First Things First | Pastor Kevin Ross

bondage that we once was in. We thank you for that this morning. Thank you for favoring us to be in the land of the living. You woke us up this morning and started us on our way. You woke us up with a spirit in a heart that wants to praise and to worship you, to reference you. Hallelujah. And we love you, Lord. We honor you this morning because you are all that we need and more. And we thank you, God. We bless you this morning. Hallelujah. We ask that you have your way in this service on today. Have your way in every portion of our praise and our worship, in our song singing, in our dancing, in our instrument playing. God, have your way. Let your shakina glory fall on our spirits and in our hearts and in our minds. Oh, we [screaming] honor you this morning because you're wonderful. You're great and greatly to be praised. You're faithful in all your ways. And we thank you, Lord. We love you and we thank you for loving us. Hallelujah. Oh God, we pray for those that are on their way that you bring them safely into your house, God, to praise and to worship you. Help us to leave our cares at the at the altar this morning. Hallelujah. We'll praise and we'll worship you in spirit and in truth. Hallelujah. No weapon formed against us shall prosper on today. We'll glorify your precious and holy and righteous name because you are worthy and you have made us worthy to praise you. Oh God, we ask that you hallelujah have your way. Save someone today. Heal someone today. Deliver someone today in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Anoint our bishop. Hallelujah. as he brings forth the word today. God, anoint him from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet. Hallelujah. We lift up our first lady, God. Hallelujah. Touch her in her body like never before. Encourage her spirit and uplift her, God. Hallelujah. As you do what you do, as you heal, as you encourage, as you uplift, God. Hallelujah. Oh, God, we love you this morning. We honor you because you're wonderful, God. receive our praise and our worship today. Meet us here as you met the Samaritan woman at the well. God, we love you and we'll forever praise and worship you. We honor you in Jesus name. Amen. >> Amen. Praise the Lord, saints. >> Hallelujah. At this time we'll go uh before the Lord in our uh devotional reading our scripture. We'll be reading from the book of James chapter 1. James chapter 1 vers 19 through 27. James chapter 1 verses 19 through 27 beginning at verse 19. Wherefore my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. For the wrath of man workketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and sl superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any man be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetth what manner of man he was. But whosoever lookth into the perfect law of liberty, and continuth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. May God bless the reading of his word. Praise the Lord everybody. >> Hallelujah. >> Praise the Lord everybody. >> Hallelujah. >> This is a celebration. >> Tell your neighbor, say, "Neighbor, >> neighbor, >> ain't no party >> like a Holy Ghost party." >> Like a Holy Ghost party. >> Cuz the Holy Ghost party don't stop. >> Like a Holy Ghost party. >> Are you ready to celebrate? Say, "Bless the Lord." >> Bless the Lord with me. >> Bless the Lord. >> Bless the Lord with me. >> Come on and bless the Lord. >> Bless the Lord [music] with me. >> Come on. Come on. Bless the Lord. >> Bless the Lord [music and singing] with me. >> Say it again. Bless the Lord. >> Bless the Lord with me. Hey, >> bless [music] the Lord with me. >> I came to bless his name. >> Bless the Lord [music] with me. >> Bless him. >> Bless the Lord with me. >> Say hallelujah. Say it. >> Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. [music] >> Hallelujah. >> [music] >> Come on, put your hands together. Say, put your hands together. Get your praise on. Hey, clap your hands. Clap your hands with [music and singing] me. >> Come on. Clap your hands. Clap your hands with me. [music] >> Come on. Come on and clap them. >> Clap your hands with me. >> Hey, clap your hands [music] with me. >> Say, clap your hands. >> Clap your hands with [music] me. >> Clap your hands. >> Clap your hands with me. >> Woo! Give him praise. >> [music] >> your hands. Hallelujah. >> Say hallelujah. Say >> hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. [music] >> Say hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. [music] >> Put your hands together. Come on and put your hand together. [music] Come on and worship him. >> Do your dance. Hey, >> do your dance [music] with me. >> Say, do your dance. >> Do your dance [music] with me. >> Come on. Do your dance. >> Do your dance. >> Come on, Dr. Sykes. Do your dance. Say hallelujah. Say >> hallelujah. [music and singing] >> Heylujah. [music] >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] [singing] >> Come on, put your hand together. Hey, come on and get your praise on. >> Say hallelujah. Say >> hallelujah. [music and singing] >> Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. [music] >> Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. [music and singing] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music and singing] >> Say hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. [music] >> Hey. Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Say hallelujah. [music] >> Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. [music and singing] >> Say hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music and singing] >> Hallelujah. >> He's good. >> Hallelujah. >> He's good. >> Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. >> Hallelujah. Thank you Lord Jesus. >> Hallelujah. >> Bless your name. >> Thank you Jesus. >> Thank you Lord. >> I love you. I love you. [singing] Yeah, I love you Lord [singing] today because you care for me [singing] in such a special That's why I praise you. [music] >> Hallelujah. >> Yes. >> I lift you up. >> And I magnify. I magnify [music] your name. >> Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. That's why >> my heart [singing] is filled with praise. Come on, sing it with me. I love you. I love [singing] you. >> I love you, Lord. >> I love you, Lord, today. >> I love you, Lord, today. >> Cuz you cared for me. [singing] because you care for me [music] >> such a special way. Such a special way. >> And that's why I praise [singing] you. >> I lift you up. >> I [music] lift you up. >> I magnify your name. >> Magnify your name. >> That's why Sing it again. I love you. I love you. I love you. Ha. I love >> I love you, Lord, today. >> I love you, Lord, >> cuz you cared for me. >> Huh? in such a [music] special way. >> That's why I praise [singing and music] you high. >> I lift you up. >> I magnify your name. That's why [music] >> with >> Come on, tell them my heart. Oh my heart, >> my [music] heart, >> my mind, >> my soul [music] belongs to [singing] you. >> My soul belongs to you. >> Your faith will rise for me. [music] Oh, [music and singing] way back on your I lift you up. >> I lift you up. Impy [music] your name. My my my [music] heart is fil. >> Come on and tell them again. I love you. I love you. Hey, >> I love you. [music and singing] >> I love you, Lord. today. [music and singing] >> You cared for me. [music] >> So I I pray >> I lift you up. >> I lift you up. I [music and singing] magnify your name. >> Magnify your name. That's why my heart is [music] filled with >> That's why my heart That's why my heart is fil. That's why my heart is fil. >> You've been so good. You've been so kind to me. That's why my heart is fil. The doctor said I wasn't going to make it, but you raised me up. >> That's why I >> You've been so good. You've been so good. >> That's why Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Thank you Lord. >> Hallelujah. >> My heart we magnify. Oh, you are worthy. That's why you worthy of the glory. >> Hallelujah. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Hallelujah. >> That's why my heart [singing] is fil. >> That's why >> my heart is filled. >> My heart is filled. That's why my heart is filled with her. You've been so good. >> You rescued me. You are what you are. >> That's why my heart >> is filled with praise. >> Hallelujah. >> Thank you, Lord. Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Come on and worship him. >> Come on and magnify him. >> Hallelujah. >> Come on and give him praise. >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> Look back over your life. >> How he saved you. >> How he delivered you. >> How he brought you out. Oh God. Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> You're worthy of the praise. >> Worthy of the glory. For you are great. That's why my heart is filled with praise every day. >> That's why >> my heart is here. >> Hallelujah. >> You've been so good. >> So good. >> You've been so kind. [music] >> Thank you, Lord. >> Hallelujah. That's why [singing] my heart is filled >> filled with praise. [singing] >> Hallelujah. [laughter] >> Thank you, Lord. >> That's why my heart >> is filled. >> That's why [music and singing] That's why >> with praise, praise. Praise. Hallelujah. >> That's why >> my heart >> is filled >> is filled [singing] >> is filled >> with praise. [music] Hallelujah. >> [music] >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> Thank you, Jesus. >> Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. [singing] >> Thank you, Jesus. Lord, >> while you're still on your feet. >> Thank you, Lord. >> Thank you. >> The Lord has done so much for us. >> Thank you, Jesus. He caused us to wake up this morning. >> Thank you, Jesus. >> Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for another day, Lord. Hallelujah. [cheering and applause] >> Hallelujah. >> And when he woke us up, he woke us up with purpose. >> You hear what I say? He He woke us up with purpose, something to do. >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. >> And I praise him. I praise him. >> Thank you, Lord. >> I lift him up. >> I magnify his name. Hallelujah. [music] >> Hallelujah. >> That's why my heart overruns. My heart is filled with praise. Hallelujah. [music] Thank you Jesus. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to your name oh God. Thank you oh God. Hallelujah. Bless the name God. Hallelujah. Thank you Lord. Thank you. [music] >> And you know what? He gets sweeter as the days go by. Sweeter as the days go by. Richer, fuller, deeper. Jesus love is sweeter, sweeter as the days go by. Oh, he gets sweeter as the days go by. sweet as the days go by. >> He gets richer, fuller, deeper. Jesus love is sweeter. He's sweeter as the day goes by. >> Oh. Oh, he is sweeter as the days go by. Sweeter as the days go by. It's richer, fuller, [music] sweeter. Jesus love is sweeter, sweeter the day. Oh, it gets sweeter as the days go by. Sweeter as the days go by. Oh, richer, [music] fuller, deeper. Jesus, love is sweeter. Sweeter as the day go by. Yes. Sweeter as the days go by. Twitter as the days go by. It gets richer, fuller, deeper. [music] Jesus love is sweeter as the day go by. Yes. Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Sweet. >> Glory to your name. Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. >> Hallelujah. >> Thank the Lord. Thank the Lord. >> Thank you, Jesus. >> He never He said, I will never leave you. >> Never. >> Nor will I forsake you. He said, I'll be with you >> till the end. >> I'll be with you till the end. >> Hallelujah. Thank you Lord. >> Thank you Lord. >> God bless you. You may be seated. >> Thank you Lord. >> Hallelujah. >> Those are my words for the day. You know but there there's so many songs that stir my heart. >> Come on. >> And I thank the Lord. that I grew up in a sanctified church. >> Yes. Yes. >> Hallelujah. >> Now, when when we grew up when we were were little people, we were in the sanctuary with the big people. >> Come on. >> And our little ears >> were taking in the goodness of God. >> Yes. >> Hallelujah. I bless the Lord. Hallelujah. >> I bless the Lord at all times and his praise >> shall continually be in my mouth. I learned that in church. >> Hallelujah. >> Thank you, Jesus. >> Hallelujah. >> Thank you, Lord. >> Amen. I'm going to sit down. >> Hallelujah. >> I I didn't come to preach Minister Bruce. All right. We have another preacher today. >> Thank the Lord. So I'm going to just at this point I'm going to call for the music the praise team. >> All right. Receive them as they come in Jesus name. [applause] >> Praise the Lord everybody. >> Hallelujah. >> I'm going to ask you to get up on your feet and go and greet at least two or three people that you didn't come with. >> Amen. Sometimes we need a fellowship. We need to hug and tell somebody, "I love you. [music] Hey, hey, hey. >> [music] >> All right. All right. >> Deacon Sordon, come on back up here and help us. I know. >> Here we go. Here we go. The Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary. Pure and holy. >> Pure and holy. tried, >> tried and true. >> And with thanksgiving, >> with thanksgiving, [music] >> I'll be a living >> sanctuary, >> sanctuary for you. >> Say it again. Say it again. >> Be a sanctuary. >> Pure and holy, >> pure and holy. >> Trying. >> Try and >> with thanksgiving. With thanksgiving, [music] I'll be a living >> sanctuary. >> Sanctuary for you. >> Say yes. [music] >> Yes. >> Yes. [music] Yeah, yeah, yeah. [music] Woo. >> Say, Lord, the Lord prepare me >> to be a sanctuary. Pure and holy, >> pure and holy, >> tried, >> tried and true. and spirit. I'll be [music] a living >> sanctuary. >> Sanctuary for you. >> Say yes. [music] Yeah. >> Say yes. [music] >> Oh yeah. >> Yeah. [music] Say, Lord, prepare me [music] to be a sanctuary. Pure and holy, >> tried and true, >> tried and true. [music] With thanksgiving, >> I'll be a living >> sanctuary. >> Sanctuary for you. >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. Yeah. >> Come on and put your hands together. Come on and bless the Lord. >> Hallelujah. >> He's worthy. >> Oh, prepare us, God. >> He worthy. >> Prepare us, God. >> He's worthy. Yes. >> Hallelujah. >> What a mighty God. >> Hallelujah. >> Thank you, Jesus. >> Mighty God is he. >> Someone said, "When I think of the goodness, Lord >> of Jesus. >> Thank you, Lord. >> And all that he's done for me." >> Yes, Lord. >> Today, >> my soul cries out, >> "Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> It didn't have to save me. So I say hallelujah. >> Thank God for saving me. Thank you music ministry. Thank you so much. Such a blessing. Thank you. Praise team. >> Say praise the Lord everybody. >> Hallelujah. For this is a day that the Lord has made, and I will rejoice. >> I will rejoice >> and be glad in it. >> I give glory and honor to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I give great honor to our bishop and our pastor, Bishop Arlingham Alexander Jr. Amen. Giving honor to our first lady, Pastor Bobby Battle Alexander, great woman of God. To all of the ministers and saints, friends, those watching us by live stream, we say praise the Lord. I want to give a shout out to Wednesday night Bible study. >> I want to tell you, if you're missing that, you are missing >> a blessing. Uh this this Wednesday, Minister Terry Edwards, she told us that God sees us. talked about Ishmael which mean God sees somebody that was born into a bad situation and God says I see and I'm going to help you. >> Yesterday I had the opportunity to talk to one of my nephews. He's in prison. They gave him a life sentence. I don't know if it's with uh with or without the possibility of parole. I don't know. He's been in almost 20 years now. But we talked yesterday and he was telling me, "God is doing this and God is doing that and God is blessing me and God is opening up doors for me." See, now he's guilty. He did. He did the crime and he'll tell you openly. But God sees him, Minister Terry, and God is helping him. So, let me encourage you today. If you find yourself in what seems to be an impossible situation, know that God sees you. and that he is going to help you. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this time together. We thank you for your presence that we've already felt in this place. We thank you for that, Father. We pray that you would minister to us as we look into your word. We give you the praise. We give you the glory in Jesus name. Amen. Praise the Lord everybody. Amen. Amen. Amen. >> The Lord put in my heart the message he gave me was pretty simple. He said, "First things first." Putting first things first. Turn to ma to Matthew chapter 6 verse 33. Putting first things first. 633 says, "But seek ye first." Hey, >> seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Thank you. >> Say, "And all these things shall be added." You don't have to worry about the things. But he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness." The Amplified said, "But seek ye for aim at and strive after first all of God's kingdom and his righteousness. His ways of doing and being right and all of the other things that you need will be added to you will be given to you besides saints. As I thought about it, the Lord put it into my heart. Saints, we need to live as if we knew Jesus were coming today. We need to be rapture ready >> at all times. >> But we need to plan for our homes, our jobs, our education, our finances as if Jesus were never coming back. That's what I call balance. >> We got to be ready, saints. >> We need to be ready, saints. He's coming back >> and we've got to be ready. We've got to put first things first. Bobby McFro and the song said, "Don't worry, be happy." Prophetic word, I believe. Bishop, >> don't worry. be happy >> if we will do what Jesus said do first. We don't have to worry. We don't have to fret. We don't have to walk the floor. We don't have to stay awake at night. >> All we have to do is do what Jesus said and don't worry. Be happy. If we do that, everything else that we need will fall into proper alignment according to the word of God. I was I was thinking that we all have the list. Either we have it written down or we have it tucked away in our mind. The list and you might wonder what is the list? The list is the minimum requirement of what it's going to take to make me be happy. And whether we tell anybody about the list, we all have a list. And there's several questions about the list that needs to be answered. One, what is on my list? Ladies, you might have on your list. I want a husband. I want him to be 6 foot tall with a six-pack, handsome, good job, good car, lots of money. And brothers, you might have on your list. My list, she just walked in. Come on now. He scores. Yes, sir. [applause] >> And gentlemen, you might have on your list. I want to marry a fine looking woman, long hair. I can run my fingers through her her 10 inches of weave. So my wife, she cut hers. Now I have to run my hair through her quarter inch. But that's all right. It's still good to me. I want lots of money. I want new clothes. I want a good job. And on and on and on. The question is, have I Second question is, have I properly prioritized my list? >> What's important to me? Do I want stuff and fluff or do I want the things about the kingdom of God? The third and final question I believe is the most important question. Does my list line up >> with the word of God? He said, "Seek ye first the kingdom, and all of the other things that we worry about shall be added." Turn in your Bibles, if you will, to Matthew chapter 6, if you're not already there. Matthew chapter 6. We'll look at verse 28. It says, "And why take ye thought for rain. Consider the liies of the field how they grow. They neither toil nor do they spin. And yet I say unto you that not Solomon, even Solomon in all of his glory was arranged like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothed the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more take or clothe you, oh ye of little faith? Then it says, "Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewith all shall we be clothed?" Says, "For after these things do the Gentiles seek." This is the part I like. For your father, your heavenly father, he knoweth what you have need of, and that you need these things. And then he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all of the other things that you need shall be added." So he says in our checks, Jesus said, "Consider the lily of the field, he toils not. He doesn't have a job. He doesn't spin. He doesn't make material to make clothing for himself." But he said, "Yet Solomon in all of his splendor and all of his glory, all of his robes and all of his jewelry was not arrayed as one of these." says, 'I want you to consider that the liies and the grass of the field are here today and cast into the fire tomorrow. But then he says, how much more valuable are you to the father than flowers and grass? How can you worry about how God is going to take care of you, oh ye of little faith? He said, "And our God shall supply all of your needs, all of your problems, all of your struggles according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." He says, "Take no thought. If you are, if we are the children of God, if we are believers, then seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all of the stuff shall be added unto us. Turn in your Bibles to Romans chapter 12. Romans chapter 12. God said, "I want you to assure the people in these difficult and crazy times. You don't have to worry. You don't have to be afraid. You don't have to fret. You don't have to walk the floor at night." He says, "I will take care of my people. I will give them everything that they need. I'll open every door. I'll make every way. I will supply >> your need. It says in Romans 12, it says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service, and be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> By the renewing of your mind, >> that you may prove what is that good >> and acceptable >> and perfect will of God. If I am going to put first things first, if I am going h to seek what God has for me, first I've got to change how I think. Romans says, "I beseech you. I'm asking you. I'm begging you by the mercies of God to present your body a living sacrifice." >> Saints, we've got to mortify the deeds of our flesh. See, my flesh wants to act crazy. My flesh wants to do whatever it wants to do. But God says, you've got to mortify >> the flesh. In other words, get the sin out of your life. Right. >> He said, "Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service, no more than what you ought to do." And it says, "Be not conformed to this world. One translation said, "Be not squeezed into the world's mode, into the world's way of thinking and living." We've got to be changed. And then it says, "And be ye transformed, changed, hasha, by the renewing of your mind through the word of God." We've got to change how we're thinking. We've got to change how we're living. said that we might prove that we might show what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Now, the perfect will of God, that's the goal. I don't know if we ever actually get to living the perfect will of God, but I am in pursuit of holiness. I'm in pursuit of righteousness. I am in pursuit of the perfect will of God. >> See, if we will allow the Lord to take us through that transition from being cornerally minded, cornerally thinking and changed into being kingdom- minded, >> kingdom thinking. >> We will put first things first. We will seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness and we will find that everything that we need in life shall be added unto us. So the question remains, how do I seek first the kingdom of God? If you're taking notes, you might want to write this down. Number one, spend time in his presence. Spend time worshiping God, fellowshipping with God. There are times when I spend time just worshiping him. Jaba, I'm not asking him for anything. I'm not telling him about my troubles, but I am worshiping him, spending time in his presence. Number two, spend time in the word of God. Said, "Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee." Sometimes we have to turn off the TV, the computer, our cell phone, and open up our Bible and get in the word of God. Thirdly, I've got to push my plate back. Spend time in fasting and in prayer. Staying on my face. We used to call it eating carpet. >> Staying in the presence of God. Calling on the name of Jesus. Interceding. I remember when I was a young boy, sometimes my parents and my grandparents would pray all night and I say, "Lord, please make them stop. I'm trying to rest. I got to see my cartoons in the morning cuz Saturday morning's coming around and they would be praying all night." And I remember my grandmother after a while she would do like this. She just slap smack her lips. She says, "Oh, he's sweet. It's so sweet. So sweet." And when I became an adult, I find myself in the midnight hours. Bishop said, "Oh, he's sweet. Calling on the name of the Lord. eat a carpet >> on my face >> like my grandmother and my grandfather and my mother and my father seeking the face of God calling on the name of Jesus. Show up for the fellowship of the saints. show up for Bible study, giving my tithes and my offering, seeking the face of God. Turn in your Bibles to Deuteronomy the 2 chapter. I'm sorry, the 28th chapter. That's that's what I meant. Deuteronomy the 28th chapter. Got to find it myself. Here it is. The 28th chapter. It says verse one is what I want. I'm almost there. Here it is. Here it is. He says, "And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently," say diligently, " >> Diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all of his commandments, which I have commanded thee this day, that the Lord thy God shall set thee on high above all nations, s of the earth. And all of these blessings shall come on you and overtake you if thou shalt hearken diligently. Ha, diligently unto the face of the Lord. And so here in the text, the Lord is saying, "If you'll put me first, if you'll seek me first, if you'll make me the first thing, if you'll trust me and obey me," the Lord says, "I'll command the blessing to come on you and overtake you. I'll bless you in the city. I'll bless you in the field. I'll bless you coming in. I'll bless you going out. I'll bless your fields. I'll bless your crop. >> I'll bless you when you rise up. I'll bless you when you when you lay down. And everything that you put your hands to will prosper. The nations will call you blessed. So saints, we've got to make it up in our mind today that I'm going to put uh the first things first. I'm going to seek God first. We've got to make it up in our minds that I'm going to trust in God. I'm going to seek God >> and his righteousness. and all the things that you need shall be added. >> If you need healing, >> seek the kingdom. >> If you need deliverance, >> seek the kingdom and his king. If you need a breakthrough in your life, seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness. If you need prosperity, seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness and his holiness and his salvation and everything else that you need is going to be added. it unto you. Nothing broken and nothing missing. I declare to you today that you can trust in God. You can believe in God. You can rely on God. If you'll put God first, if you'll put first things first, if you'll seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, everything that you need, everything that you require, everything that you hope for will be given unto you. >> Hallelujah. >> Saints, we need to be ready. Jesus could come any day. The signs are all around us. Earthquakes and disasters and devastations and fires and wars and rumors of wars. The Bible says he's coming as a thief in the night. and saints. I want to hear him say, "Well done, >> my good and faithful servant." Hasha, >> you sought me first. You put me first. You trusted in me. I say, "Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the presence of the Lord. Enter into the glory of the Lord. I've got to make it, saints. We've got to make it. He's coming back. Be ye also ready. >> Put the first things first. Seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things. Everything that you need. Don't worry about who's in the White House. or the outhouse. >> But know that our God shall supply all of our needs >> according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus if we'll seek ye first the kingdom of God. Bishop [applause] >> [cheering] >> The message has been laid before us clearly. And I want to know what you want to do about it. Let us all stand. I'm going to ask us all to come to the altar. Let us all come to the altar. Come on down. Come. Come. Come closer. Come closer. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Jesus. Young man, >> come on. Come. Come on down. Come close. I want you to be able to hear me. >> Matthew 6:33 says, "But seek ye first." >> Seek first. >> Put all things aside. >> Yes, sir. Because you've got to meet Jesus >> when he comes. We don't have time to waste. Said, "Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness." his righteousness. >> And he said, "I guarantee you >> that all things shall be added unto you." >> Said, "The only thing you need to do is seek me." >> And when you seek me, seek me with all your heart, >> with all your soul, with all your might. >> Go before his face and tell him, "Lord, I need you. I recognize that I need you. I need your help. >> And the Lord is saying, "Are you ready?" >> Are you ready? >> He said, "I behoove you. I challenged you. I challenge your feelings in your body, >> in your mind. He said, "Are you ready to do the first thing?" >> Thank you, Jesus. >> Help us, oh God. Help us, oh Lord. Now, I'm going to give you >> some from you, Lord. >> Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. I >> I want to tell you I want to tell you of something that transpired in our house when I was growing up. There were 16 of us. >> And when we got ready to go to church, my father said, "You're making me late for Sunday school." He said, "When I leave, when I leave out of the door in the back going to the garage, everybody who's going to go is going to have to be in the car when I get in it." [singing] >> And he said, "I'm not going to wait. >> See, see the law, >> he laid the law down. He says, "I'm leaving. I'm backing out of the garage and I'm taking off. And if you're not in the car, you got to walk. >> Well, you can't walk to heaven. >> You got to be ready. >> Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. >> Are you ready? We need [singing] >> seek >> first. >> Seek first >> the kingdom of God [singing and music] and all these things will be added unto you. We lift our [singing] hands and bow our knees. >> I'm calling for repentance. >> The Lord is calling for repentance. >> The Lord says you can't go to heaven just because you want to. >> Yes, you can want to, but you got to put forth some effort. You got to stop doing some stuff. >> Seek seek him. >> Seek him. >> Seek his will. Seek his way. >> Hallelujah. Hallelujah. >> Lift. [singing] >> Come on. Open your heart. Open your heart and worship at your throne. [singing] We need you, Lord. >> We need you, Lord. >> Confess. Confess. Yes. We need you, Lord. >> We need you. [singing] >> We need you, Lord. >> Need you, Lord. >> Right. [singing] >> Right now. right now. We [singing and music] need you. >> Need you, Lord. >> We need you, Lord. >> Need you, Lord. [singing] >> Right now. [music] [singing] and worship. >> Worship at your throne. Hallelujah. [singing] Come on, worship God. Worship God. >> We need you, Lord. >> Admit our need. >> We need you, Lord, [singing and music] right now. >> Right now. Need you, Lord. I need you, Lord, >> right now. I need you, Lord. >> Need you, Lord, right now. [music] >> And worship at your throne. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Come on, cry out to him. Hallelujah. Help us, Lord. Help us, Lord. >> Help us to be ready. >> Hallelujah. >> We need you, Lord. We need you, Lord, right now. >> Need you right now. >> Oh, [singing] we need you, Lord. >> Need you, Lord. >> We need you, Lord. >> Need you right now. [singing] We [music] lift our [singing] hand and bow our knee and worship at your throne. >> We need you, Lord. >> We need you. >> We need you >> right now. >> Right now. Oh, we need you, Lord. We need you, Lord, >> right now. [singing] >> We need you, Lord. >> We need you, Lord, right? [music] right now. Oh, we lift our hands and bow and worship your throne. >> We need you, Lord. We need you, Lord, right [singing] now. >> Right now. >> Now, can I tell you The Lord is coming. >> And we know not when. >> Scripture said he's coming as a thief and a robber and night. You know when somebody break in your house and steal your stuff while you sleep, the Lord's coming just like that. [music] >> Catch up the church >> and everybody who's not in the number >> will be lost forever. There'll not be another bus coming back. >> All right. >> The Lord's not going to make another turn to come back and get those who are lost. Is there anybody here today who want to receive baptism? If you've not been baptized, there anyone here who wants to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, which is what you need to get to to heaven. That's the key to get to heaven. >> Thank you, Jesus. All right. >> Thank you, Jesus. Thank you Jesus. You may be seated. We need you right now. Well, I'm going to admonish you if you didn't feel what you needed to feel to come. >> Yes. >> To be right and ready for the Lord. Don't stop. >> That's right. >> Unless you want to be left behind. You hear what I say? All right. Now, we're in the hands of our minister Bruce Sordon. >> Amen. Amen. Seek ye first >> the kingdom of God >> and his righteousness >> and everything you need will be added. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah. That refer to our everyday life. Lord said, "Bring all your tithes and offering into my storehouse that there may be meat in my house." Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. The Lord want us to trust him. >> Try him. Hallelujah. He can't fail. He cannot fail. Hallelujah. >> He cannot fail. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. But we can fail if we don't pay our tithe. >> Hallelujah. We can fail if we don't give our offering. Hallelujah. You're going to walk around with holes in your pocket. >> Hallelujah. I don't care how much money you make. You don't pay your tithe and offering, you ain't going to have none of it left. Hallelujah. >> So the Lord want us to be obedient to his word. Pay our tithes, saints, and watch the Lord work in our lives. Watch how the Lord will open up a window and pour out a blessing that we're going to have room to receive. Watch the Lord to open doors for each and every one of us. Doors that we try to open but we cannot. But he will open those doors for us and pour out a blessing that we won't have room to receive him. So let's let's test the Lord. Let's try him. Step out on faith. Hallelujah. That's what it's all about. Faith. He said, "Give, and it shall be given back to you >> with good measures, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall men give unto their bosom." >> So stand with me, saints. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I'm not going to rush. I'm going to take my time with this offering. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [music] Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. If everyone is ready, hold your offering up. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let's wave our offering to the Lord. Let's wave our offering to the Lord. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Father, in the name of Jesus, Lord God, we come this morning, Lord God, bringing our substance to you, Lord God, as you have given unto us, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God, we come this morning, [music] standing, Lord God, standing on your word, standing on your promises, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God, you said your word, Lord God, without turning to you, Lord, that it would do, Lord God, what it was set out to accomplish, Lord God, in the name of Jesus, Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord. We trust you Lord God in Jesus' name. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. And amen. Do we now bring your offering [music] in the season? The devil is defeated. We are blessed. We're blessed in the city. We're blessed. >> We're blessed when we conquer where we go. We cast down every stronghold. Sickness and poverty must cease. For the devil is [music] defeated. We are blessed. We're blessed in the city. We're blessed in the field. We're blessed when we come [music] and when we go. We cast down every stronghold. Sickness in poverty will s the devil is defeated. We are. [music] Yes, we are. We're blessed when we come. [music] When we go. When we come. When we go. cast out every stronghold. >> Let's raise our hands toward the offering in Jesus [music] name. Father we thank you for this offer that we have received Lord God in Jesus name. We ask you to bless it multiply Lord God. Let it continue to meet the needs Lord God. In Jesus name that [music] souls will continue to Lord God to be saved here Lord God in Jesus name. Jesus name we pray. Amen and amen. [music] Hallelujah. >> If he clothed at the liies with beauty and splendor, how much more does he love us? How much more [music] does he love us? If he cares for the sparrow, all of these, how much more does he love us? How much more char you are enough. Come on Char, you are enough and I will be content in every circumstance because Char is enough. [screaming] Char, you are enough. Char, you are enough. And I will be content [music] with every circumstance. Char, you are love. Come on. If he clothe the lily with beauty and splendor, how much more does he love us? How much more does he love us? If he watches the sparrow, yes, every sparrow, how much more does he love us? How much more does he love us? We're seeking the kingdom. Hey, we're seeking the kingdom. Seeking the kingdom. We're seeking the kingom. We're seeking the kingom. We're seeking [music] the kingom. Seek ye first the kingdom of God. Everything will be added. Hallelujah. Let's give the Lord a hand praise. Hallelujah. Thank the Lord. Let us let us stand. I want to re I mean I want I don't want to recommend I want to appreciate >> the music the Lord has given us. >> Come on somebody. Did you all enjoy the music? >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Amen. All right. Now, we're going to we're ready to go. Minister Marilyn. >> Amen. Praise the Lord. Amen. God has been praised in this place. So, come on. Let's stand in our feet and get ready to go home. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. >> I am determined. I know Jesus. Yes, I am. I'm determined to walk with Jesus. Yes, I am. >> Through hard, trials, tribulation, persecution, [music] obviously. >> I'm determined to walk with you. Yes, I am. >> Walker to walk with you. >> Yes, I am. >> Walk with me. Walk with me. All >> while I'm on this pilgrim jour. I want Jesus to walk [music] with me. >> Hold my hand. >> Hold my hand, Lord. >> Don't let me go. >> Hold my hand. >> Hold my hand, [music] Lord. >> Hold my hand. >> Hold my hand. What I'm >> What I'm pilgrim >> keep me on. >> What I'm [music] >> Jesus. >> I'm seeking your kingdom. Keep me keep me on Jesus journey. >> I want Jesus to walk away. [music] >> Come on, hang with the Lord. [music] For real. >> For real. >> You won't