**A Time of Gratitude and Remembrance**

We come before you today to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation for all that You have done in our lives. We acknowledge that we are not worthy, but we thank You anyway because You are good and loving towards us. Thank You that You brought us to a place where we can cross safely without any harm or danger. Thank You that You restrained our enemies and caused us to prosper.

We thank You that You are the Lifegiver and the bringer of hope. We thank You that You are the Restorer, who brings healing to our souls and our bodies. We thank You that when we have wrestled with you till Daybreak, You caused the Son to rise on us again. Thank You, Father, for being our God of Peace.

**Reminders of Upcoming Events**

We want to remind you all about a few very important events happening this week and next month. Our Men's Ministry is being held here at the Lighthouse tomorrow at 7 p.m., as part of Black History Month celebrations. We will be hosting a special service with the Leicester Police Department, and we invite everyone to join us.

Additionally, our district ladies conference, Walk of Faith, will take place from November 1st to 3rd, with services held here at the Lighthouse every night at 7 p.m., starting on Friday. Our guest speaker, Dr. Rema, an international speaker, will be with us for a few days, sharing his message on "Jesus is Jesus, the Son of God or a Prophet". His talks will take place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday.

**Upcoming Services**

On November 6th, Dr. Rema will speak in the evening service, followed by an outreach event in the city center on Saturday, November 9th, where we will be doing praise and worship, sharing the word of God, and speaking to people about the love of Jesus. We invite everyone to join us for this event, which will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

**The Christmas Box Appeal**

We also want to remind you all about the Christmas Box appeal, part of the Samaritan's Purse project. If you would like to participate in this project, please speak with Reverend Burke or a member of our team, and we will help you with it.

**The Shoe Box Administrative Costs**

For those who are participating in the shoe box project, please remember that there is an administrative cost associated with shipping the boxes. We need your support to cover these costs so that we can continue to distribute the boxes to those in need.

**Being Hosts and Present**

Finally, on Thursday, we will be hosting a very important event at the Lighthouse, which will be the largest Civic Black History Event in the city this year. As hosts, we need to be present to share our message of hope and love with others. We want to make sure that we are all there to represent God's church well.

**Closing Prayer**

Let us close our prayer by saying a word of thank You for being a God of Peace. Thank You for bringing Jesus, the Son of God, from the dead. Through His blood, make us perfect in every good work, and do Your will working in us that which is pleasing in Your sight. Through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and ever Amen.

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neighbor and just say neighbor find your way if you're not sure tell them live a life hallelujah amen where bless the Lord um let me greet you all in the mighty mighty mighty mighty name of Jesus our sooncoming King it is indeed such a wonderful privilege to be in the house and we're getting ready to pray um our young people are away at Youth Academy um they went in force and a a video was shared that apparently for some or non reason they happen to be the noisiest and loudest group that are there I don't know where they got that from but we give God thanks for our young people I understand they're having a great time uh down there and I'm hoping they come back with the fire uh when they return but God is good uh we're in a season and we need the covering of God and there are so many challenges uh that we're facing what we do know is that our God is bigger than any situation uh we know that he is more more more than able he is enough he is enough for your sickness he's enough for your grief is enough for every single child challenge that you could face he is enough and that's why we invite him into our situation because he is enough we're going to be praying this morning um we're praying for our sister Leon Morton we're praying for our sister Nelson we're praying for Jonathan we're praying for Alana we're praying for the Miller family and we're praying for the Monroe Family God is able and scripture says his hands are not short and so we're going to be singing you are my strength strength like No And if you are here and you have a need we're going to be inviting you to come at this time You Are My Strength you are my strength strength like no other strength like no other reaches to me you are my hope you are my hope hope like no other hope like no other reaches to me you are my strength you are my strength strength like no other strength like no reaches to me you are my hope you are my hope hope like no other hope like no other reaches to me in the fullness in the 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you Lord just because of who you are and we thank you that you are an absolutely awesome incredible God and we thank you that your ways surpass our ways and because of your awesomeness we can bring every single thing that troubles us to you we can bring every single situation to you because you are God we thank you heavenly father that in the midst of cancer you are the oncology specialist and so we thank you for healing over breast cancer prostate cancer bowel cancer liver cancer we thank you that in the midst of Myoma you are Lord in the name of Jesus and so we thank you for the release of remission into every cancerous cell right now and we give you glory thank you Lord hallelujah thank you Lord hallelujah thank you thank you thank you Father that in the midst of renal failure you are Lord so I thank you for every kidney restored to its rightful function and for the peace that your children will have in the name of Jesus we give you glory thank you Lord thank you thank you Father I thank you right now for diabetes that is about to be changed and for your children who are about to declare that they have been healed because you're in the businesses we give you glory we give you glory and so father we step in and we step into the midst of schizophrenia we step into the midst of anxiety and depression and we step into them knowing that even in these situations you are Lord and so we declare your lordship in the midst of mental ill health we declare your lordship Jes and we declare that they are subject to you and to your Authority so I thank you for lucid and clear thoughts that will return I thank you that the spirit of suicide has been bound up and your children in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus thank you L will stand in your Liberty thank you Jesus because your word said who the sun sets free is free indeed so we thank you for the Liberty that we have in being in Christ Jesus we thank you Father right now I thank you that you are just moving and stepping into homes into families and that you are turning upside down relationships the right way up I thank you for Mar is that you're healing thank you Jesus I thank you for restoration that you're bringing I thank you that your grace is sufficient for our needs I thank you and now may your peace which passes all knowledge all understanding fill this place fill this place thank you Lord in the midst of bement Lord fill this place place in the midst of Darkness be light and fill this place in the midst of Despair you are Our Hope fill this place that your people who are called by your name and have humbled thems will turn unto you and you said that then you will hear from heaven and you will heal so we thank you Father in the name of Jesus thank you Lord amen amen hallelujah praise the Lord praise the Lord going to call on brother Pete to come and read our morning scripture and he's going to read from the book of Genesis chapter 32 verse 22-32 please stand understand when you found it Genesis 32 22-32 morning church morning okay we can all stand for reading God's word please thank you Jo Genesis 3222 to the end and he arose that night and took his two wives his two female servants and his 11 sons and crossed over the Ford of Jabbok he took them sent them over the brook and sent over what he had then Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of day now when he saw that he did not Prevail against him he touch the socket of his hi and the socket of Jacob's hip was out of joint as he wrestled with him and he said let me go for the day breaks but he said I will not let you go unless you bless me so he said to him what is your name he said Jacob and he said your name shall no longer be Jacob but Israel for you have struggled with God and with been and have prevailed then Jacob asked saying tell me your name I pray and he said what is it that you ask about my name and he blessed him there so Jacob called the name of the place penniel for I have seen God face to face and my life is preserved just as he crossed over the penuel the sun rose on him and he limped on his hip therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank which is on the hip socket because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank say Amen to God's word amen thank you brother Pete well now be reing the morning's tithes and offering so ushers will help us to to do that they'll be coming around with some envelopes for you to fill in um do we have the function at the back for card n is not here rever C is not here okay all right so you bring your offerings down to the front please thank you can we all stand together for prayer Hallelujah father in the name of Jesus we are so grateful to be alive today we are so grateful for the things that you've given to us to enjoy in our life but also Lord we just want to give back to you and father we thank you that you are helping us to pay our bills different responsibilities that we have in our lives those of us who have children and those of us who have different needs oh God we thank you that you always make a way in spite of what is happening in and around us and father Lord as we're about to give we pray Lord that you'll help us to give cheerfully with a willing heart thank you for the blessings and the doors that will open in our lives giving you all the glory and the praise we pray that it will be used to your glory and to your honor in Jesus name amen this song says we'll soon be done with troubles and trials when I get home on the other side amen amen we'll soon be done with troubles and trials when I get home on the other side I'm going to shake my with the ERS I'm going to tell all the people good morning I'm going to sit down beside my Jesus I'm going to sit down and rest a little while will soon be done with TR and trials when I get home on the other side I'm going to shake my hand to the ERS I'm going to tell all the people good morning I'm going to 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oh yes I'm going to sit down a little while Hallelujah yes Lord I like the way that we have warmed up but we haven't done it directly because when I was growing up with this song you need to make sure that you find somebody's hands to go and Shake you can't do it in your seat you can't do it without moving so we're going to sing it again and I want you to make sure that you find somebody before it's too late to shake their hand give them your give them your best smile let them see the joy of the Lord in you and whatever you're going through it will soon be done amen will soon be done with TRS and trials when I get home on the other side I'm going to shake my head I'm going to tell all the people oh I'm going to sit down oh I'm going to sit down a little while soon be done will soon be done troubles and trials when I get home on the other side I'm going to shake my hand with the I'm going tell the people good morning I'm going to sit down inside my Jesus I'm going to down the the we'll 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to sit down the little one one more time we'll soon be done with troubles and TR when I get home on the other side I'm going to sh the I'm going to sit down my Jesus I'm going to sit down and wrest in water I'm going to share my hands with the ERS I'm going to tell good morning I'm going to sit down by Jesus I'm going to sit down rest a little while I'm going to share hands with the elders I'm going to tell my people good morning I'm going to sit down beside my Jesus I'm going to sit down and hallelujah amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you amen amen am Hallelujah God is good hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you Jesus thank you Lord it's so good to be with you again and it's so good to see the joy of the Lord amen amen amen I wonder uh do we have anybody in the house for the first time today thank you can you stand can we give a lighthouse welcome please amen we welcome we welcome and I trust that as you worship us today that you will find a place of peace and Grace so welcome I I I'm not going to put you on the spot to get you to call out your name unless you want to amen amen but I know oh three over there we have Shrea welcome Shrea Amo Amo welcome Amo Bo Kofi welcome Kofi ml barl Merill Merill welcome Merill Michael Tara Jalisa J thank you welcome please be seated and we are so glad to have you here at the lious today and to those who are normally here it's good to have you as well amen amen amen it is that time and we're getting ready to break bread and I'm trusting that as we take this journey together I'm hoping and I'm praying heavenly father right now let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight and that as your words go forward let it go forward with power and with Clarity and may your word be a transforming word this we ask now father in the name of Jesus amen amen I'm told that when we stay Step Into the Book of Genesis your antenna needs to tingle uh because something foundational is coming something foundational is coming so well I want us as we journey together and I want to ask you if you follow me real tight please okay and we're staying on the three pillars on which we do church can somebody remind me what are the three pillars on which we do Church okay the word the worship and the welcome those are the three pillars on which we do Church we're staying in the word and I want us to say a word and the word is Jabbok ja okay the word is Jabbok is there a word from Lord and the word that I want to share with you this morning is Jabbok and we're going to break it down in a little while so we're in last time around we looked at Jeremiah and Jeremiah 37 and we also looked at Jeremiah 29 I want us to take us to and the King asked Jeremiah is there a word from the King asked Jeremiah is there a word from the Lord anybody remember what the word was okay it's all right we'll come back to it in a minute if you run with me to Genesis 32 and I I'm going to say this caution work in progress okay just J back drop back on that for me for a minute before we go any further caution work in progress look at your neighbor and tell them I'm a work in progress I need somebody to hear that because there are some of us who get to a place that we are looking at people and expect people to be perfect and as much as you may want people to be perfect they're not but as long as God's hand is working on them in due time when he has perfect Ed his work in you and and that's something I I long for because when he's perfected is working me I won't trouble people as much so if I trouble you remember I'm a work in progress but I got into the story of Jacob Jacob I often look and Jacob is one of the biggest conmen going from he was in the womb Jacob was a shady character from In the Womb in fact his name means heel Grabber supplanter because as his as his brother went to come out scripture says that he pulled pulled his foot so that was from the beginning and and to to to those of your parents uh when you're giving your children names be careful with what name you give your children sorry don't let me not get into anybody's business but names are powerful they speak to your future to your destiny they speak to your purpose so Jacob and I'm not going to run through the highlights of the story real quick we all know the story that Jacob robbed his brother Esau of his inheritance his Birthright and he did it with a little bit trickery because that's what Jacob was good at and then because of what he' done he fled and he fled to his uncle who was just as big a con artist as he was now there's an old Jamaican saying it says when two jins meet all headwork stops so he met his m I don't know if his uncle met his match in him and Jacob Jacob had to work twice as hard to get the wife that he wanted there's a message there for somebody okay he had to work twice as hard to get the wife that he wanted I'll leave that way just in the spot he gets his wife and he decides and God says to him it's time to go back you've been out here too long you're where you are right now is not where I intended you to be so it's time to go back so Jacob gets to this place and he knows he has to go back and he wants to go back to the place where God met him and blessed him and listen to this and God promised and made promises to him some of us are struggling because we are so far from the place that God made the promise to us and when God promises the thing I love about God he's not like us Mortals God keeps his word he keeps his promises so Jacob is going back and he says to his family's children PA of your Str strange Gods cuz you're going to a place that I know is Holy so I need you to put off the things that don't belong in a holy place okay I want to pull off the things that don't belong in a holy life okay pastor what you're talking about he said your Idols I need to get rid of them the things that you have picked up from the cultures around you and need you to get rid of them because where you're going they don't have a place in your future okay somebody say work in progress okay so I want to say to somebody the fortune teller leave them where they are stop spending your money on people to Divine for you leave them where they are okay you can't say that Pastor work in progress somebody who is digging in can I can I can I can I use this word I don't care what name they want to give it because they give it all kinds of strange names now but if somebody says you need to pay them for them to sort out what's going on in your life it's obia it's witchcraft whatever n want to give it it's OB it's witchcraft leave it alone it has no place in your future sorry you can't say that Pastor cuz nobody does that there are some things that you are engaging in and you think it's going to bring you relief and ease and peace it won't work if God is not in it all you're doing is paying for your misery and it will leave you miserable and broke so when say work in progress there are things that we have made our idols and we put them in front of God and it can be something like your job I don't want to trouble anybody but let me trouble somebody you prayed and ask God for a job so God in his goodness grants you you a job but now you can't come to church because the job says that you need to I'm sorry you ask God for the job he gives you the job and now God the job is the reason why you can't serve God okay make it make sense okay I'm not troubling anybody cuz I'm on good behavior just somebody say work in progress some of us are trying to outrun our past and there are some things that were way back and out of nowhere they pop up and they're very much in your present and you're trying to pretend they're not there I want challenge you give it to Jesus it's got messy because you tried to do it yourself now give it to Jesus so Jacob knows he's got to meet Esau and he knows that Esau wants to kill him not but Esau wants to kill him but Jacob knows he can't get to where he's supposed to be unless he meets Esau so Jacob says you know what I don't know what destruction Esau is going to wreak on me but I'm going to split my family into two one will go this way one will go that way that if Esau meets with one I've got somebody who will survive and Jacob is left alone I want you to go to verse 10 for me please go back to verse 10 so verse n then Jacob prayed oh god of My Father Abraham God of my father Isaac Lord you who said to me go back to your country and relatives and I will make you prosper hold a minute Jacob is saying God I want to remind you of what you told me I'm not coming with anything else other than what you told me I want you to remind me that I was quite happy to stay over here away from my brother but you said that I need to go back and I'm reminding you that you said if I went back you would cause me to prosper if you let them kill me how can I Prosper I want to I want someone to listen what care for this prayer because there a new fad that I'm not getting okay Jacob said in verse 10 I am on worthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown to your servant is God has been faithful and Jacob is saying I know that you've been good to me I want somebody right now just to lift your hands up and tell God for yourself I know that you've been good to me look how Jacob says and you see too many times we forget just how good God has been listen to this what he says in the next line when I left out of here all I had was a staff was a stick that's all I had when I crossed this Jordan the first time that was all I had but now I have been so blessed that I can split my family into two camps I want somebody to understand you're going through something right now and it seems tough but I want you to recall where you were when God found you how messed up how broken you were he put you back together again and instead of I know I say it before but let me say it again for some of you who came here in the 50s and 60s you came with one grip one grip sorry let me phrase it again you came with one B one small suitcase and all your worldly possessions were in that one suitcase you didn't even have a room oh let me just talk to somebody because I wanted to remind you of the goodness of God I'm told that at times you were hot beding it there were three of you in a room and depending what shift you were working on determine who slept in the bed at that hour you shared about bathroom with how many people in a house somebody a work in progress but God blessed you that now you have a house now you have bathrooms when you're going on your holiday your suitcas is overweight and you don't know what oh come on somebody I want to talk to somebody your wardrobe is bursting out and when you give clothes to charity your wardrobe is still bursting out because God has blessed you you came and you were doing some hard jobs some dirty jobs but your children are now sitting down in clean offices in executive places oh come on somebody no wonder the songwriter cried out when I think of the goodness of Jesus and what he has done for me my soul Cries Out Hallelujah thank God for saving me oh come on I wonder if you remember we weren't all that put together when we weren't all that but when we were at all that God came and found you in your mess and said I have purpose for you you were messed up broken up some of us were people of reputation and it wasn't a good one but God said I have purpose for you so Jacob is coming back rich and I mean rich he's got flocks and herds he has children he had 11 at the time according to the text he's got children he's got flocks Jacob is a rich man but I want you to hear this back in 31 his uncle lean pursues after him and lean is chasing him and God met lean in a dream and God said you're chasing after Jacob but see to it you don't touch him okay can I talk to somebody there are some people who' been pursuing you but God has told them to touch some of you are pursuing some people and God is telling you don't tou there's some messed up things going on and God is saying I've got it in control don't touch let me just behave myself so Jacob now has gone down and let me go back you go back to verses 9 and 10 for me please let me tell you what is really upsetting me at the moment I heard some prayers take place last week not here and somebody said I command you God and there's a trend if you look around where people are commanding and ordering God to do things how can we creatures of dust and dirt command the almighty to do anything and some of us have dropped it into a vocabulary I order I command it doesn't work like that look at Jacob's approach Jacob said I am unworthy I am Unworthy of what you've done for me I'm not worthy of it so I'm coming to you in all humbleness and I'm making a request I'm making a request I'm not giving you an order I'm going to remind you of what you said to me but in reminding you I'm still going to make a request of you I want to challenge you the next time you hear somebody saying they're about to command God shut them down it doesn't work oh but I just love this Paul said but God who is rich in Mercy and love while we were still sinners Christ died for us look at your neighbor said God loves you and if you weren't sure I'm telling you God loves you you know why when we were foolish and ignorant God winked at our ignorance he winked at our foolishness he winked at it he said you know what I know you don't understand so I'm going to have mercy on you okay let me let me come I need to get you to Jabbok so in verse 12 22 and he arose that night and took his two female servants and his 11 took his two wives his two servants and his 11 sons and crossed over the Ford of Jabbok he took them sent them over the brook and sent over what he had I want you to understand something this is key he sent over what he had he sent over his children and his family it is just him without his wealth without his trappings it's just him at a place called Jabbok say to your neighbor everybody's got to get to Jabbok Jabbok is a place of total surrender Jabbok means to empty yourself it meant it emptied itself and because it emptied itself it became a place of Crossing in order to get to where God wants you to be you've got to surrender everything you think that makes you you everything that youve put on your trappings your wealth your hes your Graces everything you've got to surrender and that is jabak and at Jabbok you see there are many Crossings in scripture and I want to I want to run with you real quick I don't want to labor you you see when they crossed the Red Sea they crossed as a multitude right so when you cross your Red Sea you're going with a mighty host Redemption when they crossed Jordan it was a victorious Army but when you're Crossing Jabbok it's just you when you get to the place of surrender it doesn't matter who hasn't surrendered because for you to cross you have to surrender and Jacob got to Jabbok am I pronouncing it right Professor somebody says yabok yab thank you off I'll read what verse 24 said so Jacob was left alone oh somebody can I talk to the person who's there John was left alone I want you to call your name out I was left alone and the man wrestled with him notice he had to get to that place to be in a place that he was wrestling and we know what scripture says he wrestled all night that means for where you are the thing that you're fighting with it might be your night it might be the deepest darkest place that you've ever been before but wrestle he wrestled and he wrestled and the thing I love about this passage of scripture is about the persistence that Jacob had and said when the man saw that he could not overpower him he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man some of you are going to have to go through some serious discomfort to get to the place where God has dealt with you and your situation the comfortableness the ease with which you have tried to live your life isn't working because you're still bound you're still in a place of mess but God says I need you to wrestle and as Jacob began to wrestle I wonder if you're getting ready to come with me into the verse that you all know the man said let me go for it's Daybreak but Jacob replied I want you to read it for me I want you to read it out loud for me Jacob replied I need somebody who is in that place I will not let you go unless you bless me oh come on somebody you've been fighting too long it's time to clear if you're old mou I will not let you go until you bless me I'm not about to give up yes I might be in pain yes I've been through some rough times yes I've been through some hard places but I'm not about to let you go job put it another way job said V he slay me yet will I trust him Hallelujah that means even if it kills me I'm not going to let you go everybody else has gone but I'm not about to let you go my wealth has gone cuz it's on the other side I'm not about to let you go but my wealth means nothing unless I cross this with you let me get controversial my family means nothing unless I cross this with you somebody say work in progress you see Jacob without God is useless to his family oh Pastor you getting Troublesome now I want to tell someone Us in here today without God you have no effect to your family because you're broken you're messed up you're lost without God oh let me calm myself down I want to talk to somebody who went to fth Back in the Day family training hour family challenge Philippians 4:13 Paul says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me you want your family to be better through Christ you want your job to be better through Christ you want your finances to be better through Christ oh oh Pastor work in progress work in progress so we get to verse 27 and the man asked him what is your name guess what the man knew his name the man knew his name but he asked him what is your name and Jacob had to answer with his name Jacob had to answer and tell the man I'm a con man I'm a trickster I'm a supplanter I'm a usurper that is who I am when you get to God you cannot hide from God who you are he knows absolutely everything there is to know about you but what he wonders is if you will be honest enough to say God this is where I'm at God I'm messed up God I'm broken God I'm hopeless God I'm lost that's who I am I recognize who I am and look what happens that is no longer your name oh come on somebody that is no longer your name I want somebody who understands that you used to be in a place where they thought of you as less than what you are and God says that's not your name somebody who your family might not have been all that good God said that is not your name some of us we used to F steal cheat God said that is not your name some of us we used to backbite and under mind God said that is not your name some of us were just bitter God said that's not your name some of us were full of envy and Malice and greed God said that is not your name look at your neighbor and say I got a new name he said your name long be called Jacob but Israel and that means Prince of God oh somebody somebody I want you to look at yourself I don't know how you're going to do it and look at yourself can talk to yourself and tell yourself I got a new name I want to hold your hand in your face and talk to the hand cu the face doesn't want to know talk to the hand talk to the hand I've got a new name I'm a Child of God I'm an heir and a joint air with Jesus Christ I used to be a child of Wrath but now I'm a child of the king oh am I tell you to talk to the hand you see this hand we have used it for so many things that were not of God this hand has been quick to do so many things that didn't belong to God we now need to talk to the hand and tell the hand now oh somebody you know hearing me talk to the hand and say now you will do you will do the things of God the things of God now now you will act you will in line with God God I've got a new name in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus and Jacob wrestled and he held on he held on and he called the place pel because I've seen the face of God lived I wonder I want somebody I just want to take this I'm going to close out I've seen the face of God and lived what does that mean when I got into God's presence he didn't kill me I got into his presence and I didn't die oh one of you hearing me some of you have been fighting getting into presence of God so been fighting into God's will because you think that you're going to end up in a place that is worse than where you are at Jacob said when he got into the presence of God he lived Jacob became Israel he became a prince prince God says I want to make you royalty that's what I'm trying to do to you I'm trying to make you blessed I'm trying to make you into a place that all the things you tried to do by yourself when I am with you if you thought you were Rich before I will make you richer if you were poor before I will make you rich but when God takes anything he makes it better oh I just want to go back to school for some of you just one more time one more time good better best never let it rest until your good has become better and your better the only way your good can become better and your better become best is when you're in in Jesus Christ because he is the author and the finisher of your faith he is the one who turns you around he is the one who makes you better and so what we covered from Genesis if you're looking for forgiveness it only comes by the mercy of God God bless his perseverance don't give up our identity is not in us it's not what everybody has given to us our identity is in Christ God desires for us to know him intimately in other words you got to know him for yourself if you really want to get close to God humble yourself and when you get into his presence and you've encountered God you will be blessed your name your situation will be changed it says he was made lame you know what that means when you get into his presence you can't run from him again you can't run from him again why because you don't need to run from him again because in his presence there is fullness of joy and at his right hand there are Pleasures forever more will you stand with me please I just want you to Bow your heads I want to speak to somebody who is at Jabbok you're at the place of surrender surrender you need Jesus not for anybody else but for yourself you need to be in a place where you have surrendered everything to him and he will restore I want to invite you this morning if there's somebody who's saying I need Jesus for myself everybody bow your heads and if that's you just raise your hand I want to pray with you this morning you need Jesus for yourself hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you for that hand hallelujah hallelujah thank you Jesus thank you Jesus Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah the song I'm going to ask sister Co if you come and help me as the dear pant of for the water so my soul longth after thee you alone are my heart's desire and I long to worship thee as the de panteth for the water so my soul longth after you you are alone on my heart desire and I Love to Worship You You Are alone Are My Strength my shield to you alone may my spir you Lord of my heart desire and I long to worship you you're my friend you're my friend and you are my brother even though you are I King I love you I love you more than the are the so much more than anything you alone you are Lord all my strength my shield to you alone may my spir you alone are my heart desire and I love to work sh you you alone you alone you alone Are My Strength my shield to you are Lord May my spir you are alone on my heart desire and I love to Earth if you need prayer this morning I'm going to invite you to come you've been going through it by yourself for too long youone all my strength and sheld to you are you ja you need to cross you need to cross you are Lord all my heart desire and I love to I want you more than gold all silver only you can satisfy can hallelujah hallelujah you alone are the re Joy giver and the pull all my you alone you are Lord Are My Strength my she to you are Lord may my spirit you are lone on my heart desire and I love to worship you as the pant for the waters so my so long it you you are alone are my heart desire and I love to worship you you are alone are my strength and shield to you are Lord oh may my spir you are alone are my heart desire and I love to worship you you alone you are alone all my strength my Shi to you are Lord may my spir you are all my heart desire and I Love to Worship You you alone you are alone all my strength and shield to you you are may my spirit you are Al on my heart desire and I love to worship you you alone you are alone all my strength my shield to you are may my spirit you are alone all my heart deire and I long to worship you alone you are oh my strength my sheld to you our Lord may my SP you you are alone of my heart desire I love to Hallelujah father we just thank you for your love for your mercy and your grace for your word thank you that you who brings us to our place of surrender will not leave us there thank you that you brought us to a place where we can cross safely thank you thank you thank you that you have restrained our enemies thank you thank you that you are the one who causes us to prosper thank you thank you that you are the lifegiver and the bringer of Hope thank you that you are the restorer thank you thank you thank you that you are the one who when we have wrestled with you till Daybreak you caused the son to rise on us again thank you Father thank you Father thank you and so we give you glory now in the name of Jesus Amen and amen amen amen amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah I'm going to ask that uh if you just be seated for a few minutes I'm going to ask our sister Carolyn to come with the notices um there are a number of very important things happening this week I need to be aware of and then I going to ask you to wait because we have a special testimony to come thank you good afternoon everyone good afternoon just want to remind you about a few things so weekly activities remain the same bar the the ones that I'm going to mentioned so Men's Ministry is being held here at the Lighthouse tomorrow at at 7 p.m. to recognize Black History Month a special service will be held with the leerer police and ourselves and it's here Thursday the 31st of August at 5:30 that's 5:30 here the district ladies conference walk of Faith the conference is running from the 1st to the 3D of November and it will be held here Friday night it's going to be here at the Lighthouse no longer at Peterborough 700 p.m. start on Friday Saturday 900 a.m. and Sunday 11:00 a.m. at the Lighthouse so Dr remat he's an international speaker and he will be here for a few days the theme is Jesus is Jesus the son of God or a prophet so that's Wednesday the 6th of November at 700 p.m. Thursday the 7th of November at 700 p.m. and Sunday the 10th of November at 11: as well 11:00 a.m. we have a baptismal service on the 17th of November and that's Sunday also in November we have a financial conference and it's taking place on Wednesday the 27th of November at 7 p.m. at the light house and lastly if you wish to participate in the Christmas Box appeal that's part of the Samaritans purse please do see reverent Burke or a member of our team or myself and we can help help you with that project amen thank you for listening I'll just call Reverend Burke thank you thank you sister carolene can I just um undergo what she's just said about Dr rayat so he's not only here on the 6th and the 7th in the evening or just here on the Sunday but we're also going out on the 9th the 9th of November we're going to go out into the city center and we're going to do Outreach we're going to have praise and worship we're going to have the word and we're going to go out and speak to people and share the love of Jesus with people for that to happen I'm asking as many people as possible to join myself and Dr rayat in the city center and it' be good if I could know who's going to be there today so after service could you come and just let me know who I can expect on the 9th of November we're hoping to be down at the city center 10:30 a.m. to one thank you and The Shoe Box just to say please please please support it and for those who are doing their shoe box please also remember the administrative cost of5 cuz they need need that support to ship the boxes thank you amen amen I just want to just reiterate on Thursday I need us to be here we are the hosts and so if we are hosting we need to be present is that right wow that didn't sound thank you javanni for being so bold if we are hosting we need to be present okay I am informed that I will put out there it is the largest Civic black history event in the city this year so please make sure that we are present as we share okay oh thank you stand with me please now a God of Peace that brought again from our de from the dead our lord Jesus that great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant make you perfect in every good work to do his will working in you that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory forever and ever amen\n"