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[Pause] In your name, O God, for the multitude of your mercies, for the gift of your grace which is new every morning, for the privilege of worshipping you in the spirit of truth and in the beauty of holiness,

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Have mercy upon us and grant that the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts May be acceptable in thy sight O Lord our strength and our Redeemer

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Amen [ Music ] Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, Make him worthy and his way;

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In the redemption, word, and message He'll bring, and the world shall praise When we all, when we all get to heaven, ♪ On a day of rejoicing and glee ♪

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♪ The Lord our God, see Jesus ♪ ♪ Risen and shocked with victory ♪ - I'll pray a hymn, it's me, it's me, oh Lord, "Standing in the Need of Prayer."

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(piano music) ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪

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♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪

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♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ Like a brother nor my sister but it's me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ Like a brother nor my sister but it's me, oh Lord ♪

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♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord ♪ ♪ Standing in the need of prayer ♪ It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

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Not the preacher nor the meek, but God is me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. Not the preacher nor the meek, but God is me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.

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It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It's me, it's me, oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer. ♪ This is the old road ♪

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♪ Standing in the deep ♪ ♪ Of prayer ♪ - May we bow for prayer, please. Oh, our Heavenly Father, Master, Savior,

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maker of all perfect gifts, as we assemble in the house of the Lord this morning, our Heavenly Father, we ask that you continue to strengthen us.

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We ask that you continue to guide us, our Heavenly Father, in the righteous way. Our Heavenly Father, you know our hearts and our desires better than we do ourselves.

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Help us to grow strong, our Heavenly Father. Help us to be that inspiration light to those who do not know the our heavenly father. We pray for our leader, our heavenly father, that you continue to guide him and strengthen him that he too may be an inspiration to us.

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Lead us our heavenly father in a path that you would have us to go. We pray for those our heavenly father this morning who are sick and shut in. We pray for those our heavenly father who finds themselves behind prison bars and jail cells.

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We pray that you continue to give them some type of inspiration, our heavenly father. Continue to strengthen them, our heavenly father, and us also. Heavenly father, we ask that you continue to guide us, our heavenly father, and when we all come to that fork in the road, our heavenly father, that you'll be with us, that

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we know the right path to take. We pray for those young ones, our heavenly father, who are growing up, that they too may know thee as we do, our heavenly father. We ask that you continue to strengthen us,

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guide us, our heavenly father. All these blessings we ask in the name of your son, Jesus Christ, amen. [ Background Sounds ]

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(eerie music) (eerie music) (eerie music) [MUSIC PLAYING]

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(eerie music) ♪ (ominous music) (soft music) (bell tolling)

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(soft music) [ Music ] [ Music ] Look all around you in the place to live.

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Look far away around the world. How many hopeless people can you see who live without the hope? ♪ They do not know Him as their Savior ♪

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♪ They do not know Him as their Lord ♪ ♪ They do not know the sweetness ♪ ♪ Of the love that we bring the Lord day by day ♪ ♪ Let the church be taught to tell the old story ♪

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♪ Tell the story of those who in love ♪ ♪ We knew in Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ Church, we trust in your love and compassion ♪ ♪ And let the church support the love of God ♪

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[ Music ] ♪ The radiant joy of knowing Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ Shines forth in witness to our faith ♪ ♪ This is revealed in all the words we say ♪

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♪ And all the deeds we do ♪ ♪ To all who need our understanding ♪ We would reach out to have a heart. While we remember, friends, we'll tell the Jesus spirit of love.

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We would let the church read love to tell the old story. Do not return to rebuild the Jesus Christ and the church wethered together, with comfort and compassion, and let the church to pour another love. The Church Return!

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The Church Return! The Church Return! ♪ And we talk ♪ ♪ Tell everybody that Jesus brings a wonder ♪

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♪ Tell everybody that Jesus brings a wonder ♪ ♪ Tell everybody that Jesus brings a wonder ♪ ♪ Tell everybody that Jesus reigns above ♪ ♪ Oh, listen, oh, listen ♪

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♪ Oh, listen, oh, listen ♪ ♪ Oh, listen, oh, listen ♪ ♪ Oh, listen, oh, listen ♪ ♪ Tell everybody that Jesus reigns above ♪

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♪ Oh, tell everybody that Jesus brings a better time ♪ ♪ Oh, come now, you listen, oh, hear the praise of God ♪ ♪ Oh, listen, oh, hear the praise of God ♪ ♪ Jesus brings a better time ♪

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♪ Oh, oh, listen, oh, oh, listen, oh, listen ♪ [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] (audience laughing)

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[Silence] Our responsive reading is number 600. [Silence] In the National Baptist Hymnal, "God's House."

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[Silence] Let us stand as we read responsibly. [ Music ] [MUSIC]

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♪ I am thy God ♪ ♪ Blessed are they who walk ♪ ♪ In the word of the Lord ♪ ♪ In their hearts ♪

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[choir singing] Except the Lord build a house, they labor in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. [Unintelligible]

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There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt. [unclear dialogue] So that the priest could not stand to minister because of the cloud,

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for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. [unclear dialogue] I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in forever. [chorus]

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I will keep thy word in my heart, daily, now and ever. And he said, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

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And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. Nevertheless thou shalt not build a house, but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins he shall build a house unto my name

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and I have said there a place for the ark wherein is the covenant of the Lord which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. [ Inaudible ] [ Music ]

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[Music] ♪ My word is a lamp unto my feet ♪ ♪ My word is a lamp unto my feet ♪ ♪ My word is a lamp unto my feet ♪

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♪ And a light unto my path ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ Amen. ♪ Amen ♪

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(audience murmuring) [SILENCE] [inaudible] [inaudible]

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(piano music) ♪ Leave me alone ♪ ♪ Oh Lord ♪ ♪ Give me ♪

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♪ Thy righteousness ♪ ♪ Make my way plain ♪ [Music] (singing)

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[Music] [MUSIC] ♪ Oh Lord ♪ ♪ Lead me in ♪

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♪ Thy righteousness ♪ ♪ Make my way plain ♪ ♪ Keep watch ♪ ♪ Over me ♪

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♪ Make my way plain ♪ ♪ Keep watch ♪ ♪ Over me ♪ [ Music ]

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[Gavel] This is the Children's Hour. All of the children in the congregation from the kindergarten level through the fifth grade are asked to come to the front at this time.

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Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not. For such is the kingdom of heaven." Again he said to his disciples, "Except you change and become like a little child, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven."

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up a child the way that he should go. When he is old he will not depart from it. When I was a child I thought as a child, I understood as a child. But when I became a man I put Put away childish things. You notice before us we have a beautiful array of flowers, lovely flowers.

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These flowers are not something that we can make. Flowers are made by God. Only God can make a flower. And as you pass by, as I did some hours ago, and you do it quite often, you may even look

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And you'll see flowers growing in the fields. Just growing there and grass may be going, growing all around the flowers, but the flowers grow. In spite of the fact that the grass is there, we say that those are wild flowers.

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But whether they are flowers that we may see growing freely out in the field, or whether they are flowers that may be grown in what we call the greenhouse, only God can make a flower. And so the flower grows and the flower blossoms and the flower shares its beauty and the flower

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looks upward in praise to God. And here these flowers have been placed here in the worship service to beautify this service and to be used in praise of God. So may it be with your life that you are to grow just as a flower grows.

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Grow because you have been planted of the Lord. And then grow also because there is beauty which you have to share, that your life may be beautiful as a flower, recognizing that when you really live your life, that your life is truly a gift of God.

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When I was small, and I guess many of you have sung this song, "Oh, who can make a flower You know, "Oh who can make a flower?" It goes something like this, "Oh who can make a flower? I know I can't, can you?

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Oh who can make a flower? No one but God is true." So only God can make your life beautiful. Only God can help you to be what you ought to be.

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So in the 148th Psalm there is this word that says, "Praise the Lord, everything that has life, praise the Lord, all the plants, the animals, everything that God has made, praise the Lord. Praise the Lord in all that you say and do.

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Do good, seek to have your life made beautiful by him. God bless you." [INAUDIBLE] [ Silence ]

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[ Silence ] [The sound of a car driving by.] (gentle piano music) [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[Music] [Music] (gentle piano music) [MUSIC PLAYING]

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(gentle music) [Music] [Music] (gentle music)

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[Music] [Music] [Music] ♪ I don't feel no great time ♪

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♪ ♪ Come to God from where I'm starting from ♪ ♪ Nobody told me the road would be easy ♪ ♪ I don't believe me when he says ♪

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♪ "God to lead me" ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ [ Music ]

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I don't feel no way's done From two folks far from where I started from ♪ Nobody told me ♪ ♪ Nobody told me ♪

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♪ That the road would lead me ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ I don't believe ♪ ♪ He brought me this far to leave me ♪

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♪ I don't feel no wayside ♪ ♪ I've come too far from where I started from ♪ ♪ You know what ♪ ♪ Nobody told me ♪

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♪ That the road would be easy ♪ ♪ But I don't believe ♪ ♪ He brought me this far to leave me ♪ ♪ I don't ♪

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♪ Don't feel ♪ ♪ No ♪ ♪ No way's time ♪ ♪ I've come too far ♪

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♪ From where I started ♪ ♪ Where I started from ♪ ♪ Nobody told me ♪ ♪ That the road would be easy ♪

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♪ I don't believe this morning ♪ ♪ He brought me this far to leave me ♪ ♪ I don't feel no way ♪ ♪ Feels no waste time ♪

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You know why? God's been so good. He keeps me every, every day. I may be troubled

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and sometimes I'm broke. It's dark and dreary, but I'm not worried. I don't believe, don't believe he brought me this far just to leave me.

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Can I get a witness? I don't feel, don't feel, feel no ways down. ♪ Oh, winter ♪ ♪ I've come too far ♪

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♪ I've come too far ♪ ♪ Turn around ♪ ♪ When I saw you ♪ ♪ Nobody told me ♪

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♪ Nobody told me ♪ ♪ That the road ♪ ♪ The road ♪ ♪ It could be easy ♪

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♪ I don't believe it this morning ♪ ♪ He brought me this morning ♪ ♪ Just to leave me ♪ ♪ Do you believe it ♪

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♪ That God brought me ♪ ♪ For a mighty long way ♪ ♪ He brought somebody this morning ♪ ♪ You ought to tell the world about it ♪

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♪ God brought me ♪ ♪ From a mighty long way ♪ ♪ He's been my mother ♪ ♪ When your mother's gone ♪

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♪ He'll be your father ♪ ♪ When your father's gone ♪ ♪ He's bright in a starving land ♪ ♪ My rock in a weary land ♪

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♪ He's a shelter in a time of storm ♪ ♪ God is so sweet ♪ ♪ Yes, he is ♪ ♪ Yes, he is ♪

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♪ He's my baby ♪ ♪ So sweet ♪ ♪ Yes, he is ♪ ♪ Yes, he is ♪

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♪ God brought me ♪ ♪ God brought me ♪ ♪ He brought me ♪ ♪ From a mighty long way ♪

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I don't believe He's been so good. He's been so good. I'll tell the world about it. God brought me.

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He's been better to me than I've been to myself. ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ God brought me ♪ ♪ Indeed, he brought me ♪

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♪ Oh ♪ ♪ Hmm ♪ ♪ He promised to never leave ♪ ♪ Never leave ♪

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♪ Never leave ♪ (crowd murmuring) - Amen, amen. Amen.

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Persons who are visiting with us who may not have signed guest cards, would you raise your hand this time? Visitors, ushers will you see that they get a guest card to sign? And we'd like for you to place that card in the plate when the offering comes so that we may collect it for the visitors period.

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Every visitor who has not signed a guest card would you raise your hand at this time? Announced earlier today and the eight o'clock service and in the Sunday school that on the 28th of July we will have guests

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from the First Baptist Church in Tulsa. That's the church that Sister Violetta Wilson was a member of before coming to Texas and that church pastor and youth choir will be special guests. In fact, they have for a number of years been making a trip,

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an annual trip in which the pastor and church journey to some city of some distance and the pastor preaches in the 11 o'clock service and the choir sings and that afternoon they have a concert.

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So we will need housing for them. He has indicated that there will be approximately 45 persons. A number of you have indicated that you will provide overnight housing. That's just for Saturday night, July the 28th, and we need a number of places more than we have. I think we have around possibly 26

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places, places for 26 persons. So persons here, if you have a bedroom that you can make available, this will certainly serve in a very meaningful way because these experiences contribute immensely to the development of young people. I can remember when I made my first trip like this and went to Longview, in the Usher's Convention for the church.

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and the housing they gave me was at the Undertaker's. [laughter] I stayed with Swifty Davis, and I remember he took us in, he said, "You boys afraid of dead bodies?" And so we said no, so we slept the night there, and we did all right.

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But I have never forgotten it. [laughter] So, it'll be an unforgettable experience, I'm sure. So those of you who will if you have not

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Signed up already and you will provide housing for some of those young people. Will you raise your hand? All right. We want some ushers to come and give you some of those some of these blanks here Do you have some blanks out there? We are to support the church through ties and offerings through one-tenth of our income

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People in ancient times began this practice in response to God's will and they, it has been continued until the present. One-tenth. In addition to giving one-tenth, they also gave other gifts. They gave gifts for charity, social welfare, such as the community chest and the like. they had their ways of doing that then just as we do now. So that's why we say

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tithes and offerings, one-tenth and that which is given even beyond that. Let us pray. Gracious God, you do give us the sunshine and the rain, the harvest and and the grain, we thank you. For we are only your creatures.

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We are the sheep of your pasture. We belong to you and everything that is entrusted to us is yours. We recognize that.

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And in recognizing it, we acknowledge your bounty, your goodness. Bless us now in this time of giving, that we may offer unto you ourselves first of all, and having given ourselves, that we will use that which you have entrusted to us in a way

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that it is a blessing to us and to others. Bless all of us now in this time of sharing, we pray. Amen. (bells chiming)

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(eerie music) (eerie music) [Music] (bell tolling)

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(wind howling) See Brother Hendricks, will you see that I get those housing slips right, as soon as you get them please, gather together. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought since Jesus. Since Jesus came into my heart. I have light in my soul for which long I have sought since Jesus. Since Jesus came into my heart.

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I've ceased from my wanderings and going astray since Jesus. Since Jesus came into my heart. ♪ And my sins which were many are washed away since Jesus ♪ ♪ Since Jesus ♪

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♪ Oh, since Jesus ♪ ♪ Since Jesus came into my heart ♪ ♪ Oh, since Jesus came into my heart ♪ ♪ Blood of joy ♪

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♪ For my soul ♪ ♪ Like the sea ♪ ♪ Billows roll ♪ ♪ Since Jesus came into my heart ♪

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♪ What a wonderful change in my life ♪ ♪ Has been wrought since Jesus ♪ ♪ Since Jesus came into my heart ♪ ♪ I have light in my soul ♪

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♪ For which long I have sought since Jesus ♪ ♪ Since Jesus came into my heart ♪ ♪ I've ceased from my wanderings ♪ ♪ And going astray since Jesus ♪

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♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ And my sins which were many are washed away since Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, since Jesus ♪

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♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, since Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, floods of joy ♪

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♪ Oh, my soul ♪ ♪ Like the sea ♪ ♪ Oh, since Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, since Jesus ♪

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♪ Oh, since Jesus came into my heart ♪ ♪ Blood of joy ♪ ♪ Oh, my soul ♪ ♪ Like the sea ♪

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♪ Fills those roads ♪ ♪ Since Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, since Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, since Jesus ♪

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♪ Oh, since Jesus ♪ ♪ Since Jesus came into my heart ♪ ♪ Came into my heart ♪ ♪ Since Jesus ♪

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♪ Since Jesus ♪ ♪ Since Jesus ♪ ♪ Since Jesus came in ♪ ♪ Came into my ♪

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♪ Came into my heart ♪ [music] [music] [music]

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Good morning, this is your announcement period. A very special invitation to all Austinites to worship with us during a recital Sunday, on Sunday, July 15, 1979 at 4 p.m. at Rising Star Baptist Church. Please come and enjoy the melodious and inspirational music by performing artist Mr. Harvey Jordan Williams.

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Thank you especially from Mr. L. Roy Earls President, Reverend T.L. Sneed Pastor, guest soloist Joanne Moffitt. The Austin NAACP branch will hold a prayer vigil on the state Capitol grounds July the 23rd at 12 noon The vigil is being held to lead support to the defeat of the Moffitt. I'm sorry the Mott

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Amendment pending in Congress to limit busing the amendment is an anti-busing amendment Needing to be defeated. I am asking the community to support the NAACP in its efforts Please attend. The NAACP thanks you. Brother Vollmer Overton, President. You are cordially invited to attend a Black and Gold Banquet reunion in remembrance of L.C. Anderson High School Yellow Jackets

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on August the 4th, 1979, 7 p.m. at the Sheraton Crest Inn Ballroom. Tickets are $10 per person. A special invitation to all ex-Yellow Jackets. The public is invited.

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Please contact Camilla Mack Williams, 836-03-43. No later than July 31st. Please consult your bulletin for other announcements. I shall now call the names of the visitors, and as I do,

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I do that you kindly stand and remain standing until words of welcome. Brother and sister Gary Miller and family of Boulder, Colorado, and they are moving to Austin. Miss and Mrs. Henry Jones of Houston, Texas.

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Mrs. Ruby Winn, granddaughter of Los Angeles, a member of House of Prayer, visiting here with Sister Glover. Reverend C. Jackson of Fresno, California, visiting here with Lula Lee and family. Roberta Mason of Saginaw, Michigan, visiting here with Anna Gaulden.

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Maddie Davis of Austin, visiting here with her daughter, Inez Bell. Calvin Roots of Washington, DC, a member of Rehoboth Baptist, visiting here all summer with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dodson. On behalf of the past and members of Ebenezer, we welcome you.

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We are so glad that you came to worship with us today. If you are seeking a new church home, especially the family in the front, we ask that you would consider joining with us

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as we praise God. We hope that you will feel free this morning to worship in any way. We do hope that you will come back and join with us.

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We hope that something will be said or done today that will benefit you. Thank you. We're delighted indeed to have every one of you share with us as our guests in the worship service this morning.

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Tanya Marshall went to Fort Worth Saturday and won first place in the Bible Drill. And she comes from our youth department. I think she went with the Citywide group and brought the victory and the Bible drill. Where is Tanya sitting this morning?

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All right. Where is she? Oh yes, I always have trouble locating her. Let's say amen.

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This shows what happens. This is a result of the training and the commitment which he'd made and the training which is available through our church training program, and we delight to see these results. We've had quite some commendable announcements to make regarding the progress and speakers

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tournament and Bible drills each year. This isn't the first time that Tanya has done this, and we are very happy about it. I think the announcement has already been made concerning Harvey Williams, the organist here,

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who will appear today at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Rising Star Baptist Church. The senior choir of the Rising Star Baptist Church will be presenting him, and you are asked to

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take advantage of that opportunity to share in that special program at four o'clock today. [Silence] We would like for all of the men to remain for just a few moments

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following the benediction, General Marshall who is the general chairperson of Men's Day this year is I think on vacation and brother Lewis Hutspeth is

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asked to sort of fill in today as his co-chairperson So we want all of the men to remain for just a few moments and so that we can sort of get ourselves together in that connection

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Now tomorrow the St. John Association musical will be held and then all this week we will have the sessions of the association and I

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Would call the service till next Sunday the culminating service of the annual session of the St. John regular district Baptist Association Next Sunday, we'll have a little different schedule.

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I told you that last Sunday and I told you some people wouldn't remember. I heard someone on the telephone on the other end saying this morning, say, "Is this the Sunday?" So, no, this is not the Sunday, you know, it's next Sunday. Next Sunday is the time and next Sunday we will have only one worship service. Now some are going to come later.

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They're not gonna get the word, but you try to see to it as many as possible will get the word. [ Silence ]