As family you are welcome and we say thank you for being here on this beautiful Lord’s day as we begin this worship today we are reminded of what the psalmist declares when the psalmist says that this is the day that the Lord has made we should rejoice and be glad
In it he also declares that I Will Bless The Lord at all times and his praise shall continually be in my mouth my soul will make its boast in the Lord The Humble will hear of it and be glad oh magnify the Lord with me and let us
Exalt his name together oh taste and see that the Lord is good blessed are those who trust in him he’s been so good to us so kind to us so merciful to us and we have so much for which to thank God and praise him for here we are family and
Friends at the first Sunday of February we started off 2024 the first Sunday in January and God has been good to us and brought us to this point and this place in our journey and we’re grateful to God for it he’s been so good we have many
Names on our prayer request list many names many situations there are those who are going through periods of grief we want to remember our members and our brothers and sisters who have gone through grief we want to uh remember Sister Pate she’s here today bless God and the passing and homegoing of her
Brother on yesterday celebrated that and we want to continue to lift her and her family in prayer we want to lift the family of brother Alan wilbour I was with that family on yesterday in the passing of his mother we want to remember him in prayer and his family in
Prayer and then the list goes on and on we want to remember Sister Ruth and Neil she had a brother to pass away we want to remember the Neils brother Ron and sister Ruthie we want to remember them in prayer that’s also the cousins and relatives Sister Mary Jones we want to
Remember the family entirely in prayer and then there are those who are yet going through sicknesses and illnesses we want to remember those names in prayer at the time of of prayer so at this time Minister Xavier president is going to come and he’s going to offer up
The scripture for us from Philippians and then I will come back before you as we have a brief hymn and then we’ll have a time of prayer Am ask stand if we can all stand for the reading of the scripture Philippians 4 Philippians chapter 4 verse 4 says rejoice in the lord always again I will say rejoice let your reasonable reasonableness be known to everyone the Lord is our hand do not be anxious about
Anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding regard your hearts and Minds in Christ Jesus finally Brothers whatever is true whatever is Honorable whatever is just whatever is pure whatever is lovely whatever is
Commendable if there is any Excellence if there is anything worthy of Praise think about these things what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me practice these things and the god of peace will be with you Amen I need the old I need help me out there praise name every hour I need on to sing it oh bless me now my S savior singing one more time I Need be every Hour I Come oh most gracious Heavenly Father Lord God Almighty we stand before you this day Lord God in your Sanctuary coming to you in Humble prayer thanking you first Lord for being so great for being so kind so being so patient for being so loving for being so
Perfect for blessing us Lord God going out and coming in for keeping your hands upon us Lord God up and down these dangerous streets highways freeways and byways the Lord God keeping you hands upon our families upon all the things that we cannot even see that comes against us
Bless us Lord God continue to Pour Your Love Upon Us Lord God we ask and pray father for all those who are sick shut in pered all those father who out there lost and alone and don’t know you and not pardon of their sins let them come
To know Lord God that you are a God that loves us unconditionally you don’t have to get it fixed up you don’t have to straighten up we just come to you in humble submission father we thank you for the ability to come to you this morning and
Pray a prayer of intercession yes Lord for all those heavenly father who are out there who don’t even know that there is a God that can save at a moment’s notice that know heavenly father that you are God that saves and you a God that loves us unconditionally father we thank you for
Love we thank you for your power we thank you for your protection every single second minute and hour Lord God we thank you for loving us even when we don’t act lovingly God you still yet love us thank you for keeping your hands upon us Lord God Watching Over Us and
Protecting us thank you Father for the opportunity to come in this place your sanctuary and humbly enjoy your service and worship you in spirit and in truth father we thank you thank you such a great God so Lord as we come to the end of this prayer we ask and pray that each
And every person sounding my voice give them a special blessing Lord God not only it’s blessing father father for health and strength but also Lord for sound mind and sound body bless us Lord God to be the people who called out according to your plans so that we can
Stand and say I know that is a God and he is my savior he is my Lord and I will worship him every day of my life yes thank you for it father because it’s only because of you that we have a place in this life we love you we praise you
We honor you in Jesus name amen amen amen amen amen amen God bless you thank you at this time the praise team is coming they’re going to render us a selection of praise to our great and awesome God come on and clap your hands as they come clap your hands for them
Clap your hands for the Lord he’s worthy of the praise praise the Lord how many know God to be a you know God to be a way maker out there has he made a way for you today didn’t he wake you up this morning didn’t he solve that
Problem for you well if if he did that for you why don’t you join in with us as we sing way maker Way maker Miracle Worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are oh way maker Miracle Worker promise keeper light in the darkness my God that is who you are say way Mak Mir work Keeper in the darkness my God that is who you are oh
Ohen Mir work prise keep light in the darkness my God that is who you are you are here moving in the midst I worship you I worship you you are here turning lives around I worship you I worship you that’s why we call you way maker
Work PE light is the darkness my God that is who you are oh way makeer make work byed God that is who you are you are here touching every heart you are here touching every heart touching every heart I worship you I worship you I worship you I worship you you are here
You are here mending broken hearts Ming broken heart I worship you I worship you I worship you I worship you that’s why we call you way maker the words my God my God is you are yeah wa my God my God you are oh we make Miracle work God God we make my
God oh that’s why we call you way man Miracle Worker my God God are we make you are here you are here you are here moving in in the midst moving in the midst I worship you I worship you I worship you I worship you you are here you are here turning lives around turning lives around I worship
You I worship you I worship you I worship you you are here you are touching every heart touching every heart I worship you I worship you I worship you I worship you you are here you are Ming broken hearts Ming broken hearts I worship you I worship you I worship you I worship
You Oh Good morning morning today we are recognizing world’s cancer day and I will be providing you all with some health information regarding that to start out with World cancer day was created in 2000 and is held every February 4th it is the global uniting initiative led to raising worldwide awareness improving
Education and catalyzing personal Collective and government action working toward a world where millions of preventable cancer deaths are saved and access to life-saving cancer treatment and Care is Equitable this year’s world’s cancer day’s theme close the care Gap is about ensuring our leaders everywhere know that we demand a commitment to prioritizing
Cancer cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide 10 million people die from cancer every year cancer is a disease that occurs when changes in a normal group of cells within the body lead to uncontrolled abnormal growth forming a lump called a tumor if left untreated tumors can grow
And spread into the surrounding normal tissue or to other parts of the body via the bloodstream and lymphatic systems today I will be speaking to you about stomach cancer and esophageal cancer so for you to get an idea of where that is the stomach is on your p
On the picture on the right hand side on your right hand side of the little orange area and the esophagus is the orange tube going down into it and I point that out to you because a lot of people come into the clinic talking about their
Stomach Hur and they doing all of this but that’s not your stomach and that’s why people ask you exactly point to where you’re talking about when you say you have a problem in order to figure out what exactly is going on with you amen all right hi do so
First first we’ll start with stomach can cancer an estimated 26,500 people in the United States will be diagnosed with stomach cancer worldwide an estimated 1, 89,1 three people were diagnosed with a disease in 2020 stomach cancer is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world it is estimated that
11,130 deaths from this disease will occur in the United States in 2020 an estimated 7687 193 people died from stomach cancer worldwide globally it is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths African-American men are 1.8 times as likely to have stomach cancer as compared to nonhis hispanic white men
And 2.5 times more likely to die from stomach cancer African-American women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with stomach cancer and they are 2.3 times more likely to die from stomach cancer as compared to non-h hispanic white women stomach cancer is more common in black Hispanic and Asian people than in white
People following factors may increase a p person’s risk of dis Dev developing stomach cancer one is age stomach cancer occurs most commonly in people older than 55 about 60% of people who are diagnosed with stomach cancer in the United States are older than age 64 the average age of diagnosis is
68 men are twice as likely to develop stomach cancer as women people who have a parent child or sibling who has had stomach cancer are also at a higher risk eating a diet heightened salt has been linked to an increased risk of stomach cancer this includes Foods preserved by drying
Smoking salting or pickling and foods high in added salt eating fresh fruits and vegetables may help lower the risk anyone who has had a previous stomach surgery or a type of anemia known as pernicious anemia or achlorhydria have a higher risk of stomach cancer pentious anemia develops
When the stomach cannot take in enough of vitamin B12 causing you to have a B12 vitamin deficiency causing it a severe decrease in red blood cells achlorhydria is a decrease in the production of hydrochloric acid within the stomach which is the acid used to help digest your
Food exposure to certain dust and fumes at work may also increase your risk of developing cancer smoking which I think I’ve said that every time I’ve come up here regarding cancer will increase your risk alcohol consumption regardless of whether you’re drinking beer wine or liquor will increase your risk also
Obesity excess body weight increases a man’s risk of developing stomach cancer it is not clear whether obesity increases a woman’s risk of stomach cancer however the most important risk factor for stomach cancer is an infection with a bacteria known as helicobactor pylori also known as age pylori which is common in African-Americans and
Hispanics more so than in non-h Hispanic whites though the vast majority of people with this infection never developed stomach cancer early stage stomach cancer rarely causes symptoms most stomach cancers aren’t found until they’ve grown fairly large or have spread outside the stomach when stomach cancer does cause
Sign and symptoms they can include poor appetite weight loss without train abdominal or belly pain vague discomfort in the abdomen usually above the navl feeling full after eating only a small meal heartburn or indigestion nausea vomiting with or without blood swelling or fluid buildup in the abdomen blood in the
Stool feeling tired or weak as a result of having too few red blood cells from anemia yellowing of the skin and eyes if the cancer has spread to the liver the 5year surv US survival weight for stomach cancer is 33% next we’ll move to esophageal cancer which is what we call the
Throat an estimated 2,560 adults in the United States will be diagnosed with esophageal cancer worldwide an estimated 604 100 people answer it is estimated that 16,1 120 deaths from this will occur in the United States esophageal cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer death among men in the United
States in 2020 an estimated 54476 people worldwide died from this disease the following factors May raise or increase your risk of developing esophagal cancer first we’ll start with age the chance of developing esophagal cancer increases with age fewer than 15% of cases are found in people younger than age
55 people between the ages of 45 and 70 have the highest risk of esophageal cancer men are three to four times more likely than women to develop esophageal cancer black people are twice as likely as white people to develop squamous cell esophagal cancer using any form of tobacco such as
Cigarettes cigars pipes chewing tobacco vaping and snuff raises the risk of esophagal cancer alcohol especially heavy drinking over a long period of time increases the risk of swam cell carcinoma of esophagus which doubles when used with tobacco gastro sual reflex disease or acid reflux is when the stomach normally
Makes strong acid and enzymes to help digest food but in some people this acid can escape from the stomach and go up into the lower part of the esophagus in many people re the symptoms such as heartburn or pain that seem to come from the middle of the chest in
Some people though reflex doesn’t cause any symptoms but untreated over a long period of time this can cause changes in the cells within the lower part of esophagus causing a disease known as Barett esophagus this damage to the lining of the esophagus causes the Sous cells and
The lining of the esophagus to turn into a glandular tissue people with bar esophagus are more likely to develop a type of esophageal cancer known as adenocarcinoma but the risk of developing esophageal cancer is still very low with that a diet high and processed meat may increase the chance of developing esophageal
Cancer a diet that is low in fruits and vegetables and low in certain vitamins and minerals can increase a person’s risk of developing esophageal cancer frequently drinking very hot liquids can result in long-term damage to the cells along the lining in the esophagus increasing this risk
Obesity is also a risk because the fact is that people with obesity are more likely to have gastro esophageal reflux disease or acid reflux most people with esophagal cancer are diagnosed because they have symptoms it’s rare for people without symptoms to be diagnosed without this cancer unfortunately most of esophageal
Cancers do not cause symptoms until they have reached an advanced stage when they are harder to treat the most common symptoms of esophagal cancer are trouble swallowing chest pain pain weight loss heness chronic cough vomiting bone pain if the cancer is spread to the Bone bleeding into the
Esophagus this blood then passes through the digestive tract possibly turning the stool black over time this Blood loss can lead to anemia which can make a person feel tired having one or more of these symptoms does not mean that you have esophageal cancer many of these symptoms are likely to be
Caused by other conditions also but still if you are having any of these symptoms especially trouble swallowing it’s important to have them checked by a doctor the 5year survival rate for esophagal cancer in the United States is 21% treatment for the disease has slowly improved the survival rate as in the
1960s and 1970s the overall fiveyear survival rate was around 5% more than 40% of cancer related death could be preventable as they are linked to modifiable risk factors such as smoking alcohol use poor diet and physical inactivity almost at least onethird of all deaths related to cancer could be prevented through routine screening
And early detection and treatment that’s why World cancer day is started as a way for everyone across the world to be ready to have their government start to increase funding for Grants to help with treatments for cancer so everyone is encouraged to ask their government to improve Health
Equity to make it easier for all populations to enjoy affordable and accessible cancer services and to reduce disparities in cancer incidents and mortality thank you Praise Lord everybody y’all up y don’t look like Y sound like come on how many how many how many yall know the Lord keeps on making a way for you have you make a way for you this week if you done that put your hands together come
On if you don’t mind stand to your feet Making over over and over again always bringing me out always bringing me out over you you PR glory to your name away keep over over again me you I will your PR pra to away to PR glory to your woo man Man all right it’s kind of big I’ll just take it black Greek letter organizations began to come into fruition in the early 20th century due to the trials and tribulations that many black people were facing within the United States at the time the inclusion of African-Americans and universities proved to be trying
Times for black students in the early 1900s often ostracized a ban from joining many social organizations black students began searching for ways to cope with these struggles alpha alpha was the first successful fraternity to sustain its membership and expand alpha alpha fraternity was founded in December 4th
1906 as a study and support group for the black male students at Cornell University who were facing harsh racial Prejudice at the time black students often could go days without seeing uh seeing another person of color on campus so their study group served as a decpr decompress ression from the struggles
They faced this fraternity was started by seven black college me known as the jewels because they recognize the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among Africa descendants in this country the seven Visionary founders of the fraternity are Henry Arthur Callas uh Charles Henry Chapman Eugene niichel Jones oh kingle Jones I’m sorry
George B Kelly Nathaniel Allison Murray Robert Geral Ogle and all right Verner Woodson Tandy the jewel Founders and early leaders of the fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Alpha’s principles of scholarship Fellowship good character and the uplifting of humanity alpha alpha chapters were established at other
Colleges and universities many of them historically black institutions soon after the founding at Cornell the first alumni chapter was a established in 1911 while continuing to stress academic Excellence among its members Alpha also recognized the need to help correct the educational economic political and social justices faced by African-Americans alpha alpha has long
Stood at the Forefront of the African-American community’s fight for civil rights through leaders such as web Duo Adam Clayton Powell Jr Edward Brooke Martin Luther King Jr thir Good Marshall Andrew Young William Gray Paul Robinson and many others true to its form as the first of First Alpha F Alpha
Has been interracial since 1945 since its founding in December 4th 1906 alpha alpha Fraternity in has Supply voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world following the footsteps of apfi alpha fraternity Inc eight other interc Colgate fraternities and sororities were founded on the similar principles of
Service and the betterment of black men and women the divine nine afac alac Kappa ala sorority Inc AKA an international service organization was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington DC on January 15th 1908 it is the oldest Greek letter organization established by African-American college educational women the sororities founder elal
Hedgman dreamed in creating a support network for women with like Minds who would come together for Mutual uplift and Cales condolences of their talent along with hedgman there was eight other Founders Anna Easter Brown buer Burke Lily Burke marjerie Hill Margaret flag Holmes laviana Norman Lucy digs Clow and Mari woodfolk
Which is Taylor the students who came together to form AFA cap alha sororities were the SC Scholastic leaders of their classes each also had a special talent or gift that further esta I mean enhance the potential of this Dynamic group to ensure the continuity of the organization seven honor students from
The class of 1910 who previously had expressed interest were invited to join without initiation those seven the sophmores included Norma Boyd Ela Jones Alice Murray Sarah M Merryweather Joanna Barry Carrie Snowden and Harriet Terry Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Incorporated was founded on a mission of five basic tenants that have remained unchanged
Since the sority Inception to cultivate and encourage High Scholastic and ethical standards to promote un college women to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature to maintain a progressive interest in college life and to be a service to all mankind sorority members Nelly May
Quander realized the need for an intervention to per persevere the premise of the sorority that she and its Founders held dear was an urgent matter a committee was formed whose mission was to seek and acquire incorporation the effort culminated cumin I’m sorry in the successful protection and subsequent
Perpetuity of alha Kappa alha sority through its incorporation on January 29th 1913 it was the first black Greek letter organization to attempt and successfully complete such a measure the incorporation of the sorority position is to broaden its services concept offerings while ushering the preservation of his founding principles
And Brands and this has been your black history moment Come on and say amen for the black history moment thank you for the black history moment while you’re clapping let’s continue clapping for our health moment our cancer awareness moment I want to issue a special and sincere thank you to those who have just made those presentations thank you for your
Preparation as well as your Public Presentation of those they mean so much and they’re so important uh they’re very important to me uh being a a cancer survivor and never having thought that I would go through that ever in my life but being a cancer survivor I encourage
Uh men to make sure that you’re taking care of yourself as well for prostate cancer that’s one of the major ones as well that impact us as black men so I’m encouraging us to make sure that we’re tested make sure that we take care of ourselves and and make sure that we
Safeguard against those so that’s very important those and all other cancers as well so just be mindful of of that and of course you know I heard celebrated what fraternity is you all’s Pastor what fraternity you know I heard that uh you know what I am I am the original the the
Beginning the Genesis Alpha by Alpha that is for blacks anyway that’s for blacks the first black Greek letter organization now my daughter is is also one so we celebrate the divine nine she is Sigma gamaro say amen for her she’s Sigma gamaro and there are many others who are
Represented no matter which one you are we celebrate you and we recognize you be it Omega Kappa or Sigma whatever the case is and then all of the other uh female sororities we celebrate and recognize all uh sorties and fraternities that have made a difference and are yet making an impact the choir
Is going to come with their selection and after the choir gives their selection I’ll come back before you with today’s message pray for the choir pray for the pastor as we come in that Off There is a love that is like no other there is strength that’ll pull you through there is God standing in your corner there is none nothing nothing that he cannot do there is Grace that has no measure there is Mercy that has no end there is a light for
You there is joy and pleasure there is God he’s your perfect friend everybody [Applause] say is is there is God is say it again is it again said again there there is there is there is there is love that is like no we there is true love that a pool you
Do there is God standing in your corner there is nothing nothing that what he cannot do there is Grace that has no meure there is Mercy Mercy that has no now there is life for you there is joy and pleasure to there is God he’s your glor says friend everybody say say it
Again said again there is God say it again say it again there is hope for the broken for the broken heart is there is for the trouble St there is help for the one get started there is God there is hope for the broken heart Isen heart there is peace for the troubled
Soul there is help is for the one get sping there is God is there is there is there there is there is there is is is there is there is God there is there is he is he is he he is he he is he is he Is Is 2 Corinthians 5:17 through 21 2 Corinthians 5:1 17:21 we will commence reading at verse 17 let us pray over our time together our father and our God we thank you we love you we praise you we hallow and adore your name we’re so grateful for this another day and another Day’s Journey you’re so good you’re so kind
You’re so compassionate you’re faithful even when we are Unfaithful and you’re good even when we are not good and we’re grateful for it it’s our prayer that you would forgive us strengthen us draw us closer to you and certainly that you would speak to our hearts through your word I
Decrease that you may increase allow the Holy Spirit to have his perfect preaching and Teaching Ministry so that lives will be Chang changed and as a result of hearing your word we will no longer be the same get the glory from this time together and give us the
Blessings for it is in the name that is above every name the sweet strong everpresent powerful precious perfect peaceful name of Jesus Christ Our Savior we pray thank the Lord and amen amen second 2 Corinthians 5 I will commence commence reading at verse 17 therefore if anyone is in Christ he or she is a new creature a new creation the old things have passed away behold new things have come now all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation or the word of
Reconciliation namely that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself not counting trespasses against them and he has committed to us the word of reconciliation therefore we are ambassadors for Christ as though God was were making an appeal through us we beg you on behalf of Christ be reconciled to
God God he made him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf or sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God in him thank you for standing the grass with us the power Faith but the word of our God stands forever this is
The word of the Lord for God’s people and his people everywhere said amen amen I want to preach from from the thought uh persuading people to Christ persuading people to Christ we are beginning a new series of sermons this month entitled contagious Christians contagious Christians said it with me contagious Christians not contener
Ones contagious ones the word contagious often creates thoughts uh fear anxiety reticence and Extreme Caution rightly so because the word contagious may be defined as a disease or an infection that is spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact or transmission all right the common cold Corona virus
Covid-19 RSB norovirus known as the stomach flu influenza known as the flu menitis pertusus known as hooping cough TB stay away from that one to Berg Solosis STDs stay away from Those I don’t need to say what those well sexually transmitted these are just a few of the highly contagious infectious diseases just as they are highly spread and often feared contagious infections contagiousness can also be defined as an emotion or feeling or an attitude that likely that is like to spread or affect
Others some people listening to my voice have displayed a negative or positive attitude that spread from one person to another person or groups of people in these series of sermons presented from the perspective of Christians being contagious and spreading the love of of Christ we share the joy of Christ and
The message of Christ with a contagious and infectious efficacy that is we want to do it effectively Christians should be infectious and contagious Christians should spread this message of Love Light hope joy peace and salvation to a world that is dark depraved hopeless chaotic sorrowful and sinful right Bill hibl and
Mark middleberg in the book becoming a Contagious Christian suggest that Christians should be contagious because people matter to God Amen we should impact the world and that there are rewards for contagious Christianity Matthew 5:116 records let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your
Father which is in heaven you are the salt of the earth but if the salt loses its saltiness what is it good for therefore to be put under the feet of men and trample on you are the salt and you are the light acts 1 and8 says but you will
Receive power after the Holy Ghost has come upon you and you shall be my Witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and to the uttermost part of the earth right this message is a reminder that we have a call and a cause to persuade people to come to faith and
Believe in Jesus Christ as his or her personal Lord and Savior when we look at our world when we look at our cities and our community we can see the evidence and the great urgy for us to persuade people to know Jesus Christ there is a great
Need this message is a call to do so persuade may be defined as causing someone to do something or believe something based on reasoning thoughts conversation and argumentation the art of persuasion is utilized in commercialism and consumerism to get people to buy or buy into what is being presented or what is being
Offered even in businesses today we have what is called an elevator pitch in an elevator pitch you have the time that you are on an elevator from one floor to another to conversate with a person and try to convince them to do whatever it is you want them to do
That’s the elevator pitch and you have to be good when you have your elevator pitch the art of persuasion will also be seen as you all will watch the Super bowl next week you’ll see it during the Super Bowl game a 30 second commercial will cost above $5 million 30 seconds
That’s a lot of money to get people to buy whatever it is being advertised my question to you is wouldn’t it be good if Christians would use their influence even be eaten members use their influence to persuade people to come to Christ and come to the church
The question be then becomes are you contagious and are you infectious and if you are contagious and if you are infecting what are you infecting people with all right I see you looking but I don’t hear you talking all right regardless of age regardless of stage where you live where you work or
Where you go to school you should be persuading someone with the love of Jesus Christ the Apostle Paul writes this letter to the Corinthian Church and to all believers reinforcing and reminding them of the fact that the world is temporal but we have an eternal home the funerals that I went to just
This past last weekend three of them in a week and the weekend in a row is indicative to me of the fact that this world is temporal and we’ve got to go somewhere right and you will either go spend eternity in heaven or spend eternity in Hell amen
The choice will be up to you and up to others to make but it is ours to persuade because when this Earthly House of this Tabernacle is dissolved and it will be dissolved we as Christians have another building not made with hands Eternal in the heavens and that is what we should share
With others that we walk by faith and not by sight amen we should remind them that we all must appear before the Judgment seat of Christ so that each one may be recompensed for his or her Deeds Done in the body according to what he has done whether good or
Bad knowing the fear of the Lord and the coming of the lord we persuade men and women to come to Christ and why do we do that for we are controlled by and compelled by the love love of God we should be contagious and SP and persuade people because of the
First point we are new in Jesus Christ we are made new in Jesus Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17 records therefore if anyone man woman boy or girl is in Christ he or she is a new creation a new creature the old has passed the new has come yeah
Yeah people have a tendency to reflect on and remember what you used to be they find it easy yeah yeah to point to the fact of what you used to do and what you used to say if you don’t believe me go back around some of those who you used to
Hang around with you don’t even have to go far go go to your house and sometime your family will remind you of what you used to be they cannot they find it challenging and difficult to see you for who you are now in Christ Jesus all they will
Remember is who you used to be but here’s the reality every one of us has a pass yeah every one of us has a used to in our rep all of us used to be something and those who are not now wish you could we have a
Past but the reality is is that we cannot and should not be held hostage and Shackled to our past and we cannot hold Born Again Christians Hostage to their pass if I’m in Christ if my life is in him and he’s changed our lives I am not what I used to be
Nicodemus the Pharisee came to Jesus by night and Nicodemus said Lord we know that you are from God for no one can do the things that you do and not be from God Jesus simply says Nicodemus you’re right you must be born again Nicodemus said I don’t understand this how can a
Man be born when he is old shall I go back into my mother’s womb and be born again Jesus says you no better than that Nicodemus you are a scholar that which is born up the flesh is flesh that which is born of the spirit is Spirit Marvel
Not that I’ve said said unto you you must be born again and when you are born again of the spirit of God you are changed from the inside out I know we used to preach this is definitely not in manot brother deacons I know we used to preach and we would
Say I looked at my hands and they look new I looked at my feet and they did too well when you looked at them they actually look the same amen that’s right but I’ve discovered brothers and sisters that where our hands used to go and what they used to touch that’s what
Changed where our feet used to go where our feet used to try that’s what changed what our tongue would say that is what changed Lord we don’t say it like we used to say it anymore amen come on and think about it with me some of us in here you could
Go to some places that you wouldn’t want us to know you go to right now some of us we’ve said some things that we don’t want our Brothers and Sisters in Christ to know that we said y y y y we’ve done some things that we
Only want God to know and we will take to our grave with us am I preaching pretty good right there yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah that’s not that’s not in my notes I promise you that’s just coming out of you know what when we’re changed we
Don’t talk like we used to talk we don’t walk like we used to walk we don’t live like we used to live we don’t give like we used to give we’ve been changed we’re a new creature that doesn’t mean that’s not like we’ve been renovated no we haven’t been
Renovated right you know you renovate a house you go into a house and renovate it and make some changes no we we ain’t renovated we moved Out we moved out of that house into a new house that’s part of the problem with some of you good Christians in here today you just inovated some things and updated some things but when you come to Christ he changes us a new from the inside
Out yeah the old has passed the new has come yeah yeah I believe I’m looking at some new men and women I believe I’m looking at some new boys and girls that will testify I’m not what I ought to be but thank God I’m not what I used to be I’m new nowah
We cannot we cannot persuade and convince others about being made new unless we been made new that’s what your elevator pitch is all about that’s what your persuasion and your convincing is about if you’re not convinced Jesus is able to save you can’t convince anybody else that he’s
Able to save but if you know like I know what he’s done for you and you can testify that if he saved a wret like me he’s able to save you if he can pick me up turn me around he can do it for you yeah but here’s the problem with some of
Us in here today and some who are listening to me you you now got the hush mouth yeah it’s like you don’t remember yeah what the Lord has done for you it’s like you don’t want anybody to know where he delivered you from and what he
Delivered you out of but I wish there were a few in here who would testify with me I don’t mind telling people how he delivered me I’ve been through enough that I can share with somebody that the Lord has been good to me that if he can
Save me and Deliver Me from some of the addictions some of the afflictions some of the mess ups and the mishaps and the mistakes and the missteps if he can deliver me he can deliver you I believe I’m preaching to some folk that the Lord delivered from drugs he delivered from
Alcohol he delivered from sexual addiction he delivered from some perversions he delivered from some habits has anybody in here been delivered and made new yeah yeah yeah well bless his name yeah we persuade and convince others when we’ve been persuaded and because of what he’s done
For us it’s right here in the text because of what he’s done for us we have a word of reconciliation yeah we have a Ministry of reconciliation listen to the text again listen to the textt it’s powerful now all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ
And gave us the ministry of reconciliation it is God and by God’s grace God is the originator God is the source of our renewal God is the source and originator of our Redemption you do you know brothers and sisters God demonstrated his love for us because we were actually the enemies of
God there was a wall a partition if you will we were en enemies of God John puts it like this it’s not that we loved God but God loved us and gave his son for us if you’ll be honest with me you may have known God but it’s not so much that you
Loved God because you wanted to do what you wanted to do but God loved you and when did he love you from the very foundation of the world he has loved you from Everlasting to Everlasting I don’t know how you feel about that but I’m glad that God loves us from Everlasting to Everlasting we were the enemies of God we offended god with our sinful acts and our Disobedience to his commands we offended him here is the reality the offender should actually go to the one who has been offended and ask for reconciliation because of that’s the person who gave
The offense that’s right that’s right that’s right come on that’s right this is a figure of speech some of you can lean if if you want to just lean in a little bit you were the enemy of God you offended God you couldn’t do anything to
Draw close to him you should be saying God I want to make it right I want to make amends but God said no I’m going to reconcile you to me I’m going to make right what you you messed up you all still miss that I’m going to put in a right
Relationship the tide that has been broken the bom that has been broken so that you can have fellowship with me bless his name amen he made it right he changed us thoroughly he reconciled us to himself and who did it God did it we can’t take
The credit we can’t brag about it I believe the Apostle Paul said it right in Ephesians 2 verse 8 when he says that it is by Grace you have been saved through faith not of Works lest anyone should boast we have nothing to boast about I didn’t give enough I can’t live
Enough I’m not good enough to earn and deserve the grace and the reconciliation that God has given you all look mighty good to me today you dressed up you’re looking good you’re looking sharp you’re smelling good you look like you deserve something but can I tell you the reality if truth and
Justice were dealt out to all of us all of us should be in one massive funeral but God rich in his mercy God rich in His Grace has reconciled us and made it right with him and somebody write along in there should just simply say Lord I Thank you
Thank because had you not reconciled me I would still be messed up had you not changed me I would still be messed up and because we’ve been reconciled he’s given us a Ministry of reconciliation to tell others and persuade men and women to come to him
Tell others tell men and women that God loves them and desires a relationship with them could it be that we look at people and we devalue people could it be that in America we care more about our our dog Lord my Lord I don’t have anything against dog
Lovers please don’t throw no dog bone up here I’m just saying what I’m saying could it be that we care more about our fenin our cats and our dogs and our animals we care more about do you know in actuality you can go to jail and prison get more time for killing a
Dog than you can for killing a black man wow wow shameful my Lord what do we care about what do we value do we value Humanity do we care about people even our family and sometime we’ll say yeah they going to hell do and some people we want them to go to
Hell we have to Value Humanity God loves everybody he does yes he does this is not a not a white thing a not not any white supremacy no white racist the yes race get on out of here with that nonsense God loves everybody yes he does yes he does
Doesn’t matter the color it doesn’t matter your ZIP code it doesn’t matter your your ethnicity it doesn’t it doesn’t matter what your what your uh what where you came from your genealogy he loves you yes he does and brothers and sisters that is the message that is what we should persuade people
With for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever would believe on him would not perish but have everlasting life for God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved he wants us to be Saved all Humanity all people people to be saved and I believe personally that if people knew Christ and were saved our community would be better our schools would be better our cities would be better our states would be better and even the world would be better if people in the
World knew Jesus right because once we know Jesus and we’ve been reconciled and made new and converted I’m not going to treat you the way I I shouldn’t treat you if I’m saved and you’re saved we should persuade them yeah with the love of God that God is in Christ
Reconciling men to himself he’s made us right with him we should share that Ministry that message tell others about him he’s reconciling the world to himself guess what he’s doing or rather not doing I like the not doing God is not counting their sins against them there is a restorative Ministry of
Preaching and teaching and applying the gospel we should tell the world about the love of Jesus that he loves them you can’t change yourself but Jesus can this is not a commission for the pastor or for preachers this is a commission for every one of us all power is given
To me in heaven and in Earth Matthew 28:19 go therefore and Make Disciples of all Nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I’ve commanded you and lo I’m with you all always even until
The end of the world we’ve got to tell the world about a savior who loves them tell your neighbor tell your family persuade them encourage them you know in my writing I wrote about the fact of people who are coming and not coming to church a group called the nuns and the
Duns some have said I’m not going to any church right no church then there are those who said I’m done with church this older group that’s a little older than I am they have said I’m done and when they said they’re done they didn’t encourage and make sure that their children went to
Church and came to Christ wow so now what we have is a generation to underneath us right they are not in church because Mama wasn’t in church and Mama’s Mama wasn’t in church that’s right my reality is this and my parents my parents are in if they
Were alive they’d be in their upper 80s and ’90s that that generation said this you’re going to church hallu no option no question I don’t know if anybody else like me in here maybe you were not drugg to church like I was maybe maybe and and and that’s all right
If you were not I mean I I was a drug baby you going to go to church you going to come to know Christ if it kill you it doesn’t matter you going to make up your own mind but you going so that you can have your mind made up that’s
Right and my mom and daddy were like do you need some persuasion and persuasion persuasion often came in a manner that we didn’t want to receive yeah yeah we don’t do that anymore uhhuh people are not doing that anymore as a matter of fact they not
Even telling them you got to go to school you go to school if you want to and act up do whatever you want to do if I need to I come out there with that Bonnet on my head and the pajamas that I had on last night do it it and I tell
That teacher something so you don’t have to get up and go to church I’m not going we’ve got some work to do amen we’ve got to persuade yeah and we’ve got to be convincing and contagious last point and I’m done with you we are ambassadors for Jesus Christ an ambassador is an
Official Envoy especially a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or Sovereign as a resident representative uh his or her own government or Sovereign appointed for special and often temporary diplomatic assignment a person who is an ambassador is a representative of a sovereign leader or
Ruler did you all know were you all aware that the United States has diplomats for all of Nations except maybe a couple some of those some of those Nations we probably don’t have have anybody over there in Iran right now but but they close and what they’re doing ask some of
These military men and women what they’re doing there is they’re representing the United States so that if something go down just like it happened last week when the three soldiers were killed we got some representation that says what’s going on there then they go into a staff meeting
And say all right that means we need to start dropping some bombs or whatever they need to do amen for defensive purposes why because they are ambassadors they represent the United States and the president of the nation amen the Apostle Paul uses this terminology for Christians you don’t represent yourself you are a
Representative of Jesus Christ he is The Sovereign ruler and The Sovereign Lord here is the question brothers and sisters family and friends can I be honest and transparent with you yes in these many years of Christianity and churchism I’ve not always represented Christ like I should
Have I see you looking at me oh God Pastor I can’t believe it lean in a little bit you too amen amen if you honest amen have misrepresented that’s right that’s right the Sovereign Lord Lord there are times that you could have stood up and said yes I’m an ambassador
For Jesus but you kept a hush mouth yes there are times that you should have behaved a certain way but you didn’t well you all are quiet now we should ask God God forgive me and Lord give me another chance that if I had have another opportunity I will
Represent you yes according to your word yeah and according to your commands I’ll not be self-righteous and self-serving and have my own agenda but my agenda will be your agenda amen wouldn’t the church be better yeah amen if we had ambassadors to represent him yes one more thing that fascinates me I’m
Fascinated and baffled by the fact that people will represent a team in football sit out in frigid temperatures I’m not talking about no 30° I’m talking about two below zero with snow everywhere freezing that when you cry your your tear your tear duck freeze Up they’ll sit out there and all of them you can’t tell me I will not believe and accept the fact that everybody who was there was was a sinner yeah yeah there were some Christians sitting out there with frozen tear Ducks yeah they’re sitting out there with
Frozen tear Ducks but won’t shed a tear in church you all knew where I was going it’s full at the stadium and not full of just Sinners there are those who would say they’re Believers but then we can’t even fill up the church not just B eating I’m talking
About churches across the city and across the country can we live as ambassadors and be the ambassadors that he’s called called us to be and represent the Sovereign rulership of God God is making his appeal through us we should be willing to be used by God in his service to persuade reach
Teach and convince others we must speak and share the word of God brothers and sisters that’s the reason why I take God’s word so seriously when it’s taught and when it’s preached we’ve got to take his word seriously there is no time for playing around no time for delay God’s
Word according to Hebrews 4:12 is a living and active and sharper than any two a sword there is power in the word of God to change the lives and transform the lives of people Romans 10:17 Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God
Yes sir but it’s interesting to me that soon as the preacher stands up the people tune out we should plead on behalf of God on behalf of Christ pleading for Humanity second Peter 3:9 God does not want any to perish but all to come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ being reconciled to
God that should be our plea come to Jesus while you have time and we should make sure to do our best to ensure that our children our grandchildren instead of leaving them at home leaving them to the devices of the world instill in them
The word of God we got to do it while they’re young you wait till they get into those teenage years youve waited almost too lated and indoctrinated with the secular world but you all are talking looking but you’re not talking back to me maybe you’re listening intently I hope that’s the
Case plead the cause of Christ tell somebody any time you get a chance even on social media yes oh I’m coming after you it’s not in my notes but it’s in my head yeah even on social media instead of posting nonsense yeah I know B the members don’t post that
Nonsense but just in case you do posting nonsense thr up signs and some of you not not here but just at other Christian churches you know wearing clothes that you shouldn’t be wearing and doing things that are not befitting of an ambassador for Christ boy you all quiet you know what
You’re doing don’t you some of you right now I got to get that off of there I got to get that has to say got I posted that one last night At I’m concluding I’m through with you all God did for us what we were powerless and inep to do for ourselves it’s in the last verse brother deacons and brother preachers listen to what the scripture says he made him who knew no sin to become sin for us that we might
Become the righteousness of God in him amen so I’m sharing with you let it let’s be contagious yes Lord let’s be persuasive not spreading deadly poison with our tongue on social media and in our lives and in society but let us share a lifegiving a life changing message that Jesus Christ
Has changed us and if Jesus can change you tell somebody else that he can change them too Isaiah 35 and six records it well but he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities yes the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed for
All we like sheep have gone astray and we have turned everyone to his own way and the lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all so we should be able to share with somebody even if you have to remember the lyrics of this hymn let it be a
Lyric and let it be in a manner that you can share with somebody that I was Sinking Deep in sin far from the peaceful Shore very deeply stained within sinking to rise no more but the master of the sea yeah he heard my despairing cry and from the waters he
Lifted Me Now saved am I when nothing else could help Love Lifted Me You should tell them souls in danger look above Jesus completely saved he will lift You by his love out of the angry ways he’s the master of the sea Billows his will obey faithful love and service
To give him today when nothing else could help tell them Love Lifted Me tell them that you were in sin but tell them what can wash away my sin nothing but the blood of Jesus what can make me whole again nothing but the blood of Jesus oh how precious is the flow that
Makes me white as snow nothing but the blood of Jesus there is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins and sinners plunged beneath that blood lose all their guilt and stain tell them there is power wonderwork Power in the Blood of Jesus it reaches to the highest mountain it flows
To the lowest Valley it is the blood that gives me strength uh from day to day it will never lose its power can you tell them that he’ll pick you up turn you around place your feet on Solid Ground can you tell them that the Lord
Has been good to you can you tell them that a wonderful change has been wrought in your life since Jesus came into your heart can you tell them that he changed my old level mind can you tell them that he changed the way I used to live can
You tell them he put running in your feet clapping in your hand joy in your soul can you tell them that he put peace in your mind can you tell them that he’s all right anybody here know my Jesus anybody here know my Lord anybody here
Know it’s all right if you believe it say say yes say yes oh yes know he’s all right Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Him that thing you treat me pretty good but a Nobody Do Me Like Him my wife and family treat me well but can’t
Nobody do me like him he walks with me he talks with me he tells me that I’m his own hey hey I got to stop here Hey yeah tell them you don’t know like I know what the Lord has done for me if you’re here and you know he’s done something for you can you praise him like you know it can you worship him like you know it can you Magnify Him
Like you know it if you know you’ve been changed can you praise him like you’ve been changed can you thank him Like You Been Changed say yes say yes oh yes God bless you I believe I’m looking at some w Witnesses who testify with me yes he did yes he did yes he
Did Am amen I know Sister Mitchell may not be ready but she will now get ready a wonderful change has come Over that’s the reason why we cry like we do Hallelujah that’s why we get excited wonderful change somebody might testify with me Pastor you should you didn’t want to know me back then thank you Lord but thank God a wonderful change Hallelujah if you’ve not received Jesus we offer him to you we are his ambassadors and we are contagious and persuading you to come to him whosoever will let them come whatever you need listen as she ministers what a Wonderful change come all for me what a wonderful Change has come home for somebody ought to come he’ll change you he’ll change you he’ll change wonderful change has come home for standing you need a prayer come on come on change me change me change he’ll change your situation he’ll change it he’ll reverse it he’ll turn it around I’m glad you
Change Get on Up and Come Get on Up Get on he changed change me change Me I so oh Oh ch The oh oh me there’s one is there another he’ll change he’ll change your situation has come all for what a wonderful wonderful wonder what a wonderful change God over me what a wonderful change wonderful change is there another has oh oh change change oh change my life complete oh shange I’m so
GL oh you changed my mind you changed my heart yes he did oh you change and I’m so glad I’m so glad he Chang oh Change oh Change oh what a wonderful wonderful chain Has she’s coming to stand in the gap for some family members and members of the church and we want to pray for Them God is able yes he is to change the the circumstance to change the situation there’s not anything too hard for him he can do it he will do it our father and our God we thank you for the great God that you are the powerful Almighty Sovereign that
You are thank you that you’re able to change circumstances and situations thank you that you can do the impossible for that which is impossible to man is possible with you so Lord you know the circumstance you know the condition we ask that you would bring a change for the
Better that Lord you would have your way and it is our desire that Lord you would bring it out well for their good and your glory oh Lord Heal touch deliver Transform change by your power you’re able to do it and we believe that your will according to your word that you’ll change you’ll transform by the renewing of our minds thank you that you’re able to do it bring Health healing Wellness blessings Deliverance peace peace power blessings in Jesus name meet every need
Every need in Jesus name this is our prayer this is our prayer with Thanksgiving save those who are unsaved release the captives set free those who are bound Hallelujah break chains destroy yolks in Jesus name will you do it please sir in Jesus name amen amen amen wonderful change has come
Over sing it one more time oh one change want for change over has come me what a wonderful change what a wonderful change has come has oh sh change me change oh change oh I’m So I’m so I’m so glad to Oh oh is anybody glad that he Chang all the change members just wave a hand I’m not going to ask you to stand just wave a hand if you’re glad about it if you’re glad about it if you’re glad if you’re glad that he Chang CH
My change the way you walk the way you don’t change oh Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah CH me wonderful change wonderful change come there are some more who should be down here there are some more a wonderful what a wonderful change thank you Lord what a wonderful wonderful wonderful change oh what a wonderful change if you believe it clap those hands right where you are if you believe it
Amen amen testimony amen my sister has has a testimony isn’t that something she doesn’t talk too often amen I want to praise to give praises to God Amen but I have to be obedient God told me that somebody might be blessed or helped Amen in my testimony amen a few years back I
Had a tumor on and I just got up one morning morning trying to go about what I’m going to do and I fell out they took me to the hospital and said it was a tumor there that’s right in my frontal loobe my family noticed that I had
Changed I had become a completely different person MH mhm instead of it going bad I went bad trying to shoot nobody or nothing I was just really quiet and reserved mhm and my family and my brothers and sisters noticed I’m not right with you so I’m just here to
Say that God will yes he will God
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