My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it and be glad.My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.My soul shall make her boast in Jehovah: The meek shall hear thereof, and be glad.
7 sermons cite this verse
… borrowed a psalm from David in Psalms 34 when he said I will bless the Lord at all times and his praise shall continually be in my mouth my soul will boast in the Lord the humble shall hear it and be glad oh magnify the Lord with me and let's exalt his name together so you're not hype enough with me right now. My response had to be bless the Lord. And see that's what happens when we don't realize how good God has been. So you're thanking him for what he's done. But have you thanked him yet for what didn't happen? Have you thanked him this year? Has your response been in line with what he didn't allow to come your way? With what he kept you from? From that relationship he kept you? so when I'm telling you that there are going to be things that happen God does not care so much about how the things affect you he cares about your response to the things so today I stand here because some of you almost missed your opportunity to leave 2017 because some things happened in this year and you just so hell god i just cannot wait for 2018 to get here i just cannot wait to shut this chapter of my life i just can't be quiet because the lesson you didn't learn repeats itself yeah the relationship you didn't close it comes back in another form it was billy this year but it'll be bob next year do you understand what i'm saying and god's saying to you don't leave this …
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. …
… my soul shall make a boast in the Lord the humble shall hear thereof and be glad can you take 30 seconds and clap your hands in the devil's face cause I feel like preaching I feel like lifting him up can I preach it like I feel it you will notice in the passage that Jesus told the devil to shut his mouth but that's not what Jesus said to you. Jesus said to you, if you don't praise me, the rocks will cry out. The devil has to shut up but you need to open your mouth. The devil has to shut up but you need to open your mouth. Can you take 30 seconds and throw your head back and say, God has been good to me. Give your God a shout. I feel like, preacher, I feel God in this place. Yes, God. Yes, God. Yes, God. Yes, God. Yes to your way. Yes to your will. Yes to your power. Pull on somebody. Pull on somebody. …
… 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. …