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[0:00] I had a couple months to study on what I was going to do.

[0:12] So I brought, I mean I had four or five, I preached at my house. You know, I just knew I had the right message. Three of them.

[0:25] I can pick from any one of them. Two nights ago the Lord woke me up at three o'clock in the morning. He said, this is what I want. So I said, Lord, I got my grandson, my wife's got to go to dinner.

[0:42] I'm going to be wore out. Seven o'clock come, I need him to realize it was seven o'clock. But I didn't go to bed until midnight. But before I went, I repented.

[0:54] I said, Lord, I repent because I know you got me. And Lord, when I'm weak, you are strong.

[1:05] So Lord, I just thank you for always being there for me. So this message that he wanted me to bring forth is the name of Jesus. See, we should get excited when we hear that name Jesus.

[1:22] You know, but so I'm not a long preacher. I won't keep you all long. I'm quick, short, and straight to the point.

[1:34] Amen. You know, so I said, Lord, you got to give me some kind of scriptures for this. Because I've never really even studied on the name.

[1:48] I just believe the name is the name. And I believe his name is above all names. You know, so he said, Philippians 2, 9, and 11.

[2:02] It says, wherefore God has also a highly exalted him and give him a name which is above every name.

[2:19] That at that name of Jesus, every knee shall bow. Listen now.

[2:33] He said, of the things in heaven, things in earth. This is what got me. Even the things under earth.

[2:49] He said, and that's every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord to the glory of the God, the Father.

[3:04] So I got to thinking this come to my mind. This has no scripture, but that's what God gave me. He said, whatever you are facing, you should always call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to the glory of our God, the Father.

[3:28] Whatever you are facing, you should call upon the name. Through that name, the foundations shake, and demons shake, tremble.

[3:51] So I said, okay. But then he sent me to Luke 10, 17.

[4:01] And the Lord, oh, excuse me. Let me put these glasses on. I don't like to wear them because I look funny.

[4:13] And the 70s return again with joy. Now, y'all got to realize they come with joy.

[4:26] Saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to that name. Amen. This is just something that I thought of.

[4:50] The Bible teaches us there is no name above the name we know. Whatever circumstances, trials, tribulations, we are facing, they are just a name which are all under the greatest name, Jesus Christ.

[5:24] Yes, Lord. That's true. Neither is their salvation in saying others for their error is none other than the name.

[5:41] Look. Under heaven. This is an ax. Under heaven given among man, whereby we must be saved.

[5:56] Thank you, Lord. You know, that name has got more power. But you know what makes that name so good for us? I'm going blind in them glasses. It's God give us the authority.

[6:12] The authority to use that name. Amen. See, and I know in the Bible there's a story where they went and said, they're using your name.

[6:23] That's right. And Jesus said, as long as they're using, leave them alone. You know, but then there's another story in the Bible where they come and they say, Lord, didn't we cast out demons in your name?

[6:38] Didn't we do this? And didn't we do that? And he said, excuse me, y'all. But the name is where it's all about.

[6:53] Everything that we do, we have to call upon the name of Jesus. You can call me. You can call Brother David. You can call Brother Steph.

[7:04] Brother Bobby. Brother Eddie. Sisters. We can call any of you. And all y'all can do is pray or give your opinion. But when I call upon that name, above all names, let me tell you, he's here.

[7:24] He's right there. He said, I'll never leave you or forsake you. It don't make no difference what we do. If Sister Judy, if you was the only one on this earth, Jesus would have died for you.

[7:39] By yourself. You know, God said he searched the whole world. The whole world. Couldn't find one righteous.

[7:50] So he had to send that name. That name. Thank you. But the point is that we have to believe when we call upon that name that he's going to be there.

[8:10] You know, the problem is people say, Bruce, will you pray for me? Yeah. And I pray for them. They'll say, do you think it's going to come true?

[8:22] I said, I believe every word that I speak to my father. He said, whatever. I pray in the name of Jesus.

[8:33] He will. The father will. So I don't have to worry. You know, and they said, I don't believe like you believe. You don't have to believe.

[8:45] Jesus didn't go up to people and say, hey, do you believe before I pray? No. He laid hands on them. That's right. They recovered.

[8:57] Amen. He said, I give you the same power and authority to do this. We all have it. It's not just the pastors. Let me tell you, if you become a child of God, you become a minister.

[9:08] Amen. And he's calling you, brother, because you've already become a child of God. I know. I know that you're a minister because everybody calls upon that name and gives their life to him.

[9:22] Thank you. Becomes a minister. Yes. You know, he sent his 12 disciples out and he said, go you into all the world and make disciples. What is a disciple?

[9:33] It's a minister. He sent them out to make ministers. So when they accept, you become a minister. You know, I believe that with everything in me.

[9:45] It ain't nothing on the outside of me. But I'm telling you, God looks at the inner man. He sees your heart, brother. He sees your heart. And see, he said he'll give us what our heart desires.

[9:58] He'll give it to us. It ain't us. I can't give you anything. I can show you the way to the one that can. Amen. But I can't give you anything.

[10:10] Thank you, Lord. This name above all names is what we need to understand. You know, you hear people say, let somebody get in trouble.

[10:21] It ain't even a believer. What's the first thing they say? Oh, Lord. Lord. But you know what? They don't know what they're doing. That's right.

[10:31] But God knows what they're doing. See, he looks at the heart. Yeah. So they have to believe to call on that name. Amen. You know? Or they wouldn't call on that name. Yes.

[10:42] I've heard people say, I don't believe. Let something happen. And it's, oh, Lord. Oh, Lord. Where are you at now? I have people call and say, can you pray?

[10:54] I said, yeah, I can pray for you. But you have more authority over your body than I do. So when people ask me to pray, I just lift them up to God.

[11:06] You know, God, Jesus went and said, be healed and sin no more. And people take care. Oh, well, I ain't allowed to sin. I can't get my healing because I sinned.

[11:18] No. He's talking about the same thing that caused you to have that. He's not worried about anything else. Let me tell you, your sin has been forgiven. Amen. Past, present, and future.

[11:30] People need to get that down. We are not under sin anymore. When we fall, when we fall into it, and we do.

[11:42] He said all men will fall short in the glory of God. But guess what he says after that? But we have a justifier that will justify for us. That's that name.

[11:53] That's above every name. People need to understand who to call upon. It's all right to call upon your elders of the church. It's all right to call on your friends and ask them to pray.

[12:04] Thank you, Jesus. But pray to him. Amen. He wants to hear you. That's right. He said you have not because you've asked not. Amen. Come on. Now all we got to do is ask him.

[12:15] Yes. Amen. But we got to ask him in that name. Yes. To receive. We can't just ask, hey, Lord. I need this. Lord, can you help me? I'm sick.

[12:26] I'm going through. No. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ and Nazareth, I know that he's already paid the price for my sins. He's already paid for the price of my healing.

[12:39] All I got to do is say, Lord, touch my body. And he does. I went through my feet. I'm going to tell you all about me. I went through these feet problems for four years.

[12:52] Straight. Straight. And the last six months of it, I was tired of it. But I didn't blame God.

[13:03] I blamed me. So, Lord, what do I got to do to make it right? And you know what he told me? Just call upon my name. Believe what you're saying.

[13:18] And so I believe. And now I'm able to walk. Praise God. You know, I don't have no pain, no suffering. I'm telling y'all right now, it's all in that name.

[13:32] Amen. And that name will save you. Yes. That name will heal you. Amen. That name will provide all your needs.

[13:43] Yes. That name is everything to us. Yes. You know, I really wanted to do this message on healing because I was hearing Sister Ravonna was sick.

[13:58] Brother David couldn't make it last time because he was sick. Sister Judy. Brother Bobby. What I was going through. My wife's got to have surgery Monday. But you know what?

[14:09] I give God thanks. Amen. Thanks. He said, give me thanks in all things. Amen. We want to give him thanks in the good things when something happens. Oh, Lord. No.

[14:20] He said, give me thanks. So I started thanking him for my feet. I started thanking him for my healing. Amen. Yes. I mean, my foot went nine months would not heal.

[14:32] Hmm. And I'm telling you all the God's honest truth. I started thanking God. Amen. God, I thank you for my healing. Thank you, Lord. Lord, it don't bother me how long it's going to take.

[14:43] But I thank you for my healing. Amen. Two months later, I was completely, completely healed. I got some ugly feet now. Don't get me wrong.

[14:55] It's completely healed. You know, God, I am so blessed. Yes. You know, my niece, Brittany. My beautiful wife.

[15:09] My daughter-in-law. My grandsons. My future son-in-law. Yes. And my son, he showed up. But I'm telling y'all.

[15:21] I'm telling y'all. God is good. See, you might think you come just to hear what I had to say. But see, it's a point in time.

[15:32] God had you here. Thank you. Where you could hear what he had to say. Not me. Yes. You know. So I'm telling y'all. It's all we have to do is give it.

[15:43] Thank you. To God. And then leave it. Quit picking it up. Amen. Quit picking it up. Amen. You know, we have to leave it at the cross.

[15:55] You know. We all go through things. We've all lost people. We've all done things that we should not have done.

[16:07] Yeah. But you know what? God still loves us. Amen. And it's love. Don't never forgive. Let us go. God loves you.

[16:18] Amen. And I'm telling y'all right now. I did not know it. I was going to do it like I said on the name. I never studied on it.

[16:28] Never done anything. But I do know one thing. That there's healing in that name. Amen. Yes. There's forgiveness in that name. See, we have to forgive to be forgiven.

[16:40] But it's up to us. We have a choice to make. We either want it or we don't. Just like our healing. Everything else.

[16:52] You know. I really believe 100% in my heart. That if I took my last breath right now.

[17:03] I'd be with my father. But you know what? I know my time ain't done yet. I know this one time a week here.

[17:17] Ain't done with God either. God's got plans for this church. This has been a church for as long as I can remember. I remember walking in this building.

[17:29] And I was like. I didn't know what it was. But once I got to it. My daughter. Used to tell me. Daddy, they miss you.

[17:39] They miss you, daddy. Apparently one day I got aggravated. I said, who misses me? She said, Jesus. She didn't say Anna. She didn't say Connie. She didn't say Brother David or Brother Ann.

[17:52] She said Jesus. But I can remember my daughter laying in this floor. Three or four years old. Getting the Holy Ghost. See, God.

[18:03] There's power. In that name. And there's power in this building. We have to let it flow. Let it flow. And don't make no difference who's ministering.

[18:15] You know. If it's you, Anna. If it's you, Judy. It don't make any difference. See, in God's eyes.

[18:25] There ain't no male or female. We look at it as a male. A male should do this. And a male should do that. Well, I know a lot of females are a lot smarter than this old male. You know.

[18:37] But I'm telling y'all. He said, I'll bring it to your remembrance. He'll do everything we need to do. As long as we do what we're supposed to do.

[18:50] See, there's consequences. Consequences. But they ain't hard consequences. His promises never quit.

[19:02] But we have things we have to do to receive them promises. But the most important thing we have to do is believe on that name.

[19:14] That name is where it's all at. And I'm telling you right now. If you don't know that name. Then there's plenty of people that can tell you.

[19:25] We can pray for you. But I really wanted to put a little healing in this. And so I went to James 5, 14, 15.

[19:36] It says. Is there any sick among you? Let them call upon the elders. Let them anoint your head.

[19:52] Let them say the prayer of faith. Now, a lot of people like to scream and holler and pray. I'm not their pastor. I believe in the power of Jesus.

[20:02] I believe I can lay my hands on anybody in here that's got any sickness. And it will leave a body. I do believe that. And I ain't got to scream and holler.

[20:14] All I got to do is anoint your head. And pray the prayer of faith. And the prayer of faith to me is. In Jesus' name, be healed. I'm telling y'all, it's that simple.

[20:28] It's that simple. We make it hard. Well, I don't want this person to pray for me. They don't believe the way I do. If they believe upon that name.

[20:40] Jesus told them to go out and lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. So it don't make no difference. Quit picking on who you want to pray for you. And I can say that. Because that's the way I was at first.

[20:52] Well, I don't want that one to pray for me. I don't want that one to pray for me. If Brother Van can't pray for me, I don't want him to pray for me. Amen. Yeah. But they had a evangelist in here.

[21:07] And I'm sorry I forgot his name. But he laid hands on me. And I went completely out. And I used to say, and it ain't never happening to me.

[21:21] Never. That's a show. Well, God showed me it wasn't a show. So don't pick and choose who you want. Because God will bring the right person to you.

[21:33] To lay their hands on you. And if you have any sickness or any disease. He said, you shall recover. Amen.

[21:43] So we need to put all of our trust in the name that's above all names. Amen. Above all names. Quit putting our trust in man. I've seen churches quit.

[21:54] because the pastor quit. Followers of men will lead you. Paul said it perfect. He said, as long as I'm following Christ, follow me.

[22:10] When I quit following Christ, don't follow me. I'm telling y'all, it's that simple. It's all in the name. We need to quit beating ourselves up wondering how we're going to do it and what we're going to do.

[22:22] We just need to call on the name of Jesus Christ and that. But I love every one of y'all and I thank y'all. Y'all allowed me to come up here and talk.

[22:35] But I'm telling you, I invited a lot of people and I told them all, I said, don't come expecting anything from me because I'll fail you.

[22:46] Come expecting it from God. That's what you're going to receive. So I hope this word has touched y'all in some way. But I hope that you realize it's that simple.

[23:01] Just call upon the name of Jesus. I love every one of y'all. But I'm telling y'all, I've been praying.

[23:12] And we're going to have more than one day of service. Now, I might be speaking out of turn because I know David's over and Steph.

[23:23] But I'm telling y'all, we're going to have more than one day service. Amen. See, God is good. And God wants this building full. Amen. You know, but the only way it can be full is if we open the doors.

[23:38] Amen. And we allow people to come in. But we need anybody, anybody walks through that door should be welcome no matter who they are.

[23:51] Because Jesus died for them the same way He died for me. And I'm telling y'all, if they come in and they can feel the love that's in this room right now, they're going to leave a different person.

[24:02] God loves everybody. He didn't pick and choose. And we need to quit picking and choosing. So I'm telling y'all, but I love y'all.

[24:17] And may God bless every one of y'all. You know, my wife said, he said, the blessings will chase you down. What he's trying to say is, dummy, stop and let them catch you.

[24:28] You know, but when we pray, we need to quit saying, Satan, get behind me. Put him where Jesus put him. Under his foot. Amen.

[24:39] See, that's where it's at. See, it's just simple things that we got to learn how to do. But I'm telling y'all, y'all keep me in y'all's prayer and I'll keep y'all in my prayer.

[24:51] But before I go, if there's any sick among you, I got Brother David. I got Steph. Y'all come up.

[25:01] We'll north your head and we'll pray for you. And I believe when you leave here, you'll be completely healed. It's not about anything.

[25:14] You know, I'm believing when my wife goes to the hospital to cut this tendon, I believe they might go ahead and cut her leg. but they're going to find out that that tendon's already healed.

[25:26] Amen. See, I laid my hands on her last night while she was asleep. And I said, Lord, I just thank you right now that this tendon is going back and she can walk the way she's supposed to walk.

[25:40] You know, we can't have two people wobbling around in a home. So, Lord, I need her. But I'm telling y'all, if there's any sick among you, if there's anything, if you'll just come up here and from, we'll anoint your head and pray the prayer of faith.

[25:59] And I believe when you leave here, you'll be completely healed. And it's up to you. When people start telling me, well, Bruce, how do you feel?

[26:11] I feel with my hands. Well, that ain't what I mean. Well, that's all you're going to get out of me. I feel with my hands. I don't call anything on me. One day said, well, you doing all right?

[26:25] I said, yeah. I said, I'm healed. It don't look like it. I was riding around on a scooter with my foot behind me. I said, I can't see anything.

[26:36] I walk by faith, not by sight. I'm telling y'all, that he is ready to do whatever you need to be done. But I love every one of y'all and I thank y'all.

[26:49] You pray for me? Yes, ma'am. You pray for me.

[27:03] Oh You can take what you know I'm going to be in the world.

[27:49] Jesus, I'm going to walk you. Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me.

[28:01] Meet me, Lord, I'll find you anywhere you open up the door. Let your word speak to me.

[28:16] Show me what I've never seen before. Lord, I want to be your witness.

[28:28] You can take what's wrong with me. Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me. Jesus, I'm going to walk you.

[28:39] Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me.

[28:52] Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me.

[29:04] Let your love shine through me. Let your love shine through me. I can see a world that's shining. You can see a world that's shining through me. You can see a world that's shining through me.

[29:15] Let the stars shine down on me Let the love shine through me Lead me Lord, I'll follow you Anywhere you open up the door Let your word speak to me Show me what I've never seen before Lord, I want to be your witness You can take what's wrong and make your pride I choose to shine down on me Let the words speak to me

[30:16] Oh, the Lord will make a way for me I know the Lord will make a way for me If I live a holy night I shine the wrong and do the right I know the Lord will make a way for me I know the Lord has laid his hand on me I know the Lord has laid his hand on me

[31:22]  There's something sweet So, the Lord will make a way for me I know the Lord will make a way for me There's something sweet So, the Lord will make a way for me I know the Lord will make a way for me