The Breakdown: "On the Come Up From Underwater"

1:04:24 in that moment. Right. So it calls us to understand, it calls on us to discern that just because we are faithful witnesses in the community, that it doesn't mean that we won't experience financial setbacks, that even when we're doing right, things will go wrong, but that our contributions, what we give, what we sow, is a blessing. I think, as you said, what happens if, You know, how does my financial mismanagement impact other people? Great question. We want to grow to the place where we can ask, how does my stewardship, my faithfulness to God, how will this impact and be a blessing to other folks? Right. That's the word of God for the people of God. We say thanks be unto God. We on the come up from underwater.

1:05:18 Amen. Give God praise for Dr. Ayers tonight. We thank God for our senior pastor, Dr. Haynes, for preaching this word with such power and authority. And we extend to those of you who might be watching us tonight, those of you who may be in the sanctuary, this privilege to be connected with this prophetic community of faith, like those who are in the scriptures, those seekers, those discerners of the spirit of God and of the times. They gather together to learn and to grow and to be a part of the community of faith. There might be someone here tonight under the sound of my voice in the sanctuary watching online who says, I want to be a part of this community of faith. I love the vision and the mission that God has given to Dr. Haynes. I hear the preaching on Sunday. I see and I hear the teaching on Wednesday and I want to be a part of what God is doing. The doors of the church are open and we invite you to come tonight for someone who says, I want to connect with Christ.

1:06:15 I want to make Jesus the Lord of my life. I want to know a all sustaining God. I want to know him in the power of his might to not only as the psalmist said to heal all diseases and to save and redeem my life from the pit. That same God will not only, amen, give us an opportunity and give us resources in our hand to be a blessing, but he'll use our life to be a blessing if we will yield it as a vessel to him. If you're watching us tonight online, if you're in the sanctuary, we want to extend to you an invitation to be a part of what God is doing here at Friendship West. We want to invite you to know Jesus Christ, to make him the Lord of your life and to know him in the all sufficiency of his power. We're going to pray a prayer of faith.

1:07:07 We're going to invite you to come in just a little bit. If you're watching online, you can use the information that's on the screen. You can send us an email at joinusatfriendshipwest.org. Use that number that's on the screen, 972-228-5217. You can use that QR code that's on the screen as well. Wherever you are, however you are, this is your time to come into a right relationship with Jesus Christ. Let's pray a prayer of faith. Father, we thank you. And we give you thanks. and we give you praise because you are the God who meets all of our needs. First of all, you meet the needs of our heart and you ensure that if we desire a relationship with you, that you will know us and we can know you. You gave your son, Jesus Christ on the cross, who gave his very life so that we might be a part of the family of God.

1:08:04 for someone who has been wayward, some prodigal who needs to be reminded that they can come home. We invite them to do that, oh God. Move now by the power of your Holy Spirit and convict them wherever they are watching online in the sanctuary to know that they can always come home to a God who has more than enough. Lord, for someone who says I need a family of faith, I want to connect. I'm tired of just watching online I'm tired of not knowing where I Where I'm going to land where I'm going to anchor myself We invite them to be a part of this family as well Move by your spirit and convict them To know that their place of purpose And their place of destiny is here at Friendship West We give you thanks and praise For the salvation power That is in your name Move now by that power We invite someone to say Lord I I ask that you would come into my heart Thank you for coming into my heart Now live your life through me to thine be the glory in Jesus name I pray and together we say amen come on let's give God praise for the gift of salvation and we give God praise for the fact that there is room at the foot of the cross we also give God praise because it's giving time in the house of the Lord come on give God praise for the opportunity to sow into prophetic community we're reminded amen from this awesome text that we all have a duty we all have a role that we can play that we should be playing in the work of the Lord. In the old school church, they used to say the offering was the time where all of us, amen, where we all can participate. Amen. You know the work that is going on here at Friendship West, the way that God continues to use this family of faith in a special and in a mighty way. Before we got started tonight with Bible study, our young people were in tutoring. We give God praise for the work of our tutoring ministry, making sure that every young person who wants to have access to greater learning opportunities has it and they have it right here at that church that spiritual people solving a practical problem dr. Ayers whether it's the work of our faith formula human services ministry or the many ministries and programs that god has instituted

1:10:13 here at friendship west under the leadership of dr. Haynes you know why to give there's several ways to give text to give you can give through the give la fi app you can give through friendship our church website or through our friendship west baptist church app you can give through the qr code if you're uh if you're using the offering envelope our deacons are prepared to receive those gifts as well all of the ways to give are on the screen we ask that the spirit of god would move by its power to convict us to sow and to give what it is that we're going to give let's pray a prayer of faith as we consecrate our gifts unto the lord again if you're watching online you can give if you're in the sanctuary you can give tonight as well thank you lord for the gift of being a giver for the ability to play a role in expanding the kingdom move now by your power as we prepare to sow and to give tonight of our tithes and of our offering that we might know that we might discern that we might believe that the seed that we now sow will cut down one more law to help us build the kingdom of God here on earth.

1:11:21 Bless, gift, and giver the same. May no one suffer lack as we attempt to be obedient to your word and to be a blessing to the body of Christ. These and all other blessings we pray in the name of Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, and according to your word. And together we say, Amen, Amen. Our deacons are going to help us lift our offering at this time. Don't forget, again, we've been talking about second kings chapter six tonight on the come up from underwater uh so much uh so much there a rich text we want to encourage you to read it in its entirety don't forget next week september 29th september 30th we're going to be together in stewardship revival as we prepare the hearts and minds and people of god to again to to sow and to give into the work of the ministry to what align our financial life to align the gifts that God has given us with the will and the purposes of God. We're so excited to be joined by Dr. Buster Soares and by Dr. Jeffrey Allen Johnson.

1:12:24 Amen. We're grateful for their ministry gifts. Meet us here Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, the 20, 20, 29th and 30th of next week, seven o'clock PM. As we learn, as we grow, as we pray, as we, amen, enter into a time of collective study and engagement with the word of God. And as we press into the presence of God and into the spirit of God together as a family of faith, you do not want to miss this stewardship revival next week. Again, Tuesday, the 29th, Wednesday, September 30th, right here at Friendship West, seven o'clock PM. Dr. Ayers, thank you so much for helping us, amen, for helping us to wade through that awesome text. and we give God praise for your ministry. We continue to pray for our church. We continue to pray for our senior pastor, Dr. Haynes. And we look forward to Sunday morning.

1:13:16 We look forward to seeing you. Receive now the benediction as we prepare to go in peace. Father, we thank you that all good and perfect gifts come from you, that you are indeed the source of our supply, that you are the joy of our strength. You are the strength of our life. As we go from this place, but never from your presence, we ask that you would move by your spirit to convict us to understand and to discern the gifts the resources the callings all that you have put in our hand that we have allowed to fall in the water help us to identify where we dropped it help us to trust you to retrieve it and help us to use what you've given us to build the kingdom to make the kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven guide us by your spirit as we leave from this place but never from your presence in the name of jesus we pray amen amen we'll see y'all next time