08-23-2026 | 10AM Worship - SERMON TITLE | Bishop Charles H. Ellis, III

Main message: The evangelist urged the congregation to worship loudly and authentically, live inwardly holy lives, and stay ready and hopeful for the imminent return of Jesus — trusting God for healing, transformation, and deliverance. She illustrated this with personal testimony of recovery and the biblical promise that believers will be changed in an instant at Christ’s coming.

Key points:

• Jesus may return at any moment; be spiritually ready and praise-ready (shout, clap, worship).
• True holiness is inward transformation, not merely outward appearance.
• Paul’s teaching: the Lord will descend with a shout and the dead in Christ will rise; believers will be caught up together (the rapture).
• Our corruptible bodies will put on incorruptibility — God will transform and heal us (1 Corinthians promise).
• Worship and the joy of the Lord are sources of strength in trials; praise even when you don’t feel like it.
• Personal testimony of healing after a stroke underscored God’s power to restore.

Scriptures mentioned: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Acts 2, Psalm 100, Psalm 48:1, Psalm 103:1, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Corinthians 15:51-53