Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.A Psalm of David; when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
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… why King David, years earlier, was able to say in Psalm 34, verse one, I will praise the Lord no matter what happens. I'll praise the Lord no matter what happens. Can you say that? You see, circle the word will, I will. Will means a decision. Will means a choice. Will means you had an option. It's not, it's, I can decide. It's a decision. I will praise the Lord no matter what happens. David made a choice. It was a decision. Now, how do you do that? How do you consistently make that decision to praise God, even in bad circumstances? By learning to look at everything from God's perspective, if not your own. Let me say that again. The way you make this first choice is by learning to look at everything in your life from God's viewpoint, God's perspective, not my own. It's a life skill you're gonna have to learn if you wanna be happy no matter what happens in your life. Now listen closely. …
Come on, give it up. You can do it louder so he can hear you. And for his wonderful wife, our first lady. Come on, Deborah P. Haynes, give it up for her. in their absence the first family Albany in her absence come on Mother Haynes Oliver is here come on would you bless God for her she been hanging with us all month long God bless you to Uncle Lattimore God bless you come on give it up for the first family I bless God for our executive pastor and his lovely wife, Lady Toya. God bless you. And to all of the staff pastors, it's an honor just to serve with y'all. Come on, give it up for your staff pastors. If you wouldn't mind just to be seated for one moment, we're going to get right to the word. Just one moment if you wouldn't mind being seated. I bless God for every single person that serves. You know, from the parking lot when you first come in to the hospitality and the greeters to the communications, Brother Chris and Jack are around doing their work, AV, the musicians. …
… Psalm 34. One says, I will extol the Lord at all times. His praise will always, continually be in my mouth. I like that verse right there. Because what it says is, regardless of what I'm in right now, his praise shall continually be in my mind. Here's how you know that you've achieved a level of maturity when you know how to worship God, even when things are not going the way you want them to go. Even though the doctors have diagnosed you with a condition that they can't do anything about, Even though you don't have enough money in the bank to pay the bill, even though the situation looks bleak and sad, your praise to God should continually be in your mouth. Somebody say, how can I do that? Because I know that whatever happens, God has my best interest in mind. If you just know this, here's a verse I want everybody to get in their heart. Get this verse in your heart. Get this verse in your mind. …
… he's a God that's got my back Bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Oh, magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt his name together. I know that some of y'all ain't opened your mouth, ain't clapped your hands. It's okay. It's all right. I can't make you. I'm not going to try to make you do nothing. But to the people who hear the word of the Lord. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me close with verse 20. Verse 20 makes my point. So they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established. believe his prophets and you shall prosper I'm just coming as a mouthpiece to tell you believe God I'm just coming to tell you lift up your heads all ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors the king of glory is coming in the king of glory is worthy of your praise the king of glory is worthy for you to give him thanks. …
Oh, but the Bible says I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make a boast on the Lord and the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. And then here's where you join in with me. Yeah, this is where we join in. Oh, magnify the Lord with me. That feels good. Oh, magnify the Lord with me. And let us praise his name together. Good afternoon Alfred Street. I'm so glad to get to be with you all and if you saw next to my name you saw sermonette and in the African-American vernacular English that means Jessica don't take long and so I am going to move quickly but what I know is that I always have time to be grateful and so to sister Janae thank you so much for your warm introduction people don't have to say nice things after your name. I want to thank the women ushers, the men ushers, the junior ushers of this church, that I know that we have thousands of members. And if a committee gets together and calls your name, you ought to be grateful. And so I'm thankful for you. I want to thank my pastor, the Reverend Dr. Howard John Wesley, that I know when you love somebody, you let them rest. And so I am so glad and proud that he is modeling for us what it looks like to take a break while he is on sabbatical. …
I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make her boast. And the Lord, the humble, shall hear of and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt His name together. For the Lord is good. Mercy is everlasting. And His truth endureth to all generations. Good evening, Alfred Street. Happy New Year to you. God has done it again. I say God has done it again. he's brought us to a brand new year there are people who live better lives by accident than we did on purpose and they didn't make it but because of the goodness grace and mercy of God we've got another day's journey and that's worth shouting about in it amen we honor God today do me a favor would you give God praise for your pastor my friend while he's on sabbatical amen amen Amen. Praise God. He's one of the greatest people and preachers and pastors I know anywhere. …
I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make a boast in the Lord. The humble shall hear of and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me. Let us exalt his name together, for the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures to all generations. Good morning, Alfred Street. It is good to be in the house of the Lord one more time. If you're glad to be in the house of the Lord, I dare you to give God praise. for just another day's journey hallelujah praise the name of our god amen amen i'm glad to be here today we honor god today i'm not confused about why i got up this morning it had nothing to do with my behavior yesterday it had everything to do with the goodness of god and so i'm grateful to be here today. God has been good to me. If he doesn't do another thing, he's done enough to make me praise him throughout the ceaseless ages. So I'm glad to be at Alpha Street. I'm always glad to be at Alpha Street. I don't know how many times I've been here. I never get tired of coming. I appreciate your pastor asking me to come back over and over again. I shared with the previous services. I'm not sure whether he asked me to come back because I'm doing a good job or he's just trying to give me a chance to get it right, but he keeps on inviting …
For the Lord is good. For the Lord is good. This mercy endures forever. As we give God praise, we also give God praise. And will you help me to give God praise for your pastor, my big brother and mentor, the person of the Reverend Dr. Howard John Wesley. Amen and amen. I shared with the other services, I love your pastor, and I've been grateful for it. Since 2016, I counted the opportunity to come here every year. My daddy used to say, people don't have to be kind to you. And so I'm grateful to you, pastor, for your words of wisdom, for your encouragement, and for gracing me with the opportunity to stand in this sacred space. To Dr. Judy, who was my professor at the real HU, Howard University. Hallelujah. Yes. Yes. Dr. Judy, to all of the staff that is here, to Lottie Dottie, everybody, Buck Buck, Newt Newt Shaquanna in them. It's good to be in the house of the Lord one more time. I want to invite you to stand with me as we jump back into the word. Matthew chapter one, getting at verse 18. Matthew chapter one, getting at verse 18. When you have it, when you say, I've got it, if you're still looking, say, hold on, Rev. I'm waiting. I heard you. I heard you. …