A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,
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Can we give God praise one more time for Sister Angie Mitchell and our worship and arts ministry for blessing us so tremendously. We give God praise for each and every one of you who are here in the sanctuary on tonight. Amen. We give God praise also for those who are watching us online. Come on, give God praise for the online community. those of you who are watching us across the city across the country even across the world as pastor hayne said from south dallas to south africa we give god praise for you hit that like button hit that share button your interactions helps to get this word this message this teaching to as many people as possible that we believe is going to be a blessing to the people of god hang out for a little bit because we're going to get an opportunity to get into the word of god an opportunity for you to connect with this family of faith as well as an opportunity to sow into this ministry in this stewardship season and I'm delighted to go back to the word of God from this Sunday preached by our senior pastor Reverend Dr. Frederick Douglas Haynes III. He preached it with power. He preached it with authority. He preached it with such clarity even though my hairline took some uh took some some gunshots I wasn't prepared for. Amen. But we give God praise for this awesome word that we get to go back to tonight from second kings chapter six on the come …
to mind is harvest. and people would come not just in Jerusalem but from all around the parameters of Jerusalem Judea, Samaria the uttermost parts of the earth and they would come to Pentecost with their harvest nobody knows how far you had to travel and what you had to go through to get to where you are right now. And as we stand here, I told one of my spiritual sons, I said, when you all play those old messages, you hear what I said, but I hear what I thought. I hear what I had to go through to preach it. I hear things that will never be on video and never be on tape. But I am standing in the exceeding abundant grace of God that has done more than I could ever imagine. I want to, you can be seated. I want to take just a moment and honor the pastors of this church, Pastor Toray, Pastor Sarah Jakes-Roberts. Thank you for lifting the load when the load got heavy and when the storms got dark. …
We want to place a tag here. I want us to, for a moment, if you might, just turn to your neighbor. I didn't say anything. Y'all were talking. Just look at your neighbor and just say these words to your neighbor. Say, neighbor. Oh, neighbor. We are the beloved of God. Amen. Beloved. Beloved. Beloved. Beloved. This word, beloved, God speaks to God's Son, beloved, in whom I am well pleased. This word, beloved, is the language of God, of God speaking to God's own child, God speaking to God's son. You are my son. You are my child. I confirmed you, the beloved. The word beloved in Greek is agapetos. It comes from the word agape, which means unconditional love. A love that's not based on achievement. It's not based on a merit. A love that just is. You don't have to work for it. you've got it as soon as you enter into this world. I raised one central question in my meditation and prayer this week. …