Now, Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him what you want.
Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him what you want.
Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him what you want.
You can call him up and tell him what you want.
Well, the line ain’t never busy
Tell him what you want.
Wo, that line ain’t never busy
Tell him what you want.
The line ain’t never busy
Tell him what you want.
You can call him up
And tell him what you want.
Now, if you’re sick and wanna get well
Tell him what you want.
Oo, if you’re sick and you wanna get well
Tell him what you want.
If you’re sick and you wanna get well
Tell him what you want.
You can call him up and tell him what you want.
Well, if you want your soul converted
Tell him what you want.
If you want your soul converted
Tell him what you want.
You can call him up and tell him what you want.
Now, if your soul’s in danger
Tell him what you want.
If your soul’s in danger
Tell him what you want.
If your soul’s in danger
Tell him what you want.
You can call him up and tell him what you want.
Now, Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him what you want.
Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him what you want.
Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him what you want.
You can call him up and tell him what you want.
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I Just Feel Like Something Good Is About To Happen (GVB)
I just feel like something good is about to happen
I just feel like something good is on its way
He has promised that he’d open all of heaven
And brother, it could happen any day
When God’s people humble themselves and call on Jesus
And they look to heaven expecting as they pray
I just feel like something good is about to happen
And brother, this could be that very day
I have learned in all that happens just to praise Him
For I know He’s working all things for my good
Every tear I shed is worth all the investment
For I know He’ll see me through, He said He would
He has promised eye nor ear can hardly fathom
All the things He has in store for those who pray
I just feel like something good is about to happen
And brother, this could be that very day
Yes, I’ve noticed all the bad news in the paper
And it seems like things get bleaker every day
But for this child of God it makes no difference
For it’s bound to get much better either way
I have never been more thrilled about tomorrow
Sunshine’s always bursting through the skies of gray
I just feel like something good is about to happen
And brother, this could be that very day
Our Gang the glory of God
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Enjoy God with Tom Goka
Enjoy God
I. Do we enjoy God?
Jonathan Edwards wrote: “The enjoyment of God is the only
happiness with which our soulds can be satisfied. To go to heaven,
fully to enjoy God is infinitely better than the most pleasant
accomodations here. Fathers and Mothers, husbands, wives, children,
or the company of earthly friends are but shadows; Gos is the
substance. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These
are but streams, but God is the ocean.”
II. What do we mean by enjoy?
A. Enjoy means to take pleasure in, find satisfaction with, feel or perceive pleasure with possession of . . . God
B. Enjoy origin in old French word meaning to rejoice, take delight. This word is in 2 parts: en = make and joir = joy. The idea is something or someone makes joy for us.
C. An incredible way to view God…that HE makes us joyful…thus we enjoy God.
III. So why do people not enjoy God?
A. They don’t know the Lord – Sons of Eli (1 Sam 2: 12) did not enjoy God
B. They don’t prepare their heart to seek God – Solomon’s son, Rehoboam (2 Chr 12: 14)
C. They worship the creation rather than creator (Rom 1: 20), exchanging truth for lies
D. They worship God as world worships their gods (Deut 12: 4, 31)
E. They are religious about where and how to worship – woman at the well (John 4: 20, 22)
F. Going through the motions, lost awe of God – (Matt 15: 7-8) and learning fear of God from commandments of man. God finds this disgusting; says that He hates it – (Amos 5: 21-27)
IV. How to enjoy God?
A. Worship Father in Spirit and in Truth (John 4: 23-24) knowing that the Father is looking for us
B. Joy from God
1. Fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22)
2. Jesus’ joy to make our joy complete (John 15: 11)
3. God gives Joy to those good in His sight (Eccl 2: 26)
C. God my exceeding Joy (Psalms 43: 4)
1. El Simchah Giyli [joyful joy]
2. God of our exceeding joy
D. Greek alliomenoi – exceeding joy – idea that something gives us so much joy that we cannot contain it, we have to express it, we overflow with joy. The idea of jumping in celebration
1. 1 Peter 1: 6 – greatly Rejoice
2. 1 Peter 1: 8 – Joy inexpressible
3. 1 Peter 4: 13 – glad with exceeding Joy
E. Rejoice or Delight or enjoy God: Phil 4: 4
F. When you realize who is God to you, knowing who God is, that God’s presence is with you – does it not give you Joy…enough that you have to express it? REJOICE; EXCEEDING GREAT JOY!
V. Enjoying God is a choice and should not be dictated by circumstance (Hab 3: 17-18)
Oh that you would look for occassion to simply enjoy God
Pentecost Sunday 2021 with Larry Craddick
Act 4
5 The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem.
6 Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John,
Alexander, and other relatives of the high priest.
7 They brought in the two disciples and demanded, “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?”
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,
“Rulers and elders of our people,
9 are we being questioned today
because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man?
Do you want to know how he was healed?
10 Let me clearly state to all of you and to all the people of Israel that
he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene,
the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead.
11 For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says,
‘The stone that you builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.
16 “What should we do with these men?” they asked each other.
“We can’t deny that they have performed a miraculous sign,
and everybody in Jerusalem knows about it
17 But to keep them from spreading their propaganda any further, we must warn them not to
speak to anyone in Jesus’ name again.”
18 So they called the apostles back in and commanded them never again to speak or teach in
the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John replied,
“Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?
20 We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”
21 The council then threatened them further, but they finally let them go because they didn’t
know how to punish them without starting a riot. For everyone was praising God
22 for this miraculous sign—the healing of a man who had been lame for more than forty years.
27 “In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas,
Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against
Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.
28 But everything they did was determined beforehand according to your will.
29 And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in
preaching your word.
30 Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done
through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
31 After this prayer, the meeting place shook,
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.
Then they preached the word of God with boldness.
2 Corinthians 7: (NIV)
1 Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from
everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
Church Conference 2021 Recap
1 Corinthians 2:9 (NKJV)
9 But as it is written:
“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 4:1 (NKJV)
4 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
Proverbs 24:16 (NKJV)
16 For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
Isaiah 43 (NKJV)
18 “Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
2 Corinthians 5
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation;
old things have passed away;
behold, all things have become new.
Lamentations 3:
22 Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
Jeremiah 6:
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Stand in the ways and see,
And ask for the old paths, where the good way is,
And walk in it;
Then you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Isaiah 30:
21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
“This is the way, walk in it,”
Whenever you turn to the right hand
Or whenever you turn to the left.
Proverbs 3:
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
8 It will be health to your flesh,
And strength to your bones.
Philippians 4
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4
8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble,
whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report,
if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do,
and the God of peace will be with you.
Worship with Seth Witcher
Getting to Know our God
I. What?
We don’t know God as He wants us to know Him. He is more than what we knew about Him when we first had an encounter with Him. He is more than an encounter; more than an experience; more than an anointing; more than a ministry; more than what we know about Him today. We need to be about Getting to Know our God!
II. Why?
A. Getting is in the present tense, a process of acquiring or achieve that is not completed
B. God wants to reveal Himself to us, becoming more intimate the more we seek Him
C. Job realized this after claiming what he knew about God in his ordeal (Job 42: 5), and Paul, zealous for God and educated about God learned that he did not know God when knocked off his horse (Acts 9: 5)
D. In ministering, do we use testimony of others to demonstrate a character of God or one of our own? In some instances He becomes the Lord, some else’s God, and not our God. Saul, in his prideful disobedience was chasten by God through Samuel. Suddenly, to Saul, God became Samuel’s God rather than Saul’s. (1 Sam 15: 30)
E. Moses spoke to God in burning bush; experienced the power of God; was a vessel of God for deliverance of His people; spoke to God face to face; and yet wanted more of God (Exod 33:18).
F. Should we be any less in our desire to know God
G. Many times God reveals a new identity to us in our times of trials; could we be missing this opportunity.
III. When?
A. God reveals more about Himself to us when He sees we need it
B. Exod 6: 2-3: God was El Shaddai (Almighty God) to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob but YHWH to Moses
C. Acts 9: 4-5: Jesus reveals Himself to Saul as Saul was kicking against will of God
D. Throughout the Bible we can find situations where God’s identity is revealed to man. In our testimonies, does it include times when God was our Jehovah Shalom or Jehovah Rapha or Jehovah Tsedkenu or El Saddai or Elohim?
IV. Who?
GOD will do it.
As an illustration, let us peruse Genesis. Keep in mind that Genesis is a narrative book, with a narrator talking to us, sometimes quoting people and God, and other times relating to us the situations. Moses, to whom God revealed Himself as I AM that I AM and YHWH, is the author, ie narrator, of the first 5 books of our Old Testament. Translators have tried to communicate the God’s name (YHWH or Jehovah), written in capital letters (LORD or GOD) to distinguish this from titles or identity (Adonai – Lord) or (Elohyim – God)
A. Genesis 1: God is Elohyim (which is plural of Elah or El) supporting God as FAther, Son, and Spirit. Here Elohyim is the Always existing God of creation.
B. Genesis 2: As God works to establish man and a relationship with man, He is YHWH God or Jehovah Elohyim
C. Genesis 3: Our LORD God, Jehovah Elohyim, is referred to as only Elohyim by the serpent.
D. Genesis 4: Eve attribute her first child, Cain, as from YHWH; yet, when Seth is born, she calls HIM, only Elohyim. At the end of the chapter, though, man seeks YHWH.
E. Genesis 5 & 6: Enoch and Noah walk with Elohyim
F. Genesis 7: 16: Noah obeyed Elohyim but it was YHWH that closed them up in the ark
G. Genesis 14: 18: Melchezidek exposes God as El Elyon – God most high; the supremecy of our God
H. Genesis 15: 2, 8: Adonai, a title of respect or honor (not unlike our reference to a judge as ‘your honor’) that is used for both man (Sarah used it for Abraham Gen 18: 12) and for God. When used for God, most often in combination with YHWH (Lord GOD – Adonai Jehovah).
I. Genesis 16: 13: Hagar, pregnant with Ishmael, flees the harsh treatment of Sarai. No evidence that she sought or even knew the God of her Master, Abraham. Yet, God comes and speaks to her about her situation. He is El Roi (the God who sees – in our situation or trial when we don’t even seek Him)
J. Genesis 17: 1: God introduces Himself as El Shaddai (see II.B. above) or God Almighty. It is worth noting the Shaddai is of feminine gender referring to the many breasted God, as in the ultimate nurturer who sees and understands need and is also capable of meeting those needs in a timely fashion
K. Genesis 18: 25: Abraham is negotiating for sparing of Lot’s life as God is in route to destroy Sodom and Gomorrha. He recognizes that God has the ultimate decision and refers to God as the Judge (Shaphat
L. Genesis 21: 33: Abraham and Abimelek make peace at Beersheba and Abrahm calls God El Olam (Everlasting God)
M. Genesis 22: 14: God provides the sacrifice to take Isaac’s place on the altar. God is Jehovah Jireh (YHWH provideth)
N. Genesis 31: 13: God informs Jacob that He is the God of the house of God (Bethel) that Jacob named for the presence of the Lord was there.
O. Genesis 49: 24: Jacob is blessing all his children; he comes to Joseph and explains that Joseph will be strong, but the strength will be from the Mighty One (Abir); who is also the shepherd (Ra ah) and the stone or rock (Eben).
V. Where?
A. in your life and in mine
B. through your testimony and through mine
C. In our current situation
D. Andre Crouch wrote song ‘Through it All,’ where through it all, I’ve learned to trust in God, to depend upon the Lord. The third verse is relevant for us today.
I thank God for the mountains; I thank Him for the valleys;
I thank Him for the storms He brought me through.
For if I never had a problem, I’d never know my God could solve them,
I’d never know what faith in God can do.
E. Do not miss what God is revealing about Himself to you today…keep Getting to Know our God
Suffering of Jesus Christ
I. Sometimes we have lost the awe and appreciation of Jesus’ sufferings because we have seen the movies; participated in the pageants and plays; heard the sermons; taught the lessons; and read the scriptures. Further, it is easy, after a long walk with God and involvement in ministry, to seek the new and ignore or forget the basics.
A. Jesus faced Travail in the spirit; Torment in the soul; and Trauma to the flesh
B. Less we let another holy week pass with indifference, I thought it would be good to spend a few moments revisiting Jesus Christ’s Suffering
1. To perhaps renew our appreciation
2. To perhaps cause us to delve into a passage
3. To refresh our memory of the scriptures apart from movies and plays.
II. Let us begin with Isaiah 52: 14; 53: 2-9
A. Visage & form marred more than any man
B. Despised and rejected by man and we did not esteem Him
C. We reckoned Him stricken and afflicted, as if He deserved it
D. Yet, HE has borne our griefs; carried our sorrows; was smitten by God; wounded for our transgressions; crushed for our iniquities; chastised for our peace; LORD laid our iniquity upon HIM; was imprisoned and judged to be cut off from the living.
E. These He did without opening His mouth; like a lamb led to slaughter