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[Music] [Music] [Music] Let us all stand.

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With thee, O Lord, I have sought shelter. Let me never be put to shame. Let us sing hymn number 369, Walking in the Light of Jesus' Love. [MUSIC PLAYING] (dramatic music)

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[Music] I'm walking in the light of Jesus' love. I'm walking in the light of Jesus' love. I've been so blinded by what Jesus has done.

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I'm walking in the light of God's love. ♪ Walk with me, walk with me ♪ ♪ Walk in the light of Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ I've reached the journey bright ♪

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♪ For Jesus love is bright ♪ ♪ For the walking light of God is bright ♪ ♪ For He'll guard your way ♪ ♪ He holds me in His hand ♪

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♪ And His way ♪ ♪ He does in His law ♪ ♪ He gives me life now ♪ ♪ Every pasture ♪

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♪ When I rest ♪ ♪ He carries on what's mine ♪ ♪ I walk in the light of Jesus' love ♪ I'm walking in the light of Jesus Christ.

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I'll be subordinate, but Jesus, I'm His child. I'm walking in the light of His love. Walking, walking, walking in the light of Jesus Christ. ♪

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♪ I'm walking in the light of Jesus' blood. I'm walking in the light of Jesus' blood. I'm walking in the light of Jesus' blood.

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I'm walking in the light of Jesus' blood. For I'm walking in the light of God, in His light. I'm walking, walking, walking in the light of Jesus Christ. I'm pleased to join in the joy of Jesus when He's nigh.

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For I'm walking in the light of God, in His light. Let us pray. Lord God our Father, we thank you for the blessed privilege of walking in the light of Jesus' love.

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We thank you that we have been spared to begin again another week. We pray that your spirit will be with us, to guide us, to guard us, and to govern our lives. We ask this through the name of Jesus Christ.

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Let us pray together the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples, "Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us as we forgive our debtors.

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Feed us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. You may be seated. (soft music)

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♪ Come out of every blessing ♪ ♪ My heart will sing thy praise ♪ ♪ Strings of mercy never ceasing ♪ ♪ Of our song come loudest praise ♪

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♪ These trees of glorious harvest ♪ ♪ Of life daily from above ♪ ♪ Praise the mountain ♪ ♪ Its golden hordes ♪

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♪ And the victories ♪ ♪ Giving life ♪ ♪ We may know ♪ ♪ How thy blessings ♪

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♪ Sweetly flow ♪ ♪ How thy light ♪ ♪ In the whole of heaven ♪ ♪ Of the Lord, the Lord of heaven ♪

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♪ Blessed Redeemer, with the strength ♪ ♪ Jesus, our King, with us praises ♪ ♪ On him, on the throne of life ♪ ♪ He to rescue me from danger ♪

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♪ Bid her course with precious blood ♪ ♪ Oh, let us all sing of him ♪ ♪ I'm not afraid of the devil ♪ ♪ I'm not afraid of living ♪

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♪ There's no shame in the devil's plan ♪ ♪ Don't you wonder why I'm here then ♪ ♪ Come to me, the Lord I love ♪ ♪ Here's my heart and soul ♪

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♪ Take my spirit ♪ ♪ Spirit, take me ♪ ♪ I shall follow the Lord ♪ ♪ I was a boy ♪

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- Our responsive reading is number 595. Let us stand. (gentle music) (coughing)

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♪ Hear ye my word ♪ ♪ Ye children ♪ ♪ I am thy God ♪ ♪ And thy God ♪

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♪ Blessed are they who walk ♪ ♪ With the Word of the Lord ♪ ♪ In their hearts ♪ ♪ Be silent ♪

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♪ All the Lord's ♪ ♪ Give thanks to his children ♪ - Oh, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, because his mercy endureth forever.

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- Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth forever. - Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth forever.

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[All] Let them now, and fear the Lord, say, "Let His mercy endure forever." [Priest] I called upon the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me, and sent me in a large place. [All] The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do unto me? The Lord taketh my part with them that help me.

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Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. - It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. - It is better to trust in the Lord

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than to put confidence in princes. - I will praise thee for thou hast heard me and I will come on salvation. (gentle music)

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I could hear thy word in my heart, Yet deep down in my heart. The stone which the builders refused has become the headstone of the corner.

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[All] For this is the Lord's will, and it is marvelous in our eyes. [President Black] This is the day which the Lord hath made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. [All] Say it not, but ask it each week. O Lord, O Lord, ask it each week. Say it not, but ask it every day. [President Black] Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

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[All] Glory to the Lord, which thou hast showed us right, fine sacrifices of the Lord, even unto the ones of old. [Priest] Thou art my God, and I will praise thee. Thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

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[All] Glory and thanks be to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endureth forever. [music] Thy word is a weapon to my feet.

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Thy word is a weapon to my feet. Thy word is a weapon to my feet. ♪ And a light ♪ ♪ How to my God ♪

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♪ Clear ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ This is the Children's Hour. All children in the congregation from the kindergarten level through the fifth grade are asked to come forward at this time.

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[music] [Music] Morning. How are you this morning? That's good. It's wonderful to see you this morning We have a passage of scripture

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that is found in the gospel according to st. Mark When Jesus

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Comes to where he grew up and They say, "Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joseph and of Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?"

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And they were angry with him. This is when Jesus came back home. Well, the subject of our message is "Don't overlook God." Say that, "Don't overlook God."

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Now, I have some things here, you know, that, there's this little flower here, this little grass, these are things that we may overlook quite easily. There are many little things that we may have passed by this morning, even on our way to church that we just overlooked. And sometimes you may have a brother or sister and maybe

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it seems to you that they get heard and you don't get heard, you know. They listen to them, they don't listen to you. And sometimes it may be that you are going to a different place and you are among people and they just seem to overlook you. Well this is the way it was with Jesus. They overlooked Jesus. Here he came back to the place

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where he grew up and they just looked over at him. They said, "Oh we know him. Sir, didn't he grow up here with us? We know his brothers, we know his sisters." And so they overlooked him. Well we they were overlooking God because Jesus is the Son of God. We should not overlook God, we should not overlook any person because

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everybody is important and everybody is made in the image and likeness of God and God wants us to love everyone to give everyone attention that they deserve and also to love them. So when we do this we are living the way God wants us to live. Those people back there in Nazareth made a terrible mistake. They

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overlooked Jesus, they overlooked God, they overlooked goodness, they overlooked the things that they should have seen and and they overlooked doing what they should have done. So boys and girls the lesson for us is let us not overlook people, let us not overlook God, but let us look for the good in everyone in

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order that we may live the way God wants us to live. So God bless you, don't make the mistake that the people made in Nazareth. God bless you and keep you. [music playing] ♪ (ominous music)

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(smack) ♪ (ominous music) (door opens) (door closes)

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(footsteps) ♪ (piano music) ♪ (footsteps) ♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪

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♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ Lo, Gabriel glow ♪ ♪ Lo, Gabriel glow ♪ ♪ Tell all the joyful youth ♪

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♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ Lo, Gabriel glow ♪

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♪ Lo, Gabriel glow ♪ ♪ Tell all the joyful youth ♪ ♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ Where do you think I found my soul ♪

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♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ I found my soul in heaven's abode ♪ ♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ Before I lay in hell one day ♪

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♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ I sing and pray my soul away ♪ ♪ Listen to the angels shouting ♪ ♪ Run away ♪

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♪ Run away my lord ♪ ♪ I don't know what sinners wanna stay here for ♪ ♪ When he gets old me will sorrow more ♪ ♪ Oh, gay girl, oh, gay girl, oh ♪

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♪ Tell all the joyful news ♪ ♪ Brethren, will you come to the promised land ♪ ♪ Oh, come on and sing with the heavenly band ♪ [singing]

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Now is our time of prayer together. May we join hands with the person that is situated near us as we form a prayer chain and together as God's family go to the throne of grace and the blessed fellowship of prayer. needs to pray. We all need God. We need his help. We need his guidance, his protection.

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Let us pray. Lord God our Father, you give us all of the seasons of the year, autumn, springtime, and summer. We pray that you will help us to be rightly related to you in all seasons, that we may be people for all of the seasons,

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knowing that your love is with us at all times, whatever the season in our life may be. As we bow together in your presence, we ask that you would have mercy upon us. We pray for the forgiveness of our sins.

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We pray that you would strengthen us where we are weak. Lift up the bowed down head and help us all to recognize that in the midst of the vicissitudes of life that we have the blessed opportunity of holding on to your unchanging hand. Bless every family here.

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Bless those who are in the hospitals and in the homes. And then, oh Lord, we would pray for all of the families of this earth. Bless not only the families, but we pray for the work that you have called every one of us to do.

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We pray, O God, for the day when men shall have peace, where your spirit shall reign in the heart of your children, when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Oh Lord, have mercy upon every one of us and bless us.

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In the name of our blessed Savior, we ask it all. Amen. (upbeat piano music) [ Music ]

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Mother of all greed, know of our plight. Mother of all greed, our guilt can't quite. She remembered our brother, gave no disfunction. We'll understand him, we'll understand him,

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♪ Real understanding ♪ ♪ My mother ♪ ♪ Father of all greed ♪ ♪ The one I'm proudest ♪

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♪ Of all greed ♪ ♪ I must say, Father ♪ ♪ She was my mother ♪ ♪ Given the sons and sons ♪

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♪ Real understanding ♪ ♪ We're understanding ♪ ♪ We're understanding ♪ ♪ By and by ♪

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♪ Oh, by and by ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ All the saints of God gather upon ♪ ♪ We will tell the story ♪

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♪ How we both come ♪ ♪ We'll understand it better by and by ♪ ♪ Follow me ♪ ♪ Follow me ♪

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♪ Follow me ♪ ♪ Follow me ♪ ♪ Understand me ♪ ♪ Understand me ♪

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♪ Cheer up my friend ♪ ♪ Live on, live on ♪ ♪ In the sunshine ♪ ♪ We'll understand it ♪

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♪ We'll understand it ♪ ♪ Till I stand here by your door ♪ ♪ I said by and by ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪

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♪ All the saints of God are gathered at home ♪ ♪ We will tell the story how we overcome ♪ ♪ For we'll understand it better by and by ♪ ♪ Oh, follow me ♪

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♪ You'll know about me ♪ ♪ Say follow me ♪ ♪ And understand me ♪ ♪ Oh, children ♪

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♪ Live on, live on ♪ ♪ In understanding ♪ ♪ In understanding ♪ ♪ In understanding ♪

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♪ I'm gonna stand by ♪ ♪ Brother and mommy ♪ ♪ Nobody ♪ ♪ No, no ♪

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♪ Brother and mommy ♪ ♪ We will ♪ ♪ I'm gonna stand by ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm gonna cheer up ♪

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♪ My brother ♪ ♪ My brother ♪ ♪ This is the start of the night ♪ ♪ We're gonna stand here ♪ ♪ We're gonna stand here ♪

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♪ Oh, this is the start of the night ♪ ♪ We're gonna stand here ♪ Let's all say Amen. Amen.

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We worship the Lord now in our giving. Let us all give liberally, lovingly, sacrificially as God has blessed us. giving is to God. God has given us the best in Jesus Christ. He has blessed every one of us and he has said in his word regarding our coming together for

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worship that we should not come before his presence empty. Let us give for the current expenses of the church. Let us give for mission causes. Our church is supported through tithes and offerings. Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the firstfruits of all thine increase. So shall thy bonds

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be filled with plenty and thy presses burst out with new wine. Let us pray. Bless us now dear Lord as we offer unto you self and substance. Use it to glorify your name we pray amen [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[Music] This evening at 6 o'clock there's a special program to be presented by the choir of the St. John Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, the Reverend M.L. Scott, the pastor. We encourage all of you to be here.

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I understand that they are to leave Dallas around 1 o'clock and they're expected here around 5 o'clock and they will eat. And after that, at 6 o'clock, present the program. So we would like for some of you to be here to greet them They may get here a little before five. You can never tell about that when you're coming in that manner

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So we trust that all of you will come back and bring your friends with you That we may have a great time in the Lord this evening here at six o'clock It saved a wretch like me. I

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Once was lost [ Music ] ♪ O say can you see, by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming ♪

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♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ But now I'm home ♪ ♪ What life, what love I see ♪ ♪ 'Twas grace that taught ♪

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♪ My heart to fear ♪ ♪ How great Thy will be ♪ ♪ How gracious Thee ♪ ♪ And great Thou wilt be ♪

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♪ Thee alone ♪ ♪ I'm not weary ♪ ♪ From any pain ♪ ♪ The storms and snares ♪

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♪ I have ♪ ♪ Forever ♪ ♪ We'll be gone ♪ ♪ As waves at night ♪

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♪ We'll take the storm ♪ ♪ And rest ♪ ♪ We'll be ♪ ♪ We'll be gone ♪

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♪ When we've been there ♪ ♪ Three thousand years ♪ ♪ Bright shining as the sun ♪ ♪ We've always came ♪

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♪ To sing God's praise ♪ ♪ I will be at His side ♪ - Let's just hum that softly. ♪ Mm-hmm, mm-hmm ♪

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[Humming] [HUMMING] [Humming] I call your prayerful attention to a passage of Scripture recorded in the

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book of Numbers chapter 22 verses 1 through 6. And the children of Israel set forward and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. And Balak, the son of Zipporah, saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

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And Moab was so afraid of the people because they were many. And Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, "Now shall this company lick up all that are around about us,

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the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balot the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pithor which is by the river of the land of the children of his people to call him saying, "Behold there is a people come out from Egypt, behold

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they cover the face of the earth and they abide over against me. Come now therefore I pray thee curse me this people for they are too mighty for me per adventure I shall fail that we may smite them and that I may drive them out of the land I want that he whom thou blesses is blessed and he whom thou

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curses is cursed." And in the 23rd chapter of Numbers the 20th verse Balaam answers Balak with these words, "Behold I have received a command to bless. God has blessed and I cannot revoke it." The subject of the message, when a curse becomes a blessing when a curse becomes a blessing. It is popular to pronounce a

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curse on those we do not like. We wish the worst that would happen that can happen would happen to them. We often call them unpleasant names and we seek to pronounce a curse upon them by asking God to damn them. Time and time again the The words are uttered, someone telling God to damn this person and to damn that person.

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They are words that are proclaimed not only privately but publicly and it seems in many ways they are becoming increasingly popular. They're words that are often used by many in an attempt to put spice into their speech, to express contempt for enemies by telling God to damn them.

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Since ancient times, cursing has been a popular way of dealing with our enemies. It's an easy way to express our anger, our displeasure, our contempt. People want to curse those whom they fear. We don't understand a certain person, and so it's a way of expressing that contempt.

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They make us uncomfortable and cause us to suffer. And so people wish to be rid of people like that. And so the best way for this to occur is to have a curse pronounced upon them. It's very important how we deal with our enemies, those who don't like us, those who are seeking

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to do us harm. Brother A.W. Jackson, a very popular layman in our state convention, used to say, he said, "You know I always pray for my enemies. Yes, I pray for my enemies every day. I pray that God will chip them up." Well that's quite a human reaction, that we want something bad to happen

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to our enemies. In fact there are many passages of Scripture that deal with this kind of attitude. Some are called the imprecatory Psalms where the one who's uttering the prayer is asking God to let something terrible happen to the enemy. A curse is wishing that something awful will happen to somebody that we

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are angry with, somebody we do not like. We want God to show his disfavor by doing something terrible to them, that they will be visited with some special kind of trouble. It may be sickness, may be disease, it may be calamity, or it may even be death. We ask God to do it because we know that if God does it

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there is nothing that any human being can do about it. So we want God to do it. But you see God is not manipulated by human whims. He's not subject to our our commands. We do not give him orders, he orders us. You know most of us would be in a terrible shape if God had damned us every time somebody told him to. Many of us wouldn't

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be here today. So it's important that we recognize that there are circumstances that that we recognize that there are circumstances we confront in human experience when efforts are taken,

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directed toward our destruction, that the plans may be well contrived, carefully scrutinized, the strategy may have been skillfully rehearsed,

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everything is set in order, that the curse that has been pronounced may be implemented, but something happens. And what was meant to be a curse

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becomes a blessing. There are stones put in our path. They were put there to cause us to stumble, but what the enemy intended as stumbling stones of defeat actually become stepping stones to success. That which was intended as a curse becomes a blessing.

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has good intentions. Israel is on the journey toward Canaan. As Israel nears the borders of Canaan, the opposition seems to be intensified. She engages in many battles and emerges victoriously. It seems that the closer we get to our goals the more determined and vicious the opposition becomes.

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Balak, the king of Moab, joins with the Midianites for the sole purpose of defeating Israel. Balak is disturbed by Israel's astonishing victories. Balak thought that he would employ God's help against Israel. He decides that he will employ God to do his dirty work. A lot of people think that they can get God to

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do that dirty work. And he wants God to express his disfavor against Israel. He wants God to bring misfortune to Israel. He wants God to curse Israel and to achieve his wish he sends messages to Balaam the prophet who lives some distance away. They are to make the journey at some 350 miles and they're

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given instructions to give the Prophet Balaam specific orders to come with them to Moab because Balak the king wants him to pronounce a curse upon Israel. Balak has said that Israel is too mighty for me and since they seem to be against me I want to have a curse pronounced against them I want you to bless me and

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curse them so often that's the way people look at life bless me and curse everybody else. Let the best happen to Moab and Midian and may the worst happened to Israel. Balaam was a prophet in the foreign land and he wasn't associated with Israel but he had a reputation of being honest, being

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truthful, and Balak had heard a great deal about Balaam and he says through the messengers as they arrived, "Look I know whom you bless will be blessed and those whom you curse will be cursed because you have a reputation of speaking the truth and we have a special request for you. This is that you will bless us

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and curse our enemies." The messengers carried with them certain rewards for the prophet. And you know the devil will pay us well in order to get us to do what he wants us to do. Balaam says to the messengers after he hears their request, he says, "Stay here tonight and let me inquire of the Lord." During the

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night God spoke to the prophet and said to him you shall not go with them you shall not curse the people for they are blessed. Now when does a curse become a blessing? First of all a curse becomes a blessing when life is committed to God When a life is committed to God, when we commit ourselves to goodness, forces of

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opposition will seek to pronounce a curse upon us. Moab and Midian may unite their forces against Israel, but Israel is not a victim of their intentions because Israel is committed to God and that which is committed to God is in God's hand and if we are in the hand of God who can pluck us out of the hand of

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God. The journey to the prophets house is intended to be one in which Israel is cursed but instead the Word of God is you shall not curse Israel because Israel is blessed. So when your life is committed to God when you have surrendered yourself to God and put yourself in the hands of God it doesn't

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matter how many people may intend for you to be cursed, that God can use those intentions which are evil, that God can somehow frustrate the efforts of our enemies and cause the curse to be a blessing. [BLANK_AUDIO]