NOVEMBER 8, 2025
WORSHIP SERVICE
CALL TO WORSHIP ---------------------ENTER IN
INVOCATION --------------------------- DR. EVAN WILLIS
COMMITMENT -------------------------
WELCOME------------------------------- GREETER
PULPIT REMARKS---------------------- DR. EVAN WILLIS
OPENING HYMN ---------------------- #526 BECAUSE HE LIVES
INTERCESSORY PRAYER ------------ ELDER DARYL WILLIAMS SR.
TITHES AND OFFERINGS ----------- ELDER ARNOLDO BOWREY
SPECIAL MUSIC -------------------- PRAISE TEAM
SERMON ----------------------------- DR. EVAN WILLIS | SOMETIMES WE LAUGH TO KEEP FROM CRYING | GENESIS 18:9-15
CLOSING HYMN -------------------- 428 SWEET BY AND BY
BENEDICTION-------------------------ELDER ARNOLDO BOWREY
PLEASE REMAIN SEATED UNTIL USHERED OUT
Enter in, enter inAll God's people enter in
Enter in, enter inAll God's people enter in
Let us worship in this holy placeEnter in, enter in
Let us bow before his throne of grace, ohEnter in, enter in
God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus,
He came to love, heal, and forgive;
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.
Because He lives I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future.
And life is worth the living just because He lives.
How sweet to hold a newborn baby,
And feel the pride, and joy He gives;
But greater still the calm assurance,
This child can face uncertain days because He lives.
Because He lives I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future.
And life is worth the living just because He lives.
9 “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him.
“There, in the tent,” he said.
10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.”
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.”
But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”
There's a land that is fairer than day,
And by faith we can see it afar;
For the Father waits over the way,
To prepare us a dwelling place there.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melodious songs of the blest,
And our spirits shall sorrow no more,
Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
To our bountiful Father above,
We will offer a tribute of praise,
For the glorious gift of His love,
And the blessings that hallow our days.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
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USHERS NEEDED - Contact Sister Haywood - 917.573.1332
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