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[BLANK_AUDIO] >> Question. [BLANK_AUDIO] >> Lord, how manifold are thy works and wisdom has thou made them all.

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The Earth is full of thy riches. >> Glory to God, now and forever. The Lord shall be judged in his works. [Music]

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[MUSIC] ♪ Around the clock ♪ ♪ We are at the end of the road ♪ ♪ We're out of time ♪

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♪ We're out of time ♪ ♪ And in the summer heat ♪ ♪ We're out, we're out of time ♪ ♪ Around the clock ♪

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♪ We're all the same ♪ [MUSIC] >> Our Father in heaven, as we gather here to give praise to thy name, we ask that thy spirit will dwell with us all the day long.

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In the name of Jesus, we pray, amen. [ Music ] [ Singing ] [singing]

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[Music] [Music] [Singing] Let us pray.

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Oh gracious Master, it is again we come into thy presence with bowed heads and grateful hearts. Thanking thee for this and other expressions of our goodness allows us to turn to the house of prayer where prayer and supplication is wont to be made.

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We come, heavenly Father, to our own as your goodness and your mercy have given us this to break the threads of our short life and allowed us to see these golden moments we do not enjoy. As we assemble, dear Master, be in our midst, dear Master, sanctify our hearts and minds for this service. Open our eyes that we may see the things that thou would have us do. Open our ears we may

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hear the word, dear Master, and I hope in our hearts that we may take these words in because it is food for our hungry soul. Bless him who will break the bed of life. Give him favor with thee and with man. Guide his thoughts and guide all that we do this day, dear Master, because without thee we can do nothing. Bless those who sing your songs and may

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they sing not for the glory of men but give you glory and may all that will be done for the uplifting of thy kingdom here on earth. Be with us and guide us through this day and when we shall come to the end of our way, in that hour, dear Master, may we be in peace with all mankind, without the loss of one, is our

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prayer to Christ our Lord. Amen. [Music] [Music] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[MUSIC] [ Music ] ♪ Oh, how a faith that will not shrink ♪ ♪ Nor crest the earth before ♪

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♪ That will not drop the roof of the grave ♪ ♪ Of any earthly home ♪ ♪ In earthly woe ♪ ♪ That will never ♪

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♪ On our tongue lay ♪ ♪ Meeting the chance ♪ ♪ In right ♪ ♪ But in the hour ♪

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♪ Oh, green country ♪ ♪ Building upon this land ♪ ♪ Oh, green country ♪ ♪ Oh, bright and clear ♪

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♪ Where champions reign ♪ [ Music ] [ Music ] [MUSIC]

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♪ Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ ♪ I hear the land ♪ ♪ The trees ♪

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♪ Oh my eternal home ♪ ♪ I return the favor ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ ♪ Amen ♪

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] This reading will be number 569, Christ and Immortality,

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and can be found in the new National Baptist hymnal. Would you stand, please? ♪ Give me my word, Jesus, my friend ♪ ♪ I am the mind of God ♪

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♪ Blessed are they who walk ♪ ♪ With the word of the Lord ♪ ♪ In their heart ♪ ♪ Be silent ♪

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♪ All the Lord ♪ ♪ Speaketh to his children ♪ - If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

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- But that is Christ who is born today, and come for us who shall live and die for him. - For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

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[INAUDIBLE] And as we have born the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. [INAUDIBLE]

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And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption. [choir singing] Behold I show you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed.

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For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this model must put on immortality. [inaudible] O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

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[inaudible] But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. For as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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Thy word is a lamp unto my feet. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet. And a light unto my path.

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With the Например. [ Music ] [coughing] [ Pause ]

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[ Music ] [MUSIC PLAYING] All night long, Jesus is a listening All night long, Jesus is a listening

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All night long, to his house and a praying Jesus is a listening All night long, Jesus is a listening ♪ All night long ♪

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♪ Jesus is the listening ♪ ♪ All night long ♪ ♪ To hear the proud sinner pray ♪ ♪ I could not be your sinner ♪

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♪ I tell you the reason why ♪ ♪ I pray my Lord might call me ♪ ♪ And I wouldn't be ready to die ♪ ♪ Jesus is a listening all night long ♪

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♪ Jesus is a listening all night long ♪ ♪ Jesus is a listening all night long ♪ ♪ To his songs and a prayer ♪ I'm no more, day and night, partying.

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I'm nothing, way or wrong. My soul's been a beggar in the Jesus. And the devil came to me, no more. See, Jesus is a mess today, all night long.

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See, Jesus is a mess today, all night long. ♪ All night long ♪ ♪ Jesus is a listening ♪ ♪ All night long ♪

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♪ To you, Jesus, I'm singing ♪ ♪ Jesus is a listening ♪ ♪ All night long ♪ ♪ Jesus is a listening ♪

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♪ All night long ♪ ♪ Jesus is a listening ♪ ♪ All night long ♪ [singing]

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This is the children's hour. All of the children in the congregation from the kindergarten level through the fifth grade are asked to come forward at this time. Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for such

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is the kingdom of heaven. Wise men of old said, "Train up a child the way that he should So when he is old, he will not depart from it. In 1 Corinthians, the 13th chapter, in the last verse in that chapter, Paul says, "Now abideth faith, hope, and love.

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The greatest of these is love." He talks about three things that remain in life when we lose all other things around us faith, hope, and love. And so we want to consider one of those today and that is hope. H-O-P-E, hope. Now would you say that after me? Hope. Say it once more. All right. Say it once

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again hope all right that's what we're going to talk about there is a old Greek story that God gave a box to the first woman and according to that Greek story the first woman's name is Pandora. Now stop eating your candy for a while here. Alright, Pandora.

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And Pandora was given a box. And Pandora was told not to open the box. Well, Pandora opened the box, and out of that box

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came all of the evils that we have in the world. And Pandora, when those evils got out there was one thing that remained in the box and that was hope. Hope remained in the box. So this is a good thing for us to remember that though many, Many things may go wrong.

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There are many evils that we may have in the world, much wrong that we may have to deal with. But there is one thing that remains, and that is hope. Have you ever seen what we call Jack in the Box?

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How many of you have seen that? And how you have that box, and when you open that box, Jack springs up you know. Well that's the way it is when you may be boxed in when you get boxed in and you say well you don't know how you're going to make it. You know how

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you're going to get through it. Well hope is always there that springs out. So remember no matter what may happen to you that there is always hope. Say it once more hope. Yeah. So hope remains. Now abideth faith, hope, and love.

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And remember, this is really what we talk about when we talk about being like Christ. It's being able to build your life on hope. That hope that is with Him, and that hope that always remains, no matter how boxed in we may be. It springs forth. God bless you. May he keep you.

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(bells tolling) [ Silence ] We come now to dedicate Melody Joyce Davis. The parents and those who are involved in the dedication of Melody Joyce Davis come forward at this time.

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(Pause) When Jesus was up on earth, they brought little children to him. Jesus took them in his arms and blessed them. So you come presenting this child unto the Lord for every life, every human life, as

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well as plant life. All life is a gift from God. So we come today to celebrate this gift of new life to this family, the Davis family, and to set aside this life that it might be a life that is nurtured in the fear and admonition

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of the Lord. What is the name of your child? Melody Joyce Davis. Melody Joyce Davis.

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We have present the godmother of this child, Janice Bryant, who presents a ring. This ring is a symbol of that eternal relationship to life which we have to God, in which mother, father, child, relatives and friends, all of us engaged in an eternal relationship.

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This diamond, this ring symbolizes life, that mysterious and most precious gift which God bestows upon us. So will you at this time, as we bow our heads, ask God's blessings upon this ring. God our Father, we thank you for the gift of life, and we ask your blessings upon this

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ring which is being presented by this Godmother to this child, symbolizing the eternal relationship which is to be with you and all life. Bless this ring and she who wears it, that that relationship to truth, to righteousness, and goodness and beauty may be without end.

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We ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. [inaudible] Melody Joyce Davis,

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I set you apart in a special way, as is set forth in this service by the action of these parents and friends to grow as Jesus grew in wisdom, in stature, and in favor with God and man. Let us pray. God our Father, we humbly thank you for the gift of Melody Joyce to this family. Mysterious,

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though life is, we recognize the challenge, the obligation, which is to this family to of this child according to your holy precepts. And we pray also that you will be with us, the members of this Christian fellowship, that we may be supportive in every way, that Melody Joyce may grow into your fullness.

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So Melody, may the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord cause his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace all the days of your life.

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Amen. Amen. [silence] [music]

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[Music] ♪ Hold me ♪ ♪ My God and dear Lord ♪ ♪ Hold me ♪

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♪ My God ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ The night ♪ ♪ Comes on ♪

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♪ My weary eyelids close ♪ ♪ The time draws near ♪ ♪ When I must seek repose ♪ ♪ I kneel to thee ♪

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♪ Oh, Father of us all ♪ ♪ And afraid that thou wilt hear my pleading call ♪ ♪ Hold thou my hand ♪ ♪ O Lord, hold thou my hand ♪

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♪ I do not ask to see, nor understand ♪ ♪ Only that thou wilt be ♪ ♪ Constantly near to me ♪ ♪ Holding my hand, O Lord ♪

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♪ Holding my hand, O Lord ♪ ♪ Holding my hand ♪ ♪ Being my heart ♪ ♪ My life goes on ♪

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♪ Some days are good, some ill ♪ ♪ Oh, Father, let thy lovingkindness ♪ ♪ Fill both night and day ♪ ♪ Oh, hold me so I cannot fall ♪

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♪ For thou art right and straight ♪ ♪ My all in all ♪ ♪ Hold out my hand, dear Lord ♪ ♪ Hold out my hand ♪

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♪ And when temptations come ♪ ♪ Help me to stand ♪ to stand constantly near to thee. All will be well with me.

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Holding my hand, Dear Lord. ♪ Holding ♪ ♪ My heart ♪

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♪ Oh, how my heart ♪ ♪ Is long ♪ ♪ Over my head ♪ ♪ I do not ask to see ♪

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♪ Nor understand ♪ ♪ Understand ♪ ♪ All the years and thousands years ♪ ♪ I stood waiting to flee ♪

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♪ Waited to flee ♪ ♪ But only my house did I know ♪ ♪ Only my house ♪ ♪ In my heart ♪

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♪ In my heart ♪ ♪ I, I ♪ ♪ Oh, my God ♪ (gentle piano music)

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[piano music] We worship the Lord now in our giving. Life is a gift from God and all that is entrusted to us in life is God's. We are accountable to him for the stewardship of life and our possessions.

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Sunday School lesson this morning is on giving and God says in his Word not to appear before him empty-handed but to bring an offering to the Lord. It is an expression of our love, our dedication, our sacrifice. The Bible way of giving is for one-tenth of our income to be given. People in ancient times gave much more

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than that they gave one-tenth to the church. Many instances they gave about 40% of their income. One-tithe to the church, a second tithe, and then a third tithe, and then offerings above that. It really says to us that God expects our life to be one of giving. Giving and living go together. Let us give according to how

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God has prospered us. Let us pray. Bless us, O Lord, in this time of giving that like the Macedonians of old, we may first give ourselves. And if we really give ourselves to you, O God, we know that all else will be a thank

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offering. Help us not to be stingy and to give grudgingly, wishing we had it back, or to give just to be seen of others, but to give really because we love you and you've been so good to us, and because we know that we can't beat God giving.

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Help us, O God, in this way to give this day. In Jesus' name, amen. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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