630pm Service March 22, 2026

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Huh? Yeah. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Heat. for you. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Great evening. Welcome to First Baptist Church of Glenn Arden International Communion Service. I'm Anthony Jones. Delighted to be with you to tonight. And listen, do what we always ask you to do, family. put in the chat where you are joining us from around the world.

Our online digital disciples are waiting to greet you and two share this link with someone so that they too can partake in our communion service. Now would you welcome none other than my partner in Jesus, my PIG. We back together again. It's been a minute. >> I know you let that happen.

Oh, sorry. Hi everybody. Greetings, salutations. Hi. >> And listen, we got to send a special >> special >> shout out to our what? >> Communion >> watch group. Hey guys, they're like watching us right now. And so we had to get off the meeting to come do the pre-experience and then we're going to go back and hang out with those guys.

So, yay for our watch group. >> Yeah, we're so excited. It's a lot, too. >> It is. I'm so excited. People from all over are on the Zoom with us tonight to do communion. Isn't that cool? Why aren't you there? >> Well, before we get wrapped up too far about why you are not there, you still got time to join.

Listen, we got to We had a message last week. >> Oh my. >> So, we're going to run it back. Say you're so good. Say >> you're so good. >> 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. 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 provisions to do, gave me possibilities and opportunity to do.

I ain't going to let no player hater stop me. Oh no. >> Wow. Our pastor preached a word last week, did he not? >> Yes, he did. And it was just such a great word knowing and understanding your purpose. I think that is really important. And he used the Nehemiah text to do it. >> Yeah.

Understanding why were why why were we uh uh uh developed formed. Yeah. I'm trying to get the word. Pull it. Um and knowing our purpose. >> And the thing is is that when you understand your purpose, it's easier for you to know when to say, "Oh, no. I'm not coming down.

I'm not doing that." cuz it's not attached to my purpose. But when you don't know your purpose, you'll say yes to anything. I just said something. That's our problem. Some of us got 25 ores in the water because we don't know what we're supposed to be doing. You out there just saying yes to every volunteering for everything, signing up for everything and can't have show up.

Okay, I'm bringing it back. >> Woo. My god, you went all the way in. But you told the truth. >> Yeah. Sometimes we need that. >> It is the Lord's table day. We is here for communion. >> Well, bless him. >> Let's reverence the Lord in this holy place. >> Amen.

And amen. >> And amen again. >> And so today we've had a whole bunch of folks joining us. Today we've seen over 30 states and we've seen 22 countries joining us at some point during worship. So that's really exciting because the people are saying we are connected. That's almost every state in the country. >> That's right.

That's right. That is so amazing. And because it's communion, you already know what that means. Right hand of fellowship. >> That means we're going to get to remember the sacrifice of our Lord. That mean I'mma be crying >> and and literally. But that's a good thing because when you think about what the Lord has done, hey, okay, come on back. >> See, see, he knows.

He knows. Don't take much. It don't take much >> cuz it's and the the United Voices is singing. Now that's my choir. I done joined the choir but I ain't singing tonight though. But uh the United Voices are singing and the Lord is here. We'll see you after service. >> Praise the Lord everybody.

Praise the Lord everybody. Can we stand on our feet and give God a praise that he is worthy of Hallelujah. Glory to your name Jesus. You're worthy of the glory. You're worthy of the honor. You're worthy of the praise. How good and pleasant it is to rejoice together in unity.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on, let's lift our voices to the King of Kings. Hallelujah. You're worthy, Jesus. You're worthy, Jesus. Hallelujah, Lord. Hallelujah, Jesus. We invite you into this place, oh God. We invite you into this place, oh God. Have your way. Have your way. Have your way. Have your way.

Have your way. Have your way. Hallelujah, Jesus. Glory to your name, Jesus. Woo. We're just going to lift up this song. I need everybody clapping. I need everybody singing. Hallelujah. It's a good day to be in the house of the Lord. Everybody clap your hands. We're just going to declare that he's worthy of all of the praise.

Is that right? Come on. Let's do it. Lord, you're worthy. Lord, you're worthy. >> And we give you >> and we give you. >> Lord, you're worthy. >> Lord, you're worthy. >> And we give you >> And we give you always >> and we give you >> And we give you worthy worthy >> and we give you faithful. >> Lord, you're faithful.

And we give you >> And we give you praise. >> Lord, you are faithful. >> Lord, you are faithful. >> And we give you praise. >> We give you always >> and we give you and we give you Come on, sing it out. Oh, you're holy. >> Lord, you're holy. >> And we give you holy holy >> and we praise your name.

You're >> and we give you praise for you. again. You are awesome. Awesome. And we praise your name. And we give you and we give you >> because you are awesome. >> You're awesome. >> And we give you say awesome. >> Awesome. >> Awesome. >> Awesome. >> And we >> And we give you the >> Somebody say awesome. >> Awesome. >> Awesome. >> Awesome. >> And we And we give you the >> Somebody call awesome. >> Awesome. >> Awesome.

You are awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. You are worthy. Worthy. You are worthy. Worthy. You are worthy of the glory. Oh, faithful. >> Somebody faithful. Somebody Yeah. Heat. Heat. Everybody Jesus Jesus Jesus nameus Jesus nameus Jesus Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Yeah. Hallelujah. Glory to the righteous name of Jesus.

All glory to the righteous name of Jesus. All glory to the righteous name of Jesus. All glory and honor to all be in power. We belong to our father. Hallelujah to the king of kings and the lord of lords. Hallelujah. Woo! Yeah! We love you, Jesus. Nobody like you, love.

Yes, the world will bow down and say, "You are God." Every man will bow down and say you are king. So let's start right now. Why would we wait? Come on, can we sing together? King of glory, >> King of glory, >> fill this place. >> Fill this. >> We just wanna be >> Just wanna be with you. >> Just wanna be with you. >> Just wanna be. >> Come on. >> So, let's start right now.

Power will wait. We can praise you now. It brings a glory to King of glory. >> Fill this place. We just want to be >> just want to be with you Jesus. King of the way this place Jesus. >> I just want to I just want to be with you, Jesus.

And all the earth will shout your praise. Our hearts will cry. The bones will sing. Great are you, Lord. All the earth will be the ground. One more time together. Our hearts will Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Sound your praise. Sound your praise.

Sound your praise. >> King of glory. Say this place. Just want to be with you. >> Just want to be with you. >> Just want to be the king of glory. Just want to be with you. Just want to be with you. Oh. Hallelujah Jesus. Oh, let's magnify the Lord.

Amen. How many are glad to be in the house of the Lord? Just one more time. We bless him. We praise him. Amen. What an amazing way to begin this worship tonight. The Bible says that our God inhabits the praises of his people. And we are his people and we are the sheep of his pasture.

And we come before his presence with singing. And we enter into his gates with thanksgiving. And we know that the Lord is good and that he has made us and not we ourselves. Would you tell the Lord one more time that we thank him and we bless him and we come into his presence with thanksgiving.

If you can lift your hands and just tell the Lord thank you. I believe he'll know it's you that he blessed this past week. I believe he'll know it's you that he healed, that he delivered, and that he set free. Give the Lord a big smile on the person beside you as you take your seat.

Amen. Amen. And amen in Jesus name. Amen. My name is Reverend Dwayany Dickens Senior and it is indeed an honor and a privilege to serve. Amen. Tonight in this worship service, this is our communion service. And so we're going to thank God. Thank God for the blood. Thank God for the blood.

Thank him for the blood. Yes, we do. And so, we're going to invite you to turn with us in your Bibles to that very familiar but very poignant passage of scripture. 1 Corinthians the 11th chapter verse 28-31. When the word is read tonight, may it speak to your heart these familiar words and make them appropriate for our coming for him before him on this evening.

For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "Take, eat. This is my body which is broken for you.

Do this in remembrance of me." And in the same manner, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Therefore, whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner >> will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself. And so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

For this reason, many are weak and sick among you, and many do sleep. The word of the Lord is blessed. Would you bow your heads in prayer with us? Lord God, if we ever needed you before, we need you right now. We your children come before your presence.

Give you thanks for there is none like you. There is none like you. and we bless you and we praise you and we worship you and we thank you and we honor you and we magnify you and we give you everything that you desire, everything within us while we yet have breath.

Will we praise you? We come before you tonight broken. Some of us are bruised. Some of us are battered. Some of us are needing direction, needing peace in these turbulent times in which we leave. But you are God. And so remind us tonight that the earth is yours and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein.

And so tonight, this is your house and we are your people and we are the sheep of your pasture. And so as we celebrate Jesus tonight, we give you praise and we magnify you. We come before you as humble as we know how, not for form or for fashion, but to give you praise for a broken and a contrite heart you will not despise.

In Jesus name we pray. Let the church say amen and amen. Amen. Well, we come to that part of our service where we love to greet our guests. Amen. If you are a firsttime guest here at the First Baptist Church of Glen, Ireland, we simply want to warmly welcome you.

And it is warm up here and I know it's probably warm there because this is a warm church. How many say amen? And so, we want to welcome you on behalf of our senior pastor, Pastor John K. Jenkins, Senior. We say CMO, but she is amazing. Our first lady, CMO means chief ministry officer, first lady Trina Jenkins, the leaders of our church, the members of our church, we want to welcome you and we thank you that here at the First Baptist Church of Glenn Arden, our vision and mission statement is developing dynamic disciples through disciplehip, discipline, and duplication.

Amen. And and on on the screen behind me, there's a QR code if you like to find out more about our amazing church. Just simply click on or point to that QR code, pull up the information, find out as much as you like to learn about us as we want to avail ourselves to you.

We just want to say thank you again. God bless you. And first and family, we're going to greet our guests, of course, as we greet one another in Jesus name. Amen. the church. This is the hour for the kingdom. >> No greater time. >> No greater time to shine our light for the king. >> What a privilege. >> What a privilege.

Just to make his praise glor. CG. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Change God. God. family as you're greeting your guests and greeting your loved ones and all of you all online as well as you greet those who you love and are happy to see. Tonight, the choir is coming and we want to introduce and sing for you a new song.

And this new song that we're going to sing tonight is rooted for those of you all that have ever had to praise or worship or seek God in tough times. Anybody ever had to just thank God through some tough times. I was going through some tough times as many of you will have done last year.

And in the middle of the good times, I was talking to God about what was happening and God was reminding me back. You said, "But you know, I'm still good." Right? Even in the hard times, God is still good. On the mountain, he's good. In the valley, he's good.

Is there anybody who can say, "You know, it doesn't matter what time it is. He's still good. And I'm still going to praise him and I'm still going to worship him and I'm still going to lift him because I know the same God that got me through the last thing will get me through this one."

Is there anybody who knows that God is good? So, I want to introduce this song to you. And when you catch it, don't just listen to it, but worship with us. Come on, somebody worship him. Worship him. Worship him. It's a simple song. It just says, "Lord, forgive me.

For all the times I would complain instead of being grateful. I'm grateful. Help me say it. >> Forgive me. >> Forgive me. >> For all the times. for all the time I would complain >> instead of being >> instead of being grateful say I'm grateful >> I'm grateful >> and here's a part for me just you were good then >> you were good then >> and you're still good >> still good now >> and you will always be good.

You'll always >> always be good. >> You were good then. >> And you're still good now. >> Good now. >> Yeah. And you will >> always be good. >> Always be good. >> That's the whole song. Lift up your hands and say, "Lord, >> forgive me. >> Forgive me.

For all the times, >> for all the times >> I would complain instead of >> Oh, I'm grateful. >> Come on, y'all. I got it. Now, lift up your hands in the room and say, "Lord, forgive me for all the times that I would complain instead of being >> grateful.

Grateful say I'm grateful. Come on, say you were good then and you're still good now. And you will always be good. You will go and you feel good now. Yeah. You will always always when I look back and see all of the ways that it makes me say with my hands raised when I look Lord, you are good and you feel good and you will always be good.

You are going to feel you will always be with my hands on All of the mess I look Mercy always makes me I just want to say thank Lord, I just got to think anybody else like me. Lord, I just want to save my Thank you for covering me.

Thank you for protecting me. Thank you for Thank you for keeping me. You never let go of me. Heat. Heat. Heat. And I just want to say thank you Lord. Oh Lord, Lord forgive me for all the times that I would complain instead of being grateful. Thank you Jesus.

I'm grateful. Can you help me say it? Say, you were good then. >> You were good then. >> And you're still good. >> And you're still good now. >> And you will >> You will always be good. >> Always be good. >> Always be good. >> And you were good. >> You were good then. >> And you're still good. >> Still good now.

And you will >> you will always be good. >> Sing always >> always be good. >> All church would just say God is so good. Say God is so good. >> Sing it for yourself. He's >> so good >> to me >> all over the world. Say, God is >> yes. >> Even in the hard times, he's good.

God is >> even when the storms of life were raised. >> So he saw me >> to me. Let's declare it. You were good then. Got it. >> You were good. >> And you're still good. >> Still good now. You will be >> You will always be good. >> Always. >> Always. >> No. >> You are good. >> And you're still good. >> You're still good now. >> So you will >> You will always be good. >> Always be good. >> Always be good. >> You are good then. >> Good day. >> And you're still good. >> Still good.

Now >> you will. You will always be good. >> Always be good. >> Always be good. >> Whole church say God is >> say all over the world. You are good and you're still good now. And you will always be good. Always be good. You are good. And you feel good now.

And you will So good. This is FBCG News. Be a disciple and make a disciple. Be a disciple and make a disciple. Here's what's happening on our church calendar. Join Pastor John K. Jenkins, Senior, as he preaches at the pastoral installation of Dr. Jonathan Queen, located at Greater First Baptist Church of Washington DC, 27013th Street Northwest.

FBCG will provide transportation from the worship center. If you plan to attend, please register. Let's support Pastor and Dr. Queen in his new assignment. It was a weekend that changed the world. Experience the storytelling and celebration of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection with the First Baptist Church of Glenn Arden, April 3rd through the 5th.

On Good Friday, April 3rd at 7 p.m., experience Glory to Glory, a powerful production that brings to life the story of Jesus's 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 and truth of the gospel.

Then on Saturday at 6 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 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 online.

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

Throughout the weekend, 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. Kalita Forbes, Alexandra Hoover, Pastor Mary Seight, and Reverend Shalita Fombi. Come experience what it means to live as his beloved.

Registration is now open at fbcglennard.org/getaway. That's the news for this week. To learn more about these events, monthly gatherings, and all things FBCG, visit fbc glennharden.org. Can you say amen? As we say in the church, govern yourselves accordingly. It is now time for tithes and offerings. Amen. Amen.

Amen. Well, First Baptist, we're so grateful that you are generous givers and it's because of your giving that we are able to do so many amazing things. I started to eliterate and say we have fun, there's food, there's fellowship, there's family, there's faith events. But what you know what?

Today it's missions. Early on today, we celebrate our missions department and it's to your giving. Amen. You can give it up. You can give it up. You can give it up. We're able to take the gospel as pastor eloquently preached this morning around the world. I've been blessed to be a part of several of those trips to across the ocean, both the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea.

And we are thankful that God has blessed us with a pastor and a church that enables us to take the gospel, the good news around the world. But it's because of your giving and we're so thankful and grateful for the fact that you are amazing givers. Amen. There are several ways in which you can give.

Amen. You can go to our go to your website and there visit fbcglennard.orgg. You can also give in person with a cash or with a check there in the seatback pocket in front of you. There's an envelope. You can take your tithe and you can put it inside of that envelope.

If there's not one, just simply raise your hand and the usher will be glad to serve you. We also have giving stations strategically placed throughout the sanctuary where you can put your tithe and your gift in those locations. And then fourthly, you can give by sending your gift or your tithe here or to the ministry center which is located at 3600 Bright Seat Road, Landover, Maryland 20785.

Amen. Let us pray. Father, we thank you so much. You are the giver of life. You are the giver of every good and perfect gift. And so we thank you for the fact that you have blessed us and you enabled us to give good soul into your kingdom through this amazing church.

We ask that you will continue to bless what we do, how we serve, how we minister locally around the world. We are thankful for the 32 states that are viewing this program and for the 23 countries. It's because of the giving of your people and the faithfulness that you have afforded us.

It's in Jesus name we pray. Let the people of God say amen. >> Amen. >> Amen. You are God, the only sovereign God. The only living God, everlasting, ever loving, evergiving God. The only sovereign God, the only living God, everlasting, everlingsing Everglings, the only present, the only living Everlasting, ever loving, ever giving God.

There is a name that I love to proclaim. Master, Savior Jesus. No name compares to his awesome reign. Jesus we reance your name with our praise. Jesus we reence your name. Heat. Heat. Heat. >> Jesus. We reence your name with praise. Jesus we praise Lord. Your Yeah. Heat.

Hey, Heat. Heat. Oh, how I love Jesus. How I love Jesus. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Let me tell you. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. love him. I say you love the Lord tonight and you're not ashamed to let the world know how much you love him.

He's been so good to us. He's been so good. He's been so kind. He's been faithful. He's a friend indeed. And we love him tonight. I said we love him tonight because he first loved us. He first loved us. But we think I got to get out of the way.

But somebody need to know that the Lord loves you tonight. And you're going to find out. We have an amazing guest preacher tonight. It's preaching time. It's preaching time. Please pay attention to the IMAGs. Amen. Praise him. Pastor Steve Jameson serves as the global pastor of East Ridge Church, a role focused on expanding the church's global partnerships and kingdom impact.

For 26 years, Pastor Jameson served as East Ridg's lead pastor, where by God's grace, he helped lead the church into a season of vision and growth. During that time, he guided and designed the construction of Each Ridg's current campus, creating opportunities for greater local and global ministry. Before coming to East Ridge, Pastor Jameson spent 14 years as an evangelist and co-founder of Jamming Against the Darkness, an outreach featuring Christian NBA players, powerful testimonies, Grammy-winning music, and Pastor Jameson sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in arenas across the nation, including Madison Square Garden, the Verizon Center, and T-Mobile Park.

Pastor Jameson is also the author of The Most Valuable Catch, a book on spiritual growth and leadership inspired by his upbringing as a commercial fisherman in Alaska. In addition, he holds a master's degree in mission leadership from Northwest University. Pastor Jameson and his wife have three adult children and six grandchildren.

First Baptist, let's stand and welcome Pastor Steve Jameson. It's good to see you, Blake. Bless you. Praise God. Good evening, everybody. It is so good to be with you tonight. I'll just have you stay standing with me for just a second. And u I want to have my wife Cheryl.

She's with me. I want to have her just uh give you a little shout out there tonight. And uh All right. Well, this is uh my very favorite place to be because it's the home of my dear friend, Pastor John Jenkins, and his wife, Trina. We've had the opportunity to travel all over the world and preach the gospel.

And I can tell you that to me, this is the greatest church and the greatest leaders that we have ever had an opportunity to be around. We love you so much. We're so proud of you and uh this church is making a difference all over the world. And uh so tonight I want to lead you in a word of prayer if you just stay with me for one second.

Uh you heard about uh in the announcement that I wrote a book a couple of years ago. I brought a few of them with me. Uh I'd love to sign one for you tonight. It is about how to hear the voice. It looks like a fishing book, but it's really I grew up fishing with my dad all up and down the West Coast and in Alaska.

And it was transformational to me. And so I took some of the stories of fishing with my dad, my longest time at sea, 40 days without seeing land with just my dad and me. How many you know there's a few things to say about fathers and sons and danger.

But more importantly, how to hear the voice of God, how to grow bold and and realize you got to untie the boat and you got to head to deeper water. So tonight, I want to preach to you about the goodness of our God that we're celebrating today. And as we celebrate communion, it is an amazing time to just let God do these amazing things that we're singing about.

Let it go deep in your heart tonight. And I believe that there are going to be people who will come to Christ tonight. Some of you will make a fresh decision to follow God. And many more are going to find places of healing and impartation. So let's look to the one who can do it all.

Would you join me tonight? Would you lift your hands with me all over the sanctuary tonight? And would you just call on the Lord? We're going to believe him for great miracles. Lord, I just thank you for the opportunity to be with our dear friends and this amazing church family that we esteem so much and love so dearly.

And I pray dear God your double portion blessing. I pray Lord that tonight the power of your Holy Spirit will come upon each and everyone. And that God tonight we would we would just literally open our hearts that your glory and power, your truth may flow freely into us.

And we give you all the praise and all the glory in Jesus name. Amen. And amen. Glory to God. Give somebody a little fist bump next to you and just say, "Get ready. God's going to do something big in your life." And then tonight, you can grab a seat and I'm going to preach the word to you tonight.

What a joy to be able to be with you tonight. Uh to be able to come this morning and just hear a magnificent uh message from Pastor Jenkins and uh a preacher among preachers. And I'm really glad to have the choir behind me because I could use a little support here tonight.

So, you know, if I'm preaching truth, you can say, "Amen. Praise God." Stand. Do whatever you like to do. Nobody will be injured in the midst of this time. So, I'm looking forward to what God has for us. I want to take a moment with you tonight to really talk about some of the things that that Pastor John was talking about today.

And I want to take you in the scripture to Luke chapter 4 if you have your Bibles with you tonight. And I I want to give you a title tonight. It's simply this. Jesus is our hope in every situation. He's not our hope in some situations. He is our hope in every situation.

And as we even come to the communion table tonight, I think it is so important to be reminded that Jesus knew his mission when he came to the earth. And he not only knew the mission, but he even knew the cost that his mission would require. And in Luke 4, I'm going to read beginning with verse 14, and you can join me.

It says these words, "Then Jesus returned in the power of the spirit to Galilee, and the news of him went throughout the surrounding region. And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all." So he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as his custom was, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read, and he was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah.

And when he'd opened the book, he found the place where it was written, "The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the recovery of sight to the blind, to set to liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."

And then he closed the book and he gave it back to the attendant. and he sat down and all the eyes of those who were in the synagogue were fixed upon him and he began to say to them to today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. Now when you when we take just a moment to read the scripture it is truly amazing what we find in this scripture because first of all the Bible teaches us that Jesus in the earlier part of Luke chapter 4 had been out in the wilderness and he was tempted by the devil.

How many you know the devil took everything he had and tried to bring to Jesus to a place of destruction before Jesus could even open his ministry. But we know that he overcame by the power of the word and the power of the Holy Spirit working inside of him.

Now as we read in Luke chapter 4, he goes to Nazareth where he was raised and he goes into the synagogue. And I know that many of you have made a trip to the Holy Land and I hope when things settle down that many more of us will be able to go and experience it because it will change your life.

You will never read the Bible the same. Isn't that true? In fact, even with talking about a synagogue, sometimes we might think about something magnificent like this church building, but a first century synagogue would probably be more the size of the platform and maybe not even have room for those who were in the choir.

And Jesus came into that synagogue and as he was there, they came over to him and they gave him a scroll. Remember, they didn't have a full Bible like we do today. They handed him a scroll. And it, you could say it was random. They had a number of different scrolls they could have handed Jesus.

But Isaiah is one of the most powerful prophets speaking about the Messiah that will come to change the entire world. And I don't think it was random. It was prophetic. They handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and he knew exactly where to go. He opened up that scroll and he looked at the people and he said, "The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me for he has anointed me."

Come on, somebody. To preach the good news to the poor, to bring to bind up the brokenhearted, to release the captive, and to bring joy instead of a spirit of mourning. And in the midst of that, when he read that scripture, he handed it back to him as if nothing had happened.

And he went and he sat down. And the Bible says that all of their eyes were captured upon him. And he looked over and he knew that everybody was thinking, "What in the world just happened?" And Jesus said, "Well, let me tell you what just happened. This scripture is being fulfilled right here in your setting."

And they knew exactly what that meant. He was claiming not to just be a man, a good moral teacher, or somebody who grew up here. He was claiming to be the son of God. He was claiming to be the Messiah. Wow. What an amazing thing. Don't you wish you could have been there that day in Nazareth and seen that?

I want to take you in the choir a little bit deeper into this. I want to take you to Isaiah 61 that Jesus was quoting from. And I want to read to you three of the scriptures right here. It's almost verbatim, but it's just a little different. Look at what it says in Isaiah 61:es 1-3.

The spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor. He sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison for those who are bound. to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God.

To comfort all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion, and to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and that he may be glorified.

I love what the NIV says here. It says that you may become oaks of righteousness for the display of his splendor. Look at somebody next to you and say, "God made you to display his glory in this generation." He made you to show his glory. How many you believe that tonight?

You were made with purpose that you would be loved of God and that God would use you to change the world around you. I want to give you four quick points tonight as we're here for the preaching of the word. They're very simple right out of this text.

Number one, Jesus came to speak good news to the poor. Now, that's interesting when we look at that because I think a lot of times if we just read it on the surface, we will miss what the scriptur is really teaching us. Now, we love to serve the poor.

We love to serve those who are are underserved and disadvantaged and those who are hurting. I love the fact that this church today you were talking about your mission and you were showing, you know, a video of so many different ministries for going and feeding the poor and going places and and touching those who have been incarcerated.

And I I'll tell you what, 129 different ministries is what I think I heard today. And what an amazing place of transforming lives. I love the fact that you've even been partnering with with a ministry that is dear to my heart and to my wife's heart called Convoy of Hope.

And we have taken on a position with Convoy to help travel the world to help uh them build their teams and and even do more in the realm of ministry around the world. And so we made a trip to Kenya last fall. I had to travel all the way to Kenya to have dinner with Pastor Jenkins in Nairobi.

So, I'm I'm thankful that we could come here tonight. It's a lot less travel involved, but Pastor Jenkins was there to minister an evangelistic message of how to win the lost. And we were there dealing with the other side, which was compassion and going into the Mthari Valley where 800,000 people live in abject poverty.

One of the things that Convoy does is what they call women's empowerment. And we love this because there are so many women who have been abused and broken and they've been left behind with children and they're out on the street and many of them will take a rope or a piece of string even and tie it around their hand and tie it to their kids so that when they fall asleep at night laying on the street that if somebody's trying to steal a child there'll be at least enough of awareness that there could be a fight in order to try and save those children. and convoy comes in and they give different tracks of training to women who would like to learn how to have a business and then they teach them everything.

You don't even have to be a Christian to go there, but they're going to teach you Christian principles. They're even going to teach you how to tithe and how to steward. And we went there in the Mthari Valley in the midst of this poverty and we met a gal who convoy taught how to be a butician.

And we saw in the midst of the poverty, her kids were no longer on the street, but because she'd been trained, they had a place to lay their heads down in safety. And I loved what we also heard that she in turn had then helped five other women to be able to build a business to get their kids off of the street.

You know, we love the poor. We love to be able to meet them and help them. And Jesus loves the poor. How many you know that he cares about us? But if we read the scripture and we think that Jesus came to proclaim the good news only to those who are in a place of poverty, we're missing what it's really saying.

Because what that is really meaning is for people who are in need spiritually in every area of need. How many know every single person in this room and the people you go home and live with and walk around and serve with, there isn't one person that Jesus didn't come to release the power of the kingdom and to release the power of the gospel.

When we talk about the good news, the good news literally is talking about the fact that God loves you and I so much that Christ came into humanity to stand in our place like your pastor preached about today that we might be delivered and set free for the glory of God.

That is what the kingdom of God is about. That we would be proclaiming freedom to people in so many areas of their lives. Number one is to preach uh to the poor. Number two is to bind up the brokenhearted. And it's interesting. I've been pastoring for almost 26 years.

And before that, a number of years as an evangelist and led people to the Lord. And I sat and I heard their stories all over the world. And I can tell you that there is a thousand different ways that your heart can break. Wait a minute. That's not right.

There are a million different ways that someone can break your heart. And some of you, unfortunately, have experienced many different methods. The aspect of being betrayed, walked out on, being abused, being unseen, being overlooked, being Are you with me today? Being talked down to, being damaged. Anybody know what I'm saying tonight?

You know what it is to be brokenhearted. For some of your kids or your grandkids, you know that love is a great thing, but the journey of love can be painful. >> There's one or two of you that had your heart broke in the process of growing up.

If you know where we're going on the broken heart so many ways, you had a job. You thought you were doing good. You were working hard. You even had some awards and different things and all of a sudden, you know, you didn't see it coming. and all of a sudden you don't have a job or somebody leaped over the top of you and there's a broken heart.

I'm not preaching theory. I This is reality. I know what it is as a father. You might not want to hear this from a pastor, but I know what it's like as a father to go to bed at night and have tears on your pillow while you pray and ask God to touch one of your kids with where they are in their lives.

And what it is to not only go to bed and have tears on the pillow when you lay your head down, but when you wake up in the morning, somehow those tears are still there. And there's places of brokenness and heartache and pain. But I want to tell you tonight, if you are suffering in these places of brokenness and pain, Jesus Christ came into the world, not just to walk on the water, not just to heal the sick, not just to open up blind eyes, but he came to deal with the brokenness of your heart.

He came to touch the pain that no one else can heal. He came to help you find what hope is really all about. Because he is not just our hope in some places. at sometimes. He is our hope in all places at all times. My wife and I were traveling about a year ago, just a little more than a year ago, and we were in Los Angeles, and we were just right after the fires of Aladena and the Palisades, and we decided to go to a ministry that we helped support as a church called the LA Dream Center.

And we went to the Dream Center. We also went to Altadine ourselves. Our daughter used to live right there. And we drove through the streets that we once loved viewing and we saw them just absolutely leveled. Nothing but ash. When you drove through the street, if if a house had a fireplace, there's a fireplace.

It looks un untouched, but everything else is totally gone. The cars scorched in the driveways and in the garages and still there. And we went to the dream center because they were giving supplies to people of all different economic levels because even if you've got money, if you lose it all there, you have no way to unlock it, you've got nothing.

And so we were there and they said, "Could you host some of the fire victims?" And so we listened to their stories and one one gal came in and she was talking to Cheryl and I. She was talking about how she was trying to get her dad to leave.

She said, "Dad, you got to get out of here. People are people's houses are being destroyed. You're you're going to you're going to die here." And he said, "I've lived here for a long time, and fires come and fires go, and this is going to come, and it's going to go, and I'm going to be just fine."

But in the middle of the night, there came a police pickup truck down the street with its siren and lights and a loudspeaker. And they were saying, "You've got to get out now or you are going to die. you've got to get out now or you are going to die.

And they finally opened up the door and her her father looked down the street and it looked like an ocean uh swell as the fire was rolling down the street. And they got out and they barely got out with their lives. But you know, one of the things that really touched my heart was the ministry of the dream center after that.

Because you know, people have lost everything. As I'm saying, it's just nothing but ashes. And then it's tainted. You can't even go in there because it's dangerous because of all the chemicals and everything. And the dream center, these are people who've gone through recovery or even are going through recovery.

Isn't it amazing how God can take the hurts that he's healing in your life and use you to help heal somebody else? >> And the the Dream Center team somewhere got levels of hazmat. I don't know if it was everything that they would want you to have, but they had enough to be able to do the job.

But then they had to get permission and they had to go knock on on doors, doors that aren't even there. They're they're having to call people and find people and say, "Would you be okay if we came and sifted through your ashes to see if we could find anything that would be of value for you?"

And they went through there and they in their hazmats, they got down and and they were scraping through the ashes to just see if they might find a ring somewhere or if they might find a a page or a photo album that wasn't totally scorched and and destroyed or to see if they could find even a piece of pottery that a young kid had brought home.

Something that would lift a spirit. Something that would say to them, "You haven't lost it all. Even though you thought you've lost it all, here's something that you can anchor your hope on. Here's something that you can see that every in the midst of that storm, in the midst of that fire, not everything could be taken from you.

I want to tell you something. When Jesus Christ came to this earth and went to a cross on your behalf and on my behalf, when he took my sin and took your sin, what he was saying is, "I'm willing to step into your life, and I'm willing to get down into your ashes, and I'm willing to look for the things of value that you think have been stolen, that have been taken away, that you'll never see again.

And I am the God who will restore you. I will restore your relationships. I will restore your children. I will restore the things that you thought you'd never see again because that's who I am. I am the God of the breakthrough and the miracle. Not just the God of Christmas and Easter, but I'm the God that changes everything.

Aren't you glad that he comes to not condemn you and destroy you? Say, "What a foolish thing for you. You know, you wouldn't be in this place if you would have left earlier or thought or grabbed something. But God takes you right where you are and he leads you to a place of healing and power.

The third thing is the Bible says that Jesus came to do what? He's fulfilling the prophet Isaiah's declaration of the Messiah. And he says, "I'm going to set the captive free." I love seeing your ministry today about redeemed and restored. I may not have that correct, but I was impressed with what that ministry is all about.

That is the heart of God. He is our redeemer and he's the one who restores us. You know, in the midst of this in u last a little more than a year ago, in fact, we went straight from Aladena and we went to the Bay Area for NBA All-Star weekend.

And a lot of times when people think about NBA Allstar weekend, they think about the game, the glitz and the glamour and all that. But I was going there to partner with some guys who were going to San Quinton prison. And we went into San Quinton prison and it was a it was like something out of a movie.

We were out in the yard and uh we went inside and the openness and the receptivity blew me away. I couldn't even believe it. And then later we went to a facility for younger people. It was built as one of the most industrial cold places you could ever go.

Have to walk through two or three doors to get into a pod. There was no signs on the walls and said, "Hey, have a good day or things are going to get better." There was just nothing. And as we went in there, they told me that they used to house hundreds of young people in this place, but now it was down to 37.

I said, 'Wow, you guys must be doing a good job. And they said, 'N no, we're not. What they said was, 'In California, young people on the street know you can do just about anything and do no jail time. Because of that, the 37 young guys who are in here, we can't tell you exactly, but most of them have been involved in a homicide. many of them multiple homicides.

So they let us go in and speak to these guys in pods like eight or 10 at a time. Too long a story for right now. But we went through there and nobody told us, "Hey, look, this is a state facility. You know, separation of church and state, you know, you can go this far, you can say this, but don't say this."

No, nobody said anything. So, while I'm in there, I'm with one of the chaplain from the Golden State Warriors, and these young guys are saying, "Hey, tell us about Steph Curry." And he said, 'I love Steph Curry. I could talk all day about Steph Curry, but I just have to tell you that I could spend that time telling you about Steph Curry, and when I left, you wouldn't be any different.

So, I want to talk to you about Jesus. >> We had talked about this ahead of time. I said, "Hey, David, how are we going to do this today?" He said, "Well, I'll start out when I feel like it's the right time. I'll I'll give it to you."

So, he says, "I want to tell you about Jesus and how you can have value in your life." He said, "Steve's going to tell you now." And uh so I jumped in there and I said, "Hey, look, I know you're interested in Steph Curry, but I want to tell you something.

You and Steph Curry are exactly the same. >> You have you have something in common." And they're like, "What's that?" I said, "You've been made by the same God. You've been made with the same purpose. and that is that you would know him and and you would know that he made you to love you.

He He didn't He didn't make you to destroy you. He made you to love you. And and I began to tell them the gospel. I said, "You know, a lot of you have heard stories of brutality and you've heard about a cross and and you've heard about blood and all those things, but you haven't known why." >> It's amazing to me how many people in church don't know why.

Why the brutality? Why? Why the pain? Why should I care about that? Why would I want to be attached to that? And I told him, I said, "It's because God is holy and he's pure. There's no darkness. He's absolute truth. You can He cannot lie. He cannot deceive.

And that means he can't lie to himself. He can't look at us and say, "Hey, nothing happened. It's okay." You know, God looks at us and he knows that we have fallen short of his glory. And he can't he can't put it under the rug. He can't fake himself out and say, "It doesn't matter.

His holiness is a standard that he holds up himself. And I said, "Because I can't do what you need. I can't I can't do anything that could qualify to bring forgiveness to you. Only God." And because of that, Jesus came to the earth knowing that it would only be his sacrifice.

He is the only one worthy to come before the father and say, "I am going to do justice on behalf of mankind. I am going to deal with sin and pain and death and destruction and I'm going to do it once for everyone. And if you will believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, you will be forgiven and you will be changed.

And I look over at the two armed guards sitting by the door wondering if they're going to say, "Look," you know, instead they were going, it was like, "Preach on, Pastor Jenkins. Come on." You know, that that's kind of where it was. And so we went into another room after we had dealt with all of the others.

We we spoke to every young person there and it was unbelievable the tears and the receptivity. It was unbelievable. Came down to two last guys. We walked in this room and they had the world's biggest um LED screen and the two of them were playing video games. And when you come in there, they don't have to listen to you.

They they don't have to turn a chair around. They don't have to stop. But they did. And I told them the same thing we've been telling these other guys about where does your value come from? How can you have a hope and a future when you know who you are, what's happened, and where you are?

There's a hope and a future because there's a God that is greater than your failures. And he can set the captive free. Went through the whole the whole presentation of the gospel. And I looked at these two young men and I said, "Does this resonate with you? would you want me to pray with you to to receive this forgiveness and and and Jesus into your life?

And he looked at me, he said, "Nope, I'm good. I'm good." I looked over at the other guy and I I said, "Hey, well, thanks for letting me talk to you. I really appreciate because I know you didn't have to stop your game and take the time. Thank you."

I look at the other guy. I said, "What about you? Does this does this resonate in your heart?" He looks at me. He says, "There is nothing that I need more in my life than to know that God could forgive me." And we led that young man in that moment to believe that Jesus is the only one who can set the captive free.

And we linked him up with a guy who comes frequently to that prison, that youth facility, and linked him up to be discipled even behind bars. How good is our God? All right, I'm out of time, but I want to say I want to say one last thing to you.

And that is that the last piece, the fourth one, is that he binds he not only binds up the brokenhearted. He not only set the captive free, but he comes to those who are mourning. And I'm sure that in this room there's a lot of people who are mourning different things in your life. losses, loved ones, career, all these different things are literally human reality and you mourn them and they're painful.

My wife in November, well, go back a little bit. When she was 15, 16 years old, her parents divorced and went separate ways. Lived different lives in different states, but then they both got sick in their different states. And my wife and I would fly back and forth to different to just love on her parents in different ways.

And as it came down, her mother and father died in November, five days apart and struggled. They didn't have heart attacks. They didn't just instantly go. They struggled. And I went with my wife and I watched her and we walked through it together. But I'll tell you what, there was so much time when it was just sitting by her mother's side, just holding her hand or patting her father who could barely speak or make a sound.

And you know what that is? That's the ministry of presence. >> And I want to say this to you. There is no one who will walk with you through life like Jesus. >> Because it's why he came. It was his calling. It was his destiny. It was his purpose.

He said, "The spirit of the Lord is upon me to preach the good news to the poor, to bind up the brokenhearted, to set the captive free, and to give the oil of joy instead of mourning." And I want to tell you tonight, you can bank on that when you even partake in a moment of the emblems.

I want you to be reminded that Jesus Christ came himself to do what no one else could do. And he would say, "This bread represents my body." what that was given for you. And this cup in my blood, in my sacrifice, is a new covenant. It represents a new way that God is going to deal with people.

So tonight, let the healing grace of the of the cross. Let the healing grace of Jesus touch your life and you will never be the same. What a great word from God. Amen. What? Jesus is our hope for every situation. Doesn't matter what you've done. Doesn't matter how recently you did it.

Doesn't matter how often you did it. The blood of Jesus can cleanse you from all of your sins. >> Amen. >> I'm wondering if there's somebody here tonight that needs that forgiveness. If so, we we offer Christ to you and we invite you to come and say yes to the Lord.

Or maybe you're backsliding and you drifted away from in your walk with God and you want to rededicate yourself. Or maybe you're not sure of your eternal status. We want you to know right now you can get blessed assurance. Or maybe you need a church. You're saved. You're walking with God, but you need a church.

In my familiar words, this here is a great church. Amen. So have enough courage to leave and step out from where you are and make your way down here right now. We we offer Christ to you. Amen. Oh my he will give you bread to life. So God come on >> to Christ. >> To Christ. >> Let's give the Lord a shout of thanks for this.

Our brother, God bless you, man. Father, we thank you for this young man. We pray that you meet him wherever his need is. That you would plant him, fill him, use him for your glory and honor. Let your perfect will be manifested in his life in Jesus name.

Amen. Y'all do know that when one sinner comes and gets right, the angels throw a party. Hallelujah. Let's thank the Lord for Pastor Steve Jameson in that great message today. Thank you, bro. Fantastic. You can be seated. Amen. That was wonderful, man. Thank you for coming and sharing with us tonight.

Appreciate you so very, very, very much. I want us to sew into his ministry. You You know how we do it. We like to plant a seed. We're going to tell you real quick. You can give to First Baptist Church, Glenn Arten by giving to fbcgllarden.org/give org/g. Or you can give uh with cash or a check by filling out the envelope and dropping it in the uh uh slots or whatever whatever we have as you go in and out.

Can you pass me my phone so I can sew a seed myself? I didn't I didn't mean to leave it right there. I do my giving through my phone. Praise the Lord. Anybody else do that? Thank both of y'all for shouting on that. Amen. Uh, one one of the things I love about our church is that I don't have I don't have to beg y'all to give.

Y'all are great givers. Yeah. I don't want you to clap now. I want you to go ahead and have your phone and and just express gratitude to the Lord for what our brother shared with us today. Father, bless these gifts that we give. Let it be a sweet aroma in your nostrils, acceptable to you.

Let it be a blessing to this servant of your your kingdom in Jesus name. Amen. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. I put it all in his hand. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Oh, heat, heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Hallelujah. Aren't you glad you serve a God that can handle whatever you put in his hands? Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Thank you. Bless his name. All right. Praise the Lord.

My God. My God. Praise his name. Wonderful God. Don't have to worry about anything. Just turn it over to the Lord. He got it all under control. I'm persuaded he didn't bring me all this far to abandon me and leave me. Hallelujah. Whatever I face, whatever I'm going through, whatever my challenges might be, he has it all under control.

Heat The problem I know I Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Yes. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Y'all act like y'all know something about that. Jesus, sit down if you're able. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Oh, the blood that Jesus shed for me. Oh Lord, wait back on Calvary. Anybody grateful for the blood that gives me strength from day to day. Here's the truth. It will never Are there any witnesses that know it won't lose his power?

Oh, we mountain. I know it's old school, but it's still worse. and the flowers from today. Well, now you Yeah. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Oh yeah. Heat. Thank you for the blood. Thank you for the blood. Thank you for the blood. Amen. We have a great God to worship. >> And I'm glad I pastor a church where people don't mind worshiping God. >> Amen.

Pastor Jameson, I don't know if you remember this, but one time I came to your church and I think I was preaching through a series of services and there was a particular woman who somebody in your church had been trying to get to come to church and she finally convinced her to come to church and the lady said, "I don't mind coming in your church.

Long as they ain't doing all that dancing and running around. Do y'all remember? You remember that? And that night we danced at East Ridge Church. Amen. >> I don't know if there's anybody here tonight, but we have a reason to dance. Heat Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. All the heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. We give you glory. We give you honor. We give you praise. We exalt you. We exalt you. We thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Hallelujah. I didn't make y'all I didn't mean to make y'all keep running around and dancing and stuff, but we do have something to thank God for. Amen. Praise the Lord. We're going to we're going to enter into our communion now. Y'all can come and get this offering. Father, bless these gifts that people have given.

Give it back to them 100fold in Jesus name. >> Amen. All right, let me uh tell you before we do the before we do the um covenant uh let me tell you something I'm thankful for. I'm involved with training pastors uh with how to win people to the Lord.

That's one of the things I do around the country. And as a part of this training, I've learned that a healthy church seeks to have 5% of its membership added to the church every year. 5%. For our church, we average on a Sunday morning about 9,000 people. And I've calculated out that every month we need to have about 37 people join the church for us to be healthy.

Today we got 75 people joining the church. That's why I'm dancing cuz people are still getting saved. People are still getting transformed. Amen. So, we're going to we we're going to give the right hand of fellowship to 75 people tonight. Amen. Where y'all at? Let me see where y'all at.

Stand up, y'all. 75. All right, we're going to do it in a few minutes, but we're going to do our covenant first. Okay, let's let's reaffirm our covenant together. Having been led as we believed by the spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our savior and on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, we do now in the presence of God, angels, and this assembly most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.

We engage therefore by the aid of the Holy Spirit to walk together in Christian love to strive for the advancement of this church in knowledge, holiness, and comfort. to promote its prosperity and spirituality, to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines, and to contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations.

We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions, to religiously educate our children, to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances, to walk circumspectly in the world, to be just in our dealings, faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our department. To avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger. to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating and behavioraltering substances for recreational purposes and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our savior.

We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love, to remember each other in prayer, to aid each other in sickness and distress, to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech, to be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay.

We moreover engage that when we remove from this place, we will as soon as possible unite with some other church where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God's word. And now unto him who brought again from the dead, our Lord Jesus be power and glory forever.

Amen. Bless you. All right, our leaders are coming and uh we want to introduce so all of our new members know who our leaders are at the church and I'm grateful for these leaders. They help our church be what it is. This is Elder Wilbur Barham who is the vice chair of the elders.

We appreciate and love him. This is Elder Stan Featherstone who is our secretary of our board of elders. Uh Elder Thelma Haggood is taking care of her mother. Pray for her. Her mother is declining. So please pray for Elder Haggood. She's at home. This is Elder uh Esther Gordon who's Esther.

You you came to all service. You came to four services today. You are truly saved girl all the way. This is Elder uh James Johnson. And this is Elder Thomas H. Sims. He'll be 93 in June. And he's still here. This is uh the our chief operating officer, Dr.

Joseph Jones. It's our chief ministry officer, First Lady Trina Jenkins. Helen Bryant is over our helps department. Reverend Dwayne Dickens is in charge of our congregational care. Our emerging generations is led by the Reverend Joshua Jenkins. Our missions department is led by Deacon Stan Jones. Family life is led by Reverend Ulissi Skip Little.

Shabbach is our nonprofit ministry led by Reverend Cynthia Terry. Our music department is led by Anthony Brown and Minister Mike McCoy. Our deacons ministry is led by Deacon Keith Adams. And our deaconists are led by Deaconist Bridget Smith, who by the way, her youngest son was in an accident and had to have surgery.

He's going to be okay, but had to have surgery. And she's down in Greensboro, I think she told me. Uh, so pray for her. But these are the leaders of the First Baptist Church of Glenn Arty. But keep it rolling. Now, if you get in the right hand of fellowship again, stand up.

We know that you've completed the new members class, and you're going to be a faithful, dedicated member. You know what our expectations are. Please stand again. And all of the people around you are going to come and give you the right hand of fellowship. Y'all go ahead and welcome them.

We are the church. This is the hour of the kingdom. No greater time to shine our lights for the king. >> What a privilege. >> What a privilege and an earth >> just to serve him. to serve him to make his way glorious every day. >> And we won't stop now. >> And we can't stop at FPC. >> We are making disciples at FPCG.

We are church. One God. We are the church. We are the church. This is the hour for the kingdom. >> No greater time. >> No greater time to shine my light for the king. >> What a privilege. >> What a honor. >> Just to make his praise glorious living. >> You is now full-fledged members of the First Baptist Church of Len.

Our expectation is for you to be faithfully involved in some ministry at the church, one of our 129 ministries. Our expectation is for you to join us in prayer when we have seasons and times of prayer. Our expectation is that you will be in some teaching ministry at the church. that you will become a student of the word of God and a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And our expectation is for you to support the church financially through tithes and offerings. Amen. All of y'all supposed to say amen right there. Amen. So, we welcome you and thank you for becoming a part of our church family. We love you. God bless you. I'm going to ask uh Walter Harris to just come and pray over this table today.

No, just you can do it right there. Father, we thank you for this wonderful service. We thank you for your spirit coming. We not forget that while you doing this communion tonight and you we saw your spirit work mighty in our lives. We just praise you for one more day.

We will not forget what you've done for us if we try to do what you have us to do. In the name of your son Jesus, we lift up and everybody say amen. >> Amen again. >> All right. >> Dane another like Walter Harris. give you praise and oh Lord we bless your name and we lift our voices to say thank you for your goodness and your mercy toward us.

For your goodness and your mercy toward us, we offer Has anyone been omitted? Come. Anybody else missed out when you came in? This bread represents the body of the Lord Jesus. He took upon himself our sins, sicknesses, and diseases. And our reflection and gratitude of what he has done for us.

Let us eat together. >> Amen. >> Amen. As we hold this cup in our hands, we're reminded of what Jesus said in the upper room just hours before he would go to the cross. That this body is represented in the bread, but in this cup is a new covenant by my blood.

And so tonight, as we partake of this together, let us thank God for forgiveness of sin. And let us be reminded that the enemy has no bearing, no power over us because of the power of the blood that Jesus shed upon the cross. Lord, we pray for you to bless and anoint the partaking of this cup.

We pray for your grace and power to be revealed in Jesus name. Amen. And amen. Let's partake together. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Let me thank you for your support. Thank you for your presence tonight. Thank you for your prayers for our church. Thank you for your prayers for the leadership of the church.

I'm grateful for these leaders, the elders, deacons, deaconists, and the ministers. So grateful for how they help this church be what it is. I love you all and thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I just want to say a word about Daryl Jacobs who is here tonight.

Now, don't he just had major surgery, so don't y'all come up here hugging on him. But I'm so grateful that he came here tonight and we're so grateful that God is looking out for you and we love you. We miss you, buddy. But we want you to get well.

So stay home until you can get well. We got you covered. Amen. Y'all have a great day. Be blessed in Jesus name. family. What an awesome communion service we've experienced tonight. And we want you to know that it is still not too late for you to accept Jesus Christ as your savior.

If you've never accepted Christ or maybe you remember accepting him at one time but now you don't know or you're unsure or maybe you've backslid and all that means is you know you haven't been living right and you want to rededicate yourself or maybe none of those things applies.

You know Jesus, you saved, sanctified, and filled with the Holy Ghost, but you're not a member of any church. If any of those four things applies to you, you can call that number that's on your screen right now. You can click the link that our online digital disciples are putting in the chat or you can email me at commit at fbcglennard.org and you can begin your journey today.

Amen. Amen. >> Amen. >> Brother, listen. >> You know what it is. >> Oh, well listen. >> It's communion. And what a befitting word we just had for this service. Like it it just it never misses. >> It And Pastor Steve Jameson, you know, he's been here before.

Yes. >> And every time he comes, you know, he he's not one of them. >> But it's such a great word. >> He's not a what though? >> He's not a kind of, you know, >> and you know what? And it don't take all that. It really does not take all that because the fact of the matter is that Jesus is our hope in every situation. >> Every come on somebody >> situation that he's not our hope. >> Undefeated as you like to say. >> You better watch that.

You watch it tonight. You know I'm already right here is communion. Help us >> family. Put in the chat what were your takeaways from this wonderful wonderful message we received in communion tonight. >> Amen. >> Yeah. It's just I'm I'm over I'm over overjoyed. >> You already know.

You already know. >> Well, listen. We had our new family members. >> Did we not have 75? >> A whole church. >> That's a whole church. >> Welcome, welcome. >> Welcome family. And you know, of course, OC family. We saw y'all. >> We saw y'all all the way down there in Florida.

I ain't calling no names, but you know, Florida, I got to Hey, hey, we got a new member in Florida. I got to shout her out. >> I love it. I No. All love for Florida. All love. and South Carolina too. >> Wasn't no new members in South Carolina tonight though.

So South Carolina get on the ball. Okay. Thank so he can have a state to shout out. But we're gonna pray for him. My God. Hallelujah. >> Y'all know how we do. We wasn't together this morning, so we got to make up. >> It's been a minute. >> Yeah, it's it has >> it's been a minute. >> Yes. >> I was I was just sharing with you, you know, earlier. >> I didn't understand what you meant when you said that.

I'm here now. I Okay, >> I'm I'm present. I'm >> praying for her. Y'all ain't praying hard enough. >> I think it's the new hairstyle. You know when it when the hair start pulling the brain. >> I wasn't going to say that. But y'all see this new D.

Ain't it lovely? Isn't it? >> Y'all pray for me. I didn't deserve a song. And don't do that to Stevie. Uh shout out to Stevie Wonder. We sorry. Um >> what are the announcements? Cuz you're Jesus. Take it away. >> That's right. That's what we supposed to do. announcements.

There are some we're going to announce. Yeah. Oh, hey guys. Yes, announcements. A Bible study is back this Tuesday. You know, we were off this past um Tuesday due to baptism, but we're back this Tuesday. We will have Bible study 700 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Um watch groups, find a watch group.

We have watch groups popping up all over. We have watch groups in North Carolina, too. We have Georgia. We have Florida, we have >> uh Canada, we have >> upstate New York. >> Well, not yet, but New York is coming. Michigan is there. So, we're we're about to do open a group in upstate New York, as well as Brooklyn, New York.

We're we're expanding. So, if there's a watch group in your area, you need to connect. They get together. Each group gets together monthly for fellowship, in-person fellowship, which you need. Some of you said, "Well, but I'm good right here." You know, just watching. No, you're not. You're not good.

You've decided. You've settled, but you're not good. Okay. So, if you live in an area where there's a watch group, you owe it to yourself and to the Lord >> to join together with others in community. Visit fbcgllinardarden.org/watchgroups to find your group >> and discover how you can help us in the online campus.

We need volunteers. We need you. So, please go to fbcglennard.org/oc volunteers, come on and join us. No, >> no s, just volunteer. >> English major, help us. >> Well, but if they put volunteers, they're not going to get the right thing. >> No s volunteer. Help us, God.

Um, yeah. So, we're gonna go now because um he's he needs rest. So, we're going to go ahead and and conclude this post experience, but family, it's always a joy to hang with you. Will you uh close the people out with a word of encouragement, please? >> Absolutely.

May the Lord bless you. May he keep you. May he smile upon you until we are together again. Never ever leaving the Lord. >> We love you family. Take care. God bless. Bye.