We hear to your gates with thanksgiving and unto your courts with praise. Thank you because you're with us. You said you'd never leave us, not forsake us. Thank you because you put your Holy Spirit within us. Hallelujah, hallelujah, you're with us all the time. We came to praise you this morning. What you've done in our lives, hallelujah, we thank you for your salvation according to your word. Thank you, Lord. Hallelujah, we're saved by grace. Thank you, Lord. Thank you because you said you'd never leave us, not forsake us. You're with us all the time.  Hallelujah. Send your word, Lord. Speak to our hearts. Our hearts are open to receive whatever it is you have for us today. Be glorified, Lord, in all that we say, that is said and done in the name of Jesus. We honor you. Save, oh God, save those who are lost, saved by your part divine. In Jesus' name we pray. Thank you, Jesus. Save our children and all of our grandchildren, Lord. We want to spend eternity with you in heaven. In Jesus' name, thank you, Jesus. Amen, hallelujah. Oh, glory. Shia. Praise the Lord, saints. I'll be reading to you here in Joshua 24, verse 14 and 15. This is now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and in truth. And put away the gods which your Father served on the other side of the flood. And in Egypt, and serve ye the Lord. And if it seems evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve, whether the guys with your Father serve that was on the other side of the flood, or the guys of the Amorites, in whose land ye the well. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord in Jesus' name. Hallelujah. Hallelujah, hallelujah. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Just want to give God all the worship, all the praise that He's do on this day. Amen. Amen. Our God is worthy. Hallelujah. He's worthy. He's worthy. He's worthy. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Your love is deep. Your love is high. It's alone and aggrieved. This love is so deep. Hallelujah. No matter how far down we've gone, God's love goes deep. This love is so deep. Hallelujah. No matter how far down we've gone, God's love goes there. No matter how high we get, God's love can reach us. It's longer than the road I've traveled. Thank you, Jesus, for the long road. I look forward to a longer road. Amen. Amen. And it's wider than the gap we feel.  My God is awesome. He can move mountains. Keep me, my God. My God is awesome. He heals me when I'm strength-wear. Let's say that again. My God is awesome. My God is awesome when I'm broken. My God is awesome. He can move mountains. It's not a man that he should lie. Hallelujah. If he said it, he's going to do it. Things are possible when we ain't our breakable. If he said it, we believe it. If he said it, if he said it, if he said it, we believe it. Things are possible when we ain't our breakable. That you should have this calm. You'll finish what you started. God, you have never failed. And you, you're present in every step. You're patient in every heartache. God, you have never failed.  God, you have never failed. Every heartache. God, you have never failed. I am what I am. Cause of great I am. Come on, receive that. You are what you are because of the Lord. I am what I am. Cause of great I am. Speak so. Come on, let's say that again. I am what you say I am. I am what I am. Cause of great I am. I am what I am. Cause of great I am. Speak so. So praise, hallelujah, hallelujah. At this time we'll have our solo this morning by minister Marilyn Alexander. Amen. Praise the Lord, everyone. Amen. Aren't you glad you chose Jesus? Hallelujah.  Hallelujah, Jeremiah 9-11 says I know the plans and the thoughts that I have for you. Hallelujah. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Hallelujah. To bring you to an expected end. It means to harm me. He means to prosper me. Amen. Glad I chose him. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Over 40 years ago, uncle. I mean bishop, I'm sorry. Over 40 years ago, I'm sorry. I chose the Lord. Hey man, and I have not turned back. Hallelujah. I made plenty of mistakes, but hallelujah, he's forgiven me because I asked him to. And not only that I repented and I turned and decided I didn't want to do none of that no more. Hallelujah. And the Holy Ghost glatched on to me in 1982. Amen. And decided to walk alongside me and be apparently to help me to live right. And I thank him. Hallelujah. I thank him for his salvation. I thank him for the deliverance from sin. Amen. I thank him for a mind. Hallelujah. To live right. Thank you, Lord. Thank you. You all pray for me. I want you. Singers that what happened to y'all? Y'all just disappeared. Did a ghost on the sister. Come on in. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. You have it with us. I choose you. Much to me use you. I choose you. Come on, sing it with me. I choose you. I choose you. I choose you. Come on and give him credit. Bless you, Lord. Bless you, Lord. Let's receive our bishop. Amen with the word of the Lord. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Hallelujah. As he has chosen me, goodness of Jesus, my soul cries, hallelujah. Great on God. He's a mighty, mighty God. Thank him because he chose me for the foundation of the world. And he called us unto himself. Hallelujah. Not thank him because he had patience, mercy. He's long suffering. He knows our weakness. But he still claims this as his own. I belong to Jesus. I belong to him. And he belongs. And it's not for a year or time alone. But it's for eternity. Come on somebody. Grab ahold of that. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You all have to excuse me. This is a new thing for me. All right, we'll see if that works. All right. I'm glad that the Lord saved me. The Lord saved me at the age of 10 years old. Hallelujah. And I was a rascal. I was a sinner. I was lost. I needed salvation. And he chose me. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I thank the Lord for the devotion the Spirit of the Lord is in this place. Thank God, thank God for his visit to us again on this Sunday morning. God is faithful. He's faithful to his people. This morning I want to thank the Lord for each of you who are here. I thank the Lord for the ministers that assist in ministering to this congregation. All the singers all the musicians prayer warriors scripture readers I thank God for each and every one of you that assist in giving to this body what the Lord would have us to receive. I'm excited this morning because we have a visitor with us from way across the country. Amen. Elder Charity Jackson from High Point, North Carolina. We're excited because you're here today. We embrace you as a member of this congregation. Amen. She lives somewhere else but she's a member of this church. And I'm going to call her for remarks later. Let's get into the word at this point. Call your attention this morning to the book of Psalm Psalm number one. Psalm number one. And from this text I've extracted a determination that says we will serve the Lord He is our God. Say that with me we'll serve the Lord. He is our God. The United States declared the Declaration of Independence proclaims that God has in doubt all men with the unalienable right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Sadly, the pursuit of happiness is the futile quest for far too many of us. We squander our precious time and resources make poor choices and often ruin our lives and others' lives. Searching for the treasures of happiness in all the wrong places. Searching in all the wrong places. Where can happiness be found? Simple yet powerful truth of God's word is that true happiness is a gift of God. One of his very special blessings. This wonderful gift is ours if we rightly relate to him. If we walk in obedience to his command, say obedience walk in obedience to his command. As we read from Psalm number one it says, blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor siteth in the seat of the scornful. Now I'll just stop there because there's so much to say from that one single verse. A whole message could be preached on that verse alone. I want to help us understand what that verse said, blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. Now, bless it before entering into the full Psalms we must stop at the door of the Psalm one and make a decision to walk in the Lord's way. Delight in his word. Meditate on his word. In other words we have to make a decision to do it God's way. We can't do it our way. We've got to surrender our will to God and whatever our spirit wants to do we've got to check with the Lord. We've got to ask the Lord is this the role you'd have me to travel? Is this is your will for my life? So the blessings that come from Psalm number one verse one is the ability to be obedient to the word of God. Only then can we be gloriously blessed in the presence of the Lord. This is how to be happy and blessed in life. So we want to be happy and blessed in life. Now, happy is not enough. There are many people who are in sin and they're happy. There's no blessing. God has not blessed that life. So we have to be happy and blessed. So it says the person who is happy doesn't walk in the council of sinful people. It means that you can't have your best buddy. You can't have your best friend who is a gangbanger. You can't go to people for advice who don't know who the Savior is, who has not been involved in a relationship with Jesus Christ. So you can't you can seek for salvation and you can look for a blessing in your life but it's not going to come just because somebody sends you an oil-drenched handkerchief. You've got to decide that I'm going to do what the Lord said do. I'm going to yield my spirit. I understand that I came to this world.  I loved myself but will not be blessed as long as we're yielding to our flesh. Somebody say amen. This is your enemy. Thank you. Thank you so much. I didn't have one over on the table and I thought I was going to make it. Amen. I try not to sing Sister Marilyn. You all know that I have a difficult time not participating in the praise and the worship. I've gotten so that my voice won't let me do what I want to do and I have to say alright. Thank the Lord. Because we've come to know that it's all about relationship with God. Blessed is the person who doesn't go to the enemy of the Lord to get advice on what to do. Nor stand in the way of sinners nor sit in the seat of the scorn bolt and if you'll understand and notice it starts out by saying stand in the way of sinners then next thing you know you're not just standing in the way of sinners then it says now you're sitting in the seat of the scorn bolt so it's progressional as you walk outside of the spirit of God you'll listen for counsel and then you'll stand in the way and sit in the seat and by the time you sit in the seat your spirit has been attacked as saints of God this is to the church as saints of God you need to watch who your friends are you need to examine yourself understand what the Lord is requiring of you the Lord wants a relationship with you on an individual basis come on somebody he said I called you into myself I chose you as my own he said you are my child but you got to obey if you want the blessings that I have to give you people buying blessings there's no such thing you can't buy it it's not for sale he said but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law you meditate day and night he said I don't want you to be just loosely attached to me he said I want you to delight in what I am and who I am I need you to fall in love with the scripture that says whatever I say to you because it is necessary it's necessary he said you need to make me understand your life he said you need to love to come to the house of God you need to love to study his word you need to love to meditate on what his word says unto you we live in a terrible society at this point so many distractions so many things that are untoward God and people at this point cursing in front of the past don't mind cursing in front of you knowing what your position is I'm going to say it because that's the way I am that's the way I express myself it gives it a better impact when I say a curse word but we can't stand for that I rebuke that in the name of Jesus the one who went to Calvary to restore us and to bring us back to him and we ain't got time to walk around with people who don't love the Lord come on somebody I've got friends who are not saved but I ain't trying to spend all my time with them I'd rather be with the saints any day at any hour he said if you delight in the law the Lord and in his law does he meditate day and night he shall be like a tree planted by the river of water that brings forth fruit this season and his leaf also shall not wither and whatsoever come on somebody whatsoever he doeth shall prosper and now sometimes we wrestle with what we should do well should I do this because I see this has a certain attachment to it that looks inviting to me but there's nothing on this side but it doesn't make any difference what you decide to do in Jesus because the scripture has promise whatever you do if you in relationship with Jesus on a personal basis he said whatever you do will prosper you know why that will happen that's a promise because he'll never leave you wrong he'll never leave you astray he'll never leave you alone he'll be right there he's always talking whatsoever you do it's gonna come out like it ought to it's gonna come out victoriously because God has the victory for each and every one of us now this psalm is about a comparison this is talking about whatever there's light in the Lord but verse four it turns to a decision it is now a decision that has to be made the ungodly are not so but are like the chaff which the wind driveeth away now when they sift the wheat in that society they would take the wheat put it in in a basket and throw it up in the air and the chaff was so loosely attached to the wheat that when they throw it up in the air the wind would come by and blow it away and the wheat and the stubble would fall back into the basket and they feed the stubble to the animals so it says the ungodly are not blessed like the people of God but they're like the chaff which the wind bloweth away it's nothing to them and once they get thrown up they're going to be blown away and it's going to be of no consequences to us to that which is good but to them that are chaff to them are not towards Jesus they're going to be destroyed therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous so today we're at a point where we've got to make a decision come on you've got to look at yourself you've got to stand in front of the mirror and ask the Spirit don't ask yourself you don't know nothing you get yourself in front of the mirror and ask the Lord you search me search my heart search my mind help me to know what I'm about because I want to please you I belong to you and when you stand before the Lord in the mirror and ask Him to show me who I am when you stand before the mirror and ask the Lord to show me who I am telling and I'll make the correction I want to see Jesus I want to see Jesus for myself in peace that's why I made a determination that's why I decided a long time ago that I'm going to do the will of God and I decided I'm going to serve the Lord I had other options I could have been a gangbanger I could have been the dope man I could have chose that but that wouldn't pro... no matter how much money made, no matter how happy I was that would not ever prosper I'd never get to see the Lord's face in peace and hear Him say well done good and faithful servant because I haven't served Him I served myself and I served those around me who needed what I had to depend on not so but they're like the chaff which the wind drives away therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous Lord help me with myself help me with my help me with my attitude Lord help me to accept criticism don't criticize me you ain't all of that criticize me criticize me Lord I want to be right I want to be saved I've got to be whole and that's why I come to you and say Lord you fix me you find anything that shouldn't be take it out straight me I want to be right I've got to be whole I've got to be holy you know there's no sin in heaven embrace this when I heard it from one of my previous pastors said the Lord didn't call me to be a detective to follow you around see what you're doing where you sneaking in and out of what you're running in your hand and getting out of your pocket the Lord didn't call me to do that that's not my job you know why because the 6th verse said the Lord know it know it I don't need to chase nobody I don't need to look try to peek behind somebody's curtain to see what they're doing the Lord know it he said know it that means he knows and knows and knows he knows everything about you he knows even what is going to come to your mind before it reaches your brain the Lord know the way of the righteous now that's the positive thank God he knows that the way of the righteous but the way of the ungodly shall perish you waste it you are wasted if you don't tune your ear to the Word if you don't let the Spirit of God the Holy Ghost which comes to give you salvation if you don't let the Holy Ghost work on you you will not stand in the judgment and this brings to my mind as I said that you know about the man that came to the suffer and at the door he was passing out garments for the sufferer and the man walked past them and wouldn't take one he was kind of like some people who wouldn't wear a mask he was just determined he didn't have to the master came and said how'd you get up in here looking like that look at how you what is that you got on you look them out and you see everybody else got on an outfit be fitting this occasion and you come walking in here like you something silly how'd you get in here and the Word said and he was speechless speechless couldn't say a word he knew he was down or off the Lord knows the way of the righteous the way of the ungodly shall perish you know I'm running a little long I'm going to take a little bit more time I want to call your attention to Matthew 7 verses 12 verse 14 there are two choices in life to walk with God or walk in your own willful way when I say that it brings to mind a song that I learned as a very young child when I was growing up children were in the church and I learned a lot as a child the song says trust and obey for there's no other way to be happy with Jesus but to trust and obey he'll never lead you astray he'll never let you down you need to trust him and whatever he says do you need to do that now in Matthew 7 verse 12 as a child in grammar school they had a top of the alphabet do let me read therefore all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you do you even so to them for this is the law and the prophets so they had written up their do unto others as you would have them do unto you I applaud that not so in this day and time they're not interested in your children doing what's right they want you to let your child do whatever they want to do and you better not say nothing to them and you dare not touch them therefore all things all things whatsoever you would that men do to you do you even so to them because this one verse right here tells you how to be in the will of God for this is the law and the prophet then it says a choice is to be made enter ye in at the straight gate but why it is the gate and broad is the way that lead it to destruction and many there be which go in their act let me break this down just a bit it says there are two different gates and you have to decide which gate you're going to go through to get on the road for the rest of your life he said there's a straight gate because why is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction it says if you're doing what everybody else is doing you're going through the wrong gate the gate is so wide for a second to talk about the rules of the church there are some churches that require standards there are some churches that embrace the scripture that God has given to us and we require standards for the church but there are other churches where the gate is so wide you can do anything you feel like doing I mean anything you need to understand those are the churches that is the gate which lead it to destruction it leads to destruction and the way you'll know which is the wrong gate is if you look and find many on that gate verse 14 said but straight is the gate straight is the gate and narrow is the way which lead it unto life and few there be that find it can I tell you why there's so few that find it because society's eyes are set on the straight gate the wide open gate where you can do what you want to do if it feels good do it if it's right in your mind do it this is Jesus right here talking Jesus said if you follow all the rest of them all of them said you're going the wrong way and the reason you can't find the path that is narrow is because the path that's narrow is behind you you're busy looking at what your flesh desires and you haven't taken time to stop and look back and see what God has planned for you thank you I'm clapping for myself now that's the end of that one Joshua chapter 24 I'm almost through and that's where our scripture for devotion came from Joshua 24 14 said now therefore fear the Lord respect him not Johnny come lately on the corner he's the Lord and Savior the king of kings and the Lord of lords the one who went to Calvary and shed his blood that we might have a right to the tree of life in heaven and you need to recognize you need to know who it is that you're involved in come on you're in the church but you need to recognize God and honor God with everything that's in you and if you ain't got nothing in you you need to get something in you get the word in you now therefore fear the Lord honor the Lord serve him in sincerity and in truth with your father served on the other side of the flood and in Egypt and serve ye the Lord he said all of that that's your past history come on somebody well I can't do right because my mama did so and so she would never let me play outside my daddy didn't do this and didn't do that that's your past history what you're going to do about that you're going to walk around with your mouth poked out for the rest of your life because your daddy didn't treat you right because your neighbors wouldn't play with you when you was a little kid put away the gods which your father served on the other side of the flood and in Egypt and serve ye the Lord if it seems evil unto you to serve the Lord where the crossroads again all of these scriptures have been a comparison one towards the other one for holiness righteousness one for wickedness so now if it seems evil unto you to serve the Lord choose you this day whom ye will serve who you're going to serve who do you know that you feel is worthy of you falling down before and paying homage unto them whom will you serve whether the gods which your father served that were on the other side of the flood are the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell but for me ask for me in my house come on I can't be in control of your house I can't call your house into order I can't whip nobody in your house come on I can't make nobody in your house be saved I can't make no house nobody in your house be true and honest and willing to serve the Lord but ask for me come on I decided one day you choose to do it it's your gig do it but ask for me I decided to make Jesus my choice some said some folk would rather have silver gold some folks choose things they pleasure and forget about their soul but I decided not my mother decided for me I decided personally I decided that I wanted to walk with the Lord I decided I would turn my back and find that narrow gate that few are going to walk into I decided to make Jesus my choice I choose him over and over and over again he is my Lord that's why I serve him I don't know about you come on somebody somebody would join me in this hallelujah we will serve the Lord we will honor the Lord we'll submit our will unto him we'll say Lord take my life and let it be consecrated unto you we will serve the Lord he God hallelujah thank God with an undying brought me out of darkness into a marvelous light and I love him for it and I still choose him come on somebody come on somebody now I'm going to put a little something in it right here we're going to be serving celebrating our 50th anniversary on August the 6th hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah and can I tell you I can't say that we ain't never had a disagreement come on somebody because there been some rough times there been some difficult times in our marriage but we stayed on the same page come on somebody and the rule in our house was as for me and all of y'all who live up in here that I'm feeding and I'm buying cars for cars as for me and y'all we don't serve the Lord hallelujah hallelujah I told you all it hasn't always been a piece of cake but every time there's a piece of cake there's some ice cream to win along with it come on somebody and I I still choose her hallelujah I'll choose you again and again and again thank God for Jesus hallelujah and I'll choose him I will choose him we went to high school together I know I'm supposed to be making the altar call but he just did it he put icing on the cake amen God has been good to us amen amen amen you know why God's been good to us because we chose God that's why he's been good to us that's why we made it 50 years that's why we chose God amen I don't know if you're amazed at how the service go but even when I was looking on service online I could see the flow of service from the first song all the way to the sermon everything just blended right in and today everything just blended right in in the choice of songs and everything just blended right in Sister Terry say I am what you say I am she sang that song and all the songs and then Sister Marilyn came up and said I choose you again amen and before Bishop said that last scripture I had written already written down choose you this day whom you will serve Joshua 24-15 I'd already written that so what God want us to do is make a choice the Bible tells us 23 for the wages of sin is what? but the gift of God is what? eternal life through Christ Jesus our God now you could choose life or you could choose death it's all up to you like Michael Jackson has this song I know he didn't have any religious effect when he wrote this song but the song makes sense to us children of God he talks about man in the mirror and he goes to talk about to make a change and Bishop told us to look in the mirror at ourselves to make that change now we know like Sister Terry say I am what you say I am we know ourselves what we are when we look in the mirror so some of us is time for us to make a change we have to choose life and not choose death Bishop also said that there are some hypocrites in the church and if you are a hypocrite in the church you know what a hypocrite is someone who is living one way around the saints of God but then living another way around their friends and their neighbors and this and that outside of the church that's what a hypocrite is but when you're in a church you're all saved, sanctified, holy ghost filled and all that kind of stuff and the minute you step out that door you're cursing, you're doing this and you're doing that you're smoking, you're drinking, you're doing all those bad things you're talking about the people at the church gossiping and all that that's a hypocrite that's a hypocrite and guess what if we're hypocrites we haven't chose life we've chosen death so God want us to choose life true happiness is in Jesus Christ amen that's what happiness is all about we're happy, we've been married 50 years and we are happy as we can be and guess what we ain't broke we don't have to depend on the church for our salaries or anything and we can do anything and everything we want to do all because of God the blessings of the Lord that's what it's all about amen that's what it's all about so not only does God give us salvation He allowed us to enjoy other things down here on earth He and I have traveled all over the world all over the world and when I was young who would have ever thought that me poor me raising a poor family of 12 children would ever travel all over the world but God God is the one that made that available we live in a multimillion dollar house God is the one that made that available I'm not bragging but I'm telling you what God can do if you choose life if you choose life this is all about God some of us need to choose God choose life and when you choose life it's not all about it's about salvation but God give you other benefits the scripture says what can I render unto the Lord for all the benefits He's given to me there's so many other benefits and I'm standing here alive today and I had triple negative progressive cancer 8 months ago and every time I go to the doctor I get a clean bill of health every scan I have is clean because God the benefits of choosing life choose life people choose God that world out there has nothing to offer you and don't try to imitate them the devil get us by trying to imitate the world trying to be like the world do what the world do listen to the songs the world sing let's not do that let's choose life amen and not death Jesus is on his way back he's on his way back and guess what those who have chosen life and I don't mean well I got baptized in Jesus name in Philatonic 12 years ago but I haven't been walking with right with the Lord I don't mean that sure we made mistakes we always make mistakes but guess what we gotta forgive in God Lord I did it again I'm so sorry oh Lord please I don't want to do these things no more I want to live for you but Lord creating me a clean heart and renewing me a right spirit Lord don't take your presence away from me father in the name of Jesus that's what we need to go to him and ask him to do in the name of Jesus now I think everybody in here is saved I don't know I think so maybe one or two that's not but if you're not you know God give us mercy every morning and you know what that mercy does give us another chance to get it right with God that's why he renew our mercies every morning to give us one more chance to get it right because tomorrow is not promised to us so you have an opportunity to get it right so those in here who's not been saved and baptized and feel with the Holy Ghost because you know it's okay to be baptized but you ain't got the Holy Ghost down inside of you it's all kneeling void so you got to be baptized in Jesus name and feel with the precious gift of the Holy Ghost and then after that you got to continue to walk with the Lord amen amen if anybody in here wants to choose life today you can choose life right now but if not those of us who's in here who wants to continue to choose life you can do that right now I want all the workers to come and I want those who want God to give them and help them to do what's right they want to do what's right but the devil is always lurking the devil is always lurking and the devil wants to steal us even me sometime I have to rebuke the devil every day for messing with me just to this morning I was sitting over there as sick as I can be just sick as I can be I have to throw up my stomach was cramping everything I feel better now I feel good now because God is my healer amen so if anybody want to come down and they want to choose life they don't want to be a hypocrite not that you are a hypocrite if you come down amen but come down and let the Lord let the Lord know that you want to choose life and you want to walk up right before him you want to do his will but Satan is a lie he cannot have you and I rebuke him in the name of Jesus he cannot have you in the name of Jesus come on down those who want oh hallelujah God is calling us to choose today He is calling us to not be hypocrites but to choose life in the name of Jesus I have been home the Lord has been really dealing with me and the Lord has called me to do some other things and today what I was standing here the Lord wants the Patrick kids to all come down all the Patrick kids to come down because the Lord wants us to pray for those children all the Patrick children come on down their daddy came so I want all the Patrick children to come down and we as a body of Christ going to pray for these children we are going to pray that the devil get their hands off of them we are going to pray not that the devil has got their hands on them but we know what the devil can do so we are going to pray for the Patrick children right now we are going to pray for those children so they can be part of choosing life for God dad you can get joined in and pray with them too amen let's pray for them amen hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah father we thank you Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord oh God you tell us to train up a child in the way they should go and when they get older they won't depart and Lord God we bring it to these children Lord God to you Lord God and before you Lord God because we know Lord God that you can put our arms of protection around them you can keep them from all hurt harm and danger Lord God oh God we ask you to put inside of them Lord God a will to do your will and to walk up right before you Lord God we thank you we praise you for it right now Lord God you are a deliverer Lord God you are a help Lord God we ask you to bless this family Lord God in the name of Jesus Lord God oh God we praise you we honor you and we adore you right now Lord God say them you cannot have these children they belong to the kingdom they belong to God and Lord God we ask you to look on these parents Lord God oh God help these parents to lead and guide these children Lord God in the way that they should go the enemy wants to destroy them Lord able in the name of Jesus Lord God we thank you we praise you right now we give you the glory Lord God in the name of Jesus hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we give God glory oh hallelujah these babies was born in this church their mother and father faithful members of this church and we want them to be faithful members of this house of God but we know that how the enemy is is so I prayed over my kids when they was growing up so don't feel bad because I prayed over my kids and the Lord put that in my heart I don't know why but he knows why that we put a shield around these children keep them from all her harm or danger wherever they go at school or wherever they are that the Lord will protect them in the name of Jesus we pray you have a shield around you guys y'all have a shield around you you have the devil can't mess with you amen in the name of Jesus hallelujah without further ado hallelujah you may have a seat all the workers we're going to turn the service in the hand of Bishop or Marilyn Bishop amen Praise the Lord everybody I just want to say thank you Lord God I give honor to Bishop I give honor to Pastor Bobby it's so good to see power in the house I give honor to Pastor Sykes and Deacon Sykes and Minister Sorton and Minister Terry and all of the ministers, minister Tanisha and some more ministers and pastors and oh my God I see it all filled up in the house how can I say thank you for you all for what you've done for me throughout the years I bring greetings from High Point North Carolina amen I flew in y'all know how I like to drive but I had to fly this time on time amen amen I'm here to come and celebrate one of my dear sisters sister Tanisha a lot of y'all don't know but Tanisha has been keeping in touch with me throughout the years throughout the years that I've been gone and there was a point in time if y'all don't mind I just want to give honor to her for a minute there's been a point in time when I told her I didn't have time to be talking to you and calling you and checking on you and doing all of that Tanisha know and you got to get in where you fit in and she said okay and she would call me late at night say I don't want anything but to pray for you I don't need anything I just want to just stay connected because you're our sister and then I get a call from Tanisha and I know a lot of y'all be wondering why she stay hang out with this person why she don't come to see this and that but y'all don't know what God be doing because you know we leaders we up here and y'all don't know sometimes us encouragers need some encouragement and that's with singing the song that God has chose us that we choose him but he chooses us every single day and it's going to take love from each other I just need to speak some love in the house for a moment I have never ever felt so love more than what I felt at this church y'all have always stayed and come together no matter the conflict no matter the trial no matter the deaths no matter the grieving we have always been there for each other even if it's one or two for those connections I thank God for the times that she called me and it was during the time where I needed and I wanted to give up so that's why I flew me and to celebrate her for her graduation I was here for the birth of my godson but because of corona I'm a survivor y'all I almost died a couple months ago and I'm grateful that I made it but I want you to know get rid of the anger the bitterness and the pain the Lord is speaking right now we at Long Beach Shield of Faith have always been there for each other I don't care what it is you get rid of it and love on each other so when you're away you can hold on to the love because that's what we need when I come to town I call Bishop and First Lady they know they pray for me they help me out y'all don't know this church we are family we are family do y'all remember the barbecues do y'all remember the pies do y'all remember the traveling the singing the dancing the praising the homes that we prayed over do y'all remember the missionary trips the youth ministry it has been because of us I ain't seeing me what did I say I can't hear you it's us together together you all are now grown from when I was here it is time for y'all to bind together you need each other I need you they need you this word was for us today this is for us to live right no matter what I don't care what your title is I don't care what it is we got to love each other I know when I come back home this is home for me I wasn't born here but this is home this is home you are my sister you are my brother and I need you it's time to stand up bitterness and the pain off your shoulders embrace each other love each other okay and show up for each other I don't care what it is because we are blood do y'all hear me turn to your name I'm your blood I'm your blood blood in through the power of Jesus Christ what does the games do blood in, blood out you got the blood of Jesus Christ you are blood in and when you go out it's about heaven y'all hear me do y'all get it stop it God is leading me here but stop it love each other because it's going to go through the airways and the barways and it's going to help us I wanted to commit suicide but my sister's from Lone Beach, Shield of Faith call me do y'all hear me people sitting right but because you showed up you hear me Chrissy don't you think it's not valued or appreciated by your leaders they appreciate you they appreciate each and every member that comes you hear me CC Michelle get it together you hear me Mickey they appreciate y'all these leaders care about y'all that's why they are singing and praising God and studying to be here the souls it goes deep love each other and show up amen how can I say thanks for the things that you've done for me get your education start your business I don't care how small you are and y'all help each other this is a church that has birth entrepreneurship this is a church that has birth nurses, lawyers doctors and they are still coming y'all may not see them but y'all know them all across the country all across the country Shield of Faith Lone Beach there's power in the name of Jesus y'all hear that there's power in your love and thank you for loving on me because y'all always welcome me and I appreciate y'all and I love y'all and it's because I'm out there by myself y'all but God has blessed me with new sisters


وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزال وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأوله الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وشدوا الله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له واشدوا أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد في هذا الفيديو أريد أن أتحدث عن ماذا نحفظه ماذا نحفظه؟ الله سبحانه وتعالى تخبرنا الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول يا أيها الذين آمنوا كتب عليكم الصيام كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم لعلكم تتقول الله سبحانه وتعالى يقول those of you who believe يا أيها الذين آمنوا the people of Iman are being spoken to here نداء للأهل الإيمان الله is addressing the people of Iman كتب عليكم الصيام the fasting has been ordained upon you it has been made obligatory upon you كما كتب علي الذين من قبلكم like it was made obligatory on those who came before you and then Allah tells us the hikma and the illa the reason and the wisdom of why He legislated the fasting الله تعالى تعالى tells us it is what لعلكم تتقون it is to attain Taqwa Taqwa is why we are fasting someone asks you why are you fasting you know it is because to attain Taqwa some people if you ask them why are you fasting they will say because fasting is a health or a fitness or it has health benefits and so if you fast you become healthy you become this and that they forget the purpose in which Allah mentioned لعلكم تتقون fasting brings about Taqwa by fasting you attain Taqwa the scholars they mention that the purpose why Allah SWT created us is to worship Him and the reason why Allah created us is to worship Him and Allah SWT mentioned to us why He wants us to worship Him so يعني pay attention to this point the reason you were created is to worship Allah and the reason why you worship Allah is to attain Taqwa and then Taqwa is a result of the purpose in which you are created from because you were created to worship Allah and from your عبادة you attain Taqwa and fasting is an عبادة it brings about Taqwa the question here is my beloved brothers and sisters what is Taqwa if you don't know something can you really come with it can you come with Taqwa if you don't know what Taqwa means I'm going to give you the best definition of Taqwa a definition that Shaykhul Islam was pleased with and he said that this is the most comprehensive definition of Taqwa and it's none other than the definition said by طلق بن حبيب طلق بن حبيب when he defined Taqwa he said أن تعمل بطاعة الله على نور من الله ترجو ثواب الله وأن تترك معصية الله على نور من الله تخافر إقام الله he said التقوى means أن تعمل بطاعة الله it is to act in obedience of Allah يعني your action you're doing it in obedience to Allah because that's what you are you're a slave you need to obey your master the master is who الله عزي و جل so you are acting in obedience to Allah على نور من الله but the act of obedience it's based on a light from Allah يعني it's based upon a revelation it's based upon a revelation the way that you are acting and the way that you are doing things is all based upon a legislation set by Allah you're not doing it based on your own whims and desires and the thoughts that come to your mind you're doing it based on evidences that you've gathered from the Quran and the Sunnah على نور من الله ترجو ثواب الله and whilst you're doing it you're hoping reward from Allah سبحانه وتعالى you're hoping that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is going to He's going to reward you for what you're doing because there's no one else who can reward you other than Allah سبحانه وتعالى the reward is in his hands he's the one who can give you the reward و أن تترك مع عصية الله and it is also to leave off the sins to us abstain and stay far from it على نور من الله based on a light from Allah سبحانه وتعالى wherever Allah تبارك وتعالى made impermissible and haram you do it you do what? you stay away from it you abstain from it you don't indulge in doing it تخاف عقاب الله you are fearful of the punishment of Allah that is تقوى and by beloved brothers and sisters it is the people of تقوى that Allah تبارك وتعالى told us that they are going to inherit جنة أسوى الله سبحانه وتعالى تلك الجنة التي نوري through من أبادنا من كان تقيا جنة will be inherited by the pious people of تقوى are going to inherit جنة الله even told us سبحانه وتعالى in the Quran that it is the people of تقوى who are going to be saved from the Hellfire and they are the ones who are not going to fall into the Hellfire when other people will be falling into it وإمينكم إلا واردها كان على ربك حتما مقضية ثم نجل لدينا تقوى ونظر بالمنا فيها جثية الله tells us سبحانه وتعالى that everybody else is going to fall into the Hellfire the only people Allah is going to save are who ثم نجل لدينا تقوى the people who are going to save are the pious people the Prophet ﷺ he told us that the تقوى gashes from and it springs from the heart and that's why the Prophet ﷺ he said التقوى ها هنا التقوى ها هنا التقوى ها هنا the Prophet ﷺ said that تقوى is here the تقوى is here the تقوى is here 3 times ﷺ we need to familiarize ourselves with the definition of تقوى because if you are ignorant of the definition of something you are not going to come with it عاليبنا بطالب gave another definition to تقوى which is worth mentioning عاليبنا بطالب and he said تقوى is الخوف من الجليل it is to be scared of Allah والعمل بالتنزيل it is to work in accordance to the revelation والرضى بالقليل and it is to be pleased with the little Allah has given you contentment واستعداد اليوم الرحيل and it is to prepare for the day of judgment 4 things he mentioned الخوف من الجليل it is to be scared of Allah والعمل بالتنزيل it is to act upon the Quran and the Sunnah والرضى بالقليل and to be content with whatever Allah has given you واستعداد اليوم الرحيل and it is to prepare for the day of departure the day when you are going to leave this world and you are going to meet Allah سبحانه وتعالى those 4 things عاليبنا بطالب and he said that is what تقوى is عمر ابن عبد العزيز said a very powerful statement which I am going to conclude with إن شاء الله وتعالى عمر ابن عبد العزيز and he said ليس تقوى الله بصيام النهاري ولا بقيام الليل عمر ابن عبد العزيز and he said تقوى is not فاستن day time and praying at night والتخليط فيما بين ذلك and it is not to mix the two no that is none of that ولكن تقوى الله تركوما حرم الله وأداء مفترض الله فمن رزقة he said فمن رزقة ذلك خيرا فهو خير إلا خيرين عمر ابن عبد العزيز رحمه الله he said that تقوى is not to fast the day time and to pray at night time and it is not to emerge the two rather what تقوى is is that you leave off that which Allah prohibited سبحانه وتعالى you do what was obliged upon you made mandatory upon you he then said فمن رزقة بعد ذلك anyone who this has been given to them then verily he has been given good with good look how the self عمر ابن عبد العزيز طلق ابن حبيب other great look how they looked at تقوى for them تقوى summarized the concept of Islam for them تقوى was what do as you are told and stay away from what you are told stay away from that's it as a slave that's all it is for you you do what you are told to do and you stay away from what you were told to stay away from and you will find the doors of success and prosperity and happiness and joy will come your way in this world and the day of judgment nothing else awaits you except جنة that is all that is needed from us this month of Ramadan coming we have to fulfill the wisdom and the wisdom for fasting when you look at the Quran Allah mentioned يَا الَّذِي لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُولُ He said in the ayah 183 if you go to ayah 187 Allah also concluded it by saying لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُولُ both verses Allah concluded it with لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُولُ the first verse of the fasting لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُولُ and the last one is the first verse of the fasting لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُولُ and the last one Allah concluded it with لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُولُ why? you ponder here and you contemplate you stand over it because the wisdom and the wisdom for fasting is to attain takwa why are you fasting if you're not going to attain takwa from it? why would you stay away from food and drinking if you're not going to gain takwa from it? where Allah سبحانه وتعالى make us from those who attain takwa from their fasting إنه وليه داريك والقادر علي سبحانه وتعالى وبحمدك أشد والله إلهي لله أستغفروك وأتولي السلام عليكم if you're enjoying these videos and you'd like to keep up the date with all of the courses we're going to be running make sure you head over to amauathome.com


What's up guys and welcome to Trendy Updates up our SPM buzz. Now onto the trending news today is a content creator Vincent Umbuaya who has shared an emotional message saying that he has been arrested and heading to court. Now Vincent Umbuaya took to his social media platform Nakazakwandika Insta Story Palen taku someya kitu mbachu alieza kwandika. Hi guys, I was arrested and I'm heading to court. I'm accused of rape and assault which is in true. In case I will come out, I will narrate the whole story. Just pray for me guys. In case I will be issued a cash bail or bond, I will ask for your support. And that is why Vincent Umbuaya went ahead and said that he is going to be asking for support in case I will be issued a cash bail. Ayabasti sijuhi ni story umbaya un eza kusema ni ni kwa sababu Vincent Umbuaya me kuwa chinia magiki dogo tu wa diya kuwa kisema mengi. Lakin ni right now he says that he has been arrested and is asking for prayers. Niki eza kwangali apu alia ekokomen section Lena Nakareba says why do celebrities expect a public to pay for their bail and bills? Are we not paid? I could never ask for such. And then says by nature na sema al ask for your support. Ayabasti coach Patrico says God's doing, you came to Dubai with 15 Kenyan shillings only.   I came through as a brother and help out. I took you to shopping. Na aka animalizia pale kusema aka eza kumpi apia gifta pelike mamayake. Ayaw kusema okifika Kenya. Uta Rudisha Shkrani lakin ni ulifika okani block. What goes around comes around. Ayabasti ni kama kuna story pale kuch Patrico ona jua. Nebulas Kenya says he's kue cloudhaki. Juhu ni me metuzuesha na cloud chasing. Anthony Toshna na wambi umbaya un eza uza gariu jitu e kwang gori. Lakin ni juma fans wa kukunatia pa e ako aliku wa me kwekia they can send it to your contribution. Nekama wa tu akubali ani na ele story umbuya kuhomba support. Kusababu ungengana na sema metuzuesha na na support. Support killer time. Sisi wenye siyo celeb dutu sapotiyu wa nanani. Aka mambia yukona pesa kwa account atyuku e azitu me. Well, niki malizi apale mi nasha 2022 na sema wasani na gavani simu. You always keep us updated when you need our money and votes. Sawa kijana. Weka pebiu. Breezy says na poli sales na Kenya zime kwa advance tadim tu ana GP gya picture aki liya na niya sell. Ayabasti let us know down on the comments section. What are your thoughts regarding Vincent and Boya, the content creator saying that he is going to be asking for Kenyan's help in case he is given a bail or a bond in court. But in the meantime, keep it trendy updates hapa SPM buzz.


Setting goals and looking ahead to your upcoming year has incredible benefits.  But it also provides you an opportunity to look at all the projects that you need to do that are geared towards meeting those goals, including those small daily tasks that we do every day to move the needle on our businesses. In last week's video, we talked about setting the stage at your business plan retreat by looking at the year that was. In today's video, we're tackling the fun stuff and we're looking ahead to your upcoming year. Stick around to learn the six considerations you should keep in mind when planning your yearly goals at your business plan retreat. Hey everyone, it's Leanne and in the last few videos, we've talked about being intentional by creating a business plan retreat so that you can set the goals for the year ahead without any distractions. In last week's video, we talked about setting the stage at your retreat by taking a look back at your past year and cataloging all the learnings and all of the things that you accomplished. If you'd like to view that video, you can find it right up here. In the week before that, we even talked about why we should go on a business plan retreat and all the benefits that come from taking those two intentional days to set towards your intentions. If you want to view that video, you can find that up here as well. In this video, we're tackling the fun stuff and that's looking ahead at setting our goals. But before we get started, don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel and click on that little bell to be notified of new content. We're looking at all things linked in and personal branding for the hospitality industry and I don't want you to miss a thing. So let's look at some of the things that you should consider for your upcoming year. Consideration number one, this is something that I like to do every year that really sets the tone for my year. And I like to find three words that define my upcoming year. These words really capture the essence of what it is that I want to accomplish and achieve in the year ahead. In years past, I've used words like re-imagine or evolve or better or intentional. This year, I chose to play off the letter P for my words of the year. So my upcoming words that will provide some inspiration for me include patience, purpose and prayer. Find your own words that resonate with you and use those your guiding principles when setting your goals for the year, which brings us to consideration number two. Consideration number two is setting some North Star goals, also known as those big, hairy, audacious goals. These goals are lofty and are not meant to be accomplished in the next calendar year, but rather take two to five years to actually achieve these goals. These goals are a lot about it not being the destination, but rather the journey towards achieving these goals. There are many steps involved in achieving these goals and a lot of hours of work, but there's such a great payoff in the end as you learn so much along the journey. Some examples of big, hairy, audacious goals that could work for you maybe include writing and publishing a book, or perhaps speaking on a large conference stage. Or maybe your large North Star goal is to achieve that promotion that you've been striving for. The next consideration are your yearly goals. These are the things you can achieve in this upcoming calendar year. And they typically follow the smart goal framework of being specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time based. Yearly goals will feed into your larger North Star goals. They serve as stepping stones to accomplishing those bigger goals. But caution, please set no more than 10 strong yearly goals to ensure that you have the bandwidth to achieve what you're setting out to do. So perhaps if you set a goal of writing and publishing a book, one of your yearly goals might be to start a blog and publish 40 posts to that blog. The fourth consideration is to break up that yearly goal into quarterly goals or projects. These milestone projects should help you achieve your larger yearly goal and can be accomplished in roughly 12 weeks or less. In this way, the larger yearly goal has now essentially become four or five smaller goals and much more easily digestible and doable as we look at our calendar and our resources. So if your yearly goal is to create a blog and publish some posts, perhaps your Q1 project would be to learn a blog platform and get familiar with how to create your content. The fifth consideration is your financial goals. Again, we all work to earn revenue to support our families. So take a look at the different revenue streams that are coming into your business or into your job position and start to plot out how much revenue you're receiving in each revenue stream towards meeting your financial goals. The final consideration is looking at those other projects that you want to tackle. Perhaps you haven't set a yearly goal or even a North Star goal that would support this project, but it's something that you want to learn and something that you want to sink your teeth into. Don't lose sight of that as you set your yearly goals. Aside from your vocational or business goals, you may also want to look at the goals you set in other domains in the year ahead. Our life is made up of a number of different aspects, also known as domains. And if you want to take a domain assessment, I highly recommend you check out Michael Hyatt's life score assessment tool. This tool will give you a snapshot of all of your life's domains as it stands now and maybe give you some hints on what you should be working towards in the upcoming year. These domains can include spiritual, intellectual, emotional or mental, physical, marital, parental, social or avocational goals. The avocational goals that I like to include on my business plan include things like books that I want to read or professional development courses I want to take or even memberships that I want to belong to. You can learn more and find examples of different goals in all of the life's domains if you check out the blog posts that accompanies this video. And finally, when you are finished your look ahead, make sure that you post your business plan in a place where it can be easily referenced. Perhaps you can add it as a tab on your Google so that it opens up each morning for you to review. Or maybe print a physical copy and post it on your bulletin board. Don't forget to schedule a quarterly or even monthly and weekly review of your business plan and start to plot out your projects, perhaps using the full focus planner as a way of staying on top of your daily, weekly, quarterly and yearly goals. If the way that you set your goals for the upcoming year looks different than the outline I've just provided, I would love to hear from you. Drop me a line and let me know your success stories when it comes to your business plan retreat or setting your business goals up for the upcoming year. And if this is your first time doing a business plan retreat and you need an agenda to get you started, head on over to liankholderwood.com forward slash sample agendas to download a template that you can use and edit to create your own retreat agenda. My friend, whatever your goal structure looks like, I wish you much health, happiness and joy in the upcoming year. Thanks for watching today's video and we'll see you soon. Bye for now.


In the city of Rattor, preparations for the attack upon Artea, white queen of Tor, are being completed by the huge yellow-skinned Shan, Ukha, and Darno. The Frenchman over here is Temur and Pol-Tar, two Rattorian chiefs, conspiring to advise Artea of the Rattorian plans. In leaving his hiding place, Darno is trapped by the conspirators. In the palace of Tor, word is brought to Artea of a planned revolt among the slaves of the jewel pits. With Wang Tai, the renegade Chinese, and Mungo, her chief of warriors, Artea hastens through the pits to investigate the rumor, and to question Kailuk, the Rattorian's slave, reported to be the instigator of the conspiracy. When he denies all knowledge of the plot, Artea, in a furious rage, orders him whipped until he confesses. Oh! Oh! Enough, Mungo! Well, Rattori, you have tasted the lash. Speak now, or by pun too, the guards will tear the flesh from your bones. I know nothing. Fool!  Mungo, continue with the whip! Wait! Artea, why do you not ask me about the revolt? Ah, Tarzan of the apes, then there is a conspiracy. Speak! What do you know of it? First order Kailuk released. He's not at the bottom of it. You know, then, who is? I'll answer that when Kailuk's been released. You defy me? By the gods of Thor, I... Very well. Mungo, release Rattori. So, Tarzan, he is free. Speak now. Who is he who dares lift his voice against me? Point him out. Your lot will be the easier. I'm not worried about my lot. But what do you intend doing with Janetta, and O'Rourke, and Kailuk here? I have given the orders concerning them. So I understand. O'Rourke and Kailuk, with others who wear the golden collar, go to the lions. And Janetta, the winner of my fight with Mungo. Is that right? How do you know that? It's enough that I know. Am I right? Well, and if you are? Then you'll have to change your plans as far as O'Rourke and Kailuk are concerned. If you expect me to tell you what I know about this revolt. You dare dispute the word of Artea, queen of Thor, by pun through Tarzan of the apes, I shall... Your threats don't interest me, Artea. However, I'll bargain with you. Immunity and freedom for O'Rourke and Kailuk, for the name of the man who's at the bottom of the revolt among your slaves.  If he can beat me in our fight, yes. This time, my Tarzan, you are too sure of yourself, too confident.  Terence O'Rourke and that oratorian dog, Kailuk, will go into the lion arena. Suit yourself, Artea. Come on, O'Rourke. Kailuk, back to the pit. Wait! I have not finished with you, Tarzan of the apes. Point out to me the one responsible for this revolt. Do O'Rourke and Kailuk go free? No. Then find him yourself, if you can. Mungo, guard to the public whipping posts with them. Notify the populace, the court, my chiefs and nobles. At one hour past midday, Tarzan, every man, woman and child in tour will see the fleshed thrift from your bones with the whips. Meanwhile, in the little anti-room in the Sean's palace in Rattor, where Darno has overheard the plot to deliver the Rattorian war plans to Artea, the Frenchman is trapped as he tries to leave his hiding place by Temur and Poltar. The two Rattorian conspirators. Oh, the white stranger who counsels our Sean to make war upon the Torians. The Kismet Poltar. Who's the shot is? And to what, Paul Darno, do I owe the pleasure of this unexpected visit? To curiosity, Monami. In passing that window, I heard voices speaking in English. So you entered through the Kismet perhaps to listen? How long have you been in this chamber? Long enough, Mr. Temur, to learn that you and your colleague here are traitors to your Sean. You are frank, Paul Darno. You realize that you're in a dangerous position? And do you realize, my friend, that I have only to Paul and those chiefs out there on the landing, those men loyal to their Sean, will come to my aid? It would be unwise for you to raise your voice, stranger. Ah, I am a prisoner then. Let us say, a guest. I have ordered the guard to remain before the corridor and permit no one to enter during your visit. And how long do you think to hold me before Ruka and the Sean become curious at my absence? Your disappearance will be explained satisfactorily. Come into the next room. Close the door, Paul Darno. My private chamber, Paul Darno, in which you see there are no windows. You will be safe here, if not comfortable. Too much talk, Temur. What shall we do with him? For the time being, he will remain here. I shall go presently and report to the Sean the disappearance of the White Stranger. And how, mon ami, will you explain that? You will see. Paul Darno, tell the shoot from his back. Don't at the best, if you think I shall stand idly by and permit you to. I'll restrain your strength, Paul Darno. These white men are pigmies. Be quiet, stranger. No, no. Here, Temur, with the shirt. What now? In the cabinet there. You will find cords with which to bind his hands and feet. Get them. And as soon as we leave him alone, he will cry out. It will be better to put him out of the way at once. Here are the cords. With a gag between his teeth, he will not cry out. Bind his wrists while I look to his feet. A waste of time, this. Throw him to the lion, say I. That is an idea. So, that will do for the present. Now, cloth for the gag. That tunic on the couch. Help! Help!  What's the cloth between his teeth? Bind it behind his head. Leave the guards to me if they come. Your knight now, Paul Darno.  Why not cut his throat and be done with it? Do as I say. A cut high on the arm. I want his shirt stained with blood. It must be well colored to serve my purpose. There. It is done. And our plans, what of them? They must be changed. I will ride with you to talk. Nah, wagambo. Silence, Temur, to speak before the stranger. He shall make no use of what he hears. Or has heard. Here, the shirt. It is well stained. So then, we ride together at once. First, I must get the consent of the shan to lead the scout patrol. That will put us far in advance of our warriors. Then we will have nothing to fear. Meantime, go. Await me in the elephant paddocks. Arok, I shall be there. And now, Paul Darno. I go to explain your disappearance to the shan and council. Your blood-stained clothing will bear witness to the truth of the story. I shall tell. In the city of Thor, the glaring noonday sun reaps down upon a vast yellow-skinned throng packed solidly about an open space in the center of the great square before the palace. Under a canopy of skins, shading a raised platform that jots out from the wide palace staircase sits Artea, surrounded by the nobles and women of her court. On either side of her stand Juan Tai and Jeanette Burton. Extending across the square between the platform and the crowd is a long line of elephants mounted by the palace guard. In the middle of the line, Mungo himself sits proudly astride the neck of the huge, restless black malook. Presently a low murmur goes up from the throng. The crowd parts at the far end of the square, opposite the royal platform, and Tarzan, O'Rourke and Kylooc, surrounded by their guards, walk through the lane thus formed to the open space in its center. Like waves crashing on a nearby shore, the crowd murmur lifts to a deep crescendo as the three slaves are led to the tall stakes driven firmly into the ground. On the platform, Artea turns to Juan Tai. Juan Tai, the honor of once more questioning Tarzan of the Apes, and those other two shall be yours. This one is highly honored, Majesty, by your confidence. If one gives up the name of the leader of the revolt, none shall be whipped. If none speak or shall be lashed until they are... I count the hand heaven-born. Your instruction shall be followed to the letter. An inscrutable expression in his black eyes, Juan Tai quickly descends from the platform. He makes his way between the line of elephants and walks to the center of the cleared space. Every eye in that vast concourse is on him as he halts before the three slaves. A great honor of questioning you and your companion, Tarzan, has fallen to me. I assure you the duty is not of my own choosing. So ye say ye black-haired fiend, but ye'll hear nothing from the lips of Terence O'Rourke. Get on with your rat-killing. Perhaps, Kyloot? I have nothing to say. And you, Tarzan? Do O'Rourke and Kyloot go free? I have no authority to free them, my friend. Atea refuses to concede. In that case, I have nothing to say. What is there to prevent me from telling Atea that you have admitted being at the bottom of the conspiracy yourself? Nothing. Nothing? Accepting the fact that you have reasons for not speaking, or you would have told her the truth yourself. I know that you are the ringleader. I haven't said so.  There's nothing more to be said, Juan. Let's get on with it. As you wish. The Chinese nods gravely to the guards and steps back. Quickly, the three men are bound to the stake by their wrists. Look over there, O'Rourke. That big restless elephant with mungo on his back. I'm not interested in elephant snow, my lad. I'm wondering how long I can hold out against them whips. It's Black Maluk, our wild friend of the paddocks. The one that carried Darno and Uka to safety. Watch. At Tarzan's call, the huge brute stops it, nervous weaving. His immense ears stand out like great black wings. He lifts his trunk high and trumpets loudly. Suddenly, he lunges forward toward the ape man. Mungo trying to stop him digs deep with his gold. With an angry squeal, Black Maluk's lungs and U.S. trunk slips back to wrap itself about Mungo's leg. The yellow giant is jerked from his place astride the huge neck. With a mighty swing, the jungle titan crashes into the hard ground. The contagion of Black Maluk's rage is transmitted to the other elephants. Right and left into the throne, they toss their riders and follow in the wake of their huge leader. The close packed crowd milling and struggling desperately against itself to escape lords and a pandemonium of fear. Crashing their way through the panic-stricken mob, the angrily trumpeting elephants with the most black Maluk in the lead charge straight toward the ape man.