{"id":365336,"date":"2021-11-11T02:48:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T23:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/preacher-gives-live-sermon-outside-his-burning-home\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T02:48:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T23:48:20","slug":"preacher-gives-live-sermon-outside-his-burning-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/preacher-gives-live-sermon-outside-his-burning-home\/","title":{"rendered":"#Preacher gives live sermon outside his burning home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Preacher gives live sermon outside his burning home<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The flames that engulfed his home were no match for his burning faith. <\/p>\n<p>Sammy Smith, founder of Grace Cathedral Ministries in Piedmont, South Carolina, took to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> Live on Monday morning as the Simpsonville Fire Department worked to contain a fire that had overtaken the second floor of his home, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyff4.com\/article\/faith-leader-preaches-live-as-home-goes-up-in-flames\/38202874\">according to local news outlet WYFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy house is on fire. My house is on fire,\u201d he repeated several times \u2014 adding, \u201cOh, my God\u201d and \u201cJesus\u201d \u2014 as flames roared <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sammysmith1957\/videos\/156340796660801\">in a video<\/a> posted to his personal Facebook page. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s burning up, y\u2019all. Y\u2019all are watching it live, just like I am,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Once flames had subsided, Smith <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sammysmith1957\/videos\/1088974191925397\/\">went live again<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s Apostle Sammy Smith, standing in front of the ruins of my used-to-be house,\u201d he said of his blackened home, which was built only about four years ago, he said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"596\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=596\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20101167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1192 1192w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=894 894w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=596 596w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=298 298w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_04-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\"\/><figcaption>The fire was \u201cGod\u2019s will\u201d said the preacher.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Sammy Smith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe house is probably pretty much destroyed. But God got us out,\u201d he said with a smile during the impromptu sermon. \u201cAnd, you know, God\u2019s will always has to be done. Sometimes we don\u2019t understand his will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then panned the camera to show that his neighbors had even joined the effort alongside first responders to douse the fire: \u201cI got my neighbors out here \u2026 Everybody out here is just loving on us.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=616\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20101141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1232 1232w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=924 924w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=616 616w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 308w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\"\/><figcaption>The Simpsonville Fire Department was joined by Sammy Smith\u2019s neighbors to help put out the fire.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Sammy Smith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe firefighters were wonderful \u2026 It\u2019s gonna be all right,\u201d he added before asking for prayers. \u201cY\u2019all just pray for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who you are, it doesn\u2019t matter what you do, tragedy and circumstances can h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en, you know?\u201d he later told WYFF. \u201cYou just have to be able to roll with the punches sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The father and faith leader said he believed that the fire started by accident, suspecting a busted heating unit or electronics gone haywire. Blessedly, no one was hurt. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"613\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=613\" alt=\"burnt out home of Sammy Smith\" class=\"wp-image-20100681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1226 1226w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=919 919w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=613 613w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=306 306w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_08.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\"\/><figcaption>The entire second floor of Sammy Smith\u2019s 4-year-old home had been destroyed by the accidental fire.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Sammy Smith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Grace Cathedral congregants expressed gratitude towards their God for sparing Apostle Smith, reported WYFF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnowing that God had saved their lives, preserved their lives, that was what was important to us as a church family \u2014 for us to still have them here,\u201d said church member Thomas Bell. \u201cWe could be mourning now, but instead of mourning we can rejoice because we know God saved he preserved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith told the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> station that his daughter and godson, whose bedrooms were upstairs, lost everything in the fire. But, more importantly, their lives were spared. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"603\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=603\" alt=\"Apostle Sammy Smith \" class=\"wp-image-20100732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1206 1206w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=905 904w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=603 603w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=302 301w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Sammy-Smith-Preacher-House-Fire_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\"\/><figcaption>Apostle Sammy Smith later thanked his congregants for the donations and \u201ctheir love.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Sammy Smith<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also thanked the community for their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were bringing up donations and putting them in my hand. And I felt their love. And when I felt their love I became a crybaby. And it was something \u2026 not about the house, not about any of that stuff not about the clothes that were lost, not about the stuff \u2014 their love moved me.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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