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Lord, I'm still holding on to God's unchanging hand. I'm still holding on to God's unchanging hand. Lord, I'm [music and singing] still holding on to God's unchanging hand.

I'm still holding on to God's [music] unchanging hand. Help me say Lord, I'm still holding on Lord, I'm still holding on to God's unchanging hand. I'm still holding on to God's unchanging hand.

>> [music] >> Lord, I'm still Lord, I'm still >> [music] >> holding on >> [singing] [music] >> I came to Jesus just as I was, weary, wounded, and sad. Found in him a resting place, and he has made me glad. THAT'S WHY I'M HOLDING ON.

>> [screaming] >> LORD, I'M STILL HOLDING ON. LORD, I'M STILL HOLDING ON. LORD, I'm still holding on.

Sometimes I'm up then again I'm down. Almost level to the ground. You can talk about me as much as you please.

The more you talk, I'm going down on my knees because I'm Lord, I'm still >> [music] >> holding on. >> [music] >> Lord, I'm still holding on. ANYBODY HERE STILL HOLDING ON?

>> [screaming] [singing] >> OH, I'M HOLDING OH, YEAH. YES, I am. Oh.

Anybody here holding? Holding on. Every day of my life.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yes, I am. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. He's been good to me. Oh, yes, he has.

Oh, every day of my life. [music] HE'S MY ROCK IN A WEARY LAND. HE'S MY SHELTER IN A TIME OF A STORM.

HE'S been with me every day OF MY LIFE. ANYBODY HERE HOLDING ON? ANYBODY HERE HOLDING ON?

I'M STILL HOLDING I'M HOLDING >> [crying] >> LORD, I'M STILL >> [music] >> LORD, I'M STILL LORD, [screaming and crying] I'm still Anybody here still >> [music] >> Yes. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord.

Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. Hallelujah.

Thank you, Lord. Hallelujah. >> [music] >> That's all right.

All right. It's prayer time. It's prayer time.

It's this time. You may come to the altar for prayer. And at that And at this time, we will have Deacon Todd Price at this time.

Amen. Let us pray. Our Father God, I thank you for all of this day.

Thank you for life, health, and strength, Father. Father, we still hold and own to your hand, Father. Father, if you wouldn't leave us, where would we go?

Father, I thank you for this day. Thank you for bringing us here together, Father, just to praise your holy and righteous name. Father, right now we give your name all the honor and all the glory cuz you worthy of all the honor and all the glory.

Thank you for all you've done for us. Thank you for all you're doing right now, Father. And thank you for all you going to do in the future, Father.

Father, right now I pray for our pastor. I pray for his wife. I pray for their ministry here at Board Hill.

And Father, I pray for the Board Hill church family as a whole. Bless us that we be the church that you come back looking for, Father. Father, I pray for the churches not only in Board Hill, but throughout this land and country, Father, that they continue to lift up your name and they would others that would see them and see you and us, Father.

And then, Father, I pray for those that are in bereavement. I pray for those that are going through an illness whatever the illness may be. I pray for those that are in in stress, Father, don't know which way to turn, Father.

Father, we know that we encourage your people to turn to you. You are hope, our joy, our peace, our love, our understanding, all that we need, all that we desire, we can find it in you and you alone, Father. Father, pray that you continue to continue to bless us, Father.

Bless us with the blessing you see us standing in need of, Father. Without you, Father, we can do nothing, Father. With you, Father, we know that all things are possible, Father.

Father, I pray for this world as a whole, Father. Continue to bless us, Father, that that we come back to you, Father. We on we be on the wrong path, Father, put us back on the right path, Father, that leads to you, Father.

To you only, Father. We know that that with you, Father, we can do all things, Father. We see how the world is going right now, Father.

We see that that that things are not going in in the way that that you would like them to go, Father. But Father, we know you can turn anything around in an instant, Father. So, we thank you for that, Father.

Father, I pray for those that are gathered around in the altar, Father. Father, I pray for every desire that they come looking for today that you grant it, Father. Father, grant it with all the blessing, Father.

Father, continue just just to to keep us, Father. Continue to bless us that we will continue to just hold on to your unchanging hands. We know Father we can do that.

Everything will be all right Father. Father we love you, we adore you, lift you up, we build you up, we place you on high, put you on a pedestal. We give your name all the honor and all the praises.

We ask it in your son Jesus name. Amen. Amen.

Amen. Thank you God. Thank you.

Amen. Amen. Amen.

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A lily in the valley. Amen. Let me pray.

Father, we thank and praise you, Lord God, for another day. You gave me Father God this time, Lord God, to bring your word, Lord, ask in the name of Jesus. Lord, you will hide me behind the cross, Lord God, that your word may come forth with understanding and clarity, Lord God, that those here, God, may be Lord God thereby, Lord.

And we thank and praise you in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.

First giving honor to God, who is the head of all our lives he would be. Giving honor to our pastor, to my co-laborers in the gospel, and to you, the waiting congregation. Didn't want to take up too much time with the praying and all of that because we don't have a lot of time.

They got a hymn choir anniversary others, so I don't want to take up too much time. But there is a message from God. Amen.

Amen. There is a message from the Lord. I'm going to be coming to you if you need a if you need a title for the sermon, no one is neutral.

No one is neutral. I'm going to be coming to you from Revelation. Y'all don't like what They don't like to see Nobody like to go in Revelation.

God said, "Go in Revelation." I said, "Lord, I don't want to." He said, "Yes, you got to." You got to send this message. I I I read Revelation, but I've never preached in Revelation. God said, "You're going to preach in Revelation today." Amen.

Amen. We're going to start in chapter 12, Revelation 12. And if you go and you read chapter 12, you'll find out that this is not something that that didn't happen.

It's something that did happen. Amen. Amen.

Let me Let me stand right now and and let's let's let's invite Christ in. Amen. Father, we thank you and pray that you gave us this time, Father God, to study your word, Lord God, to hear your word, God, and to minister your word, God.

Father, it's in the name of your son, Jesus, Lord God, that we may be blessed when we leave this place. That we may know that we heard from Christ, Lord. It's in Jesus' name that we pray.

Amen. You may be seated in the presence of God. Amen.

Amen. Revelation 12. If you read of Revelation 12, it's a sign and appearance in heaven.

It says of a cosmic battle representing the spiritual conflict between God and Satan. Focusing on the protection of God's people. It features the woman, Israel, or the church, who brings forth a male child, who is Jesus, the Christ.

While the dragon sitting there failed to destroy the woman and the child, he then instead wages war on earth. Persecuting believers because he knows his time is short. right, now.

That's why when you leave here today, there will be no neutral. All right, now. You cannot drive your car in neutral.

All right. There will be no neutral. All right.

There's football teams that play, and some of us we don't we don't have no we don't don't have no team. It's who you going who you going with? I ain't going with nobody.

I'm neutral. I ain't got no dog in this fight. Well, you got a dog in this fight.

All right. You are the one in this fight. Amen.

Amen. Amen. He said the The Bible say the woman represent Israel and the new covenant people of the church.

The male child clearly represent Jesus the Christ who will rule rule nations, and the dragon is Satan the devil who seeks to destroy Jesus and God's people. Therefore, there is no neutral. All right.

Revelation remind us that in this cosmic battle in this cosmic battle going on now and continuing into the future, no one no one can be neutral. Even though it happened in heaven, it affects us here on earth. Every human being is either part of the dominion of darkness or part of the kingdom of God.

There is no neutral. Chapter 7 say and war Revelation 12:7 say and war broke out in heaven. We got war breaking out now.

He ran. You shouldn't worry about that war. This is the war you should be worried about, the war that broke out in heaven.

He say Michael and his angels FOUGHT AND THE DRAGON AND HIS angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. THE BIBLE SAY A BATTLE BREAKS out in heaven. Michael represent God's forces, and the devil Satan is defeated and loses his access to heaven.

He was not strong enough to defeat Michael, so he was kicked out of heaven, him and a third of the angels. That followed after him. The Bible says he deceived the whole world.

Amen. Amen. And verse 8 it say but they did not prevail nor was there a place found for them in heaven.

So the dragon was cast out, that old serpent who deceived the whole world and Satan that old serpent who of old called the devil and Satan who deceived the whole world and Satan who deceived the whole world. He was cast to the earth and his angels cast out with him. Verse 10 say then I heard a loud voice a loud voice saying in heaven.

Now salvation and strength and the kingdom and the power of our God have come for the accuser of our brethren the accuser of OUR BRETHREN WHO ACCUSED them before our God both day and night. He's accusing you before God day and night. You can't take a break, he don't take a break.

Every time you go to God for a prayer God give him limited access to the kingdom. He's there. You can't ANSWER THAT PRAYER.

LOOK WHAT THEY DID. YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT PRAYER. LOOK WHAT SHE DID.

YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT PRAYER. THEY'RE NOT IN RIGHT STANDING WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN'T ANSWER THAT PRAYER.

THAT'S WHEN JESUS STAND UP AND SAY MY blood You can't answer that prayer. YOU CAN ANSWER THAT PRAYER BECAUSE MY BLOOD COVERED HIM. The Bible say he's accuser of the brethren who accused them before God day and night.

He has been cast down. The Bible say he The Bible say you must continue on God's word. There is no neutral.

In verse 11, he's saying they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony and they did not lay up love their lives to the death. We overcome by the blood of the lamb. What is the blood of the lamb?

When you ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHEN YOU RECEIVE CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR, the blood covers you. The blood covers YOU. WHEN THE DEVIL COME LOOKING AT YOU, WHEN THEM DEMONS COME LOOKING AT YOU, THEY SEE Jesus instead OF YOU BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST THAT'S COVERING YOU.

YOU GOT TO BE COVERED, DON'T YOU? YOU GOT TO BE COVERED. You got to be in Christ.

There is no neutral. Verse 12 say, "Therefore, rejoice, oh heavens, and you who dwell in them." Look what he say. He say, "But woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea, FOR THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN TO YOU AND having great wrath because he knows his time is short." The devil IS ESCALATING STUFF IN YOUR LIFE, IN MY LIFE, IN THIS WORLD BECAUSE HE KNOWS.

HE KNOWS. HE DON'T HAVE BUT A LITTLE WHILE. SO, HE'S TRYING TO HURRY UP.

HE'S TRYING TO BRING AS MANY TO HIS TO HIS HELL AS HE CAN BECAUSE IN THE END THAT'S WHERE HE'S GOING to be. That's why he's trying TO GET AS MANY AS HE CAN. WHY DO HE WANT ME?

WHY DO HE WANT YOU SO BAD? BECAUSE CHRIST because God loves you so much. HE HATES ANYTHING THAT LOVES GOD THAT GOD LOVES.

ANYTHING THAT GOD LOVES, HE HATES. THAT'S WHY HE HATES YOU SO MUCH. CHRIST DIED FOR YOU.

THAT'S WHY HE HATES YOU. HE DON'T CARE THAT YOU GET SAVED. He just don't want you to do nothing.

YOU CAN GET SAVED, COME TO CHURCH AND SIT IN THEM PEWS EVERY SUNDAY. He don't care. DON'T MINISTER TO NOBODY.

DON'T TRY TO BRING NOBODY ELSE. I CAN I CAN LET GOD GET ONE, BUT I DON'T WANT HIM to get too many. SO, YOU GOT TO CONTINUE TO minister to your brothers and sisters.

To minister To minister to your friends. You say you have friends, you go out drinking with them and doing all kind of other stuff with them. Get them in the church.

Don't you want to Don't you want them in heaven with you? Don't you want them to party with you in heaven? You party with you on earth.

Don't you want them to be there in heaven? Amen. The war is already won in heaven.

We as believers must not walk in must now walk in victory, relying on the sacrifice of Jesus rather than our own strength. It calls for courage in the face of spiritual persecution. Not physical.

We don't war against flesh and blood, but we war against principalities and spirits in the heavenly places. So, you must understand, THERE ARE THREE REALMS of heaven. There's a heaven that God sits in.

There's a heaven right here where the where THE STARS AND ALL THAT, and there's a heaven down here. The heavenly places. That's where the fight going on.

When you go to When you go to praying, the the demons go to run. They go to the devil go to run to God, you can't answer their prayer. You have assigned demons to you.

Whether you saved or not, EACH ONE OF US HAVE A DEMON ASSIGNED to you. You also have an angel, but you have a demon assigned to you to take you out. HE'S TRYING TO THAT DEMON IS TRYING TO MAKE YOUR LIFE DIFFICULT.

THE BIBLE SAY THAT A THIRD OF THE OF THE DEVILS came down here. One is too many. ONE IS TOO MANY.

ONE ONE IS TOO MANY. HE SAY A THIRD OF THEM FELL, BUT ONE IS TOO MANY, Y'ALL. ONE DEMON CAN WRECK THIS WHOLE CHURCH RIGHT HERE.

ONE DEMON GET IN SOMEBODY AND WRECK THE WHOLE THING. ONE IS TOO MANY. We as Christians know the devil is defeated.

But we still have to continue to fight. Every day, every night, to win our battles because there is no neutral. There is no neutral.

Amen. May be seated. You must choose a side today.

There is no neutral. Praise God. Praise God.

There is no neutral. If you ain't on If you ain't on God's side, you automatically put yourself on the devil's side. If you didn't receive Christ as your Lord and Savior, you have automatically assessed yourself to the kingdom of darkness.

And in hell, you will lift up your eyes. Like Pastor said, we You don't know when your day going to come. It could be before we leave this church.

We could leave We could go before we leave this church. So, right now, the doors of the church are open. Anybody want to come down to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior?

As their Lord and Savior, so the blood can cover you. So, you can be covered by the blood. So, your prayers can get through.

Because you don't know Christ and you go up there talking about, "Oh God, I need Oh God, I need." The devil going to be there, "You can't answer that prayer. They don't even know you. He haven't even received your son.

She haven't even received your son. You can't answer that prayer." And your prayers will not be answered because God is not a liar. You cannot go over his word.

He said, "YOU MUST BE YOU GOT TO BE BORN AGAIN." There's no other way. We all had to come that way. We all had to come this way.

We don't want you to join board here. You don't have to join board here. We just want you to get saved.

Amen. Yeah. Amen.

Amen. I just want to say to everybody that Think about it. There is no neutral in your life.

This is a very important message God told me to give to you. Please, please pick a side. Today.

Pick a side today. Today, your your soul is hanging in the balance. If you don't pick a side today, you can end up in hell.

This is serious business. This is nothing to play with. Amen.

Let me stand and be closed out. Father, we thank and praise for what you've done here today, Lord. Ask in the name of your son, Jesus, you give everybody in here double portion of your blessings, God.

Continue to bless our pastor, Lord, and his wife. Continue to bless our church as a whole, God. Father, we thank and praise you, Father God.

As we leave this place, never leaving your presence, God. Continue to bless each and every one of us, Lord. In Jesus' name we pray.

And the saints of God say amen. Amen. >> [music] >> Let me say to the hymn choir, you're out early, so there's no reason for you to start late.

2:00, you need to be done started.

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