Sounding the Trumpet: Praise, Presence, and Purpose

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "Even when depression tries to shut my mouth, I'm going to praise. Even when anxiety tries to shut my mouth, I'm going to praise. Even when fear or anger tries to shut my mouth, I'm just going to praise God. I want praise to usher out of my mouth, because praise ushers in the presence of God. Because praise is a weapon." [34:43](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

2. "You got to make sure you're bringing the right things into your home. You got to make sure you're allowing the right things into your home. Amen. Through whatever you're watching and whatever you're listening to. Amen. You may wonder why you struggle with maybe it's anxiety or whatever it is you're dealing with in your home. Maybe you ought to check and say, am I bringing the Lord into my home? Or is this not a place that the Lord wants to come to because of what I've allowed in here?" [30:42](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

3. "There is power in praise when you don't feel like it. There is power in praise when you don't feel like praising. There is power in worship when you don't feel like worshiping. Amen. There is power in praising in a dark place. You see David, King David, do this time after time throughout his life. In the highs and in the lows, he wrote psalms of praise unto God. He was called the sweet psalmist of Israel. When he was in the cave in the darkness, he wrote psalms unto God. When he was in a high place and in a good place, he wrote psalms unto God." [32:03](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

4. "When you stop trying to fight the battle on your own. There might be battles you're trying to fight on your own. And you can't fight these battles on your own. You need to get God into the equation. And when you stop trying to fight the battle on your own." [37:55](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

5. "When you begin to praise Him, He shows up. Amen. Amen. In His presence is fullness of joy. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen. We're turning to Numbers chapter 10. Book of Numbers chapter 10. Beginning with verse number 1. Amen. Amen. How's this mic? It's the one I'm supposed to be using. Amen. Right?" [00:39](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

### Quotes for Members

1. "When you stop trying to do it yourself. And you just lift praise unto God. You just let praise lead the way. When you sound that reveille unto God. When you get up in the morning and let praise usher in the presence of God. And when you go throughout your day. And you don't let the enemy hear you complaining. And you don't let the enemy hear you spouting negativity. You just let the enemy hear the sound of the trumpet. The sound of the marching. And the sound of the trumpet. When you reach that breaking point. And you shout unto God. Every obstacle can fall flat. Every wall can fall down. Because God put the trumpet in your hands. And you put the battle in God's hands." [38:30](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

2. "But preaching is not defined by volume. Amen. You can be called to preach the gospel in your living room. You can be called to preach the gospel at your workplace. There's a responsibility. You can bring the word to somebody who's dealing with addiction. You can bring the word to somebody who's dealing with addiction. Who's dealing with depression. Who's dealing with fear and anxiety. Who's dealing with family turmoil. Who's dealing with hell trying to come at them. And we as the church, We've got to plant ourselves at the gate of hell. And not let the gates of hell prevail against the church. We've got to bring people out. We've got to save people from an eternal damnation. Come on. This is our responsibility. We've got to sound the alarm. We've got to preach the word." [52:16](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

3. "And you sound the trumpet of praise unto God. When you stop trying to do it yourself. And you just lift praise unto God. You just let praise lead the way. When you sound that reveille unto God. When you get up in the morning and let praise usher in the presence of God. And when you go throughout your day. And you don't let the enemy hear you complaining. And you don't let the enemy hear you spouting negativity. You just let the enemy hear the sound of the trumpet. The sound of the marching. And the sound of the trumpet. When you reach that breaking point. And you shout unto God. Every obstacle can fall flat. Every wall can fall down. Because God put the trumpet in your hands. And you put the battle in God's hands." [38:30](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

4. "And Isaiah said, here am I. Send me. Oh, God, Lord, you put it in my hands. to sound it. Oh, God, that's it." [58:58](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

5. "Come on. Do you hear the sirens? The scripture says. The name of the Lord. Is a strong tower. Do you hear the sirens? There's a shelter. There's a strong tower. The name of Jesus is what saves us. It's our shelter. It's where we can run into. And be safe. And it's time for the church to sound the alarm. The trumpet is in your hands. Do your neighbors hear the sirens? Do your neighbors know where the shelter is? Do your loved ones. Know where to go for safety? Know where to go for salvation? Do they hear the sirens? And do they know where to go? Come on. This is the responsibility of the church. We hold the trumpet of alarm. In these last days. The trumpet is in our hands. And we've got to present the gospel. We've got to present it with love and compassion. Because people. They don't receive you're going to hell. Very well. And there's a trumpet in your hand. And there's a trumpet down people's throats. There's got to be love in the delivery. There's got to be wisdom in your conduct. There's got to be the right spirit in the way that we present ourselves. But there still ought to be some urgency in us. Some conviction in us. Come on. Do you hear the sirens? Do you see the signs of his coming? Look at the world around us. Look at the headlines. People see it. Even people who may not be in church. They see that the world is waxing worse and worse. They see that men are waxing worse and worse. They see it in the headlines. They see it in their day to day. So they might be hearing the sirens a little bit. But they need somebody to let them know where the salvation is. Where the safety is. Come on. We've got to sound the alarm. We've got to alert people to what's coming. Amen. There ought to be some urgency. There ought to be conviction. We can't forget that we're in the business of changing eternal destinations. I can't be so casual about it. That I shrug off my responsibility. I can't be so casual about it. I want to make sure people around me know how to be saved from hell." [51:12](Download raw clip | Download cropped clip | Download vertical captioned clip)

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