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Let us stand for the call to worship. The Lord watches over the righteous and listens to their cries. Let us bow our heads as Deacon Oliver Street, Jr. leads us in the prayer of invocation. O Heavenly Father of this universe and all creation, we, your children, come before you

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today and ask that you be with us in this worship service. We ask that your Holy Spirit, and dwells in our hearts, touches our lives,

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and our minds. That we may rejoice in that presence. In the name of your Lord, our Lord, and your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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Let's ask the Lord to revive our souls today, and our spirits, as we worship him in song and truth today. Let's turn to page 10, uh, 18, and let's sing all four verses unto the Lord.

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[Music] ♪ Who praised thee, O God, upon the mount of the sun ♪ ♪ Your kingdom, your power, and your power ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, we have come again ♪ [music] ♪ O come, O come, the King of glory ♪ ♪ O come, O come, the King of glory ♪

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♪ O come, O come, the King of glory ♪ ♪ O come, O come, the King of glory ♪ ♪ O come, O come, the King of glory ♪ ♪ To the land that was slain ♪

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♪ To the land that was slain ♪ ♪ To the land that was slain ♪ ♪ To the land that was slain ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ We've had our share of sin ♪ ♪ We've had our share of sin ♪

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[Chorus singing] [Ambient noise] "Whereas lying aside all malice and all guides and "temper parties and envy and all evil speakings,

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"a newborn baby desires the sincere milk of the wood "that ye may grow thereby. "If so be ye have tasted thus, the Lord is gracious to whom coming as unto a living stone,

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to tell the Lord in deed of men, but but children of God, and precious. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, and holy

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blessed food, to offer up spiritual sacrifice to God by Jesus Christ. Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, "Behold, I lay a signer on chief cornerstones,

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elect, precious, and he that belittles on him shall not be consigned unto you. Therefore which believe he is precious, but unto them which disobey them

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the stone which the building is disloaded and same is made the head of the ponies and it's known of summering and a rock of offering even to them which summer at the wood being disappearing where unto also they were appointed, but ye are a children's generation, a royal

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priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of him who has called out of darkness and truth his marvelous light, which is is time-paced were not a people but are not the people of God which had not

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obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. Now is our time to come together for prayer. It is a blessed privilege we have as children of the Heavenly Father to gather together and talk with him as we gather around the altar. We present to him all of our concerns. What a privilege

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it is to carry everything to God in prayer. It is a pilgrimage in which we engage as we we walk the pathway that leads to the throne of grace. It is a dialogue that we have with God, for prayer is talking with God. So let us in reverence and humility close our eyes as in our heart of hearts we commune with the Eternal Father.

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O gracious God, in whom we live, move, and have being, Thou who knowest the secret of every heart, for whom all hearts are open, we bow in humble submission to your will in our lives. We pause to say thank you for the multitude of your mercies, for having kept us through

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another night and ushered us into another morning and given us a new expression of your grace. We are grateful, O God. And as we adore your name, we confess our frailties, our finiteness, our weakness, our

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faults, our failures. We recognize that we have not done many things that you have assigned to our hands. We have said things that we ought not to have said, and we have done things which we should not have done.

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We have failed to attain unto the high mark which you have set for us. Lack of faith and lack of uttermost surrender to you has kept us back. Forgive us, we pray. Cleanse our minds and our hearts and help us to enter into a service of holy

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communion with you this day. We pray that you will strengthen us for the tasks that we face. Our jobs, the tension, the stress, and the strain we face from day to day give us that release and relaxation that comes only through fellowship with your spirit. We pray O God for those who are sick and for those

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who are bereaved. We pray for our city, for our state, and for our nation. And for the proclamation of your gospel not only through this ministry which you have established here but throughout the whole inhabited world. Now bless and use us now and this week in your service. We pray through the strong and perfect name of Jesus Christ,

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our Savior and our Lord. Amen. (soft music) (footsteps) (footsteps)

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[The sound of footsteps and the sound of a man coughing] [Pause] [Music] (music)

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[Music] [Music] [music] ♪ Come up to battle mountains ♪

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♪ And welcome to the army ♪ ♪ To sing the melody I will ♪ ♪ To carry on the game ♪ ♪ The war drums in my heart still beat ♪

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♪ The glory is my theme ♪ ♪ We hope the planet is happy ♪ ♪ When I am gone we know ♪ ♪ When I am gone the rest will be sweet ♪

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♪ We'll be in the sun and snow ♪ ♪ Oh yes, in the season we have found ♪ ♪ So happy that we wait ♪ ♪ And when I reach for my engine ♪

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♪ He will deliver me ♪ ♪ Oh, what a thing to live in ♪ ♪ When all's a-going wrong ♪ ♪ What time to have my feeding ♪

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♪ To rest to walk the walk ♪ ♪ This world will make a better place ♪ ♪ To stand and dance and sing ♪ ♪ I know where it is today ♪

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♪ We will be here for a week ♪ ♪ When all the folks are coming and coming ♪ ♪ When I am gone, all will be blue ♪ ♪ When I am gone, let the music be ♪

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♪ We'll be here long and strong, long, long, yeah ♪ ♪ We'll be back to be alive, alive ♪ ♪ And we will ♪ ♪ I swear ♪

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♪ I will go on again ♪ ♪ We will be there for three years ♪ ♪ I swear it ♪ ♪ I will, I will ♪

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♪ I swear it, I will ♪ I love his music with love, my soul to him he gives. I cry behind him all the days, from land to land I sing. And with the little bird he is, he will sing it for me.

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[Chorus singing] ♪ We're marching with the beat ♪ ♪ When I am found ♪ ♪ Oh ♪

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♪ When I am found ♪ ♪ That's when it's clear ♪ ♪ That he is my hero ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪

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♪ He has the strength ♪ ♪ Of man to fight ♪ ♪ And he will ♪ ♪ I wish, I wish ♪

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♪ For my baby ♪ ♪ He will be here for me ♪ [Music] [Music]

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♪ When I am lost and foolish, too, ♪ ♪ Then He will not let me go, oh, yes. ♪ ♪ He has a people that are kind, ♪ ♪ He sends His grace, ♪

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♪ And Him, that is the greatest, ♪ ♪ He will win for me. ♪ Amen. We worship the Lord now in our giving.

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Encourage each one of you to give according to how the Lord has prospered you. Giving should be voluntary, it should be proportionate, it should be sacrificial. You have an account of the stewardship of our church for the previous month.

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If you notice any errors in your account, we would appreciate you calling it to our attention. May I see the hands of those who noticed that there's been some mistake in your account All right, brother Morris and all that sister McCullough and

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Sister Anderson. All right Thank you, and we'll would appreciate you giving us what those are to close to the service and we'll see that those are corrected Maybe bow our heads Bless us, O Lord, as we seek to worship you in the dedication of self and substance, grant

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that we may give in a way that shows the love which you have demonstrated through Jesus Christ in our lives. Amen. You will notice that we were up but we have slipped a little behind in our giving as far

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as the budget is concerned. We are running some $700 behind today where we need to be at this particular moment. least we were running behind at the close of of August seven hundred and thirty two dollars behind so let us give and as we can and if we do that I

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believe we will catch up the slack All right, we'll have the announcement now with the announcement clerk for today. organ morning these are the announcements for the morning and the upcoming week our

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church bus is broken this morning and we're asking members to please share and giving others rides that need them as the bus will not be operative until next week. This is from the bus committee chairman brother Lewis Hutchinson. The deaconess will be in charge of prayer meeting Wednesday September 8th 1982 at 7 p.m.

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and this is a reminder coming from Deacon T.W. Kinshaw. Deaconess in charge of prayer meeting. Ebenezer Baptist Church August 15th 82. A meeting of President was called by Pastor Griffin for the purpose of presenting information to the WMU Concerning the week of prayer for state mission Mary Hill Davis offering goal of $1,000

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After due consideration the following were decided Three days observance for week of prayer will be Tuesday September 14th Wednesday September 15th and Thursday September 16th the week shall be a cooperative venture with responsibilities given to the following night on Tuesday night the mission two and the youth auxiliaries with sister B.D. Jones, director of youth.

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On Wednesday, mission one and on Thursday the Brotherhood and Baptist Young Women. Thirdly, all finances shall be collected in the vestibule by each group secretary and treasurer and others if necessary. And four, no finance will be collected in the sanctuary proper. Let us put forth a great effort to make this

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prayer week a tremendous spiritual and financial success. We hope to make a general report on Sunday September 19th. For the promotion of this week of prayer for Satan Mission to Mary Hill Davis offering of $1,000 the following are needed and that consists of an art committee of five members and those

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people making up that committee are Ophelia Kenshin chairman, Bernice Harrison, B.D. Jones, M.M.P., and Samuel Owens. The publicity committee for that drive will be Sister Mary J. Hirst, Chairman Barbara Wilson, Circle 15, and Mission One. And the souvenir programs will be, the committee for that will be

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Sister Betty Johnson, Chairman Sister Gertrude Britton, and Sister Doris Wilhite. Please read your bulletin for other events that are occurring this month and this week. This concludes your announcement period. I have one visitor card and I'll call that name and if you would stand while after I call your name

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and remain standing for words of welcome. Miss Bessie Burks of 10103 Lansdale Drive of Houston Texas a member of the Antioch Baptist Church John Westbrook pastor and I I think I'm correct in saying Miss Burks is a former member of Ebenezer and And we are indeed happy to have you back worshiping with us today.

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Anytime that you are in the city, of course, we expect and hope that you will come and worship with us. Thank you for coming. Mr. Burks, we're delighted to have you back home. I'm glad to be back after being out for two Sundays.

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I had a very restful vacation in Mexico. We we drove and Some people warned me brother Oliver Street senior was telling the Reverend I don't know what you should drive down there during this time and I

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undertook to do it and If I had known that the mountains at the end of the way were as high and as rugged as they were I'd had second thoughts About that, but we had a real good trip and the the peso Changed several times and when I crossed the border it was 75 pesos for a dollar and when I returned

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it was 102 so that was a very pleasant thing but the banks closed since I've been back at least the banks were nationalized and it's awful good to be back home I was indeed gratified by the glowing reports of the wonderful services that you had in my absence it almost encouraged me to spend another

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week I was certainly happy the choir had a wonderful service in prayer meeting the other night and I feel the Spirit of God is moving among us in a marvelous way. I want to call your attention to one or two announcements. The Stone of Help, which is our TV program over cable vision, it will be over Channel

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6. They have opened up that station and we are to be presented at 9 o'clock tonight over Channel 6 it will be the panel presentation on prayer in the public school. Stone of help. It'll be at nine o'clock over cable vision at the hour tonight.

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Nine. Now there's a class that's available and I guess you may call it a continuing education that will be held here at our church. And I hope that you'll take advantage of it. You may enroll. It's going to be taught by

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the Oprah Washington and she will be assisted by her successor in the Travis County Extension Service Miss Opal Irving. It will be held here. The registration fee will be two dollars. The time

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will be Thursdays at 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock and it will begin on September the 23rd through November the 11th and then again another session will be in February through March the 24th. Now it will deal with maintaining a balance in your diet and maintaining a balance in your budget and maintaining a balance in family relations. So it's living carefully and enjoying

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it. So register now. Pre-registration will be on two Saturday afternoons beginning September the 11th and 18th. It's only two dollars. This is a pilot project. This is done through the Austin Community College and Institute of Lifetime Learning. So persons who are retired and who are available who if you

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feel just available and you want to join in on this you can do it register for lifetime learning. [Music] [Music]

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

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(gentle music) [MUSIC PLAYING] [Music] ♪ Once I was so troubled ♪

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♪ And I needed a friend ♪ ♪ I had no friend ♪ ♪ On whom to depend ♪ ♪ So I went to dinner ♪

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♪ With my trouble and care ♪ ♪ He lifted my burden ♪ ♪ Life in and out ♪ ♪ Take a burden to Jesus ♪

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♪ And leave Him there ♪ ♪ Oh, leave Him there ♪ ♪ Oh, girl, I'm so happy ♪ ♪ For Jesus is dead ♪

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♪ He knows all of us ♪ ♪ And how much we care for him ♪ ♪ We can pray and sing ♪ ♪ I'm leaving now ♪

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♪ No one but Jesus ♪ ♪ Is able to calm ♪ ♪ Our troubled hearts ♪ ♪ In time of storm ♪

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♪ You are Debbie's canoe ♪ ♪ She'll sure bring you home ♪ ♪ If you let go of her ♪ ♪ And never go ♪

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♪ Take your man to sea ♪ ♪ Take your man to sea, oh ♪ ♪ I'll leave it there ♪ ♪ Oh, I don't know ♪

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♪ What I need most to say ♪ ♪ Here goes all along ♪ ♪ And I must leave it there ♪ ♪ Thank you for that, Jesus ♪

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♪ And we beseech ♪ ♪ Oh, thank you for that, Jesus ♪ ♪ And we beseech ♪ ♪ Oh, that you help me ♪

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♪ How I see that you're there ♪ ♪ In the heart of our world ♪ ♪ And how I think that there ♪ ♪ In your presence is peace ♪

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♪ And peace is there ♪ [Music] At the point, if possible, I'd like for you all to sing after the message "Rock of Ages." I want for us to properly think about the church,

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which is the focus of our attention in this message. A number of years ago, an actor died in New York City. Friends and relatives approached a pastor of a prominent congregation

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congregation concerning rendering services for them in that hour and the pastor refused and referred them to a little church around the corner said they do such things they'll help you. So I want to talk about a church around the corner. A church around the corner. These words are recorded by Peter in his first

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epistle, the second chapter. "Come to him to that living stone rejected by men but in God's sight chosen and precious and like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture, "Behold, I am

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laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious. And he who believes in him will not be put to shame. To you therefore who believe he is precious, but to those who do not believe the very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. A church around the corner.

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The church around the corner is a closely knit fellowship. In a building every stone is fitly joined together. Every brick in a wall is important. The church around the corner is composed of lively stone, living stone. For the church you see is not mere brick and mortar. It is a living building made

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up of precious stones. Paul puts it this way, "You are God's building. Every believer is part of the household of faith whose builder and maker is the Lord. This building is knit together in the bond of fellowship. Stones that are united in a building cannot be far from each other. They must be close to each

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other. So in this way the church is a fellowship. Listen to the words in the letter to the Ephesians concerning the nature of the church. Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens. Those who belong to the family of faith are not strangers to each other. They do not act funny toward

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each other. They share a common bond of fellowship. The church around the corner is a together church. A church that is knit together because the people have all things common. There is singleness of heart. In the church around the corner all the building is fitly joined together as it is said in the letter to

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the Ephesians. It is where there is the fellowship of kindred minds which is likened to that above. The church around the corner is a growing church. Well you see a growing church increases in numbers because it reaches out to others. This is the task of the church. Sometimes persons may identify with the church

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without really knowing what its chief purpose is. There's a story of laborers who were working on a building and a man passed by and he asked one of them what he was doing

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and he said he was working and he gave him the price that he was receiving by the hour, what he was earning, five dollars an hour. And he went to another and he said, "What are you doing?"

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And he said, "I'm cutting stone." And he went to another and he asked him, "What are you doing?" And he said, "I am building a cathedral." A great deal depends upon our perspective.

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Why you see the church is the church when it the church is evangelistic and missionary. It is a growing church when because you see it is made up of living stones. Church growth includes numbers, yes. It includes location, facilities, programs, staff, leadership, but we can't stop there.

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The church that grows is the church that is built around the corner. The building is so framed together that those who constitute the membership of the congregation are growing into a holy pimple in the Lord. That which remains just as it is from day to day is not growing.

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The stones in the church around the corner are living stones, stones that are growing, in spiritual power, growing more and more like the Lord. Growing church is a becoming church. It is a church that has not arrived. It is a church that belongs to the not yet. It is not what it was. The people who are there are not what they

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were, but they are not yet what they are going to be. So the church around the corner is made up of people who are growing, who are becoming, who are between the no longer and the not yet. The church around the corner is growing unto a holy temple in the Lord. And it's wonderful to grow in numbers, it's wonderful to

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grow in facilities to expand, erecting a commodious structure. It's wonderful to have a relevant program geared to a rapidly changing urban society, but the most wonderful of all is to grow in the Lord, to grow in faith, to grow in commitment to living a Christ-like life, to grow in Christian service, to grow in

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that hope by which the church lives, to grow in that love which is truly divine. Yes, it's wonderful to grow in the Lord, to increase in knowledge and understanding of his will and his way, and to grow in relationships with people, to grow in our understanding of one another. It's wonderful to grow in

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compassion, to grow in rendering loving-hearted service with no strings attached. Service that is rendered to God glad and free. And that's the kind of church that is the growing church and that's the kind of church that's built around the corner. The corner. It is a holy temple. It is not that which can be

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relegated just to the physical and the visible. It is a spiritual house that is made unto the Lord, so that we may truly say of it, 'Unshaken as eternal hills, immovable she stands, a mountain that shall fill the earth, a house not made with hands, church around the corner.'"

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You see, the church around the corner is a holy priesthood, for it is composed of people of whom God says, "I will make you a kingdom of priests." Oh, we talk a lot about the priesthood of believers. one of our cardinal principles, the priesthood of all believers. Well, a

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priest is a mediator. You see, the priest offers prayers to God for the people, which means that not only can we pray to God for ourselves, but we pray to God for others. And you see, the priests have altars. In the past, they sacrificed animals upon those altars. But Jesus enters the temple and stops the flow of

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animal sacrifice by cleansing the temple and he declares that my house shall be called a house of prayer. And he declares with ringing frederick that upon this rock I will build my church. So the church around the corner is built for a a specific purpose. It's not built just to take a face. It's not built just for

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tourists to observe, to inspect, and to admire. The vocation of the church around the corner is to engage in prayers and praises, righteousness and mercy, love and beneficent and obedient. The church around the corner offers sacrifices unto the Lord, not animal sacrifices. And the sacrifice that God desires, the sacrifice

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that God demands of every one of us is the sacrifice of a humble and contrite heart. This is the supreme sacrifice. It's the sacrifice of self. So here you have a word from Peter. I like to think of him as a pastor, as a pastor of the First Baptist Church in Jerusalem. That rock apostle who made that declaration of

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faith saying thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God when asked to respond to the question as to who Jesus is and then Jesus said to him and to the other disciples upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. It's the rock of faith. So you see in the building of the

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church. Jesus Christ, faith in him is that foundation stone on which we build our lives. The foundation stone on which we grow from day to day. It's the foundation stone on which we rest. It's the foundation stone on which we depend for our strength. So that same apostle many years later speaks of Jesus as the

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chief cornerstone. So when we really talk about the church around the corner, we talk about lives that are built around Jesus Christ, that he is the chief cornerstone, that he somehow joins our lives together, that he somehow gives meaning to our lives, that he somehow causes us to grow. And we continually build upon him, and we grow more and more like him because you see he is the chief cornerstone. So that's

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what it means for us to be the church around the corner and our coming together is sort of a celebration of that fact. We talk about that which is around the corner and we sometimes wonder about what's going to happen around the corner but when our lives are built around Jesus Christ as the chief

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cornerstone and he is the head of the corner we really don't have to get very disturbed. You know, in driving, often when we take a trip, I drive a hundred miles and my wife drives a hundred miles. She's better on the curves than I am. We get around the

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mountains, she's much better because on those narrow curves, I'm always wondering about whether somebody else is coming around that curve on the wrong side of the road. She says I don't have enough faith, but I have faith in God, I just don't have faith in somebody who may be coming around on that other side. And you see

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what we're really talking about as we celebrate the church around the corner is celebrating lives that are built around Jesus Christ. That's what we are celebrating and what the Apostle is really saying here that you are fitly joined together and not only are you fitly joined together that but that your lives

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are built on a strong foundation and that that foundation of Jesus Christ is the foundation that the Apostles, the prophets and the Apostles have built upon and this building is joined together and Jesus Christ himself is the Chief Cornerstone. And what I like about him is that whatever we meet, he's there.

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Talk about the sides that are joined together. He joins together this life and the life that is beyond this life. He joins together the body and the spirit. He joins together our lives in such a way that they take on an eternal dimension, even though we live in the here and now. That's when our lives are built around

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the corner and we don't have to worry about what may happen because He's there. I had a strange experience the other day. I'd gone out to an outlying district called Tlacopaque out from Guadalajara and we chopped around outside. It was just about night and I went to get the car and to pick up a package that my

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wife had had wrapped and after I had to circle several blocks because of one way street the car stopped and it was dark and I said I don't speak the language I don't know anybody what am I going to do I tried to start it again and it didn't start I tried again and it didn't start and about that time there were cars all

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behind me hawking and they were lining up I looked through my rear view mirror and they were lining up and I began to get somewhat anxious and I heard a voice down the curb said put it in neutral and I put it in neutral and that man was a huge fellow began to push the car and he pushed it and I got it on to the curb

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and the other cars went on we raised the hood he looked he said you have gas in I said yes I've got plenty gas and so he said well it didn't get any gas so he took off the top there they and worked with the air filter and nothing happened and so I said well I don't know what I'm gonna do I I'm gonna get back home on

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the way I'm gonna stay tonight I was about 25 miles from where I was staying there and now all those thoughts race through my mind he said do you need a a mechanic?" I said, "Yeah!" He said, "Wait a minute." And he went back somewhere and a few minutes he came with a mechanic with a few wrenches in his hands and the

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mechanic worked on it for a while and said, "Well, it's not getting any gas." The mechanic said, "What you need is a fuel pump." Well, it was dark. It was about six o'clock. And he said, "Wait." And so he went around and we were going about five minutes and And he came back with a new fuel pump.

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He put it on. And he said, now this will not only take you where you want to go as far as this pump is concerned. In Mexico, it'll get you back to Texas two or three times.

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And it was done in less than an hour. And I thought, how did all this happen? I said, that's the way God is. He's just there.

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I can never understand when the crisis comes that God is just there. You don't have to worry about it. you just have to be in that right relationship with Him.

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God is always there, and that's why we can celebrate. That He's there right around the corner when we build our lives around Him. He's there, He's always there to bless us

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and to strengthen us and to glorify our lives. Thank me to God that He's there We build our lives around the corner and make Jesus Christ the head of the corner. Rock of Ages, clap for me.

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Clap me hard, myself and you. Come on, let my life be built around that rock. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC]

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[MUSIC] ♪ Where'er we are, our God is near ♪ ♪ Where'er we are, there's a God ♪ ♪ On high who is high and low ♪

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♪ He our Maker, God of the world ♪ ♪ Praise the man that makes me good ♪ ♪ For he is more than I know ♪ ♪ Good and good, forever known ♪

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♪ He will live for evermore ♪ ♪ Thou the great and thou alone ♪ [MUSIC] ♪ And rose like wings ♪

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♪ While I was ♪ ♪ Waiting there ♪ ♪ With my eyes ♪ ♪ Shattered open there ♪

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♪ There I am ♪ ♪ To earth I come ♪ ♪ And behold ♪ ♪ The earth I move ♪

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♪ Walk on angels, dwell for me ♪ ♪ Let me ask, and I will be free ♪ - We come now to commune at the Lord's table. You're reminded that this is the Lord's table.

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The Lord has promised to prepare a table for us the presence of our enemies, the table to which we are privileged to come because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. He himself is the diet on which we must depend. He's the strength of our life. He's the food. He's the joy. He's the hope. Let us bow our heads

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now as we pray. Lord God, bless us as we commune at your table. commune at your table. We give thanks and glorify your name for the experiences that we have shared across the years and ask your companionship with us as we journey on. Help us to put aside those forces that would cause us to lose hope

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and to become weak and to despair, cleanse us and cause us to commune with one another in you and to commune with you through Jesus Christ as we partake of the bread and of the cup which thou has provided. We ask it in Jesus name, amen. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[MUSIC - "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER"] ♪ When we gather 'round again ♪ ♪ Let us pray ♪ ♪ When we gather 'round again ♪

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♪ When I go on my knees ♪ ♪ With my head to my feet ♪ ♪ I'll follow ♪ ♪ And the King on me ♪

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♪ Let us drink wine together ♪ ♪ On our knees ♪ ♪ Let us drink wine together ♪ ♪ On our knees ♪

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♪ I'm home, home to thee ♪ ♪ With my head to thy feet I'll go ♪ ♪ Oh, Lord, heaven is calling ♪ ♪ When our faith grows together ♪

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♪ Lord, I hear ♪ ♪ When our faith grows together ♪ ♪ Lord, I hear ♪ ♪ When I'm low of my feet ♪

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♪ With my sin to my sin's end ♪ ♪ Oh Lord, have mercy on me ♪ There's anyone who's been omitted when you raise your hand. [Music]

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