West Angeles Church of God in Christ Channel | Los Angeles, CA | Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr.

house of the Lord got another phrase if you are glad on this morning if you are glad to be alive if you are glad to have bread in your body let’s give the Lord a great praise on this story Oh somebody say hallelujah glory to his name hey man you all look so blessed and so beautiful on this morning give yourselves a hand you have made it to the right place at the right time and you may be seated welcome to West Angeles welcome home it is so good to see all of your beautiful smiling faces in the house of the Lord on today world beloved I don’t know about you but I’m ready to give the Lord some praise on this morning I’m ready to celebrate his goodness on this morning and we’re now going to begin our time together and we’ll now have our very special announcements from our voice of hospitality good morning West Angela’s at this time we pause in our services to give a warm West Angela’s family greeting to our online viewing audience amen let’s give him a hand clap now for those of you that are visiting West Angeles for the first time please stand and remain standing until you’ve been greeted all visitors please stand on behalf of our pastor Bishop Charles E Blake his lovely wife Lady May and the entire West Angeles family we say welcome we are happy that you chose West Angeles as your place of worship on this morning we hope that while you’re here you will join in with us and enjoy the blessings of the Lord in the beauty of holiness now if you did not receive a visitor’s card raise your hand and an usher will provide you with a card take a moment to complete this card and place it in the offering basket at that time of worship we are so happy that you came please come and see us again you may be seated [Music] our announcements are as follows please keep the following bereaved families in prayer evangelist Yvonne Biggs who lost her mother Alvin Napoleon who lost his brother the Robert Lee family Letty Cooper who lost her brother Barbara Kelley who lost her great niece the Louis Patrick who lost her daughter funeral services will be held at the North Campus for Robert Lee Thursday August 16 2018 at 11:00 a.m. this concludes my portion of the announcements please direct your attention to the monitors for further announcements thank you have a blessed week [Music] hello my name is Jasmine C Houston and these are your West announcements the Brotherhood organization is pleased to present breakfast with the presiding bishop Saturday August 18th at 8:30 a.m. in the beautiful West angeles chris tyrone men and ladies are welcome to come out for a time of fine food wonderful fellowship and an inspiring word from our presiding bishop Charles V Blake tickets are available at the brother of the tables on the concourse and through the church office we look forward to seeing you there attention men 18 and older we’re in veiling a new series just for you nice of the 21st century this series goal is to support and encourage males as they accept the challenge of embracing their manhood we invite you to be a part of this community of men who want to be better versions of themselves better husbands fathers sons brothers uncles and friends the group begins on August 16 and we’ll meet Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the North Campus there’s a small fee for the book but the first 20 people who register will receive a discount call the counseling center at three two three seven three seven seven four six three or email us at connections to care at West Aid or to register thank you and we look forward to seeing you there are you hungry you ready to eat we’ll come on out to the West Angeles prison ministry fellowship breakfast on Saturday August 25th 2018 at 8 a.m. and beautiful West Angeles Crystal Room tickets are just $20 for tickets and more information stop by table 6a on the cathedral concourse each Sunday through August 19 to find out more please contact trevor bryant prison ministry director at three two three seven three three eight three zero zero extension two two five eight well west angeles we did it again the children and youth departments teamed up with ambassador children of absolutes for another free backpack giveaway hundreds of people came for free food activities and crafts and to listen to their favorite children TV stars talk about suicide prevention and social media safety and they visited all of our sponsors just look at all the fun we had oh and let’s not forget about the stuffed backpack we distributed more than four hundred backpacks with the help of office depot throughout the afternoon we had visitors and sponsors from western dental head start la school police department and explorers program the LMPD community relationship division miss Connie in the crab table New York Life the 99-cent store all digital kjh and the law office of burning MC whoo West Angeles we were able to service the community and relieve families of the stresses that can come along with back-to-school shopping you know what I mean thank you to Christ Alan and the Ambassador children absolute for allowing us to partner on another year of giving back each time we come to the house the Lord we should unplug from the noise of the world and from the cares of the week and tap into the presence of God join us tonight at 7 p.m. in the North Campus sanctuary for a time of worship like no other worship unplug [Music] I’m so excited are you excited excitement is in the air as we draw closer to what’s Angela’s family day 2018 it’s gonna be a big family reunion invite your family to West Angeles on Sunday August 26 this is going to be a day you are never going to forget for more information call the church office at three two three seven three three eight three zero zero now don’t forget save the date for Sunday August 26 bring you and the whole family we’ll see you there this concludes our video announcements have a blessed week West Angelus a Stan West Angela’s family as we sing our mourning him found on the first page of your bulletin and on the screens I know whom I have believed [Music] [Music] [Music] oh hey Oh [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hey [Music] a word [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] this freeways Angeles close your eyes father this is a mature church we know how to pray so church lift your voice in prayer come on come on acknowledge that God is present today you’re here because your word says you’re here you’re in every place beholding the evil and the good you are I’m not present so we acknowledge today that you’re here with us hallelujah thank you Lord for your presence and then Lord we acknowledge our sin nature and if we have committed any sin forgive us Lord in the name of Jesus clean every sin every wrongdoing every wrong thought anything that’s not like Christ we rebuke it now in the name that is above every name forgive us Lord we want to live right and then Father we thank you we thank you for the blood we thank you for the blood that’s running warm in our veins that we made it here today we thank you because it was by your grace it was by your goodness it was because of you Lord that we made it here today no goodness of our own but it’s by the grace of God thank you Lord for every need today you promised in your word that you would hear every prayer so we thank you Lord for healing sick bodies for regulating our minds for blessing us in ways that only you can do thank you lord thank you Lord hallelujah thank you Lord hallelujah thank you for being God today and then father we know a crowd this size has many requests so we know you’re able to answer every prayer in Jesus name bless our pastor our Bishop our leader and his wife and family the assistant pastor of this ministry every leader every person here today receives a blessing and then father that soul that does not know you today save Lord hallelujah somebody says what must I do to be saved in the name of Jesus and father that prayer that we don’t know how to braid teach us in Jesus name say man [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] please remain standing for scripture reading hallelujah let us read together the scripture reading this morning found in your bulletin on page 2 and on the screens above the second letter of Timothy chapter 1 verses 8 through 12 the New King James translation let’s read slowly and thoughtfully to be present to the voice of the Lord and his word as we read together let’s begin therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner but share with me in the sufferings of the gospel according to the power of God who has saved us and called us with a holy calling not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel to which I was appointed a preacher an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles for this reason I also suffer these things nevertheless I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and I am persuaded that he is able to keep what I have committed to him until that day come on give God praise for his word today hallelujah join in praising and worshiping hallelujah hands everyone let’s lift our hands and begin to worship the Lord with the words of worship come on the Lord has been good to us all week long we owe him worship come on let’s enter his gates with Thanksgiving his courts with praise let’s be thankful unto Him and bless his name for the Lord is good he’s been good all week long we owe him we owe him with a heart of gratitude Legion boys hallelujah we love you [Music] glory to your name Lord Jesus sometimes you gotta go back to the basics to the things that help to establish the foundation of your relationship and this morning we’re just going to simply say Lord we love you how many of you love the Lord this morning come on let’s sing it together you know the song come on [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] come on everybody [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] as a musician split something this turn to your neighbor and testified to them of what God has done for you even on the street come on and why you’ve come to worship Him commence right come on share the love he kept me he protected me oh yes glory to God oh I’m grateful for what he has done and I’m even the more grateful for who he is in my life come on let’s worship him our hearts are full our hearts are appreciative we thank you Lord for what you’ve done hallelujah and we honor you for who you are why would have said all your ways that compares to you glory to the name of Jesus come on one more time in singing come on let’s give him away [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes we [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ha [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] let’s just make it personal today and say I exalt thee o come on beloved let’s just sing it once again Oh [Music] ah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh there’s raisin you’ll pray there is victory in your brain there is healing in your brain all the answer to all of your questions are in your praise you see I know that there is something bothering someone here that despair and depression may be trying to steal your peace but you’re in the house of the Lord on this morning and I promise you that if you will lay that problem down before the throne of the Lord and put your mind on him I’ve got a feeling that everything is gonna be all right oh it is your praise that is your declaration of victory that everything it’s gonna be all right that as you put your mind on God and take them up of your problems God is gonna put his mind on your situation oh and God puts his mind on your situation you can go with confidence in the feeling that everything is gonna be all right look at your neighbor and say I’ve got a feeling that everything be all right on this morning [Music] Oh somebody given praise on this in the name of Jesus you have the victory glory glory glory whoa let’s give the Lord another praise that you have made it to the right place at the right time oh you hear that that’s your opportunity to give the Lord some praise that everything’s gonna be all right every day [Music] every day’s gone [Music] got a feeling that everything’s gonna right [Music] all right [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] everything’s gonna be all right every day [Music] the devil still our joy on the day this joy that I had the world didn’t give it to me my situation didn’t give it to me and the world cannot take it away I’ll give the Lord pray because you have joy on this morning we glory glory glory glory hallelujah you see that’s what it’s all about that we come to celebrate the goodness of the Lord all your circumstances may be trying to steal your joy but you’re at the right place at the right time on this morn and in the name of Jesus you have the victory on this morning glory glory glory oh you don’t need my permission to give the Lord praise if it’s still in your gonna give it brain though this morning [Music] Laurie [Music] praise the Lord on this morning I’ll come on now this is where it’s alright to give the Lord some praise nobody’s gonna talk about you if you give the Lord praise in here nobody’s gonna look at you funny if you gave the Lord praise in here see we love all of our friends and visitors that have come to be with us on this morning but we need for you to understand that when you come to Wes Angelus praise and worship is not a spectator sport that we’re going to give the Lord praise loudly because of what he’s done for us because he has brought us thus far because his mercy is new every morning Oh hallelujah let’s give the Lord praise on this morning as we move forward again we want to welcome each and every one of you to the house of the Lord today we love each and every one of you and we consider you family so of that in mind I’m gonna need all of us to stand up on those two good legs that God gave you amen everyone standing in the house of the Lord I’m gonna need for you to go to at least five of your Wes Angelus family members don’t just sit there waiting in your seat waiting for somebody to come up to you it’s alright for you to go out and welcome your family members I want to go to at least five of them and say welcome home [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] whether this is your first time with us or whether you’ve been worshipping the Lord with us for years we say to you welcome home and we consider you a part of the West’s angeles family we want you to know that we’ve been thinking about you all week long and as you go out there no matter how the world is treating you no matter what they’re yelling at you in the middle of traffic are on the job we want you to know that somebody out here is thinking about you and praying for you and wishing God’s best blessings in your life we say to you welcome home so praise look for your neighbors on this morning praise the Lord for those sitting around you on today let’s praise Lord for our pastor and our leader Bishop Charles E Blake senior oh come on now we can do better than that with them this is our leader our pastor amen and it’s praise the Lord for the first lady of West angeles lady Mae el Blake a man you have absolutely no idea how much they love you and how much they are thinking about you and praying for you every single day let’s praise the Lord again for our leaders on this morning amen well sitting with lady Mae on today is dr. Katherine gray let’s praise the Lord for her dr. gray has been a member of West Angeles for more than 31 years and she is the president of the evangelist missionary fellowship and she along with the missionary Evangelos Evangelos missionaries are going to be hosting their 19th annual prayer retreat and the rich amen praise Lord amen and the retreat will be taking place on this week August 16th through August 18th at the Ayres Hotel in Manhattan Beach and the theme is women seeking God’s face and and their featured speaker speaker will be our own member dr. Elaine Richardson who was the director of the women’s development at F women’s development at Azusa Pacific University let’s praise the Lord for that well the retreat is intended for all evangelists missionaries along with all women of all ages who desire to spend time in the presence of the Lord and fellowship with other women how many of you are here because a holy woman a woman of God pray for your talking big momma grand mama yo mama auntie a man you are here because a woman of God prayed for you and there are only a few slots left so if you would like to attend please stop by table 7 a today to register and dr. gray would you please stand amen dr. gray would love to see you at the retreat amen and she is consistently praying for you well we also want to welcome home let’s praise the Lord for all of our very special friends and visitors on the day we want to let you know that it would not be the same without you and we want to welcome home our dear friend retired veteran channel 5 reporter brother Warren Wilson let’s praise the Lord for him on today [Music] I’ll come on now the man has been on the line and brother Wilson and brother Warren is one of the most iconic and honored and news reporters in Los Angeles who broke racial barriers in nearly every facet of the news industry over his nearly 50 year news career and that 50 years span he has covered nearly every history-making event that is affected the world from 8 presidential administrations to Vietnam Pro Tem protesting we praise the Lord for him but he is also here with us with his son brother Stan Wilson amen let’s praise the Lord for brother Stan on today and brother Stan has spent more than 25 years on staff behind the scenes as a producer of numerous news segments and documentaries and he is a recipient of three national Emmys and three Peabody Awards and the International Documentary Association award and brother Stan and brother Wilson are here with us worshiping the Lord we praise God for what he has done in their lives and they have made the world a better place because of their gift in the Lord let’s praise the Lord again for them on today it’s good to be able to make the world a better place say man well we also want to welcome home my brother and friend brother Chaz Shepard amen let’s praise Lord for him God and stand up there boy you’re looking good at gone and brother Shepard did an absolutely fabulous job in his role of Parana Jones in the latest season of Luke Cage and we praise Lord for what God is doing in his life amen praise the Lord well we also want to welcome and please forgive me if I pronounced your name on my french is really rusty amen but we want to praise Lord for the moral load family then they’re visiting with us from France amen would you all please stand so that we can welcome you to church on today after service you all can teach me how to say that right amen praise the Lord but we welcome you and we thank you all so much for being here with us and guess what they were on time for service all the way from France a man and we praise the Lord for them on this morning thank you so much for worshiping the Lord with us on today but we wanted to let everyone know let all the men in the room make some noise on a day yeah that’s right that’s right amen well we wanted to let all of you know that the counseling center is unveiling a new series nights of the 21st century and the goal of this series is to support and encourage males as they strive to become better husbands better fathers better sons better brothers and Friends how many of you want to be a better man a man in the house of the Lord on today Amen well I know I do a man you all might be perfect husbands and friends and brothers but I need for y’all to pray for me because I need some work amen praise the Lord but this class is going to be beginning on this Thursday at 7 p.m. in rooms 9 11 and 13 and the multi-purpose building of the North Campus and for more information or to register please stop by table 6 be on the concourse and we also want to let you know that the men of West Angeles the Brotherhood organization is going to be having their annual breakfast with the bishop on this Saturday I mean yeah this Saturday August 18th at 8:30 in the Crystal Room and both men and women or everybody is invited to attend and we can be blessed and minister to and have a little breakfast with our pastor and leader Bishop Charles E Blake senior and please stop by the Brotherhood tables on the concourse to purchase your ticket and get your ticket early because they are selling and we know we are about to have us a good time at breakfast with the bishop and we wanted to let all everyone know that you and your immediate family and extended family are cordially invited on Sunday August the 26 during our 8 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. service here at the Cathedral for a West Angelus Cathedral family day man that’s personal for all of the families I know you might not like them all a man you might think there’s something wrong and they might be going in the dome a man but we want you to invite all of your family members especially the ones you know that need Jesus to church on August 26 and special recognition will be extended to all of those to those who have the largest amount of their family member the largest number of family members present and we pray and we know that these services will be a time of miracles and blessing for everyone in attendance and let’s praise the Lord again for the families of West Angeles even if they’re not here hey man we praise the Lord for you this is a family church well beloved I now call for the parents and godparents of Salvi no tab Lewis the second and Zoe Nicole Smith to come before the altar at this time [Music] [Music] [Music] remind his children remind them that at a very early age you brought them to the house of God the entire family and friends stood before the altar you were committed to God and they dedicated your children to the Lord and you made a decision that you were going to let God rule over your family God would guide and direct every aspect of its operation remind these children that they were blessed by God to come to their healthy at home that the same God that brought them to the earth is going to be essential in their lives to help them and to preserve them except the Lord watch the city the watchman wake in the but in vain and except the Lord build the house the Builder Labor’s but in vain so we commit these children to the care of the Lord and I commit all of you to the care of God and to the direction of God and God my guide and direct your lies and your family and that you would praise up children that would bless the world and be a blessing to all whom they met the name of our Jesus [Music] [Music] bless this channel god grant long life and good health a heart of love do not use her to be a blessing to the world that men and women all over the world be blessed because of her life in the name of Jesus we pray thank God amen amen [Music] [Music] and so the Lord bless this life thank you for your grace and goodness all the blessings that you’ve extended this young man that you brought to the earth use this young man’s life to be a blessing to thousands bless this family let them really have according to your world and way in the name of Jesus thank God amen amen [Music] [Applause] [Music] it’s just season it’s your time for the favor of the Lord somebody shout hallelujah [Music] it’s your season for them favor of the law say [Music] it’s my season for favour of the Lord my soul started falling out No [Music] promise behead [Music] yeah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] promise [Music] [Music] yeah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] Lord we pray that we will create the kind of environment of praise and worship that you’d be pleased to dwell among us the Lord let your spirit and power rest upon us and then you find joy in our praise and in our worship we love you we praise you we glorify your name and when you rest with us – Lord even as Martha and Mary and Lazarus received great miracles when you rested in their own rest in our lives and will be healed and delivered and set free rest in us the Lord and miracle will take place rest enough and will defeat every enemy that comes against us in the name of Jesus we pray thank remain standing zest for a moment welcome to each and every one of you to the house of the Lord I’m overjoyed to worship the Lord with you and to feel his presence and his power in this room even now I thank God for you and I thank God for all who visit with us and pray that the Lord will minister to your hearts as we share with him from the word and in worship or to return with me praise to the Gospel of Matthew chapter 18 verse 21 the Gospel of Matthew 18 and verse 21 then Peter came to him and said Lord how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him up to seven times and Jesus said I do not say to you up to seven times but up to seventy times seven then in verse 23 he told a parable therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants and when he had began to settle accounts one was brought to him who owed ten thousand talents but as he was not able to pay his master commanded that he be sold with his wife and children all that he had and that payment should be made the servant therefore fell down before him saying master have patience with me that I will pay you all then the master of that servant was moved with compassion released him and forgave him the debt but that servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants called him a hundred denarii and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat saying pay me whatever you owe so his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him saying have patience with me and I will pay you all but he would not but with and threw him into prison till he had paid the debt and then his fellow servants saw what had been done they were very aggrieved and came and told their master all that had been done then his master after he had called him said to him you wicked servant i forgave you all that debt because you begged me should you not also had compassion on your fellow servant just as I had pity on you and his master was angry and delivered him to the torturers that they should that he should pay all that was due him so my Heavenly Father also will do to you each of you from his heart does not forgive his brother his trespass say this word after me forgiveness said once again forgiveness that’s the focus for our word today forgiveness be seated according to the standards of the Jewish teachers Peter was being very very generous until he said seven times the rabbi’s taught that a man must forgive his brother three times and Peter was being very generous in his mind when he suggested seven times because Jesus had informed the disciples that their righteousness had to exceed the righteousness of the scribes and the Pharisees Peter felt that a person could be forgiven seven times and then with the eighth offense he could knock his fellow servant off baseball has set the limit on American forgiveness strike one strike two strike three you’re out for a few people just one look at you and before you’ve even gotten to the plate they strike you off and out a man and his wife were riding in a wagon pulled by a mule as they went down the road a little animal ran across the street it scared the mule and the mule reared up and jostled those who were in the wagon the farmer said that’s one they were a little bit further noose awesome grass on the side of the road and was all grid you leaned off the road trying to eat some grass that he went along and farmer dirkly reins and pulled him up and straightened out his pathway and said now that’s true then they were a little further in the new salt water and was thirsty and wanted to get some modern the farmer said that’s three and he shot them you and there’s a wife sitting beside him said you old fool you killed a mule we don’t have anywhere to get home it’s the only meal we had you and your temper you’re crazy the farmer looked at her and said that’s one that’s why some people not only do not forgive they find the strangest things to be unforgiving about and to be mad about sometimes they’re unforgiving of a person’s inability the person is expected to operate beyond their level of capacity capability and they just can’t do it listen if a person is doing the best he can don’t get mad at him help him to do better if you can but sometimes persons are not forgiving because they are expected to do something they can’t do but then again some are unforgiving for the fact that one does not come up to their unrealistic expectations but you are expecting of them is something that they cannot have no reason to abide by maybe what you’re asking them to do what’s unfair maybe it was immoral but your expectations of him they will not come up to you wanted them to fall in love with you but they didn’t don’t get mad at them they’re not obligated to fall in love with you maybe that you don’t look like the person they want to fall in love but you’re angry at them because they wouldn’t make a loan that they didn’t feel obligated to me hallelujah you’re unhappy and unforgiving of them another reason for inappropriate unforgiveness is that you manage people that doesn’t have don’t don’t have anything to do with you what they did you were not involved in it was between them and somebody else and then somebody else ago deal with it why should you get mad you’re sitting in front of the television and stuff is happening on TV and it’s a fictional story one person is mistreating another and you get mad and upset and you don’t have a thing to do it they don’t even know you’re looking at the television don’t get mad about that then some people are mad because what they thought would happen if a person had a chance why do you hate her what are you mad at her about well I just know what she’d do to me if she had a chance many times they resent people and do not forgive them but what they are not guilty of they didn’t do anything you just heard a rumor a story and you mad at them and you’ve been mad for years but if you knew the truth they didn’t do what you thought they did anyhow are y’all hearing me today if the truth would be known there would be no foundation for your resentment I thought Jesus responded to Peters proposal and he responded to Peters question by saying no not 7 times 490 times 70 times 7 in other words Jesus said to Peter always forgive no matter how many times you are mistreated I understand that Jesus is not saying that you have to repeatedly expose yourself to abusive resentful mistreatment I deliberately make yourself accessible to folk who have no other habit and the inclination of taking advantage of you but I’m saying that you should have a loving and forgiving spirit even if you have to avoid the person stay out of their way still have a loving spirit and a forgiving spirit you might have to love him from across the street Hey hi good to see you see you later are you with me on today in the story contained in the text the servant old the King ten thousand talents these talents were taken in today’s money and gold the amount that he owed was two hundred and ninety million dollars to the king that was a huge debt and the King first decided if he will pay me I’m going to have him sold into slavery along with his family and all his possessions so that I can regain what is though to me but the servant begged him and fell down before him ask for more time promising I will pay the entire debt verse 27 says and the Lord of that servant was moved with compassion loosed him and forgave him the debt not most biblical teachers agree that this was an impossible amount of money to pay while a few claim that if he had a large area of authority and responsibility under his control he might have been able to raise enough money to pay the debt but the fact is the King forgave him of that debt even saying you don’t really even have to pay me back I’m forgiving hold it the king in this story told by Jesus represents God who is a forgiving God is anybody new God is a forgiving God the amaya 9 and 17 the Bible says thou art a god ready to pardon gracious and merciful and in Psalm 86 15,000 are good ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy upon all who would call upon you I’m so glad that we serve a God who is a forgiving God if you come to him in humility asking for forgiveness repeating for the wrong you’ve done God will extend forgiveness to you for Daniel 9 and 9 says but to the Lord belong mercy and forgiveness though we have rebelled against him and God said in 2nd chronicles 7 and 14 if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven I’ll forgive their sin I will heal their land wouldn’t it be wonderful to know that whatever you’ve done however you behaved the to when you come to God and that’s forgiveness you can find forgiveness but it not be wonderful to know that all your sins are forgiven and erased from the records of history wouldn’t it be wonderful to know that you have a clean slate before God not just come by one of the things I want to say to you today is my brother my sister you can have a clean slate be totally innocent standing before the righteous god of the universe so the Bible says in first John 1:9 if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness my brother my sister the glorious news of the day is that you can be cleansed from all unrighteousness and forgiven for any sin that might ever have been in your life come on clap your hands and praise God to forgive is to lift away or to send away one sin it is to be gracious is to extend undeserved kindness and undeserved love you deserve to be punished you deserve to be rejected you deserve to be condemned but because of your request for forgiveness the God of mercy through Jesus Christ extends forgiveness to you on today clap your hands and praise God for forgiveness [Music] hallelujah there’s a difference between divine forgiveness and human forgiveness human forgiveness means the remission of a penalty that you deserve prayer as divine forgiveness follows the execution of the penalty human forgiveness I just forgive you divine forgiveness is that there must be a killer pay for your wrong and the penalty was Jesus Christ who came to earth and died for our sins and filth and God forgives us he forgives us because of Jesus Christ let’s clap our hands and praise God for Jesus that’s a Paul said in Ephesians 4 and 32 be kind one to another tender-hearted forgiving one another even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you God forgives you but if it gives you for the sake of Christ because of Christ who died for you sin is not some small matter with God Jesus had to die for this reason Jesus Christ came to the earth that he might take away the sins of the world sin separates us from God sin hides the face of God but God through Jesus Christ extends to us forgiveness I say look at Jesus and he said he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with His stripes we are healed all we like sheep have gone astray the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all jesus paid it all all to him I owe sin had left a crimson stain but he washed it wider than snow all the blood washed children of God clap your hands and praise God for salvation you can have peace with God through Jesus Christ all discord all decision between you and God can be raised Jesus died for your sins you can be forgiven and cleanse from your sin as you seek Him as you asked his forgiveness as you pray to him he will hear your prayer but whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved so let me say that since God has forgiven you since God has had mercy on you you ought to have mercy on the folk who are around you since God has forgiven you you ought be a forgiving person so many is forgiven for bask in the guilt of yesteryear and yesterday but since you are forgiven no no should you be willing to forgive others you ought to forgive your self once you ask God for forgiveness it’s Donny cast your sins and to a thief or get foolish and he places there are no fishing sign so nobody can go and fish your sins up before you again later your neighbor when God forgives you you are forgiven and since God forgave you forgive yourself if God forgave you thank God part believe God that it’s done stop lacerating and beating on yourself and basking in regret and resentment he forgave you and when the devil brings it up again devil you late I’ve already been forgiven for that and God has taken the own to another level of life clap your hands and praise God [Applause] [Music] can I preach today hallelujah since you are forgiven you should be a forgiving person the servant in the text was forgiven but he was not forgiving he found a man who owed him the equivalent of only seventeen dollars and he grabbed that man by the throat and he demanded pay me but you owe me the man asked him said I owe you on the seventeen dollars if you give me some time I will pay it I’ll get the money I’ll give you your money back but he refused I’m not going to wait he threw a man that old him seventeen dollars in jail promising that when you pay me I might let you out of jail he owed the master 290 million and the master forgave it but the one that owed him 17 he had the man thrown in prison over $17 the King was around one day and he heard the servants talking it’s the same but he did to his fellow servant he’d been forgiven 290 million and he put his fellow servant that old him in told him seventeen dollars in jail because he would not pay and the king was in since he was overwhelmed by anger he called that servant before him and in matthew 18 and verse 32 he said i forgave you because you begged me shouldn’t you have had compassion on your fellow servant the king had that wicked servant tortured turn him over to the torturers and then hold him in jail until he pays me my two hundred and ninety million dollars back and that was in jail forever because he had no way of paying but here you know and jesus said God will do the same thing to you if you do not forgive those who owe you and those whom you are offended about if you don’t forgive them I’m not gonna forgive you unforgiveness hinders God’s forgiveness of our sins because God wants us to be forgiving in order to be forgiven Matthew 6:14 if you will give men their trespasses your heavenly Father will forgive you but if you do not forgive me in their trespasses neither will your Father in heaven forgive you your trespasses forgiveness not only hinders God’s forgiveness but it hinders our prayers for mark 11 jesus said when you stand praying forgive unforgiveness represents an attitude that’s condemned by Jesus Christ by Matthew six and twelve Jesus what our attitude to be like this when you pray forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us unforgiveness hinders the unity and the work of the church even if unforgiveness and animosity is in the world that I’ll not be in the church will the love to god we’re dealing with people whom God loves and when you deal with God people whom God loves God’s not gonna bless you if you mistreat those whom God loves let’s look at this unforgiving person just for a moment an unforgiving person is a person overwhelmed by self-pity as a sense of mistreatment a feeling of mistreatment he feels sorry for himself and so if anything goes wrong he’s always the wrong one the offended one he has a spirit of self-pity and therefore if he’s not forgiven he does not feel that others should be forgiven also an unforgiving person is a resentful person resentment requires emotional and mental energy and expenditure it takes energy to be mad and it makes you sick to be a negative hostile person and if you want to get over that negative hostile spirit in that acid that is bubbling up in your spirit and then your soul you’re gonna have to learn how to forgive and get rid of the anger look at your neighbor and say get rid of the anger an unforgiving person is self-centered an unforgiving person is alienated and isolated because people are not perfect and people will always do something that might annoy you but you’ve got to be a forgiving person if you want to have peace of mind upon the earth and an unforgiving person is happy person and one who has an adversarial relationship with people if you want to have friends you’ve got to first show yourself to be friendly but if you’re resentful that’s what you’re going to get resentment it’s easier to forgive come on tell your neighbor it’s easier to forgive are y’all still with me today but a forgiving person is merciful jesus said be merciful even as your father is merciful a forgiving person does not dwell on the wrongs that are done yes people are going to do you wrong but you’ve got two choices to think about the wrong that people did or to focus on the good that others might have brought into your life are the good things that happen to you after the praise God for good things and worry about bad things that might come my way a forgiving person is a person who loves and if you love people you so desires of having good relationships with them and good experiences with them that you’re willing to move any hostility a bitterness out of the way so that you can reach out a forgiving person loves a forgiving person has a strong sense that I’m gonna be alright I’ve got confidences I’ve got God in my life and the Bible says when a man’s ways please the Lord he’ll make even his enemies to be at peace with him I know God’s gonna take care of me I’m not worried about it so I’m not gonna spend my time worried about but you have done to me i’ma find some folks that love me some folks that love the Lord that’s who I’m gonna hang out with that’s what I’m gonna spend my time with a forgiving person is a giving person and a forgiving person is like God because God is the God who is willing and ready to forgive come on clap your hands and praise God a forgiving person is in real good company come on look at your name it’s a name if you’re a forgiving person you’re in good company Jesus was a forgiving person and he prayed for those that crucified Him but he was hanging on the cross he said Father forgive them for they know not what they’re doing father they’re doing me wrong they’re hurting me but father I love you and I love them enough to ask that you would not lay this sin to their charge I pray that you will forgive them they don’t know exactly what they’re doing and then Stephen you’re in his company but he can Stephen pray for those that stoned him and in acts 7 and 60/60 he said lord lay not this sin to their charge and so if you a forgiving person you’re in the presence of Jesus and you’re in the crowd with Stephen but also if you are a forgiving person you’re in the group with the Apostle Paul papaw was deserted by everybody that was around him but in in 2nd Timothy 4 and 16 Paul said at my first answer all the men forsook me I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge and so powerful game Stephen 4-game Jesus forgave and we need to forgive if we want to get on with our life if you have not forgiven you’re stuck where you are if you have not forgiven your chosen thoughts and an atmosphere that’s going to poison you for unforgiveness is like an acid that eats away at your inside and you’re always worried about the one that you’re not forgiven and as a matter of fact you give the one you don’t forgive more attention then you give the one whom you has not oh yes you do I heard a story about a lady that hated me apparently she was sitting in one of our services and she saw something in me that she disliked and she went away for months and finally she came back to the church and said I thought I would tell you why I left your church one day I was sitting in the audience you were sitting on the platform and you looked at me funny [Music] and I said lady I don’t remember looking at you at all let alone looking at you funny maybe I was worried about something that was a problem in the church it may be that I was worried about someone who had passed away or someone who had lost a loved one maybe that I was worried about some financial condition in the life of the church and I looked funny but I was not looking at you funny but this lady has been going on for months and even for years worried about the fact that I had looked at her funny when in truth I had not looked at her at all she could not get on to the next step she cannot move on to the next level because there was unforgiveness in her heart and was worrying about herself she was worried about me and the fact that I looked at her funny but child of God it’s time for you to move on to come on tell your neighbor neighbor or neighbor it’s time for us to move on to the next level it’s time to lay aside every weight and the sin that does so easily will set and run with patience the race that is set before us looking unto Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith it’s time to take your eyes off of the folk that don’t like you and put your eyes on Jesus and began to go higher and higher and higher every day somebody praise the Lord praise yes if we wanna get on with the business of life we need to forgive we need to let it go I know they hurt you let it go I know they hate you let it go I know they’re against you let it go hold on to Jesus please Jesus for when a man’s weight please the Lord he’ll make even his enemies be at peace with him when the man reigns please the Lord and you love the enemy you’ll make an enemy throw the spear he calls the fire on his head when you’re loving he won’t be able to send it but child of God you rise above your situation you’ll find peace and joy come on and help me praise Him [Music] crazy crazy hallelujah to forgive is a sign of strength I’m not so devastated by what was done but I can’t forgive and move on I’m stronger than one is defeated and who gives up that’s as far as the fence I take no note of it I just walk in the power of Almighty God Lord lift me up and let me stand by faith on heaven’s table land a higher plane and I have found Lord plant my feet on higher ground I said I can do all things through Christ that’s risen it’s me I know you were hurt but put your hand in God’s name and say Lord I receive your strength I receive your power you’ll be so powerful you can look your enemy in the eye and say I forgive you and I rise above what you’ve done to me come on and praise haleluya sometimes you need to just make a list other people who have offended you make a list of the people that you’re not forgiving because you’re not going to be able to move on to the next level until you forgiving them until you’ve erased it from your heart and from your mind if you ask God to help you he will forgive you come boldly to the throne of grace and find mercy and grace to help in the time of need tell you leave a God will help you with your hurt tell somebody God will help you with your hurt yes yes every once in a while you’re a person this if somebody is hurt you and they’re on the list take that list tear it up and throw it away here goes the hurt here goes the offense here goes the hatred here goes the animosity everybody stand up in the house of God you need to be rich that hurt you need to be rid of that animosity that negativism in the name of jesus said in the name of jesus i take ever hurt in the name of jesus i take every offense in the name of Jesus everything that everybody has done I know it was wrong but I can’t go higher until I forgive it and let it go roll it up hold it in your hand lift that right hand squeeze that right hand all of the hurt all of the offense all of the pain in the name of Jesus I throw it on the altar I let it go I walk away from it come on in the name of Jesus let it go and pray [Applause] hallelujah [Music] when you let it go God says when you let your own faces go I’ll let your seat go but unless you let her sins go are his sins go I’m not gonna let your sins go but if you forgive them I’ll forgive you and when we forgive we can come before the Lord and say thank you for forgiving me thank you for another chance thank you but I’m washed in your blood I’m on my way to heaven come on and praise yes yes yes praise you thank you for having mercy oh thank you turning my life around praise you thank the Lord thank the Lord thank the Lord thank you [Applause] I feel the power of the Lord in this place I feel God extending mercy some of you have come to the point that that which has harassed you and bothered you and hurt you and wounded you you gonna rise out of it above it and you’ll have victory over it in the name of Jesus come on praise God raised [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] repeat this prayer after me dear lord thank you for revealing to me but your word says about unforgiveness too frequently I’ve readily allowed unforgiveness to dominate my life but dear Lord having heard your word I release it in the name of Jesus thank you for giving me strength and power to rise above it I am free of unforgiveness I forgive all who have ever hurt me and I thank you Lord come on I thank you I thank you thank you not all over the road riding [Music] [Applause] tell two people I’m free abandon forgiveness I’m released from hatred in my heart thank the Lord thank the Lord thank the Lord God forgives us and he wants us to forgive others someone in this room needs to experience the forgiveness of the Lord someone needs to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior need to give your life to the one that died for your sins if you’re here today I preached from my heart today I believe that somebody’s gonna be released that they’ll never ever be the same again you’re willing to give your life to the Lord Jesus if you ask him to know what i wronged you I’ve rejected you have disobeyed you and even if you have not done all of those things if you’ve lived on this earth you thought thoughts and you’ve omitted to do things that the Lord would have you to do and the Bible says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God but he would say Lord I want forgiveness and mercy in my life every head is bowed every eye is closed it was the Lord be merciful to me if that hand and hold it high Lord forgive me have mercy on me that maybe the person that had had me to be in the name of the Lord Jesus lift that hand if it’s you every head bowed every eye rose thank you the Lord for your word thank you for your forgiveness thank you for your mercy thank you for those who come to the altar already for those who in the audience I praise you the Lord that you’ve extended mercy to us you extended forgiveness to us we receive it so there’s my people that are called by my name will humble themselves and pray I think their sin and ask for my forgiveness I’d have mercy upon them and will forgive their sin thank you dear lord thank you dear lord thank you dear Lord come forward my brother come forward my sister in the name of Jesus this is your day if you raise your hand I want to shake your hand I want to know your name I want to pray for you step out and come forward remember corners of the room i wronged you lord i want to come back and find life in you come forward come [Music] [Applause] hallelujah your time your day every sin is forgiven God’s love God’s righteousness extended unto you come follow me come follow please come forward come forward please come forward please come forward from every corner come on clap your hands hallelu come forward come forward listen say this prayer with me everybody dear lord dear Lord I’m sorry for all my sins please forgive me for the wrong I’ve done and the wrong I have been I want to be saved come on say that to me I want to be saying I believe that Jesus is the Son of God I believe he died for me I believe he rose from the dead I accept Jesus as my Lord and as my savior and I thank you lord I am saying I am forgiven come on church let’s praise God praise God praise God praise God halleluyah halleluyah every sin you’ve ever committed its forgiven yes that simple prayer gain salvation and forgiveness for you from this day forward you can have Jesus abiding in your life and ruling over your life I think after what he has done for you our personal workers want to spend a moment with you explain more perfectly the way of the Lord if you literature give you an opportunity to join this church come on let’s praise God praise God god bless you god bless you sir god bless you but all of you turn toward your right and follow that man to the prayer room turn toward your right follow him clap your hands and praise God clap your hands and crazy come on church I can’t hear you clapping hallelujah oh yeah [Music] gory glory going [Music] if you’re already save and you want to join the church want to be a part of our fellowship join with those that are going to the prayer room now we’ll be overjoyed to have you as a part of the life of West Angeles Church let’s clap our hands one more time you may be seated how many of you got something from the word today [Music] we’re forgiving one another because we want and believe that God will forgive us and new Auto experience fellowship with God peace with God and a life blessed by Almighty God all of you who are forgivers clap your hands and praise God by His mercy extended now it’s time to give it’s time to share thank you for standing with us in the support of God’s Word God has brought this church from a mighty mighty no way given us not only this beautiful edifice giving us the ministry and a staff that joins together for the glory of God for the work of God but it costs money it costs money to operate and to do those things the Lord would have us to do got 200 members on seven serve in various capacities this building does not just operate itself records and office of our church and organization of our church in ministering in more than 90 different auxiliaries and departments impacting lives counseling to emergency services housing to other benefits at all cost money you stand with us and you share and you sacrifice and give but able with Angelus to do the work that it is doing I want everybody to prepare to give gonna ask 100 of you to give $100 in the offering today you know you are you know God has enabled you and prepared you for this day and you wondered what that extra hundred dollars of the spark is for the work of the Lord and for the up building of the Lord’s Kingdom I’m encouraging everyone prepared to give to share and if you cannot give what I’m asking do the best you can to bless and give as much as you can for the support that all the Tigers they said all who will join with you that $100 gift please stand and join but those who are already standing those who are prepared to give their type you will join with them today with all of us as he supports the Lord’s word thank you dear Lord for all you’ve done for us make it a lot for how you’ve prospered us and now we so see in the vital ground fertile ground of this ministry believing the Lord that you will more than restore and multiply the sacrifice we make in Jesus name everybody in God’s house please stand all over the room please stand the Lord as we give we pray that you’ll bless our hearts our minds our spirits that will give cheerfully lovingly and in the right spirit you bless us now we bless your work in Jesus name thank God amen clap your hands everybody and praise God for the privilege of giving be seated the ushers are going to serve you this new generation is going to sing for us in just a moment but let me also say let me also say I support and encourage you to be involved in the upcoming women’s retreat sister Katherine gray all the ladies are gonna have a great time as they share and study God’s Word and pray together come back armed and dangerous for the Lord Jesus I’ll be looking for you at breakfast with the bishop I believe is this coming Saturday isn’t it this coming Saturday breakfast with the bishop and also next Sunday our Sunday week a week from Sunday two weeks from today a special family day I want you to bring as many of your in-laws outlaws and book the true this came you’ll play brother and sister bring them off the church and let’s introduce them to Jesus and get them saved and on their way to heaven clap your hands again god bless you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] that you have forgiven us erase their memory of our sins and your Catherine to a sea of forgetfulness the Lord we now forgive and we forgive generously and loving me and humbly thank you for life thank you for forgiveness thank you for victory thank you for overcoming power this will be the best week that our lives of the experience be with us the Lord in Jesus name thank God amen [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] 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