For e e e e e e e e e e e e hallelu this bur down Glory Glory Hallelujah s i my bur down burd down bur us down lord this our bur down bur down bur down lord God my friend like they used to since I L my bur
Down it don’t fre me like they used to I bur down W I feel better better better so much better Our I feel better so much Better all right I feel better so much better since I laid my burdens down don’t y’all amen amen good morning greater Golden Gate thank y’all in the cold and coming out to serve the Lord in his house and thank y’all from TV Land I know y’all
Are sitting warm but uh we with you we with you be reading the psalm 23 in its entirety the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want he makes me to lie down in Green Pastures he leads me beside the Still Waters he restoreth my soul he
Leads me in the path of righteousness for his name’s sake yay though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for you are with me your rod and your staff they comfort me you prepare the table before me in the presence of my enemies you
Anoint my head with oil my cup Runthe shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever that’s the good news y’all amen you may be seated thank you thank you thank you well as I said so glad you made it I was glad when
They said brother Roy it’s time to go to the house of the Lord you know yes yes yes yeah cuz you know coming to church it’s on purpose y’all especially on days like this and so uh let’s lift up some of our our bereaved and our sick and
Shut in continue praying for sister Jean rabone who was rehabing at the V at the village of Lake Highlands 8615 lower Water Drive here in Dallas prayer for Sister Janet Reeves underwent a successful surgical procedure on her eyes this week pray for miss miss Mr Raymond Freeman father of sisters Ramona
Bailey and Katherine ter Terrell in Autumn Leaves Rehabilitation Center prayer for Mother Darlene Spencer who is suffering with shingles and I’ve got some good news report that she has actually recovered and she’s doing much better now that’s a praise report a prayer for Deacon William Smith’s sister
Miss rondol and Deon Deon donon in Charlton Methodist Hospital let’s continue to pray for sister Vivian Carter sister Bobby Decker sister Essie Walker Mother Evelyn Williams and brother Robert Mo Reverend Jack would you come up and pray please sir amen good morning to everyone let us go to the Lord in
Prayer you heard the prayer request and I know that there’s some of you that have prayer requests that are resting upon your heart right now and if you don’t just wait a little while there’s going to always be something we need to pray about amen take it to the Lord and leave it
There father we come this morning first of all acknowledging you for being God and being God all by yourself then acknowledging the fact that you’re all we need in our life acknowledging the fact that it was you that woke us up this morning Father and you you gave us yet one more
Opportunity you gave us the activity of our limbs father and then you left us with a mind a functioning mind that you just let it stay on you this morning and we have assembled ourselves here in the house of prayer and we can’t do anything but just say thank you for
That Master we we come thanking you right now for how you provided us with this wonderful Church home this loving Church home that we can come to when the world is beating us down father we can come and we can recharge right here in these walls and for that we say thank
You but also Father we have to acknowledge the fact that we fell short somewhere and we need father for you to forgive us please sir and we we ask in the name of Jesus that not only would you forgive us but would you cast it as far as the East is from the
West father we we’ve come this morning to learn of you and so father we ask right now that you would fix our hearts right now and fix our minds right now and father just allow us to be able to receive your word we pray for the man of God that is
Going to preach your word this morning Father allow him to preach in uncompromising gospel allow him to preach until somebody hear allow him to preach until somebody come allow him to preach until somebody’s life has been transformed and we thank you in advance for that but then father there’s some that
Are sick in their bodies would you heal them right now we know father that you can touch and they can be healed there’s some that are grieving right now that have lost loved ones but father we know that you can regulate our minds and you can fix our hearts and you
Can give us Comfort that’s surpasses all understanding and for that we can’t say nothing but thank you and then father we asked in the name of Jesus father touch our country touch our leaders father as they have gone astray from the way you would have them to do
Touch them right now in the name of Jesus and then father as we prepare to go into this service we ask father in the name of Jesus that every song that’ll be sang will bless you that every prayer that will be prayed will glorify you that every word
That will be uttered will Elevate you and father we be careful to give you the praise the glory and the honor for just whatever you do and we just want to say thank thank you in advance thank you master for being the god that sits high
For being the god that looks low that for being a God that don’t matter where we are you’re there with us and it’s in Jesus name that we pray Amen do we have any visitors in the house today if so we’re going to ask you to stand we don’t have too many of us here today but that’s okay we got a blessing coming we got a blessing coming so thank you for taking the time to come and
Praise God and guess what that means that we can get a little heat in here like we do every Sunday let’s praise God this morning thank you Anybody come to praise the Lord this morning amen how many of you know that it’s it ain’t no harm with keeping your mind stayed on Jesus let’s praise the Lord Jesus Jesus Jesus got him on my mind Jesus Jesus Jesus got him on my mind Jesus Jesus Jesus got him on got Jesus on my mind on my mind Jesus Jesus Jesus him on my mind Jesus Jesus Jesus got him on my mindes got him on my mind Church got Jesus my
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Mind I got him on my mind I got him on my mind I can’t make got him on my mind without the Lord I got him on my mind I got him on my mind I got him on my mind I got him on my mind I got him on my
Mind every day got on my mind every night I got on my mind I down on my knees I got it on my mind I go down on my knees I got it on my mind thank you Jesus I got it on my mind I got him on
My mind I got him on my mind the reason why I got him on my mind I got him on my mind I got him on my mind he picked me up I got it on my mind turn around I got it on my mind Place me I got it on my
Mind ground I got it on my mind got it my mind I got it on my mind I got it on my mind I got it on my mind thank you Jesus I got it on my mind I got it on my mind I got it on my mind wave your hand
I got it on my mind you got it on your mind I got it on my mind clap your hand got him on my mind got him on your mind got him on my mind you can do your got on my mind you got him on your mind I
Got him on my mind on your I got on my mind on your mind I got on my listen Jesus Jesus Jesus got him on my mind Jesus got him on my Jesus Jesus Jesus I got him on my mind I thank God Jesus oh my oh my
Yes yes sir got him on my mind yes thank you Lord have you got him on your mind who’s on your mind right now who was on your mind this morning when you woke up nobody but the Lord amen thank you G man thank you so much to our pastor ministerial staff and to each of you who are here with us uh
On this morning and also to those of you who are viewing our services today you know we’re we’re blessed to be able to get up and feel the cold that’s a blessing that’s a blessing but we’re even more so blessed to be able to come
Out to the house of the Lord and feel the Warth of his Spirit we’re blessed amen thank God for that thank him for the cold and thank him for the warm amen amen as we move forward with our services uh on today uh I’m I’m I’m the I’m the what
They call it I’m the news you can use for this morning on your news you can use some of you might have seen the screen uh strolling some of the activities and uh uh announcements that are going on for this week and coming forward let us not
Forget every Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. and 700 p.m. we are in the midst of our uh Zoom PPS uh on Wednesdays and also uh I’m sorry on Wednesdays at 11: a amm and 700 p.m. and this coming Wednesday our Brotherhood uh will be leading our
Services on our our PPS also the 21 Day Challenge is one week old so those of you who are in the midst of it I ain’t I ain’t gotten there yet I kind of kind of feel like it sometime but amen just just hold on you got one week
Out of the way and and and there’s always something that’s not on that list that you can eat so so amen so we don’t want nobody starving to death so there are options uh uh but uh it’s a good thing as the Pastor said not only does
It kind of help your healthwise but it’ll also helps you prayer wise Amen to be able to fast and and pray there are Flyers out in the aoria uh for those of you who uh are not famili you with what you can what you’re supposed to eat and
What you’re not supposed to eat so you can pick one up in the uh for you one of the Flyers also uh because of the cold weather uh Martin Luther King holiday uh schedule that was service those services that were scheduled uh has been rescheduled uh because of the weather uh
The parade and also the service events uh have been rescheduled for the week of January 19 through the 22nd and on the back of your bulletin uh Friday the 19th packing and stuffing here at greater Golden Gate over the Rael johnon Fellowship Hall at 9:00 Saturday the 20th that’s when the parade
Will take place and Chile will be served at the Cornerstone Baptist Church at 1819 Martin Luther King Bullard and then Monday the 22nd is the prayer rally at 9:30 a.m. at the Dallas Baptist Association training center 9780 Ferguson Road and it says followed by meals on Wheel uh
Delivery so those Services have been rescheduled uh mainly because of the uh of the weather and let’s see it look like that’s about all I have on your news you can use for this week you can prepare your Bibles early for the message uh that will be coming today from the book of
Exodus one right after Genesis Exodus chapter 20 chapter 37 verses 5-1 Exodus 37: 5-1 dreams do come true it’s what the pastor will be talking about on today amen amen amen amen chapter 37 is it Genesis how do I get [Laughter] Exodus amen well let’s just one book
Back you know amen the first book amen Genesis 37 amen I had the number right all right all right all right Genesis 375 through1 he’s still going to be talking about from Genesis 375 through1 dreams do come true amen dream do come true we are now
Uh up to a special time for our Martin Luther King holiday salute which will be done by our our youth okay Martin Luther King Jr was born January 15th 1929 in Atlanta Georgia to Martin Luther King Senor and Alberta Christine Williams King he had one sister Christine and one brother ad in 1934
King’s father a respected Atlanta Pastor known then by his birth name Michael King senior embarked on a religious journey across the world the senior King traveled to Rome Tunisia Egypt Jerusalem and Bethlehem before arriving in Berlin to attend the Baptist World Alliance meeting the trip to Germany which
Accured only one year after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor would have a profound effect on him as he toured the senior King gained a great respect for German Monk and theology Martin Luther upon his return State Side Martin Luther King senior changed his and his 5-year-old son’s name in honor of the Protestant
Reformation leader Martin Luther King Jr’s birth certificate would reflect this change on July 23rd 1957 when it was officially revised Dr King skipped two grades and entered college at the age of 15 he was admitted to morouse college in 1944 and graduated in 1948 with a bachelor’s of
Arts degree in sociology at the age of 19 the morehous president Dr Benjamin e ma became inspirational figure in Dr King’s life Dr Dr King continued his education at croa the uh the I’m sorry Theological Seminary semin I’m so sorry seminary in Chester Chester Pennsylvania despite receiving a c grade in public
Speaking class he was elected student body president and graduated valid Victorian in of his class in 1951 he enrolled in Boston University doctoral program when he was awarded his PhD at the age of 25 while in Boston King met Coretta Scott who later M who he later married and became a me member
Of alpha fi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated in his 39 years on Earth and 13 years as a leader of the American Civil Rights movement Dr King was arrested more than 29 times mostly on misdemeanors related to civil protest his charges many of Miss were dropped ranged from Civil Disobedience to traffic
Violations for just a few occasions when he was arrested on January 26 1956 he was arrested in Montgomery Alabama as part of a g tough campaign to intimidate the bus boycotters 4 days later on January 30th his home was bombed on March 22nd 1956 King Rosa Parks and more
Than 100 others were arrested on charges of organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott and protest of Park movement September 3rd 1958 while attempting to attend the ignment of a man accused of assaulting Raph abany King is arrested outside of Montgomery’s recorder chart and charged with lering
He released a short time later on a $100 Bond on September 5th 195 58 King was convicted of disobeying a police order and fin $14 he chooses to spend 14 days in jail but is soon released when police commissioner Clyde sers Pays His fine on October 19th 1960 he was arrested in
Atlanta during a sit in while waiting to be served at a restaurant he was sentenced to four months in jail but after intervention by then Presidential canic John Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy he was released on April 12th 1963 he and Raph abany were arrested in Birmingham Alabama for demonstrating
Without a permit during his time in jail he wrote what is now known as his historic letter from Birmingham Jail he also wrote the quote sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application on February 2nd 1965 he was arrested in Selma Alabama during a voting rights
Demonstration the demonstrations continued leading to demonstrators being beaten at the Pettis bridge by state Highway Patrol men and Sheriff deputies did you know that Dr King’s family speech I Have a Dream was partic partially improvised and that iconic phrase was left out under the original draft the three pages of the speech was
Carried to Lecter on the steps of Lincoln Memorial by King and entirely omit the the phrase I have a dream while King used the line in several speeches in the months prior to Mar to the March on Washington August 28th 1963 a few of his advisers was questions it was used
And kept out of the original drafts of the speech while delivering his address to the nation King was encouraged by his friend and legendary go gospel singer Mahalia Jackson to to tell them about the dream Martin King was departed for from 4minute prepared remarks to deliver one of those most most famous influential
Speeches of the 20th century I say to you today my friends so even though we Face difficulties of today and tomorrow I still have a dream it is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream I have the I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up
And live out the true meaning of its Creed we will hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal I have a dream that one day on the dead Hills of Georgia the sons of the former slaves and the sons of the former
Slave owners will will be able to sit down together at a table of Brotherhood I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi a state sweltering with the heat of Injustice sweltering with the heat of Oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and
Justice I have a dream that my four little children will one day live out in a nation where they will not be judged by by color of their skin but by the content of their character I have a dream today I have a dream that one day
I’ll be one day I in down in Alabama with his vicious races with Governor having lips dripping down with words in interposition and notification one day right there in Alabama little black boys and little and girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and girls as sisters and brothers
On September 20th 1958 King was at a blumstein’s department store in Harlem for a book signing when a young woman slipped past the line of people to approach him the woman named aolo We Curry asked if he was really Martin Luther King Jr and after he replied yes she thrust a seven
Inch letter opener into his chest C Curry claims that she had been after him for 5 years believing he had ties to the Communist Party the stab wound narrowly missed king’s heart and he underwent emergency surgeries that lasted hours king would later issue a statement affirming his nonviolent beliefs and
Stated that he had no malice feelings towards his attacker Martin Luther King Jr was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel at 6:01 p.m. Central Standard Time on April 1980 1968 in Memphis Tennessee he was rushed to St Joseph hospital where he died at 7:05 p.m. James erway a fugitive from Missouri
State Penitentiary was arrested on June 8th 1968 at London’s Heathrow Airport and extradited to the United States and charged with the crime on March 10th 1969 he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary he later made many attempts to withdraw his guilty plea and he tried
By a jury but was unsuccessful Ray died in prison in 1998 on June 30th 1974 Marcus Wayne chanal Jr Rose from the front Pew drew two pistols and began to fire shots one of the bullets struck and king killed Dr King’s mother 69-year-old Alberta Williams King as she played the orgon at Ebenezer
Baptist Church she died steps away where for where her son had preached no nonviolence the derang gunman said that Christians were his enemy and although he that he received Divine instructions to kill King’s father who was in congregation he killed King’s mother instead because he she was closer
Shooting the shooting also left the church Deacon dead Chanel received a death penalty sentence that later changed to life imprisonment in part due to King to the King’s family opposition to the cap capital punishment Long Live the Life and Legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr a true civil rights [Applause] leader
Hey praise the Lord Saints oh it’s a time in which we can all be a participant even those by way of video we will appreciate whatever you send in the building and an edification of God’s kingdom you may send your offerings to 9333 Ferguson Road greater Golden Gate
Missionary Baptist Church that would be in Dallas Texas 75228 May the officials please come forward as we prepare for the offering amen I promise you you can’t out give God the more you give to Jesus I promise you the more he’ll give to you I am a living
Witness H he can do all but fair as they become to get in place amen let us pray most gracious heavenly father who says high and looks low we say thank you today Father for another day we thank you for the ones that’s going to be able to give and the
Edifying in the building of your kingdom this day we ask that you bless some 30 folds 60 folds 100 FES that it may be used in the building of your kingdom and we’ll be sure to give you the honor and the glory for it all and it’s in Jesus
Wonderful precious name we declare and decree it done according to your will feeling purpose and glory in Jesus name thank God amen amen and Amen Yes Lord we all God’s children get to what a time what a time time we going to on the banks of the river for time time time All soon be time what Time we going to S by the banks of the rer what a time what a what a Time yes [Applause] sir Thank you Lord yes Yes You’ve been good to me you’ve been good good to me you’ve been good good to me you’ve been good good to me You’ been good good to me so good good to me I just want to tell you thank you Lord you’ve been good so
Good to me you’ve been good good to me you’ve been good good to me I got to tell you you been good good to me you’ve been good so good to me You’ been good good to me so good good to me I just want to tell you Lord thank you Lord you
Been good so good all you done for me lay down in my bed last night all right all right Lord you kep me you never left me and you kept your arms all around me you been good you been good thank you Lord you’ve been good so
Good to me you’ve been good good to me you you been good good to me I just want to tell you Lord good to me you’ve been good so good to me you’ve been good good to me so good good to me I just want to
Tell you Lord thank you Lord you been good so good to me laid down last night oh yeah oh yeah I was sleeping and sluming Lord you took your time out to start right there by my face oh yeah Lord you rest down shut my
Body and my eyes came open I just want to say thank you thank you Lord you’ve been good so good to me you’ve been good good to me you’ve been good good to me you’ve been good Lord good to me you’ve been good so good to me you’ve been good
Good to me so good to me Lord good to me I just want to tell you thank you Lord you’ve been good so good to me good to me good to me good good to me so good so good to me you been good good to me you’ve been good good to me
You’ve been good good to me youve been good Lord so good to me you’ve been good good to me you’ve been good good to me so good good to me you be been good so good to me you’ve been good good to me you’ve been good good to me you’ve been
Good good to me you’ve been good so good to me you’ve been good good to me you been good good to me you’ve been good Lord good to me good to me so good to me thank you Lord you been so good [Applause] to amen thank you to G good morning G good morning how wonderful it is to be in the house of the Lord amen I’m going to do a song and I want to ask you all to do me a favor it’s not enough of us in here to
Be all over this building I need those of you in the back sections to come down to the front can you do that for me amen I want to do this I didn’t want to run Rand to say this I want y’all to be mad at me for asking you to move I
Know how it is when you get comfortable there’s only one that ought to stay over there Deacon Henderson I know why you over there so that’s fine but if you can move a little closer amen it won’t take the camera so long to find you when you down front amen
Amen God bless you thank you for your obedience amen amen am we only printed a few bulletins today and had to add a few more bulletins to that I didn’t think it’d be this much many of us out here this morning what y’all think it would have been if it had been Raining ice on the ground but it was dry it was cold somebody was calling earlier this week I going to counsel church are you going to not go to work I bet you go to work first thing in the morning and guess what this is a holiday
Amen today is the uh memory and the memorial of Dr King’s birth amen thank God for our young people who have blessed us with a kind of M don’t nobody sit on none of them back rows come on off that that front back row come on into the
See if y’all was at the Super Bowl y’all be sitting way up yonder when you could have a 50 yard line seat right here that’s the best seat in the house right there amen amen amen today Martin Luther King’s would have been his birthday amen all right and we are certainly
Thankful for the contribution that he made to our life Liv and and I decid to wear my Martin Luther King t-shirt because guess what this is the holiday weekend they might move a parade but they not going to give you a day off next Week all right so we thank God for us a holiday amen honoring a black Citizen of our country amen thank you to our men for the singing our our servant ushers hospitality and those of you who are here today thanks to those who warm the building up this
Morning you need to say thank you for that amen I woke up this morning I had to warm up the House praise God for the preheat ain’t God good amen I think it’s be fitting that on a day like today we sing a old one of the uh songs of the Civil Rights Movement the one I used to hear a lot when I was a child uh when Dr King was
Marching I think it go something like this we shall overcome every now and then it’s good to remember and ask the question have we really overcome yet or do we need to still be singing that song amen so won’t you join me stand up with you don’t mind let’s sing it
Together amen this time we shall Overcome yes Yes Deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome I should play a little bit softer I want to hear these voices today we shall anybody from the 60s remember this we shall we shall overcome someday yes yes oh deep in my heart I we shall overcome Son amen amen Genesis chapter 37 begin reading at verse number Five through verse 11 and Joseph dreamed a dream and heo told it to his Brethren and they hated him yet the more and he said unto them here I pray you this dream which I have dreamed for behold we are are we were binding sheaves in the field and lo my sheath arose
And also stood right up and behold your sheaves stood round about and made obedience to my sheath and his Brethren said to him shallal thou indeed Reign Over Us or shalt thou indeed have domination or dominion over us and they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his
Words and he dreamed yet another dream and behold it his Brethren are told it his Brethren and said behold I have dreamed a dream more and behold the Sun and the Moon and the 11 stars made obedience to me and he told it to his father and to his Brethren and his
Father rebuked him and said unto him what is this dream that thou Hast dreamed shall I and thy mother and thy Brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth and the Brethren envied him but his father observed the saying amen I want to talk about this
Morning dreams do come true dreams do come true back in the days of steam ships only rich white people sailed at Sea one day while sailing something suddenly happened to the ship and it was about to sink terrified the white folks aboard didn’t know what to do someone suggested
That they should do what the black folks did pray However unfortunately no one knew what what to say so they called upon John a black cook on the ship and asked him to pray John agreed and came up on Deck to pray he started like this
Lord on the day of hunger I went to a restaurant to get something to eat and the sign said for whites only I went to the water fountain to get water and the sign said for whites only then Lord I went to use the restroom and the sign said for whites
Only so Lord Almighty forgive me because I know this isn’t Christian when this ship sink let it be for white folks only in Jesus name I pray amen funny isn’t it but if you lived in the day when there was segregation everywhere you know what this is like what it’s like to
Go to a restaurant and see a sign that says for whites only or what it’s like to be thirsty and you see a water fountain in sight with the sign above it reads for whites only you know what it’s like to have to go to the restroom really bad but the
Sign above the restroom read for the whites only or you’re catching the bus knowing the humiliation of having to walk all the way to the back of the bus because the front is for whites only thank God that somebody lived amid this era of racism and SE agregation somebody still had a dream
That one day things would be different his name was Martin Luther King Jr Martin King was raised by his parents who taught him that he should treat all people with respect his father worked hard to break down barriers between races he he beli that African-Americans should register their complaints by
Voting as king grew up he found that not everyone followed his P parents’ principles he noticed that he and his white friends could not drink from the same fountains and could not use the same restrooms Martin’s best friends as a child was a little white boy they had no
Problems as they played happily together but when they reach school age the uh the to the same school they going to the same school and after the first day of school these children weren’t allowed to play together again during the 60s and the 70s uh uh I’ve also had my own
Encounter with racial Prejudice though it did not affect me directly uh in my hometown but the blessing of blacks to White schools was the system’s answer to court ordered integration the problem however was that there were no white students being bust into our neighborhoods King’s dream was the
Answer to the prayers of many in society but it would be decades before it would become even a partial reality still he had a dream in the scripture there is another one who also was a big dreamer his name Joseph in 37 of Genesis it reads Verses 3- 4 not Israel or you
Remember that was the name for Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other Sons because he had been born to him in his old age and he made him a coat of many colors when his brothers saw that the father loved him more than his Brethren they hated him and could not
Speak peaceably unto him whenever Joseph’s father wasn’t around I believe in my Sanctified imagination that he really got picked on so ju Joseph knew the pain if you will of being hated even though he couldn’t control the fact that his father loved him more Genesis 375
Says Joseph dreamed a dream so I came to tell you the first thing to qualify one as a dreamer is that a dreamer must have a dream most of us our nightly dreams probably amount to deep down wishes and desires or as my mother would say you ate too late last
Night most of our dreams were probably nothing more than vivid imaginations during our sleep but Joseph and King are in a class that I consider and refer to as Visionaries these Visions are encounters with God are used to impart special Revelations often intuitively in dreams are dark
Sayings uh according to numbers 12 and 6 sometimes visitors can also use and Visions can also be theophanies where God speaks directly to the Visionary when a person is awake and alert like King’s dream of equality of mankind this class would also include the Old Testament prophets which kept
The people of God informed as to the will and the actions of the Divine now and I’m not implying that God can’t give you a dream or a vision doing your sleep as he did Joseph but remember the focus of such is the future do you believe that there is something ahead in
Your life that God is calling you to or to be or to be do you envision that God is using you to make an impact in some way in the lives of others if you’re going to be a dreamer you have to have a dream Joseph’s dream is found in verses
6 through 11 and his dream was that one day his father his mother and his brothers would one day bow down before him and that means Joseph would one day rule over them this dream infuriated his brothers or even more so verse eight says shalt thou indeed Reign Over Us or
Shalt thou indeed indeed have dominion over us they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his word in other words it’s one thing you can have a dream but you ain’t got to tell me about it so second the characteristic a second characteristic of a dream is that
Dreamers are often times hated because of their dreams Joseph was already disliked because his father loved him more and then he’s having these dreams of ruling over his brothers and parents which makes him even more hated there’s a jealousy because Joseph’s Invision something that goes against the grain of
That everyday reality for Dr King there was hatred toward him because of the color of his skin and his dream of equality for all not everyone liked the fact that someone was challenging the way things were and had been Martin Luther King King’s dream led to boycotts and many challenges to the unjust
Society he lived in and many hated him all the more because of it you know I think of the many black athletes who had dreams of playing in the pros and were the first to break into the sport on that level the outright hatred they face
Because of the dream they had of playing a sport that God had gifted them to play yes sir uh just like the white players who knows how many Michael Jordan’s caliber athletes there were how many Jim Browns or Walter pton or Venus and Serena Williams Barry Bonds Lisa
Lesie Jerry wries there were out there a whole list of other names that would be mentioned in this category if only given the opportunity to play yes sir we we here were blessed to witness the election of the first black president of the United States what should you get ready for
Opposition as many people will not like the idea of you having that kind of a dream some opposition will come from your own family some of us would even say you better not make them folks mad remember that the dreamer will always face opposition and even be hated
Because of their dream in the midst of hatred there are those that will keep in mind what your dream is about if you look at verse 11 his brothers were jealous of him but his father kept the matter in mind there will always be those people that will consider or think
About or even support the dreamer to see the dream fulfilled there will be those for whom uh there will be those who will be against you that with those who are before you is just a fact of life and Reverend Dr King had many supporters even in the face of intense hatred
Joseph’s brothers were so angry with him verse 19 and 20 and they said to one another behold here comes that dreamer ah let us slay him cast him into some pit and we’ll say some evil Beast have come and divide him we shall see what will become of his
Dream Judah convinced one of uh Joseph’s older brothers convinced his brothers not to kill their brother but to sell him to the Israelites who took Joseph to Egypt and he became a slave in a household of a man named Piper the Lord was with Joseph
The Bible says and he was put in charge of Piper’s entire household Joseph was um uh how should I say wellb built handsome young man and everybody took note of that even Piper’s wife began to take notice of Joseph I believe she’d do like the brothers usually do when he’d walk by
She check him out amen she pleaded with Joseph day after day to go to bed with her but Joseph refused one day when Joseph and Piper’s wife were in the house alone she grabbed him pleaded with him to go to bed with her this is The Young and the rest is in
The Bible now is uh but Joseph the Bible says runs we need to take notes from Joseph put on some track shoes but but the scriptures say he leaves his cloak behind evidence that the lady amen uses as she cries rape and Joseph is put in prison where the king’s prisoners are
Confined it brings me to my third characteristic of a dreamer and that is that dreamer’s dreams often are contradictory dreamer’s dream even when their everyday reality contradicts the outcome of the dream is really something of Amazement what I’m saying is that even though there is no evidence at all
That this dream will become a reality dreamers still dream I hope y’all with me Joseph was one of the youngest of his brothers had no position in which he would which would warn him to even think that this dream would even come true nothing in his everyday reality would tell us that
His dream had possibilities Martin King lived in a time when there was so much hatred and Chaos between the races black people were treated unjustly at every turn the government one which was founded supposedly on all people being created equal and life liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all some people
Actually sanction and enforce crooked rules and you tell me that Dr King’s presid reality wasn’t in direct opposition to his dream there was little to reveal that one day there would be equality for all and that all blacks and whites would one day be able to get along in society
Together young people if there are any here in the house your dream may be to be the first one in your family to go graduate from college to become some great professional some great uh philosopher in time no one in your family has ever succeeded to that kind of a level listen stay
Focused don’t let nobody make fun of your dream because dream is dream and even when there isn’t a lot of evidence of that dream being fulfilled you got to know that With God all things are possible someone may dream of being married and having a family that stays
Together even though you grew up in a home that was ravaged by divorce and a society that doesn’t take marriage and family seriously keep the dream alive because dream is dream and even when they when when their current circumstances may not affirm that dream they still dream dream of owning your
Own business dream of being a professional athlete dream of writing a book being a singer a pastor a doctor even being the first of of more than other black presidents current circumstances may say no to you but listen all things are possible with Christ Joseph was hated sold into slavery by his brothers
Falsely accused of rape and now in jail as an innocent man what does this tell you about the dreamer well that’s the fourth characteristic and that is that dreamers go through much suffer uffing and pain to see the dream fulfilled Joseph had done no wrong to deserve any of the circumstances that he
Was fasting facting the dreamer will fa many trials Martin Luther King also faced pain and suffering you heard the children tell about his many nights in the jail house amen hated St stabbed arrest jailed water hosed tear gazed treated as less than a human being all
Of this tells me that the dreamer has to face much pain and suffering to see the dream fulfilled sir people the Fulfillment of the dream is worth the price that must be paid to see that the dream become reality I’m going to say that again the Fulfillment of the dream
Is is worth the price worth the cost that must be paid to see the dream be fulfilled in other words if your dream is something that God has put in place expect some hits and some bumps in the road some knocks on the head to see the
Dream fulfilled with any dream there’s a price to be paid someone once said successful people understand that no one makes it to the top in a single bound what true what truly sets them apart is their willingness to keep putting one foot in front of the other no matter how rough
The terrain Joseph and Dr King kept putting one foot in front of the other no matter how rough they got focused on in the dream because the dream is in the making today whatever your dream of being are doing is in the Mak it’s in the making today I often talk with yes
Some other folks talk about that they had some great dreams but their dreams had water poured on them listen don’t allow nobody to pour water on your dream if you want to see that dream become reality you got to stay in the game today if you plan to go to college you
Can’t be cutting classes or getting bad grades you may say that one day I dream that God is going to use me in some great way but the question on the floor is what is God doing in your life today to make that dream become a reality you say well I’m thinking about
Coming to church and getting involved no you’ve got to get in the game today in order for your dreams to become a reality amen what if Dr King would have said I have a dream that one day there will be Justice and equality for all but he sat around watching football all day
And did nothing in the present to see that his dream of the future become reality we might as well have pinched him and woke him up because all he would have been doing is dreaming but finally the last characteristic of a dreamer is that the dreamer given by God or the dream given
By God will always be fulfilled Joseph was given the ability to interpret dreams and he was the only one that could give pharaoh who was leader of Egypt in that day the interpretation of his dream as a result Joseph was released from jail placed at second in command of all Egypt tell me
God ain’t up to something and when Joseph’s family was in need of help in Canaan during the time of famine guess where they had to go to go for help yes sir sure enough they had to come to Egypt and guess who’s in charge in Egypt the same name
Joseph who they sold into slavery so Joseph Dream was fulfilled as he reigned and rule over all his family and all of Egypt Joseph was awesome because in this position he didn’t say I told you so like some folk would have done but he forgave his brothers and told them that
He would take care of them and that God had allowed this to happen and allowed him to go through all he went through so that the dream would be fulfilled listen at verse 19 and 20 of Genesis chapter 50 but Joseph said to them don’t be afraid
Am I in the place of God you intended to harm me but God intended it for good to accomplish what is being doing right now which is the saving of many lives Dr King also saw many victories along the Fulfillment of his dream as in 1964 president Lyon Baines Johnson
Signed the Civil Rights Act into law sir it stated that no person in the United States shall on the ground of race color or national origin be excluded from participation in be denied the benefits of or be subject to discrimination on August the 6th 1965 a Voting Rights bill was passed and we
Need to always always keep in mind that Voting Rights bill y’all cuz they’re trying to take it away from us right now it was passed allowing African-Americans to vote Dr King continued his campaign for World Peace he traveled across America to speak out civil about civil rights and the rights of the
Underprivileged he got almost everywhere except Dallas because there was some black folks that tried that kept him out I a I ain’t talking about what I’m talking about no I’m just telling you what I know some of us that kept him from coming into doubt some preachers too I hate to say it
Uh because of filthy lucra I ain’t calling no names many may even question and say well did Dr Dr King’s dream actually seek fruition or did it ever get fulfilled he saw a lot of things but I believe he also saw that the dream would eventually come true April 3rd
1968 hear his words has already been spoken I don’t know what will happen now we’ve got some difficult days ahead but it really doesn’t matter to me now because I’ve been to the Mountaintop and I don’t mind like anybody I would love and like to live a
Long life longevity has its place but I’m not concerned about that now yes sir and I’ve looked over and I’ve seen the promised land yes sir I mean I get there with you but I want you to know right now he said tonight in Memphis Tennessee
That we as a people will get to the promised land so I’m happy tonight he said I’m not worried about about anything I’m not fearing any man my eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord dreamers will and always and forever make an impact in life that is sometime never
Forgotten do you have a dream I ask you or do you have or have you seen a vision Martin Luther King Jr’s death opened up many doors for us as black people and also as a nation although there’s still racism and Prejudice it will always be
Here it is nowhere close to what Dr King faced in his day our dreams can take us to anywhere God would allow us to be trust me when I tell you my dear dreams do come true [Applause] after such a word as that we’re going to open up the doors of the
Church at this time for anyone that may be want to unite with the church and for those of you that are out there in videoand if you want to unite with this church at this time you can come visit us or you can call a church and let us know your intentions
Amen but we’re opening up the doors of the church right now and if you’re in need of prayer if this message has pricked your heart and you have a dream that you know you want to have fulfilled and you would like to be prayed for about that dream come forward
I’m a firm believer that whatever it is that God has for you it can truly happen after prayer amen the doors of the church are now Open whatever you need whatever you need God’s got it God’s got it whatever you Need got It whatever you need oh got it he’s got it he’s got it and he’s waiting to give it to You God’s got it God’s got it if you need more you need more God God got it he’s got it he’s got it and he’s waiting to give it to you if you for Me God got it if you need Forace got it is you need For God got it He’s got it and he’s wait to give it to you whatever you Need God got it God is got whatever you oh yeah oh yes he does whatever You God got it he’s got it he’s got it and he’s waiting he’s got it he’s got it he’s got it he’s got peace he’s got it he’s got it he’s got it he’s got it oh yeah he’s got it got it he’s got it and he’s waiting to
Give amen it has been extended yes sir it’s yours to accept God bless you thank you for worshiping with us today and we certainly hope that you were equally blessed by the message as we were in this Sanctuary thank I pray that if you should have
Have any questions you might be able to call our church offices as is listed there that that’s your desire and be glad we’ll be glad to take care of that and now I pray that as we leave you that most of our God’s spirit will continue
To abide with you it’s our prayer in Jesus name amen
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