Sunday Service

You are here.

Moving in on me.

I wish if you, I worship you.

You are here, working in this place. I worship you. I worship.

You working?

I word if you. I worship you.

You are a way maker miracle. Romans be light in the darkness. My God, that is who you are.

You are way maker Miracle, Worker, promise keeper, light in the Darkness.

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I worship you.

You are a meanie.

You are the way maker Miracle, Worker, promise keeper light in the Darkness. Who You Are? You are a way maker Mary.

Dying in the darkness. My God, that is who you are. You are no.

Promise keeper, light in the darkness, my God.

I think we can do much better than that because every time you call her brother, Chris.

Church at this time.

The receive from God.

Hallelujah. Amen. Hallelujah.

Church, if I could get you to stand to your feet.

We introduced. The speaker of the hour. Yes, we have. Send our praise songs. We have sung our worship songs. Worship our Lord and savior. to get our minds and hearts in the, in the right place. We have given our ties. And our offerings. How continue the ministry of this church. So this church can go out and Continue to. Reach the people. It spread the gospel. Of our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ, cuz that's what we're here to do. Spread the word.

But to spread the word, we need to know the word. That's a no, the word we have to hear the word.

If we don't have people to teach us the word.

Where would we be? We're blessed to have Pastor Ida Williams here. To preach the word of God, and I know she preaches it from the Bible.

So that you may hear the word so you can gain knowledge so you can gain the truth. So when you're walking the streets wherever you, maybe you can say for yourself, that is not the truth. Word. That is the truth. So you can politely and kindly correct.

But please, it is not for you to argue the truth.

If you know the knowledge, if you had the truth, share it corrected, when you can. So at this time, I'd like you to put your hands together and offer a warm welcome. Your mentor. Are guyots Pastor idell Williams, you in the name of Jesus?

He very kindly today. I give honor to the Past.

Show me a pictures of this church into those of you have, whoever symbol Giselle is here today. I bring you. Greetings in the mighty and matchless name of our Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ. Hallelujah.

God deliverance and I'll walk Bailey before him as his servant and not his massive. So I just hurt myself. I'm always happy to be here for the last several months has been a real joy, and I've taken so much. I am taking so much with me as I do. You know, I don't got to be before your long today. I promise you that but I have a few things I would like to share with you in the word of God and out of the word of God today, but believe me, it's all in Grafton in the word of God. I saw this young lady who is her granddaughter and I for some reason. She grasped my attention and I looked down, and the Lord said, give her something. And I know the prayer was about to begin and I looked and I saw that my braces didn't match my necklace. And I said, okay then that's where it goes and the Lord. As I call Donna, Natalie, Natalie to bring her to me. The Lord said to bless her and I pray that you will be protected and no evil will come near her. I have to ask you a question. Before I get into the sermon. Is that her sister? Glenwood Sun. Okay, that's all that your grandson and all of your family. This morning. I stand before your present. Nothing in. My hands are Bring Me to the Cross of Christ. Clean. I asked you all got to let ideal decrease that you might increase. O God, that you will speak for that, which is necessary and absolutely necessary. At this time that we will become the sons and daughter of you who got as we approach the closing of an error or God. Let us walk worthy of the location where we have been called this. We ask in the precious name of Jesus. Amen. Thank you for praising worship this morning. You know. I'm more of a worshipper that I am a praise and I do, praise God and believe me, but I learned a long time ago that you do bodily exercise, profiteth much. And even though it's great to do and it's great to see. I just not into all of that. So I'm more about worshiping and it takes time to work. So you can't pack work on the end of anything worse, before everything your maker. So it takes time to get yourself into the place where you need to be, because it's not about the body, is about the spirit, and is about connecting with God and so it takes time to get there. So that's not something you can rush and if you don't have time to do it, just leave it alone in the following, Sunday's take care of it. Is that all right?

The 15 chapter. And if you can, when you get home, read the 1st and the 11th verse, but I'm going to use the code from the 11th verse today, but by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace, which was bestowed upon me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly then they all yet, not I. But the grace of God, which was with me and today my topic for discussion is an unlikely choice and unlikely choice. Unlikely is not what you would expect. Probably always want to happen. We think of choice is his act of selecting on making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. Good evil. Black white, yellow brown or Cadillac whatever. This fact that God's grace is his presence and love getting to us through Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit. God's mercy, forgiveness, and the power to do, his will is imparted To Us by the Holy Spirit? Now Jesus in his selection of the 12, as they are known, show some unsavory characters and some likely characters, everybody that Christ Rose would not walking upright, wasn't doing the right thing weren't saying the way what a word or acting the right way, but he chose them anyway and unlikely choice, we look at Matthew was a tax collector and we know Batman tax collector that a bad name because there was always charging people more taxes than they were supposed to pay. Hey, we see that. The today still paying a whole lot of taxes and what the intent for everything. I don't know, son. I said pretty soon that be texting me to get my nails done at law.

You're a sweetheart in with bad. Texas. Now is bad about Matthew was a tax collector. He was the first one to preach the gospel, to write the Gospel to the Jewish people after he became a follower of price. And then there was James was not on board. At first. It was a very skeptical person and, you know, sometimes we get upset when people are skeptical it. When they asked a question. And the first thing we want is a 3 appointment. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. Back then. So now

Thomas. He was a pessimistic. I'll be welded man. However it later. No, but his courage, he was not an optimistic and their people today or just not optimistic. I have a friend, a wonderful person, but he's a pessimist and I'm an optimistic. So, you know how that happens from time to time. Fix a Christmas tree made promises. He couldn't keep tell Jesus. I'll never deny you me. Goodnight, you. Jesus. And you don't need to know any knighted. Then an unlikely character, an unlikely Choice, then there was Andrew Simon Peter and he was known for his transparency and he was kind of a good when you didn't mind, you. He wasn't trying to hide it because he knew eventually was going to come out. You know, we have people today than trying to.

Somebody will walk up to you and say you did this, and you did that, and they weren't even there.

Then there was John, the Beloved. He was the brother of the Apostle James was also fishing in as a lot of the others were, then Peter. I mean, Philip will slow with it. You know, you didn't come back at you real quick. He wasn't with it, but it became. A person that loves Jesus and he said, Lord show us the way. Dial bear was Thomas. Prone to extremes. You know, he always had to go Way Beyond people that we called time. Thomas the doubter but I don't like to say that he was a daughter. He was just curious and he wanted to make sure this is a Jesus. We talked about and he said, okay. Well then if you're that man, let me let me just text you. Can I put my head on your side with a trusted you can I see the nail prints in your hand. So he wasn't a doubt of his people would say, he just wanted to be sure. Like we need to be sure that will worship in the right guy, but there's all kinds of religions out here today and I'm not going to go to get into name, but there's all kinds of religion and people start a new religion and one of the worst thing I ever heard of having to a member of my of my family and a young lady and her friend and her child. And the child was born at home. This is a true story. The child was born at home and the promise of a child said, you know what? Nobody knows anything about it. Let's just not have the baby. That's not take the child to the hospital. They don't have to know that we had the baby and her being foolish decided to have you say that's what I'm going to do. They have a child never took the child to the doctor with the family members found out about it. They tried to get her to take the child, to the doctor. Know the friends that know, we know what to do. We got some people, we can talk to. I don't know who he was going to talk to and let things go talk to a doctor or somebody at the medical profession and they would have told you to take that baby to the hospital because you don't know if everything is right with him, but anyhow, make a long story short and now you're drinking. If knows about it because I shared the story with her extended family member of mine. What are they family members? Son was killed. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time when this couple heard about it. They went to this family members house and sold one of the people said to this, young lady. What is the baby in the baby for a while? And she said, well, the baby's dead. So, what do you mean the babies did? Nobody told us that the baby was dead. When are the baby died at what? A baby died at home with it? Because with nobody knew we bury the child in the yard. Why am I telling you this story? Because this guy is by God's boy, man. Whatever. He was saying was his religious. What kind of religion will call you on? Godly think I'm getting nervous up here. Just telling the story but there are religious. I'm trying to tell you know, who it is that you are worshipping and Thomas wanted to be sure that's a picture of Jesus Christ.

Hallelujah. Then there was James, the apostle. Who was rendered obscure unimportant service that my service is not important enough that I do matters much, but it does. Timing was an apostle became a revolutionary in a revolutionary that man's change. And when I see Jesus, I think of a revolutionary because he didn't come down here to be what we were. He came and gave us by that. We might be changed that we might become the children of God, that we would be forgiving of us in any hung on that cross. Any did not come down until it was finished. And with that job, was pretty, shity died. That's a revolutionary change a tire world cuz people call him, Lord, he is my sin would have not been forgiven. Bartholomew know again for transparency visible. He wanted you to know who's right or wrong. We have people that I'm going to be a repetition from time to time saying, I don't want people to know what I'm doing, but right or wrong. It's going to come out. So you better do the right thing. Do the right thing. Even if it hurts do the right thing, even though people don't understand Chris, do some right.

Judith's who walk with them was a betrayal of Jesus Christ. He's told him out, for thirty pieces of silver. Are you selling out today? Have you sold out because you got something in return? Come on now. An unlikely choice.

However, the names will change from disciples meeting, followers to Apostles in. Jesus said to them, go to the Sheep of Israel, proclaim the message of healing, raise the Dead cast out demons freely. Give take only Bare Essentials, accept hospitality. And if we just move where you're running from, it's not where you're running to is about you. Finally, the voice of Jesus Christ. And sometimes God will make it. Make it uncomfortable for you to get up and go and do what God tells you to do. And God made it very uncomfortable for me. In my own church because there was something else you wanted me to do and I was reluctant to get up and do it. And so he made things uncomfortable to the point where I realized you're not at my will but your will be done. So at your work that I will do and I got my self together. Will we got myself together? And Jesus to the mission was dangerous. That prices that we have to go. It's dangerous not it's not a safe place, but we have to go because Jesus said, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Everyday, you leave your house. You're going out of them.

But Jesus said, go, anyway, because my dad must be preached every day.

Hallelujah. We have to live this word. Looking back at the Old Testament. I see where Samuel was given the task of selecting a king over Israel. God told him to go to the house of Jesse. But he have several sons. And I want you to anoint one of those Sons become king of Israel. And Samuel already asked, Jesse to bring forth. His son is handsome. But oh my God, I was looking around and he had a chance to take a horrible time with you and you will know which one I will select his King. And his dad said, he went down the line 1:01 after one and nothing happened. And he said, God told me to come here. And then you look back at Jesse. He said it. Is there anybody else? It's just a little boy out there and everything.

Get him and bring him here. Also, they went and got him and brought him there, when Samuel looked at him and immediately, the heart text tipped over, and Jaden was a knighted Israel.

Please pick up. Funny, I can't sleep because of what he was doing. But at 12 years old, he was anointed to be king over Israel, even though. He didn't take the role until he was 30. He had to have some sense. Can you imagine putting on a 12 year old? Are you going to rule a nation? Hallelujah, I don't likely choice. Then there was somebody else. In his name was Gideon. Gary was in the winepress doing his thing and he was known also as a warrior. Angel came to him and began to speak to him. I said, you know what? The Lord wants you to fight the midianites which was a huge band of people want you to go down there with you cuz I'm going to give them. I'm going to give that those people over to Israel, come get them today, but the land I'm going to give it to the Israelites. So.

Something terrible people, so he's not making excuses. I can't go more. So why don't you let me think about it. The more I said, no, and every time he would come back to God, when can I take so many of those said? No, can I text? I said no, and he said no. So finally got time to 306. Can I take them? And I'll tell you what? Go down to the river.

I tell a man to take a drink.

Those that lap water like a dog, leave them. Those that pick up the water, the water and a hand by slapping, like a doll. How can you see the enemy when it comes?

Those whose heads up on, what's going on.

I don't like me choice in with the midianites and they want her back.

Evan Evan unlikely choice.

God was looking for someone else.

Geico two people difference in color. And culture, dialect country character, personality religious experience brought them together unlikely as it was.

What kind of strong will? The other very common gentleman and treatment, however, both teachable. It was me and two others that God wouldn't choose them. But God gave them a love for him, his word and desire, his desire. And a desire to do the work of God. That's new life with Lord Jesus.

St. John 15 and 16. You have not chosen me. But I have chosen you. And ordain, you. Then you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain. And whatsoever. Ye shall ask the father in my name.

God's perfect appointment to remind us, that no matter how unlikely we are to be chosen by the God. Looks at us Through The Eyes of his grace and love through his son, Jesus. And by the power of the Holy Spirit made unlikely unacceptable for took those and made them meet for the Masters use and my testimony few years ago of several years ago. Attending a church in New Haven Church of God in Christ churches, going through some tough times in their finances. And the pastor asks all of us to pray and ask God to help us the show us what to do to get this mortgage thing fixed. So we all did. We all came back to the meeting. They went around and they talked to everybody, everybody gave their suggestion. And you said, okay, sister Bill always call, you know at that time. I was in the band with this. So call me sister. I do I told her sister floor and I said, I had so many names. You know, what have you called? Me is. Okay with me having call sister. I am a, I am a pass and I'm going to call mother. Typical assistant just called me right now and then I'll just take you up on it. Probably an unlikely thing. I want we want to hear is everybody turn around with wait. What did he tell you?

What did he say to you? I said.

Okay, everybody has a birthday, right? I'm your birthday. Come around before you give got a present.

So, tell them you were born in January.

I want to see the goddamn lunch or whatever, give it to the church, February March April, when your birthday comes, and that's what I said and I just had a fit, but one was all over the Panthers say, that's the best thing I heard today.

Likely.

I don't like Lee choice is a choice that God will take and use. His glory has been a joy. I love you all. Just do one thing for me.

Required.

For the good fight of faith.

Go to the place that God has prepared for me. Thank you. And God bless.

I call you. Jesus, the master.