Pastor Loran Livingston 🔥The Lord is Speaking Don't Ignore This Urgent Message

[applause] Jesus >> over every heart, >> every mind. >> Jesus in my family, >> over my family. >> Jesus in the streets.

Jesus in the classrooms. Jesus. >> Everybody together that name >> Jesus.

>> There's no other name given to the human race except the name of Jesus. >> But there's healing and power and deliverance and preservation in the name of Jesus. I want everybody sitting in this house today and watching me online to be saved.

That would be my prayer that everybody would know Jesus Christ in a personal soul saving way >> before they leave this place today. >> I ask Jesus to do that. Nothing's impossible with God.

nothing. We don't know how the Holy Spirit's been working on some people, but God is drawing to himself people for his name's sake. So I ask you now, Lord, as I go through your word, as I bring your word to light and life, I pray that you will let that word settle deeply and may it be richly understood.

And may we walk out of this place today with full hearts glorifying the name of Jesus. And everybody said, "Amen." >> You can be seated. Thank you.

Good to see everybody. I'm going to the 13th chapter of Matthew. And you all know that that's the chapter that contains the parables that Jesus spoke.

I love those parables. I just can't get enough of those parables. I'm going to mention two of them today while I talk about the great exchange.

Think about those words, the great exchange. So, here's how Jesus said it beginning with verse 44 again. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which a man found and hid.

I don't know why he was in the field. I don't know why he was digging, but he found some treasure hidden. He dug it up, looked at it, put it back in the ground, and hid it again.

He covered it up. And look at the words. And for joy over it, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

He said, "I found something worth getting rid of everything else over. All that I've accumulated, all that I own, all that I have does not even begin to measure up to what I found. And in order to get that, I'm going to sell that.

That's all I want. Verse 45 again. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls plural.

who when he had found one pearl of great price went and sold all that he had and bought it. He found what he had always been looking for. Really couldn't believe no one else had found it.

And it was so valuable. He said, "I'm going to sell everything else to get this." You notice how Jesus stressed that? He buys all or sells all that he has to buy that field and then he sold all that he had and bought that pearl.

We're not really talking about a purchase. We're talking about an exchange. Wasn't it Jesus that said, "What would a man give in exchange for his soul?" So here's what it boils down to.

God in this world today through preaching and through the church is saying to poppers and the distressed and the lost and the blind and the chained up and the hopeless. Let's make a deal. This is Almighty God saying to temporary mortal feeble man, I want to make an exchange with you.

I will take your sack of trash and give you a pot of gold. I will take your chains and give you a robe of righteousness. This is God saying to a leper, dying leper, diseased leper, "Let me take your leprosy and I'll give you my divine life." What an exchange.

That's what preaching is. That's what's going on right now. God through a man is saying to somebody somewhere, "Why don't you give me all that stuff that has you bound up, that has you miserable?" You know, the thing about the demands of Jesus Christ, the world thinks he's asking too much.

Well, lots of people think, "What do you mean lay down your life? What do you mean give up everything?" How how could he ask this man to sell everything he had to get one thing? Because God is asking you to give up stuff that's going to make you miserable anyway.

He's saying, "Let me exchange eternal life in my presence for your temporary life of darkness and despair." Nobody's really giving up anything for Jesus. You don't choose between a singing career in the world and salvation. No, you're choosing between dung and beauty.

Should I have said that? It's in the Bible. God is offering to take everything that makes you empty that at first makes you think you're happy but then in the process you realize you don't have anything more than you had to start with and you wasted money and time and energy trying to get something that cannot make you happy and God says I got something that'll make you happy the rest of your life and give you joy unspeakable that's full of glory And so every time I have to remember this, every time a minister stands up and preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ, I have to realize people make a decision.

They are deciding whether they should hang on to a sack of dung or receive heavenly and eternal riches. And that's what it boils down to. And here's what a lot of people are saying or asking.

Well, can't I have both? In fact, that's the heresy of the word of faith movement and the prosperity gospel. It's unsaved people preaching that God wants you to have the best of both worlds.

that you can have all of God and all of the world's goods and you can have Jesus and you can have things with the same degree of commitment and love and enjoy both of them. That That's a lie, my friend. That's a total lie.

Why would you want both? Why would you want a bag of I don't know any other way to say this refu trash? Why would you say, "Well, let me hang on to this.

You can have my leprosy. You can have my chains. You can have my confusion.

You can have my emptiness. But let me hang on to this bag of trash. This just this one.

And the Lord says, "Why? I'm offering you what the world cannot give you. I'm offering you something the world cannot take away from you." And I will tell you brothers and sisters, nobody in the Bible ever considered anything of this world to be of any value.

All of the patriarchs, all of the leaders, the disciples, the apostles, none of them regretted giving up anything from this world. Once they found the true life, the fountain, the reality of glory, the son of God, the power of forgiveness, they never even thought, well, I still want some of this world's goods. And that's why Jesus gave this parable.

And he said, now if you want what I have, you have to give up everything else. I will not share my gifts with your trash. It's going to cost you everything.

You're going to have to change your mind about everything. You cannot live between two worlds. You got to take all of me or you can have none of me.

Is this is this making any sense to anybody? >> Okay. Well, then let me go on.

I can tell you that Paul said, and you know it well, I have suffered the loss of all things things. And I now do count them but dung. I'm not going to define that.

You know what it is. But Paul wasn't playing and he wasn't mincing words. This is as clear as it gets.

everything I gained in my life and he gained a lot and all of the recognition I've received and he was well known and all of the authority I've gotten and he had it. I count it now as nothing but dung that I may win Christ. I really hope I'm preaching to somebody here today who is struggling kind of wanting both and you you like the accolades of the world but you surely want the fullness of the spirit and I just stood here and told you you can't have both.

When you find this pearl of great price you won't think about any other kinds of pearls or fine things. You'll think this is what I want. I'm willing to sell everything.

I'm willing to give UP EVERYTHING THAT I MAY HAVE this pearl of great price. I want this treasure in a field. Everything else in this world is meaningless and worthless.

It's just coins that will rot and thieves can steal them and they rust. But the RICHES OF JESUS CHRIST are for eternity. And you will never regret making the decision to lay down your life so [snorts] you can live his life as long as you're on this earth.

I just want to tell you something. I don't know where I read it, but and and when I read it, I thought that's that's pretty good. But you know, you can read things sometimes and it just eats at you.

And here's what I read from a preacher. He said money is the lowest form of blessing anyway. It's the lowest form of blessing.

It is a blessing. God takes care of us. He knows we live in a society that has to buy and sell.

We've got to pay bills. We have to buy groceries. God knows that.

So the Lord is quite aware of your situation and the Lord knows what you have need of before you ask. But money and and material things are the lowest forms of blessing. Paul talked about riches in glory.

HE TALKED ABOUT every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. God's idea of wealth and riches is totally opposite of the idea of the world. The world makes it its god.

It's not a tool. It controls them. They are slaves to it.

Can't get away from the desire for it. Everything in their life is about money and power and recognition and glory. And Paul is saying all of that's going to pass away one day.

But there are riches in heaven. >> There is glory in heaven. Glory to God.

>> There are blessings, untold, innumerable, INFINITE BLESSINGS FROM THE HAND OF God that he is able to disperse to those who TRUST IN HIM AND CALL ON HIS NAME by faith. HALLELUJAH to God. You know, I love the book of the revelation of Jesus Christ.

I study this thing almost every day. I study some part of of Revelation. And when you get to the churches, some of those things just kind of make me sit back and take a deep breath.

I want you in in the second chapter of Revelation here. Here's what I found out. In scripture, sometimes there's a little phrase and it has parenthesis around it.

Like if you're in uh Hebrews chapter 11 and it's talking about all those people of faith who lived in caves and dens and were persecuted and were killed and there's a parenthesis that says of whom the world was not worthy. Close parenthesis. Oh my.

Some people pass over that and I go, "Holy Spirit of God, you put that in just the place to remind all of us that we are strangers and pilgrims and even though we are suffering and do without at times, the world is not even worthy for our feet to be on its dirt." >> Why? BECAUSE WE ARE FROM heaven and going to heaven. born again of heaven's power and grace and spirit.

So, here's another one of those little parenthetical things in Revelation chapter 2, beginning with verse 8. To the angel of the church in Smyrna, write these things, says the first and the last who was dead and came to life. Now listen, are you listening?

I know your works, tribulation and poverty. Parenthesis, but you are rich. I guess I'm the only one getting.

DOES THAT NOT touch anybody? God says, "I see the need in your life. I see what you're going through.

to the world. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE BROKE AND DOING WITHOUT THAT I'VE ABANDONED YOU. I SEE ALL YOUR TRIBULATION.

I SEE ALL YOUR TEARS. I SEE ALL YOUR POVERTY. BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT ELSE I SEE.

YOU ARE RICH BECAUSE YOU ARE RICH IN CHRIST JESUS AND RICH IN THE TRUTH OF ALMIGHTY GOD. NO, YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. I WANT ALL THE RICH PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE TO PRAISE GOD THIS MORNING.

HALLELUJAH TO GOD. RICH, RICH. >> Thank you, [applause] Jesus.

>> I PASTOR A CHURCH FULL OF RICH PEOPLE. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DROVE UP ON THE PROPERTY IN, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A THING TO DO WITH WHAT I'M PREACHING RIGHT NOW. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG YOUR DWELLING IS, BUT IT'S IRRELEVANT TO THE MESSAGE RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU KNOW CHRIST, EVEN IF YOU'RE IN POVERTY, EVEN IF YOUR HEART IS BROKEN, EVEN IF THE WORLD SEES YOU AS A LOSER, YOU [screaming] ARE RICH. [applause] [cheering] PRAISE GOD 10,000 TIMES. [applause] So when I tell you or when I repeat what I read that money is the lowest form of blessing, why?

Well, because first of all, God said, "I'll take care of that anyway." the things we do concerning money. We work for it. We count it.

I guarantee you most of you know what's in your bank account right now. We invest it so we can get more. We make plans for the money, how much we'll have in 20 years, how we can increase it now and to what it should be applied.

We pay advisors. We want to make so very sure because we're not certain ourselves that we know really the best thing to do with it. So, we pay professionals TO TELL US WHAT to do with the lowest form of blessing.

This is good preaching this morning. I didn't realize it was going to be this good. I'm having a time right now.

And that's why when I say something good like that, I want to repeat it. The lost form of blessing, money, mammon. Jesus said you can't serve God and Mammon.

So if I'm serving God, I can't serve mammon. If I I I can't have both, as the prosperity people would tell you, because Jesus says it's me or nothing. It's all of me or none of me.

And when you get all of me, you're rich. But if you're still wrangling with this thing we do with money, let me say it again. We work for it.

We There are people that have to I am sorry to say I know people who have to work three jobs. Single moms have to work multiple jobs to pay the bills. Single dads, people in general, there's not enough income.

It's not that they're just greedy people. It's that they have to have it to make it. [clears throat] Charlotte is an expensive city and the cost of living is going up all the time.

You have to do this. You got to budget. You got to count.

You have to invest for more the best you know how. Jesus taught that. Give it to give it to those who can increase it.

He said to that lazy servant who took one talent and did nothing with it. He said you could have at least put it in the bank, but he did nothing. And all of that is for the lowest form of blessing because God said, Jesus said, and I don't want you to think I haven't had time to study this week, so I'm bringing up old stuff because I used this scripture last week.

I want to especially give this to the youth that are here and sitting out here and watching me. Young people, Jesus Christ, the son of God said, "If Did you hear that?" Oh, I thought maybe it was my time. [laughter] One of these days I'm going to make an officer laugh.

I know it won't be Wayne the other one. It's >> All right. Jesus said, "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these other lower forms of blessings will be added unto you." Amen.

>> Let me stop right there and maybe answer a question. Well, what are higher forms of blessings, pastor? How about peace?

>> When the world's all of pieces and you're going Jesus is in charge. [applause] What about what about joy >> in the midst of the storm >> AND THE BROKENNESS? >> YOU JUST STAND UP AND SAY, "I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES.

HIS PRAISE SHALL continually be in my mouth." [applause] How about patience? You just don't get bent out of shape because you know it's all going to work out >> at the right time at the right place and with the right people. H patience.

How about confidence, faith, assurance? Ah, I could go on. The list is a long one.

These are glorious riches provided by Jesus Christ. But if you seek the kingdom of God first, first seek, I said it last week, hunger and thirst for righteousness. Seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

Everything else will be added to you. all the other lower forms of this earthly uh living life that that will be given to you. So I want to say to you young people who may be coming to graduation soon.

You don't know what to do with your life, what the next step is, where to go to college. And some of you were thinking about marriage and what to do. I I was there one time.

I remember crying about it, scared of it. But I want to tell you something. Look at me.

Every young person in here, if you do what Jesus said, if you seek, seek him first. The longest day you live, you won't have to worry about a thing. Did Jesus say all of that, preacher?

He sure did. >> If you seek him first, he will guide your steps. He will take you where he wants you to be.

>> If you seek him first, he will supply your needs. You will find out that really all you need is Jesus >> if you seek him first. The Lord God will let you wake up one day and look back and say, "I never chose that path.

I had other ideas, but look where the Lord has brought me." Is it true? Old people, is it true? >> I I don't mean old people.

HOW ABOUT EXPERIENCED PEOPLE? It's true. If you MAKE IT YOUR business to know Jesus, OBEY JESUS, FOLLOW JESUS, >> you don't have to get up every day and say, "I don't know what I'm going to do with my life." Because he is your life.

[applause] He'll take care of you. I mean it. How am I going to pay for college?

Well, you're not there yet. Yeah, but we have to plan. No, you have to seek.

>> Don't you dare plan a thing without seeking. I'm telling you, this is just good preaching. >> I am blessing myself.

I'm not bragging. DON'T YOU MAKE A PLAN WITHOUT seeking God, his righteousness. Because when you wake up every morning and heaven looks down and even with sleep in your eyes and you know you've got to get ready for school or work or anything else and God sees you with this book open [snorts] praying and asking for direction, 10,000 angels will be dispatched to make sure that you are taken care of today.

They have been sent to minister to THE SAINTS. OH, I HOPE I'M GETTING through to some young people. You're you're investigating way too much about this place and that thing and this job because unless you seek the kingdom first, you'll kind of be on your own.

If you're going to make your own plans, God will say, "All right." But if you say, "I have no plans, Almighty God. >> I want your plan. I want your will." >> Brother, you're in for a happy day >> and a joyfilled life.

And oh, now am I saying that it won't This is the toughest life you can live, by the way. You feel like you can't make it sometime. And the whole time you feel that way, you're in God's hand.

>> In his hand. So just let me tell you a decision has to be made. I have to make one every day.

Every morning when I open my eyes, well I open them several times during the night. But dur when I open them the last time, I make a decision right then and there. Can I make it without prayer today?

No. Can I make it without scripture in my mind and mouth and heart today? No.

Can I live a day on my own? No. And I make that decision.

Start it with the word. Start it on your knees. Or I heard someone refer to their prayer chair.

Yeah. Some people just get in their chair and read and pray. When God sees you doing that, I guarantee you from the word of God, he has something laid up, stored up, planned for you.

Because the steps of a good man, a good woman, a good teenager are ordered by the Lord. >> And he delights in his way. And though he stumbles, we all do, HE WILL NOT UTTERLY FALL BECAUSE God is upholding them by the word of his power.

>> Hallelujah. >> I have to tell you, there was a young man that was confronted by Jesus about this very thing. In Luke chapter 18, a certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good?

No one is good but one that is God." Now, he wasn't saying that he wasn't God. He was saying, "Young man, you're calling me God because God is good." So Jesus goes on to say, "Well, you know the commandments. Do not commit adultery.

Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness.

Honor your father and your mother." And he said, "I've done that. Yeah, I've kept all these from my youth." So when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing." Sell all that you have. Now, we've read that twice.

Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor. He didn't say, "Give it to me." Jesus doesn't need it. There are people out there that need it.

Sell what you have. give it to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come and follow me. But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful for he was very rich.

So he didn't find the pearl of great price. He found a good teacher and he didn't find a treasure hidden in a field. He found a a philosopher, a a nice Jewish um role model, but he didn't find the treasure.

And because he didn't, he said, "Well, I I can't I can't give up all of this." See, he chose a bag of dung. He chose a yard full of trash. He chose a miserable, empty, disappointing life over eternal life and eternal treasures.

Wow. I want to read something to you that has uh it has captured my attention for a long time. I'm in [clears throat] the first book of Kings.

This begins with verse 19. [snorts] Are you with me? You know, maybe you ought to start bringing a Bible to church.

I'm very serious. I know some people use their phones. It's just not the same to me.

Maybe we ought to start bringing Bibles to church. What would be wrong with that? I put scriptures on the screen so we can be sure.

But really, you ought to have your Bible thumbing on the pages there. Carry your Bible to church. I bring mine.

So in the Bible with pages and ink in first Kings 19 beginning with verse 19. Let me lay the groundwork. God has told the prophet Elijah, I want you to go and anoint someone to take your place.

and his name is Elisha. So he departed from there and found Elisha son of Shapot who was plowing with 12 yolk of oxen before him and he was with the 12. That means there were 11 yolk a front in front of him.

He was in the back with his yoke of oxen. Look church. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.

So, he's plowing with the this yolk of oxen, and the great prophet of God, Elijah, full of power, has a mantle around his shoulder, and he walks by Elisha and throws it on him. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah. It sounds to me like it was he was kind of stunned.

Elisha put it on him and kept Elijah put it on him and kept going. Elisha said, "What is this?" And who is? That's Elijah.

That's the great prophet. So then the Bible says he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again. For what have I done to you?" That really means, "Go ahead, take care of your business, but don't forget what just happened.

Don't forget what I just put on you." When you go back, when you get to the house, when you get out of this particular environment, when you get back to the normal, don't forget what just happened to you. So Elisha turned back from him and took a yoke of oxen. You know what that means?

He left Elijah, went back to the field, took a yoke of oxen, and slaughtered them. It amazes me HOW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT PEOPLE JUST KILL ANIMALS, slice them up, divide them up in no time. I want to read that again.

Elisha turned back from him and took a yolk of oxin and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh. How did he have time to do all of that? And he used the OXEN'S EQUIPMENT.

HOW DID HE MAKE A fire to boil the meat? HE TOOK THE PLOW. HE TOOK ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT HE WAS PLOWING with made of wood and he tore it up and built a fire.

And then he cooked the meat and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and became his servant. What's the point?

Now let me tell you what I think could have happened as well. You know in those days they had a school of the prophets. You've read about it.

>> This was a school where different ones Elijah and different men of God would train young men how to lead people in worship and prophesy and listen to the Lord. It was a big school. In fact, God said to Elijah when Elijah was complaining that he was the only one left, God said, "What?

What? What are you talking about? I've got 7,000 who have not bowed to Baal nor kissed him.

You are not the only one. There are plenty of them. And those prophets would kind of follow Elijah around, some at a distance, to see what he would do, if he would perform a miracle.

They just didn't know. They knew he had great great power. So, they would follow him around.

And I am sure that when Elijah got to where Elisha was plowing and they stopped, they didn't hear what they were saying. Some of them were probably gazing, peering, saying, "I wonder what's going on now." Elijah just put his mantel on that guy who's plowing. What in the world?

One of them said, "I'll tell you what he's doing. He's telling him to follow him. He's telling him, if you love God, COME GO WITH ME." OH, LOOK, LOOK.

He's not. He's turned around. He's going back.

We thought so because not everyone's called, you see. Look at him. He had the chance of a lifetime.

He had a mantle on his shoulders. And now he's just turning around and going back to his old life. Yeah, that's the way it is.

What they didn't realize was that Elisha said, "I mean business, and to make sure I don't go back, I'm going to liquidate all my assets. I'm going to kill my oxen. I won't have anything to plow with.

I'm going to tear up the plows. I won't have any equipment. I got nothing to go back to.

>> He wasn't forsaking Elijah. HE WAS GOING BACK TO SET HIS HOUSE IN ORDER. HE HAD HEARD ABOUT A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE.

HE HAD FOUND A TREASURE HIDDEN IN A FIELD. AND HE SAID, "THIS IS WORTH GIVING UP EVERYTHING FOR." AND HE KILLED IT. AND HE BURNED IT.

AND THEN HE FOLLOWED ELIJAH AND SAID, "YOU'RE ALL [screaming] I GOT. I WANT A DOUBLE PORTION OF THE SPIRIT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE. I'VE [screaming] GOT NOTHING ELSE." [applause] Stand with me, please.

[snorts] I'm preaching very possibly to people who can't make their minds up. They can't figure out which world they want to be in. They're trying to juggle both worlds.

Elisha said, "You can't do it." Now, let me remind you, God didn't tell every one of us to sell everything we have and go give it to the poor. God has blessed us greatly. In fact, Paul wrote to Timothy and said in the sixth chapter of First Timothy, "Remind those who are rich not to trust in your riches, but in God, listen, who gives us everything richly to enjoy." God wants you to enjoy the lowest blessings and the highest blessings.

God doesn't want you to be miserable or controlled by it. God wants you to live a full fruitful joyfilled life. But if you don't get your oxen off your mind and the plows, let me just read it to you from Hebrews.

This is where the music starts here. And that's how we do it. Got to have some atmosphere.

There you go. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having received them. I'm sorry.

Having seen them, they were assured of them, they embraced them. Listen to the next words. and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

They said, "This is not my home. I'm a stranger and a pilgrim." For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a [music] homeland. And truly, here it is, if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.

If Abraham did not leave family and friends, he would have gone back. If they didn't forsake yesterday, they'd go back to yesterday. [music] If God had not put a red sea between Israel AND EGYPT, ISRAEL WOULD HAVE GONE BACK.

You see, AT FIRST WHEN YOU FIND THAT PEARL, YOU THINK, "WOW." BUT THEN LIFE SETS in and you get beat up and you get dragged around and you think about going back. It's a lot more comfortable. You sure surely don't have as many devils to fight.

But you got to realize you left. There's nothing to go back to. You don't have any more oxen.

There are no more plows. You kissed your mama and your daddy goodbye. And you [music] said, "I will not forget what you have done for me.

I will NOT FORGET THAT WHEN I WAS LOST, YOU found me. When I was doomed, you delivered me. >> I will not forget and I'm with you for the rest of my life.

[music] Now they desire a better country that is a heavenly country. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God. Oh, I have to ask the question.

Do you think God has ever been ashamed for you to call him God? I don't want that to ever be in my testimony. I'm ashamed for him to call me God.

He doesn't act like me. He doesn't look like me. He doesn't obey me.

[music] Here's the deal, brothers and sisters. Once you find this great pearl, this hidden [music] treasure, your whole life will will be about seeking more of it, more of Jesus. [music] I want everybody in here to be saved.

We're going to sing a song. We always do that. [music] if you're not saved.

And they're watching right now in Australia and New Zealand and [music] Japan and Canada and Mongolia and the Philippines all over this world. They're watching right now. If you don't know Jesus, he made [music] it so simple.

Whoever calls on his name shall be saved. He can save you from anything, anything you've ever done. The blood of Jesus can wash it away.

Anybody, anywhere. And that goes for you, too. But I also want those of you who find yourself struggling with the lowest form of blessing, I JUST ADVISE YOU, PUT AS MUCH ENERGY into planning your heavenly treasures, working for heavenly treasures as you do these lower earthly [music] blessings.

Can I get an amen this morning? Dave is playing it. In the morning when I rise.

In the morning when I [singing] rise. [music] >> Sing church. >> In the morning when I rise.

[music] Give me Jesus. Give me [music and singing] Jesus. Give me Jesus.

[singing and music] You can have all [music] this. Give me Jesus. [music] >> I want to sing the last verse.

When I come to die. And when I [music] come [singing] to die. And when [music] I come to die.

[singing] And when I come to [music and singing] die, give me Jesus. [music] Give me Jesus. Dear Jesus, [music and singing] you can have all this Jesus.

[music] >> I'll tell you why I want them to sing that verse a lot of times. You You never know when your time is coming. We have a member of this church that used to sit right where you are.

He was just taking care of business this past week, trimming trees. Kind of went up in a bucket to trim a limb and hit a high-powered line and was electrocuted. He never thought that would happen.

Folks, [music] it can happen anytime to anybody. So when I come to die, give me Jesus. >> Before I start anything, give me Jesus.

Now that you're walking out of this building, Jesus is going with you. [music] If you love him, lift your hands and praise him and we will dismiss. I do.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Amen. Love you, church.

See you next time. Unless Jesus comes. [music]