> Oh my God. Last thing I want to share in

this access.

>> You're called to praise because praise

brings access. Listen to me carefully as

I have ex, you know, gone beyond. Here's

our thing.

There there are miraculous things that

God has in his presence that he has

scheduled for every encounter.

>> In other words, the scripture says where

two or three are gathered,

>> I'm in the midst.

>> God does nothing and is nowhere without

a purpose. My God.

>> So, whatever there is a gathering,

>> he's not only going to receive the

praise and worship we offer, but God has

an intention.

>> Yes.

>> For that encounter.

>> And what he showed me was it flows like

a current

>> Jesus.

>> God has a current that will flow through

every service. Doesn't mean every one of

them ends up with us running.

>> Sometimes we'll be on our knees crying.

whatever his intention, maybe it's to

see his holiness, maybe it's to see our

sinfulness and and and cry out for

mercy.

>> But there is an intention in every

encounter.

And without your getting into praise,

you'll miss it.

>> There are people that die of thirst

beside rivers

>> every Sunday. Yeah,

>> they die of thirst right there beside it

>> because they won't they won't open their

mouth.

>> They won't ask for anything. When you

come to church, you say, "Hey, make hug

everybody. Come in. Excuse me. Come in."

Grinning and blink. Hey man, you

[laughter]

let me have the music start.

I'm in a zone.

>> I'm in a zone. You have to let her I'm

in a zone. Talk to me later. I'm in a

zone. Don't come in here and ask me

nothing. Y'all know Right?

>> Why? Because there's something God want

to do in this service.

>> Let me I can't tell you when I got freed

from the feeling of shame over

molesting,

but it was in a worship service.

>> I can't tell you the exact moment I

stopped cursing,

>> but I know that I got free in his

presence.

I'm trying to get you to understand that

there's a miraculous power, a

supernatural release that brings

deliverance that you access through your

praise. I can stand here and watch the

praise team praise and I will have a

great church service, but it won't do

nothing for me.

>> I mean, it'll encourage me a little bit.

You understand? You know, it was good. I

enjoyed the songs. That ain't enough.

>> How many know that's not enough for the

world you got to live in? the stuff you

got to f I can't come in here and just

be clapping for y'all.

>> There too much going on in this world.

>> The Bible says he inhabits the praise

>> of his people. Psalm 22 and3. And in our

text tonight, and I just want you to

make note of 2 Chronicles 5, it says

that they came in and they began to

worship and praise God until smoke

>> filled.

And I started to say, "Bring the smoke."

>> Yes, sir.

>> Can I tell you something? You say,

"Well, I don't feel like it today."

Well, can I just throw this out to you?

Your lack of participation is hindering

the amount of glory that God releases.

And somebody on your row needs a miracle

and you may be holding stuff up.

[applause]

>> That's why I'mma shout with anybody to

shout. I don't know what they're going

through. I ain't got to know. I don't

even feel like it sometime.

>> It don't matter. Put my little hand up.

>> I ain't going to let you do by yourself.

Why? Whatever my praise adds to the

environment

>> because I know that when they begin to

praise and worship. You saw it in

Jericho when they praised and worshiped

God and shouted. All of them shouted

with a great shout, the walls fell flat.

Somebody needs some limits to fall off

your life right now. That takes us all

shouting. [cheering]

>> [applause]

>> Man, we got to be willing to COME IN AND

GIVE GOD THE GLORY UNTIL SMOKE fills

>> because somebody needs more than maybe

you do today.

>> You may just think, "I'm good.

Everything all right?" Okay. Well, maybe

three three folk down

>> got a cancer diagnosis.

>> And if you could just stop

>> being so comfortable,

>> you even sit like you comfortable,

right? You know, we in church, we trying

to get into it like, you know, you want

people to be like, y'all be

>> Oh, but we're not going to do that. In

Acts chapter 16, let me just close the

Acts 16 · chapter mention

Bible because that's what's happening.

Paul and Silas had every reason.

>> Yes.

>> Get this. They doing what's right and

then they get beat

and they get put in jail

>> and they get put in the inner in the

inner part of the prison

>> and they're hurting back is beaten

kicked stoned whole nine terrible stuff

bleeding

and at midnight

>> my god

>> cuz priests do it every day and in the

evening. though they at at midnight

>> they began to pray

>> and sing praises

>> and the other prisoners

>> heard them. They said, "Uh-uh, we are

hurting. We've been through a lot. We've

been mistreated. Our backs hurt. We got

headaches. All kind of stuff going

wrong." BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT DOESN'T

change that God is still God. And that

doesn't change that God is still in the

midst. God is in the midst OF OUR PRISON

JUST LIKE HE WAS IN THE SANCTUARY. SEE,

THAT'S WHY YOU LORD HAVE MERCY. YOU'D

COME OUT A WHOLE LOT FASTER IF YOU

PRAISE GOD IN THE PRISON. THEN GOD COULD

GET YOU OUT OF THE PRISON. BUT AS LONG

AS YOU HOLDING ON TO YOUR PRAISE UNTIL

THINGS GET BETTER, YOU ARE DRAGGING THE

TIME OUT.

The Bible said they begin to pray and

sing praises

>> and THEY SUNG AND PRAISE SO LOUD I COULD

just hear, "Father, I stretch." Is that

what you said? my hands to thee. NO

OTHER HELP I KNOW. IF THOU WITHDRAW,

Y'ALL DON'T KNOW THE HYMN. THYSELF FROM

ME, WHEITHER SHALL I GO? THEY START

SINGING AND PRAYING AND THE PRAISES

START FILLING THE TEMPLE. SHOOT THE

PRISON. THEY TURNED IT into

>> I dare YOU TO TURN YOUR PRISON INTO A

TEMPLE. I DARE YOU TO TURN IT INTO A

SANCTUARY. THEY START SINGING and

praying. AND THE BIBLE SAID GOD ALLOWED

AN EARTHQUAKE. SEE, THERE'S SOMETHING

SUPERNATURAL

THAT'S RUMBLING RIGHT NOW. ALL YOU GOT

TO DO IS OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY, "GOD,

[screaming] I THANK you even at

midnight. I THANK YOU EVEN AFTER I'VE

BEEN BEATEN. I THANK YOU EVEN THOUGH IT

DIDN'T GO MY WAY."

AND THE Bible said it shook

>> until watch this. I'm done. She heard

it. Ding Florence. All of them got

loosed.

>> Okay, you you you Okay, y'all missed it.

>> Here go the power of the praise that's

in your mouth.

>> They sang and praised, BUT EVERYBODY GOT

LOOSE. YOU [screaming] GOT DELIVERANCE

IN YOUR MOUTH. YOU GOT SUPERNATURAL

POWER IN your mouth. Church, [screaming]

say it.

>> Digina, our praise

>> could set the front row free.

>> Hallelujah.

Y'all's praise COULD SET THAT SECTION

FREE. YOUR PRAISE

CAN SET YOUR FAMILY FREE.

YOUR PRAISE CAN CHANGE YOUR COMMUNITY.

SAY IT.

Say it.

>> So hear me. I want us to make a

commitment

>> to realizing what's in our mouth.

>> My thank you.

Not only does it bless him,

>> but it opens prison doors.

My hallelujah

>> blesses him, but can bring healing to

somebody.

>> God told me, "I'm done."

>> He said, "The way you come in to worship

>> is like setting the thermostat."

>> They use the flip side of it when you at

the doctor.

You go in there for surgery,

>> it is butt cold.

>> So, what is going on?

>> Y'all know I'm fit to be naked. What is

wrong?

But they need the temperature at a

certain place. They don't need it hot

and sticky.

>> We'll flip it.

We need it so hot

>> that demons don't want to stay.

>> WE NEED IT SO HOT IN HERE THAT THE

PASTOR CAN PREACH WHEN HE GETS UP. WE

NEED IT SO HOT IN HERE THAT SOMEBODY CAN

GO HOME WITH JOY.

>> SO, let's just make a commitment to

considering that we are called to

praise.

Right? And so now we're going to have a

little bit more engagement and

enthusiasm

>> in offering that to God

>> because you going to access your next

level of victory.

>> That thing coming through your praise.

[cheering and applause]

I shouted my way out of debt. Let's be

clear about that, folks. I dance my way

out of debt. Oh Lord have mercy.

I cried my way through

>> and got out of some junk

>> cuz praise

>> gives you access to the oil.

>> Lord, we thank you tonight

>> for your word. Just

>> Lord, help us to be mindful.

>> We come to praise you

>> and we should live every day to praise

you. It's our assignment. But Lord, help

us to remember the power

>> that's in our praise.

>> Praise is our weapon, too.

>> And it's what we do.

>> So Lord, receive our praise

>> and set captives free.

>> Let your heart be warmed [music]

>> and our hearts be healed

>> as we walk in our divine calling

>> as praisers

>> in Jesus name.

Amen.

>> Amen.

>> Amen. [applause]