September 28, 2025 • 74 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Speaking exams sounds something in that sounds speaking in.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Say good morning on this beautiful Lord today morning He's
given us, and we're thankful for each it thought it
worthwhile to come into his house and praise this wonderful
name this morning, and we're thankful for each one listening
by Way Radio live stream.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
We welcome to our service.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
And Lord has something spacial today for into this first
day of Sunday, first Sunday in autumn of autumn season.
We're thankful, I think will be a part of the
family of God this morning and just be able to
come into His house. What a savior we serve today.
Our announcements for the coming week. We've got a busy
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week ours. Every Sunday morning at nine thirty is a
Sunday school hour. Ten thirty our morning worship service. Five
forty five. This evening is for our practice. Forty five
is four forty five is choir practice. Five forty five
is prayer in.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
The prayer room.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
And six o'clock or evening worship service. You don't have
a regular place, then we invite you to come and
worship with a suce evening Wednesday at seven o'clock. Midweek
prayer service, choir church. We'll be going to a big
bottom Baptist church and pastors be preaching church. Everyone's welcome
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of us. Is gonna leave here at bout six thirty
and just travel about three miles up the road. But
we're looking forward to a good time. They're in their
homecoming service and Thursday at seven o'clock we'll be at
the Evergreen ever Evergreen Hills Baptist Church in revival and choir.
We'll be leaving here at five forty five. The paper
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says six, but we're gonna leave here at five forty
five Thursday evening to journey down there to that revival
next next Sunday the our quarterly Communion service church. We
need to keep us in our minds, so ask gery
Leg to come and open the service and prayer while
he's coming. Second Chronicle seven fourteen says, of my people
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which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and
pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways.
Then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sins,
and will heal their land. Our land needs a healing
today as very before.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Let's pray, dear Lord and Heavenly Father God. I come
to you this morning, Lord, as humble and grateful God,
and thankful in prayer as I possibly can. Lord, and
I give you all glory and praise for this day,
the ability just to stand here and stand before these
people and pray, Lord, in your holy place, God, before
your Holy name. God, and Lord, want to pray over
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this service this morning. Lord, Pray for the choir as
they sing. Lord, Pray for Brother Mike as he brings
the word. Lord God, that if there are any here
this morning that may be lost without the blood of
Jesus Christ, Lord, that they may hear something Lord that
may spark them to be convicted of the Holy Spirit. God,
that we may see a soul saved in this house
this morning. Lord God, we think and glorify you for everything,
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and we just praise your Holy name. We are here
to praise you in every way in the name of Jesus,
your Son and our Savior. I pray and say Amen.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Brother Eric Fine prayer the first number, but the choir
we'd like to remember Elite, the Hodge, Anthony Owens, Barbara Huffman,
Bob Hagar, Brenda Darrin, Brenda Tyler, Carrie Sparks, Charlene Rupe,
Connie Jones, Connie Kirk, Darryl Dyer, Derrick, Kelly, DoD Raimes,
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dream of Leadbetter like Kelly, Elaine Ranson, Ellen Young, Ernstein McCoy,
Eda Kenney Fay, Harmon, Hank Jones, Janet Ritz, Jennifer McLean,
Jennifer Metas, Jim Balkman, Joe Reid, Joyce Layton, John Lanier,
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Joyce Moles, Katie and Marie stair Walk, Warren Harrison, Leah,
George Manny Hagerman, Mark Robinson, Melissa Gross, Mike White, Missy Burton,
Patricia Reid, Patty Neil, Peggy King, Phillip Turley, Pierce White,
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Ralph Hancock, Russell Cox, Rose Parker, Richard Day, Richard Channon,
Sandy Diren, Sandy Palmer, Sherry DoLS, Sherry Lawson, Sheerry Smith,
Steve Pierce, Steve Wells, Tammy Bostick, Tim Miller, Van Armstrong,
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Wilma Damascus, carl and Kay Terry, Danny and Becky Wentz,
Dave and Jamee Bracken, Ernie and Sally Bracken, Harry and
Karen eastep Herb and Jilly Skiles, Jimmy and Retha hall
Mark and Alison Patrick, Mike and Kay Cox, Orn and
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Mary Thomas, Randy and Mary Sizemore, Randy and Nancy Knight,
Sylvie and Connie Smith, Steve and Phillis Halstead, Tom and
Betty Lucas, Tom and Oma Gibson. The choir Cole of
Saint Saints will.
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Rise in a.
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Sce sa aything e Sa.
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Sa Sa.
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Sa Sa Sa.
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Sa sa say.
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Number two sixty four. As we watch it, we give
you your ties at all. It's all standing. Say there
shall be showers of blessings. There is showers for blessings every.
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Day with the Lord. There shall be showers up blessed.
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See this is the promise Sun.
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There shall be season three prayers shame simp from the
Savior up.
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Shower subleass see showers of blessing.
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We need mercy drops around the starfall.
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Up for the showers brea.
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There shall be showers are blessed.
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See prestious reviving again over the hills and the bales,
sound of abundant subar.
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Showers of blessed.
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See showers are blessing.
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We need.
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Mercy rounds or pall, but for the showers we breed.
There shall be showers are blessed. See send them aboard
a so.
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Brand to a spower re thresh see commander order.
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Thy word.
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Shows up, bless see showers of blessing. We need.
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Mercy drops brown to sarkfall holy up for the showers
we breed. There shall be showers up blessed. See all
that today they're my fall now as to God we're confess.
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See now is on Jesus.
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We call.
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Shine ouers up, bless see showers of blessing.
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We need.
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Mercy drops brown and sarkfall up for the showers weed.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
Please next number we like, remember Faye Woodie, Frida Hutton,
Harold Ferrell, Judy Hodge, You the flowers, Margaret Robinson, O. C. Long,
Robert Cook, Susie Brannon Todd and June Davis, Jesse and
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Norman Cook, Bernard and Marilyn Hudding On Why are gonna
sing sweeter as the days go by?
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It's it's speaking, that's yes, speak, that's small, that's my
still secesssssspect anything.
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It's as.
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Sis three.
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Assassa se.
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Amen. This morning, we want to take just a minute
and recognize a young lady that surpassed her ninetieth birthday
this past week.
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Sister Dolores back here.
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I think on Wednesday she turned ninety one years young.
Amen and I amen, and I would like for you
to help me wish her a happy birthday. So let's
sing Happy birthday to miss Dolores.
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Paedie Birthay, Happy birthday too, Happy birthday.
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God bless you.
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I've me word, and if you make it to ninety one,
we'll sing to you.
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Avan all right, quiet.
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Choir slips down, Ladies will come sing for us here
just before the message birthdays sisters lors, as Mike said,
my number three great granddaughter made it to Harper, Marie Stairwall,
Glenna Skiles having big birthday this week, Brandy Johnson, Rachel Beauchat,
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Ralph Hancock, Vivian yacht Long, and Taylor Bauchat.
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So all these birthdays and no anniversaries this week.
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We have one next week.
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Go right, head, ladies, bless you can.
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Yes, that's right, hey man, bless your heart.
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Kanen.
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This song is even in the valley. And you know
a lot of us, Karen have those valleys. Maybe you're
going through one today.
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These altars are always open, so you remember that this
is a great place to talk to the.
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Lord high ab on this mountain. The sun is shine bright.
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My heart is filled with gladness here above.
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The cares of life.
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But I've just come through a valley of trouble, fear
and pain. It was there I came to know my
God to stand and save.
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Even in the valley, God good, even in the valley,
is say.
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True, Acais's children through like Sally.
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In an Ina valley. God is good.
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This road of life has led you to a valley
of of defeat.
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You wonder if the Father has heard your desperately. There
is home in that rugged place where he is of
sorrow withdwill.
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Can't you hear him gently? Whisperene. I'm here and all
is wa.
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Even in the valley, God, even in the valley, is
saying true.
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He gies his children.
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Like Sadie.
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Even in the valley.
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Godis.
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He is good.
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In the valley, God.
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An in the valley he is saban true because is
his children fruit like.
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He's say in an in the valley.
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God is.
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Even in the valley, God is good.
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Ah, they said for Jesus, your friends about to die.
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But tay he still on the high they laid last,
said Tune and said the last good bade the coming
down the road last, Jesus ride on time.
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Just hound on.
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My child because he's not too far away and he
not sure. Indeed, before you bread, when your.
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Feet are weary from the mountain, you have climb the head.
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Here comes Esus, ride on time.
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I've struggled through lives deserts.
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They were so hot and dry, but it seemed.
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Was gone and I would die, and I wanted where
was he?
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Is?
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He still a friend of mine?
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And coming down the road. By Esus ride on time.
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Just bown on my child because he's not too far
away and he.
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Chardy before?
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Are you right?
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So when your feet are weary.
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From the mountain, you have one joka head. Here comes
Jesus ride on time. So when your feet are weary
from the mountain.
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You have fun.
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Look head here not Jesus ride on time.
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He's always on time.
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Yeah the message now my pastor and my friend.
Speaker 7 (30:03):
Brother, Thank you Jerry, Amen, Well, thank you ladies for
that good singing this morning. Aren't you glad that Jesus
is always on time. We're late, we're early, we're more
late than we are early, but he is always.
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Right on time.
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Praise His sweet Holy name. It's good to be back
today in the Lord's house. It's good to see all
of you. Good to see Mary Beth walking in today.
No king, no walker, nothing, just come walking in. And
we're thankful for that. And we're glad for each one
of you those visiting today. Back there in the back
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we have Whittet and Alex and their baby girl, Elsie,
and we're glad they stop by to visit with us.
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Here this morning.
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And we appreciate all you homefolk that are here today.
And you know, it's a busy time for people. I
understand that, but there's no place like being in church
on Sunday morning.
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Amen.
Speaker 7 (31:04):
Well, y'all have your Bibles with you today? Can you
hold them up around the house and let me see it. Amen,
turn that Bible to Second Timothy today, if you would
please into the Book of Second Timothy, chapter number four,
and I want to read you a few verses today
and then we'll try to bring you just a simple
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little message and we pray that God. Now listen, we
pray that God will use it to speak to our hearts.
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I know I can, but he can. Amen.
Speaker 7 (31:37):
I was sitting there, my throat was scratchy, and I thought, boy,
this is not a day to have a scratchy throat.
But I've been preaching a lot this month, and I thought,
y'all pray for me. I probably can't go over an
I or two today, So you pray hard for me
that we get into that second hour that we Yeah,
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I'm scaring you to death.
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Look at you trembling. Amen. Now you know we won't
be that long. Amen, But we do need your prayers.
Speaker 7 (32:09):
This morning, and we'd pray ask that you pray that
God would just give us a good time here today.
In the Book of two Timothy, chapter number four, in
verse one, I charge thee therefore, before God and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the
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dead at his appearing and his kingdom, preach the word
be instant in season, out of cease, and reprove, rebuke,
exhort with.
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All long suffering and doctrine.
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For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine. But after their own loss, shall they heap
to themselves teachers having itching ears, They shall turn away
their ears from the truth.
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And shall I'll be turned unto fables.
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But watch thou in all things indoor afflictions do the
work of an evangelist make full proof of thy ministry.
Now our text verses will be six, seven, and eight.
But I just enjoyed reading them Verse seven or five verses.
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Amen.
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In verse number six, the Apostles said, for I am
now ready to be offered. The time of my departure
is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I
have finished my course. I have kept the faith. Henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
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which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at
that day. And not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing. Let me draw your
attention to something I may not get to it this morning.
In that last sentence, the Bible said in that eighth verse,
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unto them all them also that love.
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His appearing.
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It didn't say to them that look for his appearing,
but for all them that love his appearing. Can I
tell you quickly this morning that we should love him? Amen?
We should love the things of God and especially his
glorious coming, For in that hour we shall be changed,
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even though we don't know what we shall be like
when we see him, when he shall appear, we shall
be like him, and we should love the things of
God very quickly. We should love his word right amen.
We should love our Bible, we should love to pray, Amen,
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we should love to pray, and we should love His
house Amen, and not have so much love for the
world that we do for Him.
Speaker 3 (35:11):
All right.
Speaker 7 (35:12):
Just wanted to say that, bow your heads with me,
and let's pray our heavenly Father. We come here this
morning again as humble as we know how to pray,
and we ask Father, in this hour God, for the
next few moments, you would be our preacher, God, that
we might just be hidden in the cross, that your
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word might find lodging in our hearts and help us
to find our place. And Father, above all things, if
we're here today and we are not a Christian, God,
that you would speak to us that we may be
saved this hour. And our Father, we ask your blessings
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upon all those that listen, those that are here, those
that listen way of radio and live stream or YouTube,
however they are tuning in. We pray that you would
bless the listener and may the word find a way
into all of our hearts. And for everything that you do,
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we will thank you in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
Speaker 7 (36:22):
Today I read to you the Apostle Paul's last testimony.
This is Paul's swan song. He's getting ready to be beheaded,
and very soon he will be in the presence of
the Lord. I began to think about this yesterday evening,
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and during the night I waken several times, and it
was always on my mind about going home to see
the Lord and my departure time that is at hand.
And the Apostle Paul, as he was leaving this world,
he left us these words I have, he said, for
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I am now ready to be offered, and the time
of my departure is at hand. He said, I have
fought a good faith, I have finished my course. I
have kept the faith and that wonderful one. And he
goes on to say that there is a crown hencefor
there is a crown laid up for me and for
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all those that love his appearing. I got to thinking
about these verses, and I thought about that phrase, for
I am now ready to be offered the time of
my departure.
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This morning, for a few.
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Minutes, I want to speak to you on the subject
of departure time.
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On our time of departure.
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I looked up that word, and I don't know if
you remember when Aaron Johnson was here and would sing
and she would sing a song when it's my time?
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Do you know that we all have a time of departure?
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When I began to study on this thought, I looked
up that I knowed, I knew what it meant, but
it said departure time refers to a specific time in
which a flight, a train, or other form of transportation
is scheduled to leave its origin station or terminal.
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Now listen.
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This time is fixed by a transport operator, and it
critical for travelers to note that it dictates when they
should be at the departure point to commit their journey.
Do you know that each one of us has a
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harsher time and it is important that we know who
the transport operator is.
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I'm glad this morning that I know who Jesus is. Amen.
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I don't just know about him. I just haven't heard
about him. I just haven't read about him or somebody
told me about him. But may I say I know
him personally as my Lord and my savior. He is
the transport operator. And by the way, friends, listen, it
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is critical.
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That you know this, that you know who he is.
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For the Bible said that in Hebrews nine twenty seven,
it said that there is a appointed time. Do you
realize that you have a departure time? Do you realize
that God has appointed a time that we're.
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Gonna leave here God?
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The Bible said God at a point of the time
that we all will die unto men wants to die.
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And then after this the judgment. I thought this morning
that death and dying is a terrible thing.
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But something even more terrible than to die is to
die a sinner and meet God as a lost person.
But we all have a time of departure, a time appointed.
I thought that the Bible talks about this. It talks
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about a time that one of two things is going
to happen to every one of you.
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Number one, We're either gonna go out by the way
of the grave.
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That will meet our final appointment in the great end
of life, or we're going to meet God at the
great rapture of the church. You say, now, preacher, wait
a minute, do you really believe in a rapture all?
With every ounce of me, I believe that the Lord
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is coming. The Bible said, he would not have you
to be ignorant, brethren concerning them which our sleep, For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with the shall
with the voice of the Archange, on the trump of God,
and the.
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Dead in Christ shall rise first.
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Then we which are live and remain shall be caught
up to meet the Lord in the air. That i'd
excite some of you all to know that the Lord
is coming back and he's going to rapture. He's going
to lift us up from this old planet and take
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us on to Heaven. So I got to thinking about
a departure time, and I want to give you a
couple of things if I can to maybe help you
and help you to understand. The first thing the Bible said,
I am now ready. Do you know it's important that
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you be ready to go? And not only that you're ready,
that you're ready to go right now. Yesterday I had
stood before a great crowd of people as we sent
our final goodbyes to my dear sweet uncle, and I
looked at over that massive people, and I thought, how
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important it is that people be ready to meet God.
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You see, my uncle was doing well.
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Line never took appeal at eighty two years old, and
last Wednesday night, just out of nowhere, he woke up
feeling pressure, and he ressed his arms and in his face,
and in a matter of moments he left this world
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to meet God.
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Now I begin to think about how important it is
that we are ready to meet God. Not thinking about
getting ready, but we be ready right now.
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Do you know there are many people about everybody that
I visit and talked to, They'll say to me things like, pastor,
I know I should be saved. I know I should
be ready, but I'm just not ready yet, and I'm
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going to get ready one of these days. You know
that many of those precious people have never gotten ready,
that they're still not ready, and if they're not careful,
they will die and not be ready to meet God.
For I'm telling you today, every one of us has
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a departure time, and you're not in charge of it.
God's in charge of that. You didn't set it up.
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God did. But I thought about being ready to be
now ready.
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You know the Bible said in second Corinthian six', two
for he, SAITH i have HEARD thee in the time,
accepted and in the day of, salvation HAVE i succored.
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Thee behold now is the accepted. Time behold now is
the day of.
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SALVATION i got to think about that little. Word, now
look at, me, Everyone IF i would ask you, today
LIKE i, am are you ready? Now would you be ready?
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Now If god.
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Called you?
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Away you, say, preacher is it all that? Important all, honey,
listen it's not. Important it is necessary that you be
ready to Meet.
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God.
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NOW i know that people said in churches and they
Think i've got plenty of, time that preacher is just
up there trying to get me. Saved, well, absolutely that's
What i'm. Doing i'm not here just BECAUSE i have
nothing to, do AND i get paid to do. THIS i, am,
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indeed with a my soul trying to get you saved
and get you ready to Meet. God and if you've
been to this church very many, times you know that
my heart is in winning souls To christ and that
is our duty and our. Job and you sit there
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and you, say he's just up there. Preaching, No i'm
not just. Preaching i'm trying to get you ready to
meet The. LORD i remember one time on, VISITATION i
could call his, name you know him, NOW i said
in his living room AND i was talking to him
about The, lord and he said to, me he, said,
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preacher and he said it sort of. Critically he, Said,
PREACHER i know what you're trying to. DO i, said
what AM i trying to?
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Do AND i called he's my.
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Name he, said you're trying to get me. Saved and
he said up with sarcasm and. Criticism AND i said to,
HIM i, said will, yes, Sir that's exactly Why i'm.
Here and the reason That i'm here is BECAUSE i
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love you And i'm concerned about, you AND i would
like to see you. Saved as far AS i know,
that he never got. Saved he went out of this
world critical and sarcastic about the preaching of The, word
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maybe like some of us have been in the past
that we've heard the preacher preach and The Holy ghost
woo our hearts and we constantly.
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Say no To.
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God, Yeah i'm here for one. Reason i'm not here
to do anything but try to help. You you, see
you have a departure, time and you're going to meet that.
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TIME i know you all that have flown or.
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Traveled the first thing when you go into the, airport
you look on the big, board it says departure, time arrival.
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Time it, says are there any? Delays and is it on?
TIME i tell you WHAT i, TRAVEL i like for
it to say on. Time.
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Amen AND i thought this morning That jesus is gonna
be on time and he won't delay his.
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Coming but he's. Coming and, you my, friend, you.
Speaker 7 (48:39):
My, friend have a departure time in your future when
we're gonna be called off this whole ball as sad
we live on this old Planet earth and we're gonna
be escorted into. Eternity, now my question today would, be
are you? Ready how many of y'all remember children?
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Playing you go, Hide i'll hide my eyes And i'll.
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Count one, hundred and Then i'm going to come and find.
You and about every one of you could not count a.
Hundred we'd get up every little ways and we'd start
counting by, two's then by, fives and then by, tens
and we get up about.
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Eighty it's eighty eighty five ninety one.
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Hundred then you'd hear that little voice from down there
at the porch cry out and say ready or.
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Not HERE i.
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Come and here they had, come and they would search
and they would, look and they'd find you AND i
don't know how you all played, it but we played
IF i outran, them if they found me AND i
could out running back.
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To the, BASE i was.
Speaker 7 (49:58):
Safe so they would find you in take off flying
back to the, base and.
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If they got there before you, did you're.
Speaker 7 (50:07):
Out AND i was thinking this, morning as a, child
i'd hear that voice say ready or?
Speaker 4 (50:14):
Not HERE i.
Speaker 3 (50:16):
Come listen to. Me there's going to be another, voice
The bible, said with the voice of the.
Speaker 7 (50:25):
Archangel and the trump Of, god we're going to hear
that shout that says ready or, Not i'm coming.
Speaker 3 (50:34):
Now we're here today to try to help.
Speaker 7 (50:37):
You please please, listen to help you to be ready
when he comes. Back when he comes, back they ain't
no getting ready, then, now The bible. Said paul, SAID
i am now ready to be. Offered the time of
my departure is at. Hand you see today's. Friend, listen
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we all have a departure. TIME i thought AS i
was preparing that when he SAID i am now.
Speaker 3 (51:09):
Ready the word the term is a term that means
spindo spnd, o.
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Which literally means to pour. Out paul, SAID i am now.
Ready i'm going to pour out my life and by the,
way that's what he. Did paul died by being, beheaded
and when they took his, head he poured his blood
poured out of his body as he offered himself To.
Speaker 3 (51:40):
GOD i thought about another.
Speaker 7 (51:44):
MAN i thought about another man that went to the,
cross who gave his. Life The bible, said it was
pracious blood that he shed in our for, us.
Speaker 3 (51:58):
That we might be.
Speaker 7 (52:00):
SAVED i began to read, that and it talked about
over In Firs, peter by the pracious blood Of. Jesus,
now CAN i tell you that he shed his? Blood
The bible, said no man taketh my. Life he, said
no man takes my. Life we want to say that
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pilot The, romans they killed our. Savior but he, said,
Nobody no man taketh my. Life he, SAID i lay it.
Speaker 3 (52:30):
Down he was not a. Martyr he was a.
Speaker 7 (52:34):
Sacrifice Now paul would have been a, martyr But jesus
was a, sacrifice and he laid.
Speaker 3 (52:43):
Down his life and poured out his blood.
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For our.
Speaker 3 (52:48):
Atonement praise his holy.
Speaker 7 (52:50):
Name listen to, me, friend the time of your departure
and my departure may be at.
Speaker 3 (52:59):
Hand SO i began to look at.
Speaker 7 (53:02):
THIS i, thought my, Goodness paul, SAID i have the
time of my departure is at. Hand he was talking
about that word means to loose the mooring that ties
us to the. Port do you know one of these
days we're gonna untie us and we're gonna sail away.
Speaker 3 (53:26):
Home. NOW i don't know how you all.
Speaker 7 (53:29):
Are y'all don't look too excited about it this, morning
but MAY i, Say i'm kind of excited about getting
to go. Home i'm kind of happy to know THAT
i am ready now to meet The, lord should he
call me, FOR i am now ready to be, offered and.
Speaker 3 (53:49):
The time of my departure is at. HAND i thought about,
today the.
Speaker 7 (53:54):
Only thing, Important listen to, Me the only thing important
is where you're going when you're.
Speaker 3 (54:02):
Leaving AND i thought.
Speaker 7 (54:05):
TODAY i was getting, ready AND i, thought you, Know
i'd like to leave my family with a. Testimony i'd
like for my family to know Where i'm at and
to know HOW i got there and how they can get.
There so many TIMES i hear people come by a
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funeral homes and they'll say WHY i almost said silly,
things but they say things, like, WELL i hope he made.
Speaker 3 (54:39):
It.
Speaker 7 (54:41):
WELL i wonder if he made. It and then they
come to me and, Say, preacher was he. Saved i'm,
like he's your. FAMILY i, mean you're the one that
lived with. Him he's the one that raised. You he's
your family. Member you should have asked.
Speaker 3 (55:01):
HIM i don't.
Speaker 7 (55:03):
KNOW i can't save, anybody but WHEN i, LEAVE i
want to be, ready AND i am, ready AND i
don't want my family to have any questions on WHETHER
i was saved or. NOT i want to leave my
children and my grandchildren a testimony that my departure time
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came AND i answered the. Call and if you want
to see me, again you'll have to come to, heaven
because that's Where i'm.
Speaker 3 (55:32):
Going you, see you have a departure, time.
Speaker 14 (55:38):
Just like many.
Speaker 3 (55:39):
Others our dear Sweet, rose most of you have already.
Heard but she asked me to tell you down at the,
Hospital our Little, Rose.
Speaker 7 (55:52):
She, said tell my church THAT i have cancer and it's,
bad and it's fourth, stage And i'm not going to
do anything but live my life the BEST i can
Till jesus takes me. HOME i thought that dear little
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lady was saying in, Words i'm ready And i'm ready.
Now AND i told her i'd tell you and ask
your prayers for and our family. Today listen, you all of,
you myself. Included we all have a time of. DEPARTURE
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i want you to be. Ready paul continued by saying
THAT i have fought a good.
Speaker 3 (56:42):
FIGHT i have finished my, COURSE i have kept the.
Speaker 7 (56:46):
FAITH i thought that this statement is a thought about
a grec Old roman, wrestler if you would look it
up and study it out a hard. Fight paul said
that was common back in the theaters they had wrestling
The Greco roman. Wrestling Now amon might appreciate.
Speaker 3 (57:13):
THAT i don't know.
Speaker 7 (57:15):
Where he coached wrestling and. WRESTLED i wrestled in high,
school AND i can tell you it's the hardest sport
you'll ever participate. In there's not a moment during a
wrestling match that you can take a, breather take a, break, rest,
relax or depend on somebody else to do. Something from
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the time it starts to let ends either in victory
or defeat.
Speaker 3 (57:44):
Or the time runs, out it is a constant battle
until the.
Speaker 7 (57:49):
End paul said in, WORDS i have fought a good
fight from the TIME i started till the time I'M
i have never quit AND i have never let, up
AND i have fought a good. FIGHT i believe he
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won that. Battle and when they took his head from
off his, shoulders he went to be with The. Lord,
AMEN i wonder, today are you fighting a good? Fight
are you busy in The lord's? Work are we doing
our best to serve? Him or taking a little? Break
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and have we got a little? Lazy have we got
a little? Tired are we kind of giving? Up, listen,
friend don't give? Up he, SAID i fought a good.
FIGHT i finished my. COURSE i don't know if you
remember back a few years, back several years, ago matter of,
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FACT i preached a sermon on AND i talked about
a man Named Derrick redman And Derek.
Speaker 3 (59:01):
Redmond now this dates is back many.
Speaker 7 (59:04):
Years he ran For Great britain in The olympics in
nineteen eighty, eight now that a long time, ago and
he ran the four hundred meter and he had been,
injured injured in the Previous, olympic didn't get a.
Speaker 3 (59:19):
Compete he came back to run and he was.
Speaker 7 (59:21):
The favor for the gold. Medal and he started. Running
y'all remember this. Story and he ran and he was,
running and he was at the head of the, pike
and all of a sudden he grabbed his hamstring and
went down and got, up and everybody passed. Him and
he kept, hobbling, limping holding his leg on around the
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track last.
Speaker 3 (59:48):
Place could have, quit could have.
Speaker 7 (59:52):
Surrendered the video shows his dad coming out of the
stands and running down to aid. Him he's like, No
and he went on cross the finish, line and they
interviewed him and, said why didn't you just? Stop he,
SAID i did not want A. DNF a did not
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finish beside my. NAME i wanted to.
Speaker 3 (01:00:19):
Finish paul, SAID i have finished my course.
Speaker 7 (01:00:25):
Today MAY i encourage you that are saved to keep, running.
Speaker 3 (01:00:32):
Keep, running.
Speaker 7 (01:00:33):
Finish some of you may be, limping some of you
may be, hurting but don't stop.
Speaker 3 (01:00:41):
Running keep on keeping.
Speaker 7 (01:00:44):
On or we have a time of, departure and when
that comes we'll go see.
Speaker 3 (01:00:52):
Him he, SAID i have fought a good. FIGHT i
have finished my. COURSE i have kept the. Faith OH
i love THAT i have kept the.
Speaker 7 (01:01:05):
Faith he. Guarded it means to guard and protect your. Testimony,
y'all listen to. Me there are too Many. Christians Now
i'm just gonna say it straight to. You there are
too Many christians that have a bad. Testimony, amen they
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have a bad testimony in the community and in the.
Speaker 3 (01:01:32):
World they have A i, MEAN i know a lot
of them have bad, testimonies and you do.
Speaker 7 (01:01:39):
Too Now i'm not trying to sugarcoat it or make it,
better But i'm saying to each one of, us we should.
Speaker 3 (01:01:46):
Want to keep the, faith protect.
Speaker 7 (01:01:49):
It cherie, shit run the, race finish our course for
the time of my departure and yours is at.
Speaker 3 (01:01:59):
Hand are you? READY i, mean are you really ready? This,
listen you're gonna find.
Speaker 7 (01:02:06):
Out you mark it down in your little margin that
when you Meet, god you're gonna find out it's a
lot more serious than you ever thought of was gonna.
Be you think we're gonna Meet god and it's gonna
be like going up To grandpa's.
Speaker 3 (01:02:19):
House it's not gonna be like going to grandpa's. House
you're gonna.
Speaker 7 (01:02:24):
Meet Your, maker your, creator your, judge and he's gonna
judge us according to his.
Speaker 3 (01:02:31):
Righteousness it's gonna be.
Speaker 7 (01:02:33):
Serious And i'm gonna tell you, today we have a departure,
time and you're gonna get there one of these, days
and we're gonna depart and we're gonna meet The, lord
and my prayer is that when.
Speaker 3 (01:02:48):
We, do he can, say well, done you kept the.
Faith would you bow your heads with?
Speaker 16 (01:02:55):
Me?
Speaker 7 (01:02:55):
Please mhmh this, morning before we get ready to, dismiss.
Speaker 3 (01:03:05):
Let me ask you. Something. NOW i don't want to
put you on the, spot but let me ask you.
Something nobody will, know just you AND. I if i'd
ask you this straight at now and ask you are
you A? Christian you see this is. Important if i'd,
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say are you ready to Meet? GOD i, mean, now
are you? Ready would you.
Speaker 7 (01:03:32):
Say Like, paul the time of my departures at, HAND
i am now.
Speaker 3 (01:03:36):
READY i am. Ready now, listen if you're saved and
you know, it come on. Church if you're saved and
you know, it hold your hand.
Speaker 7 (01:03:46):
Up Say i'm A. CHRISTIAN i am A. Christian i'm
glad That i'm A. Christian i'm glad That i'm. Saved thank.
Speaker 3 (01:03:59):
You take your hands, down some hands that weren't. Raised
let me help. You, please.
Speaker 7 (01:04:09):
Let me help. You maybe today you'd, Say, PREACHER i
know you're. RIGHT i know the time of my departure will,
come AND i Know i'll have to, go But i'm
just not ready to go AND i need your. Prayers
i'd like to be A christian And i'd like to
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ask you in the church to pray for. ME i
wonder today if there'd be someone just simply, say, preacher
remember me.
Speaker 3 (01:04:42):
The time of your.
Speaker 7 (01:04:43):
Departure are you sure you want to leave this world
like you are?
Speaker 3 (01:04:52):
Today you'd, Say, mike pray for me That i'll be.
Speaker 7 (01:04:57):
Ready pray for. Me would you put your hand up
and take it back down? Quickly god bless, YOU i see,
YOU i see. You someone, Else, Yes god bless. You
ah listen to, me.
Speaker 3 (01:05:10):
Listen. Please, yesterday just look at me for a. Minute
yesterday when we.
Speaker 7 (01:05:19):
Got done with the service and we went way back
on this mountain to the grave, side and during the
service there was a. Man you can look. Up you
don't have to keep your heads. Bound you can look.
Speaker 3 (01:05:34):
Up there was a man.
Speaker 7 (01:05:37):
Probably in his mid upper forties that it looked Like
god really dealt with him during the. Service and when
we got up to the grave, side he slipped over
after it was all over to my car and walked
up there to me and he, said, preacher are you
going to be? Here are you going to go down
to the FELLOWSHIPON i, Said i'll be. Here he said
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THAT i need to talk to. You AND i, said
What i'm? Here now what You AND i, said was
you wanting to be? Saved he started. Crying he, said, YES.
Speaker 3 (01:06:12):
I want to be. Saved and he got, saved standing
there on top of that.
Speaker 7 (01:06:16):
Mountain and after he got, SAVED i said to, HIM i, said,
now was that?
Speaker 3 (01:06:23):
Hard he said, no it.
Speaker 7 (01:06:27):
Wasn't now you're making something a lot harder than it
has to, be because all you got.
Speaker 3 (01:06:34):
To do is, Come are you? Listening all you have
to do is?
Speaker 7 (01:06:37):
Come he he does the. Rest you just have to
bring yourself to. Come And christian, friend. Listen if you're
here and you're, saved and you kind of just been
living loose and free and doing your own, thing maybe
it's time we.
Speaker 3 (01:06:56):
Get serious and give it all To.
Speaker 7 (01:07:00):
God because your departure, time my departure time is at.
Speaker 3 (01:07:05):
Hand father in.
Speaker 7 (01:07:06):
HEAVEN i thank you for this few. Minutes AND i,
prayed Dear, god that you would save those hands of
those pracious. People, god that you'd help them to see
their need Of, christ that they would come and repent
of their sins and be with our church and church.
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Family that we would be serious minded about our service
to The lord In jesus'.
Speaker 3 (01:07:34):
Name, amy let's stand while we, sing AND i ask
you to.
Speaker 7 (01:07:38):
Come come, today come right, now and let's pray while we.
Speaker 4 (01:07:45):
Sing two hundred and thirty three to thirty, Three.
Speaker 3 (01:08:00):
Oh of my bone.
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Sin why don't you?
Speaker 11 (01:08:07):
Come?
Speaker 3 (01:08:08):
Gee why don't you go to heaven with?
Speaker 4 (01:08:10):
Us why don't you.
Speaker 3 (01:08:12):
Make heaven your horse?
Speaker 4 (01:08:14):
Aside? Come you need to, come.
Speaker 13 (01:08:18):
You need to die free, gladness lie.
Speaker 4 (01:08:26):
Geez. Aside come to the oh of my, sick nurse
to thy, health oh of my and to thy.
Speaker 7 (01:08:49):
Well, yeah ah my, maien why don't you come in
go with, us go to heaven with?
Speaker 4 (01:08:59):
Us gleaz comes a. Sigh, come, yes ad of my,
shame full fail and, loss.
Speaker 10 (01:09:18):
Geez a, Sigh Come, jesus gee's a.
Speaker 4 (01:09:24):
Sigh come.
Speaker 10 (01:09:27):
Into the glorious game of thy.
Speaker 4 (01:09:34):
Cross gee's a. Sigh comera.
Speaker 3 (01:09:43):
Mist out.
Speaker 9 (01:09:45):
Awd of our, soros in to thy bomb.
Speaker 10 (01:09:54):
Aw of live, storms and in to the to distress
to you blood. Psalm geezsu a.
Speaker 7 (01:10:12):
Sigh, Come, Amen, amen thank you All, god bless, You,
amen praise The. Lord.
Speaker 3 (01:10:21):
Boy you need to be, ready, ready, ready be.
Speaker 7 (01:10:25):
Ready it's easy believe on The Lord jesus now shall be.
Speaker 3 (01:10:32):
Saved i'd like to Ask JAY.
Speaker 7 (01:10:34):
R And tina would you all.
Speaker 3 (01:10:35):
Come forward please at this?
Speaker 7 (01:10:37):
Time And roger And amy would you come to stand
here in front of me for a minute. Today we
want to take just a couple of. Minutes And i've
been talking with these folks and J. R And tina
wanted to join our church by, letter by transfer of,
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letter and we've received their, letter And roger And, Amy
i've talked to them and they have given sufficient evidence
of being saved and been scripturally.
Speaker 3 (01:11:08):
BAPTIZED i think you told Me Roy moles. Baptized we
won't hold that. Again you.
Speaker 7 (01:11:14):
Amen Brother roy was a wonderful preacher AND i have
full confidence in Brother.
Speaker 3 (01:11:21):
Roy and they asked to.
Speaker 7 (01:11:23):
Join our church upon Their christian, experience their salvation, experience
and their. Baptism so we need to do two. Motions
jerry one to accept their letter of transfer and then
we'll Do roger And amy. Next if you would, amen
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motion made and second and if you just take care
Of roger And, amy we'll do it all at. Once they,
Okay motion made and. Seconded questions all in favor of.
Them would you vote, yes but SAYING i, please we
would like to tell them how much we care about.
Speaker 3 (01:12:09):
Them and we make you very. Welcome And i'd like
to ask.
Speaker 7 (01:12:12):
Our deacons if you'd, come and we're going to do
it this way this, morning if you fellas would come
and on behalf of the Spring Fork Baptist church this
morning and our. Deacons we want to make these folks
welcome as members into our church and we're very proud of.
Them if there's other people here today and.
Speaker 3 (01:12:34):
You'd like to be a part of, us let me.
Speaker 7 (01:12:37):
Know we'll talk with you and we'd love to invite
you and welcome you in to be a part of
our family fellowship here at Spring Fork Baptist.
Speaker 4 (01:12:47):
Church.
Speaker 3 (01:12:48):
Amen, Amen god bless. Them, Amen, Hailey i'll give you
this here in just a.
Speaker 7 (01:12:55):
Moment all, Right, Amen all hearts.
Speaker 3 (01:12:58):
Clear them this? Morning thank?
Speaker 7 (01:12:59):
You you all.
Speaker 8 (01:13:04):
All?
Speaker 7 (01:13:04):
Right if you'd like to join the adult volleyball, team See,
haley that be me And jim And jerry And me
And amon And. John that you didn't say the nursing
home leg?
Speaker 14 (01:13:21):
Right do you have to have a vertical?
Speaker 18 (01:13:24):
Leap?
Speaker 3 (01:13:24):
Yeah you have to be able to? Walk? Yes all, Right,
well let's bow our. Heads we're gonna have choir, Practice.
Speaker 4 (01:13:32):
Yeah choir practice four forty five for forty.
Speaker 7 (01:13:35):
Five we'll be going up To Big bottom tomorrow. Night
we'd like to invite all of you to. Go i'd
love to see a great crowd be able to go
up in the. Choir and we'll be preaching there tomorrow,
night so remember. That and we'll have choir practice early
in church tonight at. Six And brother J. R would
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you dismiss us, today, please
Speaking exams sounds something in that sounds speaking in.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Say good morning on this beautiful Lord today morning He's
given us, and we're thankful for each it thought it
worthwhile to come into his house and praise this wonderful
name this morning, and we're thankful for each one listening
by Way Radio live stream.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
We welcome to our service.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
And Lord has something spacial today for into this first
day of Sunday, first Sunday in autumn of autumn season.
We're thankful, I think will be a part of the
family of God this morning and just be able to
come into His house. What a savior we serve today.
Our announcements for the coming week. We've got a busy
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week ours. Every Sunday morning at nine thirty is a
Sunday school hour. Ten thirty our morning worship service. Five
forty five. This evening is for our practice. Forty five
is four forty five is choir practice. Five forty five
is prayer in.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
The prayer room.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
And six o'clock or evening worship service. You don't have
a regular place, then we invite you to come and
worship with a suce evening Wednesday at seven o'clock. Midweek
prayer service, choir church. We'll be going to a big
bottom Baptist church and pastors be preaching church. Everyone's welcome
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of us. Is gonna leave here at bout six thirty
and just travel about three miles up the road. But
we're looking forward to a good time. They're in their
homecoming service and Thursday at seven o'clock we'll be at
the Evergreen ever Evergreen Hills Baptist Church in revival and choir.
We'll be leaving here at five forty five. The paper
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says six, but we're gonna leave here at five forty
five Thursday evening to journey down there to that revival
next next Sunday the our quarterly Communion service church. We
need to keep us in our minds, so ask gery
Leg to come and open the service and prayer while
he's coming. Second Chronicle seven fourteen says, of my people
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which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and
pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways.
Then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sins,
and will heal their land. Our land needs a healing
today as very before.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Let's pray, dear Lord and Heavenly Father God. I come
to you this morning, Lord, as humble and grateful God,
and thankful in prayer as I possibly can. Lord, and
I give you all glory and praise for this day,
the ability just to stand here and stand before these
people and pray, Lord, in your holy place, God, before
your Holy name. God, and Lord, want to pray over
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this service this morning. Lord, Pray for the choir as
they sing. Lord, Pray for Brother Mike as he brings
the word. Lord God, that if there are any here
this morning that may be lost without the blood of
Jesus Christ, Lord, that they may hear something Lord that
may spark them to be convicted of the Holy Spirit. God,
that we may see a soul saved in this house
this morning. Lord God, we think and glorify you for everything,
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and we just praise your Holy name. We are here
to praise you in every way in the name of Jesus,
your Son and our Savior. I pray and say Amen.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Brother Eric Fine prayer the first number, but the choir
we'd like to remember Elite, the Hodge, Anthony Owens, Barbara Huffman,
Bob Hagar, Brenda Darrin, Brenda Tyler, Carrie Sparks, Charlene Rupe,
Connie Jones, Connie Kirk, Darryl Dyer, Derrick, Kelly, DoD Raimes,
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dream of Leadbetter like Kelly, Elaine Ranson, Ellen Young, Ernstein McCoy,
Eda Kenney Fay, Harmon, Hank Jones, Janet Ritz, Jennifer McLean,
Jennifer Metas, Jim Balkman, Joe Reid, Joyce Layton, John Lanier,
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Joyce Moles, Katie and Marie stair Walk, Warren Harrison, Leah,
George Manny Hagerman, Mark Robinson, Melissa Gross, Mike White, Missy Burton,
Patricia Reid, Patty Neil, Peggy King, Phillip Turley, Pierce White,
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Ralph Hancock, Russell Cox, Rose Parker, Richard Day, Richard Channon,
Sandy Diren, Sandy Palmer, Sherry DoLS, Sherry Lawson, Sheerry Smith,
Steve Pierce, Steve Wells, Tammy Bostick, Tim Miller, Van Armstrong,
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Wilma Damascus, carl and Kay Terry, Danny and Becky Wentz,
Dave and Jamee Bracken, Ernie and Sally Bracken, Harry and
Karen eastep Herb and Jilly Skiles, Jimmy and Retha hall
Mark and Alison Patrick, Mike and Kay Cox, Orn and
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Mary Thomas, Randy and Mary Sizemore, Randy and Nancy Knight,
Sylvie and Connie Smith, Steve and Phillis Halstead, Tom and
Betty Lucas, Tom and Oma Gibson. The choir Cole of
Saint Saints will.
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Rise in a.
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Sce sa aything e Sa.
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Sa Sa.
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Sa Sa Sa.
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Sa sa say.
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Number two sixty four. As we watch it, we give
you your ties at all. It's all standing. Say there
shall be showers of blessings. There is showers for blessings every.
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Day with the Lord. There shall be showers up blessed.
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See this is the promise Sun.
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There shall be season three prayers shame simp from the
Savior up.
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Shower subleass see showers of blessing.
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We need mercy drops around the starfall.
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Up for the showers brea.
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There shall be showers are blessed.
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See prestious reviving again over the hills and the bales,
sound of abundant subar.
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Showers of blessed.
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See showers are blessing.
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We need.
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Mercy rounds or pall, but for the showers we breed.
There shall be showers are blessed. See send them aboard
a so.
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Brand to a spower re thresh see commander order.
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Thy word.
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Shows up, bless see showers of blessing. We need.
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Mercy drops brown to sarkfall holy up for the showers
we breed. There shall be showers up blessed. See all
that today they're my fall now as to God we're confess.
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See now is on Jesus.
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We call.
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Shine ouers up, bless see showers of blessing.
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We need.
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Mercy drops brown and sarkfall up for the showers weed.
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Please next number we like, remember Faye Woodie, Frida Hutton,
Harold Ferrell, Judy Hodge, You the flowers, Margaret Robinson, O. C. Long,
Robert Cook, Susie Brannon Todd and June Davis, Jesse and
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Norman Cook, Bernard and Marilyn Hudding On Why are gonna
sing sweeter as the days go by?
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It's it's speaking, that's yes, speak, that's small, that's my
still secesssssspect anything.
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It's as.
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Sis three.
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Assassa se.
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Amen. This morning, we want to take just a minute
and recognize a young lady that surpassed her ninetieth birthday
this past week.
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Sister Dolores back here.
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I think on Wednesday she turned ninety one years young.
Amen and I amen, and I would like for you
to help me wish her a happy birthday. So let's
sing Happy birthday to miss Dolores.
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Paedie Birthay, Happy birthday too, Happy birthday.
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God bless you.
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I've me word, and if you make it to ninety one,
we'll sing to you.
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Avan all right, quiet.
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Choir slips down, Ladies will come sing for us here
just before the message birthdays sisters lors, as Mike said,
my number three great granddaughter made it to Harper, Marie Stairwall,
Glenna Skiles having big birthday this week, Brandy Johnson, Rachel Beauchat,
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Ralph Hancock, Vivian yacht Long, and Taylor Bauchat.
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So all these birthdays and no anniversaries this week.
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We have one next week.
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Go right, head, ladies, bless you can.
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Yes, that's right, hey man, bless your heart.
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Kanen.
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This song is even in the valley. And you know
a lot of us, Karen have those valleys. Maybe you're
going through one today.
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These altars are always open, so you remember that this
is a great place to talk to the.
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Lord high ab on this mountain. The sun is shine bright.
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My heart is filled with gladness here above.
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The cares of life.
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But I've just come through a valley of trouble, fear
and pain. It was there I came to know my
God to stand and save.
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Even in the valley, God good, even in the valley,
is say.
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True, Acais's children through like Sally.
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In an Ina valley. God is good.
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This road of life has led you to a valley
of of defeat.
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You wonder if the Father has heard your desperately. There
is home in that rugged place where he is of
sorrow withdwill.
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Can't you hear him gently? Whisperene. I'm here and all
is wa.
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Even in the valley, God, even in the valley, is
saying true.
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He gies his children.
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Like Sadie.
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Even in the valley.
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Godis.
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He is good.
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In the valley, God.
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An in the valley he is saban true because is
his children fruit like.
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He's say in an in the valley.
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God is.
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Even in the valley, God is good.
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Ah, they said for Jesus, your friends about to die.
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But tay he still on the high they laid last,
said Tune and said the last good bade the coming
down the road last, Jesus ride on time.
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Just hound on.
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My child because he's not too far away and he
not sure. Indeed, before you bread, when your.
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Feet are weary from the mountain, you have climb the head.
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Here comes Esus, ride on time.
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I've struggled through lives deserts.
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They were so hot and dry, but it seemed.
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Was gone and I would die, and I wanted where
was he?
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Is?
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He still a friend of mine?
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And coming down the road. By Esus ride on time.
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Just bown on my child because he's not too far
away and he.
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Chardy before?
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Are you right?
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So when your feet are weary.
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From the mountain, you have one joka head. Here comes
Jesus ride on time. So when your feet are weary
from the mountain.
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You have fun.
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Look head here not Jesus ride on time.
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He's always on time.
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Yeah the message now my pastor and my friend.
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Brother, Thank you Jerry, Amen, Well, thank you ladies for
that good singing this morning. Aren't you glad that Jesus
is always on time. We're late, we're early, we're more
late than we are early, but he is always.
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Right on time.
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Praise His sweet Holy name. It's good to be back
today in the Lord's house. It's good to see all
of you. Good to see Mary Beth walking in today.
No king, no walker, nothing, just come walking in. And
we're thankful for that. And we're glad for each one
of you those visiting today. Back there in the back
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we have Whittet and Alex and their baby girl, Elsie,
and we're glad they stop by to visit with us.
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Here this morning.
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And we appreciate all you homefolk that are here today.
And you know, it's a busy time for people. I
understand that, but there's no place like being in church
on Sunday morning.
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Amen.
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Well, y'all have your Bibles with you today? Can you
hold them up around the house and let me see it. Amen,
turn that Bible to Second Timothy today, if you would
please into the Book of Second Timothy, chapter number four,
and I want to read you a few verses today
and then we'll try to bring you just a simple
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little message and we pray that God. Now listen, we
pray that God will use it to speak to our hearts.
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I know I can, but he can. Amen.
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I was sitting there, my throat was scratchy, and I thought, boy,
this is not a day to have a scratchy throat.
But I've been preaching a lot this month, and I thought,
y'all pray for me. I probably can't go over an
I or two today, So you pray hard for me
that we get into that second hour that we Yeah,
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I'm scaring you to death.
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Look at you trembling. Amen. Now you know we won't
be that long. Amen, But we do need your prayers.
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This morning, and we'd pray ask that you pray that
God would just give us a good time here today.
In the Book of two Timothy, chapter number four, in
verse one, I charge thee therefore, before God and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the
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dead at his appearing and his kingdom, preach the word
be instant in season, out of cease, and reprove, rebuke,
exhort with.
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All long suffering and doctrine.
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For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine. But after their own loss, shall they heap
to themselves teachers having itching ears, They shall turn away
their ears from the truth.
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And shall I'll be turned unto fables.
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But watch thou in all things indoor afflictions do the
work of an evangelist make full proof of thy ministry.
Now our text verses will be six, seven, and eight.
But I just enjoyed reading them Verse seven or five verses.
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Amen.
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In verse number six, the Apostles said, for I am
now ready to be offered. The time of my departure
is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I
have finished my course. I have kept the faith. Henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
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which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at
that day. And not to me only, but unto all
them also that love his appearing. Let me draw your
attention to something I may not get to it this morning.
In that last sentence, the Bible said in that eighth verse,
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unto them all them also that love.
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His appearing.
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It didn't say to them that look for his appearing,
but for all them that love his appearing. Can I
tell you quickly this morning that we should love him? Amen?
We should love the things of God and especially his
glorious coming, For in that hour we shall be changed,
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even though we don't know what we shall be like
when we see him, when he shall appear, we shall
be like him, and we should love the things of
God very quickly. We should love his word right amen.
We should love our Bible, we should love to pray, Amen,
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we should love to pray, and we should love His
house Amen, and not have so much love for the
world that we do for Him.
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All right.
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Just wanted to say that, bow your heads with me,
and let's pray our heavenly Father. We come here this
morning again as humble as we know how to pray,
and we ask Father, in this hour God, for the
next few moments, you would be our preacher, God, that
we might just be hidden in the cross, that your
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word might find lodging in our hearts and help us
to find our place. And Father, above all things, if
we're here today and we are not a Christian, God,
that you would speak to us that we may be
saved this hour. And our Father, we ask your blessings
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upon all those that listen, those that are here, those
that listen way of radio and live stream or YouTube,
however they are tuning in. We pray that you would
bless the listener and may the word find a way
into all of our hearts. And for everything that you do,
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we will thank you in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Today I read to you the Apostle Paul's last testimony.
This is Paul's swan song. He's getting ready to be beheaded,
and very soon he will be in the presence of
the Lord. I began to think about this yesterday evening,
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and during the night I waken several times, and it
was always on my mind about going home to see
the Lord and my departure time that is at hand.
And the Apostle Paul, as he was leaving this world,
he left us these words I have, he said, for
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I am now ready to be offered, and the time
of my departure is at hand. He said, I have
fought a good faith, I have finished my course. I
have kept the faith and that wonderful one. And he
goes on to say that there is a crown hencefor
there is a crown laid up for me and for
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all those that love his appearing. I got to thinking
about these verses, and I thought about that phrase, for
I am now ready to be offered the time of
my departure.
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This morning, for a few.
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Minutes, I want to speak to you on the subject
of departure time.
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On our time of departure.
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I looked up that word, and I don't know if
you remember when Aaron Johnson was here and would sing
and she would sing a song when it's my time?
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Do you know that we all have a time of departure?
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When I began to study on this thought, I looked
up that I knowed, I knew what it meant, but
it said departure time refers to a specific time in
which a flight, a train, or other form of transportation
is scheduled to leave its origin station or terminal.
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Now listen.
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This time is fixed by a transport operator, and it
critical for travelers to note that it dictates when they
should be at the departure point to commit their journey.
Do you know that each one of us has a
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harsher time and it is important that we know who
the transport operator is.
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I'm glad this morning that I know who Jesus is. Amen.
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I don't just know about him. I just haven't heard
about him. I just haven't read about him or somebody
told me about him. But may I say I know
him personally as my Lord and my savior. He is
the transport operator. And by the way, friends, listen, it
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is critical.
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That you know this, that you know who he is.
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For the Bible said that in Hebrews nine twenty seven,
it said that there is a appointed time. Do you
realize that you have a departure time? Do you realize
that God has appointed a time that we're.
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Gonna leave here God?
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The Bible said God at a point of the time
that we all will die unto men wants to die.
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And then after this the judgment. I thought this morning
that death and dying is a terrible thing.
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But something even more terrible than to die is to
die a sinner and meet God as a lost person.
But we all have a time of departure, a time appointed.
I thought that the Bible talks about this. It talks
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about a time that one of two things is going
to happen to every one of you.
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Number one, We're either gonna go out by the way
of the grave.
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That will meet our final appointment in the great end
of life, or we're going to meet God at the
great rapture of the church. You say, now, preacher, wait
a minute, do you really believe in a rapture all?
With every ounce of me, I believe that the Lord
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is coming. The Bible said, he would not have you
to be ignorant, brethren concerning them which our sleep, For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with the shall
with the voice of the Archange, on the trump of God,
and the.
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Dead in Christ shall rise first.
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Then we which are live and remain shall be caught
up to meet the Lord in the air. That i'd
excite some of you all to know that the Lord
is coming back and he's going to rapture. He's going
to lift us up from this old planet and take
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us on to Heaven. So I got to thinking about
a departure time, and I want to give you a
couple of things if I can to maybe help you
and help you to understand. The first thing the Bible said,
I am now ready. Do you know it's important that
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you be ready to go? And not only that you're ready,
that you're ready to go right now. Yesterday I had
stood before a great crowd of people as we sent
our final goodbyes to my dear sweet uncle, and I
looked at over that massive people, and I thought, how
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important it is that people be ready to meet God.
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You see, my uncle was doing well.
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Line never took appeal at eighty two years old, and
last Wednesday night, just out of nowhere, he woke up
feeling pressure, and he ressed his arms and in his face,
and in a matter of moments he left this world
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to meet God.
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Now I begin to think about how important it is
that we are ready to meet God. Not thinking about
getting ready, but we be ready right now.
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Do you know there are many people about everybody that
I visit and talked to, They'll say to me things like, pastor,
I know I should be saved. I know I should
be ready, but I'm just not ready yet, and I'm
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going to get ready one of these days. You know
that many of those precious people have never gotten ready,
that they're still not ready, and if they're not careful,
they will die and not be ready to meet God.
For I'm telling you today, every one of us has
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a departure time, and you're not in charge of it.
God's in charge of that. You didn't set it up.
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God did. But I thought about being ready to be
now ready.
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You know the Bible said in second Corinthian six', two
for he, SAITH i have HEARD thee in the time,
accepted and in the day of, salvation HAVE i succored.
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Thee behold now is the accepted. Time behold now is
the day of.
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SALVATION i got to think about that little. Word, now
look at, me, Everyone IF i would ask you, today
LIKE i, am are you ready? Now would you be ready?
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Now If god.
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Called you?
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Away you, say, preacher is it all that? Important all, honey,
listen it's not. Important it is necessary that you be
ready to Meet.
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God.
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NOW i know that people said in churches and they
Think i've got plenty of, time that preacher is just
up there trying to get me. Saved, well, absolutely that's
What i'm. Doing i'm not here just BECAUSE i have
nothing to, do AND i get paid to do. THIS i, am,
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indeed with a my soul trying to get you saved
and get you ready to Meet. God and if you've
been to this church very many, times you know that
my heart is in winning souls To christ and that
is our duty and our. Job and you sit there
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and you, say he's just up there. Preaching, No i'm
not just. Preaching i'm trying to get you ready to
meet The. LORD i remember one time on, VISITATION i
could call his, name you know him, NOW i said
in his living room AND i was talking to him
about The, lord and he said to, me he, said,
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preacher and he said it sort of. Critically he, Said,
PREACHER i know what you're trying to. DO i, said
what AM i trying to?
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Do AND i called he's my.
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Name he, said you're trying to get me. Saved and
he said up with sarcasm and. Criticism AND i said to,
HIM i, said will, yes, Sir that's exactly Why i'm.
Here and the reason That i'm here is BECAUSE i
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love you And i'm concerned about, you AND i would
like to see you. Saved as far AS i know,
that he never got. Saved he went out of this
world critical and sarcastic about the preaching of The, word
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maybe like some of us have been in the past
that we've heard the preacher preach and The Holy ghost
woo our hearts and we constantly.
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Say no To.
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God, Yeah i'm here for one. Reason i'm not here
to do anything but try to help. You you, see
you have a departure, time and you're going to meet that.
Speaker 3 (47:58):
TIME i know you all that have flown or.
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Traveled the first thing when you go into the, airport
you look on the big, board it says departure, time arrival.
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Time it, says are there any? Delays and is it on?
TIME i tell you WHAT i, TRAVEL i like for
it to say on. Time.
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Amen AND i thought this morning That jesus is gonna
be on time and he won't delay his.
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Coming but he's. Coming and, you my, friend, you.
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My, friend have a departure time in your future when
we're gonna be called off this whole ball as sad
we live on this old Planet earth and we're gonna
be escorted into. Eternity, now my question today would, be
are you? Ready how many of y'all remember children?
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Playing you go, Hide i'll hide my eyes And i'll.
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Count one, hundred and Then i'm going to come and find.
You and about every one of you could not count a.
Hundred we'd get up every little ways and we'd start
counting by, two's then by, fives and then by, tens
and we get up about.
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Eighty it's eighty eighty five ninety one.
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Hundred then you'd hear that little voice from down there
at the porch cry out and say ready or.
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Not HERE i.
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Come and here they had, come and they would search
and they would, look and they'd find you AND i
don't know how you all played, it but we played
IF i outran, them if they found me AND i
could out running back.
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To the, BASE i was.
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Safe so they would find you in take off flying
back to the, base and.
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If they got there before you, did you're.
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Out AND i was thinking this, morning as a, child
i'd hear that voice say ready or?
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Not HERE i.
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Come listen to. Me there's going to be another, voice
The bible, said with the voice of the.
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Archangel and the trump Of, god we're going to hear
that shout that says ready or, Not i'm coming.
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Now we're here today to try to help.
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You please please, listen to help you to be ready
when he comes. Back when he comes, back they ain't
no getting ready, then, now The bible. Said paul, SAID
i am now ready to be. Offered the time of
my departure is at. Hand you see today's. Friend, listen
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we all have a departure. TIME i thought AS i
was preparing that when he SAID i am now.
Speaker 3 (51:09):
Ready the word the term is a term that means
spindo spnd, o.
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Which literally means to pour. Out paul, SAID i am now.
Ready i'm going to pour out my life and by the,
way that's what he. Did paul died by being, beheaded
and when they took his, head he poured his blood
poured out of his body as he offered himself To.
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GOD i thought about another.
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MAN i thought about another man that went to the,
cross who gave his. Life The bible, said it was
pracious blood that he shed in our for, us.
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That we might be.
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SAVED i began to read, that and it talked about
over In Firs, peter by the pracious blood Of. Jesus,
now CAN i tell you that he shed his? Blood
The bible, said no man taketh my. Life he, said
no man takes my. Life we want to say that
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pilot The, romans they killed our. Savior but he, said,
Nobody no man taketh my. Life he, SAID i lay it.
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Down he was not a. Martyr he was a.
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Sacrifice Now paul would have been a, martyr But jesus
was a, sacrifice and he laid.
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Down his life and poured out his blood.
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For our.
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Atonement praise his holy.
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Name listen to, me, friend the time of your departure
and my departure may be at.
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Hand SO i began to look at.
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THIS i, thought my, Goodness paul, SAID i have the
time of my departure is at. Hand he was talking
about that word means to loose the mooring that ties
us to the. Port do you know one of these
days we're gonna untie us and we're gonna sail away.
Speaker 3 (53:26):
Home. NOW i don't know how you all.
Speaker 7 (53:29):
Are y'all don't look too excited about it this, morning
but MAY i, Say i'm kind of excited about getting
to go. Home i'm kind of happy to know THAT
i am ready now to meet The, lord should he
call me, FOR i am now ready to be, offered and.
Speaker 3 (53:49):
The time of my departure is at. HAND i thought about,
today the.
Speaker 7 (53:54):
Only thing, Important listen to, Me the only thing important
is where you're going when you're.
Speaker 3 (54:02):
Leaving AND i thought.
Speaker 7 (54:05):
TODAY i was getting, ready AND i, thought you, Know
i'd like to leave my family with a. Testimony i'd
like for my family to know Where i'm at and
to know HOW i got there and how they can get.
There so many TIMES i hear people come by a
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funeral homes and they'll say WHY i almost said silly,
things but they say things, like, WELL i hope he made.
Speaker 3 (54:39):
It.
Speaker 7 (54:41):
WELL i wonder if he made. It and then they
come to me and, Say, preacher was he. Saved i'm,
like he's your. FAMILY i, mean you're the one that
lived with. Him he's the one that raised. You he's
your family. Member you should have asked.
Speaker 3 (55:01):
HIM i don't.
Speaker 7 (55:03):
KNOW i can't save, anybody but WHEN i, LEAVE i
want to be, ready AND i am, ready AND i
don't want my family to have any questions on WHETHER
i was saved or. NOT i want to leave my
children and my grandchildren a testimony that my departure time
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came AND i answered the. Call and if you want
to see me, again you'll have to come to, heaven
because that's Where i'm.
Speaker 3 (55:32):
Going you, see you have a departure, time.
Speaker 14 (55:38):
Just like many.
Speaker 3 (55:39):
Others our dear Sweet, rose most of you have already.
Heard but she asked me to tell you down at the,
Hospital our Little, Rose.
Speaker 7 (55:52):
She, said tell my church THAT i have cancer and it's,
bad and it's fourth, stage And i'm not going to
do anything but live my life the BEST i can
Till jesus takes me. HOME i thought that dear little
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lady was saying in, Words i'm ready And i'm ready.
Now AND i told her i'd tell you and ask
your prayers for and our family. Today listen, you all of,
you myself. Included we all have a time of. DEPARTURE
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i want you to be. Ready paul continued by saying
THAT i have fought a good.
Speaker 3 (56:42):
FIGHT i have finished my, COURSE i have kept the.
Speaker 7 (56:46):
FAITH i thought that this statement is a thought about
a grec Old roman, wrestler if you would look it
up and study it out a hard. Fight paul said
that was common back in the theaters they had wrestling
The Greco roman. Wrestling Now amon might appreciate.
Speaker 3 (57:13):
THAT i don't know.
Speaker 7 (57:15):
Where he coached wrestling and. WRESTLED i wrestled in high,
school AND i can tell you it's the hardest sport
you'll ever participate. In there's not a moment during a
wrestling match that you can take a, breather take a, break, rest,
relax or depend on somebody else to do. Something from
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the time it starts to let ends either in victory
or defeat.
Speaker 3 (57:44):
Or the time runs, out it is a constant battle
until the.
Speaker 7 (57:49):
End paul said in, WORDS i have fought a good
fight from the TIME i started till the time I'M
i have never quit AND i have never let, up
AND i have fought a good. FIGHT i believe he
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won that. Battle and when they took his head from
off his, shoulders he went to be with The. Lord,
AMEN i wonder, today are you fighting a good? Fight
are you busy in The lord's? Work are we doing
our best to serve? Him or taking a little? Break
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and have we got a little? Lazy have we got
a little? Tired are we kind of giving? Up, listen,
friend don't give? Up he, SAID i fought a good.
FIGHT i finished my. COURSE i don't know if you
remember back a few years, back several years, ago matter of,
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FACT i preached a sermon on AND i talked about
a man Named Derrick redman And Derek.
Speaker 3 (59:01):
Redmond now this dates is back many.
Speaker 7 (59:04):
Years he ran For Great britain in The olympics in
nineteen eighty, eight now that a long time, ago and
he ran the four hundred meter and he had been,
injured injured in the Previous, olympic didn't get a.
Speaker 3 (59:19):
Compete he came back to run and he was.
Speaker 7 (59:21):
The favor for the gold. Medal and he started. Running
y'all remember this. Story and he ran and he was,
running and he was at the head of the, pike
and all of a sudden he grabbed his hamstring and
went down and got, up and everybody passed. Him and
he kept, hobbling, limping holding his leg on around the
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track last.
Speaker 3 (59:48):
Place could have, quit could have.
Speaker 7 (59:52):
Surrendered the video shows his dad coming out of the
stands and running down to aid. Him he's like, No
and he went on cross the finish, line and they
interviewed him and, said why didn't you just? Stop he,
SAID i did not want A. DNF a did not
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finish beside my. NAME i wanted to.
Speaker 3 (01:00:19):
Finish paul, SAID i have finished my course.
Speaker 7 (01:00:25):
Today MAY i encourage you that are saved to keep, running.
Speaker 3 (01:00:32):
Keep, running.
Speaker 7 (01:00:33):
Finish some of you may be, limping some of you
may be, hurting but don't stop.
Speaker 3 (01:00:41):
Running keep on keeping.
Speaker 7 (01:00:44):
On or we have a time of, departure and when
that comes we'll go see.
Speaker 3 (01:00:52):
Him he, SAID i have fought a good. FIGHT i
have finished my. COURSE i have kept the. Faith OH
i love THAT i have kept the.
Speaker 7 (01:01:05):
Faith he. Guarded it means to guard and protect your. Testimony,
y'all listen to. Me there are too Many. Christians Now
i'm just gonna say it straight to. You there are
too Many christians that have a bad. Testimony, amen they
(01:01:29):
have a bad testimony in the community and in the.
Speaker 3 (01:01:32):
World they have A i, MEAN i know a lot
of them have bad, testimonies and you do.
Speaker 7 (01:01:39):
Too Now i'm not trying to sugarcoat it or make it,
better But i'm saying to each one of, us we should.
Speaker 3 (01:01:46):
Want to keep the, faith protect.
Speaker 7 (01:01:49):
It cherie, shit run the, race finish our course for
the time of my departure and yours is at.
Speaker 3 (01:01:59):
Hand are you? READY i, mean are you really ready? This,
listen you're gonna find.
Speaker 7 (01:02:06):
Out you mark it down in your little margin that
when you Meet, god you're gonna find out it's a
lot more serious than you ever thought of was gonna.
Be you think we're gonna Meet god and it's gonna
be like going up To grandpa's.
Speaker 3 (01:02:19):
House it's not gonna be like going to grandpa's. House
you're gonna.
Speaker 7 (01:02:24):
Meet Your, maker your, creator your, judge and he's gonna
judge us according to his.
Speaker 3 (01:02:31):
Righteousness it's gonna be.
Speaker 7 (01:02:33):
Serious And i'm gonna tell you, today we have a departure,
time and you're gonna get there one of these, days
and we're gonna depart and we're gonna meet The, lord
and my prayer is that when.
Speaker 3 (01:02:48):
We, do he can, say well, done you kept the.
Faith would you bow your heads with?
Speaker 16 (01:02:55):
Me?
Speaker 7 (01:02:55):
Please mhmh this, morning before we get ready to, dismiss.
Speaker 3 (01:03:05):
Let me ask you. Something. NOW i don't want to
put you on the, spot but let me ask you.
Something nobody will, know just you AND. I if i'd
ask you this straight at now and ask you are
you A? Christian you see this is. Important if i'd,
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say are you ready to Meet? GOD i, mean, now
are you? Ready would you.
Speaker 7 (01:03:32):
Say Like, paul the time of my departures at, HAND
i am now.
Speaker 3 (01:03:36):
READY i am. Ready now, listen if you're saved and
you know, it come on. Church if you're saved and
you know, it hold your hand.
Speaker 7 (01:03:46):
Up Say i'm A. CHRISTIAN i am A. Christian i'm
glad That i'm A. Christian i'm glad That i'm. Saved thank.
Speaker 3 (01:03:59):
You take your hands, down some hands that weren't. Raised
let me help. You, please.
Speaker 7 (01:04:09):
Let me help. You maybe today you'd, Say, PREACHER i
know you're. RIGHT i know the time of my departure will,
come AND i Know i'll have to, go But i'm
just not ready to go AND i need your. Prayers
i'd like to be A christian And i'd like to
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ask you in the church to pray for. ME i
wonder today if there'd be someone just simply, say, preacher
remember me.
Speaker 3 (01:04:42):
The time of your.
Speaker 7 (01:04:43):
Departure are you sure you want to leave this world
like you are?
Speaker 3 (01:04:52):
Today you'd, Say, mike pray for me That i'll be.
Speaker 7 (01:04:57):
Ready pray for. Me would you put your hand up
and take it back down? Quickly god bless, YOU i see,
YOU i see. You someone, Else, Yes god bless. You
ah listen to, me.
Speaker 3 (01:05:10):
Listen. Please, yesterday just look at me for a. Minute
yesterday when we.
Speaker 7 (01:05:19):
Got done with the service and we went way back
on this mountain to the grave, side and during the
service there was a. Man you can look. Up you
don't have to keep your heads. Bound you can look.
Speaker 3 (01:05:34):
Up there was a man.
Speaker 7 (01:05:37):
Probably in his mid upper forties that it looked Like
god really dealt with him during the. Service and when
we got up to the grave, side he slipped over
after it was all over to my car and walked
up there to me and he, said, preacher are you
going to be? Here are you going to go down
to the FELLOWSHIPON i, Said i'll be. Here he said
(01:06:00):
THAT i need to talk to. You AND i, said
What i'm? Here now what You AND i, said was
you wanting to be? Saved he started. Crying he, said, YES.
Speaker 3 (01:06:12):
I want to be. Saved and he got, saved standing
there on top of that.
Speaker 7 (01:06:16):
Mountain and after he got, SAVED i said to, HIM i, said,
now was that?
Speaker 3 (01:06:23):
Hard he said, no it.
Speaker 7 (01:06:27):
Wasn't now you're making something a lot harder than it
has to, be because all you got.
Speaker 3 (01:06:34):
To do is, Come are you? Listening all you have
to do is?
Speaker 7 (01:06:37):
Come he he does the. Rest you just have to
bring yourself to. Come And christian, friend. Listen if you're
here and you're, saved and you kind of just been
living loose and free and doing your own, thing maybe
it's time we.
Speaker 3 (01:06:56):
Get serious and give it all To.
Speaker 7 (01:07:00):
God because your departure, time my departure time is at.
Speaker 3 (01:07:05):
Hand father in.
Speaker 7 (01:07:06):
HEAVEN i thank you for this few. Minutes AND i,
prayed Dear, god that you would save those hands of
those pracious. People, god that you'd help them to see
their need Of, christ that they would come and repent
of their sins and be with our church and church.
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Family that we would be serious minded about our service
to The lord In jesus'.
Speaker 3 (01:07:34):
Name, amy let's stand while we, sing AND i ask
you to.
Speaker 7 (01:07:38):
Come come, today come right, now and let's pray while we.
Speaker 4 (01:07:45):
Sing two hundred and thirty three to thirty, Three.
Speaker 3 (01:08:00):
Oh of my bone.
Speaker 4 (01:08:04):
Sin why don't you?
Speaker 11 (01:08:07):
Come?
Speaker 3 (01:08:08):
Gee why don't you go to heaven with?
Speaker 4 (01:08:10):
Us why don't you.
Speaker 3 (01:08:12):
Make heaven your horse?
Speaker 4 (01:08:14):
Aside? Come you need to, come.
Speaker 13 (01:08:18):
You need to die free, gladness lie.
Speaker 4 (01:08:26):
Geez. Aside come to the oh of my, sick nurse
to thy, health oh of my and to thy.
Speaker 7 (01:08:49):
Well, yeah ah my, maien why don't you come in
go with, us go to heaven with?
Speaker 4 (01:08:59):
Us gleaz comes a. Sigh, come, yes ad of my,
shame full fail and, loss.
Speaker 10 (01:09:18):
Geez a, Sigh Come, jesus gee's a.
Speaker 4 (01:09:24):
Sigh come.
Speaker 10 (01:09:27):
Into the glorious game of thy.
Speaker 4 (01:09:34):
Cross gee's a. Sigh comera.
Speaker 3 (01:09:43):
Mist out.
Speaker 9 (01:09:45):
Awd of our, soros in to thy bomb.
Speaker 10 (01:09:54):
Aw of live, storms and in to the to distress
to you blood. Psalm geezsu a.
Speaker 7 (01:10:12):
Sigh, Come, Amen, amen thank you All, god bless, You,
amen praise The. Lord.
Speaker 3 (01:10:21):
Boy you need to be, ready, ready, ready be.
Speaker 7 (01:10:25):
Ready it's easy believe on The Lord jesus now shall be.
Speaker 3 (01:10:32):
Saved i'd like to Ask JAY.
Speaker 7 (01:10:34):
R And tina would you all.
Speaker 3 (01:10:35):
Come forward please at this?
Speaker 7 (01:10:37):
Time And roger And amy would you come to stand
here in front of me for a minute. Today we
want to take just a couple of. Minutes And i've
been talking with these folks and J. R And tina
wanted to join our church by, letter by transfer of,
(01:10:57):
letter and we've received their, letter And roger And, Amy
i've talked to them and they have given sufficient evidence
of being saved and been scripturally.
Speaker 3 (01:11:08):
BAPTIZED i think you told Me Roy moles. Baptized we
won't hold that. Again you.
Speaker 7 (01:11:14):
Amen Brother roy was a wonderful preacher AND i have
full confidence in Brother.
Speaker 3 (01:11:21):
Roy and they asked to.
Speaker 7 (01:11:23):
Join our church upon Their christian, experience their salvation, experience
and their. Baptism so we need to do two. Motions
jerry one to accept their letter of transfer and then
we'll Do roger And amy. Next if you would, amen
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motion made and second and if you just take care
Of roger And, amy we'll do it all at. Once they,
Okay motion made and. Seconded questions all in favor of.
Them would you vote, yes but SAYING i, please we
would like to tell them how much we care about.
Speaker 3 (01:12:09):
Them and we make you very. Welcome And i'd like
to ask.
Speaker 7 (01:12:12):
Our deacons if you'd, come and we're going to do
it this way this, morning if you fellas would come
and on behalf of the Spring Fork Baptist church this
morning and our. Deacons we want to make these folks
welcome as members into our church and we're very proud of.
Them if there's other people here today and.
Speaker 3 (01:12:34):
You'd like to be a part of, us let me.
Speaker 7 (01:12:37):
Know we'll talk with you and we'd love to invite
you and welcome you in to be a part of
our family fellowship here at Spring Fork Baptist.
Speaker 4 (01:12:47):
Church.
Speaker 3 (01:12:48):
Amen, Amen god bless. Them, Amen, Hailey i'll give you
this here in just a.
Speaker 7 (01:12:55):
Moment all, Right, Amen all hearts.
Speaker 3 (01:12:58):
Clear them this? Morning thank?
Speaker 7 (01:12:59):
You you all.
Speaker 8 (01:13:04):
All?
Speaker 7 (01:13:04):
Right if you'd like to join the adult volleyball, team See,
haley that be me And jim And jerry And me
And amon And. John that you didn't say the nursing
home leg?
Speaker 14 (01:13:21):
Right do you have to have a vertical?
Speaker 18 (01:13:24):
Leap?
Speaker 3 (01:13:24):
Yeah you have to be able to? Walk? Yes all, Right,
well let's bow our. Heads we're gonna have choir, Practice.
Speaker 4 (01:13:32):
Yeah choir practice four forty five for forty.
Speaker 7 (01:13:35):
Five we'll be going up To Big bottom tomorrow. Night
we'd like to invite all of you to. Go i'd
love to see a great crowd be able to go
up in the. Choir and we'll be preaching there tomorrow,
night so remember. That and we'll have choir practice early
in church tonight at. Six And brother J. R would
(01:13:57):
you dismiss us, today, please
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