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Spirit boldness to keep on trusting you to walk on those Waters Lord to go into that great Unk knowing at times but knowing good morning church good morning church praise God hallelujah uh let us please stand for the opening prayer bless and Lord my soul oh my soul worship His Ho name s like never before Oh My Soul Worship You Holy Name father Lord we thank you king of glory we worship your Holy Name we exalt you for who you are we thank you from the depth of our hearts we thank you for your Holiness we thank you for your goodness father Lord we thank you for your greatness the almighty father you are our ebener you are our beginning and the ending the alpha omega father accept our worship in the name of Jesus Everlasting father we commit this service into your holy hand Lord from the beginning to the conclusion father Show Yourself high and might in the name of Jesus father at the conclusion of to service our Lord and our father may we look back and thank you because you would have dealt Wonder ly and mightily with us through the name of your holy son Jesus Christ amen we commit this service into the hands of our Holy Father the Son and the Holy Spirit amen amen praise the Lord praise the Lord I don't know about you but in the midst of your trials and Temptation I just want you to put Gaze on the Lord he's here he says lay down your bods on him Hallelujah [Music] is his holy moment when God working on us every G is on The Lion and the lamb I don't know what you came to church with it's holy moment all moment when God work when God work on us every G every [Music] G the [Music] lion his holy moment is Holy [Music] when when God in all every every every is [Applause] [Music] high when the glory when the glory come shall be [Music] [Applause] when the glory we know I said when his glory come the glory I want you to forget about everything know to say [Applause] [Music] when the glory comes we know what to [Music] say I when his glory come when the glory come we know 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[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] wonderful wonderful and Hallelujah the of God is the Lord r and the tremble he R the TR [Music] the God let the the let the Earth Rumble the the first and the last he re that let the Earth Trumble he the Earth of days re that let the tremble he the Hallelujah Heaven Hallelujah hallelu heaven [Music] hallelu heaven it's the king to the heavens Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah [Music] the are you not sure my God the the Earth the king of King rain let the Earth we the Earth my God the Earth he Hallelujah heaven [Music] heaven ouren our heaven heaven heaven Hallelujah [Applause] are Heaven are [Music] Heaven he Hall huah sing with me Hallelujah [Music] sing of [Music] glor shout [Music] Hallelujah [Music] Hallelujah hallelu Hallelujah to the Lamb of all the to the Lamb of all the we the S we we oh you are God God oh you are God God hallelu [Music] hallelu hallelu out of Glory casting ground lifting hands bowing high is all we've come to do if you agree with me come on say with [Music] me come to I I you all you all [Music] your your hallah you on high in your your on high on We will rise somebody say in your name in your oh you you you you on high you rain on high you rain on high hallelujah hallelujah Psalm chapter 63 from verse 1 to 4 very quickly I want us to do something different this morning and I like the um NIV version it says oh God you are my God earnestly I Seek You my soul thirsts for you my body Longs for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory because your love is better than life my lips will glorify you I will praise you as long as I live and in your name I will lift up my hands if that is your worship this morning I want you to lift up your hands and just worship that Prince of Peace just worship Alpha and Omega we give you all the glory we give you all the glory Jesus Alpha and Omega we worship you we worship you Jesus you are alpha and oh God a we worship you our God you are worthy yes you are are worthy to be from your this morning to the hands of Heaven you are alpha and omega [Music] and somebody love upon your God we worship you you are worthy yes you are you are worthy to be pred say we give you oh the glory we worship you God we worship you you are worthy yes you are you are worthy to be everybody say we give you all the glory god we give [Music] [Applause] you we worship we worship you God we wor we worship we worship we worship you God one more time to say we give you glory we give you all the glory [Music] [Applause] [Music] we worship you God you are wory yes [Applause] [Music] you praise We Worship You Jesus we worship you Jesus we give you all the praise God we honor you oh God [Music] hey I want someone to actually speak to God from your spirit only him only him deserves all our [Music] worship we give you all the praise [Music] you Lord you are [Music] worthy no one could worship you for me oh all all the things you've done for me [Music] no one Worship You from me here's my worship all of my worship receive my [Music] worship All of My Worship is My Worship all of my worship father receive my [Music] worship oh love my worship sing You [Music] Lord all the worshipers lift up your voice and say no yeah worship you for me for all the things that you have done for me things youve done for me and no one can worship you for me worship you somebody sing You Lord you love your God you Lord somebody worship God this morning yes no one you me for all the things that you have done for me the things youve done for me no one can worship you for me yes no one no one no one wor here is my [Music] worship All My [Music] Worship re My [Music] Worship everything that I have say here is my wor here is my word I give it all I give it all to you oh [Music] god of My Worship my [Music] [Applause] wor and I will not be silent I will worship love you long [Applause] can God I will always worship you sing I will will I [Music] will I will [Music] God as long as long as I Brea as long as I am Brea I am bre I am Brea I will worship you God [Music] is My Worship Is My Worship father take it all take it all re him My Worship My Worship my worship God all of my words This Is My Worship Is My wor all of my worship all of my [Applause] wor my Hallelujah belongs to you no my Hallelujah belongs to you [Music] my Hallelujah belongs to you oh God my Hallelujah belongs to [Music] you you deserve it there you deserve it you you deserve it oh God yes you do you deserve it my hallelujah hallelujah everything that I have everything that I own oh God hallelujah sing my Hallelujah my Hallelujah my Hallelujah belongs to you everything that we are it all to you God [Music] hallelujah you you deserve it you deserve it you deserve it yes you [Music] deserve nobody deserves it God you deserve it you [Music] deser sing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah and hallelujah hallelujah and all the glory all the glory and all the h all the all the pra all the praise nobody else deserves [Music] you you deserve it you [Applause] deserve my Hallelujah belongs to [Music] my Hallelujah to [Music] you let us continue with that attitude of worship let us continue in that mode of worship and by singing that the Hallelujah belongs to our Almighty father the maker of the Heaven and the Earth our M maker Our Redeemer our Lord and our savior king of glory the Eternal Rock of Ages our heavenly father the one that makes a way for us the ones that open the way for us the ones that do all things and even when we are not aware of it he says I will always remember you I will always be with you I will always uphold you even in the palm of my hand let us worship our heavenly father this morning we we we we read about David how he was a worshiper and how God actually declare and testify of him he said this is a man after my own heart are you after God's out this morning let us not just stop we continue to worship our heavenly father I tell you that you may not be where you want to be but assure you that you are not where you used to be if you can think you will be able to thank let us look backward and let us see the Bible say forget not all his benefits forget not all his benefits why we are not coming here to just make demands and demands and request we are here actually to glorify our heavenly father for all his past Deeds he has been doing wonderful and glorious things in our lives if you don't have any reason to thank him please look at me and thank God on my behalf the songwriter say I will not be silent and I don't pray that you be silent in the name of Jesus in Jesus mighty name we have worshiped in Jesus mighty name we have worshiped good morning once again church are we excited I am today is the last Sunday in the month of June today is the last day in the month of June and I can tell you prophetically that by this time tomorrow we are going to be in the month of July and uh in the book of uh 2 Kings chapter 7 2 Kings chapter 7 I think verse one Prophet Elisha prophetically declare that by this time tomorrow I can guarantee you there will be abundance and when I say abundance I'm not talking in ter of the dollar in your account I'm not here to testify I mean to to tell you that you're going to receive a lot in your bank account it can happen but I'm telling you that you're going to have abundance of life in Christ Jesus no one will die here in the mighty name of Jesus by tomorrow we will cross over to Life by tomorrow we will cross over to eternal life by tomorrow we cross over to abundance of Life by tomorrow we cross to abundance of good health in the mighty name of Jesus receive the prophecy in Jesus name I say receive it in the mighty name of Jesus Amen Let us thank God again why for his faithfulness for his faithfulness in the Book of Psalms Psalm 107 Psalm 107 verse1 he said give thanks to the Lord why for his good and his love endures forever amen let us appreciate God for his faithfulness throughout the month of June even before June let us appreciate God for all the wonderful things he has done for for us if you don't know of anything our father has done I know of one thing we are alive amen praise godu we are alive we are well after that we ought to be grateful let us appreciate him for life it's a precious gift that we do not want to take for granted many slept last night as we did many did not wake up this morning many had plans for today even last night many did not wake up to even continue with their plans give God the glory appreciating for his faithfulness appreciating that he said long life will I satisfy you with and is consistent and is persistent in keeping to his promises the Bible says his words at yes and amen praise God let us ask God for forgiveness of any sin we may have committed knowingly or unknowingly throughout the month of June and when I said throughout the month of June you may have said I I keep asking God for forgiveness every day or each time I commit or I fall short of the glory of God the Bible did did not tell us the particular time he say for all have fallen short of the glory more say for all have sinen and fall short of the glory of God so by this we need to remit ourself every day just like as his Blessing have been renewed on daily basis so also we need as soon as we have the consciousness of our shortcomings let us come humbly before the almighty father in the Sunday in the in the Sunday school this morning we we learned how David will always come before the holy God He will always come before the holy God when he falls short of the expectation he will quickly repent of his sin and he will come before the holy God we cannot take a faithy garment into the holy of the holies let us ask God for forgiveness foress let us ask God that we know that it is important that we com we confess our sin and ask for forgiveness why because sin create a separation between us and God and may that not be our portion in the name of Jesus Book of 1 John 1 John chapter 1 verse 9 says if we confess our sin our God is a faithful God and he even a just one and he will forgive us our sins and purify us of all unrighteousness let us come humbly before him you may think back on and say I've been trying to live a holy life the Bible say even our righteousness is like a fa rck before him and you may say well I I try not to you cannot be let us appreciate the fact that we are sinners and we are sorry for all that we have done 121:7 Psalm 121:7 say the Lord will keep you from all arm he will watch over your life let us ask God for protection over our lives and that of our families even as we enter into this new month even as we go into this service in the name of Jesus in the mighty name of Jesus that as we enter prophetically our life we will live beyond next month and even Beyond in the name of Jesus that we will not hear of any bad news concerning each and every one of us and our families and all the families represented here in the mighty name of Jesus Philippians 4:19 is a a very popular ver Philippians 4: 19 says and my God will meet your needs not according to how you want it but according to his riches and Glory through Christ Jesus let us ask God for provision to meet all our needs in accordance to his will in the name of Jesus we know that we need food we need shelter we need clothing we need all the good things of life but above all we need life eternal let us ask God for life eternal in him let us appreciate that that we depend on him for the provision the Bible say Jesus Christ himself said he said without me you are nothing because he is our tree and we are just the branches let us ask him for guidance and Direction even as we walk through this new month I'm very sure none of us has been in the month of July 2024 before let us ask God for direction let us ask God for commission let us ask God for instruction let us ask God lord what do you want me to do how do you want me to go about this month in the name of Jesus The Book of Proverbs Proverbs Chapter three uh verses 5 and six actually says that we should trust in the Lord Lord with all our heart and we should not lean on our own understanding and you see the repercussion you say in all our ways we should submit to him and he will make our path straight let us ask God for direction and for guidance and let us ask God for strength to be able to carry on in the name of Jesus the book of Isaiah chapter 40 Isaiah 40:29 actually says that he gives strength to the weary to the weak and increases the power of those that are awake let us ask God for wisdom it's very important let us ask him to give us wisdom the Book of James actually say in verse one I mean chapter 1 verse 5 he say if any of you lack wisdom which will lack let him ask of God and it is only God that can give generously without finding fault and he will give it to you in Jesus name let us pray for favor of God in all our endeavors this month I'm the the month of July and beyond that we need his favor for open doors for the opportunities that God will present before us so that we will be able to walk in them in the name of Jesus Psalms 5 actually saying in verse 12 he said for surely oh Lord you bless the righteous you surround them with your favor as with a shield let us ask for Faith to be able to carry on increase our faith Lord even in the face of challenges in the month of July I will not paint it like it's going to be Bed of Roses or true that could be challenges here and there but our Lord God is able to navigate us through it and we will pass through the challenges he say when you pass through Temptation he did not say if you he I will be with you let us thank God because he's always at our back we we even listen to that this morning when H bra was talking about David that when he's praising God with confidence he was able to face Goliath with confidence why because you know God is at my back he's backing him up and we are not relying on any woman's strength we rely on the the the almightiness of our God Philippians 413 is the very popular verse that said he say I can do all things through him that strengthens me another verse it that Tru him that gives me strength let us pray that we be rooted and established in the love of God that we may have power together as a people in the house of Glory to be able to grasp how wide how long how deep and high high the depth of his love is in accordance to Ephesians chapter 3 17 to8 Ephesians 3:17-18 it says and I pray that you being rooted and established in love may have power together with all the Lord's people and I'm talking about you and I to be able to grasp how wide now talking about four dimension how wide how long how high and how deep the love of Christ is for us amen let us pray for today's service the theme of today's service is how to stay upward how to stay high there and not coming down let us ask God for consistency when we climb up it is a good thing to climb up but it's a fearful thing to fall from that idea I remember one of our poems in those days I don't know if anybody still remember he say he that is down needs fear no fall he that is up ever shall have God to be at his back let us ask God to always back us up to always keep us high up there through prayer through consistency through faith in his word and through faith in him and in the power of His name in the mighty name of Jesus in the mighty name of Jesus may we not be like the leprous men that actually stood outside the gate and not come within the gate to receive salvation and strength and healing and soor in the name of Jesus let us pray that the service of today will not just be a ritual that will not just come to fulfill all righteousness that will not just be here to Mark numbers that we will be a partaker of God's blessing when the word will come and is coming I can assure you may we may it find a landing place in your heart may it find a landing place and a fatti land to germinate in the name of Jesus and may it bear fruit and let the fruit yield in Jesus mighty name we pray in Jesus mighty name we have prayed amen hallelujah by by we're in your presence Let It Rain cause you rain let it fall on me we your presence let rain cuse you rain let it follow on me we're in your we in your Pres oh Let It Rain you rain you let it fall say we in your breath let it rain let it rain you rain you let it fall let it fall open the flood the in abundance in abundance your and your to fall as the the in abundance in abundance because your because your to follow me [Music] sing no man can see the end of your [Music] gra no man can see the end of your power come on the of your glory Your Glory Your Glory Majesty the end of [Music] your as far as the heavens as far as the heavens stand stand you are exalted you are exalted unlimited unimited heav the all the Earth all the Earth you are exalted you are exalted unlimited uned I will you call upon the Lord will call who is worthy worthy to be PR is wory to said I will I will glorify my kft I will Who [Music] I said I will magnify the Lord I will mag is worthy to be pra is worth shall I [Music] [Applause] be God let the rock of be [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah bless be let the rock of my Sal one more [Music] time the rock of my salvation be [Applause] [Music] my hallelujah hallelujah somebody just give him praise the Lord name blessed be the Lord let the rock of my salvation be [Music] ex we thank you be the rock let the rock of my salvation be all [Music] I want to announce to you this morning that your God my God our God is on the throne he reigned yesterday now he is reigning and he reigns forever more can you begin to just worship Him begin to exalt him for He reigns begin to lift his name on high He reigns Supreme he's the king that can never be dethroned he SE and thrown in heaven forever no matter the circumstance he seats and Throne He reigns forever his power cannot be limited his right to reain cannot be reduced there is no circumstance that can make him not to be king of kings there is no condition that can make him to cease to be God exalt His holy name give him praise give him all adoration for He reigns He reigns he reign supreme in the of men he SE and throne in heaven and the Earth Is His full St he's the almighty God the Lord of all Lords the king of Four Kings the one that was the one that is the one that is to come the one that can change all situations and yet he remains unchangeable he's the king of glory he's the one that can say it he's the one that can perform it when he works is Miracles when he speaks he speaks Miracles when he stretches for his head his miracles bre and exalt him give him all praise give him praise for He reigns give him praise for his reigning I do not know what you are going through but I want to let you know that our God is on the throne our God is on the throne he's our solution Bearer he's the pillar of our life he's the god that shows compassion he's the one that gives you what you are not qualified for he's the one that withholds the punishment that is due to you he's Almighty exalt Him worship Him thank him for the moment that he has given unto you even to be his presence he has not brought you here to be to come and participate in this service in vanity he has brought you to bless you and in blessings you shall be blessed I say you shall be blessed in the name of Jesus you shall be blessed in the name of Jesus 1st Samuel 2:7 1st Samuel 2 verse 7 it says the Lord makes poor he makes some poor he makes others Rich he brings some down he lifts up others he makes some poor he makes some others Rich at the same time he brings some down he lifts others up at the same time Breen this is your season of going up you are are going upward I want you to hold somebody next to you and speak life into that person that the word of the Lord concerning that person must come to pass I say father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ by Your Word you make some poor you make some rich spiritually Rich physically Rich emotionally Rich spiritually Rich father this man or this woman I'm holding make him to be [Music] enlisted among the many you are going to make Rich today so begin to pray for that person begin to pray for that child begin to pray for that man begin to pray for that woman pray earnestly father among those you are going to bless today count this one I'm holding put him into the list for you make some poor this one I'm holding shall not be made poor by your meres father this one I'm holding oh if you if you he or she has been experiencing poverty oh delease him from that poverty remove his name remove her name am by your mercy today Father put his or her name into the list of your mercy into the list of your favor that from today he shall become blessed she shall become blessed she shall become Rich he shall become rich physically maritally emotionally spiritually on every side in the name of Jesus Oh unto that person you are going to pray once again the Bible said the Lord makes he lifts some up and at the same time he brings some down speak to that life say this is your season of lifting up the Lord shall lift you up from this moment you shall not go down again you will not go down again your head shall not go down your life shall not go down your joy shall not go down your peace shall not go down I mean from this very moment you shall be up the power of the almighty shall lift you up that power shall sustain you you shall remain up you will not go down you will not go down you shall not go down on every aspect of your life in every direction you will not go down you will keep going up in the name of Jesus for in Jesus name we have prayed now you are going to pray for yourself you have prayed for others now you are going to pray for yourself and put your hand on your chest and say my father my father you are the one that has the power to make Rich the power to lift up the power to sustain upward father today by your mercy enrich me by your mercy enrich me physically enrich me emotionally enrich me maritally enrich me spirit spiritually enrich me over my head enrich me over the things that bring me joy and peace Father enrich me continue to pray father from today by your mercy Lift Me Up Lift Me Up Into Your Glory Lift Me Up out of Shame Lift Me Up out of sicknesses out of diseases out of failure out of backwardness out of St Nation father lift me up in my marriage lift me up in my finance Lift Me Up Oh in everything that concerns me lift me up every step take let it be a step of lifting up in the name of Jesus call upon the name of the Lord father as you lift me up keep me up keep me up make me and Empower me to stay upward I will not go down again I will not go down I will not go down things of my life shall not go down my business shall not go down my career shall not go down my head shall not go down my joy shall not go down oh Father my peace shall not go down everything that concerns me it shall be going up upward upward forever downward shall never come again in the name of Jesus as you have spoken it is established from now on you'll be going upward from now on you'll be going upward from now on you'll be going upward from now on you stay upward no more downward rain in the name of Jesus for in Jesus mighty name we have prayed praise the name of the Lord hallelujah our God is good and all the time today you have come and you shall experience the goodness of the Lord in a measure that you have never experienced before and I too will experience the goodness of the Lord amen in abundant dimension in the mighty name of Jesus before we continue I want to let us know that today we have our services packed our we going to make everything in quick succession so that everybody be accom accommodated accordingly by the grace of God today is our children's graduation award ceremony praise the Lord hallelujah I word ceremony for those who performed excellently the reason why we give them this monetary award is to encourage them is to give them something they look up to recently my son told me something that touched me I said that means this thing works I promised him I IAD he said he walked himself and walked himself I made all a because of that iPad so it is my expectation and my desire that every child that did not receive today they will have something to look up to next time those who receive today they will have something to look up to that next time they will receive again in the mighty name of Jesus praise the Lord also today we are celebrating in Thanksgiving the marriage ceremony I mean the marriage of our sister and her husband brother Brent and sister Ellie Smith as they do Thanksgiving today we celebrate with them in the name of Jesus Amen so when the time comes please everyone join them and celebrate with them praise the Lord and finally last week the Lord blessed us with a bouncing baby girl to the family of brother Fey and sister KY mommy is doing well baby is doing well Daddy is doing well and the Lord did it praise the Lord so I post for the men I posted a contact please reach out to them and celebrate with them at the appropriate time the baby will come a lot of us also will celebrate here with them in the name of Jesus Hallelujah today by the grace of God God has a message for you and I go upward stay upward go upward and stay upward by the grace of God you will go upward by the grace of God when you go upward you remain upward father we bless your name we thank you for your word word that you have for us today we pray that as we speak let it be that you are the one Speaking give us a heart of understanding and the grace to put your word to work that to this's word will do us good and we shall go upward and we shall remain upward in Jesus name we pray praise the Lord I'm my number one advice for all is that you are going to get out of your past and you shall remain out of it you will get free from your past and stay free in the name of Jesus like our brother pray today if some of you were listening is easier to go up much more easier to go up but to stand up never to fall is much more difficult but today God will Empower us to stay up we have been talking about this series from the beginning of this month and today is the 30th and we spend a lot of time on going up upward today we're going to spend time on staying upward so you are upward as a parent you remain upward as a career professional you remain upward as a businessman woman you remain upward as one God is putting together your marriage that marriage will remain upward it will not go downward in the name of Jesus there is the statistics on prisoners who return to prison the B I mean there this statistic says that 50 53% of male people who go to prison 53% of them they return back and 39% of females they return back for various reasons but the emphasis here is that they are not able to stay free something happens we are not interested in what happens we are interested in the statistics that 53% of them of male and the 39% of males they return back and the question is why would anyone want to return back to a prison cell after Freedom why would everyone return to confinement after enjoying total Liberty and my prayer today is that anyone that the Lord has set free you remain free in the mighty name of Jesus I say you remain free that is true of Believers today Redemption sets us free he set us free from sin but how many Believers or so called Believers remain in that freedom they receive Jesus they confess him they get excited but soon they return back to where they came from and when they return they return into greater damage my prayer is that every one of us here will not be listed among on those who will return to our past in the name of Jesus our scripture testt is taken from numbers 14 from verse 1 to3 then the whole Community the whole Community began weeping aloud they cried all night these were the community of the of the children of Israel whom God just delivered from the Captivity of Egypt so the whole Community were weeping aloud and they cried all night their voices Rose in a great chorus of protest against Moses and Aaron if only we had died in Egypt even here in the wilderness they complained why is the Lord taking us to this country only to have us to have us die in battle they were complaining why would they go to the next place in their life why would they go upward why would they remain upward it says our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt that was their question to them it was better to go back back to captivity they F that the challenges of the present time the challenges of the current Liberty was worse of than the freedom that their current state provided for them many of us as Believers are living exactly that way we don't want to let go Egypt we feel that Egypt was so near just very near to let go and so to remain in the next place the upward place the place of stability the place where you have Fellowship where you have total Liberty in close fellowship with the almighty God they F that place was not good enough every Spirit of Egypt will die today in the mighty name of Jesus I said they will die today so for us to stay out of captivity like the Captivity of Egypt we have to put our ourselves in the power that set us free from that captivity I wish we had the power to set ourselves free then we would have been able to say oh the power that Set Me Free that I had Within Me will be able to sustain me but it was the power of the almighty God that can set anyone free for whosoever the son of man sets free that person is free indeed and if he's the one that sets you free he's the only one that can sustain your freedom if he's the one that made you to go up world is the only one that can sustain you in that high position in every aspect of your life but the question is how do we remain upward how can you guarantee how do I guarantee that I remain upward it is God's desire for him to set you free and make you to climb up and remain and to make you to climb up it is also his desire to ensure you remain that place for him to set you free and set me free from captivity according to his will and his purpose it is also in accordance to his will that we remain in that place if anything to make us to begin to grow from that place of freedom and keep growing up what must we do in order to remain in that upward position number one is we have to adapt to the new environment you have to adapt to the new environment the Christian race is new to many the precepts the Commandments are new to many the environment is new to many that is why this place not a nightclub to many is new when you get into a nightclub is different the lifestyle over there and the lifestyle here is different so you have to adapt to the new environment is it easy to adapt no is it easy to embrace change no change even if it is inevit table is hard to embrace that you and me where we used to be things we used to do and now we detest them it's hard but possible through the power of the almighty God we must realize that in the new environment there will be new influences the old influences in the old order in Egypt must be left in Egypt in the kingdom of God the the environment is different and if you must stay in that environment you must embrace the environment how do you do that your relationships will have to change your companionships will have to change those you hang out with in the we have to change if you don't change them they will pull you back in no time the things that you used to enjoy will have to change you must have to adapt and say goodbye to the Past in order to remain where God has positioned you in the present praise the Lord and that takes us to number two we must be determined to gain total control over your past self over my past self what does that mean there is you there is a you there is a me in yesterday and that you or me of yesterday is in contention with you or me in the present so until you Sease control of that power that is trying to make you to adapt to yesterday oh it will be hard for you to remain up but by the mercies of God you will remain up in the name of Jesus that force of yesterday that will keep reminding you of yesterday oh all the food I used to eat yesterday the places used to go yesterday the people people you hang out with yesterday the kind of clothes you used to put on yesterday those forces will come to tell you that you of today you have changed you are no longer current it you tell you you you are looking up to date you are looking out of date but it will take determination except you want your yesterday to pull you down you must be determined to say my yesterday you are gone with yesterday today is a new day and this new day will bring joy this new day will bring me peace every habits of yesterday the habits that you do in the open ignorantly and the habits that you know that are wrong in your closet of yesterday they are no longer permissible in your today if you have to remain with God and to stay up and by the grace of God you will go up and remain up going up and remain up does not just mean financially Brethren it has a very strong spiritual connotation going up and remaining up in your marriage the things you to enjoy as a single lady or a single man will no longer be permissible if that marriage must stay up the kind of people you used to hang out with they must change for instance a single woman a single man even if you have companionship your best friend will not be a single uh I mean for a married couple a married man a married woman your best friend will not be a single person or you leave your home and begin to hang out with single people what are you doing what are you discussing they may not be relevant to your marriage in as much as you want to Fellowship you must be able to identify with people in your new environment for instance career professionals a career professional will hanger with people in their domain of industry where you can benefit from them if you spend all your time with people who are not in the same industry the little you know over time you forget it the same way spiritually when we come to God I will say now we have new relationship with God our best friends should not be sinners we are not judging but our best friends should not be people who detest to live according to the words of God our best friends will not be people when they are out there you will not be able to identify them with anything that God says so but if you continue to keep it and say oh I know the God that I have in no time you become like them so you have to embrace a new you and let the past be gone praise the Lord as you do so you be able to stay like I said before God's desire is for you to stay for you to stay up and remain up and for me also to stay up and and remain up in the mighty name of Jesus so nothing will take us down none of us shall go down every satanic plan and devices to make us to return to our yesterday all those plans shall fail in the name of Jesus so we must gain [Music] control um these are not the things that you say oh maybe oh I don't know because you know you know know the things you used to do before you say now I'm a Child of God you know the things you used to do before you say now I am married you know the things you used to do now you say now I a businessman when you are in business business changes you when you are in a business if you're a businessman or a business woman your practices will change if you want your business to stay up you you have to work you want to remain in that career in that industry BR you have to work the Bible says watch and pray after you have prayed you cannot keep your eyes closed and be walking you will trip and fall you pray you open your eyes and watch out for every potential danger so that the name of the Lord be glorified and in that name shall be glorified in your life and in my life number three we must seek to understand God's P perspective of who we are now who are you now in that upward Place who are you now you must seek to understand who you are if you don't understand who you are the word will give you a name name if you don't know who you are others will tell you who you are and they will not tell you they will not give you a good name but God has given you a good name every name that is not of the Lord that the enemy wants to give to you or me will not stand in the name of Jesus you used to be a sinner you used to be a sinner you are no longer a sinner if you are in Christ and you are striving for righteousness and so don't let what happened when you were in sin to come to torment you but now you have embraced Jesus and he has a new name for you and that name is that name of our Lord Jesus Christ that he has given unto you that as you put on that name of Jesus upon you the righteousness of Jesus is upon you you are striving for righteousness the Lord is taking you to a place and he will give you a name that is glorious a name that is peaceful a name that is powerful a name that is strength a name that no obstacle will be able to stand against you a name that is fruitful against whatever name that the enemy has provided number four we must acknowledge our weakness weaknesses if you want to remain up it takes strength to remain up you must acknowledge your weaknesses back because by your strength you cannot stay there and depend upon God's help to stay upward acknowledge your weaknesses and depend upon God's help the scripture tells us that by strength shall no man prevail it is not by mind nor by SP nor by power but it is by my spirit says the Lord Zechariah 4:6 so if you want to stay up your strength did not take you up so only the power of God can take you up praise the Lord so why not depend upon that power 2 Corinthians 3:17 says now the the Lord is the spirit and where the spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty if you are in the presence of the almighty God depending upon him as long as you are depending upon Him He will surround you with his presence and you enjoy the Liberty that every Force trying to bring you down will fail in the name of Jesus and they will fail in the mighty name of Jesus number five we must determine to live by the word of God what God gave us as a representation of himself is the word if you read the word you are communicating with God if you listen to messages from I mean based on true word of God you are communicating with God plus the holy spirit of God that dwells inside of you so the word of God is your standard that standard lifts up a man that standard sustains a man that standard promotes a man and when I say man I mean everyone and that standard as long as you live by that standard you are going up and you shall stay up in the mighty name of Jesus James 1 verse 22-2 says don't just listen to God's word many of us are listening now don't just listen you must do what he says You must be a doer of the word not a hearer only otherwise you are only fooling yourselves for if you listen to the word and don't obey it's like glancing at your face in the mirror you see yourself and walk away and forget how or what you look like you have listen as at the time you are listening oh you are shouting some are screaming amen that's what is for me if you don't do it says you just walk out and soon you forget the only way for the word of the Lord to make meaning is the one we do he said but if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free and if you do what he says and don't forget what you heard then God will bless you for doing it and that blessings of the Lord is the blessing of sustainance God will bless you lift you up keep you up and keep keeping you up until Jesus returns in the mighty name of Jesus Romans 12:2 says don't copy the behavior and the customs of the word don't copy copy the scripture use a model in the scripture to copy and model your life don't don't be don't be like the Jones don't leave by the crowd this is how they do it live by the word of God live by the standard of God praise the Lord he said but be but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think there was a way we used to think before we became children of God there is a new way the ways of God your thoughts of God what dominates your heart will be different for what used to dominate your heart before you say now I am a child of God and God by his Mercy took you up you want to remain up there your thoughts must be those of the Lord that will be only permissible in that place if your thoughts are thoughts of the days of evil in no time that person will go down we shall not go down in the name of Jesus it's God's desire to sustain stain each and every one of us upward and keep making us to shine from that place and keep shining until we meet with our Lord Jesus Christ the only way our mind will have to be renewed in that upper position there is a mindset for it in that upper position there are standards for it in that upper position there are principles that will keep you there and higher than the ones that took you there may we embrace it in the name of Jesus he said then when you do that then you will learn to know God's will which is good and pleasing and perfect as you begin to change your mind I want to get married my thoughts I used to be single it will change I want a new career my thought will have to change I want to I I want to be a father a mother my thought will have to change whatever you are Desiring are you single you want a man or a woman thoughts will change anybody that sees you you are ready praise the Lord not doubt whether you are ready for your spouse God himself will not doubt CU he will see you and and you are pray and maybe you are not praying even your lifestyle does not show that but God wants to bless somebody else but God will not punish somebody else by giving another person to him who is not who mind is outside of what God wants I hope you understand what I'm saying Mr a wants to get married and Mr A's mind is totally in tune with God and Mr Miss or miss a is single but our thoughts is not in line with the thought of God and God wants to bless Mr a how do you think God will allow M Mr a to marry Miss B or miss a because they are not in alignment if God does that that means God wants to punish Mr a but our God is not an unjust God so we must be prepared our mind must be renewed to go up and to stay up and finally brethren we must upgrade and broaden our knowledge upgrade and broaden your knowledge anybody must go up must broaden your knowledge expand your knowledge fellowship with people who will add to your knowledge about the things of God fellowship with people who will add your knowledge about skills Fellowship that add your knowledge about to be a good couple fellowship with people that will add value to your life and not people who you will associate with they will leave you worse than you have ever been that is how knowledge comes the Bible tells us that iron sharpens iron so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend if you if you say you are my friend you must add bring value to me if really love me to be your friend you must give me Good Counsel you must not give me counsels that will bring me down you you must not tell me that it's not good to be married so let's go you must not tell me that we are going for guys guys night and let's go to a nightclub let's go out and get drunk because guys do it then you want to bring me down you must not tell me not to be diligent with my work or my business then you want to bring me down the same thing applies to any woman here if you have a friend that cannot add value to your life you have no business with that person even if that person is your biological relation you have no business with that person you can relate you can communicate but that you your counsel must not be based on the counsels from people like that anybody that cannot add value I mean spiritual value I mean things that will Elevate you and keep you where God wants you to be you have no business with that relationship and may the Lord help us in the name of Jesus I say may the Lord help us in the name of Jesus so in conclusion God wants to keep you up he wants to keep me up so how do we that number one for us to remain upward we must on the screen adapt to this new environment do everything you can to adapt to this new environment adapt to this Christian lifestyle is so beneficial Brethren everything you are or you ever desire to be and to have is available here in your relationship with God you must adapt you must do a way and strive to conquer your your past your past is always dragging always trying to pull you down conquer it praise the Lord number three seek to understand God's perspective of who you are know that you are no longer who you used to be but what God says you are and only what God says you are that is what you shall become in the name of Jesus and you must acknowledge your weaknesses father I cannot do this by myself I need help the help that I need is only going to come from God and not from man and so whoever that depends on God that help will be available onto him May that help be available onto in the name of Jesus then when you are there in that place because God kept you there you must live by the word live the word of God experientially you cannot just quote scriptures A to Z but you don't you must leave it leave it in the open leave it in your closet praise the Lord in the open and in the closet and also you must broaden your knowledge upgrade yourself you see every software you see you see 2.0 3.0 why because upgrade if you don't upgrade you become out of date and when you are out of date that that person loses relevance in no time that that person will fall from that top that will not be your portion in the name of Jesus so we are going to pray everyone here the only Power that can sustain you in that position is the power from on high it's not anything that you can do by your own self so I want you to call upon the name of the Lord the power that can take up and keep upward as that power to come upon you and that power comes only upon those who have relationship with the almighty God so you are here you don't have relationship God that power is not meant it's meant for all but that power can only be released for to those who Embrace that power I cannot embrace it if you have not given your life to our Lord Jesus Christ you are here you don't have relation with Jesus I like you to come forward stand up put the enemy to shame and there is none and I pray I believe and pray that everyone here is a born again until the rest of us begin to call upon the name of the Lord for the Lord to you up if you are not there where you are desire father take me up father take me up and keep me up father help me to adapt to a life in you help me to do a away with the life of my yesterday help me to conquer old self and to embrace a new me in you oh Father help me help me in my weaknesses be my help sustain me keep me up in the mighty name of Jesus ask God to help you to live by the word of God I want to live by your word I desire to live by Your Word father help me give me the grace to wake up every day living in obedience to your Commandments living righteously living a holy life living as you have commanded father help me ask him to help you as you seek to upgrade yourself for OU me with the right people around me that will result in my upgrade physically spiritually Act chemically help us to be upgraded and broaden our knowledge in you the knowledge that will sustain our upward life that you have put us in in the name of Jesus and so father we bless your Holy Name let your name be exalted we glorify your name today we have received power not only to go upward Ward that power that keep us upward until Jesus returns in Jesus name we have prayed praise the Lord hallelujah we are quickly going to take our offerings then our children will be ready for the award then our Thanksgiving celebrations please I indulge I encourage all of us to wait for us we are going to do this as quickly as possible in the name of Jesus it's offering time those are the means through which you can give zel cash app PayPal check cash and as you do so the power that takes up will take your finances upward and sustain you in the name of Jesus praise the Lord praise the Lord hallelujah praise praise praise the Lord hallelujah can we all rise up as we give our offering unto the Lord dancing rejoicing amen can we all rise [Music] up one thing we ask of you one thing that we desire that as we worship you Lord come and take your eyes one we you one as we worship you [Music] Lord everybody see arise arise take your place take your be a throne on our praise holy Lord will AR everybody shout arise arise arise R everybody shout r I know he rescued my soul his blood has covered my S every mother shout oh my chain is taking away my pain is buing the name every mother shout oh let us ra [Music] every rede myed oh my [Music] red [Music] [Applause] sing is is [Applause] [Music] my God is good my God is is your god good in the presence of God this morning if you know you stop believing God let us give him a dance offering [Music] Hallelujah my God is good my God is good oh everything [Music] for oh I ask for p oh I ask for one [Music] oh everything [Music] [Applause] everything double [Music] double hallelujah have open silent my God is the light I will not keep it inside I will miss my God is alive I not I will be silent I will be silent my God is so why should I give it I will be silent I will be silent my God is why give me I will the silent my God is alive I will not I will be silent I will be silent my God is the so why should I give me power will be silent I will be silent my God is aive so why should I give my God is good [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] my God is good my God is good my God is [Music] good my God is good everything [Music] everything my blessing sh never my bless [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] never my God is good my God is [Applause] good everything [Music] I oh you Me Dance ice [Music] oh [Music] Hallelujah are we we are we weing [Music] [Applause] [Music] your your [Music] we are Hallelujah we are going we are going higher higher higher higher every and we are going high am we are going high we are going higher higher higher higher than [Music] hallelujah hallelujah that was a very wonderful Dance Sister V I want to hand over the microphone to you guys let us know why you are dancing this way praise the Lord tell us why you are dancing amen good morning good morning praise the Lord hallelujah I'm deeply honored and grateful to be before you here today as we celebrate and give thanks for Ellie and I [Music] wedding first and foremost I want to thank God for his Abundant Blessings amen for bringing L me together and for guiding us on this incredible journey without his grace and love none of this possible to my wonderful wife Ellie words cannot fully Express how grateful I am to have you by my side you are my rock my inspiration and my joy thank you for your unwavering love thank you thank you and for being the incredible woman that you are as you can see I'm truly blessed to have her in my life she takes care of all my needs I'd also like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Ellie's brother CeCe his wife chica your support and love throughout their Journey has been incredible and invaluable chica your Tyler's efforts and planning coordinating the wedding were nothing short of miraculous excuse me thank you both for each being an essential part of our Lives long with Zuri and Zara I love you both Aunt edro thank you for your wisdom your guidance and love your presence has been a great comfort to us we are grateful for your support to Ellie's mother thank you for raising such an extraordinary woman and for welcoming me into your family with open arms and warmth to my own family who isn't here today but uh I also want to thank them and for all their wonderful support that they have given us as well I also want to thank uh pastor and Pastor Mrs for their spiritual guidance for leading this wonderful congregation with such dedication and love your prayers and support has meant the world to us and I like be remissed not thank the Usher team go Ushers your guys' support has uh has been incredible as well your kindness and Hospitality of the church so amen and a special shout out to Stella and to miss sister Debbie for letting me share this wonderful thing Hallelujah uh and thank you to the entire church once when I walked in the door you guys have been nothing but friendly very care your support has been incredible you embrace me with open arms so thank you so much amen and to celebrate toight let's remember to give thanks to God for his goodness and mercy we are so grateful for each and every one of you and we look forward to the many blessings and joyful moments ahead God bless you all hallelujah amen and amen okay praise God hallelujah I know time is already fast spent so I'm just going to you know he said it all but I still want to say I want to thank God I know where he brought me from I know where he has brought me through I know where he's taking me to amen I don't know if you know my story but if you don't know my story tap your neighbor and say what was her story they will tell you my story was around town so I bless God and I want to thank every one of you God has used me I've used people in a special way to bless me to lift me up I want to say thank you to my pastor my pastor M they were there for for me I remember one day when I was crying was Pastor Miss Pastor M Susan encouraging me and I want to say thank you I want to thank you I want to say thank you to the whole church you guys have been a blessing my wedding you know it was it was amazing I don't want to call names but someone actually paid for our tickets someone took care of the cakes someone took care of the drinks the hall the food you know I don't want to keep counting because I don't want to make Stella jealous so but you know so I want to say thank you to my ushering team oh my goodness I keep saying this when we get to heaven even though they're not supposed to user but because of the love we have for one another God will give us a team that thank you so much I want thank you to my mother she couldn't make it to the wedding you know but I'm glad she's here you know she's been a prayer Warrior she's been there for me since I was na wom thank you Mom thank you to my darling AR the life of the party I thank you yena um your husband my sons thank you so much I love you guys even though you guys get my nerves at times but thank you um my darling brother I love you Mama all of you AO God bless you chy man she made this dress overnight thank you so much so for everyone I say thank you I don't know if I'm missing anyone out my husband of course babe sorry I thank him thank you so much for making me feel so special thank you so much for coming to my life praise God if I miss anyone out because Pastor is rushing me please okay I didn't just give my mom to just say one minute to say thank you mommy one minute it will be more than one missing praise the Lord hallelujah just three minutes 3 minutes yes I just want to thank thank everybody in this church everybody everybody here because my daughter told me how you people stood by her and I would have been there but you know American Embassy couldn't let me make it before that day so I give glory to God Amen I'm here I told and I want to thank my daughter and my son-in-law it's not my son not my in-law sh I want to thank them because I asked them to postpone the Thanksgiving because of me that since the devil didn't want me to be here I be here for the Thanksgiving and today by the grace of God I'm here I give glory to God I thank everyone my son my my daughter-in-laws my sisters all my children I give God to that most importantly I thank God Amen God is faithful amen God is wonderful I bow down to him in Jesus name amen amen it's more than one minute ab Hallelujah before they go back to their seat I want to say very big congratulations to you as you have been joined together God will bless you God will bless your union in the name of Jesus let's stretch our hands and bless them everyone you are married every blessing you desire to you desire to see your marriage pour it out on them that God will sustain this marriage God will keep them up and sustain them upward in the name of Jesus that God will bring them Joy you bring them peace you bless this marriage according to their heart desires father we bless your holy name thank you for your children who are are giving you thanks for joining them together father we pray in the mighty name of Jesus and they have come before you that in blessing that you bless them in the name of Jesus in sustainance Father sustain them as they desire father open your windows of Heaven unto them in Jesus name we have pray praise the Lord hallelujah thank you all for those who joined them who came for them God will come for you and stand by you in the mighty name of Jesus now straight to the awards I'm handing over to the children's teacher amen hallelujah you're all welcome I hope we're excited this day the children have been really looking forward to it really really expectantly all of their hard work to be shown today so we just want you to have energy with us to have fun with us we thank God for the their diligence this school year our children has done have done exceptionally well and it's only our honor to be able to um celebrate them and um worship God and thank God for each and every one of their lives we thank God that there was no bad news this school year for any one of our students that God sustained them kept them amen that and then now we're able to even honor them those that have maintained their A's and B's but even if students that were short of that A or B Because often times some teachers can be really sticklers right there's teachers that would give a child a 79 just one point from that be but that child has really diligently worked so today we celebrate those children as well those that continue to diligently work and that God will continue to enable you and that you will receive your honors as well praise the Lord you're welcome once more so the first thing we're going to do we're going to kick off we're going to celebrate all of those that are moving on grade levels so we're going to celebrate all those that are graduated prek those that graduated kindergarten those that graduated fifth grade those that graduated 8th grade and then finally our class of 2024 will celebrate with them so I need all the energy children are we ready are we ready praise the Lord so our Auntie sayya will help us because you know I'm I have a hard time reading names sometimes so our Auntie seya will be calling our names out and some of our teachers will be helping to hand out the gifts and items that we have for those moving on praise the Lord you're welcome enjoy the slideshow presentation as well joam un call youru come on saman Sam go they're graduating from prek to kindergarten from kindergarten Ola jene IMI jod Bethy [Applause] Diamond Oka okoi Michelle Dess arag you can't get Michelle prin Pyon she has to you know she has to be here though a so go ahead this is our fifth graders graduating to moving up to middle school middle school come on baby come on Jaden [Applause] o Samuel ulad no baby this is Jaden this is says ay Jessica [Applause] [Music] IMI Eva pyro quickly quickly quickly AB oo Elena [Music] akiri ad praise AR [Music] joim hurry and this grade are the mdle schoolers graduating to high school praise the Lord let's make some [Music] [Applause] noise victory [Music] aru Victoria aru don't see you dancing I told you guys to dance Bailey Pyon yay Serena LEL yay Anthony oo Erica akiri yay and a are we [Music] yay come on praise the Lord so now we have to stand up we're going to usher in our class of 2024 our High School class of 2024 I need all energy this group has been amazing all of my groups have been amazing but I love this group so much their diligence their love everything their their leadership that they shown this school year I'm so appreciative of them so let's dance I want you to welcome them as they come in class of [Music] 2024 me me [Music] uela [Applause] Joy favor rest o and Toby who one name that's the only [Music] boy praise the Lord praise the Lord let's give it one more time for class of 2024 let's give it up class of yeah they don't look excited at all can we get some excitement congratulations job well done job well done indeed class of 2024 so we'll be honoring them a little bit later I just wanted let's go straight into our awards for our A's and B's so my my graduates if you can sit in the first few rows please we'll call you back up for the scholarship portion yeah just the first row praise the Lord all right so now we're going to move on to our awards ceremony for all those that have made A's and B if you'll give us just a moment pastor Pastor Mrs would you like to please please come so part of the A's and B's honor roll of course they had to submit their um grades to us and they had to have maintained have A's and B's for this last school term so we have um many students that had all A's and then we have students that had A's and B's as well so the monetary gifting that they'll be receiving this day will be based on that so we have Elementary um middle and then of course High School School ATI say praise the Lord Elementary all A's and B's this is all a for elementary ad praise arino shadra s mes SNY Evie oo [Music] Jeremiah Amo still element still Elementary asmbs bright aru Elena Airi Ola a sucess Lia [Music] Owen [Music] n Isabella j o [Music] we Salem aund Samuel [Music] aund Davida [Music] Oki Samuel Samuel [Music] Pyon aror desire [Music] and this is for middle schoolers all a Rachel Adano Victory [Music] aru oier award and Samuel [Music] LEL steel Middle School all A's and B's Victoria [Music] aru Erica [Music] akiri Emmanuel Airi [Music] Serena L Bailey [Music] Pyon in [Music] KD Chelsea on [Music] Anthony oo and a a [Music] [Music] excited and this is high school all a maim aru Steven AI Prosperity a [Music] can high school A's and B's h [Music] air a Lola honey [Applause] [Music] [Applause] AI victory [Music] [Music] Abigail a [Music] Jer that's Abigail [Music] congratulations praise the Lord let's give it up let's give it [Music] up yes praise the Lord so our A's and B's like I said it's different um different monetary gifting so all A's for um for instance for our so our sen high schoolers a little bit more so a all A's for high schoolers they received $100 A's and for high high schoolers they received um $80 praise the Lord and then for our middle schoolers we have um all a for our middle schoolers they received $60 if I'm not mistaken and then um $40 for A and B's and then our elementary students all A's $40 A's and B's $20 praise the lord we did great we want to do more we want to do much much more so we'll talk about that a little bit later during announcements but at this time we want to C those that are receiving this year's scholarship so our scholarship is intended for all of our high school seniors there were some things they had to do they had to apply for the scholarship they had to have a certain GPA they had to also submit a recommendation letter so there were steps there were things that they had to do they had to write an essay for the scholarship as well so we have this year we have five scholarship recipients who will be receiving can you pass me board $500 each praise the Lord can we make some noise for our scholarship recipients that will be receiving $500 each so we'll call your name once your name is called please stay up so that um we can get a picture and we can celebrate you some more let's give it up for our 2024 scholarship recipients [Music] immanuela and joer [Music] next Jo Joy [Music] [Applause] G okay say take you [Music] from take a picture at the end we take a picture at the end favor [Applause] [Music] orj sorry resing [Music] oo congratulations praise the Lord let's give it up for our 2024 scholarship recipient let's come together let's take a quick picture with Pastor some people on this side let's give it up it wasn't easy at all but they did it praise the Lord I'll also mention that quite a few of them gr are graduating with um 4.0 no three everybody had like a 3.5 and above so I'll just mention just a few our highest GPA goes to um Miss Emmanuel with a 4.7 GPA 4.7 GPA Emmanuela has been accepted to Duke University she'll be going to Duke University praise the Lord she has plans she has plans on studying Neuroscience Neuroscience other notable um universities that she was admitted to was emry Georgia Tech ug University of Virginia she had the Pickins she could select as many as she wanted praise the Lord and then we have nefi our beautiful nefi she's graduating with a 3.7 are going to GSU nefi has received the Hope Scholarship she's going to be studying psychology that is her plans all right we have fa fa has graduated with a 3.6 GPA she'll be going to she'll be going to the University of West Georgia she also received the Hope Scholarship and she'll be studying psychology we have joy my joy my joy my joy my joy joy joy I forgot your GPA 3.5 right 3.8 sorry sorry 3.8 GPA she'll be going to Georgia State as well and then she'll also has plans on studying nursing let's give it up for Joy resi our beautiful resi resi has graduated with a 3.8 she will also be going to Georgia State University resi has plans and aspirations to study theater this is our actor resi is going to be a star in the name of Jesus we're going to see her on the big screen in the name of Jesus praise the Lord I believe that all of ours where okay I believe that is all of our recipients all right so at this time I wanted to do something a little bit different this year I wanted to give some of our students an opportunity to say a word to the congregation just a word of appreciation a lot of them many of them a testimony for this season that they are in and graduating so I wanted to give them an opportunity just to share a little bit of that so if you could just indulge us just a little bit and in addition to that too I have requested for they make copies of their cash app QR codes so if you feel inclined in your heart to give them a little bit more to celebrate them just a little bit more a lot of them are going to be going off to college they're going to be staying on campus of of course needing items bedroom items for their Co for their dorm rooms and things of that nature so all their cash app links will be um in the lobby area you can just screenshot it take you know they're Advanced so you just screenshot the QR code and take a and you can go exactly there and give whatever amount you want to give if each and every one of us gave them a dollar that would be added to what they've already received praise the Lord so bless you as you do that let's welcome first resi just to give a short um just a a short testimony and just a thank you to the congregation Pastor good afternoon Church praise the Lord for the last four years I was in and out of classes juggling homework and extracurriculars and every year something was different I had different classes with different people and different teachers with different schoolwork but for those four years with all its differences one thing stayed the same and that was God he showed me that no matter what grade I was in or what test I was studying for he would be there but he also showed me that this church would be here for me too in the last s years since church has been active I was here too they seen me get acne grow taller have short hair and among many other things this church has become a part of my family and I could not ask for better I want to thank every single person here for being here for me for the last four years of high school because without God and this church I don't know where I would be so thank you God my family my church family for being a constant in my life in a world full of differences who else good afternoon church I can't say any better than she has but at a words this church has been a pillar to my life I have made LifeLock friends I have graduated from high school here Middle School here and now I'm graduating from high school I most especially thankful to God and my family my sister and my mom I wouldn't have done this without you and to Pastor Mrs and Pastor for your good wishes and your prayers to Aunt in Kim and Aunt seya for unconditional motherly love and Uncle Steve and his wife and sister Christal for taking their time out to teach us more about the Bible as you have all for me I pray that the Lord will never leave your side [Music] amen hello church I'm uel whether you recognize me from the select Wednesday Bible studies I've attended or from standing or sitting amongst the church as you guys are doing right now or from one of my other family members such as my mom who has her phone out right now or whether it's Johnston who's up in the studio up there or if it's my sister or if it's my other brother great James today uh as resi and joy acknowledged before me God has brought us here together this afternoon to celebrate before this month's end the theme going upwards to many going upwards looks different I know to me going upwards and involved me using my school laptop and having nights where I would be spending time studying or if it was me just reading or hanging out with my friends to everyone especially in a school environment going upwards can mean very different things however I've been able to spend this time throughout middle school and during my high school years attending this church and I'm so glad that I have because from here even during the times when I'm downstairs or whether I'm upstairs I'm still able to embrace God's presence and even if I may not be the biggest dancer or the biggest person that's worshiping and yelling my lungs out I'm still here today and I'm glad that graduated and glad that the rest of the class of 2024 has graduated thank you so [Applause] much praise the Lord hallelujah amen the Lord has done so well they are going forth they will remain upward let's rest our hands and bless them Father in the mighty name of Jesus thank you for giving them the spirit of Excellence you started with them you continue with them you finish well with them Father we thank you they are going forth father go ahead of them sustain them they have marked they have they have made a difference here everywhere they go they will make a difference in the name of Jesus in colleges there shall be three Blazers in the mighty name of Jesus everyone who has received an award today is a mark of an upward movement none of them shall go down in the mighty name of Jesus every eyes of the enemy that may be set against them for you shall blindfold in the mighty name of Jesus encourage them Father every test that they will be taken they shall be found to be more than 10 times better than their appears in the name of Jesus for in Jesus name we have prayed praise the Lord congratulations to every one of you and to those who are sitting there to the teachers so much more congratulations to you you have dished out God will replenish in the name of Jesus God will teach your own in the mighty name of Jesus for in Jesus name we have prayed just one more give us a few more minutes and we are rounding off quickly praise the Lord so praise the Lord I hope you're excited make sure you celebrate our students um after church even give them a hug give them a handshake your support goes a long way we thank God for you so I wanted to just give just a quick um short look at what this scholarship season look looks like much similar to the scholarship season before this is our fifth year doing this award scholarship so just wanted to give just a glimpse of what it looked like so this year we had seven High School grads we had 35 um students that went to the next level meaning kindergarten graduates those that went to Elementary to middle middle to high and then of course our graduates we had 50 honors recipients those A's and B's honors recipient 50 and just in case my head is in the way that grand total in the very bottom the grand total cost of $ 5,294 that included all of the honors the monetary gifting Honors that we that we bestowed upon them also the gift bags the items that are in the gift bags as well all of that is included and in addition to the $500 scholarship per um recipient which we had five recipients this school year so I bet you're Wonder in where do I fit in well if you're not I'll tell you where you can fit in with that and our next slide it just shows the percentage of what our where our tith and offering comes from that goes towards this Mission this ministry as it relates to our scholarships and Awards just the children's department overall so of course 80% is family donations so that is typically a family that has donated towards this so next year as we're planning for for it to continue already have it in your heart that you would be part of this through our tithe and offering 5% was just other just small giftings that we received here and there I have some people that would say here put this towards the um Awards C Awards that's coming up buy decorations with this you know little little stuff like that so we want to give you opportunities to truly be a part of it so not this Sunday but we'll be starting on a quarterly basis to just take uh donation and um take offering towards this children's ministry Endeavor we want to continue it again this is 5 years so we want it to grow bigger and bigger and we want the whole church to be a part of this movement praise the Lord we thank you in advance for all of your support we have so much more I know children we're expensive sorry we even have VBS coming up so these are the things that will be of course um yearning for you guys to be a part of and just to support we thank you for the support that you've already given and those that will be given in um to come thank the Lord praise the Lord You're all welcome once more all right so really quick at this time now that we got that out of the way we'll welcome any firsttime visitors we're so sorry um church has really extended itself oh so no no okay extended itself praise the Lord amen one announcement though um baptisma class will start next Sunday so please all those that are interested in baptisma class please see um ushers next Sunday we'll start it at 9:15 a.m. in the morning baptism class praise the Lord have a blessed blessed week see you Wednesday for thank you thank you thank you sister let's give God a big clap she has son done so so well she God has been using her so trem tremendously along with other teachers downstairs and even in the sanctuary the only major announcement today is on Wednesdays our anointing service please let us come and get anointed for this month of July for the month of July praise the Lord and I also want to say this your CH some of your children has re I mean have received this award and I also want to encourage us let's check our hearts some parents your children may have received but they don't pay tight enough so what they are receiving are what others are contributing so let's judge ourselves ways we fund some of these activities are these are what is visible there are lot more that are not visible that we do as a church to the needy around us so if you don't pay your tith and offering please I encourage you to do so apart from the fact that when you don't do when you don't do that is a Disobedience to the Commandments of the lord we don't preach it here the lot but it is very important and apart from that we also use it to run the church is all of us are sitting here is schol the HVAC here in this centuary is over $3,000 every month the instruments we always buying sometimes 20,000 15,000 instruments we always changing things 2,000 3,000 we don't announce it in some Churches they announce to change battery of the microphone but we don't do so that does not mean we don't need the assistance but we expect everybody to be mature so check yourselves and check if what you're doing is right before God and before humanity and if you are not doing so please do so and as you do so the blessings of the Lord shall be upon you in the mighty name of Jesus and we'll be taking offerings for this special event like quarterly but we can't do so today so that our our plan is that a time we come where we can just take these children and pay scholarship as long as they maintain a certain grade through our College give them this amount all through to encourage them and let them know that we have made an impact in their lives our desire is to make impact in the lives of people if we live we don't make an impact then we have not fulfilled the purpose of our coming together may the Lord help us in the name of Jesus once again on Wednesday please let us come let us rise and share our closing prayer father in the mighty name of Jesus we give you praise we give you our adoration we thank you for you have brought us together and your purpose of bringing us together has been established we are stepping into a new week that will Usher us into a new month in this new month in this new week father sustain us everyone that will start the month will end the month well upgrade de seated at the top in the mighty name of Jesus as we return father Lord we shall return with our testimonies in Jesus name we pray amen the grace May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the love of God and the sweet Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forever more amen surely God's goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives and we shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever amen the choice song The Choir God bless you [Music] so let there love Let There Be Love share among us Let There Be Love in our Liv now your love this nation C us over love to us [Music] understanding brotherly love that is real Let There Be Love shared Among Us Let There Be Love [Music]