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and productive in the sight of the Lord. >> Let us pray. Eternal heavenly father, once more again, we thank you for the opportunity to come out to your house to give you glory, honor, and praise.

Father God, you woke us up this morning, started us on another day's journey, and we just want to say thank you, Father God. Father God, you gave us much needed rain. Father God, that that saturated the earth, Father God, and we want to say thank you for that, Father God.

Father God, you gave us activities of our limbs. We want to say thank you for that, Father God. Father God, you gave us shelter.

We want to say thank you for that, Father God. Father God, YOU PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU THIS MORNING, FATHER GOD.

FATHER GOD, YOU GAVE US THE ABILITY TO FELLOWSHIP THIS MORNING. WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. Thank you, >> Father God.

We we thank you, Father God, for just being our father. Father God, who sits high and look low, Father God, that takes care of all of our needs. Father God, >> we just thank you, Father God.

>> God, >> those been gone, Father God. We thank you for healing them, Father God, to the point that they could return, Father God, to this house of worship. Father God, >> we just thank you, Father God, this morning.

We going to give you glory, honor, and praise in the precious name of Jesus we do pray. Amen. >> Amen.

>> I'll be coming with a a scripture this morning. Um you all um have heard this one before. It's it'll be uh Psalms.

Um so if um you all could if you're able to please stand on your feet and we'll um it'll be the last song uh is what we will Okay, so I have my glasses this morning, but ain't going to stop. Psalm 150. All right.

Uh Psalm 150 reads, "Praise ye the Lord. [clears throat] Praise God in the sanctuary. Praise him in the firmament of his power.

Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet.

Praise him uh with the sultry and the and the harp. Praise him with the timberal and dance. Praise him with the string instruments and organs.

Praise him upon the loud symbols. Praise him upon the high sounding symbols. Let everything that have breath praise the Lord.

Praise ye the Lord. Thus I read Psalms 15. run dry.

It will never run dry. will never [singing] run dry. [singing] It will [singing] never run dry.

It will never [singing] run dry from [singing] the fountain. It will never >> Jesus [singing] I was excited. [cheering] It will never run dry from the bounc.

It will never run. >> It will never run dry from the fountain. It will never run dry.

>> [singing] >> All the world. for me dry. It will never run dry.

It will never run. never run dry. >> Amen.

>> But if you drink from what the Lord God. >> Praise him. Praise him.

Praise him. Praise him. Jesus.

Bless his worth. Everybody praise him. Praise him.

Praise him. Praise him. Bless his worthy.

We pray >> worthy. Jesus is worthy. He's worthy.

Praise him. >> Praise him. >> Praise him.

>> Praise him. >> Praise him. Jesus bless his worthy praise.

Praise him. >> Praise him. >> Praise him.

>> Praise him. >> Praise him. >> Praise him.

>> Bless his worthy praise. From the rising worthy is worthy. He's worthy.

>> He's worthy. >> Praise him. >> Praise him.

Jesus. >> Bless his >> worthy. >> Amen.

Come on, give God some praise in here. >> COME ON, GIVE HIM PRAISE. >> AMEN.

>> AMEN. GLORY. HALLELUJAH.

We thank you for your participation in devotion. We're going to move into worship service. Amen.

>> Amen. Amen. David said this.

I was glad when he said unto me, let us stand. Come into the house of the Lord. Amen.

>> Amen. Our open selection is blessed assurance. Jesus is mine.

Oh, what a fortress of glory divine air of salvation, purchase of God, born of his spirit, washed in his blood. We don't have the music this morning, but we got a tune in your heart. Amen.

>> Amen. All right, let's do it. Blessed Jesus [singing] is what the glory divine purchase of God of his washed in his blood.

This is my story. This is my song. >> Praising myior all the [singing] day long.

>> This is my story. >> This is my [singing] story. >> This is my song.

>> This is my song. >> Praising my savior. Myior all day long perfect now [singing] on my side.

Angels bring from above. >> Echo of mercy whispers of love. >> This is my story.

>> This is my story. >> This is my song. >> This is my song.

>> I'm praising my savior, y'all. >> All the day long. All [singing] day long.

>> THIS IS MY STORY. >> THIS is my story. >> This is my song.

>> This is my song. >> Praising my savior. >> Praising myior >> perfect.

I am >> [singing] >> Happy and blessed. Watching looking [singing] above his love. >> This is my story.

>> This is [singing] my story. This is my song. Praising my savior, y'all.

>> Praising myior [singing] >> all the day long. >> THIS IS MY STORY. >> THIS is my story.

>> This is my song. >> This is my song. >> Praising my savior.

>> Praising myior. >> ONE MORE TIME. THIS IS MY STORY.

>> THIS IS my story. GLOR. >> THIS IS MY SONG.

>> THIS IS MY SONG. >> ANYBODY PRAISING YOUR SAVIOR? >> PRAISING MYIOR.

>> Praise him ALL THE DAY LONG. >> ALL THE [singing] day long. >> THIS IS MY STORY.

>> THIS is my story. >> This is my song. >> This is my [singing] song.

>> Praising my savior. >> Praising myior. Come on, put your hands together.

Give God, [applause] >> this is my story. >> This is my song. >> Praising my savior >> all the day long.

We want to thank God for just being with us today, us being in a reasonable amount of health and strength and soundness of mind. >> At this time, we will pray. Let's bow our heads.

Our father and our God, again, we say thank you. Thank you Lord just for being God and God all by yourself >> for waking us up this morning >> in our right minds >> in a reasonable amount of health and strength. >> We just want to say thank you.

>> You allowed us to go up and down the highways and byways all week long >> without hurt, harm, or danger. And for that we just want to say thank you. >> We woke up this morning.

Everybody in the family woke up. For that we just say thank you. We didn't get any bad news >> and for that we say thank you >> Lord.

We your good God and we just want to give you all the praise, all the honor and all the glory >> for it's in Jesus name we pray and say amen. >> Amen. >> Good morning.

Morning. >> Always a blessing to be back in the house of the Lord. One more time.

>> Our responsive reading this morning will be found in your read him 590. And if you have your Bibles, Psalms 103. God has been showing up good to us inite in spite of >> in spite of the situation that we that anybody may be going through.

God is still good. Amen. >> He's still in the blessing business.

590 and we have Bible 103. blessings from God. And the word of the Lord reads, "Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

>> Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and allies." >> Who forgiveth all things, all thy iniquities, who heal all thy disease. who satisfied thy mouth with good things so that thy youth was renewed like the eagle. >> He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

He will not always neither will he keep his anger forever. >> For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards them that fear him. Like a father his children, so the Lord fed them that fear him.

>> For man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the fields, so he flourished. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him and his righteousness unto children's children. The Lord have prepared his throne in the heavens and the kingdom rooted over all.

>> Let's read the last two together. >> Bless the Lord. He do.

Bless the Lord. All his words are all bless. May the Lord have a blessing to his already.

Good morning. >> Can't you hear the calling? Yes, I can.

>> Can't you hear the calling? >> Can't you hear the ding? >> You know he woke me up early this [singing] morning.

>> I know he did. God woke [singing] me up early in it morning. I want to thank [music] you for [singing] making great.

Can't you hear the calling? >> I heard him calling. >> Can't you hear?

I heard him call. >> You know, HE WOKE ME UP early in [music and singing] morning. I know he didn't let me sleep too late.

God woke me up early morning. I want to thank [singing] you for your amazing grace. Can't you hear my calling?

>> Can't you hear? >> Can't you hear our calling? >> I heard him calling.

You know, he woke me up early in the morning. I know he didn't let me sleep tonight. >> GOD WOKE ME [music] UP early morning.

I want to thank you for your amazing grace. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for your amazing grace.

Thank you Jesus. Thank you for your amazing. I could have been dead.

>> Thank you for your amazing >> sleeping in my grave. >> Cuz you TOLD >> Stand back and behave. >> Thank you Jesus.

Thank you for amazing. [music] >> Can't you hear my calling? >> I heard him calling.

>> Can't you hear? >> I heard him calling. YOU KNOW YOU WOKE ME UP early [music] this morning.

>> I know he didn't sleep too late. GOD WOKE ME UP early morning. I want to thank you for your amazing grace.

Thank you Jesus. Thank you for your amazing grace. Thank you Jesus.

for your amazing grace. >> for your grace. >> Thank you, Jesus.

>> Thank you for your calling. I heard him calling. Can't you hear?

>> I heard him call. >> You know you woke me up early this morning. I know he didn't let me sleep too late.

God woke me up early morning. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR amazing >> this morning. I've been thinking about two great women in my life.

My mom and my aunt. >> I wanted to sing All of My Help. >> I was wondering for a little bit of it.

It's on my mind. >> All of [singing] my help comes from the Lord. All of my >> So he comes from the Lord.

>> COMES from the Lord. >> I need him. >> I need I need the Lord RIGHT NOW.

Oh yes. And I thank you Jesus. ALL OF [singing] my >> comes from the Lord.

>> comes from the Lord, >> all of my help, [singing] >> all of my help from the Lord. comes from [singing and music] the Lord. >> Whenever I need him, >> I need I need >> my Jesus.

MIGHT come from the Lord. >> Hallelujah. >> Thank you, JESUS.

All your help come from the Lord. >> All your help from the Lord. Don't sit DOWN ON GOD TODAY.

GET UP AND GIVE GOD A HAND TYPE OF PRAISE IN THIS PLACE. [applause] [cheering] You can do it. WE BELIEVE IN YOU.

AT ANY time you GET [cheering] All of my help comes from the Lord. in his absence from ministerial staff, deacons, trustee members, family, and friends. I have a few announcements before I come to you with the announcements.

Uh, Coach Seals has an announcement. While he's on his way, let us remember our sick and shut in through prayer visitation. Uh, it is so good to see came out.

I saw Sister Perry sitting on the front row and the next time I missed her, she's up in her choir seat. Good to see Sister Perry back this morning [applause] and good to see sister Ann. I saw her at the revival.

Good to see her on the front row and all our travelers who've been in and out. Good to see you back in the house. One more time.

We are in sympathy with Sister Indy Tate and family, the passing of her grandmother, Miss Helen Whitaker. funeral was held on yesterday in Flint, Michigan. We are also in sympathy with the Crockett family.

The passing of Miss Audrey Crockett. Visitation will be Friday, August 7th at 1 here at W Hill. The funeral service will begin at 2.

Uh, and we knew her around here as Mary. Um, so Mary Crockett, Audrey Crockett. Okay.

And I will come back with you after coach. Good morning church. We want to do a few things this morning to try to make life easier with some uh people in church, all the stuff that we're doing from some camp highs.

Uh we're not doing any academic stuff, man, but we are doing things in the community and we always put board here first while we're doing these things. Um D, will you come up please? I know y'all do a lot of traveling.

This is that time of the year. So, we just want to make it a little easier for you. >> Thank you, [applause] Miss Haw French.

Will you come down, please? Ma'am. I hope y'all do a good job with winning and if you work hard, you you'll get [applause] >> Okay, this is something we've tried to help with with the uh educ educational piece because education is so important and um we wanted to uh give us some money to the scholarship fund.

So uh her will you come up with [applause] what we want to do is give the scholarship fund $1,100 >> [applause] >> Thank you. >> Thank you, church. [applause] >> I just want to thank Coach Seals uh for doing this.

Um as you all know, we have a scholarship fund here at Boyill Baptist. Uh we've actually been able to increase the amount of money that we give out every year. It's because of great work by people like him and you all that help us give back to the students.

100% of what we get in, we give out. We don't take anything for administrative fees or anything like that. Money comes in and money goes out to the members of Hill Baptist Church and the youth as well as the old.

Uh we help uh you know the little kids all the way up to the high school graduates, the college graduates and those that are you know starting new careers tonight. Thank you so much. >> [applause] >> Thank you, Coal and Camps for your donations.

We are continuing with our sick and shedding while readment. We're in sympathy with brother Arthur Mabrian family and the passing of his mother, sister Lily uh Ruth Mabry. She lived to see 101 years of age on May the 1st.

[applause] Sister Mabry is the mother of brother Arthur, grandmother of Joy. I think I saw Joy. Uh great grandmother of Kyler and Caleb.

Uh funeral arrangements will be announced by the family. >> Let us continue to keep our berieve families in prayer. Um let us continue.

Um added to our sick list this week, Sister Mary Scrugs, Sister Tracy Stratford, and Sister Mary Williams. Communion will be observed on next Sunday. And if you know your bulletin, August the 9th, and also second Sunday in September, communion will be observed.

Then um Hire will be going to New Hope today. And if you notice your bulletin, you see the schedule for the month included. So, New Hope today at 2:00 and your August visits are inside the bulletin.

Uh, please join Pastors Aid for an evening of oldfashioned bingo on Saturday, August 15th from 5 until 7. And you can see any member of pastor's a committee for uh tickets or more information. And I think we have some contact persons inside the bulletin.

Life Center committee volunteers planning a CPR training session here at the church. If you would like to attend, there's a signup sheet in the vestibule. You can also see sister Phyllis Ga Montue for additional information.

All right, that is all of our announcements except that August 17th, I believe. Yes, missionary outreach will begin once again. Uh so if you're interested in helping us with the feeding over at um the old West End building, Pathways Building that starts the 17th and just meet us there at 5:00.

Uh it says 5 to 7 on the bulletin, but we're usually out before 7. Okay, glad to have any extra hands who are interested. Uh so let us also remember to pray for our students, teachers, administrators, and parents as we get our students back in school.

York County starts tomorrow. I'm not sure about North Carolina schedule. Uh but let us pray for students going back to school and our college students who will be uh going back shortly if they're not already there.

So at this time, do we have any birthdays for the month of August? August and Sister Myers is bringing microphone society. >> All right, you're standing up slowly.

>> If the Lord allow on August the 19th, I will be 75 years old. [applause] AUGUST 12TH, I will be 68 years old. [applause] >> Uh August 20th, I'll be 57 years old.

[applause] >> [applause] >> Quadra. >> Sister Quadra has a birthday. I believe >> on August 31st I'll be 41.

[applause] We pray that you will have many more birthdays. Uh that the Lord will bless you with those that you've already seen and many more. Uh do we have any August anniversaries for this month?

No anniversaries. All right. So do we have any visitors?

If you are a visitor um would like to stand and give us your name and church affiliation, if you would do so at this time. No visitors. I'm glad to see sister Candies Mitch family.

Commen. [applause] [cheering] >> Now, brother Valor, repeat that. She sang the national anthem for Northwestern's opening.

and she didn't share that with us on Sunday school this morning. Congratulations. [applause] >> All right.

We pray that you will have a blessed day in the Lord and the Lord will bless us bless you and us with many many more anytime the doors of the church are open. Uh please feel free to join us and may you have a blessed day in the Lord. >> Amen.

And at this time, we're going to get ready for our tithes and offering. As usual, come down for our tithes and offering. I see my sister and her friend is in the back right there.

She's right there. She's looking for She's right here. They're looking for each other.

Okay. All right. My wife over We thank you for >> Good morning, Boyd Hill.

May we rest on your feet. Let us pray. Our heavenly father, we thank you, Lord, for what we've seen and what we've heard.

We thank you, heavenly father, for just another day at life. Father God, we want to be more like you. >> We ask you, we come to you because we know that you can provide.

We come to you because you we know that you'll protect. We ask you right now to look over the offering that we will receive. May it be used toward the up building and upkeep of this building.

Amen. >> Amen. Amen.

>> While brother Kennedy is coming forward, I just like to thank everyone for the love and the support and the donations for um our chance auction on yesterday. It was very successful. And the youth department would like to thank everyone and just piggy back now what brother um people just said.

Carmen, can you stand up again? Because I know Carmen stand sit back that she's so quiet and everything. and she works hard in our youth department, but she really done an awesome job singing at Northwestern, a national anthem.

Girl, I know you got it in here, so you know I know what you can do now. But y'all, let's give her another hand because I just want to eye you that [cheering] we should be very, very proud of. And again, thank you guys for on yesterday.

out of the bag. >> Amen. >> Oh, don't get quiet now.

>> Amen. >> I don't know what's waiting on me >> in the future. [singing] I just don't know.

I don't know what I'll be doing [singing] 10 years from now. I just don't know. >> But I believe that I'll be singing or teaching God's holy word.

Whoa. It's in my heart. It's in my heart to serve the Lord.

>> It's in my heart. >> It's in my heart [singing] to serve you, LORD. >> IT'S IN MY HEART.

>> In my heart to serve you, Lord. >> I'll be >> I'll be [singing] serving you, Lord. Listen, >> sometimes my road get dark and dreary and I can hardly find my way.

>> Sometimes my burdens get so heavy that I can't stop having >> sleepless nights and lonely days. >> But I believe if I keep holding on God is going to conquer me. Keep it strong.

Cuz it's in my heart. >> It's in my heart to serve the Lord. >> It's in my heart.

>> In my heart to serve the Lord. >> IT'S IN MY HEART. >> IN MY heart to serve you, Lord.

>> I'll be >> I'll be [music] listen now. I've been singing >> for a long, long time. >> I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE UP.

SAID I GOT A made up mind. Yeah, >> I've been lied on, mistreated by my soal friends. BUT IF I HAD ANOTHER CHANCE, I'd do IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

IS [screaming] IN MY HEART. >> IN MY HEART, LORD. >> It's in my heart.

In my heart to serve YOU, LORD. >> IT'S IN MY HEART. >> In my heart to serve you, Lord.

>> I'll be >> I'll be [music] Oh, cuz it's in my heart. >> It's in my heart. >> It's in my heart.

>> It's in my heart. >> IS IT IN YOUR HEART? [screaming] >> It's in my heart.

>> In my heart. >> IT'S IN MY HEART. [screaming] IN MY HEART.

>> IT'S IN my heart. >> In my heart. >> God gave me love, y'all.

>> And it's in my heart. >> In my heart. >> He gave me peace, y'all.

>> And it's in my heart. >> In my heart. >> Is in my heart.

>> In my heart. >> Is in my heart. >> In my heart.

>> HE GAVE ME JOY. >> IN MY HEART. >> AND is in my heart.

>> In my heart. >> IS IN MY HEART. IS in my heart.

>> In my heart. >> I want to thank you, Lord. >> I want to thank you, Lord.

>> For saving me, >> rearranging me. >> In my heart. >> Is in my [screaming] heart.

>> It's in my heart. >> In my heart. >> It's in my heart.

Y'all >> in my heart. >> It's in my heart. >> In my heart.

I'll be I'll be serving the Lord. >> Amen. It's in my heart to serve the Lord.

>> It's prayer time now. >> If you looking for prayer, you need prayer, you got some things on the altar you want God to answer, it's time to come on down and get your prayers answered this morning. Amen.

>> Amen. Amen. God is in the prayer answering businesses.

>> He's in the miracle working business, too. >> We're going to ask uh Deacon Aeroid to bring us to the throne of grace this morning. >> [clears throat] >> Father God, we come before you asking uh for your grace and mercy.

Father God, >> for it's been said, oh God, how you've been the rock of ages, oh God. You are the same God that created this world, oh God. >> You are the same God, oh God, that breathed life into mankind, oh God.

You gave us, oh God, your spirit, oh God, that we we that we know that we were created in your image, oh God, we we ask right now, Father God, as we assemble before this altar, that God, you look over our families, Father God, and that you protect them, oh God, that you hold them in the hollow of your hand, oh, Father God, but we also, God, uh, don't take kindly the idea that we know that some are outside of the church, Father God, and some some are, you know, have gone wayward, oh God. Uh and some of the waywardness is in our own families, Father God. For we ask the blessings upon them as well, oh God.

All those who are who are prison bound, Father God. Those who are homeless, Father God. Those who are in the hospitals, oh God, that that that can't, oh God, speak, oh God, that have feeding tubes down the throat, oh God, that that are dealing with all sorts of madness, oh God, mental illness and so forth.

Father God, we ask that you bless them, for God, they are your children as well, Father God. And we we need to understand, Father God, that you you don't make mistakes. Oh, Father God, for what you create, oh God, no man can destroy, Father God.

We ask, oh God, that we here at Boyhill Baptist, that we may be able to become missionaries, oh God, that you've commanded us to be, Father God. For we we accepted the Lord, see uh the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as our savior, oh God, and that makes us missionaries, Father God. Help us understand this requirement that we have, oh God, to to do your will, oh God, to to be light to the world, to be examples for other people to be able to follow.

That doesn't mean, Father God, that we're perfect, Father God. For when we do stumble, Father God, we ask for your grace, oh God, and for your forgiveness, oh God. And we ask that you give us the spirit of forgiveness as well, Father God.

When people for forgive when people wrong us, Father God, for we know, God, that you are almighty. You are righteous, Father God. You look over uh the the the churches of Boyd Hill Baptist Church and the churches throughout this land.

Father God, help us be the Christians that you would have us to be. We ask these all in your precious and holy name. Amen.

>> Amen. >> Amen. What?

[singing] You is [singing] the step on [singing] if you want to see [singing and music] Jesus. Step on and follow [singing] [singing] the Zion [singing] if you want to see Jesus [singing] That's [music] >> ain't no in It's to see Jesus and [singing] My love [singing] [music] [singing] just before [singing] you to see Jesus [music] and glory you [music] Money [singing] [music] might [music] just [singing and music] step and Gloria. [music] >> [singing] >> If you want to see Jesus [singing] and [singing] He's the in step onward.

If you want to see Jesus, [singing] >> [music] >> Yes, sir. [singing] [singing] If you want to see Jesus, >> Amen. Let's give God a hand clap of praise.

Step on board and follow Jesus. Amen. [applause] Now, one time I couldn't sing that song and I wouldn't I wasn't trying to hurry up and get to singing that song either >> because my mom and dad was still here cuz I couldn't sing that part.

He has landed mother. He has landed father. I couldn't sing that cuz they was still on this side of eternity.

And I ain't happy that I can sing it, but I can sing the whole song now. Praise God. Praise God.

This morning, uh may you stand on your feet. Uh we're going to we're going to go to Ephesians chapter 6. It's where I'll be preaching from this morning.

Uh starting in verse 10, great team. Want to give God all the honor, glory, and praise. Praise to our pastor and his wife and their absence.

To the deacons, to every auxiliary in our church, to these beautiful choirs and these beautiful songs, and to my co-abors in the gospel. It is good to be in the house of the Lord. One more time.

Amen. >> One more time, let us pray. Father, we thank you and praise you, Father, for once again, you've allowed us, Father God, to come before you, Lord.

We ask in the name of your son Jesus, that your Holy Spirit would lead, God, and direct, Lord, that, Father God, that we may that you may be honored, Lord, that people may be set free today, Lord God, that they may hear a word from you, Father. Father, we thank you and praise for everything you're going to do here this morning. We give you praise in advance.

In Jesus name we pray. Amen. >> Amen.

>> Amen. And we're going to start in chapter in verse in chapter 6 verse 10 and we're going to read to verse 18. I would ask that you would read with me.

Amen. >> Amen. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might.

>> Put on the whole armor of God >> that ye may be able to stand against the ws of the devil. For we rest, For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, Amen, >> but against principalities, >> against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual host of witness in heavenly places. Therefore, take up the whole take up the whole arm of God that you may be able to withstand >> in the evil day and having done all to stand.

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having on the breastplate of righteousness, >> and having shot your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace, above all, taking the shield of faith, >> which you will be able to quench all the fiery dots of the wicked one, and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. And the last one is most important. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication and for all the saints you may be seated in the presence of the Lord.

>> Amen. >> Amen. Amen.

Amen. >> Finally, my brethren, the word say, be strong in the Lord. >> Before you get up in the morning, when you get up in the morning and you go in the bathroom, the first thing you do is wash your face and all that.

But when you get back in your room and you look in the closet and you put on your clothes, >> and that's what my message is today. Put on your clothes. >> Put your clothes on.

>> Put your clothes on. >> The reason why I'm telling you to put your clothes on because you get up in the morning, you put these clothes on. >> You put your physical clothes on.

>> God want you to put your spiritual clothes on. See, every day we get up and put our physical clothes on because we have to go out. >> But God want you to put your spiritual clothes on.

>> Now, this chapter is the last chapter in this book. It was written by the Apostle Paul who was actually hostile to Christians. >> He was a Christian.

He wasn't he was not a Christian himself. >> He was against the movement of Christianity early on >> and he fought it with two and eight. Paul persecuted Christians.

>> Yes. >> And I was imagining when I was reading this, I was saying, "Well, Lord, you know, some of us wasn't saved. You know, we just like Paul.

We, you know, we we didn't we wasn't saved. We didn't really care nothing about Christians or, you know, whatever. So, we might have persecuted a few Christians ourselves." And and the the thing that got me is that persecuting Christians, when you go to persecuting Christians, you persecuting men and women of God that God have gave them an assignment to do.

So you getting in the way of God's work of that assignment that that person got to do. You hindering that person from doing their assignment. >> So this is what Paul was doing.

He wasn't only just just persecuting people. He was persecuting Christians. >> He was looking for Christians.

>> That's right. >> He wanted to extend extinguish the new religious movement that was followers of the man named Jesus. >> Then he met Jesus himself.

That's right. >> It changed his life and it turned them around. >> If you ever meet Jesus, >> it will change your life >> and it will turn you around.

>> He realized that Jesus was the son of God. >> That Jesus was the savior of the world. That he was the promised Messiah >> and has sent his life in a new direction.

In fact, the story is told in Acts nine, and I'll just be brief with that. I'll share with you because it describe what I want to get to. In Acts nine, in which Paul got saved, it begins with Paul breathing and shouting out threats against the Christians.

>> Not just where they were in Jerusalem, but he wanted to find them where they were, anywhere they were, wherever they were. He didn't care where they was. If he seen a Christian, he was persecuting.

>> He was going to travel to Damascus to persecute the Christians. >> That's right. >> It was on that journey that he met Christ and got saved.

>> And before the chapter is over, we find that those who were still in opposition to Christianity not wanted not only now they wanted to kill Paul. >> See, once he met Christ, he became a Christian. And see all them PEOPLE THAT HE HAD PERSECUTED AND ALL THEM PEOPLE THAT WAS BEHIND HIM while he persecuted Christians >> now they want to kill him.

>> They say now you killed the same people that you that that you with now. So now them people want him. >> See he done changed on them.

See when you became a Christian you changed on your people. The people that you was walking with. >> Those people you used to drink with.

Those people you used to do all that stuff with. When you stop doing that stuff and you start coming to Christ, you changed on them. >> You see, Paul was a guy that knew both sides of the issue.

He knew what it was to walk in the light >> and he knew what it was to walk in the darkness >> because he walked in both of them. He walked in the darkness when he was out there persecuting Christians. He walked in the light after he met Christ on the Damascus road.

He knew that the battle we face as delivering as being delivered that those who chose to follow after the Lord will not only uh will not only meet resistance but you will face opposition >> anytime you come to Christ you will meet with resistance and you will face oppositions. Amen. >> He knew what it was like to be walking in the light.

Paul wasn't the only man that chose to follow the Lord and people wanted to depose him to dispose of him. Moses was a man >> who chose to follow the Lord and his own people tried to dispose of him. >> David wanted to f wanted to WORSHIP GOD WITH ALL HIS MIGHT >> WITH SINGING AND DANCING.

He worshiped God. >> Yet his own wife ridiculed him for doing so. >> She asked him, "Why are you out there dancing like that?

>> It don't take all that." She said, But she didn't know that David was a man after God's own heart. >> And pastor said, "He a man after God own heart." I'm a man after God's own heart. You can be a man after God's own heart.

All you got to DO IS SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES. >> BUT God said, "If you seek, you will find. But you got to search to be able to find." Amen.

>> Amen. Not only David, but Peter. Peter was a man.

Peter healed a lame man, then preached the gospel to the crowd that gathered around. And by the end of the day, he was in prison. >> HE PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THESE people to get them to know the Lord.

And by THE END OF THE DAY, they had locked him up for preaching the gospel of Christ. >> Some of y'all out there witnesses to the people. Ain't nobody came and arrested you for witnessing to nobody.

>> Ain't nobody locked you up for witnessing nobody. This man got locked up for the wrong reasons. >> He got locked up for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

>> Go ahead. Go ahead. >> These that want to serve the Lord, those that want to follow after the Lord are going to find they're going to meet with resistance and you're going to face opposition.

>> Amen. >> Peter healed a lame man. Peter he a healed a lame man and got thrown in prison.

for healing a man, >> for doing something good. >> WE ALWAYS doing something good that we think are good. Things that we think are good sometime ain't good.

>> IT'S GOOD IN OUR EYESIGHT, but ain't good to God. When I tell people that I'm a sinner, they say, "What you mean I'm a sinner. >> You're a sinner, too." >> That's right.

>> You think just because you got up this morning, you ain't did nothing that you ain't did that you ain't saying. Yes, you have. Because if YOU STAND IN THE FACE IN THE MIDST OF A HOLY GOD, God is is is AWESOME.

GOD IS A GOD THAT HAS NO SIN. >> He know your sin. He know your thoughts when they are far off.

SO GOD ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU ABOUT TO THINK BEFORE you think it. >> So if you think you can go to God and think that you are not non that you're not sinner, you are a sinner >> in the midst of a holy God. NOW IN FRONT OF IN OUR MIDST in the midst of you and ME OF OURSELVES, WE CAN TALK TO EACH other because we don't know each other's secrets.

We don't know those little things and we don't know what we thinking about what people thinking ABOUT EACH OTHER. >> BUT GOD KNOW. >> THAT'S WHY WHEN you stand before a holy God when you go to the throne of grace with God, >> you're a sinner.

>> Whether you want to believe you righteous or not, you're a sinner before a holy God. >> Anytime you go to prayer before God, you are a sinner. >> And you need to be acting like you're a sinner.

>> You need to bow down like the man beat his chest and say, "God, I can't even look up to you." >> That's right. I'm not going to be like that Pharisee over there who came with all this money to give you. I don't have nothing but this little bit to give you.

But I COME WITH A SACRIFICE ON MY LIP AND A PRAISE on my lip to thank you for what you have done to me. >> Let me tell you y'all, there's a real devil and there are real demons >> and they are at work to disrupt what God may be doing in your life >> or in my life. We need to understand that his motivation is to make us ineffective as possible so you can live a life of defeat.

>> The devil don't mind you coming to church. >> He don't care if you COME TO CHURCH EVERY DAY. >> Long as you are ineffective when you come to church.

LONG AS YOU DON'T STAND ON YOUR FEET AND GIVE GOD NO PRAISE. LONG AS YOU DON'T STAND ON YOUR FEET AND SAY HALLELUJAH TO GOD, HE DON'T CARE IF YOU COME TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY. BUT WHEN YOU COME TO CHURCH AND YOU GIVE GOD SOME PRAISE AND YOU GIVE GOD SOME GLORY AND YOU GIVE GOD SOME HONOR AND YOU GET ON YOUR FEET AND TELL GOD HOW GOOD HE BEEN TO YOU CUZ YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH.

THEN [cheering] >> THEN THE DEVIL GOING TO COME AT YOU. >> But God got you. >> See it's a difference when the devil come at you and you sitting on your hand and you ain't doing nothing but God.

>> But it's a different when you're doing something for God. God got your back. You know, you know, you be asking, people be talking about, "I got your back." >> God got your back.

>> YOUR WIFE AIN'T GOT YOUR BACK, >> CUZ GOD GOT HER BACK, TOO. >> SO TOGETHER, God got y'all's back. Amen.

>> The devil want you to be defeated. >> He wants you to be defeated that you'll live a life >> that doubt impact upon anybody else. Amen.

>> That your light is hidden under a basket, under a bush, that you're more of a hindrance >> to the going forth of the word >> than being a blessing. >> The devil want you to be a hindrance to the word of God. >> That's right.

>> He don't care about you coming to church every Sunday. >> He can care less. He glad you come to church.

>> Cuz he know where you at. Guess what? The devil come to church, too.

That's right. >> He come to church every Sunday, TOO. >> THAT'S WHY HE DON'T MIND YOU COMING.

HE JUST don't want you to take this WORD THAT YOU HEAR AND GO BACK AND APPLY IT TO YOUR LIFE. HE DON'T CARE IF YOU HEAR IT LONG AS YOU DON'T APPLY IT. >> There's three things in this verse that I want us to see that is going to give us insight into how do we engage in spiritual battle.

You might want to write some of this down. The first thing is that we need to recognize that the battle is supernatural. >> The battle is being supernatural.

Tell us that this battle is not against flesh >> and blood. >> Quit fighting people. >> It's a demonic spirit behind those people that coming against you.

>> Anytime somebody coming against you, it ain't God coming against God. Ain't send nobody to come against you. It's the devil coming against you to do what?

To hinder you >> from going forth with the gospel. Hinder you >> from getting somebody else to come to Christ. Because people watch you and they see you acting like Christ.

They going to want some of that. Then they going to start following you. The devil don't want you to do that.

>> He want you to go out there after you leave here and act a fool. And let people see you acting a fool. They know you've been to church.

They see you act a fool. They say, "Oh, that's what church is about. >> Oh, that's how they do church." They go to church and there on Sunday morning spend a couple hours.

And then they come back like pastor say back to old back to business as usual. >> You got to quit doing business as usual. It's time for us to make a change.

Amen. >> It's time to go on TO DO WHAT CHRIST SAY to do. Amen.

>> The second thing is that the battle is also a personal battle. >> We do not wrestles and blood. But I do know we wrestle play with you at in your mind.

>> That's where he want in your mind. >> That's right. Let me say this to you.

>> Quit letting people live free in your mind. >> That went over your head. >> Let me tell you what I mean.

What I mean by that is YOU THINKING ABOUT SOMEBODY ALL DAY LONG AND WHAT THEY doing and how they what they what THEY THINK AND QUIT THINKING ABOUT THEM. LET THEM GO. >> God told me TO TELL YOU SOMEBODY want to walk OUT OF YOUR LIFE, LET THEM WALK.

>> QUIT CHASING OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WALK OUT OF YOUR LIFE. GOD SAY, "LET THEM WALK." >> Because guess what? If they want to walk out your life, they supposed to be there anyway.

>> The ones that walked didn't SUPPOSED TO BE THERE ANYWAY. And the ones that stayed, they couldn't leave. >> You understand?

Because they couldn't leave anyway. That's why they didn't leave because God stay. Amen.

>> Amen. The third one is we need to understand that the battle though it is in the physical realm, >> it is not going to be won in our flesh. This battle will not be won in your flesh.

This battle will be born in your spirit. >> You gonna have to pray. You gonna have to get God by yourself.

>> I say by yourself. >> Spend some PERSONAL TIME WITH GOD. >> BECAUSE THIS BATTLE will not be won in your flesh.

YOUR FLESH WILL ALWAYS BE CONTRADICTORY to what God is doing. >> The Bible SAY IF YOU LOVE THE world and the things of the world, you can't love God because the things of the world is enemy to God. >> It's an enemy TO GOD.

THESE CARS AND ALL THESE HOUSES AND STUFF, GOD WANT YOU TO HAVE THEM. HE WANT YOU to live nice. >> He don't want them to become your God.

>> Don't put them before God. Amen. >> Amen.

>> I got three more things I want you to see. It say, imagine yourself preparing for a battle >> against unseen forces that try to harm you. The verse teaches us to put on the whole armor of God.

>> To equip ourselves with protection and strength. Just like a soldier wears the armor to protect themselves in battle, we must rely on God's armor to stand firm against the spiritual battles we face every single day. >> If you are a child of God, you are facing a spiritual battle every single day.

You might not think you are, but the devil is after you. That's right. >> Don't think he ain't after you cuz you I ain't doing this.

I ain't over there. I ain't I ain't singing on no choir. I ain't in no I ain't on the usher board.

I ain't doing I'm just going to church. And come on. The devil if you call yourself a child of God.

He's trying to destroy you. He wants to kill you. The Bible say the devil come NOTHING BUT TO KILL, STEAL, AND DESTROY.

>> That's all he come for. Amen. >> You should arm yourself with truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, and God's words.

>> These elements acts as our defense to combat the temptations, doubts, and challenges that comes our way. It is a reminder that we can't face the spiritual battle on our own, but we need to rely on God's strength and his guidance to overcome temptation. So next time you feel overwhelmed by a spiritual battle, remember to put on the whole armor of God.

Trust in God's protection. Stand firm in his truth and let his strength empower you to face whatever come your way. >> Now the pieces of God armor.

I want to tell you what the pieces of God armor is and how you must use them. Amen. >> Amen.

>> The pieces of God armor. First, you want to put on the belt of truth. >> What is the belt of truth?

But that's living honestly and holding to God's truth. >> Living honestly, being honest, >> because guess what? When you tell a lie, guess what you got to keep doing?

>> Telling lies. Telling lies. Tell tell the truth.

But you ain't got to tell it but one more time. Every time they tell you, tell the same thing. Tell the truth.

The next thing you got to put on is a breastplate of righteousness. >> Guarding the heart for God's moral goodness, >> not your moral goodness. Because our morals are not God's morals.

>> Our morals are way different than God's morals. Some of the things you think are all right, God say, "Oh, Lord, it ain't all right." It's not all right. But we think it's all right.

Amen. That's why God's thoughts are way above ours. Amen.

Amen. Feet fitted with peace, being ready to share the gospel, the good news. When somebody come to you and say, "Hey, man, what make you a Christian?

I mean, what why are you a Christian? How you become a Christian?" be able to be able to tell them how they can come to Christ. Amen.

Be able to be able to bring somebody to the Lord. Amen. Amen.

The other one is feet met of salvation, protecting the mind with the certainty of being saved. >> If you are saved, if you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, know that you saved. Quit letting the devil tell you you ain't saved.

Quit letting the devil have you going back and forth. I don't care what you doing. If you gave Jesus your life, if you your life.

You said, "Lord, I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I know he bled and died and he was raised on the third day for my sins. I know he's my savior.

He's my Lord." Quit letting people or the devil tell you that you ain't saved. >> I don't care what you did. I don't care what you do.

>> God is a forgiving merc. But God is merciful and good. CUZ WE ALL KNOW NONE OF US SHOULD BE HIM.

>> If you look back over your life at the THINGS YOU DID, NONE of us should be him. THE BIBLE SAY ALL >> HAVE seen and fell in short of the glory OF GOD. THAT MEAN NOBODY IN HERE.

ALL OF US need God. >> Amen. The sword of the spirit.

>> Using God's word as a tool for defense and truth. >> Using God's word as a tool. For defense and truth.

When somebody come at you with stuff, use the word. >> When the devil came at Jesus, what Jesus said? It is written.

>> It is written. >> He didn't he didn't say what he say. It is written.

>> It's written. >> Go to the word. Read the word so you know what to say when people come.

Amen. >> Least but not last but not least, this the most important one. Pray.

>> Keep a life of prayer. >> Spend time praying and talking to God and he will >> direct your path. >> Spend time talking to God and he will direct your path.

Amen. Finally, >> you can go back and read this when you go home. Finally, my brother, >> put on the whole >> armor >> of God.

>> May we say [applause] >> Praise God. The doors of the church are open now. Anybody want to give Christ their life this morning?

He's been mighty good to all of us. Bought us from a mighty long way. >> Been a rough week for some of us.

I know it's been a tough week, >> but God br you to the house. >> Now you in the house of the Lord. >> This is your safe place.

This should be the hospital for us to come in when we sick. >> Come in to get recharged up to make another week. Amen.

[singing] >> Amen. Would that be one? Don't want to be standing outside.

>> No, we don't want to be standing outside morning. [singing] [screaming] You don't have to join board here. We just want you to get saved.

Want you to give your life to the Lord. That's all. And you stand outside.

>> I want to be standing outside. [singing] >> Yeah. you stand outside.

Amen. His wonders [singing] on the sea and he rise [music] upon the cross in that judge morning when the king I shall rise standing outside. >> Amen.

Praise God. Don't want to be standing outside. Amen.

Amen. Let us pray. Father, we thank you and praise you for what you allowed to be done.

Lord, we ask in the name of Jesus that as we leave this place, never believe in your presence, Father, continue to bless each and every one of you for a double portion of your blessings. Continue to keep a protection, hedge of protection around everybody here, Lord, Lord, we thank you and praise you for all you've done, doing, and going to do. Give us travel and grace back to where we're going, Lord God, to continue to watch over us.

In Jesus name, we thank you and praise you. And the saints of God saying, >> Amen. Amen.