The Preacher's Wife
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- Year:
- 1996
- 123 min
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% % [Choir Singing]
[Boy Narrating] Sometimes, I think
about what we must sound like to God.
% % [Men Singing]
How does He know
who's in trouble and needs help?
How did He know to come to us?
What you are about to see is true.
The names have not been changed...
because nobody believes me anyway.
[Choir]
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[Female Soloist]
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% Weeping may endure for a night%
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Hi, Saul. How're you doin'?
Beverly, it's so nice to see you.
- Hey, Mommy.
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- % Hold on%
That's my mom. The Lord
blessed her with the gift of song.
She's been singing
in this church her whole life.
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- % But He'll be right there%
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Her father used to be
the reverend here.
But he's not anymore.
My daddy is.
That's him...
the one holding his head.
He's not looking too happy...
which is sort of how
this whole story happened.
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- All right, now!
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That's my grandma.
She's staying with us for the holidays.
Everyone says she needs a man...
whatever that means.
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- All right!
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- % God is on the way, say%
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Oh, yes!
Hallelujah!
Oh, yeah!
Let the church say, "Amen."
Look at this, Osbert.
Ninety-six dollars and a button.
Button! Who would put a button
in the collection...?
Oh.
- Times are hard, Saul.
- The church can't pay its bills on that.
Amen.
Beloved, in our exploration
of the text today...
I would like to talk to you
about temptation.
Mm-hmm.
Amen.
And not just the kind you find in
the liquor store or someone else's bed.
I'm talking about
temptation of the soul.
Mm-hmm.
The kind that just kinda, kinda...
kinda creeps up on you
without you even knowing it.
- But God knows.
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God is that little voice inside
that says, "Don't give in."
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- Don't give up.
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Be gone, temptation!
He knows you're tired.
That's why He says,
"Lean on me."
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- Aw.
[Laughter]
He knows you're tempted.
That's why He says,
"Grab on to me...
and together we will rise above."
Amen.
- [Applause]
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
If I didn't know any better,
I'd say you...
thought I needed
some help in there.
Well, when I realized you were
doing one of Daddy's old sermons...
I thought maybe you did.
I was...
hoping that he could make
a difference, even if I can't.
If you ask me,
you did even better than he did.
Really.
I appreciate your support, honey.
[Whispering]
Father, forgive me.
I'd like to talk to you
about temptation.
The kind that creeps up on you.
[Narrating]
And that's me, Jeremiah.
Are you after Daddy's job already?
Well, this is the story.
My didn't-make-it-up story.
- It was one week before Christmas.
- Come on.
The Christmas
I asked Santa Claus to bring me
a brother for Christmas.
Well, Santa doesn't make
those kinds of deliveries, baby.
Oh.
Can Hakim have lunch with us?
Well, I think Hakim's grandma
might want him around today, you know?
But he's my best friend.
Well, maybe she won't
miss him for a while.
- But then you and I
are going downtown, okay?
- Okay.
- Be careful crossing the street.
- I will.
- Look both ways.
- Hakim!
- [Henry] Don't wake his grandma.
- Hakim!
Come on, come on!
Hurry up! All right!
Let's play, Jeremiah!
Okay.
Let's build a snowman.
Come on over here.
Come on over here.
- [Boys Laughing]
- Huh! Huh!
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Child, I'm the only help
in this house.
- Mmm, mmm, mmm.
- Now that was a lovely sermon.
Even better the second time.
Mama, please.
I told you about smoking in the house.
You shouldn't be smoking at all.
Well, there's a lot of things
I shouldn't be doing at all.
[Boys Chattering]
Oh, poor Hakim.
Bad enough his mama ran out,
but to leave him with his grandma.
Bessie Adams can't
take care of no five-year-old!
You know that woman's
two days older than dirt!
Well, she won't
have to much longer.
- Child Welfare's gonna take him now.
- What?
Julia, they're closing
the youth center today.
I have to say good-bye to the kids.
What is his problem?
There is no problem, Ma.
Yeah, and I'm the Queen of the Nile!
Julia, something's been going on
in this house for months now.
I can hear it in your voice
over the phone.
- Mom, maybe you've been
dialing the wrong number.
- Oh, yeah?
Well, somebody just better get
their house in order. That's all I know.
- Well, don't look at me, Ma, okay?
- I'm lookin' at you!
All right. Well, Mama,
you can look at me from behind.
Girl, don't be talkin' to me about
your behind. I gave you that behind!
I don't even know
why I bother wearing this.
It's not doing anyone any good.
And neither am I.
[Boys Chattering Outside]
Lord...
I know You're especially busy
this time of year, but...
I'm just a little tired.
If You get a moment,
I sure could use some help.
- [Jeremiah] Mine's bigger!
- [Hakim] Mine's bigger!
- Mine's much bigger!
- Mine's bigger!
Why did you throw snow at me?
It's all down my neck! [Coughing]
[Dog Barking]
Wow.
- Huh?
- Where'd you come from?
You okay?
No.
You okay?
No. Aaaaaaah!
Hide, run, Hakim, run!
- Wait a... Wait a minute!
- Quick, hurry!
- Here. Hide here.
- I'm here! I'm here!
I'm here!
Thank You, Dear God.
Thank You.
I'm here!
[Laughing]
- What's he doing?
- Huh?
[Laughing Continues]
I'm here!
[Laughing, Whooping]
I'm here!
Ma, it's a snowman.
A real one!
[Young Woman]Joe Hamilton's tearin'
down everything. Why's he doin' it?
Yeah, man, where're we
supposed to chill at now?
They're tryin' to see us
get locked up or shot or something.
Listen to me, listen. It just means
you've got to work that much harder...
try that much harder
to stay out of trouble.
- I'm gonna do my thing.
- Peace, man.
- I'm sorry.
- Where are we supposed to go now?
- I don't know, man.
- You did your best, pastor.
Yeah, you tried.
- Thank you, son.
- Bye.
- Y'all take care of yourselves.
- What do you want to do?
- I don't know.
- Well, it's too cold to stay out.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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