Pastoral Anniversary of pastor Sam Burgess

e e e e e e e [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] he [Music] [Music] we wor you [Music] we we [Music] Us [Music] ad worship adore [Music] for worship and adore [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] a [Music] [Applause] [Music] IM [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] good evening new have of church family and friends we'll be reading from The Book of Psalms 29 1-1 in its entirety and it says give unto the Lord oh ye Mighty give unto the Lord glory and strength give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name name Worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness the voice of the Lord is upon the waters the god of Glory thundreth the Lord is upon many Waters the voice of the Lord is powerful the voice of the Lord is full of majesty the voice of the Lord breakthe yay the Lord breakthe of Lebanon he maketh them all sold to skip like a calf Lebanon and syion like a young unicorn the voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire the voice of the Lord shaketh the Wilderness and the Lord shaketh the Wilderness of Kadesh the voice of the Lord maketh the hives to calf and discovers the forest and in his Temple does everyone speak of his glory the lord sth upon the flood yay the Lord sth king forever the Lord will strengthen unto his people the Lord will bless his people with peace Lord have a blessing to the hearing and reading but most importantly the doing of God's word let us pray Eternal God our Father I want to say thank you Lord I Thank you for health and strength Lord I Thank you for grace and mercy Lord I just thank you for being able to get out of the bed Lord and go to work I thank God for each and every one of us Lord for all of us being able to work work and retire and still be act have activities of our limbs I just thank God for each and every one of us Lord I pray for those Lord that are sick and shut in Lord I ask you to heal all of them Lord and bring them to Good Health Lord so they can Proclaim your word that God is Almighty and Almighty by himself I thank God for my pastor my first lady Pastor Burgess his mother his his members of his church Lord I ask you to touch him and God guide him Lord and continue to bless him Lord and I just thank God for all of us as a whole as we continue to do God's work to hold up the blood stain ban and say for God I live and for God I die because like David said Lord I will just sit here and I'll wait on you whatever you decide to do Lord I'm going sit right here and I'm going wait till you bless me Lord and that's what I want from all of us Lord for you to bless each and every one of us Lord in Jesus name [Music] amen listen Ed we're certainly grateful and thankful to God for this opportunity of allowing us to come together and to share uh and to be a part of this worship service uh on this evening I want you all to do me a favor as new Ebenezer come on let's give a great big God bless you and show some love to Pastor Sam Burgess on today come on come on make Some Noise let's show some love let's show some love to Pastor Sam burges on today come on let's bless his mama Mama's here let's bless the Lord for her on today uh as well we certainly praise and bless God for the opportunity to share with them uh on this evening at Willow Grove Church as they pause uh and honor their Pastor uh during this uh month and so we're excited uh for the opportunity to bring him to amen and to share this Wednesday night experience with him uh that God shall continue to encourage him God continue to bless him and certainly use him in such a great powerful uh and mighty way I told y'all this morning I mean on Sunday morning uh how much Pastor Burgess means to us here uh at new Ebenezer and how uh how much of a blessing uh that he has been to our church you know down through the years and U I have to call him sometime he's supposed to be on the way to work I got to call him he got to come by here to fix something and tighten up something put something together then get home you know get ready and go to work that's a friend amen that's a brother amen that's a friend and brother beloved and uh what I love about him is that he just don't love um he just don't love me and sister Mills but he loves e amen he loves the membership of e and I appreciate him uh certainly for sharing with us or allowing us the opportunity again to be able to share with them in this time of Celebration so go do a little personal tribute uh from new Ebenezer re Sims is going to come and uh do personal tribute do from new Ebenezer uh to Pastor burges uh on today and then after which the music Ministry is going to bless us again uh with music and then I'm going to come and uh bless us with word uh on this evening amen amen it's been a while since I did this see that Pastor burges I think I'm your friend I can call you Pastor Sam at least when I send you things I say Pastor Sam so that's what I'm going to do Pastor Sam was the friend of the new Ebenezer such a a talented young man I put it like that first off now I'm older than him much older than him much much older than him but as we walked around here looking at the church talking about the things going in the church he's always pointed out things to me he showed me things I remember an older man Pastor Bland that was over here working for us all the time too he did the same thing but you were a blessing because you're a young man who was able to do that like you would point out little things you show me things now I digress a little bit my father went to pretty much Jack of all trades he was pretty good at most things he did but I watch you you're good at a lot of things so a lot of things understood because my dad showed me how to do and so I was able to do things so it made sense to me as I watch you do things you took up the floor you showed me you how to brace it up differently if you do it right it'll stay longer people rush through here they don't do the job right a person like you make sure it's done right the first time so you don't come back again that's a blessing to us and also the first time I think I met you I remember you being evangelist uh a deacon evangelist and that's what I think I really remember you for because you spreading the word as a young man out there in the streets and I know what conversations about you being at the um at gas stations people run up to you you had no fear according to you like that hey I think it's the word but but but but but the point I'm making is that you talk to people where they are and that's where we have to be in this world today we have to be a person that's able to speak from our heart from where we are not no forides nothing Str strange I mean it's what it is and you know the word I've listened to you you know the word so because you know the word you're able to bring that word to people and I sure you changed a lot of lives of this world so we thank you so very much for the time you spent here doing things our conversations you go elsewhere people have so much trusted this brother they give him cheese to the church so he he people don't to be there they let them come and go as he pleases but that's the type of person Pastor Sam really is we appreciate you from the bottom of our heart we thank you for the things you've done you aren't finished I know because there's a lot of things we still look around here so so you'll be back so again we thank you for what you're doing what you've done we thank you for your ministry we um I'm not 70 years it is now nine years so I know you've been a blessing where you are for nine years as well so that's always a blessing we talk about some things and I really feel like we are friends Pastor Sam bless your heart [Applause] [Music] clap your you are everything bless the [Music] lordly [Music] [Music] the with me the [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] look [Music] bless bless bless [Music] [Music] [Music] we [Music] [Applause] [Music] the [Music] [Applause] [Music] of 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not because of us but because of your word thank you for pastor Sam on today thank you God for his leadership thank you for his love thank you for blessing him and using him to change and transform so many lives we ask now you'll continue cover upon him and The Willow Grove Church on today that you shall continue to bless them and use them in such a great and awesome way as only you're able to do God we give you glory we give you honor and we give you praise in Jesus name we pray amen and thank God come on one more time give the Lord some praise for what the Lord is doing and what the Lord has done on today certainly solicit your prayers for preaching on today Joshua chapter number one Joshua chapter number one pass me not oh to say savior here my number oh [Music] cry oh and why on others thou calling Master [Music] do Pass Me By oh I'm crying [Music] say oh bless his say savior want you [Music] here my [Music] humble oh and why on others Thou Art [Music] God Master to [Music] Don't Pass Me By Joshua chapter number [Music] one verse number five those who have your word and would share with us in preaching on today Joshua 1 and5 says there shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life as I was with Moses yes sir so I will be with thee I will not fail thee nor forsake thee y'all see it watch it again there shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life as I was with Moses I will be with thee I shall not fail thee nor forsake Thee I want to talk about the perils and Promises of leadership The Perils and Promises of leadership certainly to listen your prayers of preaching on today that the Lord will have his way and that when all is said and done God shall get the glory of us gathering in this place on today watch this beloved God there are many individuals who desire the role of leadership but they dare not desire what's known as The Perils or the problems of leadership these individuals want to lead but they're not ready for that which comes along with leading the broken promises the Pains of deceptions or even the uncommit of those individuals who profess to be leaders and Min of leaders of ministry and members of the congregation there are those individuals who tend to believe beloved of God that in order for them to accomplish what needs to be done that they need to be bookmart that they need to make sure that they have the right connections and that they're hanging and running with the right people one of the dangers about church leadership is that people are more concerned beloved of God with who they are connected with here rather than with a Divine connection with the Savior I of to remind our preachers here that one of the things about God and Leadership is that God spends more time looking at you then you spend more time being obedient to him when you pose and look at it when you pae and look at it there are so many things that you and I as individuals fail to grab hold to one of them is the fact that nothing that God gives us is easy we fail to realize that not every piece of the puzzle fits in place at the time we desire it to fit in place all beloved of God we fail to realize that sometime even in the areas of leadership you will both stumble and fall but then God yet reminds us that even in the midst of stumbling and falling that there should be no failure and whom God has put his hands on this particular promise in tonight's scripture is the unique promise beloved of God because when you pause and look at this particular promise this particular promise has problems already connected to it what is powerful is beloved of God that many of these problems that these individuals have that Joshua is already aware of Joshua is familiar Beloved the god with the promises of God while yet being familiar with the problems that these individuals have though Joshua takes on the role of a new leader Joshua understands the fact that he's now leading a people who is not uh a perfect people but he's leading a people that is a rebellious people a people who are disobedient a people who are contener individuals beloved of God who have a god problem and decide to take their problems out on the leader that God has chosen I want you to get this part beloved of God they have a god problem and because they have a god problem they desire to take out their acts and actions on the individual who now gives leadership it is unique it is unique beloved of God because when you look at this that God chooses Joshua and God does not choose a person who is unfamiliar with the people he does not choose a person beloved of God who D not know the ACT actions and attitudes of the people but God chooses him because God is the person who gives us leaders watch this text real quickly Leone when God decides to choose Joshua these individuals have already been going around in a circle for some 40 long years when God chooses this leader beloved to God it's not because of the leader but it's because they refuse to follow the leader God chooses Moses and give Moses Divine direction to take them out out of bondage and lead them to the place of promise and the record says that they find themsel in circles because they refuse to listen to The Leader I often tell our members there are some members I watch them over and over again get trapped in the same situations same problems watch them go into the same messes over and over again and beloved to God it ain't because God has not promised to pull them out it's the fact that they refuse to follow the leader tell your neighbor the leader God and His intimate wisdom put people in our lives that will pull us away from and out of what we're dealing with but we must become individuals who believe first and foremost that God has sent the leader that God has chosen the leader and that God has put the leader in the place of promise and because God has sent the leader and chosen the leader and placed the leader in the place of Promise watch this it's not for God's good but it's for our good somebody heard me preach it here it is for our our good Lord the Lord picks him now he chooses Joshua to become the leader he chooses Joshua to move these individuals to the place where God now desires of them to be and the record is that when God chooses Joshua you got to watch this now that when God chooses Joshua God does not choose the person who was really close to Joshua God does not choose the individuals that hung tight with Joshua I wish I had some help up in here yeah yeah yeah when God chose he did not choose Aaron when Moses said to God I can't speak God said I got Aaron for you can't go by myself God said I got Aaron on your side yeah God give him the companionship of Aaron and then and then God does not choose Aaron because Aaron gets in trouble because he listens to his sister I only need like 10 good minutes y'all come on with me up in here he he listens to his sister and his sister gives him bad advice and God penalized es Aaron because Aaron listened to his sister and his sister put bad mouth on Moses y'all ain't going to church me up in here yeah yeah and Aaron listen please get me up in here Aaron listened he did not say anything but he listened to Quick points up in here beloved to God you ought to be careful who you listen to and particularly to people who talk about your leader preach Pastor up in here got to be careful who you who you listen to and particularly people who talk about your leader the second thing I need you to understand is some conversations will make you lose your blessing and all you doing is listening I need like five good folk where y'all at up there five five five good individuals you got you got to you got got to be careful who you listen to you got to be careful when folk are talking about your leader but get this beloved of God listening can cause you to lose your position reach over and tell your neighbor listening can cause you to lose your position the record is on today that when God has now allowed them to reach almost to the penit toe of the place of promise that Moses loses out on the promise because Moses beloved of God turns around and allows people to get on his last nerve y'all know this help me preaching here got on his last no nerve and God said to Moses while they were complaining Moses just go over there and take some time and just spoke The Rock and water will come out of the rock but the record said Moses goes over and strikes The Rock one translation says and he beats the rock yeah yeah now watch God because God never goes back on his word even though he beats the rock water still comes out of the Rock God keeps his promise tell your neighbor God keeps his his promise but Moses loses his position yeah beloved of God you got to be careful because sometime you let people get on your last nerve and make you lose your position y'all are not in church of me up in there yeah yeah yeah yeah some sometime people get to get you to the place where you allow them to lose allow yourself to lose your position Moses became angry enough that he disobeys God and loses his position and now God chooses josu somebody say Joshua I'm almost done God chooses Joshua he chooses Joshua who is a man of great faith y'all remember Joshua don't you when they sent the 12 Spies to go and spy out the land Joshua and Caleb was among the 12 Spies and the record says that when the other spies stood up and declared that the land was a good land but it was full of giants said to them that we cannot take this land from these AMCs they are giants they are big men and that they will kill us they will stand up on us and squash us and we could not take the land but go Joshua and Caleb beloved of God had a whole different report somebody said different report yeah they had a different report they make the report the first time Caleb says unto them that the land is good land it's a land that flows with milk and honey and it's a land that God has promised us the people are still complaining when you get to chapter 14 of the book of numbers that's still fearful and complaining and telling Moses they couldn't do it and then Joshua speaks up when Joshua stands and speaks up beloved of God Joshua reveals unto them beloved of God who God is and reminds them of the promise of the master Joshua says unto them after they had spied out the land and hearing the negative report Joshua says yes it's a land with giants yes they are bigger than we are yes they look like they're stronger than we are look at what he says yes beloved of God we're strangers in their land he said but the land is good land somebody say good Land good good land she beloved God sometime the enemy can make you think the land is bad land sometime enemy will make you think that the choices that you make a bad choices and will strike a spirit of fear in your heart but watch this say God always got somebody I know it's Wednesday night but he me preach up in yeah yeah yeah yeah no matter how dark and disable it might be no matter how bad it might seem no matter how it looks like the enemy is strong than we are they've knocked down the door and invaded the living room and look like they going to take over the house but God always got somebody that will remind us that no matter how bad it looks yeah God never goes back on his word yeah there's always somebody that will remind us of the promises of God somebody who will always stand on yeah the faith that God has inart in them Joshua says it's good land it's a land that does flow with milk and honey and that's for the Giants he turn around and says we can handle them help me preach up in here watch watch Joshua Joshua says yeah they're bigger than us in some cases they look like they even stronger than we are but Joshua says we can handle them can I help somebody real quickly and tell you that your problem might look like they bigger than you Pastor Sam it might seem that those sometime the circumstances are greater look like what's before you even seems like it will conquer whatever your vision is but Joshua was said we can handle we can handle them the late R JD Montgomery would say what prayer in the gospel can't do in other words he says it can't be done what he simply say to you and I beloved of God and if we cannot stand on the word yeah yeah if we do not believe in the power of prayer he simply says to us then we can't handle it yeah but if we believe in the word come on somebody yeah yeah yeah if we believe in the power of prayer what he simply says to us that anything can be done yeah the writer put it like this all things are possible yeah to those of us who believe watch what he says that's how the Giants are concerned he turn around and says that we can handle them yeah yeah then he says unto him be Not Afraid yeah because God will take care of us what he going to do Joshua he going to take us in the land yeah then he going to turn around and give us the land how wish I had five of yall here watch what he says he gonna take us in the land yeah yeah and then he going to turn around and give us the land yeah yeah in other words he going to take us into the promise yeah and then turn around and unflower and allow us to be able to walk in the promise tell your neighbor he'll give it to us all we got to do is believe watch this here Joshua understands The Perils of leadership yeah yeah he understood the fact that the people disobeyed Moses they had a problem with Moses yeah they didn't like Moses yeah yeah yeah and they were angry with God matter of fact when they were leaving the place of promise and they ran into the Red Sea and ran into the Wilderness around them and Pharaoh's Army behind them they said to Moses you should have left us alone and let us die in Egypt land because in Egypt land at least we had a burying ground here you got to watch the St they don't get mad and tell God how they feel yeah yeah they turn around and tell Moses how they feel yeah yeah when they really wanted to say you said God told you to bring us out here yeah and if God told you to bring us out here where is God yeah yeah but rather than to get mad with God they turn around and got mad with Moses oh help me Holy Ghost that's all I come to tell you tonight Pastor Sam is that people will get mad with God yeah and then turn around and take it out on you but let me close right here because the Bible says that when the Lord called him that the Lord also turned around and gave him a promise somebody say promise what every Peril there is a promise with every problem there is a promise with every predicament there is a promise somebody say there's a promise the Lord turn around and says to josua yeah who was familiar with the Peril and now stands in the need of the promise who is familiar with the paral but now must take on the assignment God says to Joshua Joshua be encourage no man shall stand against you as long as I live can I preach it for a moment look what he said Joshua you going to have some enemies but no man shall over take you you going to have some enemies but no man can destroy you you going to have some enemies but nobody is going to be able to take you out here can I get three Witnesses here pre and tell pastor Sam say Pastor the Lord said in his holy word no man shall stand against you I wish I had a witness hand he goes on to say to him just like I was with Moses I'm going to be with you Sam this what the Lord said just like I'm with me I'll be with you I'm with London I'll be with you I'm with shins I'll be with you I'm with sheeks I'll be with you I wish I had some help up in here anybody knows that the same God who was with your mama is the same God who will be with you the same God that help your daddy is the same God that's going to help you I want plan to preach like this tonight but oh I thank you for your promise can I get me some witnesses here who ain't afraid to lift up your head throw back your head and say to the Lord Lord thank you for your promise I wish here I got clothes right here he says the last thing to him he says Joshua I will not fail you I I will not forsake you and then he says and be strong and be courageous good night ebener good night Willow Grove I come by here to tell Sam that the Lord said he ain't going to leave you he ain't going to forsake you and no matter how hard it might get how dark it might seem how dism the situation might be the Lord said be strong and be courageous help the holy be strong in the Lord in the power of his mighty and put on the whole armor of God and be courageous against the enemies that might come up against you this what the Lord said be strong and be courageous stand on the word declare the word live the word uh preach the word uh shout the word out uh Tell It on the street tell it in the home tell it in the church tell it in Michigan tell it out of Michigan tell a Dying World he was born in a manger wrapped in swalling clothes he healed the sick and he raised the dead he gave sight to the Blind and he unstopped that ear and he died for your sin and mine buried in a baral tomb got up Sunday morning all power in his hand tell the world that the God we save he's an all right God he's a right now God he's a Hallelujah savior yeah take the perils but walk in the promise take the perils but walk in the promises never seen the righteous forsaker never seen God go back on his word trust him with all your heart lean not to your own understanding all your ways acknowledge Him God shall direct your path nine is a good number so was 10 and 11 and 12 13 and 14 15 16 17 18 19 help me up in there somebody qu nine is a good number but the race Ain't Over It ain't giving to the Swift nor to the strong but to us notice I said us but to us that can endure to the end listen man there are perils for there are promises when it comes to leadership the promises is what keep me going The Perils is what keep me praying but the promises is what keep me going The Perils keep me preaching the promises keep me going we had some help up in here yeah the perils keep me praying but the promises keep me going The Perils sometime make me cry but the promises keep me go [Music] away spite of what may come what might happen what you might deal with keep in mind that the perils only push us to the promise come on bless the Lord for word on today [Music] maybe you're here maybe you're here maybe you're in the sanctuary maybe you're gathered with us maybe you're watching us virtually even listening to us maybe beloved of God it is the Perils of Life seem to be holding you and afflicting you perils maybe seemingly pushing you back or holding you back today I want to encourage you my friend my brother my sister I want to encourage you to allow that Peril to push you into the promises of the Lord no matter what they are allow them to push you into the promises of a savior that is able to save you able to redeem you able to renew you a savior that's able to give you another chance a savior that's able to take the broken pieces of your life and put them all back together again this invitation is for you man woman boy your girl I invite you to come and be for her blessed you can accept Jesus Christ right now as the Lord and savior of your life this is your invite this is your invitation come to him come to him Sanctuary step out on faith virtually put it in the chat section I want to give my life to Christ pick up the phone and call us 313 361 0087 allow the Lord the opportunity to come into your life Pastor Mills I want to give my life to the Savior this invitation is yours this invitation this invitation is yours it's yours one more time it's yours this invitation is yours you can accept Jesus Christ as the Lord and savior of your life this is your invitation save that you know you're saved ain't got no doubt about us come on put them Blessed Hands Together Make some noise for the Lord you may have your seats the Lord is how good the Lord is how good how good the Lord is how good the Lord is on today we praise and bless God we praise and bless God we praise and bless God for what the Lord is doing in our lives take it from somebody who know Pastor Sam The Perils only leads us the promises I'm telling you the promises a whole lot better than the Peril people say why you smile so much I tell them I'm walking in the promises act like you a ain't got no problems I had some problems but the Lord took care of the problems so now I'm walking in the promises of the Savior somebody say me too me too I'm walking I'm walking in the promises of the Savior come on let's prepare ourselves for giving let's prepare ourselves for giving on today I want us to be a blessing I want us to be a blessing I want us to be a blessing tonight I want us to be a blessing tonight to this man of God we taking up just one offering just one offering on tonight I want us to be a blessing I want us to be a blessing to Pastor Burgess on tonight I want us to be a blessing and I want us to give want us to give as the Lord has blessed us to give on this evening get your good offering in your hand get good offering in your [Music] hand get a good offering in your hand and let's be a blessing let's be a blessing tonight let's be a blessing tonight let's be a blessing let's be a blessing tonight let's be a [Music] blessing those of you all who can and will be a great blessing tonight stand all over the sanctuary won't you do it come on and be a blessing won't you stand going to pray start our offering off tonight with $200 I want you all to be a blessing and do the same this evening I said I want y'all to do the same re Brock turned around and looked at me did y'all see him [Music] Lord we thank you for the opportunity to give blessed out the gifts at the givers let use the purpose in which it is received you get the glory honor and praise in Jesus name we pray say it with me amen am and bless God come on won't you [Music] come come on and be a blessing [Music] all right sister Bridgette left our offering [Music] amen let's be a blessed and our giving on tonight amen [Music] listen bless you all thank you so much for your giving on tonight thank you for your presence of being here and sharing with us in this worship celebration come on let's hear from Pastor Burgess how about that come on let's hear from pastor burges come on up Pastor burges you want to have something to say come on up come on up on the [Music] [Music] day amen I told him that's what pre just do again we give all honor and praise unto our Christ and to our God we thank him uh even in the midst of our tolls and struggles uh for we know that because of our relationship not our religion amen not only do we have purpose and promise amen but we already have the victory amen I love Dr Mills and sister Mills I thank God that our relationship extends uh Beyond Church Church uh and I love how the Bible comes to life in your life if you allow it a amen before that lady sitting over there my mom was sitting over there uh God allow people like Dr Mills sister Mills uh Bishop London first lady London Dr cheeks sister Sheila cheeks and others uh to feel that void and then what I love about God is that even when Mama came he didn't move there a amen which which brings a life another scripture that says he not only gives you what you need amen but he goes above and beyond the eight part of Proverbs chap 22 and verse one says a good name is rather chosen or or morally desire to be chosen than great riches and as I was sitting listening to Pop's preach I was listening to the Lord say well that's true son because it was names that brought people tonight some some of you came amen I'm not offended because certainly uh Dr Mills is is certainly uh uh uh at a position or place in this ministry where us younger preachers strive to get to uh if you don't have anything before you uh to look forward to amen I'm Mighty afraid you done stopped your forward progress and you might as well go on ahead and quit amen so some of you came tonight because your pastor said I need you to come cuz we want to celebrate him my mama came because she loved Dr Mills but then the other name is her son Sam as well as Pastor Sam and so she came because of Dr Mill's name she came because of her son's name but I think all of us could agree that we came because of one other name that's the name that's above every name a amen and so certainly we praise God for that on tonight amen uh when you get a chance I do this uh as personal digital Ministry uh go back and look at the video not just to hear the preaching it's always good to hear the preaching the second and third time because you hear stuff you didn't hear the first time but there are people amongst your congregation who were putting uh their situations online as they were standing on the promise so we need to be praying for them there were people who said I want to be there but I'm sick and I'm thanking God that I can see it from home and so we need to make it our business Amen to pursue praying for those people a amen I'll say this and then digress and Dr Mills can't excuse us cuz I'm I ain't retired yet I still got to go to work tonight amen uh two weeks ago Dr Chiefs every week in my anniversary and this is why I tell my members I love the anniversary Dr Mills know me sister Mills know me I'm not about no money Dr Chief say if you charge people for your skill set you would be a millionaire I said I'm already a millionaire I belong to the king I I I already know why I got the gifts that I got amen but every week they've been giving me things or validating things that God had already showed me and then it's funny that you brought it back out at the close when I first was asked to be part of the pastor search the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said listen be a part of the search but don't pursue the destination I want you to focus on the journey because it's in the journey that you're going to discover things about yourself that you did not know Gideon didn't become who he was until he went through the Journey Joshua was just happy to be a servant to Moses because he was just pursuing the journey then Bishop turns around two weeks ago and tells the entire church along with Pastor Sam our problem in the body of Christ is we worried about the destination we worried about going to heaven we worried about seeing Jesus he say but the reason why many of us will make get there but still be disappointed because there was work in the journey that you missed while you was focused on the destination I amen I believe I'm going to heaven but but since I'm on my way and since I got time I might well tell somebody else amen I got a free ticket if you want to go amen and so I just thank God for this season uh announced to the church last week now here we are we had hundreds of people had immense amounts of debt that had carried over from the previous leadership couldn't seem to get ahead couldn't seem to get nothing done couldn't seem to to every time we took two steps forward it like we got 10 steps back and here it is we're able to announce to the church last week having only 10 15 members we done paid tens of thousands of dollars worth of debt amen and and and and don't have nobody looking for us for nothing a amen and it taught me a lesson amen that God is not interested or worried about or concerned about numbers amen and I used to say this under my pastor Pastor Branch it's not about how much Faith you got it's about what type of Faith you got amen so I thank God for the members of Willow gro we got a lot of older people that don't travel at night time I got a lot of young people that's at work but they was online but I just appreciate that I I pastor at church where people love on me all the time so even if they can't be here doing this time It Don't Hurt Pastor Sam feelings amen I'm grateful to you new E I appreciate you guys coming out I appreciate the opportunity I appreciate you guys having a pastor who not only pursues excellence in the way he leads his people but he pursues excellence in the way he leads young preachers amen because he got on me a couple of years back like how how dare you counsel us out your anniversary like we don't want to celebrate you are you crazy he gave me a whole conversation that Mama gave me a whole another conversation I with Jesus Christ that wasn't that wasn't the Lord that told me to do that that was crazy amen but that's people who love you and when people who love you they love to celebrate you they love to be there for you so from the bottom of my heart I appreciate you guys my mom has not been well but it's just funny how God work he got out that door to go to Bishop London he got out that door to come to Wallace beill boy what a God we serve amen so I appreciate y'all I love y'all continue to pray for us next year is a pivotal year for me and my family I had 10 years pastoring i' be 55 years old my dad turned 75 and uh the Lord has promised me that he's going to help us uh finish the the physical manual work on the church some of my members got mad at me because they say how you going to go work on Dr Mill's church and we got work over here that you need to work on I said well since I'm the only one working me and Jesus I think the Lord got a plan so I don't worry about it a amen it's just funny now we couldn't get no help couldn't get no help now all of a sudden my phone ranging off the hook people calling me people getting teenagers together Pastor Sam they want to know when you want to come down there you ain't got to pick up nothing man they going to help so I believe like you say if you lean on the promise and stop focus on the Peril it won't it's not that everything will be all right you'll come to the realization that it already was God bless y'all I love y'all appreciate y'all have a safe trip [Applause] Hall amen thank you Pastor Sam listen let's prepare to go down come on y'all give Mama some love won't you do it y'all don't know is um y'all don't know is that uh Pastor Sam gets a little upset uh because mama my member and so she she my member she tell everybody she my member and so you know he'll say she this my mama that's my mama and then when she have to correct them he don't say that's his mama no more he said that's Mill's member that's Mill's member but I'm blessing God for her she's been battling you know last year going through some things but she's looking good and I'm glad to have her in worship with us on this evening amen and that's a that's a true blessing come on a stand come on a stand let me remind you all let me remind you that our uh our women's of standard uh is having their inspirational breakfast on this coming Saturday this Saturday I think it's at 9:00 a.m. 900 a.m. 9:30 a.m. uh here until 12:00 noon and so I want you all to certainly come on out and share uh invite others amen and it's not just for our women uh it's for the men of our church as well it's a Church Fellowship so do come on out and support uh our women of uh standards as well you all pray for Sister iomi Rose uh services for her husband brother Jim Rose going to take place on Saturday uh 10:30 Family Hour 11:00 a.m. service at the Leland Baptist Church you all keep iomi lifted in prayer viewing uh will take place on Friday from 400 p.m. to 700 p.m. uh at at the Wilson acens Funeral Home the Owens Chapel the East Side Chapel uh Wilson acens Funeral Home so certainly keep her in your prayers and then don't forget uh that we sharing on Sunday morning in our worship 9:15 Sunday school and then our 10:00 a.m. worship experience and then uh we're going to share with Pastor Carl Curry uh and the new Mount Olive Baptist Church after our service we're going to share with them uh on this coming uh Sunday so do keep uh all of those announcements in mind get you some rest be ready to run jump and Shout amen as we share together during that time God has spoken [Music] Let the church thank you ushers and nurses choir members members ministers deacons members thank you all Let the church deleno thank you so much oh Let the church amen Let the [Music] church God has