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Rev. Van Zandt used an illustration of a battery to explain we are not connected with the real power unless we are connected to the Bible and prayer! The Holy Spirit gives us the power to be connected to the power of God!! Act 19:1-7 "And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. And all the men were about twelve."

Our God is always with us. Heb 13:5 "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Seek God, His blessings are new every morning. Lam 3:22-23 "It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness." HE IS HERE: by Kirk Talley "He is here, Hallelujah! He is here, Amen! He is here, Holy, Holy I will bless His name again He is here, Listen closely Hear Him calling out your name He is here, you can touch Him You will never be the same."

The Formans blessed us with their anointed singing. They have blessed our church many years with their talent, but most of all, their love for the Lord! Isa 51:11 "Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away."

Mark 16:17-18 "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." We don't seek signs, the signs follow. Sometimes the signs are there but we ignore them. Sometimes we believe the signs, but make exceptions. Some signs come when we want them, but if no sign, what do we do? Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." But really it is all about believing that our Lord will do what He says He will do. Believe that what we do is to have the signs we display show Jesus and only Jesus. People see the signs following you. We want our signs to point to our Lord,

Exo 3:1-5 "Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I." And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground." Act 2:1-4 "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." Rev 10:1 "And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon His head, and His face was as it were the sun, and His feet as pillars of fire:"

Rev 3:5 "He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels." John 6:27 "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed." Titus 1:2, Rev. 1:8, Rev. 22:13, Gen. 1:1, Rev. 4:11, Phil 1:6, 10, 20-21, Jude 20-21, Ps 71:5, John 3:16, Rev 21:1-27

Rev. Bert Knapp admonished to stop striving for who you are when God has already identified you. He has made you who you are. Stop striving to be what God has already made you to be. Walk in the Spirit and just be! Be like Jesus, live the best life God has for you. The Word of God is life, so Rev. Knapp shared an abundance of scriptures! Praise God! Hebrews 4:13, John 15:4-17, Matthew 5:14-16

Hebres 10:24-25 "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." Psa 122:1 A Song of degrees of David. "I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD." This is where we worship our Lord in spirit and in truth. It is a time of refreshing, and a time to praise our Lord singing hymns and reading His word. Our service is a time to lift one another up and have holy fellowship. Let us come into His presence with thanksgiving in our hearts.

1Thessalonians 4:16-17 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." Luke 21:27-28 "And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." Jhn 14:2-6 "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

1 John 2:15-16 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Isaiah 55:8 says, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord." The word "way" does not just mean a direction as in a road or means of travel. It also is a method, a style, or manner of doing something. It means an entry or exit from something. It means a particular aspect of something. Jeremiah 6:16 "Thus saith the LORD, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, we will not walk therein." What does it really mean to walk in His ways? Believers are encouraged to "walk in His ways". It means aligning daily living, our morals, and our behavior with God's commandments. It is a lifestyle defined by faith, love, humility, and obedience. The Holy Spirit within us is our help. Read Deuternomy 10:12

Isaiah 55:8 says, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord." The word "way" does not just mean a direction as in a road or means of travel. It also is a method, a style, or manner of doing something. It means an entry or exit from something. It means a particular aspect of something. Jeremiah 6:16 "Thus saith the LORD, stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, we will not walk therein." What does it really mean to walk in His ways? Believers are encouraged to "walk in His ways". It means aligning daily living, our morals, and our behavior with God's commandments. It is a lifestyle defined by faith, love, humility, and obedience. The Holy Spirit within us is our help. Read Deuternomy 10:12

God delivered the Israelites from Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Instead of the people praising God from a life of slavery and misery, they turned on Moses. "And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?" They looked back, forgetting the great deliverance, and wanted to go back to captivity rather than pressing on. Exo 14:8-13 "And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever." When Lot's wife turned back instead of God's commandment to not look back, she was turned to a pillar of salt. Gen. 19:1-29

Rev. Bert Knapp's ministry is "Thugging to Loving." He ministers to churches, but his ministry is to the ex-offenders and prisoners. He blessed the church helping us understand that so many upbringings are not filled with love and supportive parents. Rev 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." A couple of his sayings were, "When there is air in your lungs, God has a plan, and you have a purpose." "Church is a place to be fed and blessed, then to go out and be."

II Timothy 2:3-4 "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." John 15:16 "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." II Corinthians 4:7-9 "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." Romans 8:31 "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?"