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[Silence] [Silence] The new woman arises, a new Christian in Christ. [Unintelligible]

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The new woman comes forth boldly, a new spirit for a new day. [All] For bolder strength she shares to be different. She organizes effectively, directs proudly, and walks uprightly as a king's daughter. [All] The little one who competes on the eternal and human steps, reaching out to God, reaching out to her fellow men,

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will stand in the courts of her society and give birth to a new world under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The new woman will become a new creature in Christ

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and give birth to a new world under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The same as it is today, today and forever. Let us turn in our hymnal to hymn 377,

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The church won foundation. [MUSIC PLAYING] (gentle music) [ Music ]

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The Church's one foundation is Jesus Christ, our Lord. She is in through creation by water and the Word, from heavenly grave and slaughter to His holy blood. With his own bloody water, and for her life he died.

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He died for every nation, dead for all the earth. But to God of salvation, one more one faith of her. ♪ A holy day she blesses ♪ ♪ For it is the holy moon ♪

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♪ And to one hope she passes ♪ ♪ With every grace endued ♪ - Shall we pray? each heart lifted to God in sincerity.

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Our Father in heaven, we come now thanking thee for an opportunity to assemble ourselves in the house of worship. And we do pray that thou wouldst create within us

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clean hearts, O God, and renew the right spirit within us. Fill our hearts, gracious God, with love for one another. And then, Lord, send us out yonder on the field as women, some as mothers, as fathers, to show the unsaved world.

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Point them out to thee. We ask an old God that you would come in our midst today. Let our minds be centered on thee. And Father, may something in this service

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today be strength to the weak and point you out to a lost world, there is nothing we can do without thee. And we do pray thy presence and thy spirit will dwell within us.

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And now let us pray the prayer that Christ taught his disciples, our Father. [INAUDIBLE] Hallowed to be thy name, thy kingdom come,

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thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. [ Music ]

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[MUSIC] ♪ We love you ♪ ♪ We love you ♪ ♪ We love you ♪

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♪ We love you ♪ ♪ My health, my life ♪ ♪ My whole world ♪ ♪ Oh, Lord, I love you ♪

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♪ O'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ O'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ He has set forth ♪ ♪ Shall not be moved ♪

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♪ By heath or by mare ♪ ♪ By tea or by mare ♪ ♪ And snow will never stop ♪ ♪ Lift my eyes, oh lift my eyes ♪

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♪ To the coming, it's coming, it's coming, it's coming ♪ [choir singing] [SILENCE] [ Background noise ]

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC] May we please stand. [ Music ]

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>> Responsive reading number 558. [ Music ] [MUSIC] ♪ I am thy God ♪

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♪ Blessed are they who walk ♪ ♪ With the word of the Lord ♪ ♪ In their hearts ♪ ♪ Be silent ♪

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♪ For the Lord speaketh to his children ♪ - Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. - [Congregation] Why submit yourselves to your own husband and unto the Lord?

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- For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and he is the savior of the body. - Therefore, let the church accept the gift

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of the Christ, so that the wives may be their own husbands in everything. - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church

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and he gave himself for it. - That he might sacrifice and be an inhibitor of the washing of waters by the word. - That he might present it to himself,

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glorious church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish. [inaudible] For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourished it and cherished it, even as the

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Lord the Church. For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they too shall be one flesh.

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Nevertheless, let every one of you, in particular, so love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment, with promise. [All] That He may be well with thee, and thy head still upon the earth.

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[Mrs. Baxter] And ye fathers, provoke not your children to rot, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. [All] Thy word is the last one to my feet. ♪ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet ♪ ♪ Thy word is a lamp unto my feet ♪

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♪ And a light unto my pathway ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music)

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- This is the children's hour. All children in the congregation from kindergarten to fifth grade will assemble down front. (gentle music)

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[ Music ] >> Good morning. >> Good morning. >> So nice to see you again.

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I haven't seen you in a year, up here. You're growing and you look very pretty. Now today we're going to talk about our lives and what Christ can do to them.

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Look at this. What do you see? Very -- tell me about it. What kind of water do you see?

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Clean water, right. It's very clear and very crystal clear, right and clean. Well, that's the way you are when you come into the world. You have not committed any sin of yourself.

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You are as clear and as clean as this water. But as you grow and the older you become, something starts happening to you. I wonder if you know what it is.

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Any idea? What's-- Hm? [INAUDIBLE]

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Right, right. We begin to do things that are not very good for us. We begin to commit little sins. Not big ones, just little ones.

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Sometimes we do something like maybe when mother isn't at home, we go in the cookies. And we know we're not supposed to go in them, because she has said that these cookies are

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for you to take to lunch, for your lunch. But we'll go in them anyway. And something starts to happen to our lives. And when she comes home, she'll say,

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"Did you go in those cookies?" "Oh, no, ma'am. I didn't go in them." "So what have you done?"

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"Right, and that's a sin." "All right." Now, suppose you look across the street at a little friend, and the friend has a bite and you don't have one

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and you want one very badly. And you say, "I wish I had her bite." But you're not supposed to wish for somebody else's. You're supposed to ask your mother to get one for you.

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When you wish for something that belongs to someone else, that's a sin. So we get more and more as we grow older. Then sometimes we have a paper at school

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and we don't know all the answers. So what do we do? We look over on somebody else's paper and what are we doing when we copy off the answers?

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Cheating, right. And that's a sin too. Now what's happening to this water? Yeah, it's not as clear as it was, is it?

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No, it isn't. So we worry about that because that's the way our lives are. And now how can we clear this water up? Yes, we pray and we ask God to forgive us of our sins

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and to cleanse us and what happens? Let's see. Because we ask for forgiveness, what happens to our hearts now? >> We get cleared.

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>> Right. And that's how he forgives you. He forgives you just like that water has changed. He forgives you of your sins. And he expects you to be strong and not commit those sins again.

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Okay? I'll see you next year, I hope. Beautiful children, goodbye. [MUSIC PLAYING] [music]

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[music] [music] (piano playing) ♪ Lord I'm out here on your world ♪

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your word. Lord I'm out here on your word. If I die on the battlefield, Lord I'm out ♪ Out here on your world ♪ ♪ When I got my religion in its prime ♪ ♪ When I got my religion in its prime ♪

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♪ It was my own path of peace ♪ ♪ And a merry little design ♪ ♪ We'll search for Christmas ♪ ♪ And the miracle of Christmas shall ♪

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♪ Then appear before the heavenly ♪ ♪ And the real Christmas of Christmas ♪ ♪ Then appear ♪ ♪ We'll shout all, all our sorrows ♪

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♪ And sing forevermore ♪ ♪ With Christ and all his army ♪ ♪ On that celestial shore ♪ ♪ Lord, I'm bound here on your way ♪

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Lord, I'm not here on your word. If I die on the battlefield, Lord, I'm not here on your word. Lord, I'm not my religion entirely. Lord, I'm not my religion entirely.

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♪ If I die on the battlefield ♪ ♪ I have not my religion in time ♪ ♪ We'll raise the Christian battlefield ♪ ♪ The battlefield ♪

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♪ We'll defend our land till victory ♪ ♪ For religion, heaven and the will ♪ ♪ I've enlisted and I mean to fight ♪ ♪ Till every foe is put to fly ♪

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♪ Though I may fall, I'll bless his name ♪ ♪ I'll trust in God and rise again ♪ ♪ Let us march for religion in time ♪ ♪ That I got my religion inside ♪

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♪ If I die on the battlefield ♪ ♪ That I got my religion inside ♪ ♪ Lord, I'm out here on your word ♪ ♪ Lord, I'm out here on your word ♪

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♪ If I die on the battlefield ♪ ♪ Lord, I'm out here on your ♪ ♪ Word ♪ [ Applause ]

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[ Background noise ] (people chattering) [ Background noise ] [ Background noise ]

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[inaudible] [inaudible] [The baby is crying.] Shall we bow our heads please?

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Father God, we come here to honor you and give thanks for all the things that you've done for us throughout the years up until the present moment. Father, we claim to be the follower of your son Jesus Christ in devotion and in worship. Father, in giving this offering, may our giving determine our depths of our heights and the

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devotion. Father, may we always give you our best, and may we always give you our best, Lord, in everything. Father, bless those who desire to give, and bless those who in their heart did not.

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You know their heart. Bless each and every one Lord and your son Jesus Christ our Savior name Amen [MUSIC PLAYING] (soft music)

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(soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (soft music)

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(light music) (gentle music) (knocking) (turntable eigentlich shaking)

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(clanking) (clattering) (clattering) (door creaking)

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(bell tolling) (bells ringing) (bell tolling) (bells ringing)

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(bells ringing) [silence] (bell tolling) (bells ringing)

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[ Background noise ] Good morning. This is our announcement period. I have no announcements as such, but I would like for you to know that Glad News is in the family of Betty Houston Williams and Charles Williams.

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They are the proud parents of a six and a half pound girl. Betty is the daughter of Sister Alice Houston here in our church. We certainly would urge you to come back this afternoon to witness and participate in the continuation of our 41st Woman's Day observance. Our speaker will be our own Sister Agnes Roder, and I know that you will be uplifted and enlightened by what she has to say to us.

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I shall now call the names of the persons for whom I have visitors cards. and when I call your names will you please stand and remain standing until words of welcome are extended. Mrs. Vivian M. Penn who is visiting here with Anthony Penn. When you stand. Debbie McArthur who is visiting with Betty Bridges.

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Betty is from Oklahoma City. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Riley from Houston, Texas, visiting with Anthony Penn. Billy Taleb of Houston, Texas, visiting with Anthony.

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Beverly C. Scott visiting with Betty Bridges. Will you stand? If there are other people for whom I do not have cards, Will you also join those persons who are standing so that we might get to see you?

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Can you give us your names, please? Thank you. We want you to know that we're just really happy, Indeed delighted in fact that you have chosen to join us on this our 41st woman's day observance We hope that you know that you're included in our theme when we say the Christian woman

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The family the world may you find something enlightening inspiring and if you decide to Make Austin your home. Don't forget about Ebenezer Baptist Church. Thank you All of our high school graduates that are present, would you stand? High school graduates? All right

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You notice that Congratulations to the graduates those who are listed here in high school And then we have college graduates those who are college and law school Anthony Penn is of the UT Law School having exercises today. We're asking him to stand

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And any other from the college group? Let's all say amen as we express our congratulations to our graduates you will notice that Lori Plick has received the Texas Achievement Award of $10,000 to attend the University of Texas at Austin and during the 1984-85 school year Lori was

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also the drum major for the Reagan High School band. She is the first black female in Austin to serve as drum major since the integration of our schools. We also have word that Andrea West has been accepted into the Science Academy Academy at LBJ High School for the 1986

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85 86 term she's the daughter of Brother and sister Walter West we're going to ask those two young people to stand those that are here those I've just named All right It's Andre in the back. I'm trying to pick her up. All right. We want to express our congratulations. Let's all say amen

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Now we have a young lady here up here on the platform with us who recently had retirement appreciation services at Austin High School and has been inducted into the Austin High Hall of Fame and that's reserved only for outstanding teachers and highly distinguished alumni.

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Alright, let's give her a hand. Sister Bernie Smith. It was really something to be there and to listen to the tributes that were given to her the other night for the outstanding work that she has done in the

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Austin school system and we rejoice with her. Let's keep these announcements in mind as we go through the opportunities that are ours. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]

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♪ Take a look at me ♪ ♪ Tell me what do you see ♪ ♪ This I've been fed by the storms of love ♪ ♪ Don't feel sorry for me ♪

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I am one eternally I've been through Through thought, love, and all the air Take a look into my eyes

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Do you see how I strive? Yes, I live to watch others stand up. Don't sympathize with me. I am life, eternally

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I've been bruised Bruised but not broken You don't have to worry about me I know where I'll spend eternity

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And if I falter while I'm trying Don't you worry if you see me crying Hallelujah, I've been persecuted, but never forsaken. I've been cast down, but not destroyed.

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I've been proved. ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Truth but not a rogue ♪ ♪ If you want to see my soul ♪

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♪ There's one thing you'll have to know ♪ Yes, I've been washed in the blood of the Lamb. You was not guilty, me. I have life eternally.

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I've been cruised. ♪ Ruthless, not broken ♪ ♪ I've been Ruth ♪ ♪ Ruthless, not broken ♪

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♪ I've been Ruth ♪ ♪ You must not forget ♪ - Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear the Lord and depart from evil.

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It shall be health to thy navel and marrow to thy bones. Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of thine increase. So shall thy bones be filled with plenty

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and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. I read the third chapter of Proverbs, verses five through 10. Let us turn in our hymnal to hymn 405 and stand please. [Music]

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♪ O, let's have every walk with thee ♪ ♪ In lonely paths the sturdiest green ♪ ♪ Shall be thy seat and help thee bear ♪ ♪ The strains of toil, the dread of care ♪

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♪ There'll be a song of mine too ♪ ♪ I some dear windy bird of love ♪ ♪ Teach me the way of things to say ♪ ♪ And I will live the whole wide way ♪

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♪ Teach me thy patience still with me ♪ ♪ In closet, in the company ♪ ♪ In work and in faith sweet and small ♪ ♪ With justness, triumphs over all ♪

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♪ In hope that sings a shining ray ♪ ♪ Hark! how the music's golden ray ♪ ♪ In peace and hope, in love and fear ♪ ♪ With evil master let me live ♪

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♪ Oh, let me live ♪ - Hear this word recorded in Acts chapter 16, Verses 16 through 18. As we were going to the place of prayer,

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we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying. She followed Paul and us, crying,

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these men are servants of the most high God who proclaim to you the way of salvation. And this she did for many days. But Paul was annoyed and turned and said to the Spirit,

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I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out that very hour. A funny thing happened on the way to church. Strange things happen along life's way.

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We have a tendency to refer to our most memorable experiences, the most unforgettable occasion. We remember that which is exciting, that which has a profound impact on our lives. Here we are concerned with a funny thing which happens on the way to church. It was many years ago in a city called Philippi, a prominent city in Macedonia, a Roman colony,

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a group of missionaries have recently arrived there. have followed the leadership of the Holy Spirit. It is interesting for us to read how the Holy Spirit is working in the lives of the servants of God, particularly as we observe the account given in the 16th chapter of the book of Acts.

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We notice particularly in the six and seven verses of that chapter that the account is given that it was a desire on the part of Paul and his company to go into Asia, but they were prevented. And then in the seventh verse it is said that they wish to engage in further work and that

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the Spirit hindered them. And as we follow this chapter we notice that the Holy Spirit prevents, the Holy Spirit hinders, and the Holy Spirit guides. It does all of these things in the lives of the servants of God.

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There are things that we'd like to do that the Holy Spirit keeps us from doing. And it's good that the Spirit does that. [BLANK_AUDIO]