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>> This is the day that the Lord has made and we will be glad and rejoice in it. Welcome to As it is written in Psalms 122:1, I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord. I pray that we will be glad and rejoice today

in the house of God. May our hearts be open, our spirits lifted, and may we leave this place stronger, encouraged, and refreshed in our spirits. May we all please rise as the band lead us in praise and worship. Jesus on his father's day. Halle [music] Hallelujah. We giving all our praise to you. [music]

Halle Hallelujah. When I consider the wonders your hands have made. [music] Sun, moon, and stars. All your glory and full. [music] Who am I that you know me and love me and call me by name? Lord, I can't [music] help but lift up my head to sing out to pray. Oh Lord, [music] how

is your name [music] in [singing] all you deserve all the glory and the praise [music] we hallelujah? We give [music] it all praise to you. Halle [music] Hallelujah. You established a stronghold against all your enemy. All praises of infants [music] and children. This victory [music] that you know me and love me and call me

by name. [music] Lord, I can't help but lift up my hands to sing our true praise. [music] Hallel Hallelujah. [music] We giving all our praise to you. Hallel [music] Hallelujah. How great is [music] your name. Hallel Hallelujah. We [music] give him all our praise to him. Hallel [music] Hallelujah. How great is your [music] name. Come on,

let's release a sound of praise to Jesus. Amen. [music] Hey, let's sing it out. Oh Lord, [music] our Lord, how majestic is your name in all [music] the earth. You deserve all the glory [music and singing] and the praise. Oh Lord our Lord. [music] How majestic is your name in all the earth. [music]

You deserve all the glory and the praise. [music] Halle Hallelujah. We giving all [music] our praise to you. [music] Hallelujah. We give it [music] all praise to you. Hallelujah. [music]

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You be so [music] so so so [music] [music] we fall to the ground. Armies of heaven they always [music] surround when I start remembering how you carry my [music] cross. You call me my name. Love me like I was but you [music] didn't leave me that way. But then I live. Yeah. That's what [music]

you did. Yeah. You'll be so so so so [music] good to me. [music] Yeah. You'll be so so so so [music] good to me. From morning to night, [music] the lows and the highs. I look back on my life and all that I see. And you'll [music] be so so so so good. Let's

see. Oh. [music] Oh. [singing] Hallelujah. [music] Yeah. Come on. Let's be clear in [music] this place. Let's see. When I say God is good, you say all [music and singing] the time. When I say all the time, you say God is [music] good. When I say God is good, you say all the time. When I

say all the time, you say God is good. When I say God [music] is good, you say all the time. [singing] When I say all the time, you say [music] God is good. When I say God is good, you say all [music] the time. You see all the time you say God is so so so so

[music] good to me. Yeah. You been so so so so [music] [singing] good. So tonight from morning to night the lows [music] and the highs. I look back on my life and all that I see. Morning [music] tonight. The lows and the highs. I look back on my life [music] and all that I

see. Yeah. You been so so so so good. [music] Hallelujah. Come on. Give a shout of praise. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] of exaltation. I was born for [music and singing] the name above me. [music] You hear the name of all creation. There's a song of praise that [music] only rests. Bless his word. There is no [music] one

Jesus. Who else is [music] worthy? Who else is worthy? There is [music] no one only Jesus. [music] You are God of all the [music and singing] aes yet you chose to make my heart [music] to dwell in peace. You brokenness show [music] me your glory to my [music] songs of thanks my heavenly angels.

Who else is worthy? >> Who else is worthy? >> Lost is [music] worthy. >> Who else is worthy? >> There is no [singing] one. Only you Jesus Christ is [music] worthy. >> Is worthy. [singing] [music] >> Is worthy. >> There is no one. No one. >> There [singing] is no one. Only [music]

you Jesus. Who else is worthy? Who else is [music] worthy? There is no one only you [music] Jesus. Who else is worthy? Who else [music] is worthy? There [singing] is none. [music] Only you Jesus.

>> [music] >> Come on, take a minute and just talk about where he is. Holy. I see no other God [music] as great as you. Powerful. You deserve it. Oh, [music] lamb of God. Lamb of God and lamb of God. The lamb [music] of God who was [music and singing] so come to see it on the throne above.

Holy, holy, rightous [music] one [singing] shed his blood to prove to us the father's [music] love. Jesus Christ be lifted up. >> [music]

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[music] to prove to us the father's love Jesus [music] Christ worthy is worthy. You are still worthy. [music] [music]

But you know [music] there is no [music] Jesus. There is no [music] Jesus. [music] There is no [music] Jesus.

All my life you [music] have been faithful. All my [singing] life you [music] have been so so good. With every breath that I am able. Yes, I will sing of the good [music] news. >> Come on. Do you love the voice of your father? Come on, let's sing. I [music] love your voice.

>> You have led me. >> You have led me [music] through the fire. >> In darkest times, >> in darkest night, you are [music] close like no other. you [music] know you will see [music] >> yes I will sing goodness my life all my life you've been faithful >> all my life you [music and singing] have

been Jesus oh all my life you've been so good >> all my [music] life you have been [singing] Just every breath, every breath that I [music] see all the goodness [music] of God. Your [music] goodness is running after running after me. Your goodness [music] is running after me. My life down. Surrender now. I give you

[music] everything. Your goodness is my [music] faithfulness.

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My life down. I surrender [music] now. I gave you everything. Your goodness, [music] to me. Oh, yes it is. [singing] So I will sing. All my life you have been. [music] >> Come on, tell your daddy it's Father's Day today. Tell him how much you love him. Cuz all my life you have been so

>> [singing] >> So good. With every breath, >> every breath [singing and music] that I have, >> I will forever sing. >> Yes, I will sing [singing] >> of [music] God. I'll forever sing. All [music] my life [singing] you have been faithful. Oh my you [music]

[music] every breath that I will [music] forever sing. >> So I will sing of the goodness [music] of God. >> Oh come on give him praise. He's a good good father. He's a loving father. He's a

anyus. Come on, [music] let's thank God this morning. Every daughter, every mother, every father, every son for his love, he's a good father. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Come on. Good morning. Welcome to the special celebration. We celebrate every father, every grandfather, every man that took it upon him to lead [music] the fatherless and

to lead many around them. Come on, let's thank every father. Come on, mothers. Give your give your husbands a hug if he's a father. And if you're [music] married and you're not yet a father, look your wife in the eyes and say, "Hey,

Good morning. What an honor. What a pleasure to be in the house of God this morning. It might be cold out there, but it's warm in here. Amen. How great and how pleasant it is to be in the presence of the Lord our God this morning. Come on, turn to someone and bless them. Give

them a handshake and uh give them a high five. Just welcome them into the presence of the Lord. Welcome. Good morning to all our online viewers. We pray that you are blessed today and that you will receive the word of God that it will touch your heart and change your lives forever and ever. Amen. Come on,

let's welcome all our online viewers this morning. So great to be in the house of God and celebrate the men of God this morning. It's going to be a special morning. Let's take our seats in heavenly places. Amen. Thank you so much that you decided to get up out of bed this morning and to be here donkey. Many

of you drive 30 plus minutes to be here. There's people from Albertton every Sunday morning. I mean that's a 40 minute plus drive to get here. And I mean if you come from certain parts of Mayan and and it's it's a 30 plus minute drive to be here and you've been here for five and a half years not missing a

beat. I thank you and I salute you and I thank God for you that you are with me and my family that you build strong in the kingdom of God with me and welcome to every father that's here this morning my brother get on to your feet this morning please some of you are here

you can stand to your feet some of you are here and you have children in heaven you are a father you better Amen. Thank you. I salute you. I honor each and every one of you men of God, men of valor, an army of warriors. I take my hat off to you fighting the good fight of faith.

Standing when no one else wants to stand. You've gone to hell and back for your family. You fight off the devil every single day. You have pressure from the left, from the right, from the back, and from the front, and still you don't give up. I thank God for you. Whether you are

invited here this morning, where you are a brother in the house, I thank God for you. I thank God that I am not alone to raise this next generation. That I have brothers like you, strong men in the faith. And I pray an anointing of God, fresh oil, that God will grab a hold of

your heart this morning and strengthen you. That God will meet with you face to face like he met with Abram in the late afternoon. I pray that you will receive healing where you need healing. That God will take the brokenness that this world and this life has caused and that in a moment today, God will heal

you, restore you, strengthen you, that you will experience God himself break the shackles and the chains of this life over your life. There is no generational curse upon your life. I declare it by the blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. And I pray that you will be strengthened for the rest of your days,

that you will run and not grow weary, that you will soar like eagles, that you will roar like lions, that God will wake you up in the morning hour and speak to you his promises. That you will walk with your head up high, with your eyes fixed on Jesus. Many of you have gone

through divorce. You've gone through storms. Some of you are in storms right now. I want to say this to you. We know the God that overrules every storm. We know the one who holds your future. And I bet you I pray that God will pour out himself upon you time after time after

time. And I pray that you will have a God encounter in your life like never before. that he will run this race with endurance, not giving up. I know this life daunts us to give up, to say, "I'm done. I've had enough. I'm not going to make it." That's the voice of the devil.

I pray that you will hear the voice of Jesus Christ, our Lord and our Savior, that he will encourage you. That he will say one day when you stand before him, "Well done, good and faithful servant. Come [music] into the joy of your master. I declare the goodness of God upon your life. I declare the mercy and

the favor and the blood of Jesus Christ [music] upon your life. And I tell you, you are God's own special people. You are a man of God. You have a value in the kingdom of God. And by the spirit of God, you will win and not lose. You will have victory and never BE DEFEATED. I

THANK GOD FOR YOU. AND I celebrate with you this honor to being a DAD TODAY. COME ON, LET'S give all these dads a great great hand. Come on, you can stand to your feet and you can bless all these men. I salute you. I love you, my brother. AND I THANK GOD FOR YOU THAT YOU are

planted with me in this house of faith and with you by my side. We will win the devil on every corner and every turn in every valley we will v we victory will be ours. We will stand in these cities AND WE WILL ROAR THE VOICE OF JESUS CHRIST upon the future generation THAT COMES.

COME ON, BE BLESSED and anointed man of God. AMEN. AMEN. COME ON, GIVE your father a hug if he's here. Come on. If your dad is not here with you now, it's time to thank God for your dad and to pray and say, "Lord, I pray over my dad this morning." Come on. We bless you and

we love you. You have a special place in this family. I'm not the only man in this family. I thank God for that. And if you don't have a place in a family, that's where a father belongs. He's only a man if he doesn't have a family. in this place. You have a

family. If you don't have a family out there, I'm telling you, you have a family in here. And I pray to God that your heart will return to this family, that your heart will settle, and that you will stay connected, STAY KNITTED IN EVERYTHING THAT COMES your way, cuz God is with you. Amen. Come on, let's give

God all the praise, all the glory, and all the honor. Amen. Amen. You may be seated. Thank you.

Every man needs the voice of God cuz that's what makes him a man of God. I'm going to preach on that this morning. Men of faith. Monopan, not men of this world. Men of faith is what is today. We honor fathers, grandfathers, and every man who has accepted the responsibility of leading a

father. I thank God for those men. I honor those men. The greatest inheritance a man can leave his family. Listen, I pray to God that you make notes this morning cuz you're going to need this word when it gets tough out there. So, as yourself, but the grab your phone and start making notes

so that you can pray on this. Every man, the greatest inheritance a man can leave. And don't ask your wife now to make notes. You are a man. Take out your own phone. for

Amen. The greatest inheritance a man can leave his family is not wealth. It's not possessions. It's not success. The greatest inheritance a man can leave his family is a steadfast fast faith in God. The greatest thing you can leave your family, a steadfast faith in God. Hebrews 11. That's the only chapter in the Bible

that says the men is supposed to make coffee. Hebrews. This will change some people into Hebrews, but okay, we are Hebrews. 11 uh verse 7. By faith. By what? By money, by land, by possessions. By what? By faith.

Say "Amen." By faith, by faith, Noah built an ark in the middle of DRY LAND. EVERYONE LAUGHED AT HIM. Everyone mocked him. Everyone in the chapter in that Bible said, "You are a fool, Noah. what rain. But he heard from God cuz he was a man of God. By faith, Noah built an ark in

the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see. Men, say this. Say, "God will show me the things that this world can never show me." Amen. He was warned about something he couldn't see and acted on what he was told. By whom? He acted on what God spoke to him.

I pray that you will react when God speaks to you. The result of what? The result of his faith and the result of him listening to God. The result was this. His family was saved. Not the church saved them. Not the pastor prayed for them. The faith of the father, the faith of the man. You might be in

here and you're not a father. Well, you are still a man. The faith of the husband, the faith of the dad. You are in here. You 17, you 8 years old, you're 28. You are a man. Bible says, well, not even not actually the Bible, but it's a biblical principle. And something pastor taught me, my

pastor He said you are male by birth. You are man by choice. Male by birth, man by choice. When I choose, I I take on the responsibility. So his faith and his obedience listening to God saved his family. His act of faith, listen to this, his act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil

of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. Wow. That's what your faith does, my brother. It draws a line in the sand and it says, "Unto here and no further, devil, I'm not allowing you to grab a hold of my son and of my daughter. Devil, I tell you by the name of Jesus Christ, I have

drawn a line in the sand today. You will not come into my marriage bed. You will not come into my mind. You will not have a hold upon my marriage. You will not touch MY FINANCES. DEVIL, I SPEAK TO YOU by the name of Jesus Christ. [music] Come on, say amen. You draw A LINE, A SHARP LINE, THE BIBLE

SAYS, between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, BECAUSE HE TOOK A STANCE, because he made a decision,

As a result, Noah became intimate with God. As men, we need intimacy with God to sit and shut out the noise of this world. Cuz there's a lot of noise in this world. Noise that want to confuse you as a father, as a leader, as a husband. boys in a young age that wants to

confuse you as a son and keep you confused as you become a man and a father and husband and a leader noise. The only way YOU'RE GOING TO SHUT OUT THE NOISE OF THIS WORLD because I care about you. I don't want to see you fall, my brother. And I pray to God that you think the

same and that you pray the same to me that you don't want to see me fall. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER. We have to speak to one another. Sit down and say, "Hey, what's going on?

the home.

It's not your biblical place to correct your husband. Let your pastor say it to you. It's not your biblical place. That's all right. It's fine. Your biblical place is not to correct your husband. Your biblical place as a wife, as a mother is not even to correct your husband. It is to pray for him.

Say the Bible says he left his mother and he became one flesh with you. You don't take the role of his mother. Don't mother him. Pray for him. Strengthen him. Anoint his head with your prayers. Put him before the feet of God. I say it with love so that we can correct the biblical principle within

our marriages. Your place. I'm not saying you're not allowed ever to speak to your husband about some things. You speak to him about the things God has placed in your hand or in your heart. You tell him, "My wife strengthens me when she tells me what she's praying over me, why she's praying for me." She tells me

to my face, "My man, I see that you are in a war zone. I see that you are fighting this fight and that fight. I see that some days it's not easier, but I want you to know. AND SHE STRENGTHENS ME. THEN I know she loves me. WHEN SHE TELLS ME, I WANT YOU

TO KNOW THAT I'M praying for you, my husband. That's the moment I thank God for my woman. Come on, say amen. Noah's greatest gift to his family was not land. It wasn't wealth or possessions. His greatest gift to his family was his faith.

When the world was moving in one direction, Noah trusted and obeyed God and led his family into the direction God spoke to him about. Because this world is pulling us into one direction, but we should not follow the world. I'm speaking to myself, not just preaching this word. I am being taught as I

minister because that's what the Holy Spirit does to me. He teaches me these things and he reminds me of these things. When the world goes in one direction, when the people at your workplace goes in another, when other friends goes into one direction, you better hear from God which is the right direction to go into.

Otherwise, you will end up where they end up. Amen. So Noah trusted and obeyed God and he led his family into the direction that God spoke about. Noah's faith became the vessel that carried his household through the storm. It wasn't the ark that saved them. I'm going to speak I'm going to preach about

that series on on the ark. It wasn't the ark that saved them. It was Noah's faith that became the vessel that took them through the storm. The faith of the father. My sister, you better be praying for your husband's faith. Press in. Ask God that his faith will grow. Never ask him, "Hey, where's your faith,

man?" You pray. Father, I pray that you strengthen his faith. Woman, you better get your hands on your husbands and pray God's word into your husbands. You might be divorced while you've got grandchildren. It is your honor, but is it's your responsibility as woman because I know women to be women of prayer. I grew up

seeing women praying. I had a short period in my life with my um Margaret. But I thank God the first time I ever connected with the Holy Spirit was through my um Margaret. Short period of my life I had my grandmother in my life. But I thank God for that woman of faith

for she awoken something in this young man. So be women that pray. Be women that intercede. Senior women should knit less and pray more.

There's a pro intercessor. Amen.

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Amen. Okay. Let me get holy again. Noah's faith was the vessel that saved his family. We live in a world that constantly challenges men to compromise, to retreat, and to give up. Men carry pressure from every direction. The responsibility of providing, the responsibility of leading, of protecting, and of navigating life's uncertainties. That's most probably the biggest thing.

is men are fighting uncertainties.

The uncertainty is gripping him. But men, I want to speak to you. A man of faith is not a perfect man. Don't try and be perfect. The spirit of God in you will strengthen you in every aspect of your life. He's a man who keeps trusting God when the path ahead looks unclear. Then you trust God.

Hebrews 11:8-9 says it was by faith that Abram obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going. And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith.

I mean, when we were called to come and plant the church as a family in the vault triangle, we didn't know the vault triangle. There's not even people in the church today that I knew before we came here. Look what God has done. Knitted us into one another. But we came by faith.

And I'm here by faith. I'm serving God in this city by faith. Someone said to me the other day, I was doing an auction there in in in in Silver Lakes in Pritoria. And they said to me, I said, "Where are you now? You're not in Cape Town anymore." I said, "No, no, no. I was in

Bloom for 10 years where we got married." And well, we got married in the ve west coach. She wanted to get married in the garden. I'm like m We flew the whole family down to the west coast and we had a we had a wedding party for three days.

But the guy said, "So you in front of Bale now?" But his eyes like went big. It's almost six years now. He says, "Yeah, shut up."

Went to the boot and I got that pipe that I always have in my boot. The one with the chain on was the first gift I ever got from a brother when we planted the church. He said, "You're going to need this, pastor. [laughter]

Man of God is not a perfect man, but he trusts trusts God." Many fathers, many men today find themselves walking uncertain paths, not knowing what tomorrow holds for your family, your finances, your health, or your future. But faith does not require you to know every detail of the road ahead. Faith requires that you know the God that

leads the way.

because otherwise your GPS coordinates is not going to take you in the right path. A man of faith is not a man who has all the answers. He is a man who keeps saying, "God, I trust you even when I cannot see the way. I know that you are making a way cuz I find myself there many a times

where it seems that I'm stuck. There's no way out of this. There's no way through this. And the only thing that I'm left with is to say, "Lord, I trust you and I know that you know the way. I am walking with you cuz I know you will never lead me to a place of desolation.

You will never lead me into a place of darkness." And I thank God that he found me where he found me in the pit of hell. Cuz he never leaves you where he finds you. And I've asked God so many times. There's business people here. We've sat with the Lord, heard from the Lord, and

still the deal does not work out. Still the breakthrough is not coming. But my brother, I want to say to you today, God will never lead you where he will not feed you. God will never guide you where he won't provide for you. If God is in it, God will take you through it. The

storm is not bigger than your God. The desert is not longer than the grace of God. And the mountains is not higher than the faithfulness of God. If you are walking with God, I'm going to tell you today, I've seen it for 40 years in my life. God will not leave you one day. He

will not tell you, "Well, try and figure this out by yourself." God will stick to you and God will strengthen you and God will carry you. And when you like me after 40 years, look back, you will see one pair of footsteps. It wasn't mine. It was God that picked me up and Jesus that walked the way.

Come on, give God praise this morning for his faithfulness. Give him praise for his promise.

Come on, say amen. The rest of your life will be better. THE NEXT BATTLE will be the one you win. Oh, come on, man. The rest of your life will be better. You are the head and not the tail. You will go over AND NOT UNDER. YOU WILL SEE AND YOU WILL PROCLAIM THE GOODNESS OF GOD IN

YOUR LIFE. AND YOU WILL LOOK BACK WITH a thankful HEART AND SAY, "GOD, I THANK YOU for every step that you HAVE TAKEN." OH, COME ON, CHURCH. WE HAVE TO BELIEVE IT. OTHERWISE, we are left in utter darkness. Man,

I thought about this this morning when getting dressed for church. I'm like, "Hey, Brun, I was looking in the mirror. I'm like, at your 30th birthday, you were holding something else, not a ginder. How things have changed. How things have changed. Amen. Thank God for that. At my 30th, I was as drunk as

a skunk. I'm turning 40 the 9th of August, and it's a Sunday. I'm preaching that Sunday. You better show up for your pastor's 40th birthday celebration. Amen. Amen. Right. Let me get back to this. 1 Corinthians 16:3 and 14. Be on God. Full stop. The Apostle Paul is speaking to the men. He says, "Be on God. Be on the watch

out. Yay. Yay. And you are not failing. I'm telling you, you are not failing. with the spirit of of God in you. You will never fail. You are the watchman at the gate. You don't allow the devil to come into that household. You don't allow the devil to come into your marriage. Paul says be on guard stand.

He says stand firm in the faith. You can have all the money and put all on all the cameras and have all the security guards. If you have not faith, you are in danger.

Cuz the cameras ain't going to keep you out of hell. Your faith will keep you out of hell. Say amen this morning. He says, "Be on God. Stand firm in the faith." Be courageous. Be courageous. You roar the voice of God when the enemy comes speaking.

You're not a chicken. Eagles eat chicken. I'm no chicken. I'm an eagle. I saw. I'm a lion. I roar. And it's not me thinking more of me. That's the spirit of God in me. I'm courageous. Nothing the devil sends my way. I'm like I never go when the devil says. WHEN THE DEVIL SAYS WHY I GO

shut up tables yay shut up. Amen. Be courageous. Take on the devil, man. That's what Paul is saying. Take on the devil. Take him on. Speak to him by the authority you have. As a child of God, as a mother, you might be A SINGLE MOTHER. YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY. You speak to God.

Amen.

You be courageous. He'll you open your mouth. You're going through that battle. It's not of God. Listen to me clearly. You open your mouth. You let your faith stir in your heart. And you speak against that attack upon your life. You proclaim the goodness of God. And your body might be hurting, but your

spirit is strong. Your spirit ain't going to die. Come on, say amen. Your spirit will not die. You fight the good fight of faith. Be courageous. Go with the devil head on head. Say bloody st. Act like men or act like a man. Act like a man. This Bible says doesn't say when you

drink more than your friends you are a man. It doesn't say when you hunt more than your friends you are a man. It doesn't say when you swear more. It says when you're on God, when you're firm in the faith, when you are courageous, then you're acting like a man. Be strong. Your family needs you to be strong.

And do everything with love. Everything. Do it with love. I preach with love.

Amen. Not this mindset that the world created of at 65 I'm going to retire. The Bible says nothing about retiring men. Nothing. The word of God refires us, strengthens us. Not the Zoella. Let me leave it to the younger guys. Olivia, leave it to the younger guys. They must figure it out. Mia,

I thank God for the senior men in my life. And some of them tell me, Andre, I don't know these things. I said, "Well, thank you to listening to God because now you're teaching me something at least life experience. We younger guys need YOU

BROTHERS. We have to stand as one, not sit and say, "Well, let the younger GUYS DO IT." DON'T COME AND show them how to They are googling everything they want to know. Google does not know more than you because Google has no life. Google has no heartbeat. GOOGLE HAS NOT the spirit of the Lord. Google does not

not know the future. AI or like my dad says down in the upland. He said, "Me and your brother was working here on a tractor and we wanted to sort out one of the parts and he put the stuff into a." I said, "What?" He said, "A." I said, "What was the result?"

came back saying [laughter]

one of our guys said, "Pastor, you can use the AI um division of of of Microsoft and I went into the app and I used it for something that we're creating and so forth." And I I went to Mariss, my secretary. I said, "Look at this." She's a pastor. That's nice. Where did you get it? I said, "In co

copy lot. That was my version of co-pilot. Now I want something they tell me look on coffee lot. I'm like hey you want long holiday or what? So I does not know. But the one who says I am he knows. He knows your road. He is writing a good story. He's got your future in his hand and on his

heart. Amen. Families need fathers who refuse to abandon their faith in God when culture shifts and circumstances becomes difficult.

You put more pedal to the metal and you go when the world around you changes. You go further into what God has for you. A father's unwavering faith becomes an anchor for his household. Your faith becomes a place of peace for your children. They can sleep peacefully because they know their mother, their father, people of

faith. And they're not going to bed faithless. They're going to bed faithful. And when your children doesn't know, you know. I know sometimes it feels that we don't know. But the only place that we will know is at the feet of Jesus. Men, your prayers matter. I'll say it again. Your prayers, men, it

matters to God. It matters. It's shaping the future of your family. Your worship matters. They see how you worship.

I've met one or two of the young men in our family. I've met their fathers for the first time this morning. I want to tell you because I don't want to call out your names. You visit us. So, I'm not going to make you stand up and full on, but I'm telling you, your boy

is going on 30 years old, but he's watching every step that you take. He's watching your move. He's learning from you. What is he learning? I look in the eyes of my 10-year-old son. When he looks up to his dad, he sees what he is going to become. When I look down to my boy, I see what I

am busy doing in his life. Let's make sure about what we are busy with. I pray to God that there will be a supernatural forming in my heart, a supernatural touch of God in my life so that my son will not do the things that I have done. So that he will not speak the way that I

have spoken. That he will one day say, "For a season of my father's life, he was in a war zone. But then I saw the hand of God upon my dad. And I saw the faithful warrior rise up and turn his back on the world. And then I saw my dad speaking a

different type of language, a different type of spirit rose in my father. And that shaped me for the rest of my life. May that be the words of my son when he becomes a father one day. Say amen. So let me finish. Your faith, your obedience today will shape the generation of tomorrow.

The decisions you make today will echo in the lives of your children and your grandchildren one day. Choose faith, my brother.

Choose faith. Choose integrity. Be a man of integrity. Be a man of integrity to your children. A man of integrity to your wife. Be a man of integrity to your brothers.

Choose integrity. Choose faith. Choose God's ways. Near the end of his life, the Apostle Paul wrote the man that never knew God that wrote twoirds. Well, he had a God encounter and then he started knowing God. He wrote twoird of the New Testament Bible. Twoirds. The one guy that was killing other Christians then became

a born again Christian. He was baptized. The spirit of the Lord was on him, the hand of God on him, and he changed. So don't let the devil tell you you're too far gone.

Amen. So the Apostle Paul wrote 2 Timothy 4:7 to8, I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. Full stop. We are all fighting. There's a war out there against our families. We're all running the race. But Paul said, "I have kept the faith. Now, because I have kept the faith, now

there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day. And not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearance. God has your future in his hand. Your place is prepared in his throne room next to him. There's a seat in heaven

for you, not a place in hell, my brother. But keep the faith. What a testimony. Not that he accumulated wealth, not he achieved status. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with wealth. Wealth is a gift of God. Nothing wrong with having a a nice house. Some guys have got 14 cars. I'm like,

when are you driving what? They have all the stuff in the world, but they're not making a kingdom impact. What does that matter? What does it matter? What legacy is that? A legacy of money. And Money is not the evil thing, my brother. The love of money is the root of evil.

You may have it, but what does it mean in the kingdom of God? Is it a place of prayer, place of safety, or is it your little kingdom? He kept the faith. That should be the the desire of every father to finish the race. Still loving God at the last time of your life. Still

serving God, not stepping back, saying, "Well, I'm getting older now. I'm I'm I'm you know maybe going to take the senior seat in church to serve God to the bitter end until the day he comes for you to lead your people your family towards Christ. So in closing the team can come men your families does not need you to

be perfect. There was I preached in Kimbley a while ago and one of my friends there said you know they had a evangelist that came along and he asked this Sunday morning if there's anyone in church that feels perfect every any man that feels perfect please stand up and the men just sat

down and then he just made sure that everyone heard. He said, "If you feel you're perfect, get up." And the one of the the guys that are one of the elderly guys was sleeping at the back like the two of you there. And uh

some of these guys pray for 40 minutes. They start praying when they sit down and they open their eyes when we leave. And uh one of the elderly guys got up and he said, "R you feel that you are perfect?" He said, "No, no, no, no, pastor. I'm getting up representing my husband, my my wife's

first husband. That brother was perfect. Did nothing wrong." You know, you don't have to be perfect, my brother. They need you to be faithful. That's what they need. Not a perfect father, a faithful father. A faithful father to God and a faithful father to them. A faithful man to God and a faithful husband. That's what your

wife needs. Not more money. She needs your faithfulness.

Okay, I'll pray for her once and then you must sort out the rest. Amen. They need your faithfulness. Keep praying when answers delay. Don't stop praying when it feels that the answer is not coming. Keep believing when circumstances seems impossible. Keep standing when others compromise. You don't do what the men of this world

do. You do what the men of God does. Do guys do whatever as long as you do. Amen. Keep on doing. Keep on leading your family towards God. Vietn expects me to lead our family. I'm not sure because I never had anyone showing me how to be a leader. The only one that

can show you how to be a leader is the spirit of the Lord. You kneel before God. You kneel before God. You kneel before God. If you're in the position where you have daughters and they are not married yet, you be the love of their life. If you're in the position when your

daughters and start bringing other guys home, we have a men's shooting club in church. Join us. We are called the Ler form of a stand. They will not know it was us. We really have a group called the Langl. Yes. We've got short guys on that group as well. He's a short guy, but he's got a long

loop. Talking about rifles. Okay. Not your peashooter. That was the wrong [laughter] Okay. What I wanted to say before I got all distracted there, you shape the life of your son-in-law. You be a father to him, not a commentator. You sit down that boy and you speak to him as you speak into your own son's life.

Speak to your boy so that he will be an honorable man. Speak to your son in the way that he will hunger to be a man of integrity. You don't tell him the things you've done done wrong so that he can see you as a failure. You share with him an open conversation

behind a closed door, not a bright place to spread. Father and son conversation. which some of us never never had. I never had it. I thank God for the man that chose to raise me as his own son who never even was never even my father. But I call him father today. I call him dad

because in the worst time of my life, he chose to open up his house to a boy that comes out of another family. But he imparted into me. I thank God for him. I pray to God to keep him strong. He's going on 71 and he's still farming. Man alone still farms. He's lost it all twice in his life.

He taught me how to get up, how to lift your chin, how to look God in the in the eye and to say, "Thank you, Lord, for bringing me through this desert. And Lord, I know that you have got greater things for me." And today, I thank God for that man who taught me those things.

I thank God for senior senior elder men in this house. I thank God for them. Didn't know this man, Uncle Glenn. I didn't know him for 35 years. I didn't know him for 35 years. I'm turning 40. But in five years in my life, he's made an impact. He taught me how to look like a man of

faith, a man of peace, how to stand strong in every situation. I thank God for that man. These senior men to me in this house, they are like grandfathers. I go to them. I hug them. I thank God for you men. But that's what we need. I need to get on your shoulders so that

I can see further. Thank you. Thank you for each of the brothers that stand strong. And let's not leave our other brothers in the dust. Let's reach out to them. I don't want to get to heaven one day and not see you there.

I want to see you in heaven.

I don't want to be there on my own. I want to be there knowing you are there.

So show up, men of faith. Show up. It's a war every single day. Show up to the battlefield. Bruce, young men, you better form allegiance. You better become an army. And as long as I live, as long as I lead this family spiritually, you have my word. We will take the responsibility to show you what it is,

what God has for you and what God has prepared for you. Come on, say amen this morning as we close. No, you can do better than that. Come on, man. Say amen. It's a health of faith. We are men of faith. Men of faith. Amen. The generation behind you are depending on the faith within you.

The generation behind you are depending on the faith within you.

May it be said of us that we are men of faith. May it be said of us that we are men who trust God completely. May it be said of us that we are men who lead courageously, who who loved sacrificially and men who finished faithfully. I know I'm speaking to the husbands, to

the fathers, to the sons this morning, but I know by the spirit of God, this word came to mothers as well.

This word is not just for the men. This word is for you as a woman, as a single mother who has faced hell face to face. And I pray to God that the your spirit will be stirred within you this morning. that you will grab a hold of something of the word of God and that you will

never let go of it. While every head is bowed, all eyes are closed. We're respecting one another's privacy. Father, thank you that your word comes to us, stirring our faith, strengthening our innermost being, strengthening the structure of our very bones, that we will not be weak, but that we will be strong.

I thank you, Father, that your word does what only your word can do. that this morning your spirit grabs hold of many hearts in this place saying you have not lost the battle. That they will hear you say you are not weak. The devil has lied to you. You have not lost this battle.

I pray that in this moment men and women alike will experience your love, your fatherly love. This world has stolen their earthly fathers from them. But you come as a loving father. And I pray this morning that you will wrap your arms around them. That they will feel and experience your deep intimate

love. That oh senior man is a lifter.

I pray in this moment, Holy Spirit, that you will break every chain, every shackle, bring down every stronghold.

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longer and you and Fore!

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You're in this place this morning. You say, "Pastor, the word of God has spoken to me. The devil has lied to me for too long. I have believed that I am a failure. My family threw me away. I'm broken. I feel distracted. I feel I have no value. Friend, I want to tell you that your

value, your healing, your future, everything you need is within God. And if you are prepared to reach out your hand this morning, I know that God will reach out his hand and touch your life for him. I want to pray with you boldly, unashamedly. I want to pray with you a personal intimate prayer. I want to ask you

If you need that prayer this morning, if you need to turn back to God, it is

don't think about what the people will say. What the people says does not matter. What matters is what God says about you. I want to pray with you personally this morning and I know that you will see the change. Come on. In this moment, I want to ask you, I want to encourage you, lift up

your hand right there. You see, say, "Pastor, that's me. Pray with me, please." Lift it up unashamedly. You might be might be a young boy. You might be a senior man who Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am. Come on. On my right. Thank you, sir. Thank you. There's a grandfather saying, "I'm turning back to the Lord." There's a

father saying, "I'm going back to the Lord." Come on, ma'am. Say, Lord, I'm coming back to you. Come on. There's a family who's raising their hands. Thank you, Lord, for that victory. Come on. Don't don't don't think you might have next Sunday. Don't think you might have tonight. Tomorrow is not a promise for every any person.

So, come on. This morning, lift up your hand quickly before I pray. Slap it up high. Say, "Pray for me, pastor." Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Come on. Let's all stand to our feet. And I want to encourage you this morning after the Lord has spoken to you, now be obedient. The Lord has spoken to

you directly.

I want to invite you. I'm going to pray that prayer with you very personally right here at the altar. We're going to speak to God directly. I want to pray and I want to ask you if you are here alone and you don't have people with you that you can't give your personal

belongings to that it doesn't get lost grab a hold of it leave your seat and make your way to the front I'm going to pray for you but come on leave your seat many of you raise your hands come on ushers hostesses come on come on walk with your dad [music] >> come on you take your dad by the hand

you say dad I'll go with you come on >> come on you know you're sitting next to your Brother, >> you're sitting next to your sister. Take them by the hand and say, "I'll walk with you. I'll go with you." Come on. I'll go with you. [music] Go away. >> Come on. You never raised your hand, but

there's a stirring in your heart. Come on. Come on. Make your way. Make your way. Make your way. Come on.

Come on. Come on, young man. >> [music and singing] >> Your choice this morning is going to change the generation. Come on, make your way. Make your way. Come on, leave your seat. With every breath that I [music and singing] am, I will sing. >> Oh, I will sing. >> Come on. Let's encourage them. Let's

encourage them. >> Come on. Make your way. I'm going to wait for you. Come on. >> Come on. Make that decision in your heart and come this morning. Come. Come, my friend. Come. my life. You've been so good. >> For my life, you have [music] been so so good. >> With every breath,

>> every breath [music] that I am >> for every sing [singing] [music] of the goodness of God. >> Come on. Amen. Let's rejoice in this place. The heavens are rejoicing. The angels are shouting. Come on, young man. and we're waiting for you. Come on. That's going to set the rest of your life on course in the glory of God.

Well done. Well done, my my boy. Well done. You're with us online this morning and the word of God has gripped your heart. You might be in a hospital bed. You might be in an office. You might be alone at home. You might be in your car. You might be sitting on a sidewalk as I

did once in my life. This morning I pray to God that you have reached up your hand. And I pray that you experience the touch, the love, the healing, the fullness of God, the totality of who and what God is in your life. But this is not where the journey ends. This is

where the journey begins. This is where life begins. Life begins the moment we call out to God and we say, "Lord, I need you. I need [music] a savior." This morning, I'm going to ask you to pray with us. Pray every word, believing it by your faith. Let your faith arise in your heart. Open up your lips

and pray every single word with us. Come on, we're going to pray it this morning. Place your one hand in your heart, your other hand lifted up high to the heavens. And we declare this prayer by faith. Make it your declaration for clar. Do it by faith. Nothing to be ashamed of. This is the

moment victory starts in your life. Victory against the devil. Pray this prayer with me. Believers praying all over this place. Say these words. Say, "Father God, I thank you for loving me just as I am. I thank you Lord for sending your son Jesus Christ to this earth to seek and save all who is lost Jesus Christ. I

believe by faith that you are the only son of God and I thank you for saving me today. Thank you for dying upon that cross. Your blood was shed so that I will live. You went into the pit of hell and you defeated the devil and you rose victoriously and you are alive and you are seated at

the right hand of God where you rule and reign for eternity. Today Jesus Christ, I declare that you are my Lord and my Savior and I become your child. Thank you for loving me. I am now a new creation. I am no longer lost. I am no longer broken because you restore me to

your glory. I love you, Jesus. Holy Spirit, come take your rightful place in my life and make me a vessel of your glory. I pray it in Jesus mighty name. Amen. And amen and amen. And by the confession of your sins, you are saved. You are healed. You are restored. And the journey of faith starts now. The

journey of victory starts now. Amen. Amen. Many of you are guests here. We want to give you a Bible. If you don't have a Bible, we want to start this journey of faith with you. This journey of discipleship because Jesus said to his disciples, "Go and make disciples of all the world, baptizing them in the

name of the father, of the son, and of the holy spirit." But Jesus at the age of 30 said, "I have my own mind, my own will. and I'm going to get baptized. Jesus himself, we are a church that baptize believers in the water and by the spirit of God. We want to walk this journey of faith with you.

Many of you are senior men and women and you've battled through life.

Sorry for the Africans. broken.

We want to give you a Bible if you don't have one. Start this phenomenal journey with you. Turn to my left, your right. They're going to lead you to a prayer room. They're going to be with you for a moment and they will bring you right back. Come on. Let's give them a great

hand. JB steps up. Come on. Thank you. Let's Come on. Let's celebrate them. Let's celebrate them, man. Come on. Let's celebrate.

Come on, pray this prayer with me. Say, "Father, I thank you for loving me so much that you saved me. Thank you for giving me the gift of faith. Thank you for strengthening me. I love you, Jesus, and I thank you for my seat at the table of victory in your presence for eternity. Amen. Amen. Come

on, let's give God a shout of praise this morning. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you for joining us online this morning. Tonight at 6:00, a phenomenal service. Make your way to the house of God tonight at 6. [music] It's going to be a phenomenal gathering. And there's a word stirring in my spirit that I want to uh preach tonight. So

come on tonight and bring your loved ones, bring your friends, invite them to church tonight. I am excited to see you with us and excited so that you will join us in this significant family so that we can make an eternal impact in our cities and in our country for the glory of God. Bless you. Have a

phenomenal Sunday. Bless your father if he's still alive. And if he's not, then reach out to another man and be a blessing to them. Fathers, I pray that you will be stirred in the spirit, that you will seek God night and day, and that you will go from victory to victory by the spirit of the Lord. Amen. Bless

you. Come on, let's say thank you to everyone online. You may be seated. Thank you. Okay, we're going to turn our attention to the screen for the announcements.