Each and every one of you here let's please take our hymnals please and turn to hymn number 217
You're really gonna have to amp up the volume tonight and
Make up for those who are absent so
217 let's sing it out nice and loud on that first verse. I am so happy in Christ today
hymn number
217 sing it out on this verse
I
Am so happy in Christ today
That I go singing along my way
Yes, I'm so happy to know and say
Jesus included me, too
Jesus included me
Yes
Included me when the Lord
So ever
Yes
When the Lord's ever so ever
He
I
Read
But when I read it, I always say Jesus
Jesus
Yes
Oh
When the Lord said
Ever
Oh
They're calling home
Gee
Me
When the Lord so ever
Me
Jesus included me
When the Lord said
He
On the last now
Freely country where's the soul to throw Oh with what joy they my heart
Well
Jesus included me, too
So ever
Me
And thank you for this church
And I pray that you fill us with the Holy Spirit tonight Lord and give us ears to hear the message that's preached
And I pray you bless our singing
And heal everybody who's sick and we love you and pray in Jesus's name
Amen up a few pages to number 221
Him number 221 a child of the king number 221
Father is rich houses and lands over 221 singing on this verse now
my father is
Rich in
Houses and lands he hold
the world
World in his hands of
Rubies and diamonds of silver and gold
Its covers are full
He has riches
untold
I'm a child
a child
With Jesus my savior I'm a child
the king my
father's own son the
savior of man
once
wandered on earth as the
poorest of them
but
My
That we
When he comes by and by I'm a child
With
my
Savior I'm a child
the king I
once was an
Outcast stranger on earth
By choice
By birth
Dump it my name
Mention a robe and a crown. I'm a child
I came with Jesus my savior. I'm a child
A tent or a cottage. Why should I care?
Building a palace for me over there
Though
I'm a child
My savior I'm a child
My good singing
At this moment we're gonna go through the bulletin so if you have your bulletin
Great if you need a bulletin go ahead and raise your hand and the ushers would get you a bulletin as soon as they can
If you have a bulletin go ahead and open it up on the upper left hand corner is the service times right below that
It's our soul winning times at the very end salvation is the path distance for the year on the upper right hand corner
It's an announcement about the home school field trip to out of Africa Wildlife Park
It's gonna be on Thursday, February 18th
All fwbc home school children between the ages of 5 and 18 are invited along with one parent
Chaperone and younger siblings both parents of families with six or more children are welcome to attend
Please use the following address that's given right there and please arrive at the parking lot of the park
By 930 a.m. Those planning to attend must must RSVP with mrs.
Forte no later than Monday February 15th
Be sure to include the number of adults and children along with their ages
No outside food is allowed inside the park where concessions are available and below
That is the Bible memory passage for the week and on the back of your bulletin
The coffee and tea station is reserved for adults
Please do not allow your children to help themselves to everything that's over there
You know because children love to lick sugar and everything else. Amen
Don't be the one
Please continue to pray for the expectant ladies and the upcoming events are right there
Take a look at them when you get a chance and now let's just count the soul winning numbers for the week
So if you got somebody saved on Thursday, February 11th, go ahead and raise your hand
Five
Anybody else
Friday any salvations two
Any more salvations for Friday
Saturday what do you got three? I see a hand in the back. I
See a hand three awesome. Thank you. Any more salvations one? Oh
No
Any more salvations for Saturday and today
Salvations for today, I guess we'll start the very back
16
1
4
And
Scott
3 did I miss anybody else?
Alright keep up the good work with so winning and with that my friend you're up
All right, we're gonna sing he is mine if you don't have a sheet of that him, please raise your hand
We'll sing it on that first verse long before the fall of man God designed a master plan
He is my let's sing it on this first verse together now
Long before the fall of man
When he exchanged the sinner for a sinner swan
Jesus left his throne on high
Came to earth to plead and die
He said father not my will but thine be done
He is mine
I am blessed beyond all measure
He is mine
I have part and full and free through the blood shed for me
Say forever I shall be
He is mine
I
Through God's mercy and his grace
He's prepared for us a place
words can not
Let's you
We will praise the perfect plan
King of kings the great I am
He has made the joys of heaven ours to share
He is mine
I am blessed beyond all measure
He is mine
I have part and full and free through the blood shed for me
Say forever I shall be
He is mine
Amen your hymnals please turn to hymn number 208
Hymn number 208 grace greater than our sin
Hymn number 208
Singing on that first verse marvelous grace of our loving Lord number 208
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord
Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt
Yonder on Calvary's mount out poured
There where the blood of the Lamb was spilled
Grace grace God's grace
Grace that will pardon and bless within
Grace grace God's grace
Grace that is greater than all our sin
Sin and despair like the sea waves cold
Threaten the soul with infinite loss
Grace that is greater yes grace untold
Points to the refuge the mighty cross
Grace grace God's grace
Grace that will pardon and bless within
Grace grace God's grace
Grace that is greater than all our sin
Dark is a stain that we cannot hide
What can the mill to wash it away
Look there is hoeing the crimson tide
Wider than snow you may need to lay
Grace grace God's grace
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within
Grace grace God's grace
Grace that is greater than all our sin
Marvelous infinite matchless grace
Freely bestowed on all who believe
You that are longing to see this face
Will you this momentous grace receive
Grace grace God's grace
Grace that will pardon and cleanse within
Grace grace God's grace
Grace that is greater than all our sin
Amen, at this time we're going to take the offering
So if you have your Bibles please turn to Matthew chapter number six
Matthew chapter number six is about the very recent scriptures
Matthew chapter number six
Matthew chapter six the Bible reads
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them
Otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven
Therefore when thou doest thine alms do not sound a trumpet before thee
As the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets
That they may have glory of men
Verily I say unto you they have their reward
But when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth
That thine alms may be in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret
Himself shall reward thee openly
And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are
For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets
That they may be seen of men
Verily I say unto you they have their reward
But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut thy door
Pray to thy Father which is in secret
And thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly
But when ye pray use not vain repetitions as the heathen do
For they think that they shall be heard of their much speaking
Be not ye therefore like unto them
For your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him
After this manner therefore pray ye
Our Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever Amen
For if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses
Moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance
For they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast
Verily I say unto you they have their reward
But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face
That thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy Father which is in secret
And thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth
Where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven
Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal
For where your treasure is there will your heart be also
The light of the body is the eye
If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness
If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness
No man can serve two masters
For either he will hate the one and love the other
Or else he will hold to the one and despise the other
Ye cannot serve God and mammon
Therefore I say unto you take no thought for your life for what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink
Nor yet for your body for what ye shall put on
Is not the life more than meat and the body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air
For they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns
Yet your heavenly Father feedeth them
Are ye not much better than they?
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
And why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin
And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these
Wherefore if God so clothed the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven
Shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat or what shall we drink? Or wherewithal shall we be clothed?
For after all these things do the Gentiles seek
For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things
But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness
And all these things shall be added unto you
Take therefore no thought for the morrow
For the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
Brother Daniel, would you pray?
Dear Father in Heaven, please bless Brother Segura as he preaches today
Please give us all ears to hear and to receive wisdom
We pray in Jesus' name, Amen
Alright, Matthew chapter number 6
The verse I want to focus on is verse number 6 that says
But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet
And when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret
And thy Father which is in secret shall reward thee openly
The title of my sermon is this
Getting Paid to Pray
If you got your Bibles, please go to 1 Samuel chapter number 12 verse 20
1 Samuel chapter number 12 verse 20
Go ahead and just go there
You know, so what I want to talk about today is prayer of course
But I want to motivate you guys to pray more
Because in 2021 we need more prayer
But you know what, we're going to need more prayer as time goes on
Not less prayer, we're going to need more Bible, more church
We're going to need to serve God a whole lot more
You know, if we're going to succeed down the road
Because the world is going to get a lot harder
It's not a secret like the Bible says
That things are going to get worse and worse towards the end
It's going to be a tribulation like never before
It says the evil men are going to wax worse and worse
The love of men is going to get colder and colder
So we shouldn't be surprised if the soul winning gets a little harder every single year
Amen? But that's why we got all these cool trips
You know, to these small towns, right?
To Mexico and everything else that we do
We're going to have to figure that out, amen?
You know, but right here it clearly shows in Matthew 6, 6
That look, God's going to reward you when you pray
It's never in vain
When you do it in secret, obviously we do pray sometimes publicly
We pray before the service, you know, that God will bless it
You know, but primarily our prayers should be done in secret
And everything you do in secret like it says right there
God will reward you openly in this life and the next
See, we're going to find out how much you pray in the next world for sure
Maybe not in this world, but in the next one we are going to find out how much time you spend in prayer
And it does amaze me, we get calls once in a while
People struggling with sin, you know, asking for tips on how to overcome sin
And one of the questions I like to ask them, well let me just simply ask you this
How's your prayer life?
You know, when was the last time you prayed?
This is what they usually say, I can't remember
I don't know, you're right, I need to step that up
And it's not a shocker
You know, it's not a shocker when people call, hey, I'm struggling with sin
Yeah, I'm reading my Bible maybe
How's the prayer? How's it going?
Do you have a prayer life?
You know, are you disciplined?
You know, do you have something going for you?
Because let me make it very clear, we need it
And not just that, it's a commandment
Let me just read a verse really quickly
Luke 18, 1, this is the Lord Jesus Christ speaking
He says, and he spake a parable unto them to this end
that men ought to always pray and not faint
God wants us to always pray and not faint
Never quit is what he's saying
And this isn't a suggestion from Jesus
This is him telling you to do it
This is the order, you know, from our captain of our salvation
Go ahead and look at 1 Samuel 12, verse 20
It says, and when Samuel had caused all the tribes
I'm sorry, and when Samuel said unto the people,
Fear not, ye have done all this wickedness
ye turn not aside from following the Lord
Here's Samuel trying to get the nation of Israel
to get right with the Lord, to stay right with the Lord
So he says, ye turn not aside from following the Lord
but you serve the Lord with all your heart
and turn ye not aside, for then shall ye go
after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver
for they are vain, for the Lord will not forsake
his people for his great name's sake
because he has pleased the Lord to make you his people
Moreover, as for me, this is the prophet of Israel
as for me, God forbid, meaning I hope I don't do this
that I should sin, sin against the Lord
and ceasing to pray for you
So he's saying, look, it is sin for me to cease
and what is sin? Transgression of the law
Breaking God's commandments
So as God's people, it's the same thing for us
If we stop praying, guess what?
There's going to have to be some confession
as soon as you start praying that you haven't prayed before
You know, Lord forgive me for not praying yesterday
the day before, or whatever
Or if you happen to pray in the morning
and you mess up in the afternoon
Lord forgive me for that sin I committed this afternoon
Constantly keeping your heart clean
Constantly keeping it nice
You know, so the Lord will be happy with you
You know, I heard this illustration
You know, it's a whole lot easier to keep the kitchen clean
after you eat
than when you eat and you neglect the kitchen
How's it going to look after a week or two?
How easy is it to clean a kitchen, ladies
after you've been kind of letting it go for a week,
two weeks, three weeks, a year?
Try 20 years
See, when I started going to church
they asked for volunteers one day
and I jumped at the opportunity to serve them
I was a new Christian, I was excited
Started going to this church
I became a Baptist
And then they had volunteers, I'm like, I'll do it
And guess what it was for?
To clean the kitchen
And I'm thinking, how hard could it be?
The kitchen? I can do that
It was very, very difficult to clean that kitchen
They specifically wanted me to clean the stove
And my wife was there
It took us hours to clean that stove
And people would walk in
and they're like, oh, that's a messy stove
and walk right out
They were not thinking at all
as far as helping us out
And my fingers got so messed up
It took weeks for the black
you know, whatever it was that I was cleaning
It took, it seemed like forever for it to just go away
My fingers were all black, we didn't use gloves
I was just scrubbing, scrubbing, scrubbing
trying to get that stove clean
But I got it clean, amen
I got that clean
But you know what is the same with sin?
You let it go, you don't confess it
God, purify my heart, clean my heart, forgive me
You know, keep me straight
Hey, it's going to get dirtier and dirtier
It's going to be harder to clean it
once it's defiled, amen
You know, but we see Sam is saying, look
I'm not going to sin against God by failing
or ceasing to pray for you
And we need to do the exact same thing
We need to make sure that we don't go days
You know, days without prayer
You know, this one said, or there's a saying
that says, hey, seven days, you know,
without prayer makes one week
And we're not talking about the number, amen
We're talking about you spiritually weak
Not that, hey, seven days without prayer
equals a week, like in a week
You know, one week of the month or whatever
It will make you weak as you go without prayer
We need it, pray for power
Pray for the fullness of the Holy Ghost
You know, but like I said in Matthew 6, 6
You know, God will reward you openly
So that should be some motivation to pray
It's never in vain
And realizing that God will always answer
your prayers better, better than you expect
Better than you ask
See, we'll get into that later
But a great example is Solomon
Go to 1 Kings, you're right there in 1 Samuel
Just go to the right, 1 Kings chapter number 3
Just go ahead and go to 1 Kings chapter number 3
Meet me in verse number 5
While you go there, I'm going to read from Luke 11-9
It says, and I say unto you,
Ask and it shall be given you
Seek and ye shall find
Knock and it shall be opened unto you
John 14, 12 says this
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me the works that I do
shall he do also in greater works than me
and indeed shall he do
because I go unto the Father
and whatsoever ye ask in my name
that will I do that the Father may be glorified
in the Son
1 John 5, 14 and this is the confidence
that we have in him
That if we ask anything, anything
even a Ferrari, hold up, I didn't say that
Even a big house, a mansion, I never said that
But it's a grand million dollars
If I ask him if I'm going to receive it
Hold up a little bit, all right
All right, let me get a little bit more clear
The Bible says, and this is the confidence
that we have in him
That if we ask anything, according to his will
he heareth us
I don't know if it's his will
Well, just pray, you'll find out
How am I going to find out if you get it or not
That's just how it is
But you're right there in 1 Kings
Let's look up a perfect example
that a man that prayed in secret
but yet was rewarded openly
And I recommend we aim to be like this man
And this is Solomon
It says in 1 Kings chapter number 3
In Gibeon, the Lord appeared to Solomon
And he said unto thy servant David my father
Great mercy, according as he walked before thee
in truth and in righteousness
and of rightness of heart with thee
And thou hast kept from him this great kindness
that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne
as it is this day
And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king
instead of David my father
I am but a little child
I know not how to go out or come in
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people
which thou hast chosen
A great people that cannot be numbered
for multitude
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart
to judge thy people
that I may deserve between good and bad
For who is able to judge this
that is so great a people
And the speech pleased the Lord
that Solomon had asked this thing
And God said unto him
Because thou hast asked this thing
and hast not asked for thyself long life
nor hast asked riches for thyself
nor hast the life of thine enemies
but hast asked for thyself understanding
to discern judgment
Lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart
so that there was none like thee before thee
neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee
and I have also given thee
that which thou hast not asked
for riches and honor
so that there shall not be any among the kings
like unto thee all thy days
Talk about a heavy, heavy reward
Heavy reward
He was rewarded openly
Became the richest, wisest man on the planet
How spread the word of the Lord
Got a lot of people to believe
on the Lord
It says in Psalms 55 17
Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray
So that's a good tip
Aim for three times a day
I know that's a tip the pastor gives people
It's like look if you haven't started your prayer life
Aim for three times a day
You know when I get on the phone with individuals
I'm like look aim for 8am
Aim for 12
Aim for 8pm 10pm
If you skip one you skip two
chances are you'll get number three
If you don't get them then you know what
keep going at it
Practice makes perfect amen
That's all you can do
Just keep on practicing
Keep on perfecting your discipline
Keep discipline yourself
But pray, pray
I mean here's somebody who's saying hey
Morning night and noon I am going to pray
And that's a great way to start out
And a great example of this was Daniel
If you have your Bibles go to Daniel chapter number six
Go to Daniel chapter number six
While you go to Daniel chapter number six
It says rejoice evermore
Doesn't get any more simpler than this
Verse 17 three words
Pray without ceasing
And everything give thanks
Why?
For this is the will of God
In Christ Jesus concerning you
But that's for us as well
It's not just for that individual or those individuals
God wants us to be thankful people
Romans 1 what was the first thing they did
They became unthankful
God forbid that God's people should be thankful
God forbid that God's people should become unthankful
This morning we have so many things to be thankful for
We have a lot of benefits that we receive from the Lord daily
On my way over here my wife I didn't see her text
You know I stopped answering texts while I drive
It's not becoming a good habit to continue
But she texted me I didn't see it until I got here
She's like hey FYI there's an accident in the southern
Be careful
And sure enough I already came across it
You know but hey that could have been me
You know I'm on my way to church
You know that could have been me
I believe God protected me
You know so it can happen
You know it can happen when you may get into an accident
And once again God will protect you
He'll take care of you
You know but pray without you know
Pray without ceasing keep doing it as best you can
You're right there in Daniel chapter number 6
One of my favorite stories remember we just read in Psalms
I just read to you in Psalms 55, 17
Evening and morning and at noon I will pray
And you know what I've noticed that a lot of statements in the Bible
You know a lot of statements in the Bible
You'll end up finding stories of people that actually did those things
So here's somebody who's praying hey morning night and noon
And then we see an example of somebody that's actually doing it
And that's Daniel
Let's take a look
Now when Daniel knew that the writings were signed
He went into his house and his windows being opened in his chamber
Towards Jerusalem
He kneeled upon his knees three times a day
And prayed
And gave thanks before his God
As he did a fourth time
This was a habit that he built
I bet you he got there by practicing
Practice makes perfect
He disciplined himself to become this individual
That three times a day
Three times a day
And you know what
We're probably going to go through a similar thing
It's going to seem like hey the world's going to get wicked
They're not going to love Christians down the road
So of course you know why is he praying three times a day
So that he can be successful in those trying times
You know during his time it wasn't the best time to be alive
But I'm pretty sure praying helped
Because praying produces peace
You know just like Stephen in Acts chapter number 6
His face was like the face of an angel
You know that guy was full of faith
That guy was full of wisdom
So it's not a coincidence
You know God will give you what you need
And he knows that we all need power
We all need peace
We all need patience
You know we all need joy
We all need pleasure
He's going to give it to you
But sometimes hey we have not because we asked not right
It just happens
You know so if you ever Bible go to Luke 11
Go to Luke 11
I'll just read a few more verses about prayer
Here's Hebrew 13 18
Hey we don't take this for granted
This isn't a joke to us
This is something serious to us
This is important
This is part of our success
That people are praying for us
Not just ourselves praying for ourselves
But hey we want you guys to help us and pray for us for success
Hebrews 13 pray for us
For we trust we have a good conscience
And all things willing to live honestly
Let me read some verses about Jesus' prayer life
He was hard core about prayer
If you know what I'm talking about
Let me give you some examples
Jesus came up into a mountain
A mountain apart to pray
He knew look most people are not going to go up a mountain
And chase me down
Whatever they want from me
You know what if it's obviously easy
They'll come to me and kind of hinder me
But he knew I have to make time
I can't be so busy in my day
You know casting out devils healing blind people
Raising up dead people
I can't get so busy
Because people are going to suck my time
I got to break off
And if Jesus Christ needs it
Who are we to say we're alright
You know yeah yeah you know if I get to it
Great if not whatever
If I pray today I pray today
That wasn't Jesus Christ's attitude
He's like I got to get away
Up the mountain
That's what it's going to take
I'm going up that mountain
So nobody follows me because they'll be too tired to get up there
Mark 1 35
And in the morning
In the morning rising up
A great while before day
It says rising up a great while before day
He went out and departed to a solitary place
And there prayed
Luke 5 16
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness
And prayed
He's escaping
He's like I need to break away right now
Looking left looking right
I need to get with God
I need to talk to the father
I need to get with him
Luke 6 12
And it came to pass in those days
That he went up into a mountain to pray and continue
Look at this
All night in prayer to God
No sleep all night
Man that is hardcore
That is hardcore
I don't know if you guys ever done it
I've never done it
To be praying all night
Man I think he's kind of giving us a heads up
Hey prayer is important
Amen
Luke 9 28
Come on guys let's go pray
Where are we going Jesus?
Into a mountain
He's like we're going up the mountain
Up the mountain to pray
And look I went to the Barnhart trail
Who's ever done the Barnhart trail?
That's where we shot one of the episodes
In our Landmarks episodes
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You know but it wasn't that easy
It was like an hour and a half of straight walking up
You know so then I ended up going back
Cause we left some we thought we left some microphones
You know with our SD cards
I said hey I got to go back
But you know what I couldn't really remember
Quite well where it was
So I took my older son with me
Cause he was there the first time
Then my other kids they didn't know what they were getting themselves into
They begged me to come
I'm like okay you want to come
I'll take you
They regretted it
They're like we're not going up there anymore
And it took us two hours to get back to the car
We're up in the mountain
It took us two hours to get back
An hour and a half to get up there
And then I got one more episode
Episode ten with Pastor Mejia
I need some b-roll who wants to come
Not I
That's alright I'm just ripping up my kids
You know hey it's the volunteer army right now
I may force you guys later
But we got to go this week to get some b-roll
So they want none of that
They had enough the first time around
But let's take a look at Luke 11
And look why am I preaching on prayer
Hey Jesus taught on prayer
He taught his disciples to pray
You know they never asked them
Teach us how to cast out devil Jesus
You know Jesus can you teach us how to heal blind people
You know it's like hey Jesus teach us
The only thing you see them saying Lord
Teach us to pray as John taught his disciples
That means they were very impressed by how Jesus prayed
They were super impressed
They're like hey I want some of that
And sometimes I wonder like how could they not know how to pray
Had they not read Psalms
Psalms is like a gigantic prayer book
What is that?
Break their teeth oh Lord
Send them straight to hell
There's a lot of prayers
So I'm wondering like man did they not read the book of Psalms
But I guess they felt like hey we want to know one thing
Hey are we doing this right
Are we praying correctly
You know teach us these things
Let's take a look
And it came to pass that as he was praying in a certain place
When he ceased one of the disciples said unto him
Lord teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples
And he said unto them
When you pray say
God will be thy name
Thy kingdom come thy will be done
As in heaven so in earth
Give us day by day our daily bread
And forgive us our sins
For we also forgive
Everyone that is indebted to us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
And that's just it you know
Quickly that's how you pray
If you're trying to remember that
You know who's ever heard of the high five prayer
Who's ever heard of that
Where you use the fingers to remember
You know certain parts
Like for example the thumb right
It starts with T
You know this is something you can google on the internet
So just to kind of remember alright you know
I want to pray and have like a complete prayer
You know well obviously based on what Jesus did
You should have a time where you're thanking God
So the thumb is to remind you to thank God
And the little pointer finger
Is time to remind you to praise God
And then the middle finger the index finger
Is a time to start to say God I'm sorry
You know I index I'm sorry
Forgive me you know
Be merciful to me
The ring finger that's a time to start requesting things for God
God you know help me with this help me with that
You know and then the pinky finger
That's a time to ask God for protection
Ya'll never heard that before?
Well now you know
Remember thumb thank God
Pointer praise God
Index finger I'm sorry God
Ring finger God I need this
And the pinky finger protection
God hey protect me
Lead me not into temptation
But deliver me from evil
Got it? Just move on
Alright more scripture on prayer
And so while you have your Bible
Now go ahead and go to James 5
Go to James 5
James chapter number 5
I'm going to read from 1 Timothy 2 1
It says,
Exhort therefore that first of all
Supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks
being made for all men
For kings and for all that are in authority
That's our pastor
That could be our governor
That could be our mayor
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life
In all godliness and honesty
For this is good and acceptable
On the side of God our Savior
Who will have all men to be saved
And to come unto the knowledge of the truth
For there is one God and one mediator
Preacher and an apostle
I speak the truth in Christ
And lie not a teacher of the dentures and faith and verity
I would therefore that men pray everywhere
Lifting up holy hands
Without wrath and doubting
Notice holy hands
And we'll get to that in a second
Hinder sister prayer we'll get to that in a second
But this is what I'm talking about
Good Christians, here's a benefit
Straight to God, anytime, any place, anywhere
Back studying Christians
Stop, you need to confess some sin
Get right with the Lord so he can hear you
And it's not just confessing
Here's the secret
It's confessing and forsaking
God I'm sorry, please forgive me
Will you continue in sin?
Not happening
You want to start prospering again?
Confess and forsake
Hey those are the ones that prosper
So how bad do you want God's prosperity?
How bad do you want God's power?
Well we need to have some forsaking
You know and unless he repents
Jesus told them in Luke 3
You should likewise perish
If you want to continue in sin
You want to continue to live wicked
Guess what I'm going to have to do?
I'm going to have to come down and punish you
And that's the facts of life
God will give you a long time
You know he'll be long suffering towards you
Not willing to perish
But at some point he's going to have to bring the hammer down
If you refuse to repent
Saying sorry is not what impresses God
Turning, turning from that sin
Is where he comes in and says okay
You're forgiven now, you're forgiven now
What if I do it again?
And so what do we see here?
Hey pray for the leaders
2 Thessalonians chapter 3
Finally brethren pray for us
Once again he's like hey in Hebrews pray for us
The apostle Paul talked to the church in Thessalonia
Hey pray for us brethren
That the word of Lord may have free course and be glorified even as it is with you
Doesn't get any simpler than this
1 Thessalonians 5 25
Brethren pray for us
That's it that's the verse
1 2 3 4 4 words
Brethren pray for us
Let's pray for each other
Let's just keep praying for each other
It shouldn't just be all about you when you pray
It should be about hey I know such and such is struggling Lord
Help him out
You'll be knocking out two birds with one stone and I'll get into that in a second
You're right there in James 5
More evidence that it's not just about praying for yourself
Yeah you already saw what Jesus says
Hey this is how you pray
You know lead us not to temptation
Give us our daily bread
Deliver us from evil
You know quickly pray for yourself
And then start helping other people
Let them give psalms
Is any sick among you?
Let them call for the elders of the church
And let them pray over him
Anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick
And the Lord shall raise them up
And if you have committed sins
They shall be forgiven him
Confess your faults one to another
And pray one for another
Pray when people are sick
That's what we pray for people that are sick
We're like Lord heal such and such
So he can continue to serve you
Once again what's a great benefit of being a good Christian?
Prayer is going to get answered
You want to be somebody who's like
Man God's not answering my prayers
Well what's going on?
You know you're basically saying that you're in sin
That's just how I see it
I would just be like hey I'm just waiting patiently on the Lord
You know it's like hey God never answers my prayer
Oh man he just confessed to me something that you probably not have noticed
But either way let's get into hindrances really quickly
You know if you have your Bible and you're still there in James
Go to James 4-2
When you go to James 4-2
You know I'll read from Psalm 66-18
One of my favorite verses
It just reminds me to keep my heart clean
Because I want God to hear me
I want God to answer my prayers
You go to James 4-2 I'll read from Psalm 66-18
If I regard iniquity in my heart
The Lord will
Doesn't say might not hear me
You know God understands
When I think
He realizes that
You know I'm really a good guy
I mean well
It's just that this temptation is just too strong for me
Whatever it may be
You know well
He made it very clear
He will not answer you
And that's a scary place to be where God's not answering you
Talk to King Saul when you meet him in heaven
What did he just say?
The Lord's not answering me
And he got worse and worse and worse
But if you're right there in James 4-2
He's already having
Cannot obtain
You fight in war
Yet ye have not
Because what?
Because you're not praying
Because ye ask not
But hey remember
Brothers and girl if I just ask I'm gonna get everything I want
Ah no
You ask and receive not
Here's the key thing
Because you ask amiss
Hey if you're asking for something that's not good
Something wrong
If the world is the enemy of God
Whosoever therefore be a friend of the world
Is the enemy of God
And guess what when you're the enemy of God
When you're too worldly he's not gonna answer you
He doesn't have your back
He's there with you
Yeah you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
But you won't be filled with his power
You'll be a powerless Christian
Just like Lot
No power to get anybody saved
Nobody's listening to you
You're a mock
That's all they're doing
Hey are people really going days without praying
Yes we get those phone calls
I'm struggling with this I'm struggling with that
Any tips?
I'm like how's your Bible?
Well okay how's your prayer?
Yeah you're right
Been days I don't remember
Think about it I don't remember the last time I prayed
Must be over a week or something
Because even if it was the day before
I'd be like yeah well I prayed yesterday in the morning before I started my day
Well great now up it up two times
In the Bible three times
Some people praise the Lord seven times
Or atWhat time its you Moses?
James reb Cathedral
This is the time it up
I know you know
helps that.
I'm going live so song just go sing
I'm going to pray
All this sacred prayer
I'll come live
No I'm just singing
J?
Go do the prayer
It says in Jude 1-21, keep yourselves in the love of God.
What does it mean, keep yourselves in the love of God?
What does that even mean?
1 John 5-3, if you're there, take a look, for this is the love of God.
That what?
That we keep His commandments.
In other words, that you're a good guy, you're a good Christian.
You know, keep doing good.
You've got a lot of benefits.
Don't mess up your name.
Don't screw it up.
You know?
I'm not talking about being perfect, because the Bible says that a just man falleth.
If you're a just man, you will fall.
So get up, get up, practice and make it perfect.
It says he get, he falleth seven times.
So yeah, you stumble, get up, you stumble, keep moving, keep serving God.
Bottom line, just don't faint, just don't quit, don't cease praying.
Amen?
Proverbs 24 16, for a just man falleth seven times and rises up again, but the wicked shall
fall into mischief.
So the first thing that will hinder you is being too sinful, too worldly, love and sin
too much.
That's going to hinder your prayer life.
As you can tell, you're adulterous and adulterous is, knowing that the first of the world is
enmity with God.
Remember that.
The other thing that can hinder your prayers is, is um, having an unforgiving spirit.
You don't have to go there.
Instead, what you guys can do is just go to First Thessalonians chapter number five, First
Thessalonians chapter number five, verse sixteen.
Go to First Thessalonians chapter number five, verse sixteen.
I'm going to continue to read where it says in Mark 11 25, when you stand praying, forgive,
forgive if you ought against any.
That's your neighbor, that's your church member, that could be your wife, and we'll get into
that in a second.
You're like, man, you didn't have a Valentine's sermon this morning, oh, we'll get there.
We'll have a little bit of Valentine's time before this is over.
We'll talk about love, amen?
It says really quickly, forgive if you ought against any that your father also with just
in heaven may forgive your trespasses.
But if you do not forgive, neither will your father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
You guys should know this already.
But to me to repeat things that you already know, it's good.
It's good for you, it's good for me, it's good for everyone.
You know?
There's nothing new under the sun, so if you're expecting me to preach something new, teach
you something new, well if I do, great, if not, you know what, I'm still getting a job
done to put you in remembrance of these things, to me it's not grievous.
You know, to me it's great.
So what do we got?
Number one, too sinful, too worldly, love and sin too much will hinder your prayers.
Number two, having an unforgiving spirit will hinder your prayers.
And we already saw how important prayer is, you saw how Jesus prayed, you saw how much
the Bible mentioned prayer, praying for one another, praying to the Lord.
Another thing, here's your Valentine's message, having an improper husband-wife relationship.
It's not worth it, hey, husband's wives, something's going on, get it right, it ain't worth it.
You don't get it right, it's only going to get worse.
Well he did this, she did this, she said this, he said this.
Just got to stop that, quit it, don't let the sun go down upon your wrath, don't go
to sleep angry.
Somebody step up and say I'm sorry, my bad, you know, even if it's not your bad.
Just to diffuse, I'm sorry honey, I'm sorry babe, whatever you use in your house, you
know.
Why, brothers and girls, listen to this, 1 Peter 3.7, likewise your husbands dwell with
them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife.
And you're not giving honor to your wife when you're calling her names, amen.
I'm not talking about picking on her here and there, every man does that, amen.
But when you're flat out dogging out your wife, you know, don't do that.
You know, it's going to come back to you, you're going to suffer for it.
Wives, just be patient if your husband just happened to, you know, be in that mood where
he's just making you feel, you know, like the worst person ever.
Not that it's happening in my house, but here's the key thing.
Giving honor to the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heirs together of the
grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered, it ain't worth it.
I want my prayers to be answered, don't you?
Can I fight?
Hey, get it over with.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please, I'm sorry, whatever, just get it, get it over and mean it too guys,
come on, sorry, no, honey, I really am sorry.
My bad, I'm sorry, I was an idiot, I'm stupid, I can't, I can't, I can't, I'm sorry I said
that the food sucks, whatever, you know.
Where's dinner ever?
I didn't mean that.
It came out, it just came out.
And it depends on the heart to not speak you through.
Get a cookbook, no I'm just kidding, Mrs. Anderson's cookbook on Amazon, no discounts
people.
Gee, work hard on that, pay double.
So what else will hinder you, hinder your prayers?
We already saw too sinful, we already saw unforgiving spirit, we already saw an improper
husband-wife relationship and another one is when you start to despise God's word.
Sunday evening people, no I'm just kidding.
Where's everybody at?
I guess it's not that important.
I'm just kidding, I'm sure people have some real serious legitimate reasons why they're
not here tonight, you know, I'm sure they have something that you know the Lord will
buy but despising God's word is going to make God quickly say don't talk to me, talk to
the hand.
How do you know?
You guys are there in 1 Thessalonians 5?
Simple verses, receive, rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing and everything give thanks
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you, quench not the spirit, despise
not prophesying.
Why?
Because it's going to hinder your prayers and look, obviously if people are you know
missing that were here this morning, this is not an attack, I'm just poking fun of it.
You know, if I offend you, I'm sorry but I'm just being funny, trying to be funny.
You know, so don't go around, where were you?
Where were you?
You know, don't do that, we'll get to that later if you see your brother sin, no just
kidding.
So, how do I get started brothers and girl, you're talking this big talk about we need
to pray more.
Okay, you got me, Jesus Christ was a prayer warrior like no one else, we get it, he went
up to the mountain, he broke away, he did whatever he had to do to get the Lord's attention,
to get his Father's attention and get his Father to help him, you know he was trying
to constantly have the Father on the side, constantly in communication with the Father.
How do we start?
Well, like I said earlier, like we always recommend, like pastor tells people, hey aim
for multiple times throughout the day, aim for multiple times throughout the day.
We already went through the scriptures where it says evening and morning and at noon I
will pray and cry out loud, aim for it.
You miss the morning, you miss the afternoon, hopefully you get the night time.
And if you miss all three, try it again the next day.
Keep perfecting your skills, your prayer skills, amen, just don't give up on it because God
will reward you openly.
He will, you know, so keep it going, he'll reward you openly.
Psalms 119, 164 says this, seven times a day do I praise you because of the righteous judgments.
I'm not asking you to do that, not even close, but man this guy did, he wrote it, that settles
it, it's God's word.
Seven times, seven times, wow, man that's good.
And another thing I recommend, another tip, hey do it in the morning as best you can,
do it in the morning.
Seek ye first, that's what we read in Matthew 6, seek ye first the kingdom of God.
How long, how long?
Well look, we all have different goals in life, you know, but I just try to aim for
at least five minutes of prayer, at least five minutes of Bible if I'm that bad on time
before I even start my day.
That's pretty much a chapter in five minutes of just thanking God, praising God, confessing
to God, asking God for help, and asking God for protection.
Usually it's about five minutes, so aim for ten minutes.
And then we'll get into some other tips as well, but how do I, you know, start, it says
right there in Matthew 6, 33, if you can't, but seek ye first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness and all these things shall be added to you.
Some people, they walk and pray, I think that's great, Jesus did it, you know, they go out
for 30 minutes, they come back for 30 minutes, they pray for an hour when they start their
day, that's great, if you can do that, do it.
You know, some people run and pray, you know, they jog and pray, I'm sure they're not sprinting
in prayer, that'd be kind of hard, but you know, sometimes they can jog pretty slow to
the point where it's kind of like speed walking, hey, some people do that, you know, they jog
for 30 minutes, get a little bit of exercise, you know, trying to cut some weight, whatever
the case may be, you know, just go for it, do something, you know, you have to climb
a mountain, or get an elliptical to wake you up, I don't know, you know, but starting out,
just pray about everything, look at this, Mark 11, 24, therefore I say unto you, what
things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and ye shall have them.
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be
done unto you.
Psalms 37, four, thou light thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires
of thine heart.
Philippians 4, six, be careful for nothing but in everything, by prayer's supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God, and the peace of God which
passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Just pour your heart out to him, anything that's bugging you, any issues you've got
going on, whatever problems are affecting you, unleash it on God, amen, just let him
have it.
This is what's bothering me, just let it all go, tell it to the Lord, and you'll be done
with it, and I'm sure you'll have the peace of God like it says right there, and that
will help you out.
Tip number four, the title of the sermon is paid to pray, but I'm not really talking about
Matthew 6, six, even though you will get paid like it says, what soever you do in secret,
God shall reward you openly, that's not really why I call the sermon paid to pray.
Here's the bottom line, we all if we want to, get kind of paid to pray in a sense, here's
what I mean by that, I was talking to somebody else and I was just asking, hey, do you get
breaks at work?
Yeah, I get breaks at work, raise your hand if you get breaks at work, looks like the
majority of people get breaks at work, wives, come on, you can take a break too, you know,
stay at home wives, you can take a little break here and there, you know, but here's
what happened when I started working at age 13, they gave me breaks, you know, I started
working at a sports camp, they gave me a 15 minute break, a 30 minute lunch and a 15
minute break, pretty much an hour, you know, and then pretty much I just go home after
an eight hour shift.
My second job was working at Safeway, I was working at Safeway, you know, not even as
a cashier, I didn't have skills to do that, you know, just pushing carts, amen, but they
gave me a 15 minute break and they gave me a one hour lunch and a 15 minute break.
The next job after that was the military, even in the military they gave us breaks,
there's only nine training days, they give us an hour lunch, right brother Nate, right,
you just go to the barracks and take a nap, correct, isn't that what we usually did?
No?
Oh man, that was only me?
I was 18, you know, I figured what am I doing, I'll just go home and nap, you know, and then
I'll be back in formation, true or false, even during training, they gave us breaks,
did they not?
Lots of breaks during training, alright guys, take a break, we're gonna eat right now, bust
out an MRE, meal's ready to eat and start chewing on it, right?
Even in combat, they gave us breaks, I'm in Iraq, we're guarding schools with bombs and
ammunition and everything else and we went 50% during the day, meaning half of the squad
is on security, half of them are relaxing and eating their meals, night time we go to
75%, midnight to 4am we're 100%, everybody's up, even during combat we got breaks, what
am I getting at?
Here's what I'm getting at, use some of those breaks to pray and read your Bible, just use
one, you know, use one or use two.
When I worked over here at Fry's Electronics, you know, five minutes from here, they would
give us a ten minute break and a one hour lunch, then a ten minute break, and they didn't
include you walking to the break room, they'd be like, hey, once you get to the break room,
just integrity, it's an integrity game, you get ten minutes, once you walk to the break
room, just sit down for ten minutes, relax, we were on our feet the whole time, you know,
I was on my feet from like 7am all the way to 11pm, you know, so they would say, hey,
just relax, do whatever you want to do, get something to eat, whatever the case may be,
I just read my Bible and prayed, I'm not trying to be holier than thou, but I'm just telling
you, hey, I just took the advantage because I wanted to get through the Bible so many
times a year, and guess what, you had the same opportunity as well, and they paid me
for that break, now you're starting to see the message, paid to pray, now you're getting
it, paid to pray, some people get fifteen minute breaks, true?
That's like two chapters, knock out two chapters and five minutes praying, bam, easy, easy,
I don't think it'll be that difficult, now you're like, well, brother, I don't like hearing
my Bible everywhere I go, well, get the app on your phone, I don't even own a Bible, this
Bible is Pastor Anderson's Bible, I do all my Bible reading off my phone, you know, and
now that the phones are getting bigger and bigger, it's a lot easier to read, my kids
have these little smart phones on their wrist, none of them have, you know, SIM cards, so
don't panic, alright, you know, none of them have SIM cards, but they can beef up the font,
see look at that, look at that, they got their little watches, because I was sick and tired
of them leaving their tablets behind, and I'm trying to get them to read their Bible
and pray every two hours, you know, while they're getting homeschooled, I'm like, okay,
stop every two hours and just read for five minutes, pray for five minutes, just to get
them in the habit of doing it, because guess what, once again, we need more prayer, not
less prayer, that's just a fact, the world's getting crazier and crazier and crazier, and
you know what, if you want to be like Steven, standing strong, with a face like an angel,
being tough, filled with the Spirit, it wasn't just by reading his Bible, my friend, I guarantee
you, it was through prayer as well, the whole package, like Job, being complete, being perfect,
Job knew how to pray, I guarantee you that, and the apostles were like, wow, we want to
be like our savior, you know, it's like, hey, teach us to pray, am I doing it right, well,
let me tell you what you need to do, praise God, thank God, ask for protection, ask for
your needs, your daily bread, and forgive others, you need to be a forgiving person,
and say, man, forgiving people is hard, because you don't have a habit of doing it, imagine
if you're praying three times a day, morning, night, and noon, Lord, forgive me for being
such a wicked person, you're going to be like that guy that says, Lord, be merciful to me,
a sinner, you're not going to be like the publican, Lord, I'm not, I'm glad I'm not
like this church member, did you just see that church member, you see what he's wearing,
you know, did you see that shirt he brought in, what, you know, Joe Biden, really, at
our church, somebody needs to go talk to that guy, brothers and girls, Joe Biden, really,
you want to warn that guy, I mean, wake him up a little, what are you talking about, Trump
is just as bad, you know, some people say maybe less, maybe more, I don't care, he's
unsaviors, prideful, never commands, all ruining this country, amen, that's why I don't worry
about any of that, but that's what you have to do, is just say, try to do your best to
just read through the Bible, you know, and I use the olive tree app, who knows what I'm
talking about, little green one, has many Bible plans, amazing Bible plans, you know,
it has a 31-day Bible plan, that's intense, you know, but it also has a one-year Bible
plan, where it's just four chapters a day, four chapters a day, well, if you get up in
the morning, boom, you knock out one, you do it for your first break, you knock out
two, do it for the lunch, you knock out three, you do it for your last break, boom, you just
knocked out your Bible reading for the day, so you can get through it in a year, well,
just continue it, every two hours, what's the hurt, what's the big hurt to continue
it and do another day, now you're going to finish it twice a year, in 10 years, that's
24 times, you're not going to be a dummy, you're not going to be easily deceived, and
it's not easy to mentally enslave somebody who knows the Bible, it's very difficult,
people try to say X, Y, and Z, you're like, please, that's not what the Bible says, I
know the truth about the sodomites, amen, but all I'm trying to say is, hey, I don't
think it's hard to just take one of your breaks and read the Bible, true, and I think we're
going to get to heaven and realize how much time we wasted when we could have been reading
our Bible, I'm included, I'm guilty, but I want to kind of end that as best I can,
in my life, my kids, everybody, we all know that, hey, we can take a little bit more time,
we can cut one of those breaks and use it during my lunch, whatever, you know, just
have a war plan, you'll have more success, what I do is I take out my phone, I have a
little, in fact, I just got to show you guys, so you see, I'm not just making stuff up,
so every two hours, I just click it, got my stopwatch, and I got my Bible, after ten
minutes, back to work, back to work, because after two hours, just focusing on videos,
man, it's like, oh, man, this is a mental whatever, then when I read my Bible and I
do my ten minute break, it's like refreshes me, it refreshes me, and everybody gets a
break, do we not, guys, you guys get a break, hey, why can't I have a break too, can I get
a break, please, you know, Pastor Anderson obviously doesn't, you know, he's not our
taskmaster whipping us here and there, but I do want to pray for you guys as well, you
know, I do want to take a little bit of time to pray for you guys, yeah, we're busy, he's
busy, he knows what I'm talking about, we're busy, you know, he's like, how did you get
everything done, you know, I'm doing like your job, and, you know, I don't know how
you did it, I don't know either, but we made it happen, right, and now that I got a good
team member, we're going to get a lot more done, for the Lord, for you guys, hopefully
we allow you guys to get heavily rewarded, you know, but, once again, Matthew 6, 6, but
thou when thou prays, enter into thy closet, and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy
Father which is in secret, and thy Father which is in secret, shall reward thee openly,
that's in this life and the next, amen, in other words, you're getting paid to pray,
but ladies, stay at home moms, come on, you guys as well, gotta do it, the kids will get
you busy, you guys gotta cook, I'm talking to the stay at home moms, you guys gotta cook,
you guys gotta clean, you guys gotta teach the kids, it's hard, stay at home moms, that's
a real job, believe it or not, even when we were trying to get our house, the loan officers
like write down your occupations, whatever, cashier at Fry's Electronics, my wife's like
unemployed, the lady, the loan officer literally took the paperwork and says, no, no, no, you
need to put stay at home mom, that's a real job, this is the loan officer, scratch out
unemployed and put stay at home mom, remember that, where's my wife, can I get an amen,
you know, a loan officer, unsafe, worldly, loan officer said, hey, you're a stay at home
mom, that's a real job, you need to write that down, you have a real job, not unemployed,
because my wife figured, she's not gonna understand, I'll just put unemployed, she's like, oh,
no, no, no, scratch that, in fact, here's a new sheet, please put stay at home mom,
that is a real job, that's what she said, I'm like, well, that's what's up, so I know
even the ladies are working 12, 16, 18, 20 hour days sometimes, because their job is
never done, you know, their job is cooking, cleaning, homeschooling, educating themselves,
but you have to stop, separate yourself and you gotta read your Bible, ladies, gotta read
your Bible, gotta pray, it will benefit your family, it will benefit your marriage, it
will benefit everybody, you know, because righteousness and salt is the nation, and
how are we gonna make America great again, by getting right with the Lord, that's how
you really make it great, not by voting for Trump, there I said it, not by voting for
Trump, by you getting right with the Lord as best you can, that's how God's gonna bless
this nation, not voting for him or whoever, that's how we get this nation to be exalted
by righteousness, and all God's people say, I'm glad you backed me up a little bit, I
know, I know, politicians shouldn't talk about it, but either or the Lord, the last tip,
so quickly my tips, my tips, really quick tips, once again, hey, gotta be careful being
too sinful, gotta be careful being an unforgiven individual, gotta be careful, you know, improper
husband-wife relationship, gotta be careful getting sick of listening to Pastor Anderson
preach or me or whoever, gotta be careful of that, because people in other nations are
like, man, what I will give, to go to faith-forward Baptist church, and then you're here like,
man, brother said, girl, really, if I knew pastor was sick, I would just stay home safe
from gas, well let's just say you better, your prayers ain't gonna get answered, that's
a fact, like whoa, that's not a humble spirit, I'm telling you, whoever gets up here, brother
Corbin, Rayman, whoever, you know, people will give anything to be in your shoes, to
know that they're going to a church that's a real legitimate bonafide, not these fake,
you know, apostate Christianity churches, all throughout Africa, all throughout Mexico,
all throughout the whole world, you know, they're like, man, what I would give to be
part of faith-forward Baptist church, man, Lord, when is it gonna happen, well, it might
happen in the next life for some people in other nations, and you're here and you're
just like, really, brother said, girl, all I gotta say is be careful, despite seeing
God's word, whoever's preaching it, and the tips, multiple times throughout the day, aim
for three, once again, start in the morning, pray about, unleash on God, pray about everything,
even if I offended you, pray that God forgives me, and if you can, hey, get paid to pray,
right, get paid to pray, get paid to eat, get paid to pray, you know, skip it and just
pray, and my last tip, do it every day, 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 17, pray without
ceasing, let's pray, thank God, thank you for everything that you've done, thank you
for your word, thank you for these people, thank you for your faithful ones, dear Lord,
we know that life ain't easy, it's very tough, the devil's gonna try to destroy us, you know,
but we ask you to give us the power, the peace, the patience, everything we need to get the
job done, and help us to be victorious, which you know we will, and Father, we ask you to
just bless everyone here, keep them safe as they go home, help Pastor Anderson to be 100%
by Wednesday, Father, we know that being sick is a terrible thing, and I pray that him and
his family, you know, they're dealing with the corona right now, loss of their smell
and taste, I pray that you get that all back really soon, and that you help us to get back
to normal, so we continue to fight for you, in Jesus' precious name, amen.
Let's take your hymnals and turn to hymn number 321, hymn number 321, where he leads, I'll follow.
Number 321, sweet are the promises, kind is the word, number 321, sing it out on this
first verse now, sweet are the promises, kind is the word, dear earth more than any message
that ever heard, your was the mind of Christ, sinless I see, in the great example is that
earth for me, where he leads I'll follow, follow all the way, where he leads I'll follow,
follow Jesus every day, sweet is the tender love Jesus has shown, sweeter far than any
love that mortals have known, kind to the every one, faithful is he, he the great example
is the pattern for me, where he leads I'll follow, follow all the way, where he leads
I'll follow, follow Jesus every day, bliss to his loving words come unto me, weary and
elated there is sweet rest for thee, trust in his promises, faithful and sure, lead upon
the Savior and thy soul is secure, where he leads I'll follow, follow all the way,
where he leads I'll follow, follow Jesus every day.
Are you guys going to sing it this evening?
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