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Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, they will be still praising thee. May we pray. Our Father in heaven, as we come before thee this morning in worship, we ask first that thy spirit will be with us.

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As we give praises, enlighten our minds and our hearts, that we may speak with thee in a way which is to thy loving. In the name of Jesus, we pray, amen. [ Music ]

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>> Now good morning all. And this morning I'd like each of you would get your read hymn book and find 411. Lift him up.

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[Music] And we're gonna stand and sing that together. My dears, I want to ask you to sing. As a church, we do not sing.

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You hear the radio and how we're singing. It's in a whiny way. We are a big church. And there's plenty of us here to sing and make the singing effect.

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Now let's sing a bit. [Music] We're all going to stand and sing. Now, the first we will sing two choruses. And we'll do the second verse. "Oh, the world is hungry for the living bread."

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Lift the Savior up for them to see. Trust Him and do not doubt the words that He said. I draw all men unto me. Say your words out. And remember that when you sing on Sunday morning, I don't get a chance to talk with you. But the singing is very poor. And our name goes out as a very poor singing church. At eight o'clock.

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uh, ministry on the radio. Now let's wake it up and and get into it. Don't expect the choirs to do everything. Let's sing as a church sometimes. [music] And then we all stand. [music] [music]

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[music] ♪ Make me proud ♪ ♪ There is peace in eternity ♪ ♪ And I, if I can make it up ♪

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♪ From the times of darkness come to me ♪ ♪ I have to say ♪ ♪ Make me proud ♪ ♪ And this is how it's done in our king ♪

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♪ I said I, if I be good enough ♪ ♪ I'll give you five dollars and one to me ♪ ♪ Oh the world is hungry ♪ ♪ For the meaning of what we sing ♪

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♪ And you'll see ♪ ♪ I'll sing ♪ ♪ And you'll learn a couple words ♪ ♪ And you'll say that I'm the one ♪

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♪ That you want to be ♪ ♪ And we'll go ♪ ♪ And we'll go ♪ ♪ And the streets will be tied up with me ♪

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♪ And the party will be loud ♪ ♪ And save our glorious country ♪ - Our scripture lesson is taken from the gospel according to Saint John 20, chapter 19

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through the 29th verses. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst

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and said unto them, peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.

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Then said Jesus to them again, peace be unto you, as my father has sent me, even send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them and saith unto them, receive ye the Holy Ghost.

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Whosoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. and whosoever sins ye retain, they are retained. But Thomas, one of the 12 called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.

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The other disciples therefore said unto him, we have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger

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into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within and Thomas with them, then came Jesus.

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The doors being shut and stood in the midst and said, "Peace be unto you." Then saith he to Thomas, "Reach hither thy finger "and behold my hands and reach hither thy hand

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"and thrust it into my side and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, "My Lord and my God."

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Jesus saith unto him, "Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed." May the Lord add a blessing to the reading and the hearing of his word.

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At this time, we'd like to extend an invitation for the altar prayer. Those of you who feel the need to have us pray together, please come to the front. [ Music ] [Music]

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[Music] Oh Father in heaven, as we come before thee this morning, we first ask that you would have thine own way within our hearts, our minds, and our souls. We're thankful, Heavenly Father, for the many blessings which you have bestowed upon us.

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As we go about our business, let it first be thy business. As we project the things that we want to do, may it first be our thoughts that we seek those things that you would have us do.

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Be with us, comfort us. Be thou our everlasting arm. We realize, oh Lord, that we often fall short of that which thy son Jesus taught.

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But help us to grow strong in thy grace, because thou art from everlasting and everlasting. Be with us in our thoughts as well as our deeds. Be with us as we trod the busy highways of life.

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Help us, O Lord, we pray, to seek that life which was offered by thy son, Jesus Christ. Help us to have a heart that is pure. Help us to have a heart that is forgiving.

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We come, O Lord, as humble as we know how, asking that you would bless us. We ask, O Lord, a blessing upon this church. We ask a special blessing this morning

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for he who is the shepherd of this flock. Wherever he is, watch over him that he might do thy will and thy work in a manner which will be pleasing unto thee.

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And may he return unto us full of the Holy Spirit and the knowledge which thou hast set there for him to reap. We pray for the sick, for the bereaved, for the disenfranchised. We ask a special blessing also, Lord, for those who come before thee this morning.

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And we ask it in the name of Jesus. Amen. [Music] [Music]

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[Music] I am the name. Holy and great. How can I be you?

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How can I be you? ♪ We will not sleep ♪ - Now my dears, I want you to sing once again and join in with us.

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We are going to sing the gospel spiritual song Soon and very soon we are going to see the king. Soon and very soon we are going to see the king We say that, then the last line is hallelujah.

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Hallelujah, we're going to see the king. Now join in with us. Let's have a little singing this morning. (upbeat music)

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Now let everybody sing. Let's all join in. Put your little bit in it now. Everybody, come.

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(upbeat music) ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪

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♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪

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♪ We're going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪

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♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪

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♪ We're going to see the Queen ♪ ♪ Should there be any difference ♪ ♪ We must know, should there be ♪ ♪ Any conflict, we must know ♪

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♪ God is the guide of the strength that we need ♪ ♪ Give us praise till we reach the other side ♪ ♪ Oh, soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪

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♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪ ♪ Soon and very soon ♪ ♪ We are going to see the King ♪

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♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ We're going to see the King ♪ (gentle music) (bell tolling)

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- Good morning. This is our announcement period. These announcements do not appear on your bulletin. Brother J.D. Williams is in Seton Hospital, room 532.

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Brother Reginald Coyle died in Washington, D.C. The address is 9100 St. Andrew's Place, College Park, Maryland, 20740. Also, Brother George Coyley is seriously ill in California.

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As I call the names of the visitors, will you please stand and remain standing until words of welcome have been extended? Mrs. Cleo Dunmore, Waco, Texas,

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visiting here with Sister Barbara Lee. Will Smith Lakey, Houston, Texas, visiting with Mrs. A.J. Randall. Oscar Kennedy, Lufkin, Texas,

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visiting with Mr. and Mrs. D.G. McGill. Are there other visitors in the audience? Will you please stand and give us your name and tell us where you're from? We're so happy to have you visit with us, and we're inviting you to come any time you can.

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Thank you. [Music] On behalf of Reverend Griffin, I'd like to personally extend to each of our visitors a hearty welcome and ask that any time that you're in the city, please feel free to come

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in and worship with us. At this time, we come to our tithes and offerings. That's the issues to come forward. And following the general offering, we'd like to ask you to respond to a situation of need.

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As we all know, there was a catastrophe in Wichita Falls here several days ago. We're asking that a special offering be given on behalf of the victims of that tornado in So following the general offering, would you kindly contribute as generously as you possibly can?

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Thank you. [music] Heavenly Father, bless us, we pray as we offer our gifts of sacrifice unto Thee. [MUSIC]

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Shower thy blessings upon us as we give, not selfishly but generously, oh Lord. [MUSIC] And in our giving, may we first of all give ourselves.

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In the name of Jesus, we ask it all, amen. [Music] (gentle music) (gentle music)

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(gentle music) (gentle music) (eerie music) (soft music)

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[Music] [Music] [Music] ♪ What dark day is this? ♪

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♪ How we shall find ♪ ♪ He is here to find ♪ [Music] This is the special offering for the Wichita Falls disaster.

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Thank you. [Music] [music] [music]

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[music] [Music] ♪ He will come and save you ♪ ♪ He will come and save you ♪

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♪ He will come and save you ♪ ♪ In the quiet moment ♪ ♪ In the heavenly ♪ ♪ Rhythm of singing ♪

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♪ I love thee ♪ - Our congregational hymn will be number 23, To God Be the Glory. Let us all stand and sing.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [CHOIR SINGING] ♪ To replicate soon has done ♪ ♪ So love to the world ♪

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♪ And give thanks to God ♪ ♪ Give thanks to God ♪ ♪ For all His blessings ♪ ♪ And all of the blessings ♪

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♪ They all bring for me ♪ Sing. [MUSIC - "RAISE THE BALLS"] ♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ He who was so good can never know ♪ ♪ Let the earth be filled with joy ♪

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- Now let us all sing the chorus. Everybody sing. Bring it out now, my dear, and sing. Praise the Lord.

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Sing, everybody. ♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let the earth be filled with joy ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪

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♪ Let the people rejoice ♪ ♪ Oh come to the Father ♪ ♪ Where he just last died ♪ ♪ And give him the glory ♪

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♪ He needs it most ♪ - Now you went through a cover, now I'm gonna play the piano with it and we're all gonna sing.

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Bring your voices out, Mo, my dear. You're singing very poorly. Come on, let your voices come out. Now sing along, but say it like you mean it, sing.

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♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let the earth hear His voice ♪ ♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ Let the world rejoice ♪

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♪ For the Lord is God ♪ ♪ And His kingdom comes ♪ ♪ And He will reign forevermore ♪ ♪ We sing this hymn of love ♪

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♪ Praise the Lord, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ He will be our God ♪ ♪ We sing of love, praise the Lord ♪ ♪ He will be our God ♪

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♪ Oh, how sweet the sound ♪ ♪ That saved a wretch like me ♪ ♪ I'll never forget ♪ ♪ Praise Him, He has died ♪

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