Thank you.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to our services today here at Faithford Baptist Church.
So good to see you all here on this Sunday morning.
If you don't please find your seats now.
Take your song books.
Go to hymn number 259.
We'll begin this morning.
Hymn number 259.
259.
Once you've been placed in,
we have heard the joyful sound.
sing it out.
We have heard the joyful sound.
Jesus saves.
When they've died it's all around.
Jesus saves.
But our guest seems to cross the waves On her head is but a horse of man
Jesus saves, Jesus saves Blocked and awed for golden times
Jesus saves, Jesus saves Tell the sinners far and wide
Jesus saves, Jesus saves In the islands of the sea
Echoed by the ocean waves Earth shall keep her eerily
Jesus saves, Jesus saves Seen above the latter's cry
Jesus saves, Jesus saves Light is red within the sky
Jesus saves, Jesus saves Seeing his talking through the gloom
When the heart for mercy breaks He is lying for the truth
Jesus saves, Jesus saves In the winds of my divorce
Jesus saves, Jesus saves Let the nations now rejoice
Jesus saves, Jesus saves Shouts, I'll raise you fully free
Are you still to keep his gaze? This is our song of glory
Jesus saves, Jesus saves
I pray that you please just have your blessing upon this morning's service
Help it to be edifying to us and also just help us to praise you
And please help us to be attentive to the preaching this morning
And that it may attain to our lives so that we may serve you better
And that everything that's said and done would give you the honor and glory that you deserve
We'll thank you for it in Jesus' name, Amen
Hymn number 146, 146, a shelter in the time of storm
Hymn number 146, sing it out
The lords are wrong, in him we hide
Number 146
The lords are wrong, in him we hide
A shelter in the time of storm
Secure whatever will be tight
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A weary land, a weary land
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A shelter in the time of storm
A shade by day, defense by night
A shelter in the time of storm
No fears of awe, no foes of fright
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A weary land, a weary land
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A shelter in the time of storm
The raging storms fade round us deep
A shelter in the time of storm
We'll never leave our safe retreat
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A weary land, a weary land
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, rock divine, old refuge dear
A shelter in the time of storm
We now are held forever near
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A weary land, a weary land
Oh, Jesus is a rock in a weary land
A shelter in the time of storm
Oh, Jesus is a rock in the time of storm
Come on, sing it.
All right, at this time we're going to go over the bulletin,
so if you need a bulletin, please raise your hand
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If you have your bulletin, go ahead and open it up.
On the upper left-hand corner is our service times,
1030 Sunday morning,
6 p.m. Sunday night,
and Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
Our church-wide sew-in
and the regional sew-in times are right there.
right there take a look at those if you're interested in coming out soul
winning and below that there will be baptisms after the service so if you're
interested in getting baptized come see me after the service and we'll take care
of you salvation is the baptism for the year right there take a look at those
when you get a chance on the upper right hand corner join us next Sunday August
6 at 10 a.m. for donuts and coffee in honor of those celebrating their
birthday in a month of August please speak to any other staff members if you
would like your birthday or wedding anniversary including a bulletin thank
you to those who participated in the Navajo and Hopi soul winning trip we
have seven soul winners and ten salvations you know so praise the Lord
for those salvations then please continue to pray for Pastor Anderson he
is out of the hospital but needs to get better before he's able to travel back
to Arizona so keep him in your prayers so we can have him back by Sunday in the
Lord willing by a miracle we'll have him back on Wednesday but that's not
possible is not highly likely that it's going to happen so on the back of your
bulletin join us for soul winning on Navajo reservation Friday September 8
through Saturday September 9th the trip would include a visit to the petrified
National Forest and Painted Desert and please pray for the expectant ladies and
our upcoming events are right there take a look at those when you get a chance
and that is it for announcements
those of Psalm 126 if you don't have an insert please raise your hand Psalm 126
when the Lord turned again activity of Zion sing it out with me
Psalm 126
Oh
Jesus
All right at this time we're going to pass the offering plates and as the
offering plates are being passed around please turn your Bibles to 1st
Corinthians 13 1st Corinthians chapter number 13
1st Corinthians chapter 13 though I speak with the tongues of men and of
angels and have not charity I'm become as sounding brass or a tinkling symbol
and though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all
knowledge and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have
not charity I am nothing and though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and
though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profit with me
nothing charity suffers long and is kind charity envious not charity vaunted not
itself is not puffed up does not behave itself unseemly seeketh not her own is
not easily provoked thinketh no evil rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth
in the truth beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things
endureth all things charity never faileth but whether there be prophecies
they shall fail whether there be tongues they shall cease whether there be
knowledge it shall vanish away for we know in part and we prophesy in part but
when that which is perfect has come then that which is in part shall be done away
when I was a child I spake as a child I understood as a child I thought as a
child but when I became a man I put away childish things for now we see through a
glass darkly but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even
as also I am known and now I'll buy to faith hope charity these three but the
greatest of these is charity
father in heaven thank you for this church I pray that you please bless
brother Segura with the fullness and the power of the Holy Spirit as he preaches
your word so that your children would be edified in the word in Jesus name we
pray amen amen first Corinthians 13 the title of my
sermon is examples of charity examples of
charity so I want to start off first by looking at the importance of charity so
look right there at your bibles and we're going to start with verse one
that says though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels
and have not charity I've become a sounding brass
or a tinkling symbol and though I have the gift of prophecy and understand
all mysteries and all knowledge and though I have all faith
so that I can remove mountains and have not charity
I am nothing and though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give
my body to be burned and have not charity
it profit of me nothing now these are some really strong verses because I
don't want anybody here to waste their time
if you don't have charity you're not going to get far into Christian life
amen in fact it says that the greatest of
these is charity and look at what it says it says if you give to
the poor and if you even have your body to be burned and you don't have charity
it says clearly that it will profit of you nothing but let's take a look
at some of the things that charity has and then we'll look at bible examples
of people that displayed these characteristics so if you go ahead and
look uh right there we'll start with verse
number uh four and just those three words so
charity suffereth long charity suffereth long what
does that mean bottom line you're patient what I like
to tell people is that you can suffer a long time so when it says charity
suffereth long it means that you can suffer a long time
with people's imperfections you know which is patience and so one
person that comes to mind a biblical example of this
to me is Moses so if you have your bibles go ahead and go to the book of
Numbers chapter number 14 go to the book of
Numbers chapter 14 go ahead and meet me in verse number 9
while you go there I'm going to read from verse number 1 it says and all the
congregation lifted up their voice and cried
and the people went that night and all the children of israel
murmured against moses and against erin and the whole congregation said unto
them well god that we had died in the land of
egypt well god we had died in this wilderness
and wherefore have the lord brought us onto this land
to fall by the sword that our wives and our children
shall be a prey were they not better for us to return into egypt
and they said one to another let us make a captain and let us return into egypt
then moses and erin fell on their faces before all the assembly of the
congregation of the children of israel and joshua the son of none and caliph
the son of jeffney which were then they searched the land
rent their clothes and they spake unto all the company
of the children of israel saying the land which we passed through
to search it is an exceeding good land if the lord delight in us then he will
bring us into this land and give it us a land which flows with milk and honey
you're right there in verse 9 only rebel not ye against the lord
neither fear ye the people of the land for there are
bread for us the defense is departed from them
and the lord is with us fear them not so here we have a story of the children of
israel going through a hard time going through a test
and they begin to murmur they begin to complain and moses and erin they fall on
their faces trying to get the congregation to
lighten up trying to get the congregation
you know to get the right attitude and even joshua joins in and starts to
motivate them saying hey the lord delight in us we're going to take this
land the land to flow with milk and honey
just don't rebel against the lord because it's a bad idea to rebel against
the lord amen notice that he said hey don't rebel
against us he's warning them don't rebel against the lord
we're not doing our own thing we're following the lord
so if you guys are upset at us hey you're really mad at the lord
and that is not a good thing go ahead and look at verse number 10
but all the congregation baits stone them with stone so now they're like hey
you know what we're sick of you guys we're going to get some stones and we're
going to stone you talk about a bad day now don't raise
your hands but i wonder who's ever had a day this bad
where people are talking about killing you stoning you you know it's pretty
warm in here and i i know there's probably some
people that are thinking of stoning me if it's just a little too hot
you know but hey they were literally going to stone
uh moses because they were just complaining
of the situation and that's not a good thing he says in the glory of the lord
appeared in the tabernacle the congregation before all the children of
israel and the lord said unto moses how long
so now the lord's like hey let me tell you something moses how long
would this people provoke me and how long would it be aired that
believe me for all the signs i have showed among them
i will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them
and will make be a greater nation and mightier than they
and moses said unto the lord then the egyptians shall hear it
for thou brought us up this people in that might from among them
and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land for they have heard that
thou lord are among this people that thou lord are seen face to face
and that they and that cloud standeth over them
and that our goal is before them by daytime in the pillar of a cloud and a
pillar of fire by night now if thou shall kill all these people
as one then the nations we have heard the fame
of thee will speak saying because the lord was not able to bring this people
into the land which he swore out to them therefore he
has slain them in the wilderness and now i beseech thee so here moses is
begging god i beseech thee let the power of my lord
be great according as thou has spoken saying the lord
is long suffering and of great mercy and here moses he just got threatened
to be stoned god says hey these people are provoking
me i'm going to get rid of them moses and i'm going to start the first with
you now i don't know about you but if somebody turned to stone me and there
was a bunch of people trying to stone me and the lord's like listen
i'm gonna go take care of these people and i'm gonna start all over with you i
probably wouldn't get in the way
i'd be like let's do it those stones like mighty painful lord
but moses is like lord i beseech you i'm begging you
he's like don't kill these people even though they're murmuring against me
even though they're threatening to stone me think about the long
suffering of moses he's like hey i'm willing to suffer them
maybe he's thinking of his brother maybe he's thinking of his friends who knows
why but he is begging god after god said hey these people are trying to kill you
they're trying to stone you hey they're provoking me to anger you
know what i'm gonna get rid of them and start a new with you
moses like no no don't do it and he's saying hey you know what the land is
going to hear all these nations are going to hear about it
and you're not going to look good maybe that was him just trying to persuade the
lord but what he really wanted to say is believe it or not
i love some of these people that are trying to stone me
and i'm willing to suffer long why because moses had what
charity charity and they're trying to kill him and yet he's like lord don't do
it don't do it and it says in verse 19
he says pardon the beseech thee the iniquity of these people according into
the greatness of thy mercy and thou hast forgiven this people from
egypt even until now and the lord said i have pardoned according to thy word
but it says in verse uh 21 or or right there in 21 it says but um
but as truly as i live all the earth should be filled with the glory of the
lord because all those men will see my glory my miracles which i did in egypt
and in the wilderness and have tempted me these 10
times so here the lord is saying hey these people
are provoking me they tempted me not once
not twice not eight times not nine times but 10 times
and this always reminds me of how long suffering god is
with us because some of us can't really even
handle you know somebody provoking us even twice or three
times or four times when we're ready to give up on that person
but this ought to show you what charity is charity suffereth long
it can handle it it will be patient so if that's not you it's time to get some
charity in your bones amen and it sounds similar to another verse
you know if you can go ahead and meet me in matthew 18 i don't think you'll get
there in time but i'll read verse 23 while you go to
matthew 18 so if you're able to go through your body really quickly great
if you want to bust out your phone go for it you got a tablet use it
verse 23 says surely they shall not see the land which i swore unto the fathers
neither shall any of them provoke that provoke me shall see it so yes
even though they got spared there was a punishment they didn't get to go to the
land so yes we may complain and think you
know what it's nothing of it you know god knows my heart god knows
i'm human and he understands my gripe he understands this how to pay for
awarding his pastor girl's fault
but yet you know what hey god still doesn't like murmuring and complaining
so guess what he may extend these acs a little longer than usual
just for you
now i know how past three minutes felt goes around comes around
i did watch it after he used it amen in case you're wondering
matthew 18 it says this then came peter to him and said lord
how often my brother sinned against me and i forgive him till seven times
and here jesus trying to teach him to be long suffering and to have charity amen
jesus says unto him i say not unto thee until seven times
but until 70 times seven so he's saying listen if somebody sins
against you over 490 times you are still to forgive
that person amen and think about it i don't think someone
is going to offend anybody here over 490 times
can we at least learn to forgive people if they offended us
four or nine times because it will happen with what 330 people in this room
someone is going to say something that's going to offend someone
but we need to have charity and endure it and act like hey you know what
the person didn't mean it give them the benefit of the doubt because think about
it like this supposedly how many people we have on
this planet now eight billion let's just say half of those people are
adults or old enough to understand sin what is
that four billion let's just say those four billion people
on this planet they all sin three times a day
how many sins is that against god 12 billion
and guess what if this earth is sinning against god
12 billion times a day how many sins or how many commandments is this planet
going to break at the end of 365 days can anyone tell
me right off the top of their head i asked alexa and she said four
trillion
four trillion in one year is what alexa told me
it was quicker than busting on my phone so think about it four trillion sins
four trillion commandments are being broken by human beings at the bare
minimum but you and i both know it's probably 10 times that amount
because the question was what if four billion people sin against god three
times a day do you really think that we sin against
god three times a day i think not but let's just say we do
that's four trillion commandments that this earth breaks every single year
now multiply that by 10 years that's 40 trillion commandments
talk about long suffering this planet is still here
four trillion commandments and you know it's way more than that
can we forgive our brothers that they're saying four times against us
if god doesn't have charity who does amen so what do we have charity suffers
long and is kind and is kind go ahead and go
to roof chapter number one please roof chapter number one
don't worry i'll try to be done by 11 45
i got 14 more to go amen but that's why i talk fast and i'll put this sucker in
overdrive when i'm about to run out of time
turbo boost my preaching amen if you're right there in roof number one
it says this verse number eight and the homie said unto her daughters-in-law go
return each her mother's house the lord deal kindly with you
as you have dealt with the dead and with me did you notice what it says
the lord deal kindly with you as you have dealt
with the dead and with me the lord grant you that you may find rest each of you
in the house of her husband then she kissed them and
they lifted up their voice and wept so here we have the story of ruth and
they're all weeping why because they love each other and you
can see right off the go what was the result that they were kind
here we see naomi saying to her daughters a may god be kind to you guys
the same way you have been kind to me why because they had
charity charity amen and if i'm saying it kind of wrong you got to forgive me
forgive me amen so if you have your bibles go to
genesis 50 because there's another guy who had charity another guy who showed
kindness because charity what does it say suffereth
long and is kind and is kind
i was going to mention shechem but that's kind of like a wrong type of love
but i'm gonna read the story of she can really quickly it says and dina the
daughter of leah where she bared unto jacob went out to
see the daughters of the land and when she kept the son of haymore the
hevai prince of the country saw her he took her and lay with her and defiled
her and his soul clave unto dina the daughter
of jacob and he loved the damsel and spake
kindly on to the damsel but it's unfortunate that this was
fornication a big sin some people believe that she
was raped others believe that she just committed
fornication it's kind of hard for a rapist to be kind to you after he raped
you
so i think it was just fornication and if you know the story of shechem he
wasn't a bad guy i mean if you read or if you know what he
did to get the girl oh man he loved that girl all right
but what is the result of charity or love it should be
kindness so you single ladies looking for a husband if he's not treating you
kind he ain't got love for you just a tip
you know it doesn't open the door on a date
good night i can understand when you're married and your wife's like i'm good
i'm good all right
i want to drive no no no you make me sick when you drive i'll drive
in case you're wondering why i'm in that passenger seat it's not because i'm a
punk she likes to drive
don't believe me double check with her she's right there
but a man drives right unless you make your wife sick you know
then she'll drive but facts are boyfriend treats you like crap ain't as
kind as you think he should be might want to dump that guy look for
someone else that will treat you with kindness
kindness because here's an example she Kim says hey he loved the damsel
and he spake with her kindly so charity suffereth long and is kind
now let's look at joseph amen you're right there in genesis 50 looks like a
verse 21 says not therefore fear ye not well
let me just read from 18 and his brethren also went and fell down before
his face and he said behold we be thy servants and joseph said unto them
fair not for i'm in the place of god but as for you
you thought evil against me you guys did me dirty
but god meant it unto good to bring it the past if it is this day
to save much people alive now therefore fear ye not
i will nourish you and your little ones and he comforted them
and spake kindly unto them why because he's an example of somebody
that had charity he loved them he loved his
brothers so go ahead and go to john chapter number
three please john chapter number three so i already see that a you want to know
if you have charity which the bible says is the greatest of
all are you a patient guy can you suck it up buttercup
when people do you dirty and offend you if it's not a sin unto death can you let
that go be able to sleep like a baby at night or do you wake up the next day
thinking about it if not then you know what you have an
issue but it says charity suffereth long and
is kind charity envieth not and a good bible
example is john the baptist john the baptist let's take a look
you're in john 3 let's look at verse 25 it says then there arose a question
between some of john disciples and the jews about purifying
and they came out to john and said unto him rabbi
he that was with thee beyond jordan to whom thou bears witness behold
the same baptizers and all men come to him
he's stealing some of your shine john answered and said a man can receive
nothing except to be given him from where
heaven heaven so that nice car that that church member has that you
like that you wish you had don't hate hey that good thing came from
heaven that house hey does it not say a man can receive
nothing except be receiving from where heaven so if you're thinking well i
wouldn't buy that car of course for like show-offs well apparently hey he
still has it and he's driving and enjoying it so god must think that is
you know good to go if he provided and gave it to him
because guess what hey we can receive nothing unless it comes from where
heaven brother's a girl why are you up there you're just a janitor i should be
up there
feel free to jump up here let me know next time pastor anderson
throws out his back that you want to preach i won't guarantee you he will let
you preach but i'll bring up your name see what he thinks so if i don't get
back with you that's your answer amen
i'm just saying i'm up here because i can receive nothing except if come from
where heaven so there's no reason to be
jealous or let me rephrase that jealous is a good
thing envious because charity envious not and so you got john
you know he's being told hey that guy you know he's baptizing more
but what does he say a man can receive nothing instead of being given from
heaven he herself been rewitnessed that i said
i am not the christ but that i am sent before him
he that the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom withstandeth
in here with him rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice now
that's a friend that doesn't envy amen he's rejoicing heavily this my joy
therefore it is fulfilled he must increase
but i must decrease why because john had what charity
he envieth not he didn't get jealous he wasn't like well you know
y'all saw the baptisms i had before he showed up right pretty good job didn't
i didn't i huh huh he's like so what hey he must increase i
must decrease nothing comes to sip it comes from
heaven i'm not envious i'm happy in fact i'm
joyful because i'm not a hater i'm somebody
that has what charity so let's continue go to our first
samuel 25 another guy really quickly
it's uh jonathan jonathan is another guy if he can get to first
time in fact you know what if you can make it a first time you're 23 17 go
right ahead if not go go ahead and go to proverbs 27 1
go to proverbs 27 1 i'm going to read from uh first samuel 23 15
talk about another guy that is a good bible example of somebody
who doesn't envy because he has charity it says in uh first samuel 23 15
and david saw that saul was come out to seek his life and david was in the
wilderness as if in a wood and jonathan saw son arose and went to
david into the wood and straight through this hand and god
it's a good friend is straightening you up and he said out to him fair enough
for the hand of saul my father shall not find he
and thou shall be king over israel and i shall be next unto thee and that also
saul my father knoweth just a small example but still an
example and of course we know that jonathan died because god did not want
him to be next to david you know when it came to the throne
but notice he didn't fight david he wasn't like oh man god has chosen you
that's messed up you know what i don't think that's right
are you sure you know what let me just team up with my dad because i think
that you're lying to us i think there's a mistake
surely you're not going to be king david it could have been envious but he didn't
he said you know what my dad's trying to kill you but i'm gonna
do my best and he's not going to kill you we know that the kingdom is going to
be yours and i'm going to be next to you i'm going to be the second man
or the second behind you obviously it was a dumb thing to say it was in god's
will but it showed that he was a guy who
loved david and wasn't envious towards him why
because he had amen you guys right there in proverbs 27
one stay right there because it says once again in first corinthians 13
charity suffers long and is kind charity and beeth not charity vaunted not itself
what does that mean vaunted not itself it means that you
don't brag you don't boast you're not this boastful idiot that
says you're going to do something and it doesn't get done
and why is that wrong because the bible says it's wrong i'll give you a few
verses proverbs 27 1 it says post not thyself of tomorrow for
thou knowest not what a day may bring forth
in james 4 you don't have to go there but if you do have your bible go to
first amule 17
go to first amule 17 verse 42 i'm going to read from james it says go to now
ye that say today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and continue their year
and buy and sell and get gain whereas you know not what shall be on tomorrow
for what is your life it is even a vapor that appear for a little time
and then vanishes away for that you ought to say if the lord will
we shall live and do this or do that but now you rejoice in your boastings
all such rejoicing is evil god doesn't want us to go around bragging
that we're going to do this and that we're going to do that if the
lord will you'll do this and you'll do that amen
i think the biggest violators are probably fighters fighters they love to
say oh i'm going to win saturday night that
guy has zero chance you see it all the time just happened
yesterday there was a big fight i didn't watch it but the two guys were
claiming they're going to win well guess what only one person can win
but at the end of the day they're both boasting and bragging because no one
knows the future but god and unless they're walking on water and
i don't know it they're not even close but one guy brag how i'm bigger i'm
stronger they're like hey how are you going to win this fight well
i'm bigger than that guy i'm stronger than that guy
you know more experience than that guy got more fights than that guy
fast forward the next day that guy gets knocked out
knocked out claiming he's bigger faster stronger more experienced than that he's
going to be the undisputed welterweight champion of the world
fast forward the next day knocked out round number eight
knocked down four times before they finally said you had enough
your face looked like somebody stomped it with a boot
if it would have been humble you might have made it through 12 rounds
but it seems like it's it's always the lesser of both evils
you know that gets the bigger beating or what kind of wins the fight but this guy
he was barely touched that ended up winning
but it wasn't doing the boasting this other guy was doing but that's what it
means vaunted not itself says for the wicked boasted of his
horse desire and blessed the covetous whom the lord of horrors now let's look
at a bible example of somebody that vaunted not themselves
you're right there in first amule 17 this is the story of king david is a
good example of somebody that did not vaunt himself and when the
philistines looked verse 42 and when the philistines looked about and saw david
he disdained him for he was by the youth and rowdy and of a fair
countenance and the philistine said unto david
am i a dog that thou comest to me with staves and the philistine cursed david
by his gods and the philistine said to david come
to me and i will get look at the boasting i will give thy flesh
unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the field
fast forward david kills him but look what david said this day will
the lord deliver thee into my hand and i will smite thee and
take that head from thee and i will give the carcass of the host
of the philistines this day unto the fowls of the air
and to the wild beasts of the earth that all the earth may know
that there is a god in israel wasn't boasting
because everything he said was true you know goliath had a false god
they knew it but this type of victory only works if you have the true god
amen you can say well i'm going to beat you guys because my god is bigger but if
you're a muslim you're going to lose big time
if you're going against a christian that fears god and keeps his commandments you
have zero chance zero
but let's continue if you have your bibles go ahead and go to first
corinthians chapter 15 first corinthians chapter 15 verse 9
i'm going to continue with first corinthians 13 it says charity
suffers long and is kind charadith envieth not
charity vonteth not itself is not puffed up it's not puffed up
the other one vonteth well somebody have that can be puffed up as well but he's
boasting he's bragging but hey we can be puffed up in our hearts
even though on the exterior we don't show it
because on the inside we can think we're better than such and such and such and
such and you better hope you are because if not then guess what
you're just deceiving yourself but even if you are better than that person
you still shouldn't be thinking that you're the greatest thing since sliced
bread amen so i'll just read from ephesians 3
1 for this cause i pawed the prisoner of jesus christ for you gentiles
i'll just skip because this is paul talking skip the verse 8 unto me who am
less than the least look how he's talking than the least of
all saints is this grace given that i should preach
among the gentiles the unsearchable riches of christ you're
right there in first corinthians 15 let's take a look at somebody who is not
puffed up just look how he writes look what he's
saying he says for him the least of the apostles that did not meet to be
called an apostle because i persecuted the church of
god but by the grace of god i am what i
am that's the attitude god wants us to have
and if you don't have this attitude guess what you have
your charity is not what the bible is talking about
because like it says charity is not puffed up and paul here saying hey
i am the least the least of the saints the least of the apostles by the grace
of god i am what i am because he recognizes
his success came from god and god has taken him where he's at and
his grace was bestowed upon me was not in vain
by the labor more abundantly than they all yet not i
not i but the grace of god which was with me
first timothy 1 15 says this this is a faithful saying the word of all
acceptation that christ jesus came into the world to
save sinners of whom i am chief he's saying hey
i'm not perfect i sinned hey i'm the least of the apostles and the saints
but he was the greatest he was the greatest of the new testament amen
another person that comes to mind when it comes to not being popped up is mary
i'm not sure if you can get there fast enough but you can get to luke chapter
number one go ahead and haul butt to luke chapter
number one and meet me in verse number 47
you can go ahead and meet me in verse number 47 i'm going to read from verse
number 41 in luke one i just want to bring up mary so we can
see her attitude because a great story of somebody who is not puffed up
it says then it came to pass that when elizabeth heard the salutation of mary
the babe leaped in her womb and elizabeth was sealed with the holy
ghost and she spaked out with a loud voice and said blessed art thou my own
woman and blessed is the fruit of thy womb
and was this to me that the mother of my lord should come to me
for lord as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears the babe
leaped in my womb for joy and blessed blessed is she
but listen to she that believed for there shall be a performance of those
things which were told her from the lord and mary said my soul
does magnify the lord and my spirit has rejoiced in god
my savior so she's not thinking to herself of course i was picked for this
mission i mean look at me i'm mary
she didn't go there she's just like oh man she's magnifying the lord she said
my soul does magnify so she's not just giving god lip service
it's actually coming from the inside says my soul
so she's not a phony she's not just saying what she needs to say in order to
win elizabeth no he's she's speaking from her soul
she's speaking the truth in her heart and it says in my spirit verse 47 has
rejoicing god my savior for he has regarded regarded
the lowest state of his handmaiden for behold from henceforth all
generations shall call me blessed for he that is mighty has done to me
great things and holy is his name talk about a humble woman
go to first samuel 18 go to first samuel 18
so when it comes to charity it says charity suffereth long and is kind
charity envieth not charity wanted not itself is not puffed up and you saw
examples of not being puffed up with the apostle paul with mary
and now we have does not behave itself unseemly
or inappropriately somebody that's charity
cares about others not just themselves you know so i know wherever i go i'm
representing pastor anderson so i do my best to represent them
you know so i do my best to look serious because i want people to take me serious
but all of a sudden what if i went somewhere i started acting like a
teenager i got my skateboard what's up dude
what's going on check out my moves let me try that again dog
put a backwards hat right sag my pants you know dye my hair blonde that's
what's up
you guys are not going to take me serious no way
my god wants you to be serious and if i didn't care about pastor and i was just
like you know what forget this i'm going to be me
i'm going to be real i'm going to be myself
and act like a clown and embarrass him how could i say i really care about my
pastor the answer is no i don't i care about
myself trying to impress people for whatever reason but
i'll read from first samuel 18 5 says and david went out whithersoever
saw sent him and be behaved himself wisely wisely
so he knew how to behave himself and he wasn't inappropriate wherever he went
and saw set him over the men of war and he was accepted in the sight of
all the people and also in the sight of saw's servants
and that's my goal i want to be accepted in the sight
of the people disturbance so i want to be taken serious i'm gonna do my best to
look serious work serious be serious because it's
just the right thing to do and if i don't do it for myself i'm
doing it for other people because i want i want
to bring glory to you know my boss to you guys i'm not just going to go
anywhere and act a fool act like a clown hey aren't you for faithful work
aren't you pastor anderson's right hand man he's like man you're acting like a
kid he's like dude i didn't know you were
like this it wouldn't be right but because i have charity i want to
represent pastor as his ambassador as best i can and i
think everybody here wants to be taken serious as well right
and so of course don't behave yourself unseemly amen
but let's go to first amule 18 and look at some verses that use
something very interesting let's go to verse 13 it says therefore
saw removed him talking about david and mayhem
his captain over a thousand and he went out and came in before the people and
david behaved himself wisely in all his ways and when you do that when
you behave yourself wisely you know when you're not unseemly you
know that pleases god and what will god do he'll use you more
he'll promote you or in this case if you keep reading
let's start from 14 again and david being himself wisely in all his ways and
the lord was with him wherefore when saw saw that he behaved
himself wisely or he behaved himself very wisely he was
what afraid of him he respected david was
afraid of him yes he tried to kill him but in the end the way david acted
the result was that king saw feared him and didn't go after him but where did
that fear come from well i believe that god put that fear in
king saw because david was behaving himself wisely
not unseemly pleasing the lord and when you please the lord it makes even your
enemies to be at peace with you not that they're going to love you but
they'll be at peace with you and i think david pleased the lord because it says
he behaved himself very wisely and i need to do the same you need to
do the same we all need to do the same represent christ so our goal
should be to behave ourselves very wisely
because that's charity amen doing it for the lord
you know we do it because we love the lord and charity is love but these are
just examples how do i know if i have it well do you
have this you know do you have uh the ability to
suffer long are you kind of course we're not
supposed to be kind all the time because there are some times where
we have to get you know aggressive but it shouldn't be the norm
especially with people that are good people you know our enemies are those
that hate the lord and you know what we'll talk about them some other time
but let's just continue if you have your bibles i want you to go to genesis 13
go to genesis 13 so besides suffering long besides being
kind besides not envying besides not
volunteering yourself being puffed up besides not behaving
yourself unseemly or inappropriately what else it says seeketh not her own
when you have charity you have this desire to put people in front of you
i've seen it here i see what people give up the best seats and vehicles and go to
the rear because they want other people to have
the best seats so they can enjoy the ride why do they do it because they care
about that person because they have charity because they love that
individual amen and a good bible example of this is
abraham you're in genesis 13 it says it's not the whole land before
thee separate thyself i pray thee from me
if thou would take the left hand then i will go to the right
or if thou depart to the right hand then i will go to the left so he's given
lot the first choice why because he loves lot he has charity
and it says right there he's not seeking his own he's like what do you want to do
lot let's go with what you want to do and that's a good thing to have that's
a good characteristic to to have in yourself amen
and so if you have your bible
let's go to joe 31 joe 31
joe 31
so it says that charity suffers long and
is kind charity envieth not charity want the night itself is not puffed up
does not behave itself unseemly seeking out their own it's not easily provoked
but i'm just going to go to this one think it no
evil thinking of evil joe and joe 31 one says i made a covenant with my eyes
why then should i look upon a maid what is he talking about he's talking about
lusting lusting after a maid a young woman he
says hey i made a covenant with my eyes i'm not going to do that
because it's hurtful to my wife and not just that it's sin
you know even jesus made it very clear that if you look upon a woman to lust
after her you come in adultery with her already in your heart you know so when
it comes to charity you know thinking no evil but it's not
just that thinking no evil it's also thinking bad about someone
without a cause somebody who has done nothing to you
but you are just pretty sure this person is a bad person maybe because of
something they're wearing or maybe something they said you don't
have any evidence but your deceitful heart
which is desperately wicked is tricking you
into thinking this person is a bad person
but you don't have anything to back it up
and matthew 522 says this but i say to you that whosoever is angry with his
brother without a cause you'll be in danger of
the judgment and you don't want to be somebody that
thinks evil of other people without a cause that is not a loving
thing to do it's not you got to be careful that you
don't think evil because that's something that like it
says right there you know you'll be danger of the
judgment so you have to be careful with your
thoughts you have to keep them under control
and if you love someone hey you're not going to think evil
amen without a cause of course and when you got uh people that are new
they're not going to be perfect they may say things or wear something or cause
you to just kind of you know maybe get offended about
whatever they got on it's something that's going to happen a
lot because we're constantly bringing in new people
amen and so when it comes to charity this is something that we
all need to get good at you know because we have new people coming in
so for those of us that've been here the longest we should have the most charity
to kind of balance out the new people that probably have little to none
so that's why i want to help everyone here to identify
things that can help you see if you do have charity if you are a charitable
person you know it's hey do i lose my cool
really easy you know do i not have the ability to suffer long
you know should i be a little kinder should i be a little bit more open
should it be a little bit nicer you know should i just watch my thoughts
should i behave more appropriately you know these are the things we should be
looking at so that we do have the greatest of all these gifts which is of
course charity amen so if you got your bibles
go ahead and go to nehemiah nehemiah chapter number 13 nehemiah
chapter number 13 go ahead and meet me in verse number 25
well you go there i'm going to read from nehemiah chapter number 5 verse 6
and nehemiah the bible reads and i was very
angry when i heard their cry and these words then i consulted with
myself and i rebuked the nobles and the rulers
and said unto them ye exact usury every one of his brother
and i set a great assembly against thee so what do you got here nehemiah is mad
at the people because they're charging usury they're
charging interest so he's very upset and not just that
he's so upset he's rebuking people now i don't know about you but i got to get
really really upset in order for me to start rebuking people and raising my
voice and yelling at them and saying whatever
i think needs to be said it takes a lot of anger for me to just
start yelling and rebuking but here's what nehemiah is doing why
is it because he's being unloving no it's because these people are
committing sin by taking advantage of people charging
them interest on whatever they loan them and he's very upset over it and you're
right there nehemiah 13 because part of having charity is simply
this i'll just read from half of that chapter in verse 13
does not behave itself unseemly seeking out their own is not easily provoked
think of no evil rejoiceth not in iniquity
rejoiceth not in iniquity so we can see that nehemiah he's not
rejoicing over the iniquity of the people he is very mad how mad let's take
a look how mad he is he says they're not contending with them
so he's fighting with them because of their iniquity and he cursed
them and smoked certain of them and plucked
off their hair now i don't know about you
but i don't think i've ever seen pastor anderson pluck out anyone's hair
in this building and i've always thought of making a sermon
you know biblical people that are more meaner than pastor anderson because
he's accused of being mean all the time and of course if you believe that you
haven't read the bible you haven't read nehemiah
because you got muslims killing people you got samuel killing people you got
nehemiah pulling people's hair and pastors never come close to doing
any of those things but yeah he's a mean pastor and this is coming from fake
christians of course or even christians that don't read their
bible don't know nehemiah but man the thought of me pulling someone's
hair because i'm so mad i don't know if i can get to that level
but hey charity says you rejoice not in iniquity
amen and if you think that just doesn't seem right brother girl well let me read
proverbs you just listen up a wise king not a dumb king a wise king
scatter at the wicked so here's a verse of telling us if you're a wise king
you're going to get rid of the wicked you're going to chase them out
and i love this part and bringeth the whale over them
did you catch that it's like you're chasing a certain group of people you
know they like to use letters to identify
themselves and you're chasing them out of town but
you're in your dodge hellcat with turbo and all of a sudden you hit the turbo
boost and you're chasing them out of your
leg because you want god to bless it and not curse it amen
and like it says right here in proverbs and you bring
those turbo wheels over them amen
and you're like that's mean no that's bible
if you don't hear i'm not talking about just average
joe sinner i'm not talking about that person you guys know who i'm talking
about i don't want to get this channel
deleted without you know a real good reason we'll let pastor get
this channel deleted this is his it's for him right he gets
that honor i don't so you guys are following me as to why
nehemiah is just so crazy a little bit over the
top because he loves god he has charity he has that love he loves god so much he
hates sin he's not rejoicing over their iniquity
he's doing something about it and maybe getting a little too out of
hand i get it pulling people's hair i get it but then
when you look at verse 2026 in proverbs you're like well what's up with this
let's talk about a king getting rid of the wicked and bringing the wheel over
them basically running them over to where he kills them
you know because he just wants them gone because they're better in hell than here
on earth causing hell amen this is not every everyday joe sinner
that is talking about so if you got your bible go ahead and go
to acts and i'm almost done 11 out of 15 amen and i still got about
15 minutes to go so one minute per point no i'm just kidding
but let's keep going charity suffers long and is kind charity envieth not
charity of honor not itself is not puffed up does not behave itself
unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provoked think it no evil
rejoices not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the
truth and the man that comes to mind the biblical example of this
is the ethiopian eunuch ethiopian eunuch let's just quickly look at it we're not
going to spend a lot of time but just want to give you bible examples
of you know people that had charity so the ethiopian eunuch and of course if
you've gotten someone in you probably agree with me that the people that
listen are the people that love truth that are seeking the truth people that
don't like the truth they don't they don't like certain truths they'll
shut us down real quick happened to me yesterday with brother
pete knock on the door sure enough this lady opens the door
and you don't really have to try hard to figure out where she stands
and sure enough she didn't want to even hear it and then she starts mocking us
towards the end well you guys have a good day now
you know be careful now why because it was 110 degrees out
it's just kind of rubbing it in that you're kind of stupid being out here
knocking these doors you know for your church religion
whatever the case may be but that person shut us down because
they don't want to hear the truth they don't they can care less about it
but hey people that have love loving people they want to know
they they are open to the gospel they want to know the truth
and here's a perfect example acts 839 says this and when they were come
up out of the water the spirit of the lord caught away philip
that the eunuch saw him no more and he went on his way
rejoicing rejoicing something tells me that this ethiopian eunuch
was a loving guy a guy that had charity in his heart
but let's continue the next one is beareth all things first person that
comes to mind i don't know who's the first person that comes to your mind
when you think of bearing all things but the person that comes to my mind again
is moses so if you can go to exodus 18 so you can see what i'm talking about
go to exodus 18
go ahead and meet me in verse number 20 while you're going there i'm going to
read from verse number 15 it says that moses said unto his father-in-law
because the people come onto me to inquire of god
when they have it matter they come out to me and i judge between one another
and i do make them know the statutes of god and his laws
and most his father-in-law said unto him the thing that i'll do is is not good
that would surely wear away both thou and this people that is with thee
for this thing is too heavy for thee thou are not able to perform it to
thyself alone hearken now unto my voice i will give thee counsel and god shall be
with thee
and god shall be with thee be thou for the people to godward that thou mayest
bring the causes unto god so moses is just wearing
himself out he's trying to bear all things he's taking too much upon
himself because that's what people with charity
do they just want to take the load they just want to you know
relieve people's stress they just want to take care of everyone
but obviously his father-in-law's like hey you got to be a little wiser
yes i know you love these people and you want to teach them god's laws and you
want to help every single person but yeah you got to do it a whole lot
smarter because if you don't you're going to wear yourself out and
you're going to wear out the people but the fact he was willing to do this
for who knows how long before his father-in-law came and told him listen
you got to do something different this ain't going to work all these people
are coming to you for answers yes i know you rather you know just deal
with it or whatever the case the way you're doing it now but this isn't a
good idea and the reason he's able to do something
like that is because he cares and he loves the people
you know so of course if you have that ability to just
want to help everyone that's a good thing don't feel bad about it
but do it in a wise way amen and so we'll continue believeth all
things the person that comes to mind is the woman at the well
so i got about 15 minutes and i'll just wrap it up with that so if you got your
bible just go ahead and meet me at daniel go to
daniel 3 16 daniel 3 16 while you go to daniel 3 16
i'm just going to talk about the woman at the well really quickly
it says right there in verse 13 then jesus answered his answer to her
whosoever drinks of this water shall thirst again but whosoever drinks of the
water i should give him shall never thirst but the water that
i shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting
life the woman says unto him sir give me this
water that i thirst not neither come hither to draw
just say to her go call that husband and come and hither
the woman answered said i have no husband she's never heard that house
well said i have no husband for that's that five husband is and he whom thou
now has is not thy husband and that says thou truly the woman sent to him sir
perceived the dowry prophet our father's worship in his mouth and
he said that in jerusalem the place where men ought to worship jesus say
unto her woman believe me the hour cometh when he shall neither in this
mountain or yet at jerusalem worship the father
you worship you know not what we know what we worship for salvation is of the
jews but the hour cometh and now is when a true worshiper shall worship the
father in spirit and in truth while the father seeketh such to worship him
god is the spirit and neither worship him must worship him in spirit and in
truth the woman said unto him i know that the
messiah coming which is called christ when he has come he will tell us all
things just say it unto her i this speak unto thee and he and upon
this doubt and upon this came his disciples and
marveled that he talked with the woman yet no man said what seek is thou or why
talk is thou with her the woman then left her water pot and went her way into
the city and saith to the man come see a man which told me
all things that ever i did it's not this the christ
then they went out the city and came on to him i read as fast as i could so you
can see that a lot of hap a lot of things happen
jesus told his woman a lot but did you notice one thing she believed it all
without even hesitating he has to probably help that he told her
you have a lot of husbands she's like how did you know that you must be a
prophet but this is similar to how people should
be when they come to church and pastors preaching
you shouldn't be ready you know to just like find something or just
wait for something wrong to come out of his mouth you're coming
you know understanding that you're coming and he's going to get up here
and he's going to preach you know he's going to preach
what he believes is biblical truths and we just come in here with our mouths
open and our ears ready to hear and for him to feed us this is the right
attitude to have to be an individual that has to double check every single
thing that somebody says is not good obviously you read your bible you're
going to know whether pastor made a mistake or not
but to come in expecting expecting to find something expecting a fight
is not a good attitude to have and it's not very loving in fact i think it's
hateful just trying to find any little thing
any little thing to be able to use later when people
start praising them maybe in their presence
well yeah he's good but he's not good because you know what his last sermon he
actually said something that was off and we get those emails all the time
and these people think we're stupid when they send these emails
you know they think that for some reason we're just gonna all of a sudden like
not see what they're doing they're always trying to correct pastor
anderson because they're trying to bring him down make him have doubts in his
heart and they're like hey well you said this
is actually what really happened during world war ii
you know sweden was actually involved let me tell you how
you know they have factories working for the germans yeah i bet you didn't know
that huh and it's just envious just hatred that's
what it is but this woman was listening to jesus
believing all things because even though yeah she might have
had too many husbands it's because she was such a loving
person with charity amen
that's how good she was someone's gonna make
a short video out of that president girls overseas
but i just liked i don't know this story how she just like
swallowing it all up and she leaves rejoicing
it's like man i don't know i love that story
but let's continue if you have charity it says hope with all things and who
comes to mind shadrock me check and a bendigo don't worry we have one more
after this one because i love these guys talk about
hoping all things you guys are there at daniel love this
story man talk about oh i don't even know how to explain
this thing we just got to read it shadrock me check and a bendigo as it is
said to the king all never can answer we are not careful
to answer the in this matter if it be so our god whom we serve is
able to deliver us why because they have hope
they have hope in their god that he can do all things amen
and it says hey we're not going to be careful to answer you he said he is
able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and he will deliver
us out of thine hand okay but if not let it or be it known unto
thee oh king that we will not serve thy gods nor
worship the golden image with thou hast set up go to ax 14 go to ax 14
that's a heck of an attitude talk about hoping
let me just make sure i don't misquote it hoping hope with all things
you know talk about somebody or a group of people that had hope
like i wish i had hope that hey this is going to happen they're talking to the
guy who's about to kill him if you know they say something
wrong but that's the kind of hope they had because they knew they can do all
things they can escape this they can accomplish anything that god is with
them they're not going to be stopped amen
and last but not least person with charity
endureth all things endureth all things amen ax 14 says this
and there came thither certain jews from antiak and akonium who persuaded the
people and having stoned paul drew him out of
the city supposing he had been dead back to how we started talking about
stoning but what happened he actually got stoned
and he quit and he went home and he never served the lord again
is that what happened absolutely not in fact go to second
corinthians chapter 11 and we'll wrap it up there second corinthians chapter 11
he gets stoned they stoned him so bad to think he's dead
he must have been really tore up and yet he survives it and doesn't quit
doesn't quit they threw stones at him hey protesters throw an insult at you
can you hang a little bit longer they're not stoning you bro they're just
saying bad things to you and maybe we will never see another
protest ever again yeah right but for anyone out there who hasn't
experienced it just remember this guy he endured all
things amen but that wasn't just like the only
kind of like bump in the apostle paul's christian
you know road or life let's just finish up with second corinthians chapter 11
verse number 22 he says are they hebrew so am i are they
israelite so am i are they the seed of abraham so am i are
they ministers of christ i speak as a fool i am more and labor's
more abundant and stripes above measure and princes more frequent and deaths
off of the jews five times received thy
40 stripes save one thrice was i beaten with rods
once was i stoned yeah we know paul we read about it just now
thrice i suffer shipwreck how many of you guys cannot swim
cannot swim come on you're not going to be embarrassed we're not going to trip
over that i could barely swim and i was in the
marines
but i'll tell you what i don't know what i would do if i was shipwrecked
i have no clue and i hope i never experience it
but he makes it very clear he was shipwrecked a night in a day
he was in the deep i don't know if that deep has shark infested waters
but i would have been probably praying all night and all night man's prayer
in the ocean in journeys often in perils of water perils of robbers and perils
those of you that go to missions trips you know we got to worry about these
thieves amen kind of messes it all up but we don't
care we're still going to save people in perils by my own countrymen in perils
by the heathen in perils in the city in perils in the wilderness
in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren and weariness and
painfulness and watching softens and hunger
and thirst and fastings often and cold and nakedness beside those things that
are without that which cometh upon me daily why
did he do it all he went through all this and kept going
he didn't quit he endured all things why well he finishes by telling us why
because the care of all the churches because he cared
what's another word for caring having charity
love whatever word you want to use and this is why i'm talking about it this
morning because it says the greatest of these
is charity and i know i know everyone here whether you admit it or not
i know everyone here wants to be great i know you do
i know when we're i guess you know gone and faithful words having our memorial
service you know i heard people say wow you know
the ones that in the past i didn't realize how much you know such
and such affected people i hope when i'm gone and i have my there's
a memorial service for me i hope people talk about me the way
they're talking about them because they were very impressed that
they affected a lot of people in a positive way
and if you don't want to be great you're just fooling yourself everybody wants to
be great everybody wants to do good for the lord
do great things for the lord well we obviously need to have charity in
order to get those things done and that's why i want to just remind
everyone that hey bad things are going to happen they're going to happen going
back to enduring all things hey i couldn't believe that after
pastor was talking to me on the phone saying hey my back is so messed up i
don't know when i'm going to walk again but you know what next year i'm probably
going to fly
i was like what seriously he didn't say you know what i think i'm done with this
no he says i enjoyed it people enjoyed it you know brought a lot of faces in
we're able to plug people in why is he able to endure
because of charity that's the only reason why he would say without
hesitating and in my brain i'm thinking is he
serious oh no he's serious i know i'm enough to know he's serious
he's gonna do it again next year he may be in a wheelchair but he's gonna do it
again next year because of what charity charity because
he cares about people the faces that he saw while preaching the stories that he
heard people saying hey you know i got saved
because of you listen hey listening to you helps me
throughout my week you know what just thank you so much for
coming he's probably thinking while he's on his
bed like man this sucks but i'm gonna do it again it was it was a great
a great thing you know great fwc mega conference
but if anybody else wants to do great things
bad things can happen look what happened to paul people in the bible got sick
so sick they almost died this is how life is
we all know at the end of the day pastors in pain but we all have hope
that all things work together for good right to them that love god
and obviously are called according to his purpose
so what i just wanted to do this morning is just talk about charity and talk
about certain things and give you bible examples of people that had it
so we can follow in their footsteps amen let's pray there father but thank you so
much for all that you've done thanks so much for this great group of people here
father we just ask you to just be with us throughout the week and not just that
help us to serve you whether it's out knocking doors lord or
in our you know place of employment father or just with our neighbors or our
family or our friends father just help us to have charity
in every situation possible and we ask you to do all this for y'all and glory
in jesus name amen
amen let's take our song books please go to hymn number one
hymn number one jesus i my cross have taken hymn number one
sing it out on that first verse together number one jesus i my cross have taken
all to thee and all of thee
there's a juke in his eyes forsaken
thou and his might all shall be
cherish every bond and mission
all are silent, open, noble
yet i wish it's my ambition
god and heaven are still my own
let the world despise and keep me playing and let
my savior too
healing hearts and voices singing
thou art not my mirror true
and while thou shalt smile upon me
god is wisdom, love, and might
closing and transition
shall my face and all is bright
and there's trouble and distress
where I was guiding to thy best
life is my own time impressive
that will bring me sweeter dress
hope is not in greed to want me
while our love is silent to me
hopes are not in joy to charm me
where that joy of mission be
days beyond the grace to glory
are my faith and lead my prayer
as eternal days before thee
god's own hand shall guide me there
soon shall holds my earth's mission
switch out past thy milder days
hopes shall change through glad fruition
lead to sight and prayers to praise
me