10am Service March 22, 2026

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 >> Greetings and welcome to the First Baptist Church of Glenn Arden International. My name is Chris Richardson. I am hog happy and peacock proud that you are here with us today. We want to know where you're tuning in from. Would you tell us in the chat what city, what state, what country that you are repping in the chat.

And last week they did something for the school, so we're going to say shout out your school, too. Okay, for the youth and the young people. Now, listen. I don't do this every week or every month by myself. I am joined by the baddest co-host on this side of Zion.

That is the one and the only we call her LL. They call me the mayor and the minister, but last month Pastor KD talking about you you didn't call yourself Anyway, let me digress so I don't get in trouble. Anyway, I'm joined by the baddest co-host and I mean the baddest, Latricia Lofton.

What's up? What's up, MAYOR? MINISTER? WHAT'S UP? YOU GUYS, I SEND HIM A CELL YOU KNOW EVERY EVERY TIME FOR that wonderful introduction. Thank you, brother. How you? You know what? Last week someone came up to me and was like, "Y'all are so like brothers and sisters." I was like, "He is my brother.

I receive that." So I love that. So anyway, happy Sunday, you guys. Happy Sunday. We so happy to be here with you. How you doing? >> 
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 >> So guess what? We're excited about all of you who have joined us. Y'all on stateside, Florida, New York, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, South Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, California.

Come on now. Y'all are up early. They are early. EVEN REPRESENTING INTERNATIONALLY. COME ON NOW. I NEED TO BE THERE. BARBADOS, PANAMA, JAMAICA, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Mexico, Norway, and the list goes on and on. >> We're so honored y'all. We're so honored. We we we we love worshiping with you.

And but before we go any further about what happens today, why don't we run it back? >> 
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 >> Say you're so good. Say Ooh. You're so good. Yeah. Come on somebody. No weapon, no lie that they tell, no effort that they try to do, nothing. When God has a purpose and has an assignment for you, you can do what God has called you to do.

STOP OH, NO. >> 
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 >> DON'T LET WHAT THEY SAY STOP YOU FROM CARRYING OUT WHAT GOD has for you. SAY, "OH, NO." COME ON SOMEBODY. LET'S SAY "OH, NO." Let's make a song. Oh, no. Oh, no. I ain't coming down. Oh, no. I ain't stopping. Oh, no. I'm not going to get defeated.

Oh, no. I'm not going to slow down. I'm going to do what God anointed me to do, CALLED ME TO DO, GAVE ME A PASSION TO DO, GAVE ME possibilities and opportunities to do. I AIN'T GOING TO LET NO PLAYER HATER STOP ME. OH, NO. COME ON FAMILY.

Turn to your neighbor and say, "Oh, no. Oh, no." OH, NO. I'M NOT COMING DOWN. OH, NO. I'm not stopping. Oh, no. You know, I'm about to put that on my refrigerator. Oh, no. It's them player haters. >> 
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 >> It's them player haters. The player haters. And then he had some other peas cuz you know don't play with our pastor.

Oh, I hear my peas popping. Passion, passion, possibilities, provision, player. Uh-huh. Player haters. And partners. Yeah, and and partners. Come on now, PASTOR JENKINS. AND THE GOOD NEWS FAMILY for those of you who missed it, guess what? You can still go catch it cuz you can go to our website.

Yep. fbcglenarden.org/messages. Don't play with it. >> Come on now. Look at you. Amen. Amen. Amen. So, let's talk about today. We're excited about it. It's a big day today here at this church. That's right. Because it is missions. Missions Sunday. Shout out to the missions folks who serve in the missions ministry. >> Absolutely.

We are so proud of them and we thank them for their sacrifice that they do to serve others who are in need when, you know, putting down their good comfort of living to go serve others who need that. Amen. And so, what what a blessing to be a part of a church that that's a huge part of who we are.

You know, that's our pastor's heart. You know what I'm saying? Being the hands and feet of Jesus. And so, we shout you out to our missions department and we're going to hear more about that throughout service. And so, wow, our time is slipping away. Absolutely. Everyone is getting ready.

The singers are getting ready. The musicians are getting ready. You know, the ushers the prison ushers getting ready. And you are getting ready. Tell a friend, y'all. >> It's time for church. >> 
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 >> Hallelujah to the name of our God. Glory to our God. Our God Jehovah. Glory to our God Jehovah.

Jehovah Jireh, our provider. Hallelujah. 
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 Glory to the God who's delivered us. Glory to the God who's opened doors for us, who's made ways for us. Hallelujah. I came with a praise on my lips and a praise in 
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 my spirit. Father, come into this place and inhabit our praise.

We want to praise you in your presence. We want to worship you in your presence. We want to bow down before your majesty. Come into this place. Let us hear from you and hear us as we praise you. Hallelujah. You're worthy. We come to declare that you are worthy.

Glory, glory, glory. >> 
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 >> It's an easy song. Just sing with us. Lord, 
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 you're worthy. And we give And we give you the praise.

Always making a way. Always making a 
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 you're worthy. And we give And we give you Now let us sing. Lord, you're faithful. Lord, you're faithful. And we give And 
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 we give you the praise. Sing, Lord, you're faithful.

Lord, you're faithful. And we give And we 
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 give you the praise. Always making a way. Always making a way. And 
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 And we give And we give you the praise. Everybody clap your hands. Everybody clap 
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Yeah. Take me up here to sing, Lord, you're 
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 holy. Lord, you're holy. And we give And we give you the praise. Sing, 
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Sing, Lord, you're holy. Lord, you're holy. And we give And 
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Always making a way. >> 
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 you the praise. Everybody clap your hands. Clap, clap, clap, clap. Come on. Clap, clap, clap, clap, 
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 Lord, you're awesome.

Lord, you're awesome. And we give And we give you the praise. Lord, 
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 you're awesome. Lord, you're awesome. And we give And we give you the praise. Always making a way. Always making 
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 a way. And we give And we give you the praise. Sing, Lord, you're awesome. Awesome, awesome.

And we give And we give you the praise. Somebody 
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 sing awesome. Awesome. Sing awesome. Awesome. >> And we give And we give you the praise. Somebody sing awesome. Awesome. 
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Somebody sing awesome. Awesome. >> Sing awesome. Awesome. And we And we 
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 give you the praise. Always singing worthy. Worthy. Sing worthy. Worthy. 
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 And we And we give you the praise. Somebody sing worthy. Worthy. >> Sing worthy. 
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 Worthy. And we And we 
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 give you the praise. Call his name Jesus.

Jesus. Sing Jesus. Jesus. 
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 And we And we give you the praise. Call his name Jesus. Jesus. 
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 Jesus. Jesus. And we And we give you the praise. Oh, he's faithful. Faithful. 
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Faithful. 
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 Sing faithful. Faithful. Sing faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. 
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 He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. 
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 >> He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's faithful. Faithful. He's holy. 
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He's holy. Holy. He's holy. Holy. He's holy. Holy. He's holy. Holy. >> He's holy. Holy. 
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 He's holy. Holy. He's holy. Holy. He's holy. Holy. 
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 He's holy. Holy. He's holy. Holy. He's holy. Holy. He's holy. Holy. Holy. Holy. 
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 Holy. Holy. Holy. Holy. Everybody clap, clap, clap, clap. >> 
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He's awesome. He's worthy. He's faithful. Everybody clap, clap, clap, clap. >> 
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 >> Take me up one more time. He's Jesus. Jesus. 
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 He's Jesus. Jesus. Call him Jesus. Jesus. Call him Jesus. Jesus. 
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 He's Jesus. Jesus. He's Jesus. Jesus. He's Jesus. Jesus. He's Jesus. 
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 Jesus. Lord, you're worthy. Lord, you're worthy.

And 
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 we give you the praise. And 
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 we give you the praise. Somebody shout right there. If you know he's worthy. 
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 If you know he's worthy. If you know it. If you've seen it. If you've experienced it. Shout worthy. Shout worthy. Somebody cry glory to our God. GLORY TO OUR GOD.

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 GLORY. HE'S JEHOVAH. He's Jehovah. We serve Jehovah. He's a mighty warrior. He's great in battle. Jehovah is his name. Can we all sing that together? It's a familiar praise. 
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 Jehovah. Let's sing. >> 
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 >> If you know that to be true, if Jehovah's your God, will you just join in worship? >> 
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Sing Jehovah is >> 
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 >> We worship you, mighty God. >> 
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 >> We celebrate you, mighty God. >> 
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 >> You're great in battle. Jehovah is your name. It's your name. It's your 
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 >> You're a mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty warrior. >> 
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You're great in battle. Jehovah is our God. >> 
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 >> Mighty, mighty, mighty warrior. 
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YOU'RE GREAT IN BATTLE. >> 
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 >> MIGHTY, MIGHTY, MIGHTY WARRIOR. >> 
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You're 
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 >> We serve a great and mighty God. And his name is Jesus. This is the day that the Lord has made.

Let us rejoice and be blessed in it. My name is Skip Little and I'm honored to serve you today's worship service. You all may be seated in the presence of the Lord. I'm honored to be here today. Listen, we want to welcome each of you to today's worship service and special greetings to all of our online worshipers.

Let us know where you're joining from so that our online chat hosts can greet you. And now it's time for scripture. If you turn your attentions to you grab your devices, we'll be reading Psalm 121, the entire Psalm, verses 1 through 8. Give you all an opportunity to get there, your Bibles or devices.

Psalm 121 verses 1 through 8 reads as follows. I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help. My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

Behold, he who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper. The Lord is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil. He shall preserve your soul.

The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth and even forevermore. Do I have any believers? Do I have any witnesses in the house today? He is THAT TYPE OF GOD >> 
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 >> THAT WOULD DELIVER YOU, heal you, restore you, and keep you.

Let the redeemed say amen. Amen and amen. At this time now, I'd like you all to just bow your heads with me for a moment of prayer. Heavenly Father, >> 
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 >> we come before you this morning with humble hearts and open spirits. Give you all the honor, glory, and praise that you alone deserve.

Lord, we thank you for this day that you have made. We thank you for your faithfulness, your mercy, and your grace that has carried us through every season. >> 
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 >> Most of all, we thank you for the gift of your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord and our savior, our redeemer, who gave his life so that we might live.

Father, we don't take this gathering lightly. We recognize that unless you meet us here, our coming together is in vain. So right now, in the name of Jesus, we invite the presence >> 
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 >> of your Holy Spirit into this place. Holy Spirit, have your way. Move freely among us.

Teach us, convict us, encourage us, and transform us. Open our hearts to receive your word. Remove distractions. Soften hardened places. And align our thoughts with your truth. Let the preached word through our senior pastor, John K. Jenkins Sr., not just be information, but impartation, Heavenly Father. Not just discussion, but transformation.

Lord, we we surrender this time to you. Every word spoken, every interaction, every moment, let it be ordered by you and used for your glory. We declare that lives will be strengthened, minds renewed, and hearts drawn closer to you. We thank you in advance for what you will do in this place today.

In Jesus' mighty name we pray. Let the church say amen and amen and amen again. Now at this time, we want to welcome our first-time guests. And so if you're a first-time guest, we want to officially greet you again from our senior pastor, John K. Jenkins Sr., his wonderful light wife, our first lady, First Lady Trina Jenkins, as well as the leadership here at this church.

And so if you're watching online, let us know that it's your first time as well so that our online chat hosts can greet you. Also, the a QR code will come up on the screen and that will give you more information about our church and any upcoming events that are happening in the next >> 
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So First Baptist, as we greet our guests, let us greet one another in Jesus' name. >> 
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 >> This is FBCG News. >> 
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 >> Be a disciple and make a disciple. >> 
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 >> Be a disciple and make a disciple. Here's what's happening on our church calendar. Celebrate Communion Sunday with us tonight at 6:30 p.m. during our monthly communion service.

Attend in person at the Worship Center and remember to collect your elements upon entering the sanctuary. If you're joining us online from anywhere in the world, make sure you have your elements ready. Juice and a cracker will suffice. Join Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr. as he preaches at the pastoral installation of Dr.

Jonathan Queen, located at Greater First Baptist Church of Washington, D.C., 2701 13th Street Northwest. FBCG will provide transportation from the Worship Center. If 
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 you plan to attend, please register. Let's support Pastor and Dr. Queen in his new assignment. 
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 There was a weekend that changed the world. Experience the storytelling and celebration of Christ's 
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 death, burial, and resurrection with the First Baptist Church of Glenarden, April 3rd through the 5th.

On Good Friday, April 3rd at 7:00 p.m., experience Glory 
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 to Glory, a powerful production that brings to life the story of Jesus' journey to the cross through compelling storytelling and original music. With only one presentation that week, it's a meaningful opportunity to experience and invite someone in your life to experience the hope 
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 and truth of the gospel.

Then on Saturday at 6:00 p.m., we're asking our FBCG family to attend this special resurrection service as we make room for the many guests who will join us on Sunday. On Resurrection Sunday, there are four opportunities to invite your friends and family to come 
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 and experience the message of Jesus through the celebration of his resurrection, 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and noon at the Worship Center with all services also streaming 
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 online.

Come celebrate the hope we have because he is risen. Ladies, it's time to get away. Join us for the Grace Girls 
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 Getaway at Hilton The Main in Norfolk, Virginia. This year's theme, Beloved, is a powerful reminder that you were intentionally 
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 created, deeply known, and fully loved by God.

Throughout the weekend, 
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 you'll experience space to be healed from what has hurt you, freed from what has held you back, and loved the way God intended. Hear powerful messages from Dr. Khalida Forbes, >> 
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 >> Alexandra Hoover, Pastor Mary Searight, and Reverend Shalita Fomby. Come experience what it means to live as his beloved.

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 Registration is now open at fbcalenarden.org/getaway. That's the news for this week. To learn more about these events, monthly gatherings, and all things FBCG, visit fbcalenarden.org. Hello, First Baptist Church of Glenarden International. It's so good to see each one of you. Today is Missions Ministries Day. Yeah. And I want to just honor our pastor, Pastor John K.

Jenkins Sr., our first lady, First Lady Trina, and our as and our CMO for their amazing visionary leadership, and for their heart for the most vulnerable people, not only here in our community, but throughout the world. And so, we're just so excited in the missions My name is Stanley Jones, and I get the honor and the privilege to serve this amazing department on assignment to be the hands and the feet of Jesus Christ.

And so, we want you to take a look at this video to show you a little bit more about the work that we're doing in our department. Every heart beats for something. At the heart of the church is the heart of Christ. And his heart beats with a simple calling.

Love God. Love people. Be disciples and make disciples. Mission Ministries, where faith moves from belief to action. Where following Jesus shapes how we live, serve, and love. This is not about programs. It's about people being formed as disciples and inviting others to follow Christ. Through church-wide outreach collaborations, ministries, small groups, and mission teams coming together to serve our community in powerful ways.

From MLK Day of Service to the Season of Giving, from Thanksgiving Outreach to the FBCG Day of Service, our church family joins hands with community partners to meet real needs and reflect the love of Christ. My name is Kenneth Dixon, and I am a member of the senior group here at First 
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 Baptist Church Glenarden International.

I've been involved in the Missions Ministry probably more directly for the last 5 years. We are involved with the 
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 MLK Day of Service. We have served many times where we come in and pack the boxes of blessings that can go overseas around the world and bless other people.

So, I think that has a great impact in developing disciples that we may never see or may never meet, but 
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 you know, we are representing the hands and feet of God. >> Local missions remind us that discipleship begins right where we are. Through prison ministry, we bring the message of redemption.

Through Women in Need Ministry, we walk with women toward healing and restoration. Through Hope Ministry, we serve seniors with care and dignity. And through Feed the Community, we meet physical needs while sharing the love of Christ. These ministries are not just acts of service. They are moments when lives are restored and disciples 
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 are made.

The Redeemed and Restored Ministry has definitely changed my life. I come from being incarcerated, and I also come to First Baptist 
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 about 14 years ago. So, the Redeemed and Restored program has opened my mind to be able to talk about my testimony. Also, try to help the next young 
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 man for not throwing his life away like I almost did.

But the mission doesn't stop at our church or even our community. Through Mobilized Ministry, disciples are sent out to serve both nationally and internationally. Mission teams step up in faith to share the gospel, serve communities, and 
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 partner with ministries around the world. My name is Hippyboy Pastor Ofori Twum to the church in Khayelitsha.

With the help of Outreach Africa and First Baptist Church of Glenarden, our church receive food every month so that we are able to run our feeding program. We receive also the thought or curriculum for our preschool, 
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 and also ongoing training so that we are able to care for the vulnerable.

Our community faces various challenges such as unemployment, food insecurity, and also limited access to opportunities. And with your support, we are able to address these challenges. Thank you so much for supporting what God is doing in this community and in this church. God bless you. This is the heartbeat of our church.

Loving God. Loving people. Being disciples and making disciples. Amen. Amen. And we could not do this work without some amazing leaders in the five ministries in our department. And I just want to salute these leaders who give of their time and their energy to serve the most vulnerable in our community.

And also, yes, let's give them a hand. Absolutely. Yes. And also, I want to thank the great partnerships that we have with our department heads, our directors, our entire staff, Shabach Ministries, and each one of you that volunteer to meet the needs in our community. Like in in January MLK Day of Service, we packed 15,000 hygiene kits with our partner Convoy of Hope to serve the immediate need of people that are in crisis, and we thank you.

And so, if you want to learn more about what we do in the Missions Department, there's a QR code. You can scan that QR code to find out more, or you can visit us at one of the tables in the narthex. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, and God bless you.

Thank you, Deacon Stan. You're doing an awesome job, man. Now, it's time in our worship service to to it's time for our tithes and offerings. Can we put our hands together as we make some noise because we get an opportunity to give to God. You know, it's because of your giving we can do some of the wonderful things we see within the Missions Department.

And what I love about the Missions Department is you don't have to be a member of just one ministry. You can sing in the choir and be a part of the Missions Department. You can teach a class and be a part of the Missions Department. So again, shout out to the Missions Department under the direction of Deacon Stan.

Amen. Now, as we prepare family to give, there are several ways that you can give. You can go to fbcalenarden.org/give, or you have receptacles in the back we can drop your giving there, or you can put it in the mail, 3600 Brightseat Road, and that's in Glenarden, Maryland, 20785.

Whichever way is most comfortable for you, please give that give that particular way. Now, with all hearts and minds clear, could you all bow your head with me for a moment of prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much for another opportunity to be in your presence. Thank you for another opportunity to give.

I ask Heavenly Father to you bless the giver as we advance the kingdom of God right here at First Baptist Church Glenarden International. Allow the giving not only to be here in the main 
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 sanctuary, Lord, but to those watching online, those 31 states and 20 20 countries, Heavenly Father.

Allow them to give as well. In Jesus' name we pray and give thanks. Let everyone say amen. Amen. >> 
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 Amen. You can be seated. Oh, before you sit down, let's celebrate the Missions Department and the work that they do. I want to take a moment and salute Deacon Stan Jones and his tremendous leadership.

Thank you, sir. And all of those departments, all of those ministries in that department that are serving the least of these. Jesus said, "When you've done it unto the least of these, you have done it unto me." And you all have done a great job in serving the least of these.

You can be seated. I'm so honored this morning to have one of my dearest friends with us this morning and his wonderful wife, Pastor Steve Jameson from Issaquah, Washington. He has preached for us many times. Our friendship goes back over 20 years. Come greet us, Pastor. We were so glad to have you come.

So honored to have him. Amen. We We have been friends a long time. And I'm And normally when I have him come preach, I'm not here. So, this is the first time we've been in the worship together. Uh both of us being here at the same time. Amen.

What a joy, what a privilege to be with you here today and be here with my wife as well. We love Pastor Jenkins and First Lady Trina. Uh such an important part of our life for all these years. Challenged us, helped us grow, love their family. I remember just sitting over here um the night before this building opened and uh just praying a prayer.

Look how far we have come over these years. And uh you know that God has so much more. It's just the beginning. So, it's my privilege to be with you today and to be able to minister with you tonight. This is truly one of the greatest ministries anywhere in the world, changing people's lives, and it is a joy and a privilege to be able to be with you today.

Yeah, he's going to preach our communion service tonight. So, I'm so glad to have him. Amen. All right. Uh I know y'all don't You need to stand up again. Thank you. Get the person's Get the person's name next to you and ask them one question. What's your greatest need from the Lord right now?

What would you like the Lord to do for you? All right. I want you to go ahead and pray for them. Pray. This Open Keep your mouth moving, but pray for them. Intercede. Cry out to God. Call their name out. Call their situation out. Go ahead. Let's pray all over this building.

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We pray now, Father, for the need of the person to whom I'm calling their name out before you. We're also praying for unsaved persons and backslidden and unchurched and uncommitted people. We're praying that your word would challenge our hearts, that we would be in the center of your will.

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In Jesus' name, amen and amen. You can be seated. I want to talk to you today about the mission of the gospel. Say that. One more time. That's the title of this message today, the mission of the gospel. I want you to open your Bibles to Matthew chapter 24.

Matthew chapter 24 and um in chapter 24 and 25 of Matthew's, Jesus begins to give instructions concerning the last days. I don't know if how how many of you realize it or not, but we are in the last days. I know you think you got time to get it together.

Go ahead, look at that person next to you, eyeball and eyeball, say, "You ain't got no more time, baby." I know you think I know you think you got your future in front of you. I know you think you got time. But, these are the last days. And in chapter 24, Jesus talks about those last days.

He gives specific indicators. As a matter of fact, um let me just walk through starting at verse one of chapter 24 of Matthew. It says, "Then Jesus went out verse one and departed from the temple, and his disciples came up to show him the buildings of the temple.

And Jesus said to them verse two, 'Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be thrown down.'" Now, as he sat on the Mount of Olives verse three, the disciples came to him privately saying, "Tell us when will these things be?

And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" They They asked him two specifically pointed questions. When are you coming back? Cuz he had told them he was going to go away, but he was coming back. And he said they asked him also, "What will be the indicators of when you're going to come back and what the end of time is going to be?"

And he gives them specific deals. I want to walk through here cuz I want you to see that these are the last days. Go ahead, tell your neighbor you ain't got much time. Y'all didn't say it like y'all really believed it. That was a little weak. I need y'all to have a little attitude on that.

You see? You ain't got much time. Verse four, and Jesus answered and said to them, "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name saying, 'I am the Christ and will deceive many.'" There are a lot of so-called prophets. And a lot of people over our lifetime who have declared that they were the second coming of Christ.

The Father Divine, the uh Daddy Grace, the Sun Myung Moon. Y'all know who Sun Sun Myung Moon is? He said he came to finish the work that Jesus didn't complete. I want to punch that joker in his face. Cuz I read where Jesus said it's finished. Y'all Do y'all believe that?

I don't need nobody else to come along and talk about Jesus didn't finish anything. He is all done. Nothing else needs to be done. Are y'all with me? Hang with me. Y'all a little weak right there on that point right there. But, no, there's nothing else that needs to be done.

And people have been tricked and deceived and pulled astray because they don't know they don't read the scriptures. They don't know the Bible. But, if you read the Bible, you'll see that Jesus says it's all done. I've finished. He's done everything. Nothing else needs to be done for you to be saved.

For you to get saved, you don't have to pay no indulgences. You don't You You You don't have to do any of that. He He did everything that needed to be done for your salvation to be secured, and guess what? It is secured. Verse six, "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars.

See that you are not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet." Whether you know it or not, there's a lot of wars going on now. There's a lot of rumors of wars. Verse seven, "For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places."

All over the world, famines, pestilences, earthquakes. I I was studying doing some research on this. 26 major earthquakes in the world since January of 2026. 26 major earthquakes. Go ahead, lean over, tell your neighbor, "We must be in the last days." Verse eight, "All these are the beginning of sorrows."

It's just getting started. When these things start, then you know that you are approaching and you are in the last days. We are in the last days. Somebody Yeah, I need to come back there and preach to you right there. That's That's the kind of people I need who's who will holler out, "THAT'S RIGHT, PASTOR.

GO AHEAD AND PREACH." "Then they will deliver you up to tribulations and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake." A part of what I need to do is try to prepare you to understand that when you take a stand for Jesus, everybody is not going to celebrate it.

When you say I believe and I put my trust and when you say I'm going to live my life according to his teachings, people are not going to like you. It's going to cause you to have to take a stand. You got to take a position. You can't be a secret You're going to reach a day where you can't be a secret Christian.

You can't be a undercover Christian. Yeah. How do you know whether person is a undercover Christian? Watch them when they go have lunch. Cuz when you're undercover Christian, you don't want nobody to know that you're really saved. When you're about to eat your lunch, you just bow your head real quick and just look back up.

Now, if you're really saved, you say, "Can you pray with me as I thank God for the food that I'm about to receive?" Now, we're not asking you to pray till Jesus comes back over our meal. But, we don't want to be ashamed of of the God that we serve.

Are you hearing what I'm saying to you today? Go ahead, lean over, tell your neighbor, "He's preaching better than you're saying amen." He said, "You will be hated by all nations for my name's sake." When you take a stand for the Lord, when you preach and teach the Lord, when you make a make uh take a position to honor Jesus, people are going to not like you.

I was telling the service this morning, in the first service, I got a letter recently, an email from somebody who said I was preaching politics. And I want that person to understand I'm not preaching politics. I'm preaching morality. You assigned it to a political party. Yeah, I'm going to preach I'm going to preach what's right and what's wrong, period.

And I let the chips fall where they may. Amen. I'm not going to compromise. If you've been a part of this church any length of time, you know that I don't compromise on what I'm preaching and teaching. Amen. I don't take sides. But, when it when it was right, I've declared it's right.

When it's wrong, I'll declare that it's wrong, regardless of who it who it reflects on. The claps came from the back, so let me go ahead Look at them. Ain't none of them clapping up here. Believe Believe uh She said, "Don't go back there. Don't go back there."

I'm coming back here. This is the crowd that's with me. This is the crowd that's saying amen. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, these people right here. I love you. I love you. I you. I love you. I love you. This is probably where I need to be every week.

Just come right here and walk back and forth. Do y'all understand what I'm saying to you today? I mean, you're going to be hated. Y'all get ready. Get prepared. People are not going to like that you take a posture and a position to honor the Lord and celebrate him.

Amen. And and people are not going to like it. They're not going to like it. So so I last year sometime, I think last year, it might have been the year before that, the state of Maryland passed a law that seeks to say they want to say it's illegal for an organization to base hiring practices on what an organization believes.

Here's Here's Here's Here's what that means. That we can no longer say that in order to be an employee of the First Baptist Church of Glenarden, we can't say that you have to believe in Jesus. Ain't happening here. Go ahead and lock me up. Put me in prison.

Cuz you have to believe in Jesus to work here. You have to be convicted of of Jesus to work here. I think y'all understand what I'm saying to you today. So So yeah, we we we're fighting that. We're fighting that. And people are going to hate me for it.

It's okay. It's all right. I'm willing to take a stand. I'm willing to take the punishment for it. Are y'all still with me? We're in the last days. We're entering into the last days. And and so they're they're going to hate it. And matter of fact, y'all going to be hated.

When you really take a stand, when you say you believe what the Bible teaches, people are not going to like you. Are you prepared to take that? Are you Wait. Are you prepared for people to unfollow you? Go ahead unfollow me. I didn't ask you to follow me in the first place.

I don't base my value on how many followers I have. My value is on the fact that I have a relationship with the King of kings and the Lord of lords. And let me come back here. She's beckoning for me to come back here. If I had a hundred of you, more of you, I could get rid of all of these other thousands of people.

Thank you, David. Great job, David. I appreciate it. Thank you. Praise him. See, y'all don't know what it's like. Y'all don't know what it's like to be up there trying to preach and teach people something. They're looking at you like they don't know what you're talking about. And when somebody stand up and say, "GO ON AND PREACH, PASTOR."

I love it. I love it. I love it. All right, pastor. Okay, where was I? What verse did I stop at? Verse Let me Let me see verse nine. "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake." "And then many will be offended and betray one another and will hate one another."

All because you made a posture or a position, they're going to treat you this way. And many verse 10. "And then many will be offended and betray one another and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many." "And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will wax will grow cold."

Verse 13. "But he who endures to the end shall be saved." I'm just wondering, do we have some people who will say, "I'll stick to the end."? They might unfollow me. They might not like me. They may be critical of me. They might hate me. But I'm sticking with Jesus.

And I'm I want you to be able to stick to the end through all of the thick and the the hatred and the dislike and the criticism. I want you to be able to say, "I'm still here, Jesus. I'm still here. I still love you." I'm just wondering, do we have people who are willing to say, "I'm going to stick with the Lord, whatever the cost, whatever the conviction."?

I don't know where y'all are, but he done done too much for me to turn my back on him. He done HE DONE TOO MANY DOORS HE'S OPENED. TOO MANY PRAYERS HE'S ANSWERED. TOO MANY MIRACLES THAT HE HAS WORKED. TOO MANY THINGS HE HAS DONE ON MY BEHALF.

I WILL NOT SACRIFICE OR COMPROMISE. I AM PERSUADED. I will stick to the end. Now, it's quarter of and I got 15 minutes to give this last verse, verse 14. I want to talk about verse 14. That's That's my verse. That's the main verse I'm talking about. I laid up all the way All I've been talking about first 13 verses just to get to verse 14.

So I can give you clarity about what the mission of the church is in the midst of all this drama, all of these earthquakes and false prophets and all of these pestilence and and famines. In the midst of all of this, we come to verse 14 that tells us what our mission is.

And that's why I want to talk about what our mission is, the mission of the gospel. I got five points to give you in 15 minutes. Go ahead. Look at your neighbor. Say, "We're going into overtime." Cuz he ain't going to be able to do no five points in no 15 minutes.

We're going to be over in overtime. Y'all supposed to say, "We'll stick with you, pastor." Don't say it now. Y'all should have said it a minute ago. And here's what verse 14 says. "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached. What's our mission? Here's the first point I want to say is what we are supposed to do. Here's what we're supposed to do. The what Here's our assignment. Somebody say, "Our assignment." What is our assignment? Our assignment, the what we are called to do is to preach the gospel.

Amen. We we No other message. I'd have been to church over there and preached everything but the gospel. Amen. But we have to preach the gospel, and that's what we do here at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden. We preach the gospel. We preach the great message, the great news that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins.

Jesus shared his blood, took the punishment, took the whipping that we should have gotten. You should have gotten. I should have got that whipping, but he took the whipping. He took our place and shared his blood. And when he shared his blood, he died on the cross, and they buried him, and early on Sunday, he got up out of the grave.

And it is faith in that message that will transform lives. Ooh, I feel a shout in my soul right there. That God saves us not because you sing in the choir, not because you're an usher, not because you gave money, not because you got baptized, not because you did this or DID THAT.

WE GOT SAVED. WE GOT A RELATIONSHIP with God not because of what we did, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE did on the cross on our behalf. Oh, I feel a shout down in my soul right there. And it IS BECAUSE OF YOU PUTTING FAITH IN IT. AND I know I got some witnesses of people here today who can declare that because when they put their faith in Jesus, their marriages got saved.

When they put their faith in Jesus, THEY CAME OFF DRUGS. When they put their faith in Jesus, THEY CAME OUT OF THE OFF THE STREETS AND OUT OF THE CLUBS, AND YOUR LIFE GOT TRANSFORMED. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL THAT CHANGES LIVES. I WISH I had somebody who knew what I was talking about.

When you sincerely put your faith in what Jesus did on the cross, it changes your life. Do I have a witness anywhere from anybody? Go ahead. Dap up somebody. Tell them, "I know that's right." Dap them up on the other side. That message breaks shackles. That message takes people off drugs.

That message is gives you life. That message will give you hope. That message gives you a purpose for living. It's that message that gives you a reason to get up in the morning. I wish I had a prayer cloth. It's that word. WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FAITH IN WHAT GOD DID FOR YOU, HE changes lives.

I believe God. I believe God. You can't make me doubt him. You can't make me question him. I know he's alive and well. I know he's got all power in his hands. I know he's a miracle worker. I know he's a problem solver. I KNOW HE ANSWERS MY PRAYER and he's worthy of my praise.

He's worthy of my me giving him the thanks and me giving him a shout AND ME RAISING MY hands and me OPENING MY MOUTH. HE'S WORTHY OF MY PRAISE. Somebody 
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That's what the text says. It will be preached in all the world. That's my second point. So, the first point is what? The second point is where and the where is all the world. We We All of them begin with W, baby. They all start with a W.

Amen. I worked hard to get these Ws. I want y'all to show some appreciation that I got all these Ws. Every hedge, every highway, to every person, to all your neighbor. I don't care where they are, what they're doing, they need to know that the gospel is good for them.

I don't care what culture they live in. It doesn't matter the color of their skin. It doesn't matter what part of the world they live in. This gospel is good for the world. And one of the things I celebrate and and I'm praying about this. I'm praying that God raises up people who are willing to go into the world and share the gospel.

I'm going to have to use you again, Tanya. This is Tanya Martin right here. Tanya Martin is is one of our first missionaries to go and take the gospel to the world. Here. You know what she did? She gave up the comforts of her home, of living in America, and went to another country and lived Matter of fact, woo, you know what else something else she did?

This girl gave up the comforts of America cuz y'all are not leaving y'all nice family homes. Y'all are not leaving your condos. You're not leaving your nice cars. You're not leaving that to go to another country. She not only went to another country, she learned their language. Now, I don't mind learning the language and going to another country as long as they speak jive.

Is that Is that what it's called? That's not the language. What's it called? What's it called? Ebonics. Yeah, I preach Ebonics. If they know what y'all means, I can go there and talk to them. But she get Girl, stand back up. I didn't sit you down yet. Let me move you over here cuz you She went to another She This I'm praying that God raises up more people in our church that are willing to do the very same thing she did.

I'm grateful for it because mission missions work is not high level or high interest in the United States of America among black people. Black people don't do that. But she did it. She went to the Ukraine. Let's show her some love and celebrate her for doing that. Okay, you can sit down now.

I'm so proud of you. To the hedges and the highways. That's what the got She takes She took it to the hedges and the highway. Here's number three. I got to roll on. I'm going to make my got Oh. Oh. Oh. I don't want y'all to think I ain't never been nowhere.

My first missions trip was to Guyana, South America. I went to Guyana for for 10 days. A whole 10 days. And if I could be honest with you, those 10 days were not over fast enough. Especially when I had to I had to learn how to use a outhouse.

Do y'all know what a outhouse is? No, y'all don't. Y'all don't know what no outhouse is. Who had to Who in here had to use a outhouse? Y'all lying. Y'all stop lying. I had never seen a outhouse. I didn't know what a outhouse was. When they told me, Pastor Steve, when they told me that the bathroom was outside and I had to go outside to use it, I said, "I'll just hold it in >> 
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But mother nature woke me up one day. And it would have been okay if mother nature had woken me up in the morning. But it was at night that I had It's at night. So, I made my way outside to the outhouse. And through the cracks in the door, I saw a lizard coming my way.

What do you do when the lizard is coming your way? And you don't know how long you going to be in there. I said, "THERE'S SOMEBODY IN HERE!" Can y'all pray for me? And then, I had to use the bathhouse that was outside. Y'all know what a bathhouse is?

I had to use a bathhouse. Ooh. And I had to carry my water with me to the bathhouse. Y'all don't know nothing about this. Where you get a bucket of water and you wash yourself up with the bucket of Dip your your cloth and do it and then you take the bucket and pour it over you.

See, y'all think that's hot It's hot water. No, it's freezing cold water. Oh, no, you got to have a call from God to go into another country to share the gospel. That's why I know I'm saved. Can I get an amen right there? I think Let me Let me tell you something.

I think I should have said this at 8:00. I forgot to say this at 8:00. I think every teenager should go on a missions trip outside of this country. >> 
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Then maybe they'll appreciate what you have provided for them. They'll appreciate that bedroom and that bathroom that you provided for them. The car. They'll appreciate it, but they don't have the experience to know how how the rest of the world lives. Okay, I got to hurry up. What was my What was the point I Where?

Here's point three is the why. Why do we do it? And this gospel verse 14 of of the kingdom will be preached in all the world has a witness to all the nations. Here's the why. We do it because we've been in called to be a witness. We can testify.

We can bear witness to the fact that our lives have been trained changed by our relationship with Jesus. Our lives have been changed because of our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That's why we do it. That That's why we That's why we have this missions department. That's why we we we doing missions work in the United States and in other communities in the United States and outside of United States.

Why? Because we can bear witness to the power of the gospel. Somebody look at your neighbor say the gospel changes things. Tell them on the other side, the gospel changes things. Matter of fact, tell them I can be a witness cuz I've seen it the power cuz it's changed me.

Somebody say he changed my life. He changed my circumstance. He He made a difference in my life. And I can bear witness to the power of that gospel. Here's number four. How long do we do this? It says it right Look look This is what This is good for this.

We do it till the end of time. It says in the latter part of this verse 14 says then the end will come. We are to do it until we get to the end. Until Jesus comes back. That's how long we do it. That That's That's That's the when.

When do we do it till it till the end comes? Now, today, right now. We need to share the gospel. Here's point five. My time is up. I was hoping somebody would say take your time, but nobody said nothing. I gave you space to say it, but nobody said it.

It is okay. She was the only person out of the 4,000 people sitting in here, one person said take your time. Thank you. I love you so very much. I wish I had more If I had more like you and more like her, I'd be set. I'd be set.

Thank you very much. Here's point five. Who should do this? It's not in the verse, but I added it. You know who the who is? It's you. It's you. He's called you to do it. When was the last time you bore witness to somebody about the power of the gospel?

When's the last time you made it your business to share with somebody that Jesus changed your life, answered your prayers, worked a miracle on your behalf? When is the last time you told somebody about how he made a difference in your life? That's what we are called to do.

That's the mission of the gospel. What What What was my point? What was point one? What? What is our assignment? To preach the gospel. Number two? Where? Where? In all the world. Number three? Why? Why? I'm called to be a witness. We're We're called to be a witness.

Number four? When? When? Till the end comes. And number five? Who? Who? You. Amen. Father, I thank you for what you have done on our behalves. That you've made us witnesses. That you saved our lives. And I'm praying right now for somebody in this building or somebody watching online who don't know you.

That you would give them the ability to humble themselves and say yes to you. In the name of Jesus. Draw somebody today, Father. To surrender their lives. Somebody who's backslidden to re-recommit to you. Somebody who's unsure to come and get assurance. Or somebody who's unchurched and uncommitted. That they might come and be connected with the family of God.

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Do you have a relationship with God?" Come right now. Right now. Come while the blood is running warm in your veins. While you Don't be ashamed. We're going to shout and give God the glory. We're going to praise his name. The moment you move out of your seat and make your way, we're going to give God all of the glory.

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You need Jesus. You need forgiveness. He makes forgiveness available to you. You're backslidden. You want to rededicate yourself afresh to the Lord. You're not sure of your salvation. Or number four, you need a church home. You're already saved. You're walking with God, but you need a church. This here is a good church. >> 
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We are grateful that they heard your voice. I pray today that you manifest yourself to them. Cleanse them. Wash them. Fill them with your spirit. Plant them in your vineyard. Let your perfect will be done in their life. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Somebody else coming? >> 
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I'm so proud of y'all. Y'all are the start of the second wave. So, there's going to be some more people coming, but since you had the courage to come, somebody else is going to get the courage to come down here right now. I'm just going to wait one more moment.

Come on. Right now. Right this moment. Right this instant. Don't put it off. Don't delay it. Come. Come. Come. Come. Right now. Right now. Right now. Come. 
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In Jesus' name. Amen. Y'all go ahead back there. They're going to take care of you for your father. God bless you, brother. Come on, give the Lord a shout for them, y'all. Now, at this morning at the 8:00 service, when service was over, I'm just with in the service, I said, I know that somebody else is supposed to come.

Uh maybe you didn't have the courage to come. But come up, I'll be waiting down here. You can come and speak to me. And sure enough, some people came. I'm going to say the same thing to you. If you didn't have the courage to come, I'll be sitting 
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I don't want you to come down. It's better for you to walk out of here being right with God than you leave out of here and not be right with God. Y'all be blessed. Have a great day. I love you in Jesus' name. Tonight is communion. I hope to see you tonight at 6:30.

God bless you. >> 
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 choice to accept Christ. Here, listen. I'm going to give you three quick ways in which we can do this. Y'all ready? Y'all ready? I said, are y'all ready?

All right, number one. You can click the commit button right now. You can do that online. You can click the commit button. You can also go to our website, which is firstfbcglennarden.org/commit. That's another way. And the third way, I'm going to say this again. The third way, the third and final way that you can do this, you can go to our email at commit@fbcglennarden.org.

We are here and ready to receive you. We've got over 23,000 2,300, excuse me, online members. We We speak in that into ex- Speaking that into existence. Amen. Amen. Listen. That was a good service. >> It's Missions Day. >> It's Missions Day. >> And you know, when you were a young child, you learn the who, what, when, where, and how.

And Pastor broke all of that down. >> Didn't he? So, speaking of Missions, >> Speaking of Missions, >> why don't we kick it over to the ones who know it best? >> Yes. >> We're turning it over to our Missions Department. Bless you. Deacon Stanley Jones and his lovely wife, Deaconess Omega Jones.

Welcome, sir. Thank you, sir. It's an honor to be here with you, my brother. >> Yes, sir. >> My brother. We go way back, family. >> back. We go way back. Well, yes. Thank you for um having us today. And we're just so grateful to God that he is using us in the kingdom. >> Absolutely.

Listen. Missions is the is the hand and the heartbeat of this church. Talk to us about what the Missions Department is doing and the impact that you're having around the world. Uh yeah. You You You You said it right. It is the heartbeat of our church, heartbeat of Pastor, and heartbeat of First Lady.

And the amazing things we get to do, and I'll just try to be very short. Um I'm very We're very passionate about this work. This is the assignment that God has placed on our lives at this moment in time. And when we're able to go out and, you know, feed the hungry, when able to go and serve our seniors in our community, when we're able to go and serve women that are in crisis at shelters and transitional housing, when we're able to go into prisons and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and then have those that are incarcerated get out and want to be redeemed and restored, I mean, that's that's what the gospel calls us to do.

And then to go to the uttermost ends of the earth, taking teams and sharing the love of Christ, and building communities, helping leaders become all that God wants them to be. Amen. >> Praise God that God can use us Amen. to be his hands and feet. >> Amen. >> been a blessing.

Amen. How How can How can we be a part of the Missions Department? We have members all around the world, and in particular our online global community. How can they help join in this work in the mission field and have impact around the world? So, I'll talk a little bit about that.

Um as the um ministry coordinator in the Missions Department, what we've tried to do is set us set up collaborations like the MLK Day of Service and the um FBCG Day of Service. And that way, um we bring um ministries from uh all over the church, and as well as uh people that are not a part of the church, who can participate in um giving back to the community and abroad.

Uh so, that's one of the ways that you you can get involved. And you can get involved whether you're here, there, or far, everywhere. >> Amazing. Amazing. We're so happy about that. >> wife, Omega. I just had to say that. Absolutely. Celebrate your Celebrate my bride. That's right.

That's right. How can you get in contact with uh the Missions Department to get more information about becoming a part of this amazing ministry? I mean, that's a great question. Um today, there was a QR code you could have scanned it. If you didn't get that earlier, but if not, you can just go directly to our website, fbcglennarden.org.

Click on community. Click on serve. Or go to department. Click on Missions Department. And you'll be able to see all of the amazing things that we do in our ministry, and also our opportunities where you can serve or go on a missions trip. That's where you can go.

And uh again, we're just grateful that God can use us. As Pastor talked about earlier, he said to use a a guy like him from a little old town in Glenn Arden, we feel the same way. That God can use us Amen. >> this work, to be his hands and feet.

We're so excited. We're so blessed to have you all leading this ministry, helping us. Now, I'm going to put you on blast, brother. Cuz y'all came up with the swag day. Y'all Can Can Now, what did it say? Well, it just says something very simple. And it says on the front, "Mission ready."

Pastor preached it today. We need to be mission ready. We need to go. We need to serve. We need to love. And all of us, as he preached today, we have been sent to serve. Amen. >> Amen. >> Amen. And that means you, too, family. >> That means you, too, family.

So, listen. We have a few announcements before we get out of here. Join us tonight for communion. We have our uh our watch group. So, join Pastor Katie and I tonight. This is a calling. This is a command from God to go and share the gospel of Jesus Christ and make disciples to all the nations.

So, he said the who. The who is you. Amen. Family, be blessed until next time. God bless you. Turn it on. One God. Going in one direction, forward.