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[ Silence ] [ Music ] Come ye that love the Lord, and let our joys be known. Join in a song with sweet accord.

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Join in a song with sweet accord. And thus surround the throne. And thus surround the throne. We're marching to Zion.

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♪ Oh beautiful, beautiful Zion ♪ ♪ We're marching up on to Zion ♪ ♪ The beautiful city of God ♪ ♪ Let all those refuse to see ♪

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♪ Who never knew our God ♪ ♪ The children of the heavenly King ♪ ♪ The children of the heavenly King ♪ ♪ Miss me, that joy so broad ♪

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♪ Miss me, that joy so broad ♪ ♪ We're marching to Zion ♪ ♪ Beautiful, beautiful Zion ♪ ♪ We're marching onward to Zion ♪

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♪ For the beautiful city of God ♪ ♪ The hill of Zion ♪ ♪ Before we reach the heavenly hills ♪ ♪ Before we reach the heavenly hills ♪

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♪ I'll walk the golden streets ♪ ♪ I'll walk the golden streets ♪ ♪ We're marching to Zion ♪ ♪ Beautiful, beautiful Zion ♪

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♪ We're marching upward towards the sun ♪ ♪ To find the beautiful city of gold ♪ ♪ Then let our songs unwind ♪ ♪ And every tear be dry ♪

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♪ We're marching through the meadows brown ♪ ♪ We're marching through the meadows brown ♪ ♪ To bear our world's good light ♪ ♪ To fairer worlds on high ♪

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♪ We're marching to Zion ♪ ♪ Beautiful, beautiful Zion ♪ ♪ We're marching up to Zion ♪ ♪ And the beautiful city of God ♪

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- Amen, you may be seated. - It is that time of prayer together. This is the time to stand in your seats and please voice your prayer request or praises.

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Brother James Bell and also the family of Ruth Smith, who passed away this morning. The family of-- I didn't-- Ruth Smith.

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Ruth Smith. Brother Jefferson, who lost his niece and his wife, June Patterson, the family of Harriet Hardin, Joseph Booth. Let us pray.

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Lord, we come before your holy throne this morning with gracious hearts and humble spirits. We come, Lord God, thanking you for one week's journey, mercies that we couldn't count if we

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could count into eternity. We thank you for your loving kindness and your care. We thank you, Master, for bringing us to this appointed place one more time.

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But dear God, we thank you that we have salvation, sure and free through the death, burial, and resurrection of your son. Lord, so when this life is over,

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we know that we have a place that's not made by the hands of men, but a place that is eternal in the heavens with thee. And Lord, this morning we say thank you.

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Lord, we lift you up because you're so worthy of our praise. We thank you for bringing us here. We thank you for what you did for us through the week. We thank you for those lives, Lord,

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that have been lost in a war, that man is still wondering if it was even of any value. We ask, Lord, that you would be with those families who are going through the tragedies of losing loved ones.

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We thank you, Lord, for doctors. We thank you for nurses who minister to those in the hospital. Lord, we thank you for praying Christians, for those who lift up the names of those who are mentioned in our services.

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We thank you for those who pray throughout the week, for those who are sick, for those who are shut in, for those who are going through surgery, for those who have dealt with a bereaved member of their family. Lord, we thank you that we have a place called church where we come to worship you in spirit

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and in truth. We thank you, Lord, that we are here today to learn more about how we can turn our lives around to make them look more like the lives of Jesus.

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Lord, we ask that as we hear the word that is preached from on high, and as we study in our Sunday school classes, that we will make a determination in our lives to be willing to live more like thee.

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Oh God, we ask a special blessing this morning on the names that have been called for. We ask, oh God, for those names. We ask special blessings on the names that were not lifted up.

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And then, Lord, we lift up our government, national, state, and local. All need your blessings. All need your direction.

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And all need your wisdom and knowledge. So Lord, we ask that those men and women who are in seats of government, that they will bow themselves to your leadership, and that they will

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seek your wisdom and knowledge. And above all, dear God, we pray for those of us who call ourselves Christians. We pray, Lord, that we will always be found,

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calling on you and seeking your will for our lives. These and all blessings we ask in Jesus' name, amen. - Amen. (gentle music)

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[Music] (soft piano music) (gentle music) (piano music)

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

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[MUSIC - "BLESS THE LORD"] (SINGING) Bless the Lord, oh, oh, oh, my soul. Bless the Lord, oh, oh, oh. Bless the Lord, oh, oh, oh, my soul.

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Bless the Lord, and you'll get back all these daily fits. ♪ 'Cause I'm alone, all alone, my soul ♪ ♪ And all that's within is His holy name ♪ ♪ He is full of compassion and mercy ♪

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♪ Of suffering and pain, His goodness ♪ ♪ He's the cloud of wisdom shining ♪ [MUSIC] [MUSIC]

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♪ Forever ♪ ♪ Blessed are the Lord ♪ ♪ Oh, Lord of all my soul ♪ ♪ And I know that He's within me ♪

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♪ As His Holy Name ♪ ♪ Oh, blessed am I now ♪ ♪ Oh, Lord ♪ ♪ Lord ♪

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♪ Oh Lord ♪ [ Music ] [ Music ] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] Jesus is a rock in a weary, weary land. ♪ In a weary, weary land ♪

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♪ In a weary, weary land ♪ ♪ Jesus, he's a rock ♪ ♪ In a weary, weary land ♪ ♪ He's a shelter ♪

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♪ In the time ♪ ♪ Of a storm ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ He's a rock ♪

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♪ In a weary, weary land ♪ ♪ Lord, in a weary, weary land ♪ ♪ My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my ♪ ♪ My, my Jesus, He's a rock ♪

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♪ He's a rock ♪ ♪ In a weary, weary land ♪ ♪ He's a shelter ♪ ♪ He's a shelter ♪

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♪ In the time ♪ ♪ Of a storm ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ A weary land, a weary land ♪

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♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ In a weary land, a weary land ♪

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♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shatter and a time lost ♪ ♪ Oh, I would not be a backslider ♪ ♪ I'll tell you the reason why ♪

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♪ I'm afraid my Lord might call my name ♪ ♪ And I won't be ready to die ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪

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♪ In a weary land, a weary land ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ Oh, I would not be a sinner ♪

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♪ I'll tell you the reason why ♪ ♪ I'm afraid my Lord might call my name ♪ ♪ And I won't be ready to die ♪ ♪ And Jesus is a rock ♪

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♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ In a weary land, a weary land ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪

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♪ He is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ He is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ He is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪

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♪ He is a rock in a weary life ♪ ♪ He is a rock in a weary life ♪ ♪ He is a rock in a weary life ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of snow ♪

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♪ Has he ever made a way when you didn't have a dime ♪ ♪ Has he ever stepped in just right on time ♪ ♪ Has he ever picked you up when you were down ♪ ♪ Has he ever placed your feet on a solid ground ♪

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♪ Then you know he is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ In a weary land ♪ ♪ Weary land ♪ ♪ Weary land ♪

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♪ Weary land ♪ ♪ Then you know he is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ Has he ever made a way when you didn't have a dime ♪

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♪ Has he ever stepped in just right on time ♪ ♪ Has he ever beat you up when you were down ♪ ♪ Has he ever fled your feet on solid ground ♪ ♪ Then you know he is a rock in a weary land ♪

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♪ A weary land ♪ ♪ Then you know he is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪

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♪ A weary land, oh yes ♪ ♪ He's a rock, yes, in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ I'm a witness that ♪

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♪ Jesus is a rock and he is my shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ Oh yes, in a weary land, a shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ I'm a witness that ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock and he is my shelter in the time of storm ♪

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♪ Oh yes, in a weary land, a shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ I'm a witness that ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪ ♪ In the time of storm ♪

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♪ He's a rock of ages in a weary land ♪ ♪ He's a shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ I'm a witness he's a rock ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock in a weary land ♪

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♪ In the time of storm ♪ ♪ He's a rock of age in the weary land ♪ ♪ He's a shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ I'm a witness he's a rock ♪

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♪ Jesus is a rock and a wayward lamb ♪ ♪ And he is my shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ He's a walk, a walk, a walk ♪ ♪ For he's in a weary land ♪

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♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ I'm a wicked man ♪ ♪ Jesus is a rock and a wayward lamb ♪ ♪ He's my shelter in the time of storm ♪

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♪ He's a walk, a walk, a walk ♪ ♪ For he's in a weary land ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪

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♪ A shelter in the time of storm ♪ ♪ A shelter in the time of ♪ ♪ A storm ♪ (audience applauding)

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- Amen. Let's all say amen. Amen. Hear this word found in the book of Job, the 38th chapter,

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beginning with the 28th verse. "Hath the reign a father? Or begotten the drops of dew? Out of whose womb came the ice and the hoary frost of heaven? Who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen." I

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talk about defrosting our frozen assets. Defrosting our frozen assets. Some time ago, there was a great fire in a certain city in which the building was destroyed, a particular building, causing the loss of thousands of dollars.

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The tragedy of it all was that the resources to put out the fire were present, but they were not accessible because they were frozen. The place where the fire occurred was an ice house. The building was destroyed because the assets

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that could have saved it were frozen. So in keeping with this idea, I want to talk with us about defrosting our frozen assets. Now, when assets are frozen,

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they present a problem. These assets, which I have referred, are present. They should have been used, but they could not be used.

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So we're faced with the challenge as people of God to take advantage of opportunities that are within our grasp. It is to have the power and to use it. The power to do great things often is ours, but we have this power and we fail to use it.

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So as we launch into a period which I have labored time of mobilization, a time to mobilize our forces to get this large large number of people that we have in our church and most churches have with tremendous

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possibilities tremendous assets tremendous resources that are unused We've come to rely largely on a faithful few

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faithful few and the Large masses are, like many this morning, are at home. And they represent, in many instances,

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what may be labeled as frozen assets. Majority of the people of our congregation do not give, they do not attend. or how wonderful it would be if everybody turned out,

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or if the majority of our members turned out for the services and the programs and projects that we have. So Job looks at this situation

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and he considers the refreshing rains and the dew drops of the morning that God sends, and then he sees in them something of the mystery of the history of the people of God.

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The opportunity to make use of God's goodness and His grace, and then he beholds the waters as they become hard like stone and the face of the deep becomes frozen. The deep can carry one on long and eventful journeys, meaningful voyages, when the waters are warm, but when the waters are frozen, these assets are

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denied. They're not used, cannot be used. So let's consider some the frozen assets of Ebenezer. We have tremendous assets. Our church is 128 years old, and we've been serving for over a our motto is "Serving Since 1875." Here we are,

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strategically situated in the heart of the inner city. We have We have a beautiful building. We have a building that is well equipped. We are easily accessible, just about two blocks from

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Interregional 35. We have tremendous assets. We have a large membership in which resides a wealth of unused resources which could be utilized for the service of humanity.

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We recently had a survey having to do with gifts and tasks and responsibilities that you may choose to identify with. We've had several of those in the past, some years I've been here.

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I can almost predict what the outcome is going to be. People put down what they're already doing. and the overwhelming majority failed to fill those out and so we end up just about where you were.

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We have assets, but brothers and sisters, they're frozen. They're frozen. We have emerged from a small band of believers that were recently out of slavery, started this church.

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we have a grand and glorious heritage. They started with meager resources and we've been going on since that. We've had great musical talent

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and we've been blessed with that for these many years. And many times we have good voices out in the congregation that could be used in the choir. We are the assets, but they're frozen.

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Frozen. We have this outstanding heritage. We've got wonderful missionary organizations. Mission 1, Mission 2, Girls' Auxiliaries,

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The Royal Ambassadors, Sunbeams, all of those brotherhood, we are tremendous assets, but they are frozen. Our Sunday school, our discipleship training, all of those represent some of the wonderful assets that are frozen.

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Now we have a wonderful opportunity for fellowship, but many times we fail to take advantage of it because these assets are frozen. But there is a way of defrosting our frozen assets.

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You know, Jacob was employed by his father, Laban, As far as Laban was concerned, the assets were frozen. He knew the limits that he had made, set for Jacob, but Jacob was able to exceed that.

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He outwitted his father-in-law and was able to establish for himself God has a way of defrosting frozen assets. Job was rich with cattle on many hills.

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He had a wonderful family, but he lost it all. His assets were frozen by the cruel clutch of circumstance, but his assets were defrosted in the course of time. And Job once more had cattle on many hills,

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and once again he had 10 children. God has a way of defrosting our frozen assets. Jesus tells us that there is a way of defrosting frozen assets.

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It comes through openness. It comes through honesty. It comes through integrity. God being who He is and we being who we are, God knows us.

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He knows our thoughts from afar off. must maintain and have an ongoing relationship with the eternal. Bishop James Robinson, a number of years ago, wrote a book entitled, "Honest to God." "Honest to God." If there is

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anyone or any relationship in which there should be integrity, ought to be this relationship which we have with God, to be honest with Him. And many of the issues that we face, we believe one thing publicly and another thing privately. And what the

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bishop does in that book is to confront honestly and openly many of the issues that we should consider and be honest about them in our relationship, in our religion, in our life, our practical life together. So it's a way of candor, of frankness. I had a man who came to my office a number of years ago,

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and he said he was supported by another man who was a leader in the city. And I said, "This man is supporting you?" He said, "Oh, yes."

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And I said, "Let me call him." And I called him, and so the man said, "Yes, I did tell him that I would support him, but he's just a crackpot. "Is he there now?"

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(laughing) I said, "Yes, he is." But he wasn't being honest. And how often do we do that?

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How often do we do that? And the only way we can defrost our frozen assets is to have an openness and to have integrity in our relationship with God.

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Be honest with God. Follow the way of truth. Follow the way of love. This is the way the early church started.

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They were not carrying on in such a way that they were deceiving one another. There was an openness and they had all things common. and they related to each other and helped each other and confronted the problems of that day with candor.

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So this is absolutely essential if we are to go forth into this period and mobilize our forces in the way that will be pleasing and powerful. So, it's following the way of love.

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People looked at that early community and said, oh, how they love one another. How they love one another. How they care for one another.

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How they support one another. And this not only affected their lives in a meaningful way, but it also affected the communities in which they lived. In 1775, the captain of Greenland whaling vessel,

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it was a whaling vessel, found himself at night surrounded by icebergs and lay to and to morning expecting every moment to be ground to death. In the morning, he looked out and saw a ship nearby.

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He hailed it, and there was no answer. Getting into a boat with some of his crew, he pushed on for the mysterious craft that was before him. Getting nearby, he saw through the front a man who appeared to be keeping a log book. He hailed him, there was no answer. He went on board

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the vessel and found the man sitting at the log book, frozen to death. He hailed him, but there was no answer. The log book was dated 1762, showing the vessel had been wandering for 13 years among the ice.

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The sailors were found frozen among the hammocks and the others were in the cabin. So for 13 years, the ship was carrying the burden of the Corps, frozen.

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in the ocean but frozen. What picture do we see when we look at ourselves as we consider frozen assets? What gift has God given you that you're not using? What opportunities has God provided for us as families that we're not using? Frozen? This

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ship was there frozen for 13 years. But what about us? God has some new experiences, some new challenges, new God wants us to write a new history. And by the grace of God, we can write a new history.

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And what's the difference? What warms us? What defrosts us? So that we can say, "The zeal for the Lord of hosts has eaten me up."

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"Set me up!" - Yes. - What is it that sets us on fire for righteousness? - Yes, Lord.

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- And for the problems that we face in our community that we can be active in solving. That's the challenge, defrosting our frozen assets. And so, let us ask God to set our souls afire.

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- Yes. Set my soul afire, Lord. Set my soul afire. Cleanse me.

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Purge me of unrighteousness and give me a burning zeal to go forth and proclaim your gospel, to do your work your way in Jesus' name. As we come now to the hymn of invitation,

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we extend the privilege of the church To let God use you, defrost you, and use your talent in the way that he has divinely designed for it to be used. We invite you to come by letter, by Christian experience, on Profession of Faith.

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We invite you to come and unite with the family of God here at Ebenezer. ♪ I hear the Savior say ♪ ♪ Thou's strength indeed is small ♪

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♪ Child of weakness, watch and pray ♪ ♪ I hear me, I know it all ♪ ♪ Jesus paid it all ♪ ♪ All to him I owe ♪

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♪ Sin had left a friend ♪ ♪ And at the brimstone's bay ♪ ♪ He walked in white as snow ♪ ♪ For now in Thee I find ♪

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♪ Thy power and Thine alone ♪ ♪ And changed the lampless clouds ♪ ♪ And melt the heart of stone ♪ ♪ Jesus made it all ♪

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♪ All to Him I owe ♪ [ Music ] ♪ Oh, how lovely could have I ♪ ♪ Were it but thy grace to claim ♪

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♪ I'll wash my garments white ♪ ♪ In the blood of Calvary's Lamb ♪ ♪ And every man ♪ ♪ Jesus made it all ♪

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♪ All to Him I owe ♪ ♪ Sin can not ♪ ♪ The grace of stay ♪ ♪ He washed in white as snow ♪

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♪ When before the dawn ♪ ♪ I stand in the bleak ♪ ♪ Jesus died my soul to save ♪ ♪ My lips shall still repeat ♪

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♪ Jesus, baby, Lord ♪ ♪ Come to him, my Lord ♪ ♪ Sin has left a mark on my heart ♪ ♪ Who had left a brimstone stain ♪

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♪ He washed it white as snow ♪ - Come now to the table of the Lord, the table that God has provided for all of his people. Everyone who claims Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior

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is invited to commune at his table. But before communing at his table, let us ask God to cleanse us, make us fit subjects for this holy communion together.

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Let us bow our heads. Oh gracious God our Father, We thank you for the manifestation of your goodness and your grace in our lives.

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You brought us all a mighty, mighty long way. Yes, yes Lord. We are all sinners. We fall short of your glory.

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We've all missed the mark. Yes Lord. So we ask that you would forgive us. Renew the right spirit in every one of us.

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Give us that love that runs from heart to heart. and breath to breath, and give us the energy that we need for the challenges that we face. Oh gracious God, have mercy upon us and bless us.

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We ask that you will bless this table, the bread and the wine, and grant that as we partake of them we may rededicate ourselves to the high calling that you have made for each one of us to respond to.

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Bless and use us to your glory, we ask in Jesus' name, amen. Jesus took the bread, blessed it, gave to his disciples,

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ministering in his name, I give you this bread representing the broken body of our Lord. "Take and divide it among yourselves." Likewise also he took the cup and gave to the disciples

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and ministering in his name I give you this cup representing his shed blood. Drink ye all of it. (soft music)

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(gentle piano music) - Me guide me. (gentle piano music) (upbeat piano music)

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(upbeat music) [ Music ] I am weak and I need thy strength and love To help me, O God, thy weakest arm

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Guide me through the darkness I fail to see ♪ Lead me, oh Lord, lead me ♪ ♪ Oh, lead me, guide me along the way ♪ ♪ For if you lead me, I cannot stray ♪

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♪ Lord let me walk ♪ ♪ Please pray with me ♪ ♪ Lead me O Lord in Thee ♪ ♪ Help me drench in the blood ♪

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♪ Of righteousness ♪ ♪ Be my aid when sad ♪ ♪ I have sinned, O Christ ♪ ♪ I am putting all my trust in Thee ♪

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♪ Lead me, O Lord, lead me ♪ ♪ Oh, just lead me ♪ ♪ And guide me along the way ♪ ♪ I can't take it anymore ♪

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♪ If you leave me I cannot stay ♪ ♪ God let me walk each day with you ♪ ♪ Lead me oh Lord lead me ♪ ♪ If you take your hand from me ♪

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♪ I am blind without the light to see ♪ ♪ Lord just always let me thy servant be ♪ ♪ Be, be, O Lord, be, be ♪ ♪ Oh, lead me, guide me along the way ♪

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♪ For if you lead me, I cannot stray ♪ ♪ Lord, let me walk each day with you ♪ ♪ Leave me alone ♪ ♪ Leave me ♪

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

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(soft piano music) ♪ Rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice, dear friends, and sing ♪

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♪ Rejoice, dear friends, and sing ♪ ♪ Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice, rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice ♪

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♪ Rejoice ye pure in heart ♪ ♪ Rejoice ye thanksgiving ♪ ♪ Your first commandment ♪ ♪ The cross of Christ your King ♪

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♪ Rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice, dear Thanksgiving ♪ (gentle piano music)

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[ Music ] [MUSIC] From youth to age, black eye and gay, in gladness and in awe, Rejoice!

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Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice, dear friends, now see.

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♪ Praise to you, angel, and I ♪ ♪ The Lord whom we adore ♪ ♪ Love for the Son and Holy Ghost ♪ ♪ One God forevermore ♪

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♪ Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice, give thanks and sing ♪ ♪ Rejoice, rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice, give thanks and sing ♪

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♪ Rejoice, rejoice ♪ ♪ Rejoice ♪ (upbeat piano music) (piano music)

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♪ King Jesus is a blessed name ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a blessed name ♪ ♪ All day long ♪

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♪ King Jesus is a blessed name ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ To hear some sinner pray ♪ ♪ King Jesus isn't listening ♪

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♪ Alleluia ♪ ♪ King Jesus isn't listening ♪ ♪ Alleluia ♪ ♪ King Jesus isn't listening ♪

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♪ Alleluia ♪ ♪ To hear some sinner pray ♪ ♪ Sing a ♪ ♪ Prayer ♪

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♪ That gospel train is coming ♪ ♪ It's rolling through the land ♪ ♪ I hear them pilgrims praying ♪ ♪ They're praying for a better day ♪

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♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪ ♪ All day long ♪

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♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ To his unseen unfray ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪

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♪ All day long ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪

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♪ All day long ♪ ♪ To this our sinner pray ♪ ♪ I know I've been conquered, Lord ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna make no more ♪

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♪ My soul's been anchored in my Jesus ♪ ♪ And the devil can do me no more ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪

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♪ All day long ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a listening ♪

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♪ All day long ♪ ♪ All day long ♪ ♪ To hear some sinner pray ♪ ♪ Sin of grace ♪

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♪ King Jesus is a listening all day long ♪ ♪ King Jesus is a listening all day long ♪ ♪ Jesus is a listening all day long ♪ ♪ All day long ♪

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♪ All day long ♪ ♪ To hear some sin of praise ♪ ♪ To hear some sin of praise ♪ ♪ Once in a ♪

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♪ Way ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) [MUSIC]

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[ Music ] Lord, I know I've been changed. Lord, I know I've been changed. Lord, I know I've been changed.

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The angels in the heavens done signed my name. Lord, I know I've been changed. Lord, I know I've been changed. Lord, I know I've been changed.

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The angels in the heaven done sigh my name. ♪ Went down to the river of joy ♪ ♪ The water was cheap and cold ♪ ♪ The water chilled my body ♪

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♪ But the water didn't touch my soul ♪ ♪ Lord, I know I've been changed ♪ ♪ Lord, I know I've been changed ♪ ♪ Lord, I know I've been changed ♪

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♪ The angels in the heaven done signed my name ♪ ♪ Lord, I know I've been changed ♪ ♪ Lord, I know I've been changed ♪ Lord, I know I've been changed.

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The angels in the heaven done signed my name. Way down to the river of Jordan, the water ♪ Was chilly and cold ♪ ♪ The water chilled my body ♪

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