Highest Praise Church Shallotte

Highest Praise Church

Shallotte 19 Red Bug Rd SW

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#PrepareForEternity

“You know you know when we look back, even if you live to be 94, life is still a vapor compared to eternity. And we prepare so much for a little small vapor. We really... We should really be prepared for eternity. Everybody's gonna live forever. Decreation is where? And we have to prepare for eternity. That does not mean we're living in fear. Life is fragile. Life is temporary. Life is uncertain. We wanna be prepared. This man says, got many years to kick back. God says, no. Tonight's tonight. Are you ready? Are you ready?”

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#GodsPlan

“Make sure, God, I have your presence. There's a difference between wanting God to bless your plans and wanting God to direct your plans. Our problem is we want God a lot of times to bless our plans. That means we got a plan. God, I want you to bless it. No, God. I don't want a plan that you're not in. I don't want you just to bless my plans. I want you to direct my plan.”

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#GodsPresence

“We can think that we're we're we're we're doing the right things with God, but the most important thing is is we don't want to do anything without his presence. Make sure, God, I have your presence. There's a difference between wanting God to bless your plans and wanting God to direct your plans. Our problem is we want God a lot of times to bless our plans. That means we got a plan. God, I want you to bless it. No, God. I don't want a plan that you're not in. I don't want you just to bless my plans. I want you to direct my plan.”

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#ChooseConvictionOverCondemnation

“Condemnation is from the enemy. You gotta reject that. So what's the difference? Conviction leads you to repentance. Condemnation leads you to loneliness and despair. Conviction inspires you to keep on going. Condemnation tells you to quit. Conviction says, God will help you. Condemnation says, there is no hope for you. Conviction shows you the answer. Condemnation only shows you your problems. Convictions helps you to change. Condemnation and the enemy says this, you will never change. You'll always be like this. Conviction is all about Jesus, and condemnation is all about you and what you can't do.”

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#FaithOverFear

“Time can go on or time can stand still. It doesn't matter. If God does not answer my prayer tomorrow, I am resolved. He's big. If God answers it tomorrow, I will give him praise because he's big, and I will let that build greater foundations of maturity that no matter what comes, he can handle it. I don't have to have the answers anymore.”

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#FaithOverFear

“Faith is difficult because what? You can't track it. Faith is difficult because you gotta believe it's out for delivery. Do you know why it makes sense, though? If you could measure it physically, you could do it yourself. Usually, your problems are so scary because they can't be measured physically. So why would you go to a physically measured solution to try to conquer a problem that only God can conquer?”

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#TreasureWithin

“And can I tell you this morning what makes us so valuable today is what you're carrying? What's on the inside of you? Who is on the inside of you? See, Jesus' desire is to fill you today with his holy spirit, and listen to this, and with power. Amen. So that you can be used by God for his purpose today. You say, well, I'm just an ordinary vessel. But can I ask you this question? Are you willing to make yourself clean and empty today for God to fill you something of value? Because listen, it was not the vessel that gave value to the treasure. It's the treasure that gives value to the vessel.”

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#LiveAllIn

“And see, what we... What I don't wanna do in my life is just to do the minimum in order to be considered in the house of God. I don't wanna do the minimum to just get me enough to go to heaven. I don't wanna do the minimum so that I can consider myself, well, I made it. I barely made it, but I made it in the door. Now, what if we were a house full of honorable vessels?”

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#BringItToJesus

“Just get onto a house. Give into a family. Give into to parents that'll say, man, if I can just get you to Jesus, everything's gonna be alright. Amen? Bringing them to me is still the answer. Bring your children to Jesus. Bring your marriage to Jesus. Bring your fear to Jesus. Bring your addiction to Jesus. Bring your confusion to Jesus. Bring your broken heart to Jesus. Bring your impossible situation to Jesus. Whatever you cannot fix, bring it where? Bring it to Jesus. Wow. What a concept. Just bring it to Jesus. Just bring it in. It's so simple.”

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#JesusCanDoIt

“Jesus, if it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen with you. If you're gonna touch my church, it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen with you. If you're gonna do anything about marriage, if it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen with you. If you're do anything with this rebellious attitude with my children, if it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen with you. If anything's gonna help me with the disease that I've been diagnosed with, if anything's gonna happen, Jesus, it's gotta happen with you. Boy, that's not a bad place to be.”

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#JesusBringsDeadThingsBackToLife

“Notice he doesn't talk to the mother. He doesn't talk to the crowd. He doesn't talk to the pallbearers. He talks to the dead thing. I mean, he just shows up. He touched it. He touched it. They stopped. Then he turns to the boy. He turns to the boy. Because when Jesus speaks, every dead thing has to listen. I mean, that's the reason why he was there. I mean, I said he's there to mess up a perfectly good expensive funeral, but what he's really there to do is to show a miracle.”

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#TrustGod

“Some days you gotta walk around your stuff. Some days you just got you just you just gotta trust god, and you you have no idea. You have no idea how it's gonna happen. There's some battles you can't win for human strength. There's some situations where your greatest weapon is simply, god, I'm just gonna trust you. That's your greatest weapon.”

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#WaitingTransformsYou

“So what do we do? Keep praying. Continue worshiping. Continue to obey. Continue to serve. Continue to believe. Don't put your life on hold while you're waiting for god to answer your prayer because God can do something in you while you're waiting for him to do something for you. While you're waiting for God to do something for you, God can do something in you.”

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#JesusIsStillJesus

“God does things just for just a point. A a miracle, and I'll give you a better definition out next week. But a miracle is something that happens supernaturally. And it's done through divine power. We're talking about God. Something that God can do. The good news is today is that Jesus is still Jesus. If you're gonna talk about miracles for today, the first thing we have to understand that is that Jesus is still Jesus.”

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#SpeakLifeIntoDesolate

“you can learn to speak life into a desolate area of your life, then now he can graduate you to the next level that he has you in. Speak life to it. Sure is devastated. Sure is desolate. Sure is a desperate place. But greater is he that is in you than he that is after you. And he has placed you there to speak life into it. Elijah?”

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#RaiseKidsForKingdom

“And the world is so busy today. I think parents fall to the temptation all the time. We lose sleep over making sure they're connected to the right buddy. And we throw birthday parties making sure so and so sits here because his mama does this, and she sits here because his dad does this, and maybe this will work for the future and blah blah blah. Well, maybe that's not what God has planned for them all along. You have to make sure that you are putting attention on the things of God in their life, and that you're raising kids who know Jesus, who can hear God's voice, who know scripture, who understand prayer, who recognize the presence of God all on their own, who are able to serve others, worship on their own, know their own identity in Christ and nothing else, and understand their purpose in God's kingdom.”

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#BuildAnArkForKids

“You build an ark. How do you build an ark? You you make decisions for your children. Let me say that again. You make decisions for your children. Say it again. You make decisions for your children. Why? Because you have wisdom that they don't have. You have understanding that they don't have. You you, remember, you saw and you knew this how that they were special and that God had a plan. How many know that your children struggle to sometimes remember that God that God has a plan for them and they're special? Can I pause for a moment? We have a problem remembering that we're special and that God has a plan for us. But you know, you gotta build that ark. You gotta build it for them. Where they are, where they are, who their friends are, where they are on Sunday morning, where they go to school, who they talk to, what they're doing on their phones, all that. What is that called? Is that being fearful? No. That's called building an ark.”

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#DisobedienceLeadsAway

“``Saul did not turn away from God because he visited a psychic. He visited a psychic because he had already turned away from the Lord. I want you to remember that. This whole story is not because because first thing we wanna think, well, he lost his life, he lost the battle, he lost he lost he he lost his kingdom to David because he visited a medium, because he visited a psychic, because he visited he lost it because he found himself in the wrong place. No. He didn't lose favor with the Lord because he found himself in the wrong place. He found himself in the wrong place because he lost favor with the Lord, because he disobeyed the Lord.”

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#JesusKnowsMyName

“``And to be honest with you, the thing I taught you tonight just has has a relationship of a stinky, smelly shepherd man out in the field with his sheep. Because that's who we are. We're stinky smelly. We do stuff. And he gets down within it and that's what all that represents. Whatever it takes to keep us close to him. So, don't forget. So, that's what this is Levitical stuff. We have it but at all points, Jesus fulfills this. So, no matter what you're going through, no matter what whatever's happened, don't forget. He knows your name. You're close to his heart and everywhere he goes to the father, he brings you with him. Amen? Amen.”

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#USAFaithDecline

“``Every nation is showing an increase in Christianity except for one nation. Guess which one it is? The good old US Of A. Wanna know why? It's not because God hasn't blessed us, we're celebrating two hundred and fifty years. I told you a couple weeks ago that this is a Christian nation. Everything was pointed towards that. So what happened to us? Because we had a generation that knew the things of God and told children about the things of God. What happened? Somewhere along the way, we had a generation that stopped. And now the next generation knows nothing.”

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#RunToJesus

“Can he give you aid? He told, he told Peter, he went in there. He said, Peter, gotta wash it real fast. We said, no, you're wash me. He said, I don't wash everything done with. Why you trying to teach Peter that when you mess up, don't run away from me, run to me. Don't come to me clean. Ain't nothing clean about you. Come to me. I'll wash you. I'll cleanse you. Just keep coming. Just keep coming. I'm not teaching greasy grace, go out there and sin. Let me tell you something. Once he has given you this kind of aid, you you're gonna make sure I'm not messing up this guy.”

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#CovenantOverGiant

“but here here's the thing, is that circumcision was a sign of covenant. And David was standing before Goliath and he was looking at him saying, guys, I don't know if y'all understand. He he's big and he's bad and he's strong and he's a warrior but he don't have a covenant. I tell you that you have a covenant today? David was reminding himself and the entire army of men around him. We got a covenant, guys. We are more than conquerors through Jesus, through him who loves us. We're more than conquerors. See, he's taller than me but I'm more than a conqueror but I have a covenant. He's stronger than I am but I got a covenant.”

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#BrandNewCreation

“That new creation is not a remodeled you. He didn't put some wallpaper over you. He didn't paint over some stuff. Let's put some crown molding there. Let's take that little flat molding off. Let's fix what uh-uh. A new creation literally means something like you that's never ever existed before. He ripped it down to the foundation and built you a custom house. Nothing cookie cutter about this. And so we cannot wallow in this is the way we've always been because we are Christian, meaning we are Christ like and God has made us a brand new us. How many is thankful for it? Well, clap. Give the Lord some praise, man. That's good news. That's very good news.”

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#OnlyGodsWord

“``God's not gonna tell me something to tell you that he can tell you directly. He'll tell me something to confirm something he gave you, but all revelation comes from God, confirmation comes from man. We're living in peculiar times right now. This is why this is a different story. A true word from God cannot be overwritten by convincing lie. This was an old prophet. He told a good convincing Come drink. Come eat. It's okay. He convinced them with a lie and partial obedience is still disobedience. He obeyed him a little bit, but he got tricked. God's commands are not suggestions and they are non negotiable. In a world of liars and lions, only the word of God can be trusted.”

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#FoundersRiskedAll

“Now I want you to understand that because we see the declaration of independence. Maybe you've been, maybe you've been to Smithsonian, maybe you've been in different places and seen pictures of it or whatever, and we see the name. We see names like Thomas Jefferson and and we see like John Hancock, we see like Ben Franklin, we see these name, and we think it's just it's just it's just, oh, man, these are great gospel. You need to understand something. When you declare independence from a sovereign nation like England, that is high treason. So these men, when they put their names on the Declaration of Independence, they're not just so they can so we can talk about them for two hundred and fifty years, they're putting their own lives on the line. They're putting the lives of their families on the line. They're putting the lives of their children and generation because they were forever if they lose this declaration, if they lose this war, then their families will be completely they'd be completely just annihilated because this is high treason to the throne.”

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#TraceItBack

“``Instead of arguing with the tough or the thought the tough thought that we have, trace it back to the origin. Is this really what god is saying to me that I just can't be this? I just can't do it. Who told you? Who told you? use this while ago because it works. We've got kids, got grandkids now, and all you parents, all these kids here. If you go to school or go somewhere or stay at neighbor's house or wherever you come back and a kid says a word or has a definition of something that you didn't want them to say or you don't want them to know. Everybody know where I'm going with this. And there's little Jimmy over there. He did I mean, you in the other room doing something totally different, and you hear a vocabulary come out of old old Tommy's mouth over here. As a parent, you're gonna leave that room and go in there and you're gonna say what? Who told you that? Right?”

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#QuestionTheSource

“``Instead of arguing with the tough or the thought the tough thought that we have, trace it back to the origin. Is this really what God is saying to me that I just can't be this? I just can't do it? Who told you? Who told you?”

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#UseYourPlatform

“You might not think your platform is any good. Peter didn't think that his platform was any good that day. He's washing his nets because it had been in the water, but it hadn't caught any fish, yet Jesus wants to use it. I'm here to tell a group of men this morning, it doesn't matter if you think you're a success or you think you're not. If you think you got your thing figured out or you don't, Jesus has given you the gift. It's up to us to have the grace of God to find that gift because Jesus wants to use our gift. What does he want to use our gift for? A platform.”

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#UseYourPlatform

“You might not think your platform is any good. Peter didn't think that his platform was any good that day. He's washing his nets because it had been in the water, but it hadn't caught any fish, yet Jesus wants to use it. I'm here to tell a group of men this morning, it doesn't matter if you think you're a success or you think you're not. If you think you got your thing figured out or you don't, Jesus has given you the gift. It's up to us to have the grace of God to find that gift because Jesus wants to use our gift.”

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#KnowGodsVoice

“People are always crying out to me to say, how do I hear God's voice? How do I know what direction God well, go build yourself an established track record with God, and you'll never get lost again on what it smells like to be in his presence. Somebody help me here. Somebody help me out here because I'm talking about folks who don't step into the idea of what the relationship with God looks like like it's not a personal relationship that builds over the course of time. God, let me every single day become more established and entrenched and in tune with what you smell like, Lord.”

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#TodayIsYourDay

“Today is your day. You didn't say your name was Bart, so now you're Bart. Do what Bart did. Make today today, and whatever you're struggling with, whatever you've been putting off with is gonna stop today because today is your day. Amen? Amen. Give the lord a hand clap of praise because it's happening. When Jesus showed up, the paralytic at Bethesda did not wait for another year. He's paralyzed. He's laying by the pool. Jesus shows up. He says, I have no other man. You must be him. And today, he got up and he rose and he walked.”

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#TurnToJesusToday

“Jesus was on the cross One thief mocked Jesus The other thief told him to hush. He hasn't done anything wrong. He didn't rung with us. He won't like us. Leave him alone. This man's different. And while one thief was mocking, realizing today wasn't the day and he got a lot more problems than talking and this guy on the cross with him, the other one realized that today's his day. And he turned to Jesus. He says, Jesus, forgive me. I recognize you. You're the Messiah. Jesus says, Today you will be with me in paradise.”

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#SeasonIsPreparation

“God is doing something right now, but now is preparation for then, for what's coming. Seasons are this. This is a point. Seasons are temporary. They're not permanent. Do not quit something permanently because of a season that's temporary. Do not run away permanently from something because of temporary circumstance. And then the other one I wrote, because it's temporary, it's gonna change. Do not overwork yourself trying to do things that are not assigned to you in this season.”

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#SeasonsAreTemporary

“Seasons are temporary. They're not permanent. Do not quit something permanently because of a season that's temporary. Do not run away permanently from something because of temporary circumstance. And then the other one I wrote, because it's temporary, it's gonna change. Do not overwork yourself trying to do things that are not assigned to you in this season. If you try to produce things that only grow in summer in the winter, it's all gonna die.”

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#ServeForHim

“You live in your calling. You live in your purpose. You serve people over you. You have respect to the people on the workplace. Do you do it because they love you back? Because they always treat you right? Because you always get what you want? No. You do it because you're serving the one who did it all for you years and years and years ago, and because of the price paid. Those people will go home and live in misery of how they're treating people. You will have the freedom of mind, heart, and rest. Because why did you do it? Because of him.”

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#FreedomInChrist

“You are free never based on whether or not you hit all the marks. You're not free based on whether or not you outdid everybody else. You are free because of what Jesus did on the cross for you. And if you will live your life in honor and in gratefulness, you will experience the freedom that God has for you. Amen?”

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#PutGodFirst

“``And whatever you put for God before God is idolatry. We start saying idolatry, we start saying, well, Buddha, Hala, Shinto shrines, crystals, all this kind of stuff. Yeah. That's that's idolatry. Anything you put before God. Other people say, well, my team, my job, my friends, my golf clubs, my car, my truck, my boat, my house, my yard, whatever. All of those, anything you put before god is idolatry. But let me tell you something else that's idolatry. Idolatry is what you covet.”

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#DoNotStopTheWork

“when they had heard that I had built the wall and there was no breach left in it, they they sent to me saying, come let us meet together, but they intended to do me arm. And I sent messengers to them saying, I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you? And they sent me four times in this way and I answered them in the same manner. So what I want you to know today is do not stop,”

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#NoMoreLukewarm

“God, something's up. The atmosphere is jacked up. I can feel it. And my assignment is to tell us, don't be lukewarm. Don't just show up. Be alive. Be spiritually engaged. Have the love of God. But for goodness sake, either I'm gonna go ahead and offend you. Either get in or get out. God, this lukewarmness is making Jesus want to vomit. Amen? I'm that's why I'm reading scripture. Oh, blessed be the name of lord god forever.”

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#EndChurchStagnation

“It's like a 70 year old man sitting in a first grade school chair, and you walk in and there he's sitting. You think, well, that's kinda cute. Look at there. Old grandpa in there. Until you find out that he's been in there for thirty five years. Hasn't promoted to second grade yet and now it goes from being cute to being sad. You know what the problem is most thirty year old churches?”

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#RemnantRapture

“The good news for us is we didn't have to live through that. We can grab this word that says, if he said that and that happened, the next thing he says is gonna happen, it's gonna happen. And I'm here to tell you on the prophetic time clock, the next thing to happen is a trump of God and sound. The dead in Christ gonna rise. And those of us that are alive and remain, this is gonna be a remnant, are gonna be caught up together. Everybody else is gonna be mid and post. Congratulations. You're right. But as for me in this house, we're out on the first bus.”

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#ComparisonStealsJoy

“See comparison is a thief. Comparison don't make you better, it makes you bitter. Comparison don't make you feel better about yourself, it makes you feel bad about yourself and envious of other people. It never provides you with security. It also always provides you with insecurity. Here's the thing, if the compare if the culture is comparison, the default in your life will always be insecurity.”

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#FaithTakesAuthority

“And now if we believe in the finished work of Christ that he did it for us, that the wages of sin is death, and now that we can we no longer have to be attached to sin. Sin no longer has power over us. Do you know that? Sin, is it powerful? Yes. But it doesn't have all power. It's not omnipotent. It doesn't have all power over you. Jesus took the power. Yes. Amen. He took the keys. He took the authority. That is called the faith”

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#FaithStandsFirm

“Faith doesn't deny the odds, faith simply refuses to bow down to the odds. It's not saying it's not gonna be tough, didn't say it's not gonna be hard, but no matter what the odds is, no matter what the probability is, faith refuses refuses to bow down to him. Matter of fact, Hebrews chapter 11 and verse one tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for. It's the evidence of things not seen. How many knows that faith means you got faith even though you don't see it, you still believe it.”

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#BreakTheSilenceNow

“But the number one person who loves struggles, silent struggles more than all those people I've mentioned is the devil himself. Just sit right there and let me gnaw on you from the inside out. I will take you out, the enemy will take you out with a silent struggle if you allow him to. But the breakthrough begins when your whispers turns into a cry.”

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#BiblicalHopeForFamilies

“God calls parents and leaders to say, this is the bible and this is what it says. This is the time we live in, and this is the hope we have in Christ. That's what he's calling me to do. This is the bible. This is the time we're living in, and this is the hope we have in Christ. We're gonna be alright. The goal is not to raise children who are afraid of their future. The goal is to raise a generation ready for the return of Jesus. Yes.”

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#FocusNotDistraction

“The danger of the last days is not persecution, the danger is spiritual distraction. We think it's persecution. Oh, what if the what if the oh, we didn't attack you as a nation, we we've attacked Iran and and they got all these. We got Hezbollah, they got Hamash, they got, you know, they got now ISIS has got sleeper cells and all this kind of stuff and and oh my goodness, we're we're we're in a we're in a mess and they're gonna start persecuting us, we got to watch out. That's not the danger, the danger is spiritual distraction, getting distraction on what's going on in the world today. I believe with all my heart the one thing that God is causing the church to do is to get focused like never before.”

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#SpiritGaugeFull

“Most of us don't make it and most of it never make it. The reason why you don't make it and you fall off the wagon and everything else is because you were never going to make it, because you're full of everything else but the Holy Spirit of God. Make sure your gauge is full of the spirit of God. We don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow, don't wanna happen on Tuesday, you don't wanna happen on Thursday, you haven't actually, you might be curious or whatever, it doesn't matter because you are full of the spirit God. And no matter what the doctor says,”

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#PrepareKidsForEternity

“Every parent prepares their children for their future. There's no doubt about it. We prepare them for school. We prepare them for careers. We prepare them for their responsibilities, but the greatest preparation we can give our children is spiritual preparation for eternity. Thank God we prepared them for school. Thank God we prepared them for their careers. Thank God we prepared them for life, but I want to stand here today as your pastor and tell you and remind you that the greatest preparation we give our children is spiritual preparation for eternity. Everybody's gonna live forever. The only question is is where and it has to come from us.”

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#GuardAgainstPenetration

“Let me tell you something, the devil as a child of God does not have the authority, authority means right, to come in your house and do whatever he wants. You have to allow him and the word devil translated into Hebrew and Greek means penetrator and he's constantly looking at penetration to get in and that old dog, if you give him an inch, he'll take a foot. You give him a foot, he'll take a yard and before you know it, he's got miles in your house. You gotta be careful with the atmosphere.”

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#ShowKindnessToAll

“He says, is there anybody left in the house that I can show kindness to? And if I had to leave you with anything this morning, this would be the title of grace. Is there anybody you can show kindness to? Who can you show kindness to? Because you know what? It's easy to look away. It's easy to show kindness to those who speak back to you, those who do something for you. It's easy easy for me to reciprocate that. That's not what he's talking about. He says, is there anyone that could show kindness to?”

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#HeartPurposeVictory

“So he chained uh-uh. Before Daniel went in the lion's den, he purposed in his heart that he will not defile god. Before the fiery furnace episode, Daniel had already purposed in his heart that he will not defile god because the victory was internal. We think the victory was won at the furnace. We think the victory was won in the in the lion's den. No. Your victory is won when you purpose in your heart that I will not defile God. What does that mean? I will not give over to the things of the world and completely defile what God says.”

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#LoveHonorTrust

“See, it's when we love, we honor, and we trust like God's called us to. That is when we welcome in God's favor. And I wanna tell you, if you do these three things and you have a holy relationship, you will find God's favor is in your marriage and your relationships like you've never seen before. Things that used to make you crumble and leave you up all night, used to leave you in tears, and what might would have been your demise of every relationship you've had, you now see, you know what? We're gonna get through this because we have God at the center, because hope exists when we honor, when we trust, and when we love.”

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#TrustFeelsLikeSafety

“To trust someone is to have a bold, secure confidence in that person. Bold, secure confidence in that person. So when trust is high, security is high. So when you have trust in a home, you're not constantly looking over your shoulder or worrying about can you be the real you, the authentic you. A trust in a home is going to bring a sense of security and safety and ease into a home. That's what it feels like. Trust feels like ease. Trust feels like safety.”

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#LiveLikeAWinner

“we we play on losing and winning the battles by what the scores say. And if we're not careful, we will feel or live in loss because of momentary scoreboards of our life. When God is usually doing something in us or around us or maneuvering things, subbing things in and out of our life, taking things away, bringing new things because he is playing a game that has already been won, and he is just trying to get you in position to experience it even if the scoreboard doesn't say you're winning. You can live you can live in winning no matter what the scoreboards say.”

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#HeIsMyShepherd

“The lord is our shepherd. We shall not want. He's your shepherd. He's we shall not want. He shall not withhold any good thing from us. Why? Because he is our shepherd and we don't even know what we want but the lord is our shepherd. What is David doing in the twenty third Psalms? He's bragging on the lord.”

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#ExpectMiraclesNotLimits

“``We limit ourselves because we don't want to be disappointed. Have you ever limited yourself because you don't wanna be disappointed? Oh god, I wanna pray for that or not or I'm not really gonna I might pray for it but I really not wanna believe for it or I might I believe for it but not really gonna expect it to happen. I mean, to be honest with you, that's just normal. That's that's it should be normal. That's what it is. And so we limit ourselves because we do not want to be disappointed, so we limit ourselves to what we expect God to do. Therefore, we are robbing ourselves of miracles from God.”

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#FearIsRealNotFinal

“The fear is real but it's not final. He says, I will fear no evil. David doesn't deny the danger, he denies the power of fear. Even though I walk through the valley of shouting, I will fear no evil because fear says this would destroy you, you won't make it, God has abandoned you but then faith responds and says God is still with me, this will not be the end because I am not alone. I will fear no evil. Why? Because thou art with me.”

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#FaithOverFear

“What you're going through is still there, but fear says this will destroy you, you won't make it, God has abandoned you, that's what fear says, but faith response says, God is still with me, this will not be the end, I am not alone. You have to understand, if you listen to fear, this is the end. If you listen to faith saying, it can't be the end because he is with me and this is not the end, this is the beginning of an entire different chapter that God has for me.”

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Questions about Highest Praise Church

Visiting

When and where are services?
Services are Sundays at 9:00 and 10:45 a.m., and Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. at Highest Praise Church, 19 Red Bug Rd. SW, Shallotte, NC 28470. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/plan-my-visit)

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What accessibility accommodations are available?
The website doesn’t specify disability accommodations such as wheelchair access or sign-language interpretation. It does say the Welcome Team can show visitors around, answer questions, and help them find a seat. Services are also available online for anyone who prefers to worship remotely. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/plan-my-visit)

For health-related precautions, masks are welcomed and available, and the church describes spaced seating and disinfection between services. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/reopening)

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What is the worship format, and does it vary by service?
Sunday services at 9:00 and 10:45 a.m. include worship, an encouraging and equipping message, and fellowship; the website doesn’t say whether the two Sunday services differ. Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. has a different emphasis: the gathering begins with worship and then moves into deeper study and age-specific programs. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/plan-my-visit)

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Can someone attend while exploring Christianity or questioning their beliefs?
Yes. Highest Praise’s teaching describes the invitation as being for anyone, and says faith can begin small—you don’t have to know everything to take a step toward God. You’re welcome to attend while you explore or have questions. ([08:51 from October 11, 2026]) ([14:59 from October 11, 2026]) ([17:50 from October 11, 2026])

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Is registration required, or can someone simply arrive?
For a regular Sunday or Wednesday service, you can simply arrive—no registration is mentioned. The Welcome Team can help you when you get there, including checking in your children. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/plan-my-visit)

Some specific programs, such as Life Groups, do have registration, so check the details for those. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/life-groups)

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Where should a first-time visitor park, enter, and check in children?
Park in the space directed by a parking attendant. When you enter, look for the Welcome Tent and tell the Welcome Team you’re a first-time visitor; they’ll help you check in your children and show you where to go. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/plan-my-visit)

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Kids & families

Which service times have children's programs for each age group?
Children’s programs are offered at **all regular services**:

- **Ages 6 weeks–4 years (HP Kids Jr.):** Sundays at **9:00 AM and 10:45 AM**, and Wednesdays at **6:30 PM**. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/hp-kids-jr) (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/vbs)
- **Kindergarten–5th grade (HP Kids):** Sundays at **9:00 AM and 10:45 AM**, and Wednesdays at **6:30 PM**. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/hp-kids) (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/vbs)

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Do children need advance registration, and can visiting families participate?
For regular Sunday and Wednesday children’s programs, advance registration isn’t indicated—you can check your children in when you arrive. Visiting families are welcome to participate; the church invites families to visit HP Kids and HP Kids Jr. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/plan-my-visit; https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/hp-kids; https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/hp-kids-jr)

For VBS, the website provides a separate registration link. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/vbs)

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Beliefs

What are its stated core beliefs?
Highest Praise Church states these core beliefs:

- The Bible is God’s inspired Word, and there is one God eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
- It believes in repentance, justification, the new birth, sanctification after justification, and holiness.
- It affirms water baptism; baptism or filling with the Holy Spirit; speaking in tongues as the initial evidence of that filling; spiritual gifts, signs following believers, and the fruit of the Spirit.
- It believes in divine healing provided for in the atonement, the Lord’s Supper, and tithing and giving.
- It teaches a premillennial return of Jesus: first, to raise the dead saints and catch up living saints; then to reign on earth for a thousand years. It also affirms resurrection, eternal life for the righteous, and eternal punishment for the wicked.
- On marriage and sexuality, it defines marriage as a permanent, exclusive union of one man and one woman; regards sexual acts outside marriage as sinful; and teaches that God created humanity male and female, with equal personal dignity. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/our-beliefs)

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What roles can women hold in church leadership?
The available material supports women serving as preachers, teachers, and ministers: a sermon calls for “men and women of God” to speak from pulpits, and describes anointed preaching and teaching as ministry. ([36:01 from October 10, 2022]) It also refers to “men and women of God” standing in leadership positions. ([34:26 from October 10, 2022])

The sources don’t give a complete list of women’s leadership roles or clearly state whether women may serve as the senior or “set” pastor.

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What are its stated policies concerning LGBTQ people?
Highest Praise defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and says sexual acts outside marriage—including same-sex sexual acts—are sinful and members must refrain from them. It teaches that people should affirm their biological sex and refrain from attempts to change or disagree with it, including transgender, nonbinary, or genderqueer conduct. The church also states that men and women have equal personal dignity. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/our-beliefs)

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Who leads the church, and how are leaders accountable?
Highest Praise identifies **Pastor Sherwood Lancaster** as its pastor and **Jordan Lancaster** as an executive pastor on staff. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/messages)

Accountability is described in terms of Scripture and church authority: Pastor Sherwood teaches that Scripture is the final authority for faith and conduct, and that people committed to a local church are under its authority. ([04:34 from March 10, 2023]) For staff and applicants, the church’s application says they agree to follow Highest Praise Church’s bylaws and policies; it also authorizes references to provide information about character and fitness for children’s or youth work. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/work-at-hp)

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Teaching

Which recent sermons would help someone understand the teaching?
For a helpful introduction, I’d recommend these recent sermons:

- **Building Our Life God’s Way** — Pastor Jordan Lancaster teaches that a strong foundation involves hearing God’s Word, repenting, and putting what we hear into practice. ([03:13 from August 17, 2025]) ([08:02 from August 17, 2025])
- **The Urgency of the Gospel** — We teach that recognizing the times should lead to readiness and a burden to share the gospel, not fear or distraction. ([14:13 from March 22, 2026]) ([18:11 from March 16, 2026])
- **Kindness and Grace** — This message illustrates grace through the call to show kindness and the story of someone learning that God welcomes them as they are. ([18:58 from March 01, 2026]) ([20:42 from March 01, 2026])

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How does the church talk about sin, confession and forgiveness?
The church presents sin as serious—it separates people from God and leads to death—but not stronger than Jesus’ saving power. Its website describes salvation as grace changing a life that cannot save itself, and repentance as a real turning from death toward life. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9fpTjBJoJw&t=4572s)

We teach confession chiefly as confessing faith in Jesus: confessing that Jesus is Lord and believing God raised him from the dead. The sermon says sin has lost its power through Christ. It also makes clear that Jesus alone forgives sins; Christians’ role is to tell others how to receive forgiveness and freedom through him. ([21:52 from April 17, 2022]) ([21:29 from April 25, 2024])

We also connect receiving God’s forgiveness with forgiving others. The emphasis is to remember Christ’s forgiveness and, by faith, release the debt owed by those who have hurt us—not to pretend the hurt never happened. The sermon also invites people to seek freedom from self-condemnation over past sin. ([23:36 from October 19, 2025]) ([27:41 from October 19, 2025])

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How does the teaching approach community and honesty with others?
We teach that community means doing life together, not merely attending church. That includes making room for relationships, helping meet practical needs, and coming alongside people to carry their burdens rather than leaving them to struggle alone. ([10:31 from September 07, 2021]) ([12:03 from September 07, 2021]) We also encourage people to contribute and serve, rather than approaching church only as a place to receive. ([16:40 from September 07, 2021])

Honesty should be joined with love: speak truth kindly, rather than using truth to provoke or avoiding it to escape a hard conversation. ([07:47 from February 15, 2026]) We teach people not to lie to one another, to make their yes and no dependable, and to own mistakes instead of hiding from them. ([08:29 from February 15, 2026]) ([10:29 from February 15, 2026]) ([11:45 from February 15, 2026])

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How does the church approach doubt and suffering?
At Highest Praise, doubt is treated as something people can bring honestly to Jesus—not proof that they have no faith. We point to the prayer, “I believe; help my unbelief,” and teach that faith can wrestle with fear, pain, and unanswered questions. Jesus did not reject the person who prayed it; the encouragement is to turn toward Him even when belief feels imperfect. ([25:29 from October 04, 2026])

Suffering is not taken as proof that God has forgotten someone or that they are outside His will. We encourage people to keep praying, worshiping, serving, and believing while they wait; the church also points to prayer and support from elders for those who are sick or afflicted. We acknowledge that God may deliver someone from a hard circumstance or give grace to carry them through it, and that waiting can still be a time when God is at work. ([37:27 from May 16, 2022]) (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/messages)

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How does the church approach faith and work?
At Highest Praise, faith is rooted in the gospel and Jesus’ finished work—not in trying to earn salvation through effort. We teach that salvation is by grace through faith in Christ. ([15:54 from April 12, 2026])

That faith is meant to shape how we live: Scripture equips believers for good work, and we encourage taking practical steps such as serving and getting involved in the church community. These actions are a response to faith, not a way to earn it. ([06:11 from March 10, 2023]) ([25:44 from September 07, 2021])

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Is an answer based on an official statement or an interpretation of sermons?
It depends on the answer: a claim about the church’s stated doctrine should be based on its official “What We Believe” page; a point drawn from a sermon is an interpretation of that sermon’s teaching. The church website, for example, formally lists beliefs about the Bible, repentance, healing, and other doctrines (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/our-beliefs). Pastor Sherwood Lancaster also describes the church’s articles of faith as its statement of faith, so a sermon may discuss or apply those beliefs without itself being the official statement. ([01:33 from March 10, 2023])

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Community

Which groups currently meet, and when?
Highest Praise lists **Life Groups** as meeting Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., but the website says the next semester is coming soon, so it doesn’t confirm that a semester is meeting right now. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/life-groups)

On Wednesdays, the 6:30 p.m. service includes age-specific programs for **youth and young adults** after worship, as well as nursery and kids’ programs. Nursery and children’s programs are also available during Sunday services at 9:00 and 10:45 a.m. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/plan-my-visit)

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Are there groups or introductory gatherings open to newcomers?
Yes. Highest Praise Life Groups are open to the community, and you don’t need to be a church member to attend. Groups meet Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.; registration opens a few weeks before each semester, and some groups require a fee. The website currently says the next semester is coming soon. (https://www.highestpraisechurch.com/life-groups)

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Who can answer a question the published information doesn't resolve?
At our church, a pastor can answer questions the published information doesn’t resolve. In a Q&A, the pastor invited questions and responded to topics including cremation and Satan. ([03:10 from December 14, 2023])

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