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the perks of the lord last week we talked about god's report called how god grades us god grades us

and gives us grades on how we operate we operate as human beings in in the earth. We operate as mothers and fathers and husbands and wives and, you know, sons and daughters and all those kinds of things that please God. God loves to see that. That's how we operate. So today we're going to talk about, you know, what these good grades bring us. They bring us perks. You know, when you go get a job, the first thing,

some of you want to know is how much they're paying. And then the next thing, what are the perks?

Benefits. Amen. Everybody wants benefits, right? Well, there are benefits. David said, bless the Lord,

oh my soul, and forget not his benefits. There's benefits in serving God, especially the peace of not worrying about a pagan leader

in a pagan nation. You're not worried about what the economy is going to do when you got a good

report from God. The perks of serving God, God's report card. But in order to deal with this,

we've got to go back to a little of last week's lesson.

So let's talk about church folks showcasing.

Showcasing, showboating in church, showing their spirituality in church.

Some of y'all didn't grow up like that, like I did.

I grew up in church where whoever squawked

the loudest, had the most holy ghost.

You know.

Daughter sitting there, pregnant out of the redlock.

Son sitting there, gangstered wearing grills.

But they squawking louder than anybody in there.

That means that the Holy Ghost is all over you.

Don't let the music start.

Then they got to jump up and show everybody.

Come all away from the back, run up in the front,

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