To worship oh you can be smug and comfortable if you want but God will never be without a witness you ought not show up here on Sunday morning acting like you’re doing God a favor don’t you know that somebody will take your place if Jews won’t worship Him Gentiles will
If Christians won’t worship Him non-christians will if the church won’t worship him God will raise up unchurch folk and they will will if adults won’t worship Him children will if men won’t worship Him women will if the rich won’t worship Him the poor will if the people won’t worship Him Isaiah says the
Mountains and the hills will burst into song before you and all the trees of the field will clap your hands Jesus said if you keep quiet the stones will cry out I don’t want some Stone crying out for me God’s done too much to me God’s been too
Good to me to allow some enate object to allow some tree to bow down to the blowing winds when I feel the Winds of the spirit moving through my life he’s in my head he’s in my feet he’s all over me God is keeping me alive and I came to
Give him my best my best I came to give to God my best gifts well praise the Lord everybody everybody praise the Lord oh magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together can we just give God some praise for allowing us to worship together again on
This Sunday morning good morning Ebenezer Baptist Church good morning Ebenezer everywhere I am min Min Dominique King and I bring you greetings from the historic Eon or Baptist Church America’s Freedom Church and your place of worship e are everywhere will you let us know where you’re joining us from and
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Church is live and there is a word from the Lord now let’s jump into the Horizon sanctuary and worship oh give thanks to the Lord for he is good for his steadfast love endures forever let the redeemed of the Lord say so so indeed that’s why we’ve
Gathered this Sunday morning to speak of the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living why don’t you tag somebody right now tell them that you’re worshiping with the Ebenezer Baptist Church they can find us on our website Ebenezer at.org or you can go to our
YouTube channel or our Facebook page but whether we are gathered online or right here in the sanctuary we are worshiping together we know that God has a blessing in the house for each and every one of us uh I know that you understand that God has blessed us we’re blessed to be a
Blessing and so I want to encourage uh you to give at any point in the service you can go to our website Ean orat l.org or you can download our church app you can use our QR scan you can text to give you can mail your tith and offerings to
The church or if you’re worshiping with us here in person there will be be a moment to give before the service is over but I praise God for you and I am praying for you and your family hang on hang in there listen in God has a word
For you in your situation on this very day your future is as bright as the promises of God let’s worship let the redeemed of the Lord say so Praise the Lord everybody oh come on praise the Lord everybody anybody came to give God some Praise In This Place by show of hands just begin to lift your hands begin to worship God in your own way God we invite you into this space God we want you here hallelujah hallelujah oh
Song says the Lord is my and Sal Whom Shall I Fear Whom Shall I be afraid the Lord is my and Sal Whom Shall I Fear Whom Shall I be afraid so I will wait on you oh let anybody’s testimony say I will wait on You and I will trust in you say I will trust in you come on say the Lord is is my and Sal who shall I shall I who shall I be afraid shall I shall I be ARA I will wait on you no matter what
Comes no matter what goes I will wait on you no matter how long it takes I will TR in you say I will trust in you I will trust in you come on say the Lord in my come on just begin to worship God in your own Way is shall I be shall I be be arid I wait anybody going to wait on him I will wait on you God we choose to trust we choose to trust I will trust in no matter how long it takes I will trust in you so I’ll say I will remain
Conf in this I will see the goodness of the Lord and I will remain conf in this I will see the goodness of the Lord can you help me say I will I will I will see the goodness goodness of the Lord I will I will will
See good of the Lord oh God we love you this morning [Applause] H come on right here just begin to worship God in your own way come on just begin to lift your hands speak well of God this morning oh Lord God we trust you this morning we choose
To wait on you this morning yeah God and it we set our Hope on you we set our Hope on your love we set our Hope on the one who will the Everlasting God you are the Everlasting God we set our hope we set our on you [Applause] We you we our we set our on you Stand there ain’t nobody else you God we praise you [Applause] God everas you are the Everlasting you are the everlas so I will remain confident in this I’m going to see the goodness of the Lord oh I will remain confident in this I’m going to see it I’m going to see it oh I will remain confident in this I will see the
Goodness of the Lord now if you believe that can you just give your God some praise if you believe that this morning no matter how long it takes no matter what comes no matter what goes but you’re going to live to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the
Living we choose to trust you God we choose to lift up your name uh we choose to lift up your name uh we freely do it we freely do it we freely do it we freely do it I will confident in This I’m going to see the good of the Lord goodness of the Lord so I will remain confident in this I will see the goodness of the Lord how many want to see the goodness of the Lord how many need to see the goodness of the Lord are the things you’ve been just praying and asking God for in this new season and you want to see the goodness I don’t know about you but I just want
To take one more second to raise our hands and raise our praise because nobody should stand here as if nothing has happened to them because I know that if many of us would not have made it through 23 and we’re so thankful to have made it to
24 so do me a favor if you’re confident that you’ll see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living raise your hand worship the god that we love and the worship the god of our Salvation remain I will see the goodness follow yeah I
Will C it this I’m going to see it I’m going to see it I [Applause] will the goodness of the Lord for the Lord is our light and our Salvation Whom Shall we fear the lord is the strength of My Life whom shall I be afraid when the wicked have come and even mine eyes or my foes have come to eat my flesh they have stumbled and
They’ve Fallen though a host shall Camp about me my heart shall not fear the war should rise up all around me I will be confident in this one thing the one thing that I desired of the Lord and that will I seek after that I will dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life to behold the beauty of the Lord and inquire in his Temple gracious God we are here inquiring in his Temple we are here inquiring praying laying down burdens today and asking God to come in in the midst of of it
All we have so much to be thankful for so much God has given and yet there’s still so many and so much to ask God for we ask God just to be with us and for many who are facing bement many who are saddened because the
Top of the year has started off with loss we just ask and we humbly Lift Our dear dear Deaconess Pat rooper who went on to be with the Lord just last week while we were here in service went on to be with God we pray as her memorial
Service will be on Saturday the 27th at 2:00 right after our church conference we just want all members please show up for our dear Deaconess and her family if we’ll now go to our next slide we have and we are so humble we have miss Helen Allen who is the mother of
Jeffra Nicholson they she was a member here a 90 plus member many many many years ago um and moved away and became an Ebenezer everywhere member and she has made her transition um and her funeral arrangements are for this week as as well and of course we are praying for
The Walker family I don’t know if Deacon Robert’s not here but we pray for the Walker family because of course they are grieving the loss unexpectedly of their daughter Kema kma Leathers um and this is Deacon Robert and Miss Michelle Walker Mrs Michelle Walker excuse me and
They will uh be laying her to rest on tomorrow uh 9 9:00 will be the viewing and 10:00 will be the service right here in Horizon we have so many that are just healing and sick and trying to come through and need encouragement and the lists are long and the lists are many
But even those if you’re online put your name in the chat if you just need us or someone to be lifted up and do me a favor all of us that are sitting here let us just always remember to lift up our every are everywhere family because
They are in need of our prayers and these are some that have come through and there are many that are maybe not listed you can always feel free to let us know but just know we’re praying for you and we are here for you and we are celebrating those who are need
Celebration and we are certainly there with those in prayer for those who need healing and encouragement but no matter what we are confident in this one thing that the Lord has never left us nor forsaken us that even though we might not feel God God has never abandoned us but is always
Standing right with us and so gracious God as we come to you now just thanking you first and foremost for standing with us in it all we are confident this morning Lord that no matter whether it’s bement whether it’s healing sick or suffering the wars of this land the many people going through
Strife God we are confident that you are still existing and you are still the bomb in Gilead we believe you now God that you will continue to work through and work in us oh God that we might be able to truly see healing and for those that need your lift from bement concerns
That Lord you would lift and allow your spirit to envelop God we just ask ask that you would be present in every situation and every household represented God whatever the secret need may be that God you would come and you would smooth out the crooked places and
That God you would make all things right straight and ahead in your path we just ask oh God that you would just keep us in your perfect peace allow us to literally be confident and walk around with an air of confidence if you will that Lord you’re going to take care of
It we’re out of a job but oh no God you got me we’re not necessarily have enough money but God we know you got us God we may not have all that we desire but God all of our needs are met so right now God we just air and we walk around with
An air of confidence an air that you got us and that you will take care of us and the Bible records seek ye first the kingdom of righteous and all things shall be added unto thee so God we know you will add all things unto us everything that we need
According to your riches if we call upon you and you will answer us you will hear our cry and for that we are thankful for that we are grateful and for that we are filled with praise we thank you this morning for it’s already done it’s already done
It’s already done the healing from cancer already done the healing from sickness already done the job that we’re seeking that we do not yet have the layoff we’ve just gone through already done the assignment that you’ve placed on our life already done the next understanding of where to go already
Done God we claim it done in the name name of Jesus Christ who is our Savor Savior and the one we believe and we trust for this day it is already done and we thank you we bless you and we honor you in jesus’ name Amen it is already done when I think of the goodness of God those moments when I didn’t even acknowledge God was with me those moments that I can’t even put into words the goodness of God the consistency of God they’re with me every step of the way God I thank you I praise
You so there is a preacher in the house today our prayers today are with Pastor waro who I believe is at Trinity UC today and pastor know that our prayers are with you as you break the bread of life with such a historic and important congregation in this
Country but there is indeed a preacher that is with us today so Brooklyn New York is in the house yes sir the Reverend Eugene Carter serves as a senior pastor at man eret Church in Brooklyn New York which is the church he was raised in since his early
Youth he believes that mount Arad is a Ministry called to love God love people and impact the community you are speaking on language Reverend Carter prior to being called as the senior pastor he served for three years Faithfully as the pastor singles Pastor to singles college and young adults at Brentwood Baptist Church
In Houston Texas under the dynamic leadership of the Reverend Dr Joseph Joe Samuel Ratliff he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in religion from Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia I’m starting to learn isn’t that a prerequisite to preach here you have to be a morehous gr his master of divinity from duke
School of divinity and while at Morehouse he was a leader in the nationally recognized Martin Luther King Junior International Chapel he was one of the assistants under our own the Reverend Dr Lawrence Edward Carter Senor who has mentored so many so many young leaders in this country since Pastor Carter assumed the
Position of senior pastor at Mount Ararat the church has experienced the presence of God in many ways the membership has increased in excess of 1500 new members since July 2004 many new Ministries have been established in particular youth Ministries and reaching out to Young people in the community yeah go on
That’s an important an important commitment and an important Talent praise God so I have to mention that he is a he is a renowned preacher his preaching schedule is lengthy and he is also a member of the alpha alpha Fraternity Incorporated he he is married to Brenda Carter and
Proud parents of Mason and Stephen Jr Pastor Carter welcome it is good to have you with us this morning we look forward to what God will say through you this day and we are truly blessed to have you with us welcome yes you are here moving in our we worship you we worship
You you are here working in this place we worship you we worship you way maker mirac worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are help me say God God that is who you are one more time say way Maker light are say you are here you are here turning lives around turning lives around we worship you worship you we worship you you are here Ming every heart we worship you wor you we worship you worship lift your voice and say way maker wayer Miracle Worker God who you are lift your voice and say Wayer promise keep in my [Applause] God lift your voice and cry out Sayer my God You are God my in the darkness my God to you one more time lift your voice and say way Mak Miracle [Applause] Work God and we bless your name God is we LIF our and Mak you come to promise you been my God and I thank you and I pra one more Timebody know that we serve a miracle working God God that is who you are that is who you are say that is who you are Mighty God Mighty God that is who you are Lord that is who you are accompany keeper God that is who you are
Lord that is who you are that is who you are that is who you are that is who you are can I say this cuz all my life you have been Faithful and all my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am A I will sing of the goodness of God I will sing of the goodness of God can I say that one last time all my life you have been faithful oh yes and all my life you have been so good With bre with With I Am I will sing of the Goodness of God Eternal and gracious God lord we come thanking you for being God all by yourself God all we going to do is think about your greatness now God is preaching time bless me to preach your word god do whatever you must so when all is said
And done you alone will get all of the glory and we your people will be blessed it’s in the mighty match’s powerful name of Jesus we pray and all of God’s people say amen come on praise the Lord everybody come on if you’re glad to be
In the house of the Lord praise the Lord everybody if you’re not here for show but you’re here to give God some praise because God’s been good to you come on open up your mouth and let’s give the Lord Lord some praise let me Begin by saying thank you to your
Lustrous Pastor the Reverend Dr Senator The Honorable Raphael Ward come on let’s give him a hand I guess the mic’s not working so let me try this again let’s give it up for your Pastor the Reverend the doctor the senator The Honorable Raphael Walnut come on y’all we can do better than
That we thank God for him he’s truly been a blessing to me and he and I have been friends for years and I shared with him he and I was just talking as always and I said man I’m G be in Atlanta preaching at Spelman on Sunday the 21st
He’s like what time is their service service I said 1 p.m. he said great mine is at 10:00 a.m. so I’m just glad that he extended this opportunity to me to every staff member and Minister who made this day go well I thank God for you I’m also happy
To see in the audience Minister Patricia winggate who retired uh she was um our minister of Christian education at Mount Ira Church she watched me grow up um um and then she bounced on me a couple of years ago she retired after working for doce bank for over 50 years and she
Relocated here and so we’re just so happy to see Minister Wingate amen and then I’m happy to see uh my auntie and Christian who is with her and many others I don’t want to hold you long Pastor told me I had six minutes and so come with
Me come with me to the book of Exodus the 19th Chapter verses 3-5 when you have found it please say Amen this is how it reads and Moses went up to God and the Lord called to him from the mountain of Si saying thus shall you say to the house of Jacob and
Tell the children of Israel you have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you on the Eagle’s Wings and brought you to myself now therefore if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my commandment then you shall be a special treasure to
Me above all people for all the Earth is mine just for a few minutes I want to talk from the thought how to have a Divine encounter with the Lord how to have a Divine encounter with the Lord the breakdown of Exodus chapters 1- 11 you find physical representation
Chapters 12- 14 you find spiritual demonstration chapters 15-8 you find theological education chapters 19- 24 you find Supernatural transformation chapters 25 through 40 you find Radical consecration my question to you is on today have you ever felt stuck defeated helpless hopeless and unsure of your fate or your future have you ever knew
The power of God the strength of God but at the same time was uncertain as to whether or not God would come to your rescue it was a group from long ago named Martha Reeves and the velas who pinned a song that said Nowhere to Run
Nowhere to hide I see y’all haven’t been in church all y lives because the truth of the matter is that sometimes life can make you feel just like that Nowhere to Run and nowhere to hide and no one to call this is where the children of Israel found
Themselves in our text this morning living between the right now struggle and the not yet Deliverance the good news is that even when they were feeling stuck constricted confined hopeless and helpless God intervenes and shows up to remind them through Moses that when life has placed you in a pickle predicament
Or an existential Breaking Point if you just learn how to draw close to God and trust in God and work with God and follow God you will quickly discover that the I am that I am is the I am who is able to deliver you to rescue you and
To take you from whatever you are going through and make it work out for your good the only non-negotiable or debatable requirement is that you must trust God and follow God’s instruction because it’s through our followship that you will have fellowship and sooner or later you’ll be able to say like so
Many if it had not been for the Lord on my side tell me where would I be and I believe I have a few honest people on this cold morning in Georgia in the audience who can just keep it real and testify that the only reason you not on
Drugs the only reason you’re not in a straight jacket the only reason you haven’t lost your mind the only reason you’re not an alcoholic the only reason you have not terminated the only reason your marriage is still intact the only reason you made it through whatever you’ve been through is not because of
Your degrees it’s not because of your connections it’s not because of your status but the only reason you made it this far is because the Lord has been on your side go on and tap your neighbor and say he’s been on my side this is W this is a great text to
Preach here at Ebenezer Baptist Church on the Sunday after the celebration of The Life and Legacy of the great do Martin Luther King Jr because like Moses Martin had to learn how to trust God even when he could not Trace God because in order to truly develop a genuine
Sincere honest and direct Divine connection with the Lord you have to be able to trust him I’m not talking about y’all here at Ebenezer but in every other Church in this world they have some people who only want to trust in God when everything seems to be lining
Up making sense and going according to their plans but what they fail to realize is that the God we serve never works within the limits of our intellectual capacity because whatever God is up to is always bigger than better than brighter than and more purposeful than anything we could have
Ever planned or imagined because in the words of a prolific Theologian every experience is part of God’s divine’s plans even the ones you don’t like therefore if the god you don’t don’t you want to serve it’s the God who you serve when his commands are convenient for your convictions then you are not
Looking for a Divine connection to the Lord you are just looking for a temporary spiritual fix to make you feel good but get this by this time in the text Moses had already experienced the crossing of the Red Sea the bread from Heaven the water from the rocks and the
Victory over the amalekites which meant that for Moses he already knew what the Lord can do and that God can make a way out of no way and maybe the reason why some people can’t trust God can’t walk with God and can’t depend on God is because they don’t know what the Lord
Can really do they have never tried him they have never trusted him they have never believed in him but I have a sneaky suspicion that I have about a hundred or maybe a 101 people in the building today who can testify that the reason why I work worship the way I
Worship the reason why I sing the way I sing the reason why I shout the way I shout is because I already know that I serve a God who can make a way out of no way and if you don’t know that you serve
A God who can make a way out of no way then just sit there with your arms crossed and your legs folded but if you know that you serve a God who can make a way out of nowhere and who can do what no one else can do I dare you to lift
Lift up your hands open up your mouth and thank God for being God or by himself but I hear you asking the question how can I develop a Divine connection with the Lord I’m glad you asked I’ll give you these connections and I’m headed over to the Au number one
There must be a going to God say going to God is right there in the text Moses went up unto God here it is that Moses was living comfortable on one level but as he desired to be connected with God the text said he went up unto God which
Suggests to you and I that if you are going to get seriously connected to the Lord you must first elevate your spiritual posture and position and position yourself in an upward Direction in order to hear from the Lord look at the text I’m not making it up it says
That Moses had to climb up the mountain to hear God which helps us understand that hearing from God will sometimes require that you have to go to another level in order to be able to discern the difference between the voices of the world and the voice of the Lord one of
The reasons one of the reasons why Dr King was successful is because he did not become comfortable in his positions of influence but he always elevated his life and his thinking to that of God instead of culture if it was Ryan HBA who said life is a battle between faith
And reason this is why Dr King said faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase this is why if you’re going to have a Divine relationship with the Lord you have to go to God not just on Sundays not just
When your back is up against the wall not just when you are confused and conflicted but you have to go to the Lord every day uh come on look at your neighbor and say every day that’s why when you wake up in the morning and see a day that you have
Never seen before before you check your email before you drink your black coffee with sugar and cream before you check your social media status and before you get busy with your life day you better go to the Lord and tell him thank you for another Day’s Journey H and I wonder
Do I have some people this morning who’s glad that your last night was not your last night go on and give your neighbor a high five and say I’m still here I may be old I may have arthritis it may be cold outside I may be a cancer survivor
I may be divorced I may be sick I may be a former addict I may be unemployed I may have aches in my body but in spite of it all I’m still here I’m still in my right mind I still have the activities of my limbs and after all I’ve been
Through I’m still blessed go on and just give your neighbor a high five and say I’m still blessed but it gets better it gets better it gets better the fact that Moses had to go up to God speaks of the superiority of God over the insufficiency of
Humanity because if it’s one thing we need to remember we need to remember that we are not God’s equal if we want to be blessed by the Lord we have to show the Lord reverence too many people have become comfortable in their language when referring to God they call
Him the man upstairs and other terms that lacks reverence for his Essence when you refer to God in the words of my late grandmother you better put a handle on his name he’s not the man upstairs he’s Jehovah Gyra he’s Jehovah Nissi he’s the rose of Sharon the lily of the
Valley the bright and Morning Star bridge over trouble water and maybe the reason why God is not answering some of our prayers is not because he can maybe it’s because he’s not responding to the disable terms that we call him he’s God and God alone uh and I can’t speak for
You but when I come to the house of the Lord uh or when I enter into his Sanctuary I know who I’m coming to worship uh I’m not coming to worship the pastor I’m not coming to worship the politici I’m not coming to worship the gospel singer but every time I come to
The house of the Lord I come for no other purpose or agenda than to lift up the name of Jesus and give him praise and give him glory and give him honor and adoration because Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus and Can’t Nobody Do Me Like
The Lord and I need about 34 people and I make 35 who can testify that when you got out of your warm bed this morning to come outside to the cold weather to come to church you didn’t come to church to show off your new outfit you didn’t come
To church to hear the latest gossip you didn’t come to church to stick your nose in somebody’s business you didn’t come to Church to look for a boo or a bay but you came to this house this morning for no other purpose or agenda than to
Worship God and God alone and I got a feeling that if you came here for any other reason you came to the wrong location because at this place uh there are some people who’ve been through some UPS uh and some Downs uh and some setbacks uh and some confusion and when
They think about how good the Lord has been to them they say I come for no other purpose or agenda than to lift up his name and give God some praise and if that’s you then go ahead and lift up your hand open up your mouth and give God some
Praise but number two cuz I got three minutes left here it is number two there must be a hearing from God say hearing hear the Lord called unto him out of the mountains I’m not making up look at the text Moses went up to the Lord and after
Moses went up the Lord called out to Moses because whenever God sees that you are seeking him God will always respond to you but the only way you are able to hear from God is that you must be listening for God Moses was living in a time when he was dealing with many
Voices of distraction but Moses didn’t allow the voices of distraction to keep him from listening to the voice of of Direction the voices of dire distraction comes from the world but the voice of Direction comes from the Lord the text says that God called out to Moses this
Is also another reason why we celebrate the life and the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr annually is because he didn’t allow the voices of distraction to turn him away from the Lord’s voice of Direction because King heard from God who told him to love every body he was
Able to say to a group of hurting and helpless and hopeless and voiceless people let no man pull you down low enough to hate him and that’s how you know you are hearing from God because the voice of God will always guide you to do what’s right even what’s right
Even when what’s right doesn’t make logical sense in light of the attacks on King retaliation would have made sense but since King was listening to a higher King King said I’m going to allow love to triumph over hate because I know that in the end God will have the last say
And I think I better pause and help someone out this morning and let you know that God is still speaking even in 2024 but the question is are you listening go on and look at your neighbor and say are you listening are you listening to the word
Of God are you listening to your emotions that changes by the day are you listening to the voice of God are are you listening to culture that seeks to co-op God’s command and change God’s instructions because the truth of the matter is that we live in a world now
That doesn’t want to hear from God because hearing from God will mean that they have to change their actions hearing from God would mean that people will judge people by the content of their character instead of the color of their skin hearing from God will mean that regardless of how successful you
May be you will never forget where the Lord brought you from uh hearing from God would mean that you prove your manhood by the inches between your ears instead of the inches beneath your belt uh hearing from God would mean that you would be a woman of respect instead of a
Woman of disgrace uh because when you hear from God God will always require that you stand up live up grow up walk up and make it your business to say for God I live and for God I die and I wonder do I have some people here that
When you look back over your life you just ought to be honest and say I may not be what I ought to be but I thank God I’m not what I used to be and if the truth be told if the truth be told why the reason why we still continue to
Honor The Life and Legacy of Dr King is because when the Lord spoke King listened and get this because he listened he was able to lead the Birmingham campaign March on Washington for jobs and freedom lead the M bu B Montgomery bus Co we win the Nobel priest prize lead uh the southern
Leadership conference write that I Have a Dream speech go to Memphis for the sanitation workers and accomplished a lot because he listened when the Lord spoke uh and I cannot tell you a secret the same God who spoke to Moses and Martin is the same God who was speaking
To you and I he will not tell us to cross the Red Sea a March on Washington but he may be telling you to cross over from arrogance to humility and gratitude uh he will not tell you to march with the sanitation workers but he may be
Telling you to clean up your attitude uh he will not tell you to write on I Have a Dream speech but he will tell you to quit being lazy and wake up and do something with your life uh because the God who speaks is the god who is always
Pushing us to become better to prevent us from staying bitter look at your neighbor and tell them God is speaking because when you listen to God God will always redirect your life to progress instead of regress let me see let me see can I paint this
Picture h a few months ago my wife and I uh we traveled to Chicago at the preach at Trinity United Church where your pastor is today and when we landed our driver who’s a sister picked us up and we were driving and she was on the highway and there was some traffic and
She was on the highway and then she got off the highway and she was on the phone and she started going down some strange streets that I was not familiar with and all I was thinking about we in Chicago and we’re going down some strange
Streets I was like I got a life to live a gospel to preach I want to make it home and I said excuse me sister I said hey I said is everything all right she said yes Pastor everything’s all right and we kept and she kept going
Out some other streets and turning I’m looking at my wife I said all right I said excuse me ma’am I said how far are we from the hotel and she says I’m on the phone now working that out I said can you explain that she said she said oh everything’s
All right Pastor she said I’m on the phone talking to someone who is giving me directions to keep me from getting stuck in traffic that I will be in if I didn’t talk to them y’ and get that don’t you know the only reason you have not gotten stuck in some traffic
Stops in your life is not because you so smart but the only reason is because you’ve been talking to the Lord and the Lord has been ordering your steps uh do I have somebody here can Testify the only reason I made it this far because I’ve been talking to the Lord oh y’all
Still don’t get it let me put it the way grandma would say just the little talk with Jesus will make everything all right if you’ve been talking to the Lord and the Lord been keeping you then open up your mouth and give God some praise finally I’m out of here finally
Finally number three number three there must be a speaking for God thus shall you say to the house of Jacob and tell the children of Israel you have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I bore you an eagles wings and brought you to myself by this time the text Moses
Heard from God now it becomes the job assignment to for Moses to speak for God because that’s just how the Lord works whenever he speaks to you he expects you to speak for him some people not yah but some people just want to hear from God
But don’t want to speak for God they’re too scared about what people may say but just in case you forgot you better remember that God says even if you don’t the rocks will cry out and I don’t know about you but I don’t want no rocks
Crying out for me do I have somebody contest ify when I think about how good God has been I don’t need a praise team I don’t need a preacher I’ll praise God all by myself one of the signs that you have a Divine connection with the Lord
Is that you’re not afraid or intimidated or fearful or embarrassed about talking about the power of God God told Moses get in your Uber and go to the house of Jacob and tell the children of Israel that you have seen what I can do and you
Know what people of God we continue to celebrate King’s Life and Legacy because he did is that he spoke on behalf of God for the poor and the powerless this is why King said our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
Matter and we need to realize that we are living in a world where so many things matter but we are talking about everything else instead of what really matters we talking about the Cat Williams interview that all of us watch because I watched it too instead of talking about kids in our communities
Who are reading below their grade levels uh we we talking about the young boy who got locked up and forgot about the crimes you and I didn’t get caught doing H we talking about the person who came to drun CH Church drunk but forgot to talk about the fact that you’re not so
Spiritually sober we spend too much time too much energy and too many brain cells talking about people instead of talking about the Lord H when God has been good to you and when God has been forgiving you and when God has been merciful to you you better learn how to go and tell
Somebody to remember what the Lord has done and get this ebene the good thing about reminding others about what the Lord has done is that while you are reminding them you are also reminding yourself H that’s why when you look back over your life and think about all that
He’s done for you all he’s delivered you from all he’s brought you through all the bills he’s paid all the problems he’s saw all the hurts he’s managed you better open up your mouth and tell somebody the Lord is still good uh come on help me out
Look at somebody and say the Lord is still good they don’t believe you look at somebody on the other side and say the Lord is still good and church that’s what real evangelism about what would Church be like if every member made the decision that I’m going to open up my
Mouth and not just tell Jacob’s house but I’m going to tell my house I’m going to tell your house I’m going to tell everybody that there’s nobody like the Lord and that’s all that King did he spoke to people telling them what thus says the Lord the Lord says love
Everybody the Lord said lift people up the Lord said forgive 7times 70 the Lord said let your light shine in darkness the Lord said Make a Joyful Noise the Lord said let everything that have birth Praise Him the Lord said no weapons formed against you shall prosper the
Lord said if God before you who can be against you and the Lord says seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and everything else will be be added unto you all I’m trying to say is that when you speak for the Lord the Lord will work for you because the
More you speak for the Lord the more you realize that your life is not as bad as you think it is tell your neighbor it’s not that bad okay a few weeks ago I was at the barber shop getting a haircut I’m at the barber shop getting a haircut and then
One of The Barbers said to me ref do you mind if I tell you a testimony out of my mouth I said yeah but in my head I was like just cut my hair I don’t want to hear I don’t need to hear gospel song I don’t need a testimony I didn’t come
Here to have church I came here to get a haircut he said well can I can I just tell you my testimony I said yeah go ahead and tell me your testimony he said the other day a r a a bus was turned in
The corner and it hit my car I was like okay and uh he he he said it put a dent in my car I said okay he said ref I I I wanted to go out and just go off on the bus driver I was like okay and come on
Let’s get with this story where’s it going he said but rev he said um I it was a dent in the car and I went home and just put the car in the garage and and rev the next morning when I woke up the dent had popped back out and was no
Longer there and he said rev the car didn’t even look like it was hit he said the didn’t pop back out I know why y’all not shouting right now because y’all still talk think I’m talking about the car that was hit and the dent popped
Back out and it don’t look like it was hit I’m not talking about the car I’m talking about y’all because a lot of us have been hit in life and we’ve had some dents in life but by the grace of God God allowed them to pop back out and we
Don’t look like what we’ve been through some of you been through cancer some of you been through diabetes some of you been through divorce some of you been through homelessness some of you been through drug addictions some of you been through a pandemic all of us been
Through Co but the good news is that on this Sunday morning we don’t look like what we’ve been through uh give your neighbor a high five and say we don’t even look like it y’all fooling me come on if God has brought you through what
You don’t look like you ought to lift up your hands open up your mouth and give God some praise uh that’s why you better learn how to talk for the Lord because when you talk for the Lord he will bless your life anoint your life direct your
Life and you will discover that there’s no burden that’s too heavy no mountain that’s too steep no problem that’s too complex no battle that’s too rough no opposition That’s too great no River that’s too wide and no devil that’s too powerful like Paul you’ll be able to say
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me and when you know the power of God you will understand and believe that there’s nothing you can’t accomplish uh if there’s a book you can write it and read it uh if there’s a mountain you can climb it h if there’s a
Degree you can earn it h if there’s a business you can build it if there’s a marriage you can love it uh if there’s a hurdle you can cross it if there’s an obstacle you can overcome it if there’s a bad habit you can break it h if
There’s a position you can fill it uh if there’s a dream you can achieve it if there’s a faith you can believe it if there’s a Salvation you can receive it if there’s a church you can join it if there’s a Ministry you can work in it if
There’s a song you can sing it if there’s a hell you can avoid it and if there’s a heaven one day you can get in it and hear him say Well done H thy good and faithful servant H that’s why grandma said keep working for the master
Because there is no secret to what God can do what he’s done for others H he will do the same for you that’s why you ought never get caught up in your blessings uh because whenever the blessing focus more on the blessing than the blesser the blesser will take the
Blessing from the Blessed sea until the Blessed sea begins to thank the bless her for the blessing y’all just miss what I said so let me say it one more time that whenever you focus more on what you have then the God who gave you what you have God will take what you
Have from you until you begin to thank God for what you have and I wonder do I have about 200 people at ebena Baptist church this morning who can say I thank God for my degrees I thank God for my cars I thank God for my cash I thank God
For my connections but if I lost it all I’ll still come up in ebene and lift up my hands open up my mouth uh and tell God thank you that’s all I come to tell you but God the Taylor said you can’t close a sermon unless you go to the cros
Uh so one Friday uh They Carried him up a hill uh one Friday they laid him on a cross uh one Friday they lifted him up from the ground but they forgot that he said if I be lifted up uh I’ll draw all men and women unto me H they nailed him
In his hands h they pierced him in his side uh they nailed him in his feet uh he died on Friday uh he stayed there all night Friday he stayed there all day Saturday he stayed there all night Saturday but early Sunday morning uh he got up with
All power in his hands uh and Because He Lives I Can Face Tomorrow uh because he lives uh all my fear is gone H and now I got joy that the world can take away uh goodbye Church may the Lord bless the real good uh but on my way to Spellman
College I just want to ask you one question H has the Lord been good to you has the Lord made a way for you has the Lord answered your prayers well if you’re not ashamed and if you’re not too bougie and if you’re not too Sanctified
And if you’re not too sedid why don’t you take a neighbor hand Rock them and shake them Shake them and rock them Rock them and shake them shake them and rock them and say neighbor say neighbor say neighbor I got a feeling that everything going to be all right is
There anybody here know my Jesus uh is there anybody here shy my Lord won’t he pick you up won’t it turn you around won’t it give you Joy won’t he fight your battle won’t he put food on your table so let the redeem of the
Lord say so if he’s been good to you say so if he dried your tears say so if he’s been a doctor say so if he’s been a friend say so if he save your soul say so shout yeah shout yeah shout yeah oh [Applause] yeah [Applause] yeah
Yeah and all right andin he all right shout yeah shout yeah oh yeah grandma was say whole to his hand God’s son we got a [Applause] hold God’s a changing [Applause] Hand we going to be [Applause] things we got a [Applause] hold come on God changing handing we got [Applause] a God’s [Applause] unchanging I’m going to be my things [Applause] deter I’m going to hold to God’s unchanging said I’m going to hold to his hand God’s unchanging hand God’s
Unchanging hand I’m going to hold God’s unchanging hand today I’m going to build [Applause] my going to hold to God [Applause] unchanging Reverend Carter thanks be to God thanks be to God so you know I have a testimony this morning that I didn’t realize was a testimony until I was just sitting right
There so in March 2019 I had prostate cancer I saw the urologist this week and he said you don’t need to see me [Applause] anymore God Is A Healer God will be your strengths in times of trouble so if you are ready to walk with God you’re ready for
That encounter don’t do it by yourself do it in community which is why the doors of the church are open don’t walk by yourself walk with these wonderful people that are here and for those of you that are with us virtually and you’re ready to take that
Step then we need you to go to that part on our website where it says I want to join just click on to that fill in your information and we will follow up with you you don’t have to do this by yourself stop trying to do this stuff by
Yourself so just come on down we’ll make the walk together as we walk with God as we get to know Jesus the doors of the church are open won’t you come Lord you are good you’ve been so good Lord you are good you’ve been better than good I can’t praise you
Enough I owe you my life can’t praise you enough even if I TR You’ been so good to Me said Lord you are good you’ve been so good so oh you are good you’ve been better I can praise you and I owe you my life can praise you enough even if my TR youve been so good to Me have to do this by yourself all God just wants us to just say yes I’m here and then just take that step maybe you’ve actually been looking for a church home and you’ve been the church Shopper well guess what today is your day to stop shopping just come on
Down and join and walk with us here in this wonderful Community I can testify that this is a loving Community this is a caring Community yes and we and we got a great senior pastor the executive Pastor ain’t so bad either won’t you come so many doors you’ve opened so many ways you
Made so many times you’ve healed me you’ve been better than good to me so many doors you’ve opened so many ways you made so many times you’ve healed me you’ve been better than good to me so many doors you open so many ways you made so many
Times you’ve been better than good to me so many so many ways so many times you me you’ve been better than good to me you you’ve been better than good to me so many do You’ open so many way You you better than good to me so many so many way so many so many so many so many so many so many so many better than good to me you’ve been better than good to me better than good to me you’ve been better than good to me good to me you
Been better than Better Than Better Than Better Than Better Than Better Than Better Than good to me better good to me you been better to me better good to me better I’m to myself better good to me give better than good to me better than
Good to me give better than good to me better than good to me You Keep On Blessing Me better than good to me you keep on healing me better than good to me you keep on bringing me through you better than good to me You’ been better
Than good to me better than good to me my S My Healer my keeper My Savior My sustainer My Redeemer give better than good to me youve been so good you’ve been so good you’ve been so good to Me hallelu God you have been so good let us give praise for these new members that have come on [Applause] down y go ahead and get your things if you need to and then you can go with Reverend Olivia here so as we like to say each Sunday the
Ebener Baptist churches in urban base Global Ministry dedicated to individual growth and social transformation through living in the message and carrying out the mission of Jesus Christ you should know we have started the year strong in many many ways and one of those has been financially because you all have been
Stepping up and we give God thanks and praise for that so let us keep up our momentum so one there are many many ways for you to give here at Ebenezer you can use the QR scan you can text to give you can give through the website you can go ahead and
Have a seat you can give through the website you can give on your way out and we want to remind you for those of you that are members or you think you are a member is we want you to make your one eer commitment this is a commitment over
And above your regular giving this is a way for us to address the debt that we are going to pay off this is not a matter of if it’s a matter of when the debt that we will pay so it is over and above this and it’s
Part of our larger Capital campaign P of 15 million 3.5 of that is coming from us because we have some skin in the game as member so if you have not made your one eaner commitment we encourage you to do so if you have made your commitment then pay your
Commitment if you’ve made your commitment pay your commitment fulfillment is important and as we keep hitting different levels we’ll keep making payments on our mortgage and so we are grateful for that we’re grateful to have you with us this day so a few quick announcements and then we will let you
Go next Saturday is the annual Church conference you need to register if you do not register you cannot get in because we need to verify membership so you need to register to be either in person or you register to be present via Zoom so the church conference this Saturday will be at 10:
Um and we will go from 10 to 12 um also next week the men of the church will be doing an N A 3 o’clock in the fellowship hall be watching the AFC Championship game you can register by using the link in the newsletter so whomever will be playing the Baltimore Ravens
So I guess some women can come also that’s fine I I I think they I think you know we you know we we we’re inclusive so so someone want to come and watch the watch the game I think that should be all right um so we have I want to
Acknowledge some visitors that we have today we have fres from kennth Israel synagogue and Elkin Park Pennsylvania where are you good to have you with us and we’ve got folks from the Jewish Federation of Fairfield Connecticut where are you are you back all right all right so y’all brought that
Cold weather now with you apparently you can take the cold weather back with you if you don’t mind Reverend Carter please come on down and join us thank you so much [Applause] it’s been a real blessing to have you with us and to be able to share and to
Break the bread of life and um um clearly clearly it is touch some people in terms of folks that joined us this day and know that you uh never be a stranger here for us here at the ebener Baptist Church so with that we will send us on our way
And pray now that the unconditional love of God the Friendship of Jesus and the fire of the Holy Spirit be with us now and even forever keep the faith And Let the [Applause] church Let the church amen God has spoken Let the church say Amen Let the church say Amen Let the church sayen God has spoken Let the church Amen [Applause] [Applause] a Aen
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