Good to see you here. I appreciate everybody that's come out on this Friday evening. We still have several seats. Let's pray much for them. You miss people when they're not here. The Lord still blessed us with a good crowd tonight. I thank him for that. And we need him. We got to have him. I want to leave tonight even better than I was when I come in. And we can do that. Amen. But it takes the Lord to do it. Let's pray much for the service tonight. Lord willing, even meeting down next week, let's pray much for that. Lord, just be in the midst. He's blessed our church. He's blessed us greatly. Way more than we deserve, and I thank him for it. Amen. So let's pray much for those that have lost their zeal. He lost their desire. There's not a doubt in my mind that there's some that could be here tonight, just chose not to be. So let's pray for them. Amen. Anybody else now? Now the objects from your heart. Anything else? Let's do it. Let's pray. Let's do it. Let's pray. Let's pray. 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One just being disobedient. grieve the spirit and the power of God and then leave. And that's a miserable place to be. Amen. So let's all just mind him tonight. All right, all that women can, let's gather around. And Blake, you lead us, will you? ♪ There is a fire ♪ That calls the light ♪ That burned my way ♪ At His cross ♪ When it flowed down from the cross ♪ My sins were gone ♪ My sins were gone ♪ There is a That tried to hide This precious blood That gave me life And in three days He redeemed again And He rose to stand ♪ In my defense ♪ ♪ So I come to tell you he's alive ♪ ♪ To tell you that he tries ♪ ♪ Every tear that falls ♪ ♪ So I come to tell you that he stays ♪ ♪ Shout him to proclaim that he's coming back for you ♪ ♪ There is a road and it sides the pond ♪ ♪ He hears us sing a lonely song ♪ to free the bell, as chains they fall upon the ground. ♪ And let it flow ♪ And let its liquid go free ♪ Because He lives to make me whole ♪ I owe my life to You ♪ To tell you he's alive ♪ ♪ To tell you that he drives ♪ ♪ Every tear that falls ♪ ♪ So I come to tell you that he stays ♪ ♪ To shout and to proclaim ♪ ♪ And it's coming back for you ♪ ♪ God can't wash away my sins ♪ ♪ Nothing but the blood of Jesus ♪ ♪ God can't make me new ♪ All of Him, nothing but the blood of Jesus So I come to tell you He's alive, to tell you that He drives every tear that falls. So I come to tell you that it's safe to shout and to proclaim that it's coming back for you. There is hope. I could say one thing. ♪ He is the best Lord ♪ If I had but one word ♪ Jesus would be heard ♪ If I had but one word ♪ I'd use it to praise Him with you ♪ For He is really all that matters ♪ When this thing is over Across this cold waters, we'll see more clearly, the sea that really needs me. ♪ This were my last day ♪ I shout Jesus all the way ♪ This were my last night ♪ I'd spend it praising Him a while ♪ If I had the glory ♪ I'd use it to praise Him with ♪ For He is really God ♪ All that matters when this thing is over ♪ ♪ Across this cold waters, we'll see more clearly ♪ ♪ And see that really means it ♪ ♪ Well, if he hadn't loved me like he did I would do ♪ ♪ If he hadn't saved me ♪ I'd suffer through eternity if I had one more breath ♪ ♪ I'd use it to praise Him with ♪ ♪ For He is really all that matters when this thing is over ♪ ♪ Across death's cold waters we'll see more clearly ♪ can see that really easy. He is really all that matters when this thing is over. Across Desco waters, we'll see more clearly, can see that really easy. and gone along. Nothing else. I've worried around with my skitter all day long. Worried and thought about what I was going to do and how I was going to fix it, but it's all going to burn. It's going to end one of these days. I'm glad that God has given me something. He brought down in my soul and money came by. He is all that matters tonight. We have no reason to be discouraged. Have no reason to walk around with our left leg in a cramp. Honey, we got God, we've got it all. We have the Lord, we have everything. Everything else is vanity. Abraham O'Sullivan, now he said it right. All is vanity in this nation. There's only one thing that's gonna matter when it's over with, and it's God. There's only one thing that's gonna stand the test of time, it's God. There's only one thing that'll make it out of judgment. And it's his blood that he sheds. He's all that matters today. Let him sing. And then for my last day, I chapped Jesus all the way. I thought about Stephen over there as the stones began to fly. It was his last day, but he said, I see Jesus at the right hand of the Lord. As the stones began to fly, he said, I see Jesus standing at the right hand of the Lord. As he drew his last breath, he saw Jesus. That's all that he saw. Thank you, Lord. He's worthy tonight. He never answers another one of my prayers. He's worthy. Ain't that right? We believe that today. If he never does one more thing for me, Ernie Cable, I've got to raise my hand and say it's in Him that we kneel and move and have our being. We got a good God tonight. He's alive. He's alive. Amen. Can you believe that? He's alive! You walk up to Muhammad's tomb and find the bones of a dead man. Walk up to Buddha's tomb, find the bones of a dead man. Honey, you walk up to that boy's tomb that they laid him in, and you'll not find his bones. He's seated at the right hand of the Father. Can you believe that? He's alive! to be saved today. I come down to church. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Where they walked in, and believed in, and he gave his life. And the angel said, there's no need to cry, for He is alive. He's alive! Oh, what victory's been won through Jesus God's Son! He's alive! ♪ Alleluia, Hosanna, He is alive ♪ ♪ There at the altar, I knelt down one night ♪ ♪ Where my tears flowed like raindrops ♪ Jesus saved me a new life He gave me and I hope to stay in this heart of mine He is alive He's alive He's alive He's alive All the victories they've won Through Jesus God's Son He's alive! He's alive! He's alive! He's alive! Hallelujah! Oh, Tanner! He is alive. Amen. Amen. We've got something to thank him for. We've got something to praise him for. He is alive. And because he's alive, it's why we can sing that second verse. It's that he saved us. Amen. We wouldn't have nothing without that. It's where it all starts, salvation. Thank God for that. free gift he's bestowed upon us. Great sometimes here where we're at, and it's been preached to us so much, we've hurted all of our lives till we've just about lost the appeal of Calvary. Just about lost the appeal of being saved. I'm glad I'm born again tonight. There's nothing else we can brag on the Lord for. I'll be able to brag on him for safety. Amen. That's a great word. I've said it many a time, but you find me anybody else that would have loved you and would have took you just exactly the way you was. Outside, I know that my daddy loves me. I know that my mama loves me, but I got in some places where daddy wasn't there, where mama wasn't there. Been in some places where even if daddy had of been there, he still couldn't have helped me. I have walked through a lot of dark valleys, Daniel, when daddy couldn't help me. I could call on the Lord, and there he was. That's why old David could say, yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I'll fear no evil, for thou art with me. I believe he knew what he was talking about, don't you? I'm glad I'm here tonight, glad I'm saved. Thank God, amen. Amen, he's good to us. He's good to us. Our lives depict on how we worship the Lord. Ellie mentioned there in the prayer room how he seen someone at the graveyard, didn't know who they was, but they was broken at a prayer. That could be us tonight. In all reality, we shouldn't even be the one praying, we should be the one in the grail. Already are screaming out of hell, but God, who is rich in mercy, is great love toward us. While we was yet sinners, Christ died for us. I believe tonight that some of y'all need to wake up. Amen. We need to wake up for just a minute and realize where we would be without the Lord. Well, preacher, it's been so hard this week. I don't think there's ever been a harder time on a man. And when the Lord was praying there in Gethsemane, You ever sweated blood before? What's he a-prayin' for, you reckon? He said, Oh, Father, if there's any other way. I'm glad he went back here, ain't you? Because he said, nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done. You know what he's seen? He's seen you going to hell. He's seen me going to hell and was willing. He was willing. Knowing what we are and who we are, he was willing to go all the way. I promise you, UDUA, you'll never have a worse day. before he was up there in Pilate's hall and they began to rail on him. Pilate began to beat that whip down on him. You ain't never had a day like that. I've never, I've never, Daniel ever got up in my flesh hanging off my back. I've never, I've never, brother, been in such agony. Even where my own brethren, people that had followed me, wasn't standing there saying, I don't know who that is. You ain't never had a day that bad. Marched him up Calvary, nailed him on the cross. I've never endured that kind of pain. I've never endured that abuse. I'm glad I don't have to. I'm glad I don't have to. He endured it. He made the trip. He made the journey for the Savior. Praise the Lord. I've never hung there naked for the world to see. I'll never endure death. And we'll let one little hiccup come in the road. One little thing come our way. One time or another, not even a slug we won't get. And we're ready to throw it all back at them. By any and all we'll call them pimps. When they're still hanging there, they're gonna say they ain't worth it. I'm not doing it, too. They ain't worth it, too. If he don't excite us, I don't know what will. Being saved on Exodus, I don't know what will. I'm glad I'm saved now. I ain't going to hell. Is hell real? Yes, sir. Hell's just as real as heaven. Yes, sir. With real people that died and went there. I'm glad Ernie Cable, by the grace of God, I do not have to go. Thank the Lord. Thank the Lord. Amen. So weak and so feeble, she'd been for so long. The doctors that wondered what kept her haulin' on. Her family was gathered around. to bedside to pray. She woke for a moment and saw them standing there. She said, don't be weeping. I'm not going anywhere until my Savior comes. I'm waiting on my ride to come anytime. Maybe tomorrow it could be tonight. All that I know is when it calls me, I'm ready. Don't look for me. I'll not be found. I'm just abiding my time down here in this wild, waiting on my rise. Here's where I'll end tonight. I don't feel at home in this world anymore. Since I knelt at the altar and made Jesus my choice. There's a cold front on the far side of Jordan. It gets stronger each day. ♪ I would pray, call up in the air ♪ ♪ Either way I'm a winner, I know I'll be there ♪ ♪ Until I say it calls me, I'll be right here ♪ ♪ Waiting on my ride home ♪ Maybe tomorrow could be your night. All that I know is when he calls me, I'm ready to go. Should he come in the crowd, I'm going to rebel. I'll not be fast, just abiding by time. Now here in this hour, wait no my ride. Crossing the calm sea with Jesus, the disciples were getting concerned. ♪ The wind started violently blowing ♪ ♪ Oh but he was asleep at the start ♪ ♪ Does he not care that we perish ♪ ♪ We are helpless and we're so afraid ♪ ♪ Jesus rose when they called him ♪ And he said to him, where is your faith? Because you've prayed all night. Because you've held on with all of your might. Child of God. ♪ And it's time to rejoice ♪ ♪ Child of God ♪ ♪ Have awoken the master of all ♪ ♪ He'll hit you without any warning ♪ ♪ The storm of your life hath begun ♪ Seeing no hope in the distance. You were frightened with nowhere to run. By now your vessel's filled. And you're afraid that you'll surely drown. ♪ You've cried out for help from the spirits ♪ ♪ And you know you've gained the power ♪ ♪ Because you've prayed all night ♪ ♪ Because you've held on with all of your might ♪ ♪ Child, you're crying ♪ the master. Oh, he knows your voice. Lift your hands, it's time to rejoice. Childhood cries have awoken the master. Close your voice, lift your hands, it's time to rejoice. Child of God, have welcome the Master. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. and just hear the Lord hear them cry. And I can't remember which one it was, talking about the phone ringing. Because I didn't recognize the number, that wasn't the answer. And because it wasn't in the contact. I'm glad that he asked me to come. When he wrote my name, the lamp looked right at me. I'm thankful that, you know, a lot of times I don't know who's calling. I don't even bother. But I'm glad, you know, I've got contacts. And Charlie, he texted me or called me. He shows up at Charlie's house. Hey, man, I'm gonna answer that. My wife, she's my contact. My name was recorded one day. I don't know if it was my wife. Because of that, I'm on the contact list. It's been many years since I drove. We've been nine. I know I'm saved. I know that. I ain't worried about it. I didn't come to say or do anything. Lord help. I just wanted to be a monkey. I've been trying to get up here for the last two or three months. And I just thank God for allowing me the privilege to be a monkey. And I ain't, I tell you, I would have been held in the back. Look where I'm at. So often we're graced upon life's journey and faith seems to slip through Bless the Lord. But if we'll keep holding on to God's good faith, let promise be trees waiting for me and for you. Hold on just a little longer. ♪ Why won't you lift on me, love ♪ ♪ When the waves start to roll ♪ ♪ When the waves begin to roll ♪ ♪ I'll be safe with him I know ♪ ♪ For my father has it under control ♪ ♪ I remember the time ♪ ♪ When I offered a meal ♪ ♪ With a meal to eat ♪ ♪ And we ran to dine ♪ ♪ But the Lord heard our prayer ♪ ♪ From the Holy Spirit ♪ ♪ In waters and with a strife ♪ Hold on, just a little while longer, don't fear none. When the blades start to roll, when the wings begin to move, I'll be safe. With him I know for my father has it under control. I remember the times when I almost went nowhere in the sand. But the Lord heard my cry from the dark and stormy waters And with a strong voice He lifted me up Hold on, hold on just a little ♪ I'll long to hear from him again ♪ ♪ When the brakes start to roll ♪ ♪ When the winds begin to blow ♪ ♪ I'll be safe with him I know ♪ ♪ For my brother has him under control ♪ I love every one of you. You know, we try to imagine what it would be like. I've heard a lot of people, you know, I know that Paul said he'd be asking the bosses to be present. I don't feel like it. When I leave here, the house that I dwell in will remain and go back to the dust. I'm going to be at the Lord's. I don't know what goes on around this fire. I have no clue. I don't believe the folks are up there looking back down. No, no, no. They were, they couldn't enjoy it. That's right, that's right. They couldn't enjoy the rest, knowing what some of their loved ones got buried tonight. They couldn't enjoy it. I know that I thought a lot about it, and I may have mentioned that before, but I do believe that there's people that are aware of their surroundings when they leave this world. I'd go be with the Lord. And I often talk about old Patrick O'Dell. He came to the altar many times as a young fellow. And he'd say, he'd say, he'd go back out there in the world. He's kind of like I was. I'd go up there and switch the garnish of the house. Amen, and leave it. And yet it didn't have the Lord inside of me. And I feel there's a lot of people that do that. I believe they come with an honest heart, meaning to do what? I mean, to get things right. They got a desire to turn things over. They got enough sense and don't want to go to hell. They'll come up and they know because of the way they've been raised that they've sinned and come short because they've been raised with all that in the church and they know it. Mine is wrong, but none still is wrong. They know those things are wrong. And because of the way they were raised, they get under, amen, the conviction that the Spirit of God shows up. And they come up with a heavy heart a lot of times. They'll empty out the vessel, they'll repent, and they'll get out all the lies and all the cheating and everything they've done. They'll come on the dance floor. They'll sweep and they'll gorge the house. They'll get up and the house is empty. They never see themselves as needing to be born again or saved, but that's the requirement that Jesus said. You must be born again. There ain't no other way to do it. It's my children, your children. It don't matter if it's the President or the Senator or the Congress. Jesus said, you must face it. I tell you, old Patrick ain't coming in. He's hard down. I mean, he's empty everything now. But he'd go back and it wouldn't be long, he'd be back with the crowd. Walkin' with them, talkin' with them, livin' with them. He might be formatin' with them, whatever. He might even be right back. Ain't nothin' to help or hold him. Amen. From the Lord. And that's the way I am. Amen. I'm glad he followed me home from church. I didn't mean to get excited. God knows, I told Sue, came out the road. I get, you know, a lot of times, I preach the spirit of God. I don't want to draw attention away from him, Charlie. And I'm afraid I get in front of him sometimes. I wouldn't put it back to nothing. I may not. I love the Lord tonight. Good night. I'm listening to Charlie Bryant. You know him. I've never faced a day like that. My worst day, I've never had another. Woo! It's good to be saved. I came up again. I came up again. I didn't come say anything, but I didn't come not to. I thought about what goes on around this wrong room. Amen. Yeah, Patrick, he was talking about how that there's rejoicing, and the Bible does teach there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels. Amen. Anyway, he's testifying one night about that. He said, I don't know, and I may have mentioned this before. He said, I don't know what's going on up there right now. He said, I don't feel like nothing except for looking back down on the earth. Amen. They'd be troubled. He said, I had a little grandma pray and pray and pray for me. Amen. And she was sorry to see me say that, oh, she spent a million days calling my name. Did you ever pray? Yeah, I prayed for the prayers of the saints of God. What a privilege it is to carry our burdens and our cares. You know, it's a blessing from God that when you're able to approach the cross, you have a devotional and a God-passed faith. Lord, I lost the first. I'm glad somebody had it for me. Amen. Listen, when we went back to him just to find that knife, he said, I don't I was looking down on old Patrick tonight. He said, I honestly believe with all my heart. The Bible don't clarify it, but he said, I can't help but wonder. Yeah, man, the days that I come, hell, I got born again. Saved by the grace of God. Hey, man, if they wasn't a proclamation, I'd ring out to heaven. Yeah, man. I don't know. I'll tell you, I had a friend, grandma. I just wondered. I just wondered. Yeah, man, when my name was written down in that book of life, if they a lot of old same moms and dads that left this world have never seen their prayers answered. Amen. And I believe God still honored them. Amen. I believe he'll thank God in his time. I believe he'll pray his father with us. I do. I tell you, I thank God for the day he saved my dying soul. I don't know how you feel about me being here, but I feel pretty good. I tell you, I'm going to rejoice. I'm going to give you everything that I can. I'm going to get tall, folks. I can't get around like I once did. And I'm going to praise Him while He hears me pray. I remember going to Bethel, down there in Marion, North Carolina. There's an old fellow there, a little old deacon. He loved the Lord. Amen. He'd get up and he'd rejoice and he'd shout. He'd give God glory. But he got cancer in his vocal cords. And he couldn't no longer have to go out of surgery. And his vocal cords were moved. He couldn't make no sound. But I'm gonna tell you, when the spirit of God would come through, he'd stand up and he'd wave his hand. I couldn't find the words. to tell me, I mean that, every one of you. I mean that. I can honestly look at everybody in this church. I may not be able to call them names, but I see y'all love each other. Jesus loves me well. They bear on my soul and on my heart. I thank God for the man of God he put in me. I try to love him. Listen, I don't want to lift old Charlie up. He's just like me. Amen, he has his troubles and battles, he just stood by the fire in the choir and told you. Amen, he worried about that old, what was it that old was. I tell you, we're getting hearts troubled. I'm happy to hear it from time to time, but I'm glad Tom's pregnant. I'm going to tell you something. First time I came here, I didn't know anybody here in Charlotte. I just met him in the river. And some of you fellas, I don't know how many was over there at Pathway or Old Path. Hey, man, I went to some of your places. And I didn't know who you was. And I'm going to tell you something. Hey, man, I sat in my backyard when dogs come through. Yes, amen. I'm here to tell you, not only did he move on me, but I got to see him move. I got to see him get a hold of this old boy. I got to see that right shoulder. I get more than him. Glory. Glory. Glory. No worries, I hear ya! Everybody gettin' all that firewood tonight! Yeah! Get out of that car! Ha! Woo-hoo! Fightin' all the day, man! I love it! Everybody! All right, I got it. Boy, Bob, look at my rejoicing. Yeah, I'm proud of you, boy. I'm proud of you. Praise the Lord, my son. I worship you. Yes, sir. I love y'all, boy. Thank you, Lord. I tell you what, most of us is not going to be. God has to pick us up and bring you glory. Yeah, come on now. That's the truth. If he don't come by and get us, Charlie, and just bring us out, it seem like you can't get no glory whatsoever. I tell you, I hope I didn't get it from nobody. But I tell you, this is a good, you can't hardly stand it. Amen on Charlie. God get ahold of him. He'd hit the floor. Every time he'd hit the altar, he'd find the calm down a little bit. Then all of a sudden, God would pass right through to him. He'd jump up again. Every two or three more he'd talk. I like the way God works. He don't kill you. Thank you Lord. God put him on the contact list. That's Peter or James or John. That's usually the first he'd take with him when he goes a little bit farther. Anyway, when he went up on the mountain, he took old Peter, James, and John. Yeah. I'm just saying, folks. He loves the Bikes as much as you do. He's good on the pavement. It does. Sometimes, you know, the devil comes by, saying you ain't worth a hillbilly. He never told the truth. He always did that, right? That's right, ain't he? Amen. When he begins to tell us how worthless and no good we really are, all I can do is say, amen, devil. You're right. But thank God there's one that fell ugly while I was dead. I'm trying to help you. I love this tonight. Folks, get used to me. I'm going to tell you something tonight. There's a lot that I've And there's a lot of things that goes on in the name of my Lord and Savior that makes me preach. Amen. I ain't gonna lie to you. Amen. There's a lot I don't go along with. I'm old. I'm old time. I'm old fashioned. I believe the old path. Amen. And I tell you what, I know the joy of that. Because he's allowed me to walk any longer than I have to find that. Amen. I hope and pray that I have a gentle friend in my life. And I tell you, it's just as good to be in a dog's house as it is to be among my brothers and my sisters. I don't know what you think about me, but I sure do think highly of you. I'm going to sing the song. I said, I don't even know if I can even talk. I was in the front room trying to talk, and my voice just left me. I mean, I couldn't even whisper hardly. And I said, God, that's all right. That's amen, whatever you want. I mean, I didn't come to be seen or heard. I just wanted to be here. I just wanted to sit back down on my floor, pass my own sermon, or somebody up here can sing it for me. I like that. I just like being one more. If it's the last time we have together down here, I want to tell everyone that I love you. And I sure appreciate it. And I appreciate your many thoughts. It's 24 in the making. You know how sometimes you feel like you're just I don't know if you've ever been to the point where you're laying in bed at night and it seems like your mind is going off. And there's no relief, there's no peace. And it gets so to the point, I mean, anxiety begins to set in and the heart just goes. And he just keeps getting worse and worse. Amen. And all of a sudden, he just called upon the king. I don't know if you ever been there. heart is going to stop. You just throw up your hands in the middle of the night and say, Lord, I need some help. I need some help right now. God, I can't handle it. Well, Lord, it ain't better than all of a sudden. You can't handle it. It just builds through. You ain't handling the troubles, but you have to believe in your heart and your mind. I don't know if you've ever been there. I know you're huge. And the levels can't contribute to me. They're going to try to go play. Boy, we all missed each other bad. I want to say this as a young girl. She's about 38 years old. I say that's young. Some do have finances, but she overdosed on heroin. And this was the second time. The boy I worked with, I'm probably 40 years. I mean, I meet with him to all the lengths. I got to talk to him. I wouldn't, I wouldn't. And I remember the last time I talked to one of them, I said, Donald, son, you ain't getting no younger. You better consider some things. They had to take him over to Franklin. He thought he was having a heart attack. And I said, that day's coming for you, son. And he said, Ernie, don't stop praying. And I said, oh, I'm not. I'm not. And I said, son, I love you. And I said, you can fight whatever you want to. And they think I'm crazy or whatever, but I said, darling, I love you. And I was with you the rest of it. It wasn't long, boy. They called me that night. Boy, I'm telling you, I had a time. I'm just telling you. But his daughter is the one we're talking about. Her name's Amy. I can't remember her last name. Crawford or something like that. But she died. And they brought her back. And they flew her down to Athens, Georgia. I got the call, Donnie Collins. And he said, Ernie, do you have a place to pray for her? and said, hey, she just OD'd. He said, I ain't looking for her, Mike. He said, they're flying her down to Athens, and I don't know if she'll even be alive when she's back. And I tell you, shortly, when he told me that, my heart just sunk in. I ain't never met that girl. But I know a dog that knew where she was hiding. Boy, I'm telling you. As soon as I heard that phone ringer, that bird did. And I thank God. I thank God the Lord came where I was at. He will give me a new cross. Amen. And she even told her daddy this past week, she got up and went home. They wasn't living for real. She told her daddy, she said, I don't remember. She said, I was kind of in and out. He said, I remember the pilot looking back to the men and saying, why are we even flying her down, though? She'll never make it. but I want you to remember that young lady and pray for her. God knows where she's at. She supposedly, and I hope she did, but they came up and prayed with her in the hospitals that I let her at because she supposedly gave her heart and mind to Christ and I hope she did. I do. Just remember her and pray for her. I want to struggle in heaven with her someday. I count it as an honor. I took up a lot of time. I just come to worship with you tonight. I hope I've not missed nothing. I'd like to just come to every one of you and hug you. If I surveyed all the good that's come to me I'm sickly. ♪ Stole a woman her head from me, dear son, baby ♪ ♪ And all the trouble and heartaches I managed to bring ♪ ♪ Well, that was all I did and where are my things, oh dear? ♪ So many things all right. to see here. I've been treasured. We'll see all the loved ones I want to stroll with you. We'll enjoy all the beauty where all things are new. Could be so. I couldn't help but think he's talking about being added to the contact list. Now I'm wondering over there in the book of Proverbs. I'm afraid there's a lot of people that have blocked him calling. So I have to say, it's just his mercy that I didn't get that way. Well, I did at one point in my life. He didn't call and I didn't ignore him. He'd call and I'd hit ignore. And he had every right to say that he'd done with me, even got to the point where I thought he was. I'm glad he's merciful. He said in the book of Proverbs that there'd be a day when he'd lie for man's calamity, because he'd call, they wouldn't answer. There'd be a day when they would call, He was there. Serious thing. Serious. That whole Wednesday night, the Lord helped us. Done my best. God knows in my heart, I've done my best. Try to win folk to the Lord. Well, try to win them back to Him. Breaks my heart to see the unconcern on people. Troubles me to see the unconcern on people. I know God's able. He's able to break hearts. He wasn't with them bad children. So much confusion, ain't no wonder nobody's got any confidence in the church. I mean there is so much confusion, Daniel, I just won't read. I just won't watch right. God help all of us. Not ignore Him when He calls. Oh, they couldn't quit calling. Do whatever He says to do, because I have been in meetings where the Lord would impress me to do something, and me just sit there with my mouth closed. I'd watch somebody else get up with the very thing He told me to do. I don't want to embarrass Boyd, but the Lord told Boyd one time to get to that rock, it says our church. And just go lay it up there, ain't that right? Well, Boyd said to her, and he didn't do it, and guess what? Amber got up and done it. The Lord will have a willing vessel somewhere. We need him, don't we? God to have him. I love him tonight. Let him sing. Glad that he puts up with us. Glad that he will not backslid doing things that I ought not to do. Glad that he loves me. Glad that he loves me. We was talking about this the other day. We was in the prayer room. We was denied a gift. I don't remember. Everybody was requesting prayer for their people. People that had They knew the Lord, they knew what the power of God was. Seemed like that the devil had come in in their flesh and then out there in the world. We've almost come to a place where there's, even where there's more, hey, you can't find nobody that's lost. You can't find nobody that's, everybody you see's ready to fly away. But you know a tree, I'm a fruity bear. Amen. God help us tonight. I'm glad to say that we're in the house of God. Even somebody else. Thank you, Lord. Amen. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Amen. I'm gonna read part of two verses. One's in Job and one's in Romans. I say they ain't the same place, but it all goes together. Every bit of this work goes together. This is Romans 19, 25. Don't listen to me. Let's all just examine ourselves and hear what it says. Just a part of this verse. For I know that my Redeemer liveth. And in Romans 2, 1, Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man. Well, you know that, we're inexcusable. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's true. It's I'm in the contact list. He knows me, and I know him. He don't screen his phone calls. He's never left me on read. I went to Daniel there the other day. I texted him to check on him and see how he was. He had said that he had read it, but there was no response. Hours later, I said, Daniel, what's the matter? Are you screening your text? It wasn't two seconds later, and Daniel called me. He said, I forgot. I'm glad that the Lord ain't that way. The Lord is not that way. We're forgetful. I'm glad that he don't leave us on read. I think he does. If he don't move right then, he knows what we need. Someone else. Bless your soul. Bless your soul. Bless your heart. Bless your heart. Bless your heart. When you get saved, that's the best feast. There's nothing ever like it. There's no words to describe it. But like she said, thank the Lord he's brought me a long way to be with me. He's been a best friend. He's always been there. Won't brag on me, she's always smiling. And if something ain't wrong, she's here. Amen, she's faithful. God healed her of cancer and I didn't see her frown one time. That was going on. She is still here right over there in her place with a smile. Amen. We can get an ingrown, pal, for a week. Somebody else. We can't be a stick to rebuild all of them. Yesterday I had to go with the governor around. He said turn off the news cameras and everything. He said a couple times these people have been through hell. I appreciate Christian. Thank God for the growth. I've seen it. What a blessing. He's right, brother. People have painted hell up like a fairy tale. Water got up a little bit, but that ain't a drop in the bucket for the hills either. Hold that, brother. That's true. Someone else. Down in Irving, Monday and Tuesday night, brother was with me. He talked about how far the flood had spanned it out. I got to thank him. The same God that parted the Red Sea. He could have stopped that flood at any moment. He made it stand up just the same as he did the Red Sea. What an awesome God. But even more awesome than that, Brother Charles, he come behind old Richie and see me like I did one day. Showed me who I was before I was hit. For he saved my dying soul. Praise his holy name. For now the dust of the earth. Now I thought about that a lot lately. What can you do with dust? You might take dirt and do something with it. But what can you do with dust? But he foreman. But I began to think, I'm no more worthy. and the dust of the earth. To have the blessings that he was called upon. Lord, when I talk about blessings, I'm talking about setting in heavenly places like we have here tonight. Lord, I thank you for all the material things that you give me, all the needs that I have to live. Lord, blessed be his holy name for setting in heavenly places. Fill his presence. See him stirring, I'm like Brother Ernie. I like to see him get on others. I like to see him bless my brothers and sisters. We couldn't be here. In all amen, Brother Ernie. I want to stroll over heaven with each and every one of you. Not only you, but that sinner that I may be, that's a stranger to Mark. I want to stroll over heaven with him. No doubt face him. I've got a neighbor that won't throw their hand up at me. I'll be this soon to rock his knock. My heart's desire is to stroll overhead with my little dang brother Charlie. Amen. That's right. If we don't love everybody enough to want to go to heaven with them, then we may not be going. That's right. Amen. You know we pass from death unto life. He loves me. What it takes, I've said it a lot. If we can't love each other, then we can't love the Lord. He'll put a love in us for me. Amen. I should have asked earlier, when you asked Lenny for a request to pray for my baby. I tried to talk to them about the Lord there in their 80s, and they don't want to hear nothing about it. They don't want to go to hell. I got that cross on the tree there in the yard. It says, Jesus saved me. I'd like to ask everybody to just pray that the Lord will use that to deal with somebody. And give me the words to say, I've tried to talk to them before, but it seems like they ain't concerned. I don't want nobody to go to hell. We ought to love our neighbors, whether they live or they lost. We ought to love them, not want them to go to hell. It's an awful place. And pray for them. All my neighbors, I don't want none of them to go to hell.