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Speaker 5: again for coming out today. And I like to start

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Speaker 5: with something funny. And I heard about this husband and wife.

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Speaker 5: Arguing and now they were giving each other the silent treatment.

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Speaker 5: Not wanting to break the silence, he left a note

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Speaker 5: up at eight o'clock missed his flight. He was so

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Speaker 6: There was a note on his side of the bed.

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Speaker 6: He opened it. It read, wake up, it's five. Hold

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Speaker 6: up your Bible. Say it like you mean it. This

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Speaker 6: I have what it says I have. I can do

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Speaker 5: I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.

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Speaker 5: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God

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Speaker 6: I want to talk to you today about serving one another.

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Speaker 5: Jesus said, if you want to be great in the Kingdom,

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Speaker 6: You have to serve other people.

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Speaker 5: He wasn't talking about an event that takes place every

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Speaker 6: Every morning, we should ask God, show me my assignment today.

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Speaker 5: My friend, Johnny, I've known practically my whole life for

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Speaker 5: this habit to serve one another. When you serve others,

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Speaker 5: will surely be rewarded. Every time you serve, God sees it.

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Speaker 5: Nothing goes unnoticed, he says, you will surely be rewarded.

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Speaker 5: Don't look for people to pay you back. People may

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Speaker 5: not say thank you. You may not get the credit

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Speaker 6: Serve others, there is an applause for you. In Heaven.

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Speaker 5: Almighty God sees your sacrifice. You don't need people cheering

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Speaker 5: in the kingdom. JJ Moses, right here on the front row,

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Speaker 6: In the stadium, all the lights were on him.

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Speaker 6: No, still, every Saturday night he's ushering, week after week.

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Speaker 5: He told me, Joel, my greatest honor was not playing

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Speaker 6: What am I saying?

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Speaker 5: You're never too important to serve, never too big, never

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Speaker 6: Spend the weekend and be refreshed. One day, this couple

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Speaker 6: He could have said, excuse me, do you know who

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Speaker 5: But I in order to serve God, I need to

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Speaker 5: else's life better. Somebody needs what you have. Somebody needs

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Speaker 5: There will be a joy, a peace of fulfillment that

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Speaker 5: I know every time I leave this auditorium after a service,

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Speaker 6: You're being refueled. You're getting filled back up.

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Speaker 5: And this should be something we do, not every once

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Speaker 6: It's great to serve.

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Speaker 5: convinced if we would have this servant's mentality, more of

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Speaker 5: I know husbands that they expect their wife to do

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Speaker 6: I'm not gonna serve her. I want her to serve me.

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Speaker 5: Cook clean, bring me my food, make sure my clothes,

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Speaker 6: Well, Joe, the Bible says the wife. I have a

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Speaker 5: No, he willingly bowed down, pulled out his towel, washed

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Speaker 6: On purpose, so I can serve somebody. I can brighten

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Speaker 6: I love the fact that this young man, he wasn't.

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Speaker 5: give you credit. That's part of your thank you, that's

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Speaker 5: part of your reward. But when nobody's given you credit.

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Speaker 5: The scripture says, what you do in sin, God will

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Speaker 5: reward you in the open. And when it comes time

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Speaker 5: for the rewards to be passed out, some of us

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Speaker 6: And the people that.

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Speaker 5: Were behind the scenes, the ones that volunteered year after

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Speaker 5: year with no great applause, the ones like this young

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Speaker 5: man that went to great sacrifices to make somebody else's

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Speaker 5: dreams come to pass. The ones that have given time, energy,

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Speaker 5: money that nobody knew about, those who are going to

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Speaker 5: be the greater rewards. Not long ago, one of our

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Speaker 5: ushers went to be with the Lord. He had volunteered

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Speaker 5: here for nearly thirty years.

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Speaker 6: As faithful as can be.

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Speaker 5: He was an older gentleman, and he always dressed nice,

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Speaker 5: had a pleasant smile, a quiet demeanor. I don't know

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Speaker 5: that I ever spoke to him personally, but I remember

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Speaker 5: seeing him month after month, service after service. You could

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Speaker 5: One of his requests is that he would be buried

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Speaker 5: wearing his Lakewood Usher's badge. And there he was in

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Speaker 5: the casket in his finest suit, and on it was

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Speaker 6: He was so proud to be an Usher. He could

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Speaker 6: have been buried with.

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Speaker 5: Anything he wanted, but his greatest honor was serving other people.

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Speaker 6: Don't you know?

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Speaker 5: When he arrived in heaven there was an amazing welcoming ceremony.

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Speaker 5: I can hear the angels sing, I can see people clapping,

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Speaker 5: I can see the trumpets blowing. See there wasn't a

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Speaker 5: lot of fanfare, not a lot of applause for his

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Speaker 6: But nothing goes unnoticed. You will be rewarded.

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Speaker 5: The scripture tells how when Stephen went to Heaven, Jesus

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Speaker 5: stood up to welcome him. Jesus is normally seated at

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Speaker 5: the right hand of the Father, but I believe there

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Speaker 5: are times like with this Usher when he arrived an

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Speaker 5: unsung hero.

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Speaker 6: There will be times when.

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Speaker 5: Jesus says, you know what, this one deserves a standing ovation.

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Speaker 6: He'll stand up to welcome you home. I heard about

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Speaker 6: this older missionary couple.

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Speaker 5: They had served over in Africa for more than sixty years,

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Speaker 5: helping the less fortunate people, given their whole life and

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Speaker 5: done so much good. Now they were returning home to

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Speaker 5: New York City to finally retire. It just so happened

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Speaker 5: He was returning home from one of his big hunting expeditions.

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Speaker 5: When the ship pulled into the dock in New York,

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Speaker 5: there was all this fanfare. Band was playing, The mayor

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Speaker 5: and other dignitaries lined up, balloons going up in the air,

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Speaker 5: confetti coming down. When the crowd saw President Roosevelt step

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Speaker 5: off the boat, they begin to cheer, tens of thousand

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Speaker 5: of them waving, cheering, trying to snap a picture. The

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Speaker 5: missionary said to his wife, doesn't seem right. We've given

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Speaker 5: our whole life to help other people, to give, to serve,

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Speaker 5: to make a difference. He goes on a vacation and

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Speaker 5: the whole world welcomes him home. Nobody even knows we're here.

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Speaker 5: They got off the ship very discouraged. That night he

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Speaker 5: was praying, said God, I don't understand it. He goes

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Speaker 5: on vacation and comes home to the fanfare of the world,

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Speaker 5: and we come home after a whole life of service,

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Speaker 5: and nobody even says hello. Down in here, he heard God.

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Speaker 6: Speak to him.

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Speaker 5: He said, son, it's because you're not home yet.

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Speaker 6: There will be a celebration. There will be a reward.

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Speaker 5: You will hear a band playing like you've never heard before.

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Speaker 5: It will be the angels. All of heaven will welcome

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Speaker 5: be encouraged. Today God sees every act of kindness. Nothing

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Speaker 6: You will be rewarded.

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Speaker 5: Remember, when you do what God asks you to do,

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Speaker 5: you're being fed. You're getting stronger, refreshed, reenergized. So be

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Speaker 5: on the lookout this week for ways that you can

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Speaker 5: God says you will be great in the kingdom. Now

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Speaker 5: I believe and declare, because you serve others, you're coming

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Speaker 5: into your reward. You're coming into favor, coming into healing,

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Speaker 6: You're coming in.

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