Holy Word roused and soldiers rally round the banner ready steady pass the
word along onward forward shout aloud hosanna Christ is captain of the mighty
throng song 419 on the second strong to meet the foe marching on we go while our
cause we know must prevail shield and banner bride gleaming in the light
battling for the right we never can fail rouse then soldiers rally round the
banner ready steady pass the word along onward forward shout aloud hosanna
Christ is captain of the mighty throng oh thou God of all hear us when we call
help us one and all by thy grace when the battle's done and the victors won
may we wear the crown before thy face rouse then soldiers rally round the
banner ready steady pass the word along onward forward shout aloud hosanna
Christ is captain of the mighty throng great singing let's see this evening
let's open up with a word of prayer Heavenly Father thank you so much for
this day and thank you for a full house this Wednesday evening pray that you
bless every person here that you bless our service help us just sing out to you
in our hearts Lord and pray that you bless the service in Jesus name amen
all right for our second song go ahead open up your white handouts to Psalm 67
Psalm 67 in your white handouts or in your King James Bible Psalm number 67
Psalm 67
God be merciful unto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us that
thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations let the
people praise thee Oh God let all the people praise thee oh let the nations be
glad and sing for joy for thou shalt judge the people righteously and govern
the nations upon earth the nations upon earth see love let the people praise thee
Oh God let all the people praise thee oh let the nations be glad and sing for
joy then shall the earth yield her increase and God even our own God shall
bless us God shall bless us and all the ends of the earth shall fear him let the
people praise thee Oh God let all the people praise thee oh let the nations be
glad and sing for joy great singing
thank you so much coming to steadfast Baptist Church if you don't already have
a bulletin slip of your hand nice and high and our ushers gonna be coming up
and down handing out bulletins just keep your hands up nice and high and we'll be
getting a bulletin to you and it's good to be here this evening back from the
surface of the Sun and oh I mean Phoenix I'm sorry and really had a good time
there at Faith Ward Baptist Church going back and visiting and it was a lot of
fun to be back I haven't been there in a while as far as preaching is concerned
and there's a lot of great people there brother Segura had everyone raised their
hand that had not been there since I had and there was like hundreds of hands so
definitely the church has a lot of new people and a lot of familiar faces too
it is great to see them preach for them if you have like four or five hours you
can listen to both my sermons from there and so as pastor Anderson said he would
like all four or five sermons I preached that day so but it was a lot of fun
being back there and I'm glad to be back here and we're definitely honored to
have a special guest tonight pastor Anderson's preaching for us and he's
been traveling throughout the country preaching at a lot of churches a lot of
our friends churches he brought his family with them at least some of his
family they can't all fit in one car so unless you have like a school bus or
something but they he did bring some of his children with him so definitely
thank pastor Anderson and his family for being here after the service I think
we're gonna break a record but even if we didn't we were planning on having ice
cream after the service so I definitely think we did but that'll help cool you
down a little bit all right so stick around have an ice cream after the
service and on the inside of our bulletin this is a really long binary
passage but if you if you kids can quote it we'll keep an extra tally and maybe
you'll get an extra treat on Sunday okay so that way you don't get gypped you're
like I memorized that verse it was hard you're gonna get ice cream tonight and
you can get a special treat on Sunday how about that all right on our inside
we are service and soul winning times as well as our church stats on the right we
have the list of expecting ladies we also have our prayer list which we go
over every Wednesday if you have any prayer requests you would like added to
our bulletin you can email that to steadfastbaptistkjv.com and we'll
try to put that in our bullets and we try to update it every single week as
well so if you have a an ongoing prayer request or something like that please
continue to send those in or updates we do have here on the list continue to
pray for the Negara family for their health
miss Lucy's mother's tumors for their halls leg we've been praying for our
friends abroad Verdi Baptist Manila and pastor Kevin Sepulveda and his church
also continue to pray for the Goodwin family pray for brother Suhail who's
traveling all over so I don't know where he is right now but hopefully God
willing he'll get back here and then pray for a brother Oz's grandmother
Doris who is recovering from a heart attack and a broken arm and then pray
from his holders husband and so I think that's all I have as far as prayer
requests in the bulletin again like I said if you have others submit those I'm
gonna just say a quick word of prayer for those that were mentioned thank
Heavenly Father for this gathering thank you for our church I pray that you
would just bless all the expecting ladies in our church and that you would
help them with their pregnancy you would help them with their delivery and help
those babies to grow I pray that you'd also bless our various church members
that are struggling with health issues and concerns that you could just
strengthen them bless them with health and you'd help to bless our friends from
abroad that they would have courage and strength that they would go out and
preach the gospel you'd open doors for them you'd be with them and we just
thank you for everyone that's here and those that couldn't make it I pray you
just bless them as well in Jesus name we pray amen on the back we have a list of
upcoming events you made it for July 6 pastor Anderson preaching we have on the
10th exciting announcement an ordination service for Brother Urbana and that's
going to be immediately following the morning service so I'll be preaching a
sermon and then immediately following the morning service we're gonna have a
little quick ordination for Brother Urbana and then we're gonna have a
celebration it's gonna be a potluck the church is gonna be providing meat so you
can bring all the other stuff so sides and whatever and it is a potluck now I
remember when I grew up I went to church politics all the time and I was always
scared about what was there so that's why I'm bringing the meat so that way
I'm guaranteed I'm locked in to have something that I enjoy and then you guys
can pick but you know that was going to like the nom the nom potlucks it's weird
food okay Baptist potlucks are the best food so I have a lot of I have a lot of
faith in you guys I've already seen it before and I believe you can deliver
again also the song leading class we had one previously this Sunday we're gonna
have another one coming up July 10 24 31st it is from 9 15 to 10 a.m. if you do
plan on coming to church early please just be respectful of that time or
especially if you have children that way those that are practicing learning and
playing that they can pay attention to the song leading you're still welcome to
participate show up or sing it's just we want you to be either quiet or singing
and participating and then we have our men's conference August 18th to the 20th
and so that's definitely a lot of fun that's pretty much all I have on these
now so one other I want to make one announcement then I want to go to some
private announcements just real quick but we are starting to try and do like
an email list for the streaming of our services and stuff like that so
especially if you're listening online or you know people that are trying to find
our sermons just email us and just say preaching or something in the title or
whatever I want to be out of the preaching list or something and then
we're just collecting emails for that so if you want to cut the audio
you
it's again for being here if you need any water or anything our fridge is
completely stocked with water bottles so please don't hesitate or if you don't
want to run back there just grab an usher point an usher or yell at them or
something say hey will you give me some water and our ushers would love to get
you some water okay so let's go to our third song for the evening 208 in our
hymnal song 208 grace greater than our sin 208 grace greater than our sin
song 208 grace greater than 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 cleanse
within grace grace God's grace grace that is greater than all our sin sin and
is spared like the sea waves cold threat in 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 cleanse within grace grace
God's grace grace that is greater than all our sin dark is the stain that we
cannot hide what can avail to wash it away look there is blowing a crimson
tide wider than snow you may be today grace grace God's grace grace that
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 his face will you this moment is 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
as the offering plates go around if you would please turn to your Bibles to Psalm
12 Psalm chapter 12 and we'll read the whole chapter before the sermon you can
follow along silently starting at verse number 1 Psalm 12 the Bible reads in
Psalm chapter 12 help Lord for the godly man sees it for the faithful fail from
among the children of men they speak vanity everyone with his neighbor with
flattering lips and with the double heart do they speak the Lord shall cut
off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things who have said
with our tongue will we prevail our lips are our own who is Lord over us for the
oppression of the poor for the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith the
Lord I will set him in safety from him that puff it at him the words of the
Lord are pure words as silver tried in a furnace of earth purified seven times
thou shalt keep them O Lord thou shalt preserve them from this generation
forever the wicked walk on every side when the vilest men are exalted let's
pray father we thank you for the service this evening and for Pastor Anderson I
just pray that you would fill him now with your spirit and also just protect
him as he goes on his way after the service and also Lord I just prayed you
would soften hearts in the room and help us to apply the message to our lives in
Jesus name I pray amen men well it is great to be here tonight and we're on a
road trip as you know and we've been traveling all over the country we've gone
well over 4,000 miles and visited a lot of churches we didn't really get to see
anything in Fort Worth because we just got in last night so it was nice of the
Fort Worth Zoo to bring some of the zoo animals to the property we didn't get to
go to the zoo or anything so that was fun and I'm preaching on this trip
through the twelve sons of Jacob as some of you might know so I preach the
sermon on Reuben Simeon Levi I'm going in the order that they were born and so
tonight I'm on Zebulun which is not a guy that the Bible says a whole lot
about and the Zebulunites as a tribe aren't necessarily the most mentioned
tribe in the Bible either but there's this one cool verse that I really want
to focus in on tonight and I'm going to use that as a springboard for the sermon
on Zebulun and that is 1st Chronicles chapter 12 verse 33 so if you would turn
to 1st Chronicles chapter number 12 verse 33 and I'll just give you a little
bit of the context of this chapter in this chapter King David is not yet King
David he's David and he's just consolidating power because you know the
house of Saul still has a lot of people that are holding on to it even though
Saul and his sons were killed there are still people that are kind of pulling
for that side and so David is in the process of being made king and ruling
over all of Israel being the king of Israel and different people from
different tribes are separating themselves unto David and making it
clear that they're on David's side they're gonna join his army they're
gonna fight with them they want him to be the king and this was of course
ordained by God because God had already ordained and had Samuel the prophet
anoint David as king of Israel so he's the legitimate king that's that's coming
into power and we have a specific group from Zebulun mentioned in verse 33 so if
you're there in 1st Chronicles chapter 12 verse 33 it says of Zebulun such as
went forth to battle expert in war with all instruments of war 50,000 which
could keep rank they were not of double heart and that's what I want to preach
about these attributes for which the Zebulunites are being praised because
God praises different groups in this chapter for different things and the
Zebulunites are praised for being expert in war and for keeping rank and not
being of a double heart so the two things I want to focus on tonight are
keeping rank and not being of a double heart now what does it mean to keep rank
well when you're in a battle it's very important that everyone is in their
place doing their job and when armies go forth to war you don't want everybody
just kind of running into battle doing their own thing every man for himself
successful military campaigns involve the leadership from a general or some
other officer and he's got everybody lined up and he's got everybody doing a
certain job and keeping rank basically means that you know you've got the guy
to your left you got the guy to your right and you're marching into battle
and you stay in that spot you don't break rank meaning you know separate
from the guy to your left or the guy to your right leaving a gap leaving an
opening in the ranks so that the enemy could break through and defeat you
because it's very important for strategy that you not break rank okay and this
goes hand in hand with not being of a double heart because why would someone
break rank well often it's because they might get scared they might panic and
just start running instead of maintaining the formation following the
orders executing the commands of their officers so we as Christians are in a
spiritual battle this is talking about a physical battle in the Old Testament
we're in a spiritual battle and instead of following King David we're following
the Lord Jesus Christ who also is in the future going to receive a great kingdom
and he's going to rule and reign on this earth for a thousand years and we are
following Jesus Christ and we need to be like this Abulanites where we keep
rank now if you would go to Psalms 133 Psalm 133 because the devil today wants
us as Christians to break rank and the devil's minions are constantly trying to
drive a wedge in between brethren in Christ trying to drive a wedge in our
forces and separate us so that they can find an opening where they can attack
but you know God wants us to keep rank and as a local church you need to keep
rank meaning you need to have unity and not allow the devil and his minions to
separate you from your brethren and to drive a wedge between you because he's
always looking for that opening look at the Bible says in Psalm 133 verse 1
behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity
it's like the precious ointment upon the head that ran down upon the beard
even Aaron's beard that went down to the skirts of his garments so the Bible says
it's so pleasant it's so wonderful such a beautiful thing to see brethren
dwelling together in unity and of course the devil's crowd they hate a church
that's unified that has unity that's all in one accord with one mind striving
together for the faith of the gospel and so they want to so as much discord
as possible now it's interesting that it's compared to the ointment upon the
head of Aaron the ointment upon Aaron's head represents the Holy Spirit just as
we as New Testament Christians are anointed by the Holy Ghost also Aaron
the high priest was to be spirit filled and anointed by the Holy Ghost now is
pictured by pouring oil upon his head or ointment upon his head and the Bible
says that the unity of the brethren is like that precious ointment and it's
interesting because in Ephesians 4 3 it says endeavoring to keep the unity of
the Spirit in the bond of peace so notice how unity is associated with the
Holy Spirit why because if we all are in dwell by the same Holy Spirit we've all
got the same Word of God and we're all walking in the Spirit and not walking in
the flesh we are gonna have unity if I'm filled with the Spirit and you're filled
with the Spirit we're gonna get along great aren't we it's when we get in the
flesh it's when we get carnal and walk in the old man that we would start to
clash with one another why because only by pride cometh contention if we're
actually walking in the Spirit we're gonna you know the Holy Spirit's gonna
lead me to the same doctrines he's gonna lead you we got the same scripture we're
gonna believe the same things for the most part and we're gonna be able to get
along great because we're not gonna have egos and pride clashing we're gonna be
humble walking in the Spirit we're gonna have unity we're gonna get along well
and then if you're still there in Psalm 133 verse 3 it says as the dew of Herman
and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion for there the Lord
commanded the blessing even life forevermore so if we have unity if
brethren are dwelling together in unity the result of that is that we are going
to lead many people unto everlasting life the blessing is going to go forth
from that group of brethren dwelling together in unity and that blessing is
going to be life evermore you know when we have a church that's unified around
biblical doctrine that church is an effective soul winning church going out
and winning souls to Christ getting people saved and so that's what we see
in Psalm 133 now if you would go to Proverbs chapter 6 Proverbs chapter 6
what are we talking about we're talking about keeping rank keeping rank means
having unity right being unified we're all marching to the same drum we're all
doing the same thing we're following the same rule we're minding the same thing
we're striving together for the faith of the gospel and we don't break ranks and
just everybody go do our own thing our own separate idea no no we need to get
in the group and be a part of the team that's what it means to not break rank
okay and God said it's a beautiful thing when we dwell together in unity but look
at Proverbs chapter 6 verse 16 these six things that the Lord hate yea seven are
an abomination to him it's those seven people standing out there no I'm just
kidding but he says these seven are an abomination unto him a proud look a
lying tongue and hands that shed innocent blood on heart that deviseth
wicked imaginations feet that be swift and running to mischief a false witness
that speak it lies and he that so a discord among brethren now often in
lists in the Bible we don't want to make the mistake of thinking that these are
in order of importance in fact often the last thing mentioned in a list can be
the most important but all of these things are important they're all things
that the Lord hates they're all things that are an abomination and the Bible
says that the person who sows discord among brethren is an abomination unto
the Lord there are people out there that want to separate chief friends they want
to separate Bible believing Christians they would love to split the church and
give people separated from their pastor brethren separated from one another and
break up the rags drive a wedge because then they can win the battle if they can
isolate everyone and let me tell you how the enemy will try to provoke us to
break rank is he'll appeal to pride and ego often now remember the first thing
that the Lord hates is the proud look the last thing he hates is he that sows
discord among brethren but often that's the tactic to sow discord among
brethren is to appeal to pride or ego here's the type of things that people
will say to try to get you to break rank well you're following a man you guys are
following man at that church and then you're like oh you know I'm not following
anybody you know I'm my own man I do my own you know that's pride and ego
talking you know if somebody told me when I was a church member hey you're
following a man I'd say you better know I am following the man of God following
the pastor you know but the thing is today we got a bunch of prideful arrogant
egotistical people today in our country because our culture is becoming so
prideful they have all month to celebrate being prideful and don't let
that pride and arrogance and ego enter into our Christian culture we need to
have a humble attitude today and a team player attitude and look at the church
as God's institution that we're a part of and you know what it doesn't always
have to be us just doing our own thing for our own glory no no don't be vain
glorious be humble get on the program get on board serve the Lord as a part of
the team known as the local church you're following a man well didn't the
Apostle Paul say follow me be ye followers of me and mark them which walk
so as you have us for an example said follow us follow me even as I follow
Christ hey we all throughout the Bible see God's people following man of God
following examples following leaders following judges and kings and priests
that were godly but that's what the enemy will try to appeal to your ego by
saying well you're following man you can't think for yourself huh you don't
think for yourself you know you're just gonna believe what they tell you and
then you're I well no you know I'm gonna think for myself and then you start just
disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing just to prove that you're thinking on
your folks that's immature and childish this is similar to the guy who comes to
you on the playground and he tries to get you to do some dangerous thing and
when you don't want to do it he'll tell you what's the matter you chicken you
know and then and then it's like well I'll show you you know he's just trying
to get you to do something stupid trying to get you hurt trying to get
you in trouble hopefully you learn since you were in first grade or second grade
not to fall for that stupid trick the oldest trick of the book but I see
grown adults falling for it all the time when somebody said well you're not
thinking for yourself you're falling him in then they have to prove well I'll
show you how I can disagree with the pastor I'll show you how different I can
be I'll show you how I can you know go an opposite direction of what the
church is going folks you're being foolish you're being prideful you're
being arrogant hey if you got a good church got a good program get on board
serve the Lord in that church hey do you think I agreed with everything at every
church I've ever gone to I mean every church I went to before I started
faithful about search they were all pre-trib but I just went along with it I
didn't obviously I didn't preach it because I've never believed it since I
was 12 but you know I didn't go around making trouble or trying to argue with
people or anything I just you know I just kept it to myself because I was so
happy about how great the church was that I was a part of and the great
soul winning they were doing and the great preaching I was hearing and you
know I just focused on the 99% I agreed with and I didn't worry about the 1% I
didn't agree with because it just wasn't a big deal no church is ever gonna be
perfect no group of people is ever gonna be perfect but you know what good
Christians they join the church and they participate in the program of the church
and they keep rank with their brethren and they're a part of the team and they
they seek and strive for unity if you're walking in the spirit you're endeavoring
to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace that's what the Bible
teaches you're not striving for unity in the local church you know you're not
following the Bible you're not walking in the spirits what the Bible says the
spirit is doing you know down at that church you guys aren't even allowed to
disagree with the pastor down at that church that's stupid everybody who's
actually been at our church or your church you know they would know that's
ridiculous all kinds of people in in in in all of our churches disagree or have
their own opinions about things but that kind of a statement is designed to sow
discord among brethren it's just to try to get to your ego and your pride and to
try to get you to disagree just for the sake of disagreeing okay now the Bible
says if you would flip over to John chapter 13 in Ephesians chapter 4 verse
1 the Bible reads I therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you that
you walk worthy of the vocation wherewith you're called with all lowliness
and meekness with longsuffering forbearing one another in love
endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace notice
lowliness and meekness is what leads to unity in the church not being high
minded arrogant prideful which is an abomination to the Lord look at John
chapter 13 verse 34 it says a new commandment I give unto you that you
love one another as I've loved you that you also love one another by this shall
all men know that you're my disciples if you have love one to another hey we are
supposed to be humble love one another put other people first esteem other
better than ourselves and with that kind of an attitude it's easy to get in the
Lord's army and march straight ahead and not break rank because I can think of
two reasons to break rank one would be to run ahead of the group because you're
gonna go do it all on your own and and you're better than everyone well then
you know what you just opened up a spot for the enemy to break through the ranks
because you got ahead or falling back because you're a coward and scared and
we don't want to do either one of those things we love our brethren we want to
be there right by their side we don't want to break rank we want to stay with
them stay unified stay in the fight go if you would to Hebrews chapter number
13 Hebrews chapter number 13
let me tell you something you know I know your church is going through a lot
of persecution right now and you got a bunch of weirdos out there tonight and
from what I've heard there are even more weirdos out there on Sundays and it's
just been a continual process for well over a year of just continual harassment
and and and persecution not to mention all of the other lawsuits and things the
media I mean you know we could I don't need to tell you about all the things
that have gone on all of the persecutions but let me just say this
it will end everything comes to an end okay the grass withers and the flower
fadeth you know but he that do it the will of God abideth forever that's me
that's you those people are grass they're whatever is grass and God's the
lawnmower all right and we today we're God's people we're serving the Lord we
are going to endure forever and those people are just for a moment these
people are flashed in the pan not only in eternal point of view but honestly
these people are gonna get sick of being out there because eventually they're
gonna realize that they're not doing any good now I'm not just speaking from a
theory I'm speaking from my own experience you know back in 2009 we
first started to be persecuted and and really have people attacking us and and
protests we've never experienced anything to the degree that you guys
have because you know frankly our country just wasn't as weird back then
it as it is now in 2009 things were so much more normal than they are now okay
but back then you know we had all the media coverage and we were just getting
lambasted in the media I lost a lot of customers for my business you know I
ended up going through a lot of you know things professionally and we had all
kinds of just threats and protests and just weird stuff and media stuff and
you know that went on like on and off from 2009 until 2015 but in 2015 you
know the protesters and the weirdos and the politicians of our area and the
media outlets they all got together and they had a big meeting they had a what
do you call it a press conference and they said we're not going to talk about
pastor Anderson ever again it's kind of ironic because they were like talking
about me how they're not going to talk about me but they're like this is the
last time you know they're like you know we're not going to talk about him again
starting now but they they said at this press conference you know what you're
just you're just helping people find out about his church they said we had a big
protest plan for tomorrow it's canceled because he thrives on it he loves it he
enjoys it more people are coming to the church and people just advertising the
church and so we need to just just black blacklist this guy and just media
blackout and just and you know what it's been amazing how they've kept to that
because it's 2022 now so for over seven years now they have kept that promise
and they have just left us alone we haven't had any protests we've had no
media coverage or anything and so my point is that you know if you resist the
devil he'll flee from you that's what the Bible says now the Bible doesn't say
that's going to happen in a single day or in a single week you know we dealt
with it for years but we resisted the devil and eventually he fled from us so
the question is you know who is going to last longer who's going to be more
persistent well it ought to be us because we're standing on the rock you
know we're the ones who have the Holy Spirit inside of us we're the ones who
are on the right side and we've got the power of God why should we be the ones
who give in and buckle and and falter let it be them who can't handle the heat
or the humidity you know or whatever out there let them get AIDS and die before
we get worn out of serving God let's just keep serving God let's not break
rank and you know what if you faint in the day of adversity your strength is
small that's what the Bible says and you know what I have a hunch that the
tribulation is gonna be a lot worse than this I mean that group out there is kind
of a joke to be honest with you you say well they're naked out there that girl's
got black X's on each nipple okay folks so quit exaggerating why you gotta
exaggerate like that but the point is you know there are a lot worse things
that God's people have gone through throughout history haven't they in Fox's
book of martyrs you know there's no chapter about little miss X's out there
you know there's not even a chapter like that in Fox's book of martyrs the point
or I don't know if that's mister or what that is but whatever cousin it out
there whatever it is but the point is you know we need to not break rank right
and and you know when you start breaking rank you know you're gonna do your
encourage the enemy because if the enemy sees you breaking rank they think hey
we're getting to these guys we're winning charge let's go for that open
hey I see an opening there let's get in that opening let's drive a wedge in the
opening folks don't break rank don't be a coward don't be scared and realize
that weeping may endure for the night but joy cometh in the morning and it may
and look whenever you're going through any trials and tribulations they feel
like they're gonna last forever folks every time I get the flu I feel like
I'm never gonna be healthy again anytime I pull a muscle or sprain an ankle or
something I just feel like I'm done my running career is over you know and you
just feel like you're never gonna be the same but isn't it interesting how all of
these things eventually go away well guess what this virus this fungus this
bacteria whatever it is out there it's gonna go away and you're gonna win you
say well how do you know because the Bible says you're gonna win because
we're on the winning side we're more than conquerors the victory is ours and
and folks people are watching and I guarantee you that no normal straight
person is driving down the road and sees this woman like beating a plastic with a
stick I don't know what she's doing but she's beating something with a stick
right now nobody drives and sees some lesbian beating a piece of plastic with
a long stick and just says like you know what that's it I'm renouncing Christ and
and becoming and becoming a sodomite that doesn't happen nobody's gonna read
an article about steadfast and be like you know I was gonna be a Baptist I was
just thinking about I was just thinking about becoming a Baptist I changed my
mind to be a lesbian that's not what's going on folks but I will say this you
know when people hear about all this stuff in the news let's say 99% of
people are just kind of brainless idiots that just believe whatever the media
says is fun but that means 1% are actually paying attention and maybe 1%
actually say hey it's my time somebody start telling like it is and then that
1% let's say 10,000 people read the article 1% 100 people you know that's a
hundred people that then jump on the website and they start listening to
pastor Shelley's preaching and guess what they're gonna hear when they listen
to pastor Shelley's preaching they're gonna get the gospel of Jesus Christ
they're gonna get the Bible way to heaven they're gonna get the plan of
salvation and people will be saved and all things even this weirdness all
things will work together for good to them that love God to them who are the
called according to his purpose but here's the thing about that is that all
things work together for good to them that love God to them who are the called
according to don't miss these last two words his purpose see maybe his agenda
is not the same as your agenda his purpose his purpose is that the earth
would be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters
cover the sea that's his purpose his purpose the people get saved his purpose
is that the gospel goes forth and you know what if these battles help the
gospel to go forth and help somebody to click on that link and listen to the
gospel then you know what that's his purpose and if we can be a part of it
praise God that we can participate in his purpose now it works out good for us
too but but keep in mind it works out good for us but it's his purpose that's
why we even exist for his purpose we're the called according to his purpose and
so we need to keep rank you know not only did he say of the Zebulunites
specifically that they could keep rank and we're not of a double heart at the
end of the passage kind of speaking corporately about all of these
Israelites that joined it said all these men of war that could keep rank came
with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David King over all Israel and all the
rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David King so he's kind of saying
in general the kind of people that helped David achieve his mission were
guys in general that could keep rank and they came to make David King and there
they were with David three days eating and drinking for their brethren had
prepared for them moreover they that were nigh them even
unto Issachar and Zebulun let it not be said that I didn't preach on Zebulun
tonight and Naphtali brought bread on asses and on camels and on mules and on
oxen and meat meal cakes figs bunches of raisins wine oil oxen and sheep
abundantly for there was joy in Israel let me tell you something there's joy in
being a part of a unified church that doesn't break rank whenever something
little happens or something big happens they just don't break rank it's a joy
it's a pleasure but isn't it refreshing when somebody actually stands up for
what's right isn't it refreshing to be around a bunch of people that love
Christ and love God and love each other and take care of each other and want to
serve God as a team not for some vain glory but for his purpose it's a
blessing it's beautiful it's like the oil and the ointment that ran down
Aaron's beard it's like figs raisins wine oil sheep oxen you know it's it's
like a wonderful meal it's pleasant it's joyful it's refreshing we love the local
church Christ died for the local church he didn't die for a YouTube channel he
didn't die for your basement man cave where you live stream sermons he died
for the church the assembly the congregation you know God has given us
this wonderful institution where we can be a part of a team we could be in the
Lord's army don't break rank but second of all the Bible says they were not of
double heart what does it mean to not be a double heart obviously this goes hand
in hand with breaking rank because if you're a double heart like I don't know
you know you're not really committed and if you're not that committed you might
break rank because you're not really that committed the people that are
committed they're not gonna break rank they're not of double heart well if you
would I know I told you to turn to Hebrews 13 but go ahead and abort the
mission and go to Psalm 12 okay let's go to Psalm 12 the Bible said of Zebulun
such as went forth to battle expert in war with all instruments of war fifty
thousand which could keep rank they were not of double heart hey I want an army
of soldiers that can keep rank Pastor Shelley wants an army of Christian
soldiers that can keep rank because that's what's gonna be effective in a
carnal battle that's always what's effective the guys the guys who who get
confused and everybody's going a different direction they lose the ones
who can keep rank win well it's the same way spiritually you know we've got to
keep rank let's know what we believe let's get on the Lord's side let's not
pick each other apart let's not pick the pastor apart let's just get on board and
keep moving straight ahead and not give an inch and not break rank but we don't
want to be of double heart here's a scripture that mentions a double heart
you know because that term isn't something that's used a lot in the
Bible but actually the term double heart is used in another place it's used in
Psalm 12 so look at Psalm 12 verse 1 help Lord for the godly man cease it
that sounds like a guy breaking rank quitting ceasing bailing out so we'll
pastor Anderson nobody could be expected to deal with this the Bible says be
faithful unto death that's the level of commitment that's expected if you could
be faithful unto death you should be able to be faithful unto whatever this
is that you're dealing with help Lord for the godly man sees if he stops he
fails the faithful fail from among the children of men the word fail there
means they are lacking the faithful are lacking from among the children of men
they speak vanity everyone with his neighbor with flattering lips and with a
double heart do they speak you know this double heart and flattering lips is this
idea that sometimes the people who talk the biggest talk are the ones who end up
buckling under the pressure and breaking rank you know and I'm going to show you
some examples of that in fact but it says with flattering lips and with a
double heart they speak the Lord shall cut off all flattering lips and the
tongue that speak of proud things go if you would to Luke chapter 9 Luke
chapter 9 I'm going to show you some examples of the double heart here the
flattering lips what what is it what are flattering lips it's when they tell you
one thing but their hearts not with you you know oh I just love you brother and
and you're such a blessing but in there in their heart they don't really love
you they don't really care about you they're just saying that to make you
like them or get some advantage from you or whatever but sometimes the people who
talk that big talk end up being ponies end up being bogus and then there's the
people who just week after week they just show up and they don't break rank
and they just stay by the stuff and five years later ten years later fifteen
years later they're just still serving God they're still supporting the church
they're still doing what God has called them to do look at Luke chapter 9 verse
57 it came to pass that as they went on their way a certain man said unto him
Lord I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest that's a great statement I
mean he's telling Jesus hey wherever you're going I'm following you I'll
follow you where I'll follow you to the ends of the earth and Jesus said unto
him foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of Man
hath not where to lay his head and you know the implication in this story is
that this guy doesn't go with him after talking that big talk and then it says
he said to another so Jesus says to another follow me but he said Lord Lord
suffer me first to go and bury my father Jesus said unto him let the dead bury
they're dead but go down preach the kingdom of God and another also said
Lord I will follow thee but let me first go bid them farewell which are at home
at my house and Jesus said unto him no man having put his hand to the plow and
looking back is fit for the kingdom of God now it sounds to me like God expects
us to have a single-minded commitment that doesn't look back and that doesn't
break rank just because there is some kind of a opposition or trial or
tribulation or problem you know I love the song I've decided to follow Jesus I
have decided to follow Jesus no turning back no turning back right that song is
being inspired by this kind of a scripture right here when it says hey
any man who puts his hand to the plow meaning he's gonna go serve God in the
field he's gonna win souls to Christ he's gonna preach the kingdom of God if
he looks back he's not fit for the kingdom of God now some people try to
say oh if you look back you're not even saved well here's the thing about that
then then like very few people be saved you know these people that say hey to be
saved you gotta you gotta deny self and take up the cross every single day and
follow Christ well you know what then heavens gonna be pretty lonely place you
know because Jesus and his disciples they won thousands of people the Lord
but in that early church in Acts chapter 1 there were only 120 people there
because most people aren't really that committed you know look there are
churches all over this area if you're just looking for a church where the
pastor's saved and where the members are saved there are so many options for you
like besides steadfast if you're just looking for a church that's filled with
saved Christians saved pastor if that's all you're looking for let me tell you
something there are many many many saved Christians in other churches and you'll
meet them out soul-willing you know you'll go out soul-willing you knock on
doors and you'll ask people oh yeah I know for sure I'm going to heaven I'm
I believe in Christ and they'll they'll tell you all that and they go to some
other Baptist Church or non-denom Church or whatever but you know what just
because somebody's saved doesn't mean that they're fit for the kingdom of God
you know you could preach a sermon called saved but not fit now look not
everybody in here is fit tonight I'm getting a little out of shape myself you
know from this road trip because I'm in the car and you know eating is the best
activity on a long drive I've discovered and here's the thing about that you know
just because you're not fit doesn't mean you're not human if my children are fit
or not fit there's still my children brothers and sisters in Christ I'm just
joking talking about physical fitness but we're talking about spiritual
fitness because bodily exercise profit a little but we're to exercise ourself
rather on to godliness and let me tell you something many Christians today if
we could look at them through spiritual glasses of course they're saved because
they believe on the Lord Jesus Christ but if we looked at them through their
glass through spiritual glasses they're not fit they're out of shape right they
would not be fit for the kingdom of God there's a big difference between just
being saved and actually being a disciple of Christ actually being one of
his elite troops in the Lord's army that knows how to keep rank that's not of a
double heart that is denying self and taking up the cross and following Jesus
hey how many Christians today in Texas they just don't want to sacrifice
anything they want to they want a Christianity that cost nothing they want
to walk with God that cost them nothing they want to have everything that the
world has to offer and just add Jesus as an icing on the cake but the reality is
today that we as Christians must be willing to sacrifice for the Lord and
and whatever that sacrifice is that he calls upon us to make we need to be
ready to make that sacrifice and not just the first little bit of tribulation
or affliction we just fall away we just faint you know the Sun comes up and the
wind blows and we're just kind of just scorched and we get smoked and we blow
away no no we need to be rooted down deep in the things of God steadfast
unmovable and always abounding in the work of the Lord because we know that
our labor is not in vain in the Lord and so we ought not to be of a double heart
we ought not put our hand to the plow and then look back no turning back you
say well you know first I better count the cost you know what whatever the cost
is and and I don't think I've I don't think I've ever shared this before in
fact in my preaching you know somebody can correct me if I'm wrong after the
service who's listened to the back catalogue but I don't think I've ever
shared this before because this is kind of something personal for me I remember
one time not even one time many times I remember praying as a young man when I
was around 17 18 or 19 I used to pray to God I used to get on my knees and pray
to God I said God I want to be used greatly by you and I know that there's a
cost to be paid to serve you and there's there's like a cost to be paid I'm gonna
have to go through hard things that make sacrifices and I prayed to the Lord and
I said God don't ever ask me if I'm willing to pay the cost or don't ever
give me the choice just make me pay and use me greatly because I said maybe
later I'm not gonna feel this way maybe later in the heat of the battle I'm
gonna change my mind so right now I'm willing to pay it make me pay just make
me pay and use me greatly God that's why I prayed you know because I just knew
that if you're gonna be used greatly by God you're gonna have to pay a price for
that and I I said I don't know what that cost is I don't know if you showed me
what it is and if I saw what it was if I'd be willing to pay I don't know but
I'm just deciding right now like because I just said you know souls are at stake
it's heaven and hell it's too important somebody's got to do it make me pay and I
prayed that to the Lord you know and and I don't know maybe it's still coming
you know but it's a scary thought but you know what I don't know have I paid
over the years have I you know obviously I've been through some stuff I've gone
through some stuff I've been through some pain and and woe and trials and
tribulations and suffering but you know honestly though I I feel like what I've
gone through is a light affliction you know and it's funny because whenever I'm
talking to Pastor Shelley and Pastor Mejia and some of these other guys I'm
always really downplaying any persecution that I've ever gone through
but that's but I'm just I'm honestly just telling the truth about how I feel
about it because honestly like over time you get to the point where you realize
like this stuff isn't as big of a deal as the glory as the payoff as the reward
you know like I you know I was I was telling Pastor Shelley I was like you
know well you know you know we've been through some stuff our church but I said
but you know no one's ever come to my house you know I've never had anything
happen at my house so that's a blessing and he's like wait a minute didn't the
cops like raid your house like three weeks ago when you got swatted and I was
like okay yeah that's true that I guess they did come out but I you know that
wasn't you know okay you got me but the point here's the point the point is that
you know once you go through stuff after a while you just it doesn't looking back
like think about the worst things you've gone through time kind of heals those
wounds doesn't it and five years go by and ten years go by and it's like yeah
that was a thousand that was a bad time that was a dark time in my life but here
I am you know and then you're enjoying and having a good time everything ends
and and the Bible says that our affliction that we go through in the
book of first Peter calls it a light affliction and Peter went through some
stuff and yet he called it a light affliction he was going to prison and he
received beatings you know legend has it that he was ultimately crucified upside
down I don't know if that's true or not but he definitely was martyred somehow
because Jesus told me would in John chapter 21 that he was somehow gonna be
martyred and and killed and he's gonna glorify God through his death so we know
that happened and yet Peter said man whatever I'm going through is light
affliction he was actually you know probably physically tortured in his
death as Christ was you know Christ wasn't just guillotined or something I
mean Christ was tortured right I mean he was beaten and whipped and any died a
horrible death on the cross and you know Peter seems to have probably died a
similar death of torture but he said hey whatever I go through on this earth is a
light affliction you know I reckon that the sufferings of this life are not even
worthy to be compared with the glory we shall be revealed so don't be double
minded don't be of a double heart don't turn back don't look back you know just
have that attitude that just says you know what whatever the price is let's
pay it for Christ if Christ did what he did for us you know if Christ laid down
his life for us we ought to lay down our lives for the brother now what the Bible
says and if you would turn to James 1 did I have you turn to James 1 go to
James chapter 1 here's another verse that comes to mind when you think of the
double heart because what's the sermon about sermons about keeping rank and
not being of a double heart right keeping rank not allowing the enemy to
divide us or drive a wedge between us because you know when you're going
through hard things together you can sometimes start to get irritated with
one another get at each other's throat as stress goes up you know then you
start having infighting or or or just people clashing over stupid things and
stuff like you know we need to real we need to remember who the true enemy is
remember that we're on the same side here there you know there's a true enemy
out there we need to support the man of God who is a say well you know the
haters make fun of us for you know following the man of God you know you're
always gonna be made fun of by some bozo for doing what's right you know if
you're gonna let that stop you then you're weak you know the Bible says in
James chapter 1 verse 6 but let him ask in faith nothing wavering for either
waiver it is like a wave see that's where that word waiver comes from my
friend he that waiver it is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and
tossed for let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord
but I'd hate to be on this earth and God's up in heaven like well that guy's
not gonna receive anything for me it's of a double heart he's double minded
he's breaking rank all the time let not I mean that's a scary verse let not that
man was think that he shall receive anything in the Lord I'd hate to be on
my knees praying and God's like I'm not gonna give you anything mr. double
minded mr. double heart let not that man think that he shall receive anything of
the Lord a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways we need to be stable we
need to be single-minded of one mind and that's when we're gonna receive the
bounty of blessings from the Lord and it's worth it whatever pain or affliction
or tribulation of keeping rank and staying in the hottest part of the
battle with Christ is gonna pay off rewards that we can't even imagine the
sufferings of this life are not even worthy to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed in us and you know when these men of Zebulun went out
to David in 1st Chronicles chapter 12 again David has not yet received the
the full kingdom of Israel yet but he's going to it's already as good as done
it's a done deal he's already been anointed by Samuel prophecy has been
fulfilled Saul and his sons have died it's obvious to everyone that David is
going to reign it's inevitable okay but the Bible says in 1st Chronicles 12 that
they went out into the wilderness to David so they're not going to him in the
palace or in a fancy dwelling they're going out into the wilderness with David
they're going out into the desert places with him because they know that if we go
out and get on his side now we're getting on the winning side you say
well you know they just joined up with David because they knew David was the
winning side you got it right that's why I'm joined up with Jesus because he's
the winning side and so Jesus kingdom is just as inevitable today as David's
kingdom was in 1st Chronicles chapter 12 there's no doubt that Christ is going to
conquer there's no doubt that Jesus Christ will return there's no doubt that
he will rule and reign on this earth for a thousand years there's no doubt that
if we suffer we shall also reign with him this is a sure thing and you say
well I mean you know I'm reading 1st Chronicles and it's like you know they
join up with him in chapter 12 it's totally inevitable that he's gonna be
the king anyway and then it's just like it just seems like he's just immediately
king and then it's like next chapter it's just he's just king just happening
he's just let me tell you something my friend in the scheme of things our life
is like a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanished at the way
you know we join up with Christ in the wilderness now how many nights do we
have to spend in the wilderness before we're in the palace with David before
we're enjoying the bounty with David you know we are on this earth for such a
short time in comparison with eternity that it is like like a few nights in the
wilderness and then you can enjoy David's reign for the next 33 years you
know we spend a few nights in the wilderness quote-unquote in this life
and then we rule and reign with Christ for a thousand years and and Christ's
Kingdom here's what you need to understand about the millennium a lot
of people misunderstand the millennium the big thing about the millennium is
not that just Christ is raining for a thousand years the big thing about the
millennium is that the devil is bound for a thousand years and the reason why
it's important to make that distinction is because Christ's reign does not end
after a thousand years okay Christ's Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom that's
what the Bible tells in the book of Daniel chapter 7 that Christ's Kingdom
is everlasting Kingdom and he shall you know the kingdoms of our of this world
are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign forever
and ever now there's a special thousand years where the devil is bound and and
there are mortal men living on this earth and we're ruling and reigning over
mortal man on this earth but you know after that thousand years are expired
the devil comes out and he deceives people and he ends up getting destroyed
his minions are destroyed and then the rain continues the party continues
eternity my friend is what we're talking about here now it's a pretty good deal
to join up with David in the 11th hour out in the wilderness spend a few nights
camping in the wilderness with David and his men and then you know he kind of
remembers that for the next 33 years you get to enjoy him as a leader his
kingdom and you're remembered as one of the guys who supported him you were on
the right side you were on the right team you weren't trying to hold out for
Saul's house after the kingdom had already been transferred by God to David
and Saul was killed as a punishment from God we today are on the right team we're
on the winning side we are more than conquerors through him that loved us and
no one can really be against us if Christ before us who could be against us
no weapon that is formed against us shall prosper this is what God has
commanded and so if you break rank you're full the battle is almost over
you know what you're like if you break rank you're like the guy who runs a
marathon he runs 26.1 miles is I can't finish I can't do that last tenth of a
mile I quit you'd say that's stupid you just ran 26 miles can you just run the
last few feet you just walk classic can you imagine just walking off the course
and just being like I'm done man I'm choosing a new sport because distance
running hurts too much you're like you're so close you know it's like you
know reminds me of when like elderly people get divorced and I'm just you're
just like dude you're probably gonna die soon stay with it it's till death do
us part just hang in there you're gonna be dead just do it like what's the point
you know you eventually you think we would just get to a point like okay
we've been together for 30 40 50 60 years we might as well finish we ran 26
point mile you know people always joke you know the hard part about Maryland
it's not the 26 miles that point to that's just a joke though that's not
real the point to you're probably gonna be re-energized because you see the
finish line you're probably gonna you know be excited and start sprinting that
last part just because you're so happy to be almost done well you know what
that's where we are in the scheme of things Christ has done all the hard work
you know we've already been saved we've already been serving God you know why
don't we just stay with it because it's gonna be over our life is like a vapor
that appears for a little time and then vanishes away why don't we just stay
with it you know what wouldn't you feel like an idiot if you quit because of
persecution and then the persecution stopped like a week later and then you
be like oh do I go back to church now you'd be like awkward like you know like
now I'm embarrassed to go back because I just quit what if you quit and then like
two weeks later it's all over all of a sudden everything's just going great
everything pastor Shelley touches is just turning to gold and it's just
everything's just great and you quit wouldn't that be super lame think about
that that's how it often is you know the children of Israel in the wilderness
they're like murmuring and complaining about Moses you brought us out to die in
the wilderness and then you know he gets angry at them and everything and then
they go just like a tiny bit further and there's all these palm trees and
pools of water and just everything's right there that they could have wanted
if they would have just ground it out for just a little further they would
have made it you never know when deliverance is coming you know people as
a pastor I'm constantly trying to explain this to people because they come
to me and say I just can't do this for the rest of my life I just can't do this
for the whole year I just get it it's like hey nobody's asking you to do this
for the rest of your life nobody's asking you to do this for all of 2022
nobody's asking you to do this for the whole week hey you just do it for one
day one day at a time can you do it one more time one more day I remember in the
early days of our church you know I was I was really having a hard time the
first year of pastor I was really discouraged because the church was
growing a lot slower than I expected you know very few people were coming to
the church and it wasn't growing like I expected and my job was extremely
demanding so I was doing a very demanding job and trying to pastor at
the same time and I was stressed out I was exhausted I just felt like I can't
keep doing this and I remember praying so many times on a Sunday morning this
is the prayer that I would pray back in 2006 I would pray God just like you
strengthened Samson one more time before he died strengthen me for one more
Sunday please allow me to just get through one more Sunday of doing this
because it was just it was just wearing on me the preaching and the the
workload and I just prayed just said God strengthen me for one more Sunday and
then on Monday we'll talk about whether you know I can keep going but it was
like just strengthen me for one more Sunday you know and I had to just look
at it just one Sunday at a time you know and again you know back to like a long
distance running illustration you know sometimes when you're running a long
distance instead of thinking about how far you have to run sometimes it's like
you know what I'm just gonna run to that tree and then I'm just gonna evaluate
things at that point and then you get there and then you kind of feel like you
know I can go a little further you know and sometimes you just have to just do
it one piece at a time just one little piece that's how life is my friend you
don't you know how long are we supposed to deal with this you know how long are
we gonna deal with these protesters how long do we have to meet and you know
bounce around hotels or you know whatever you know just one more service
that's it the only thing and even that's not even guaranteed because you might
just die and then you'll never have to do it again I mean if you die on like
Friday you'll never have to deal with this crap ever again because you'll be
dead point is no nobody knows what a day is gonna bring forth you don't know
when it's gonna end you know I look you know hey we went through some hard
things for like six years and then we had like seven years of rest from 2015
to 2022 you know I'm not saying that there's some kind of a mathematical
formula you know it's it's it when when your trials will end and you know I'm
not just talking about what the church is going through what about what you're
going through in your personal life because you know there's what the
church is going through as an institution but you know what what about
the stuff you're going through you might you might be going through a health
problem right now or maybe you're going through a financial problem maybe you're
going through a relationship problem that feels never-ending well guess what
that's gonna end too and it could end tomorrow you don't know when it's gonna
end take it one day at a time it's too overwhelming it I mean if I if I sit and
think about you know how many more miles I have to drive on this trip not okay
but you know if I sit and think about how many times I have to preach before
the end of the year it's kind of an overwhelming thought to think like I
you know I'm gonna preach like 70 sermons or something I mean coming up
with sermons is kind of stressful for me as a pastor it's kind of the hard thing
about pastoring is you know coming up with three sermons a week you know when
you're preaching from the heart and you're coming up with real sermons and
you're you're studying the Bible and and trying to feed the people with something
fresh and keep it fresh you know it's it's a lot of work but but man if I if
I even sometimes if I just think about I gotta preach 13 sermons this month you
know those kind of thoughts stress me out a little bit like how am I gonna
come up with 13 sermons and it might sound stupid but people who preach know
what I'm talking about your pastor's nodding his head because he knows the
struggle is real but like the way I think of it is just I just have to I
just have to preach tonight in Dallas and and and then I'm preaching tomorrow
in Houston and like beyond that you know I'll figure it out you know I you know
Sunday is gonna take care of itself like right now it says I just need to get
through the sermon tonight get through tomorrow night you know it's like well
what are you preaching you know and people will ask me sometimes like what
are you preaching at the Red Hot Preaching Conference like that's way out
it's like later this month or something you know and I mean I'm not worried
about it you know because it tomorrow's gonna take care of itself the Bible says
take no thought for tomorrow the marshal take thought for the things of itself so
don't be double-minded don't look back don't break rank stay in your place keep
on pressing forward don't let the enemy drive a wedge between you and your
pastor and try to get you bitter against your pet love your pastor love
your bet love those who labor among you love those who preach the Word of God
unto you love your pastor and when I say love you know what I mean love I'm
talking like from your heart have good feelings toward him and then love your
brothers and sisters here from the heart have a good feeling toward them
love them care about them okay love one another love the pastor love the Lord
right and if you do you will want to keep rank because you won't just be in
it for yourself either to flee for yourself or to run ahead for yourself
for your own vainglory no no you want to do what's best for the team what's best
for the church with spires and have a word of prayer father we thank you so
much for the Zebulunites Lord that they were able to keep rank and not have a
double heart because they give an example for us who are following Jesus
help us Lord to love one another to have unity to strive for unity to dwell
together in unity Lord to have that that beautiful thing called unity in the
local church and Lord help no one to get bitter or disgruntled or just just
fatigued with all of the the strife and and tribulation Lord but help everyone
here to stay strong not look back and do it for the sake of Christ do it for the
sake of the brethren and it's in Christ's name I pray men
all right for our final song this evening we'll go to 441 great is thy
faithfulness 441 great is thy faithfulness sing it out from the heart
441 great is thy faithfulness
great is thy faithfulness Oh God my father there is no shadow of turning
with thee thou changest not thy compassion's they fail not as though
has been now forever will be great is thy faithfulness great is thy
faithfulness morning by morning new mercies I see all I have needed thy hand
have provided great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me summer and winter and
springtime and harvest Sun Moon and stars in their courses above all nature
in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness mercy and love great is thy
faithfulness great is thy faithfulness morning by morning new mercies I see all
I have needed thy hand have provided great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me
harden for sin and a peace that endureth thy own dear presence to cheer and to
God strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow blessings all mine with
thousand beside thy faithfulness greatest I faithfulness morning by
morning new mercies I see all I have needed thy hand have provided great is
thy faithfulness Lord unto me great singing remember to stick around for
ice cream we had 187 in church tonight which is our Wednesday record and our
all-time record so praise God for that stick around