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[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for choosing to listen to another word-filled message by David Entry. Preaching is the means by which God manifests His word and nourishes our spirits. May the life of God enter into you and you as you listen to this message. Be blessed.

[0:15] His house caught fire and he was able to run out of the house. He lost his everything.

[0:35] And he was unconscious. They came to hospital. When he woke up, he came to himself. He found out he lost everything. And you know what he said?

[0:47] My hallelujah. The Lord lost his everything. Hey! My hallelujah.

[1:00] The Lord lost his everything. He was told that your children were playing on the playground and there was a disaster. All your children died on the spot.

[1:14] Nobody died by your children. He said, I can't, no, that can happen. It's true. I want to go and see. He went there, saw he broke down, cried. When he went to his room, I'm crying.

[1:26] But my hallelujah. My hallelujah. They told him that this thing is not working.

[1:46] This church thing, it doesn't look like it's for you. This God thing is not working. All the meaningful people in his life turned against him. He had a big driving company.

[1:59] The company collapsed one day. He lost everything. He was reduced to nothing. To the extent that now it was too obvious that you are making a mistake. You are always doing this church thing.

[2:11] You are always sowing to God. You are always sacrificing. Now look at you. And the closest person in his life, who he had always thought was with him, said, My friend, his wife said, Caste God and I, this thing is not worth it.

[2:26] But I said, oh my wife, all along I thought she trusted God. But as for me, even if God slates me, I will still say, My hallelujah belongs to you.

[2:41] Come on, lift up your hands and tell him, my hallelujah belongs to you. My hallelujah belongs to you. It doesn't matter what I go through.

[2:53] It doesn't matter what happens to me. My hallelujah belongs to you. Yeah. My hallelujah belongs to you.

[3:12] Come on, sing again. My hallelujah with your hands lifted. My hallelujah belongs to you.

[3:22] It doesn't matter what I'm going through. My hallelujah belongs to you. So, you have to make a resolution that doesn't matter what comes my way.

[3:40] That's one thing you always have. It's hallelujah. Hallelujah. The enemy can give you his worst shot, his worst blow, but you can't.

[4:07] And you say, oh, I still have my hallelujah with me. He thought you were going to lose your hallelujah. Hallelujah.

[4:23] He threw everything at you. Threw everything at you. You even ended up in fornication. You ended up messing up.

[4:35] And he told you, I told you this thing will take you anywhere. But you gather yourself for some reason. You still have it. Yes. Yes. Yes. My hallelujah belongs to you.

[4:47] He thought you should have left church a while ago. But you are here. My hallelujah belongs to you.

[4:59] As long as you have your life. As long as you are alive. What do you say? My hallelujah belongs to you. Yeah.

[5:11] Yeah. My hallelujah belongs to you. It doesn't matter the medical reports I see.

[5:22] What do I say? My hallelujah belongs to you. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. My hallelujah belongs to you.

[5:38] Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. My hallelujah belongs to you. Yeah!

[5:52] My hallelujah belongs to you. Why? Why? Because he deserves it. Un Katz virus has earlier in Davies.

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[6:29] You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it.

[6:42] All the glory, all the praise. Take the glory, you deserve a man. Take my worship, take my worship.

[6:55] Don't you deserve, you deserve. Don't you deserve it, you deserve it.

[7:06] My hallelujah. My hallelujah belongs to you. It doesn't matter what I go through. My hallelujah.

[7:18] My hallelujah belongs to you. Yeah, my hallelujah. My hallelujah belongs to you.

[7:34] Oh. My hallelujah belongs to you. Your greatest testimony is not what has happened for you.

[7:50] Your greatest testimony is that you still have your hallelujah. Yes.

[8:02] In spite of all you have been through. Hey! In spite of all that has happened to you. Hey!

[8:14] Hey! Hallelujah! Hey! Satan is too late. You can't take my hallelujah away. I still have my hallelujah. Hallelujah!

[8:26] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

[8:38] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! This is how, this is how it works. You thought, Satan is after you.

[8:52] No, he's after your hallelujah. So, sometimes he will throw all sort of crises against you, just to make sure you lose your hallelujah. Sometimes, sometimes he will throw all sort of parties on your way. Office, what people will die for, he will just throw it your way. Just so you can lose your hallelujah.

[9:39] Sometimes, he will let you hear all kinds of news, all kinds of information, even about church. Just the main target is for you to lose your, because your hallelujah keeps you relevant to heaven.

[10:04] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

[10:15] Hallelujah! We are a chosen generation, watch this, listen, we are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, call forth, to call out of darkness, to show forth the praises.

[10:35] So, that ye may proclaim the praises, or to show forth the praises of him, God, who has, the reason why he called us is that we can show forth his praises.

[10:48] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Some of you, some of you don't know in heaven, they still, the angels still sing hallelujah.

[10:59] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! The angels still sing hallelujah. Now listen, listen, listen to me. Are you here with me? Yes! Now, now, it's very interesting, you have to understand, what is important in your life, so long as God is concerned, is his praises he has packaged into you.

[11:19] That's why he gives you a testimony, just to help you realize that he is actually working. But your life will not always be everyday testimony. Because Jesus himself got to a place, he said, Eli, Eli, lama sabbat.

[11:36] God, why have you forsaken me? No, he hasn't forsaken him. Satan is targeting your hallelujah because that is what he had when he was in the presence of God. And he lost it from his mouth and it was put in your mouth.

[11:52] So Jesus said that even if you cause these children to stop, God is able to raise up the stones to praise you. That means God does not compromise on his hallelujah.

[12:13] Hallelujah! I don't know where you have been, but if you can still come forward with the hallelujah. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! That's one of the reasons why we share testimony in church.

[12:35] The devil can't stand it. If you can come forward in spite of the mess you have been in. Some of you think you are not good enough to be in church.

[12:49] Wow. If you can say hallelujah, it's good enough to be in church. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

[13:00] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God said Ephesians chapter 1. This is how the text is structured.

[13:11] In Ephesians chapter 1, he opens the text with blessed be God.

[13:24] So he opens the text from verse 3 with how God be blessed. Then he went and said, who has blessed with all spiritual blessings in heaven? Then from verse 4, he begins to talk a bit more about the things God has done.

[13:38] Alright? So blessed be God who has blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places. And then verse 4 says, according to us, he has chosen us in him before the foundation. God has done a lot for us.

[13:49] Go to verse 5. Let me show you something. Having predestinated us unto adoption as sons. God has chosen us to be a son of God. So before you even stop sinning, your destination was to be a son of God.

[14:01] Hallelujah! Wait, wait, wait. That's all. So, it's called predestination. Your destination was set before you started the journey. Predestined. So, some of us, when we were even quaffing and messing up, sleeping around, fooling around, insulting church, doing all that, when you knew you were a sinner.

[14:23] That's why, don't let your past stop you from getting into your pressure. Hallelujah! Because you were covered before you discovered you were messing up. Hallelujah!

[14:34] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

[14:45] Hallelujah! Hallelujah! In Romans chapter 5, verse 8, the Bible puts it this way. That is how God demonstrated His love. God demonstrated, commended, give me a new NIV.

[14:58] God commended His love. NIV. God demonstrates His love towards us this way. Whilst we were still sinners. You didn't have to stop sinning. You were still sinning.

[15:10] Whilst we were yet sinners. Whilst we were yet sinners. Whilst we were still sinners. Whilst we were still in the process of sinning. It's not like, okay now we have, maybe I should stop. Then He said, okay now I can cover you. No. He said, whilst we were still sinning. This is how He done. He said, you want to know how much I love you?

[15:21] Keep on sinning and you see, I will die to cover you. And you are in church, you can't give the Hallelujah to Him. Hallelujah! Shout Hallelujah! Hallelujah! It's not like the Lord. And the Lord says, the Lord says, what is this? And the Lord says, you want to know how much I love you? It's not like, okay now we have... Maybe I should stop.

[15:32] Then He said, okay now I can cover you. No. He said, whilst we were still sinning. He said, you want to know how much I love you? Keep on sinning and you see, I will die to cover you. and you are in church you can't give you the hallelujah to him but why why would somebody love you so much that whilst you were still stealing from him he is supporting you knowing you are theft by supporting and funding your education you are robbing him stealing from lying again he is that way you didn't know you know he knows everything you are doing against him and yet he is taking care of you and protecting you you didn't have to stop what you are doing you didn't have to apologize you didn't have to apologize before he died for you oh so why would somebody do this he did that because when he called you when he created you what you didn't even know is he has packaged a hallelujah into you so he is working for his investment he has packaged program hallelujah puts into you and you are messing up and whilst you are messing up he's still trying to cover you some of us should have died earlier on you should have contracted hiv but look at you people who have not even gone as far as you have gone are now somewhere they are struggling they are nowhere but look at you you've done anything anything you for some of the things you have done it cannot be mentioned because people will not believe that could a human have been do this shout hallelujah the person who thinks you are making too much noise with your hallelujah is their problem is your problem is your problem is your problem

[18:04] I have I have been employed I came and met you in the company or you keep and met me in the company we are not all on the interview together your job is different from my job and you are upset I am working well listen it is your problem then you are upset I am working well and everything I am giving to do I am doing it and it looks like they even promote me and you don't want me to work well you don't want me to work well no no anyone who is worried about your heart shouting hallelujah it is their problem is not your problem yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah why would you make yourself redundant keep yourself relevant maintain your hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah he said

[19:22] I didn't finish another can I explain something to somebody yes so he said he did all this predestined and Ephesians chapter 1 One, having predestinated us unto adoption as sons, as children, by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the, this is a nice one, don't mean, he did it because he's happy, according to the good pleasure of his will.

[19:46] God, most of the things God does for us, he does it according to the good pleasure, the Bible, another place talks about the pleasure of his own counsel.

[20:06] He decides to advise himself, you know, I want to help you. He has planned. See, what God does for you is not by accident. It's my program.

[20:18] Yeah. And he does that. So he said, according to the pleasure of Luke 6, to the praise of his glory, to the praise of the glory of his grace, so that someone can just give him the, all he's doing is, he's done all this.

[20:39] To the praise of the glory. Shout hallelujah. You deserve it. You deserve it.

[20:52] You deserve it. Remember your family. You deserve it. You deserve it.

[21:05] My hallelujah. My hallelujah belongs to you. I know why. I know why. I know why.

[21:16] I know why. I know why. Hey. Oh. My hallelujah belongs to you. Oh. Thank you, Jesus. Remember. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.

[21:27] Remember, you should be able to say hallelujah for your family. Hallelujah. Yes. Some of you like the job you are doing. Say hallelujah. Some of you like, like, at least you are able to wear shoes.

[21:41] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. People are born with all kinds of conditions.

[21:52] of conditions. There are some of us here who are born with some medical condition. But it's not as bad as someone who was born with a condition, a kidney condition, which doesn't work. Even I met a man who said he was suffering until he was born. He had kidney transplant.

[22:17] He said, God has, I almost died. Then there, he said, God has been good. I'm free. Hallelujah. There's so many things that happens to you, happens for you, happens against you. And the enemy in everything is targeting that God will not get the praise of his glory.

[22:47] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. And you should be determined that Satan, you probably have to use the next address because as for this house. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

[23:01] You should tell the devil, I will not feel so push. I can't say hallelujah. No way. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I may look like I'm crazy. It doesn't matter. Shout hallelujah.

[23:22] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Can I take you further?

[23:35] In the book of Ephesians, Ephesians opens with, blessed be God. And then after talking about God, God was the subject.

[23:47] From verse 3, it said, blessed be the God and the Father. Ephesians chapter, verse 3. Blessed be the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us.

[24:00] So, he said, and he has predestined us unto adoption. He has predestined us unto adoption according to the good of, why? To the praise of his, the glory of his grace.

[24:14] So, that's about God. I thought that was in the end. And the next verse said, the next verse. Sorry, let's go to the previous verse, I'll show you something. The next verse, talking about, to the praise of his glory, he has made us accepted, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved.

[24:31] Go to the next verse. In whom we have redemption through his blood. Now, who is this? Whose blood? So, it changes to that talking about Jesus Christ.

[24:43] We have redemption through his blood. The forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace. Forgiveness of sin is a big thing, you know? Because if your sins are not forgiven, you are in big trouble.

[24:57] You can remain a living atheist, but you can't die as one. On your deathbed, you realize that death is not the end.

[25:11] But unfortunately, they don't get the chance to say it. It's important. You can't come back to say, oh, please, I made a mistake. Forgiveness of sins.

[25:23] Tell someone, we are the forgiving people. We are the forgiving people. Go to the next verse. Let me show you something. So, who is he talking about now? Jesus Christ. Listen to this.

[25:58] Go to the next verse. Look at verse 12.

[26:14] That we should be to the praise of his glory. Who first trusted Jesus Christ. So, after addressing God, he said, to the praise of his glory.

[26:25] Then he brought Jesus Christ, who's glad-washed us, to the praise of his glory. I thought that would be the end. Then he goes on again, the verse 13. In whom he also trusted, after you were, if you have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation.

[26:41] In whom, also after that you believed, he were sealed. Then he brings the Holy Spirit in. Have you seen that? The Trinity is appearing. This is called the Trinitarian formula. Right in the beginning of Ephesians.

[26:53] He didn't talk about anything, but started talking about God the Father, what he has done. And how Jesus Christ has executed what God has done. So, God planned it to the praise of his glory. Jesus executed it to the praise of his glory.

[27:05] And the Holy Spirit applied it. So, the Holy Spirit, go to the next verse. Verse 14. Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchase.

[27:18] He says, All to the praise of his glory. Haven't you noticed that everything God is doing, he's executing, he's applying, is just to the praise of his glory.

[27:30] How come you come to church and your hallelujah is missing? Hallelujah! Give it to him, shout hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

[27:50] You deserve the glory. And it talks about how that unto him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we can. Ephesians chapter 3 verse 20.

[28:01] Above all that we can. Is someone getting something? Yes! Unto him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all you can think or ask of. According to the power that works in us. You know, a few weeks ago, I spoke about this text heavily.

[28:15] And this is where I dwelt. That what you hear, what you think, determine what you get. Okay, so, we modern day church, we focus a lot on this, which is not bad. But if you only focus on this, you are misplaced.

[28:28] Because that's now, he said, now unto him, you can chop this out. That is able.

[28:41] So, pastor, can you, can you please come? So, now unto him. Who is wearing this nice tie and this vest or three-piece suit?

[28:56] Is that it? So, why then are you making, oh, nice tie, three-piece suit? No, I will say something. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. So, that is able to do exceedingly. I'm just, it's, it's, it's an adverb.

[29:09] No, adjective, sorry. An adjective. It's a, an ad, qualifying, an adjetival statement. Hey! So, so, this, this, to be honest, from here unto him, give me new, new KJ so we can get the hymn to the capital.

[29:30] Now, to him, parenthetical statement. You can put this in brackets. Okay. Which is able, it's just describing God. So, you can take this out of the text and it actually doesn't change what he's actually saying.

[29:45] Yeah. So, which is able to do exceedingly, that's telling about God. Who, what, so, but, so, but he said unto him. Okay. So, now what are you going to say?

[29:56] Is, you got distracted to talk about what God is able to do. You tried. So, that is a statement that can be taken out, cut out. Brackets.

[30:07] You can put them in brackets. It doesn't spoil the, the, the integrity of the text. It doesn't affect it. Because it's parenthetical. Now, so he said, unto him who is able to do exceedingly, pastor, thank you very much.

[30:20] Who is able to do exceedingly above all that we can ask or think of. Okay. Sorry. According to the power that works in us. Yeah. Tell us what he said. Then, so we always stop at verse 20.

[30:31] To him. To him. Listen.

[30:47] So, this is what he's trying to say. Unto God. What about God? You see, all the testimonies, who is able to do. He has seen about anything that has happened.

[30:58] All the things. Okay. So, unto God. But what he's trying to say? Unto God. Be the glory in the church by Jesus Christ throughout all generations.

[31:14] Teach your children to say hallelujah. Hallelujah. Because it's generational. Throughout all generations.

[31:28] Forever. Ever. Don't underestimate the value of your hallelujah to God. So in conclusion Your hallelujah Should be an attachment To your breath As long as you can breathe There is still hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah So one day David in the book of Psalms He said God That I might praise you Whilst I'm alive Because if I go to the grave The grave cannot praise you Life is for praising Not complaining Your praising

[32:30] Watch this I'm about to say something very strong Your praising moves heaven Quicker than your praying Hallelujah You didn't get it You're praising God Moves heaven Quicker than your praying Oh Lord I'm dying Why?

[32:57] Why? Do you know why? Because you can pray And pray wrongly You are praying God That man is your husband And you are praying amiss Maybe he's not your husband According to the program of God You can be praying God That job is mine Meanwhile The actual job Is actually coming But you didn't know So you are praying But praying amiss But guess what You cannot praise And pray Hallelujah Hallelujah Hey Hey Hey Ba ba ba ba Shandala Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

[33:57] Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh So The meaning of what I just said That you can't praise God And praise amiss Is Let me put it this way In other ways You can't go wrong Praising God Oh Oh And the greatest argument For praising God Is not a job Is not a marriage Is not good news Is not bad news The greatest argument For praising God Is your breath Is not good news That's good news Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen He spared you And kept you alive Amen

[34:57] Amen For those of you who may not know Life is not a right Amen Amen Amen Amen You have a right to so many things in life But life is not a right Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Those who died 9-11.

[35:17] Top, top, top intellectuals, intelligent people. People die always. When you go to hospital right now, people are in hospital not because they didn't eat good food.

[35:30] Not because they are very old. People are in hospital because it just happened, they are dead. They are nowhere.

[35:40] They are nowhere. Don't forget you have slept behind a wheel before. Others slept and never woke up.

[36:05] The same diagnosis that you are now free of. Others, the same diagnosis, they never recovered and it's finished. So why must it be an expensive venture for you to say hallelujah?

[36:26] David puts it this way. He says that I will praise you in the midst of the congregation. Psalm 22, I think verse 12, verse 3.

[36:37] I will praise you in the midst of the crowd, in the congregation. rehab. Hallelujah. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! You can have a decent bath with your clothes on.

[37:02] Husbands and wives can have a decent fellowship with their clothes on. You can have a glorious fellowship with your husband or your wife behind closed doors with your clothes on.

[37:28] Sometimes even the week must go. Most times. You have to roll the ring and fly somewhere. Because.

[37:45] Am I speaking the truth at all? It's usually those who try and can't wait and do stuff in the lift that keep everything on.

[38:00] You have come to church in the privacy with God. Why are you behaving like you are still in the lift?

[38:10] This is an intimate moment before between God and his lovers.

[38:24] You should be able to scream anyhow in Hallelujah without fear It doesn't matter what comes your way God always deserves It's okay to lose your composure It's okay to lose your cool It's okay to act crazy Let them think you are crazy And give him the praise Give him the glory Give him the honor Give him the praise

[39:25] You deserve it Lord You deserve it Lord You deserve it Lord You deserve it Lord My Hallelujah My Hallelujah belongs to you Come on, give it to Him Sing it out loud My Hallelujah My Hallelujah belongs to you I thought if you meant it You would lift up your hands Give it to Him My Hallelujah belongs to you Yeah, Hallelujah My Hallelujah belongs to you Come on, tell Him again

[40:25] Don't feel gentle Just tell Him My Hallelujah My Hallelujah belongs to you Yeah, yeah, yeah My Hallelujah belongs to you You deserve it Yeah, yeah You deserve me You deserve me You deserve You deserve me You deserve me You deserve me All the glory You deserve me Lord, you deserve You deserve me You deserve the highest plan You are Lord, you deserve You deserve You deserve You deserve Are you You deserve You deserve You deserve All of the glory belongs to you.

[41:28] All of the glory belongs to you. Take all the glory. Take all the praise.

[41:40] All of the glory belongs to you. I lay you down at your feet. All of the glory belongs to you.

[41:58] You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it.

[42:10] You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it.

[42:22] You deserve it. Every day, every day you deserve it. On Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday and Saturday. And on Sunday.

[42:33] You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it. You deserve it. I would say.

[42:44] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. My hallelujah belongs to you. My hallelujah belongs to you.

[43:04] For the last time. My hallelujah. My hallelujah belongs to you. I thought I heard someone screaming hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yeah.

[43:15] My hallelujah belongs to you. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Come on. Rejoice in the Lord. Rejoice in the Lord. Hallelujah. Again. And again.

[43:26] Outside. Rejoice. Hallelujah. Rejoice. Rejoice. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

[43:37] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you for listening to this message by David Entry.

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