1Sa 7:12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the

name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. Ebenezer means the stone of help Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. Stone of remembrance looking back to the past a stone of recognition a stone for the present a stone of revelation a stone for the future Samuel said take a stone put it in this place and remember up to now god has helped us Memory is a gift for us to offer up daily thanks to god The word remember means to join together just as the word dismember menas to sepearate When we forget where we have come from and what hehasdone for us we are in a bad place We must remember the price paid for our national freedom we must also remember theprice paidfor our spiritual freedom Script repeatedly directs gods people to remember Deu 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. There is a certain amount of wisdom in remembering where God brought you from and being thankful People that do not remember their past are destined to repeat the failures of their past

The word male and memory are the same word in the Hebrew. Females usually mature quicker naturally into women. But males usually have to be challenged and led into adulthood. We desperately need men to be godly and who will stand their ground. We need to remember that this nation was fought for and died for It is incumbent on us to pass through our families one god jesus name living The place we are talking about is Ebenezer the prophet of god brought to attention of his people that they had drifted from god and that they had married heathens and were serving false gods baal ashteroth and because of this you are not victorious Samuel looked at them and told them if you will repent and sacrifice to god and turn from your wicked ways then gd will show up and fight on your behalf And they did and god did and Samuel said I want you to put a stone of memoiry here because on generations to come there will be some children comingup are goingto be facing many ofthesame problems andneed to be reminded up to now thelord has helped us. And if he hs shown hisself strong on our behalf yesterday he will do it again today. We need to remember where he has brought us from. He hasnot lost any strength. There is a world with no direction this generation needs some folks with a track record. The dilemma our nation faces today is dire politicians are not the answer

New drugs are not the answer a church with testimony is the answer A church that can attest to the reality of an outpouring and an infilling of the Hly Ghost. up to now the lord has helped us this is why david could say Psa 121:1 A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. Psa 121:2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Psa 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Psa 121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Psa 121:5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. Psa 121:6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Psa 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. Psa 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. He had the anointing to kill a lion a bear and a giant. His strength was on the rock the lord This is why he could testify that the Psa 27:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psa 27:2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Psa 27:3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Psa 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. Psa 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. Psa 27:6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. If all you got is one thing the house of the lord you got more than enough You and god are a majority While it was dark in Egypt there was a pillar of fire thatlit the way for gods people. The darkness in Egypt did not affect the jouney of gods people as lo0ng as they followed the light and stayed near the flame We are a city set on ahill Peculiar people A holynation Salt and light Why would you want to cower down and become more like the world Be not overcome by evil but overcome evil with good Israel was never to be like theother nations Every geneartation can bedefined by a word Golf tiger Basketball Jordan Baseball babe ruth Football manning Racing petty Hockey gretzky Auto henry ford art davinci sculptor michaleangelo

Every respective field is often synonomous with one mans name No matter how ungodly and wicked every generation was there has been a Daniel who said iwill not be defiled with what everyoneis doing Although he was in Babylon Babylon was not in him Shad mesh and Abednego would not bowdown altought everyone around them bowed down. When people say your name what is it synonomous with Worldly carnal jerk preacherhater bacsslider or praiser giver worshipper prayer warrior Ebenzer meansthe stone of help The current of a mighty rushingriver will cut a path everwhre it goes what will hold it in place is a rock The writer said the lord is my rock 1Co_10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.