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[Silence] [President Black] of them all. [All] For the glory and the glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen. [Applause]

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[President Black] Gracious God our Father, we pray for the leadership of your spirit and the services in which we are engaged this day. Grant that we may be reminded that as we wait on you, that they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.

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They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint. Grant unto us this blessing, O Lord, as we wait on you.

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Amen. You may be seated. [ Background noise ] [MUSIC]

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

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[piano music] The marketplace is empty. No more traffic in the street. ♪ Call the builders to the isle ♪

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♪ No more time to harvest wheat ♪ ♪ Busy housewives feast their labor ♪ In the courtroom there's no debate Work on earth has been suspended

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As the king comes through the gate [MUSIC] >> Happy faces line the hallway, those whose lives he has redeemed.

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Broken homes that he has mended, and those from prison he has freed. Little children and the aged, hand in hand stand all the globes,

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who were crippled, broken, and ruined, Now stand clad in garments white as snow. The King is coming. The King is coming.

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I just heard the trumpet sounding, and soon his face I'll see. ♪ The King is coming ♪ ♪ Oh, the King is coming ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪

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♪ He is coming for me ♪ ♪ For me ♪ ♪ I can hear the chariots rumble ♪ ♪ I can see the marching throng ♪

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♪ And the flurry of God's trumpet ♪ ♪ Spells the end of sin and wrong ♪ ♪ Regal robes are now unfolded ♪ ♪ Heaven's grandstands all in place ♪

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♪ Heaven's choir is now assembled ♪ ♪ And they sing amazing grace ♪ ♪ The King is coming ♪ ♪ The King is coming ♪

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♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ He's coming ♪ ♪ Coming for me ♪ ♪ Oh, the King is coming ♪

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♪ The King is coming ♪ ♪ The birds are coming sounding ♪ ♪ And now His face I see ♪ ♪ Oh, the King is coming ♪

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♪ The King is coming ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ He's coming ♪

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♪ Oh, King ♪ ♪ The King is coming ♪ ♪ The King is coming ♪ ♪ The truth of His coming ♪

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♪ And now it waves my sea ♪ ♪ Oh, the King is coming ♪ ♪ The King is coming ♪ ♪ Praise God, praise God ♪

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♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ The King ♪

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♪ Of Israel ♪ [Applause] [inaudible] With our heads bowed humbly in deep humility

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[ Music ] [ Music ] As everyone repeats the Lord's prayer in unity. Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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For thine is the kingdom, forever. Amen. [ Pause ] [ Pause ] [MUSIC]

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord, hallelujah ♪

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♪ Praise ye the Lord, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord ♪

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♪ Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord, hallelujah ♪

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♪ Praise ye the Lord, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise ye the Lord ♪ [applause] Our responsive reading is 593.

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May we stand. [music] [Music] [choir singing]

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I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. [choir singing] Oh magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. I saw the Lord in the very early and delivering all my people.

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They looked unto him and were enlightened and their faces were not ashamed. It is the Lord and the right and the Lord and the living and the saving and our whole soul. The Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

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O, fear the Lord, ye his saints, for there is no want to them that fear him. The young man who laughed at some seldom common, but the agency's lord, the dark-eyed, he is he. (singing) The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

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Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. Evil shall slay the wicked, and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. [choir singing] Thy Word is the comfort to my feet, Thy Word is the comfort to my feet,

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Thy Word is the comfort to my feet, And the light of my world, [choir singing] We want to have the second selection for the children's choir at this point. [silence]

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We want to have your selection right here, Sister Wilhite. Next selection. (chattering) (piano music)

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♪ Easter bells are ringing ♪ ♪ It's Easter day ♪ ♪ All the birds are singing ♪ ♪ They seem to say ♪

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♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Praise our King ♪ ♪ Let us all our songs and praises bring ♪

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♪ Easter bells are ringing ♪ ♪ This Easter day ♪ ♪ All the choirs are singing ♪ ♪ Spellbinding games ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ He is risen, he is risen ♪ ♪ Christ our King ♪ ♪ Let us all our song and praise his praise ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ He is risen, he is risen ♪ ♪ Christ our King ♪ ♪ Let us all our songs and praises bring ♪

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♪ Easter bells are ringing ♪ ♪ It's Easter day ♪ ♪ All around us the gloomy ♪ ♪ Songwriting day ♪

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♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ He is risen, he is risen, Christ our King ♪ ♪ Let us love our sons and praise his name ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪

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♪ He is risen, he is risen, Christ our King ♪ ♪ Let us love our sons and praise his name ♪ - Amen. This is the children's hour. All of the children in the congregation from the kindergarten level

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through the fifth grade are asked to come forward at this time. Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, forbid them not, for such is the kingdom of heaven. Again he said to his disciples, except you repent and become as a little child, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.

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(dramatic music) [ Music ] The subject of the message this morning is just chasing, just chasing. At our house, we have a German shepherd dog whose name is Kizzy.

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And some time ago, Kizzy started chasing her tail. And not only, she had a very beautiful tail, but she not only chased it, but she started eating on her tail. She was really destroying herself. We took her to the doctor and time and time again we tried to stop her.

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But you know what we had to do? We had to take her finally back and the doctor cut off a little piece one time, a little piece the next time, and he just finally had to cut off all of her tail. Well, sometimes we are like that. We chase the wrong things like a dog chasing her tail and destroying herself. Many times people do that.

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John D. Rockefeller became so interested in just making money, chasing money, chasing the dollar and in doing so he developed ulcers and got to the point that he said that he would give all the money he had if he could just enjoy a good meal. Adolf Hitler, who was the ruler of Germany some years ago, tried to take all of the power from the people of

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take all of the power from not only his country, but other nations, he killed six million Jews. And in chasing after power, it ended up that he killed himself.

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So it behooves us to go after the right things. go after the right things, to give the best that we have in seeking to serve others, and the best will come back to us. So this is what Jesus means when he said,

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he who would be great among you, let him be servant of all. So chase the right things, the things that are good, the things that are true, and the things that are beautiful, and the best in life will come to you.

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God bless you. (upbeat music) [ Music ] Guide me over, bring me over,

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Lift me up to the spirit. I am free but I want my dear Hold me with a bow. ♪ Oh, the red, the red of madness ♪

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♪ Deep, deep, till I won't know ♪ ♪ Bread of heaven ♪ ♪ Feed me till I want ♪ ♪ Love more ♪

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♪ Oh my lover ♪ Raise a fountain, whistled he with wondrous glow. ♪ Let the fiery ♪ ♪ Bloody mirror ♪

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♪ Leave me all my joy ♪ ♪ Mirror ♪ ♪ Small mirror ♪ [ Music ]

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♪ I'm sheer ♪ ♪ Strong, delirious ♪ ♪ Be nice, give my strength ♪ ♪ I'm sheer ♪

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♪ When I tremble ♪ ♪ The light of God above ♪ ♪ In my flesh is sunshine ♪ ♪ Bear me through love ♪

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♪ Steady, moderate ♪ ♪ Let me take a gaiety's side ♪ ♪ Songs of praises ♪ ♪ I will never give to thee ♪

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♪ Songs of praises ♪ ♪ I will never give to thee ♪ [singing] [applause]

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[silence] We worship the Lord now in our giving. [Clears throat] Giving is the heart of the Christian faith.

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God has given us the greatest gift in Jesus Christ. Our support of the church is expressed in the gift of ourselves and the gift of our substance to the glory of God The book says bring ye all the tithes to the Lord's storehouse. Our church is supported through tithes and offerings

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One-tenth of our income constitutes the tithe That which we give beyond that constitutes the offering The tithe is the Lord's it is holy unto him Jesus said

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Concerning the scribes and Pharisees who paid tithes he said this you ought to have done But you ought not to have left the other matters the weightier matters of justice and mercy undone So let us give as God has prospered each one of us. We have

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caught up some of the slack in our church budget and we trust that we will continue to do so today as we worship in giving. Let us pray. Gracious God you have given us so much. Help us

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to be worthy channels of your grace, that we may give freely in a spirit of love, in the spirit of sacrifice, that we may demonstrate in our lives the glory of the cross in Jesus name. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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♪ The silence, the hermity, all the silence is set in place ♪ ♪ And when I reach the pearly gates, they will remember me ♪ [ Music ] ♪ Oh yes, oh yes, he heard my people ♪

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♪ All along ♪ ♪ He swept me clean ♪ ♪ And when I reach the early days ♪ ♪ He will bring them home to me ♪

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♪ I'll never leave ♪ (coughing) (piano music) (dramatic piano music)

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♪ ♪ (upbeat piano music) [music] ♪ Put your hand in the hand of the man ♪

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♪ Who's still alive ♪ ♪ Put your hand in the hand of the man ♪ ♪ Who's caught on the sea ♪ ♪ Take a look at yourself ♪

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♪ And you will have a good life ♪ ♪ Put your own hand in the hand of the man who's standing on the line ♪ ♪ Put your own hand in the hand of the man who's standing on the line ♪ ♪ Put your own hand in the hand of the man who's standing on the line ♪

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♪ Put your own hand in the hand of the man who's standing on the line ♪ ♪ And the water's deep ♪ ♪ Take a look at yourself ♪ ♪ And you can look at the mountains in front of you ♪

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♪ By putting your head in the hand of a man from Galilee ♪ ♪ Every time I look into the holy book ♪ ♪ I always remember ♪ ♪ When I read a candle on the platter ♪

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♪ To clear the table ♪ ♪ For the vines and the cellars were the piper ♪ ♪ What a wonderful place it would be ♪ ♪ To learn it, oh, it's a shame ♪

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♪ To know that I'm not the reason I should be ♪ ♪ Oh, put your hand in the hand of the man ♪ ♪ Who spills the water ♪ ♪ Put your hand in the hand of the man ♪

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♪ To farm the seeds ♪ ♪ Take a look at yourself ♪ ♪ And you can look at us ♪ ♪ You're gonna believe ♪

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♪ By putting your hand ♪ ♪ In the hand of a man from Galilee ♪ ♪ Well, my heart and heart ♪ ♪ We'd have to pray to God ♪

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♪ I'm waiting for the angels ♪ ♪ I'm in the arms of a he-man ♪ ♪ When I approach the heaven ♪ ♪ The man in this is mine ♪

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♪ To be the man for I'm only one ♪ ♪ He can't do what he's told me ♪ ♪ I don't want a past to carry through ♪ ♪ Oh, just put your hand in the hand of the man ♪

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♪ Who's still around ♪ ♪ Put your hand in the hand of the man ♪ ♪ Who's gone to sleep ♪ ♪ Do you know you're dead to some ♪

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[MUSIC] ♪ Thankful, thank you ♪ - Amen. - Amen. - Amen. - Amen.

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(audience laughing) [ Silence ] [BLANK_AUDIO]