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The Lord take pleasure in them that fear him, and those that hope in his mercy. Grace God, our Father, we give you thanks for the gift of this day, for the magnificent expression of your grace, which is new every morning. Pray for the presence and the guidance of your Spirit as we seek to worship you in spirit

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and in truth. Have mercy upon us and grant that the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts may be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Amen.

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[ Music ] Let us all stand. [ Music ] To God be the glory, great things He hath done,

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So love in the world Him He gave as His Son, Who yielded His life and atoned for sin, And opened the life-gates that all may go in. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice.

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Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice. O come, let us adore him, who leads us thus far, and give him the glory, the anthem of joy. [MUSIC]

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The promise of God, the promise we have, The truth we believe, the moment of Jesus, The God of peace, we believe. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,

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Let the earth hear His voice. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, ♪ From the deep of their joy ♪ ♪ O come, O come, O come, ♪

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♪ And crown Him with your sweet host of glory ♪ ♪ And with your sweet host of glory ♪ ♪ Great things He hath done ♪ ♪ Great things He hath done ♪

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♪ Great things He hath done ♪ ♪ And great are His joys ♪ ♪ O Jesus, my Son, how will I find ♪ ♪ How grateful to Thee ♪

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♪ How wonderful are Thy truths ♪ ♪ And please us to sing ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let the earth hear His voice ♪

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♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let the people rejoice ♪ O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, O come, to Bethlehem. We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are

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called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called, and whom he called, them he also justified, and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God

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be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea, rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession

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for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, "For thy sake we are killed all the day long." We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, Today in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Our scripture lesson, the epistle of the Romans, the eighth chapter, the twenty-eighth through

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the thirty-ninth verses. May we remain where we are for our prayer this morning, and would you join hands with the person that is situated near you as we bow our heads now for our time of prayer together. Sweet hour of prayer calls us from a world of care.

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God our Father, thou who has made us and by whose grace we come to this place this day. We pause to say thank you for the gift of life. We thank you for the church. We thank you for Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

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We confess our weakness, our failures. We know that there are things which we have left undone, which you have assigned to our hands, but we pray that you would forgive us and we pray not only for ourselves but we would pray for others.

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We pray that you would make us a channel of your grace that we may go forth with boldness to declare the good news of your salvation. Oh bless and use us this day. Be with those who are carrying on for you in the mission field here at home as well as abroad. And as we in our church focus attention on our mission

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work, I pray that you will be with us this week in the special services in which we will be engaged. That through this experience our understanding may be expanded and our commitment may be deepened as we respond to the challenge of bold mission thrust. Be with the one who has come to share with us in the

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service today and grant that each of us shall go from this place with renewed strength to run the race which you have set before us. We ask it all in Jesus name, amen. (soft piano music)

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[ Background noise ] Good morning, this is your announcement period. We have a special announcement coming from the Carol Choir. - Good morning, I am Andrea West.

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I'd like to remind our church family and friends to join us, the Carol Choir, Sunday, March 16th, 1980, at 3 p.m. for an afternoon of worship and singing. We are depending on you to support us

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through your love, prayers, and giving. We belong to you, so come and help us share our love as we sing of God's love. Thank you.

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- We do hope that you all will come to the concert and help support the children in their efforts. There are no other announcements. Please consult your bulletin and act accordingly this week.

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We have no visitors card, but if there are visitors, would you kindly stand? Good, everybody's at home this morning. Thank you.

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- Last Sunday, I announced that Rennie Coleman had been selected for the Allstate Choir. And since that time, I've received word in the form of a letter that Tanya Marshall has been selected to participate in the All-State Youth Band. Both of these groups will play or serve, rather, at the Baptist World Alliance.

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So we want to congratulate them, and our church will be supportive of these young people in every way as they participate in the choir and the band in the forthcoming Baptist World Alliance in July.

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Let me see, Sister Smith, do you have a word, your sister Coleman, is your schedule, oh yes, here it is, the schedule for the week of prayer on Tuesday night, mission two and the Baptist young women and the chancel choir Wednesday night, the brotherhood, the male chorus on Thursday night the mission one and the GAs. This is Annie Armstrong Easter

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offering for home mission and we want to make this the biggest that we have had. We can do it and as both the leaders of our mission organizations all of the leaders I started to say sister Coleman and sister Smith but all who are involved in this, including the Baptist Young Women and all the other mission groups.

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In fact, we want the entire church to give support to this and the leadership coming from these mission organizations each night from 7 until 8 o'clock. [ Background Sounds ] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Give me a keeper so I may serve Thee. God makes my home so that I may be used by Him. For I'm not worthy of all these blessings Give me a green board and I'll follow Thee

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[ Music ] I'm gonna sing while the bridges don't desert I'm gonna sing for a way to know my name Please give me more, give me more, give more

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Than I may follow Thee Give me only more Than I'll follow Thee ♪ I'm not mad ♪

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♪ Sometimes I am down ♪ ♪ Sometimes I am almost to the ground ♪ ♪ Please give me Lord, give me Lord, give me love ♪ ♪ That I may follow Thee ♪

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♪ Give me a clean heart ♪ ♪ And I'll follow Thee ♪ ♪ Give me a clean heart ♪ ♪ So I may serve thee ♪

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♪ Or fix my heart ♪ ♪ So that I may be used by thee ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm not worthy ♪ ♪ Of all this mercy ♪

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♪ If we are people ♪ ♪ I have no need ♪ ♪ If the earth may fall ♪ ♪ So I may turn ♪

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♪ If the Lord is my hope ♪ ♪ So that I may be used by Him ♪ ♪ For I can make it ♪ ♪ Above these mountains ♪

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♪ If we are free ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ And I'm home ♪ We come now to worship in the sharing of our gifts.

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The first gift is the gift of self and then the gift of substance. So as we worship the Lord and rededicating ourselves to him as well as giving of that which he has entrusted to us, let us do so recognizing that we give him but what is already his. We are stewards of the Lord. May we pray. Bless us, O Lord, in this time of sharing.

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Grant that we may give with hearts of love, of sacrifice. In Jesus' name, amen. Our Church is supported through tithes and offerings. On the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store according to how the Lord has prospered him.

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That there be no gathering when I come. He that giveth sparingly shall reap sparingly. He that giveth bountifully shall reap bountifully. The Lord loves the cheerful giver.

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Let every person give according to how he has purposed in his heart. [MUSIC PLAYING] Our speaker today is a distinguished leader of our denomination.

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He is a graduate of Southern Seminary and has done an outstanding job as a member of the staff of the Home Mission Board with this specific responsibility of working

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with National Baptist, serving as an agent of reconciliation reconciliation. He is a scholar, he has written a book on the black experience which I've had the privilege of reading with abiding interest and appreciation.

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But above all he is a proclaimer of the word, a minister of the gospel, and a brother beloved. He comes to our city today, he will be with another church of our denomination at the 11 o'clock hour and we are privileged to have him come and share with us in our early service. So let us hear with prayerful hearts

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Dr. Emmanuel L. McCall after the singing of the next selection by our Chancellor Choir. [ Background noise ] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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♪ All to Jesus ♪ Jesus, I surrender all to Him, my freely given. I will ever love and trust Him, in His presence may be peace. ♪ All to Jesus ♪

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♪ I surrender ♪ ♪ Lord, I give myself to Thee ♪ ♪ Filling with my love ♪ ♪ And power ♪

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♪ Then my blessing ♪ ♪ To all on thee ♪ ♪ I surrender all ♪ ♪ I surrender all ♪

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♪ I ♪ ♪ All to Thee my ♪ ♪ Blessed Savior ♪ ♪ I surrender ♪

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♪ All ♪ ♪ I surrender all along ♪ ♪ I surrender all along ♪ ♪ All to Thee, my blessing Savior ♪

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♪ Blessed Savior ♪ ♪ Miserable ♪ - As they march down, let's all sing that chorus one more time. ♪ Miserable ♪

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