TABERNACLES 2023 JOY IN THE HARVEST
“We, the People of Truth, welcome you to join us as we celebrate the Lord’s Feast of Tabernacles. It is a time of refreshing from the Lord, the time for joy in the harvest of the saints. In Spirit and Truth “Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Liberty, and Joy”!!
The People of Truth Presenting
The Feast of Tabernacles - “Joy in the Harvest”
Giving Honor to God
His only Son Jesus Christ
Presiding Over the Services
Moderator Bishop Joel McNabb
Minister of Worship Bishop David McNabb
Deacon David Allen
Deacon Larry Danko
Deacon Randy Ketcherside
Services: September 28 - October 1, 2023
Thursday - Saturday 7:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM
Bible Discussion:
Friday - Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00PM
Sunday 12:00 PM Fellowship Dinner
The Harvest is the time God has been waiting for from the beginning. “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain” (James 5:2).
“Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest” (Joh 4:35).
LET US REJOICE BEFORE HIM
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Gal 6:9).
There is a lawful joy in harvest, no doubt, to the man who is enriched by it; for any man who works hard has a right to rejoice when at last he gains his desire.
He that soweth to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, and only the man that soweth to the spirit will of the spirit reap life everlasting. Many a young man commences life by sowing what he calls his wild oats, which he had better never have sown, for they will bring him a terrible harvest. He expects that from these wild oats he will gather a harvest of true pleasure, but it cannot be: the truest pleasures of life spring from the good seed of righteousness, and not from the hemlock of sin. As a man who sows thistles in his furrows must not expect to reap the golden wheatsheaf, so he who follows the ways of vice must not expect happiness. On the contrary, if he sows the wind he will reap the whirlwind. When a sinner feels the pangs of conscience he may well say, "This is what I sowed." When he shall at last receive the punishment of his evil deeds, he will blame no one but himself: he sowed tares and he must reap tares. On the other hand, the Christian man, though his salvation is not of works, but of grace, will have a gracious reward given to him by his Master. Sowing in tears, he shall reap in joy. Putting out his talents to interest, he shall enter into his Master's joy, and hear him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant." The joy of harvest in part consists of the reward of labour; may such be our joy in serving the Lord. The message is simple. We are the keepers of our hearts, it is unto us to provide good ground for the Savior’s word to take root or when we do, we will find the joy of harvest.
The joy of harvest has another element in it, namely, that of gratitude to God for favours bestowed. We are singularly dependent on God; far more so than most of us imagine. When the children of Israel were in the wilderness they went forth every morning and gathered the manna.
If we went out into the field and gathered food which dropped from the clouds, we should think it a great miracle; and is it not as great a marvel that our bread should come up from the earth as that it should come down from the sky?
To the Christian it should be great joy, by means of the harvest, to receive an assurance of God's faithfulness. The Lord has promised that seed-time and harvest, summer and winter, shall never cease; and when you see the loaded wain carrying in the crop, you may say to yourself, "God is true to his promise. Despite the dreary winter and the damp spring, autumn has come with its golden grain.
Once more. To the Christians, in the joy of harvest there will always be the joy of expectation. As there is a harvest to the husbandman for which he waiteth patiently, so there is a harvest for all faithful waiters who are looking for the coming and the appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
The Time of Harvest is near, even at the door. Let us rejoice with an expectation and with the great joy of harvest preparing ourselves for this great work. The grace of God be with you all, "until we all come in the unity of the faith."
THURSDAY
OPENING PRAYER & GREETING:BRO JOEL MCNABB
PRAISE & WORSHIP: BRO DAVID ALLEN
I WILL ENTER HIS GATES
I WILL ARISE
SING UNTO GOD
JOY UNSPEAKABLE 446
VICTORY 480
DAYS OF ELIJAH
SEARCH ME OH GOD
TESTIMONY:
WORSHIP IN OFFERING: GIVE THANKS WITH A GRATEFUL HEART
SPECIAL:
SERMON: JOEL MCNABB
SONG: IT’S BEGINNING TO RAIN
FELLOWSHIP
FRIDAY
PRAISE & WORSHIP: JASON MCNABB
COME NOW IS THE TIME TO WORSHIP YOU DESERVE THE GLORY
BLESSED BE YOUR NAME
HE ABIDES 119
LORD I LIFT YOUR NAME ON HIGH WAY MAKER
SPECIAL: THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NAME
TESTIMONY:SIS MELISSA DANKO
SPECIAL:ANGEL MCNABB
SERMON: BRO RANDY KETCHERSIDE
SPECIAL: BRO JOSH GARCIA
SERMON: BRO LARRY DANKO
SATURDAY
PRAISE & WORSHIP: BRO JASON MCNABB
I WILL SING OF THE MERCIES
I WOULD NOT BE DENIED 238
10,000 REASONS (Bless the Lord)
EVERY PRAISE - I WILL CELEBRATE
JESUS NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES
TESTIMONY: SIS PAULA ALLEN
SPECIAL: I’VE GOT THAT OLD TIME RELIGION IN MY HEART
SERMON: DAVID ALLEN
FELLOWSHIP
SUNDAY
PRAISE & WORSHIP: JOEL MCNABB
THOU HAST TURNED MY MOURNING
I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES
I WILL PRAISE
SHOUT TO THE LORD
LORD I COME TO YOU (THE POWER OF YOUR LOVE)
HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD
OFFERING:BLESS THE LORD O MY SOUL
TESTIMONY: BRO YAQUB SADIQ
FROM Lahore, Pakistan
SPECIAL: JOSH GARCIA
SERMON: DAVID MCNABB
FELLOWSHIP DINNER