I am Pastor Marcus Dudley and I have the privilege of serving as one of the associate pastors here and I am so excited that I get to stand here before you and practice my Easter speech.

But we're so grateful.

I'm so grateful and thankful for the leader of this house.

Can we give God praise for the greatest leader, preacher, communicator?

My friend, my brother, and my pastor, Dr. Darius Daniels, and to Pastor Shemika can we give her praise and thank God for her

who y'all we here and I'm so grateful and thankful I was sharing Pastor Teddy how God has the tendency to change your tears.

It was about two years ago when God was calling me to leave something that I loved,

that I was shedding tears of sadness and agony.

And as I was riding in the car the other day,

God reminded me that he is a God that can change your tears.

He can change tears of sadness into tears of joy.

And I was reminded what he said in the Bible,

what you sow in tears,

you will reap in joy. And I just want to

talk to some folk who've been crying and you've been sowing in tears. And I just want to encourage

you that what you've been showing in tears, you will reap in joy want to stew at this time well I don't want this to be the

last time so I want to do what I was supposed to do amen and so I want to call your

your attention to the book the gospel of John John the 11 chapter y'all doing

all right great great John the 11 chapter and Y'all doing all right?

Great, great.

John, the 11 chapter, and I want to start reading at the 4th verse.

I want to read to the 4th from the 4th to the 7th verse,

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