everybody out this morning let's go ahead and stand get the service started page 355. Oh he loves He loves me, He loves me, He loves me, this I know. He gave Himself to die for me because He loves me so. Oh, it is He loves me, He loves me, He loves me this I know. He gave Himself to die for me because He loves me so. loves you say amen. Amen. Good to see all of you this morning. We appreciate all of you being here at Myrtle Baptist. I want to go to the Lord in prayer and I want to ask Brother Carlos if he will to open us this morning. New page 220, remain standing. ♪ The love of God is greater for ♪ ♪ Than tongue or pen and anchor fell ♪ ♪ It goes beyond the highest star ♪ ♪ And reaches to the lowest hell ♪ is is Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Oh God, how great you do. He shall forevermore endure the slays that angels saw, could be within the ocean's view. And put aside a parchment made, Where every stone on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade, To write the law of God above would drain the ocean. He shall forevermore endure the saints and angels song. You may be seated. Pray for the choir as we sing. I've been looking at along this winding road, to the old familiar markers of the mercies I have known. I know it may sound simple, but it's more than a cliche. No other words to tell you and to say. I've been blessed beyond my wildest dreams as I go to sleep each night. Oh, I've learned my share of hard times, but my stride is always good. Through it all, God's been good. I've had some bitter tears, but I felt his arms around me as I faced my darkest fears. I've had more gains than losses, but I've found more joy than hurt as his grace fell down upon me again. Words beyond the water streams as I go to sleep each night. For I've read my share of hard times, but my sanity's always good. Through it all, God's been good. God has been my Father, my Savior, and my Friend. His love was my beginning, and His love will be my end. I'd like to spend forever trying to give everything He is. I've been blessed beyond my wildest dreams As I go to sleep each night For I've heard my share of hard times But my society's always stood through it all Great or my many sins, but for the blood I'd still be drowning in death's bitter flood Hopelessly perishing, but for the blood Great is the mercy, great is the love. Great are my many sins, but for the blood. I'll still be drowning, cast here in mud. Hopelessly perishing, but for the blood. They found me in the morning, I'm still living. Great is the mercy, great is the love Great are my many sins, but for the love I'd still be drowning in death's bitter flood Hopelessly perishing but for the blood I've tried to find mercy, all of my good I've tried to embrace, but there's no way I could But I gained the whole world, I'd still be lost ♪ Without the blood Jesus shed on the cross ♪ ♪ Rain into mercy, rain into blood ♪ ♪ Prayed on my many sins but for the blood ♪ ♪ I'd still be drowning in death's bitter flood ♪ ♪ Hopelessly perishing but for the blood ♪ ♪ Rain into mercy ♪ Great is the love, great are my many sins, but for the blood I'd still be drowning in this bitter flood Hopelessly perishing, but for the blood I'd still be drowning in this bitter flood Hopelessly perishing, but for the blood ♪ On a hill called Galilee ♪ ♪ Jesus, my Lord, suffered for me ♪ ♪ Carried the cross all the way ♪ ♪ My sins to atone ♪ ♪ Then they nailed me to the cross ♪ ♪ Grave was the pain and the loss ♪ ♪ We suffered it all ♪ because he loves me. Because he loves me. Because he loves me, my Savior died. Oh, the cross was crucified. Oh, greater love, my mortal man, has ever Oh, praise his dear name, he loves me so. Now I am his, his pride I know. He suffered it all, because he loved me. ♪ Lead him away ♪ ♪ Placed in need of holy grace ♪ ♪ Surely he thought that this would be the end of his faith ♪ ♪ Oh, the third and glorious day ♪ ♪ God came and rolled the stone away ♪ ♪ He rose from the dead ♪ because he loves me A mortal man has never begun. Oh, praise His dear name, He loves me so. Now I am His, He's mine, I know, He's conquered it all. Because He loves me, because He loves me, because He loves me, my Savior died, on the cross was crucified. Oh, greater love, my mortal man, there's ever been none. Oh, praise His name, He loves me so Now I am His, He's mine, I know He's suffered it all Because He loves me Oh, praise His name, He loves me so Now I am His, He's mine, I know He's suffered it all Because he loves me. I am mine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice, and it told my love to Thee. Lord, I long to rise in the arms of Thee, bring me closer to Thee. Though we may never hear Thy blessed voice, hear the prosperous cry, We'll be nearer, nearer, nearer, yes, to Thee, Lord. Be Thy gracious, be Thine. Consecrate me now with Thy service, Lord. by the power of grace divine. Lift my soul to God with the strength that's full, and I will be lost in thine. Oh, be gathered here, blessed Lord, to the cross without end. Only mirror, mirror, in her place to go To that precious place I'd rather shake hands with the last person and the fire comes down ♪ There are glimpses of love that I cannot know ♪ ♪ Till I cross the perilous sea ♪ ♪ There are heights of joy that I may not reach ♪ ♪ Till I first find peace with thee ♪ ♪ Road be nearer ♪ ♪ Hear the casting from his imposter ♪ While she continues playing, if you have any offering, you can bring it at this time. May you be saved. It's good to see all of you this morning good to be in the house of God with all of you appreciate you coming Especially our visitors. Thank you all for coming to Myrtle Baptist Church pray that you'll get a blessing from Jesus while you're here I did want to mention some things we had a great Valentine banquet last night and appreciate all the Labors and efforts that was put in to make them that a great a great time together. We appreciate it so much and I'm supposed to announce this, tonight we're going to have a blowout. Y'all going to put the dog on for Brother John tonight. It's going to be a farewell celebration. Y'all are going to tell me to get out of here or something like that, but no, we're going to celebrate 22 years together. Can y'all believe it's been that long? Sister Terry, Brother Bobby, can y'all believe it? When I first came here, it was Brother Terry and Sister Bobby. Now it's Sister Terry and Brother Bobby, and they've changed a lot down through the years. But where did that come from? Josh, old Josh, probably Ashley. But we're going to celebrate 22 years together tonight after service. And so you plan on being here with us, and we'll have a great time together. There's a sign-up sheet for Men's Topgolf. If you want to go to that, please put your name on the sign-up sheet. And we'll, us men, will go together and have a great time together. And if you don't know which one you are, if you're male or female, come see me or Nathan Densmore right after service, and we'll help you with that. Amen? Amen. I've had many tears and sorrows I've had questions for tomorrow There's been times I didn't know right from wrong But in every situation God gave blessed consolation That my trials come only to make me strong I've learned to trust in Jesus and I've learned to trust in God. Oh, I've learned to depend upon His word. I've been lots of places, and I've seen lots of faces. There's been times I've felt so alone. But in my lonely hours, those precious lonely hours, Jesus let me know that I was His own. Through it all, through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, and I've learned to trust in God. Hang on just a minute. How many of you have been through some tough places in your life? I believe we can all identify with that. It's in those times where we get real deep and real heavy that God will come by and make himself more real to you than he's ever been before. And I appreciate those deep times of my Christian walk when God just made himself really real to me. It's almost like you can almost feel him put his arms around you and hold you and let you know that he's there and everything's going to be fine. I'm glad to know that God is that real of a God. If you don't know this Jesus, I beg you to run to him. I beg you to trust Jesus Christ today. He's the only hope and the best hope there is to have in life, Jesus Christ. Sing that second again, sister. I love that song. I've been lots of places and I've seen lots of faces. There's been times I've felt so old. Those lonely hours, those precious lonely hours Jesus let me know that I was His own Through it all, through it all I've learned to trust in Jesus and I've learned to trust in God Oh, I've learned to depend upon His Word. I thank God for the mountains, and I thank Him for the valleys. I thank Him for the storms He brought me through. I would know that he could solve them I never know what faith in God can do Through it all Through it all I've learned to trust in Jesus and I've learned to trust in God Through it all Through it all Oh, I've learned to depend upon His Word. Through it all, through it all, I've learned to depend upon His Word. Somebody might need to stand and testify this morning. God being good to anybody in this room. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. You have heart surgery like Brother Barry did. They actually take your heart out and you're actually dead. That machine is doing all the work and you're actually dead during that time. Here he is today still being a blessing to us. Somebody else this morning. Yes, Bill. Yeah, yeah. That's Sister Susan. Yep. Anyone else this morning? Amen. Anybody else this morning? God been good to anybody? Amen. Amen. Yep. Yep. Yes, sir. Anybody else this morning? Don't be bashful. God been real to you, let us know it. It helps us. Amen. Amen. Deb and I were talking about y'all's lives this week, earlier this past week, and how y'all faced a lot of things, but here you are. By the grace of God, Thank God for y'all. Anybody else this morning? Amen. How many of you are thankful for this church? Amen, amen. A place of refuge, a place where you can just come and all that other stuff you've been facing and going through can, well, actually you can bring it in here and He can tend to it where you even forget about that stuff. Anybody else this morning? Yes, she does. Yes, she does. Yeah, yeah. Anybody else this morning? Amen. Amen. Oh, yeah, we're going to have prayer for her this morning. I've got that on my heart, Asher. Isn't it amazing when young kids know who to go to? Who to go to? Y'all bear with me just a minute. read you something. If I can find it real quick. Little Liz got saved a little while back and Pam was cleaning up Liz's playroom one day. She found this little note that Liz had written And this is, I'm quoting from that little note, it says, you are savior. Snow falls down for you. You died on the cross for our sins. I love you two times more than anything. You are the best of all. You are the king of all kings. It's amazing that little kids know that. They know that. It comes out of their heart, they know that. He's that big of a God. He's that much of a God that He can reveal Himself to a little child in such ways as that. Oh, He's good to us. He's far better to all of us, far better than any of us are to Him. There's been times in my life, I'll be honest with you, I'm just not in it. I'm just kind of there. I know none of y'all experienced that, but I've been there. I'm just kind of just there. But thank God that when I'm at times like that, that he's still faithful, he's still true to me. And he brings me through those lukewarm times and brings me to the other side. I need the fire of God burning in my soul. I need to be closer to Jesus than I've ever been before. And I'm so thankful that our God understands and he brings us through. those times. Anybody else this morning? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Today. Yes, sir. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Yes, sir. We'd ride the church bus, we'd follow by the church, but my mother dragged us to church. And in Lansing, there's four or five preachers in my family. Most of them slaves, and they didn't mind, but my mother dragged us to church. And they taught me what's going on. Mother was wrong. And we would talk about the building, the ticket, how to build it, how to get it, how to set it up, how to build it. She'd push me back from the bench. I wouldn't know why, but she said, Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yeah. Anybody else this morning? I've been a long time since you've testified. I'd get up this morning. I'd give the devil a black eye with my testimony. Get him off your back, shake and bait the snake. Anybody else? It's like a bath house. It's kind of like a therapy. It's in a bath house. It's got all the shapes. You can put your hand in it. You can put your arm in it. You can lean on the grass. You can lean on the dog. The tent pole. It is not in a bath house. It would be in a crab pool. About four and a half years ago. I'm not going to say. Except that I can say. Tell it. Tell it. Tell it. No, no, tell it. Amen. Amen. It's a long story, but sometimes it's the best way. It's as simple as that. It's the only way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. There's no other way. so He gave us a great, great love. But this, what a way to compress everything that she really was. She didn't do it on purpose. She just, she didn't know how to distribute herself to everybody. But at the same time, she has this small, innocent little tear in her soul. Seth, how old were you when your daddy passed? Three months old. How many of you lost a dad or a mom when you were young? I'm sure I'm glad he's our heavenly father. He said, I'll be a father to the fatherless. Thank God he shows himself true in that respect day in and day out of my life. Anybody else that's been in? anybody else this morning. Let me say this for the benefit of every person in this room. What we've just experienced is God being real in some people's lives and them standing up just testifying. And I'm going to say this to some in here that may be lost and don't know about this. Jesus Christ died for your sins. He loved you that much. He became your sin. He became, you think about the worst of worst sins, adultery, murder. He became that. He became your sin, whatever it is, whatever it was. He became that on the cross of Calvary. He was made sin for us, the word of God says. He became your sin, but he became you on that cross and he died for you. They buried him, but I've got some great news for you. He got up out of the grave. He's alive and he's here for you today. If you need a savior, I can point you to Jesus Christ. and tell you he is the one that you need in your life. You're not going to find it in drugs. You're not going to find it in sex. You're not going to find it in alcohol. You're not going to find it in pleasures or money or prestige. You're going to find it only in Jesus Christ. Can I get a witness from God's people in this room? I want us all to stand this morning If you're here and you're not saved, I beg you, come to this altar and ask Jesus into your heart right now. Don't wait on, don't wait on anything else. You just get yourself to the altar and get yourself to Jesus. Call upon his mighty name. He'll save you, forgive you of everything that you've done in life and come into your heart and be your savior from this moment forward. But here's what I want us to do as a church. I want us to come down. I want us to pray for Diane. Is her name Diane? Diane Bennett. Yeah, Diane Bennett. That's Mike's mama. She fell and broke her hip and they found out and discovered some other things and she needs so much prayer today. And I want us to come and gather around and pray that God will be with them. Pray for these kids. These kids, God is working in these young people's lives right now. And I'm so thankful to be a witness of what God's doing in them. How many, I cannot tell you how many of these young kids have come to me personally, talked to me about Jesus. And little Liz came running down Wednesday night from being up there. Joe and Quita, I want y'all to know I'm not able to be up there, but I hear what y'all are doing. You are having a big impact on these kids. She came running downstairs. She said, Mom, I got to preach tonight. Woo. That's all right. Let her come down rejoicing. She was able to do something for Jesus. Amen. Amen. Let's gather around these altars. If you're needing Jesus Christ this morning, I want to ask you to come right now. Come, come, come, but church coming, let's pray. Y'all come on, let's pray. Is anybody here this morning? Heads are bowed, eyes are closed. Anybody here that would say, preacher, I need Jesus in my life? I want Jesus to save me. Oh, preacher, pray for me. I know I need Jesus in my life. Preacher, pray for me. Would you be willing to slip up your hand right now? Preacher, that's me. I know I need Jesus in my life, in my heart. I need him in my mind. I need him in my family. I need him. I need him. Would you be willing to slip up your hand right now and say, Preacher, that's me. You may already be at the altar. You may still be in your pew. But Jesus can reach you anywhere you're at. If you'd be honest with Him, be honest, Lord, in a real way. Anybody at all. Preacher, I know I need Jesus in my life. Here's my hand. I'm being honest with myself, being honest before God. I know I need Jesus. Anybody like that at all? Anybody? Anybody? Don't play games with this matter. Don't just take it lightly. The most serious moment of your life right now is Jesus in your life. Is Jesus your Savior? I've had questions for tomorrow. There's been times I didn't know right from wrong. But in every situation, God gave blessed consolation that my trials come only to make me strong through it all. Through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, and I've learned to trust in God. Through it all, through it all, Oh, I've learned to depend upon His Word. Yes, sir. Sing it with me. Yeah. You need to come this morning. You need to come to Jesus. Please, please don't take this lightly. If you need Jesus in your heart, He's here for you. He's here right now just for you. He'll be real to you and save your soul right now. He'll come to you. Through it all, through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, and I've learned to trust in God. Through it all, through it all, I've learned to depend upon His power. I've learned to trust in Jesus and I've learned to trust in God through it all. Have you learned that? Have you learned that in your life? Sing that chorus again. Through it all. Through it all. I've learned to trust in Jesus. And I've learned to trust in God. Through it all. I've learned to depend upon His Word. Maybe somebody else needs to say something. Anybody else got anything on your heart? Anybody? God been good to anybody in here? All the time. Anybody else? Yeah. Yes, ma'am. You're a true soldier of the Lord's, Mr. Bailey. You're somebody, you're a hero in the Christian world. You're a hero. You may be here this morning and what you've been witnessing this morning is just not real in your life. We're here for you. As Brother Clay said, you're in the best place you could ever be in. You're in God's house. And if you need Jesus in your life, we're here for you. You reach out to us. Let us talk to you. Don't keep that thing a secret. It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's something to come to Jesus about. So if you need Jesus in your life, we're here for you. You may need prayer for some other reason. Maybe you're saved, but you're just in a deep valley right now. There's people that are gathered around you and pray for you and do whatever they can for you. But don't leave this place empty. Don't leave this place discouraged. Let Jesus do something for you this morning.