Topic: Truths About Family Life
Testimony of a lady (known as L.D) who suffers from a sharp pain in the neck. She watched Pastor's broadcast on TBN and was delivered from the pain.
Pastor asks everyone to say "In Christ I'm ageless".
Romans 6:6
Our sinful nature was nailed on the cross. But Pastor, I still sin, how? God does not look at your self which you are disappointed in, as it is already on the cross. As far as God is concerned, your sins are already no more. He died not only for our sins, He died for us. He did not go to the Father for Himself. He came, died for us, rose for us, sat next to the Father for us. God is looking at Christ who is perfect. We should look away from self to the same object of delight with God and say "This is who I am". Christ is beautiful in any ways you turn Him.
Even before you start the day, know for sure God is looking at you like Christ Himself. Christ is our common object of joy and delight. It is only when we feed, we have true holy communion. You may have your own interpretation of holiness but yet not close to God.
Pastor is going to share today something that has been burning in his heart. He is sure it's going to bless you. Today's topic will be on family's life. Recently, Jesus revealed to him that his children ages are widely spread so that he can be relevant to everyone. Pastor joked that his life is "messed up" because of us.
Pastor shared a "Permission to date my daughter" form which her daughter showed to him this week. Questions like "What does late means to you?", "Write in less than 50 words about yourself", etc.
Family is your greatest treasure. No point being a public success but a private failure. We don't want our house and children to be in order because of your pride. Children know and will pick them up. All children want to live for something greater. Children become resentful if they know you do things for your pride. Don't let other people educate your children. This is your children, your family. Fathers have more privileges than mothers in bringing up children in the bible.
Deuteronomy 11 talks about speaking God's word to your children. It's got to do with the way you father your children. In the bible, fathers are always mentioned about bringing up children.
If you are a single mother, don't feel discouraged because Jesus restores many times more anointing than you can ever imagine.
In Old Testament, people work before the sun comes up. In those days, they were working long hours.
Whatever you/fathers allow, you are responsible for it. You cannot blame your wife when bad happens; you are responsible for the consequences because you allowed it.
Adam fell because he does not speak up. We cannot keep quiet and allow the rain to continue to fall. God will never allow things with no anointing over you. You should never always be passive just because you are embarrassed. It is to be cool to be authoritative, not being aggressive. These are 2 different things.
You have the authority. Don't just keep quiet. God's heart is for the family. Don't think that God only just saves you. He want to save you and your whole family.
One time on earth where the everything is perverted because man lived with demons and produced giants. Noah was the only man left who was righteous.
Genesis 7:1
Verse 1: "you and all your household". Notice God did not say his wife or sons were righteous. Noah's family benefited from Noah's righteousness. God's heart is that when the father is saved, the blessings are going to affect the whole family. It literally means because of you, Jesus will do things because of YOU. This is the covenant God has with you. Jesus can touch your family because of you. His heart is for you and your household.
Luke 19:9-10
"Today salvation has come to this house". Notice it is the entire household that is blessed.
Genesis 18:16-19
Verse 17 & 18: We know Abraham is not a perfect man.
Verse 19: This verse talks about the criteria that God is looking for in man whom He can trust.
Acts 11:13-14
Verse 13 & 14: Notice the angel said "tell you words by which you and your household will be saved". Angels are not ordained by God to preach the gospel. Notice "you and your household" mentioned by the angel.
Acts 16:31
Verse 31: God says believe in The Lord and you will be saved, you and your household.
Verse 34: Once he believed, it becomes easier for the rest of the household to believe.
Pastor is very thankful for the Benjamin generation. They are facing more temptations that those we went through during our time. It is time for you to speak with authority. Your children find it more cool to hear you speak rather than hearing praises from their friends.
Don't be a parent saying that my 9 year old doesn't want to go to church. We cannot make our children into anything. God taught us to train them and the rest is up to God.
Parents remember this: Children always want to do right. Many children are swept by their friends. Maybe it's a wild party and your children dare not reject the offer. Tell your children "no" so that they can just blame it on you. Friends who hear that you have a authoritative father will step back and look for another prey.
Don't think for a moment that by saying "no" will lead them to grow up with a warped personality or appear on Oprah Winfrey show saying my father deprived me from this and that.
1 Kings 5-6
Verse 5: This man is full of pride. Why? Look at next verse.
Verse 6: "His father had not rebuked him anytime". They grew up thinking the world revolves around them. God tells us to train our children based on His wisdom, not based on psychology.
We always think never to displease our children means to be nice to them. That's nonsense!
Never think that your children is too young to be taught. Parents need to teach when they are young. He shared an example of how Justin likes to take the remote control and puts it in his mouth. Pastor as a father said "no" to him a few times and it could be seen that he actually understood - by lowering his hand with remote control.
Facebook is an open-book to parents. Leave it this way. Kids love to say things like " Don't you trust me?" As a father, say "no". Say "I don't trust my flesh too". "Do you want me to send a lady, not your mummy home?"
Pastor shared how back then an older boy attempted to date her daughter. This older boy sent mobile messages with words that was coated with so much with honey that pastor joked whoever reads it may turn diabetic. Pastor called the boy and told him not to contact her daughter anymore. At the same time asked him to inform his parents that Pastor Prince called. This is your child. This is yours.
Don't let others educate your children. Do it yourself. When you see your child reading things not good, tell her.
Adultery always started innocently. It doesn't work by directly going to bed. It doesn't work that way. When you start to feel flirtatious, curb it. It started by sending them home. Next time give them taxi fare. That's being wise.
Proverbs 22:6
Verse 6: Train up a child in the way she should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Pastor shares what it really means in Hebrew. The word "train" means chanak. It is to place something into the mouth for tasting. In essence, it means to give your child a taste of God. There comes a time your children needs to taste God. Don't deprive your children from the youth ministry. They may not like it. Lead them, train them in a way he should go. The word "go" in the verse above means peh - mouth. When they look back, they will remember their first encounter with God, or even that church camp. Until today, Pastor still remembers the first time he encountered Jesus and the first song he learnt during Sunday school - Silent Night.
Don't think for one moment that children cannot sense things. Train them to speak well, the language of the promised land. If you leave it to them to speak unpleasant words, next time when they are angry, these words comes out automatically. This is being demon-controlled - don't misunderstand it with demon-possessed because this never happens to God's child.
Another scripture that's going to blow your mind.
2 Timothy 3:15
Verse 15: Paul told Timothy this verse. "Salvation" means wise in handling your health, finances. Don't always think that salvation only just means saviour.
2 Timothy 1:5
Verse 5: It was Timothy's grandmother who taught this to his mother, Eunice. It has to be taught.
Back to 2 Timothy 3:15, the word "child" is brefos which actually means foetus, or a new born child. It is used on babies, not for toddlers. With that in mind, from a baby, they hast known the holy scriptures. Don't care if they understand or not, sing scriptures over your child. They can sense the blessings of the scriptures.
Pharaohs in the bible is a picture of satan. Moses is a type of Christ. There are 4 objections of satan. The 4th one is for children.
Exodus 10:7-12
Verse 9: "We will go with our young, our sons and daughters, because we must hold a feast to the LORD."
Let your children taste Jesus.
Verse 10: This is how the satan talks according to this verse. Satan says, since you believe in the Lord, then you go, leave the children behind.
Since you enjoy the things of God, you should also let them have a taste and not deprive them. Do you want to leave them in Egypt?
Don't allow the PG13 rating become the license for your child to watch the movie. You be the parent.
Even though your teen has been led astray, you know they have already tasted Jesus before and will always come back. God will always restore what the locusts have taken. Dare to displease your children. Don't think that children are stupid, they can sense your sincerity. God has already given you the charisma, wisdom and authority. So you don't have to shout at them. Speak like a man of God and your words will carry weight.
Be like godly Caleb, even though he was 40 years old, he was able to take the land. People of faith don't grow old. Even when he was 85 years old, he drove the giants away. This inheritance is yours to take. Don't say the social media is too much to take. Take the land like the mighty Caleb.
In closing,
Pastor will say a prayer for everyone to possess a spirit of honour and weightiness to come upon everyone present.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
14 October 2012
Topic: Panoramic View of God's purposes
A testimony of a man in New Jersey who was removed from addiction to pornography.
Another testimony of a couple who was healed from cyst in one of her ovaries.
Pastor to share a panoramic view of God's plans and purposes for us. Pastor asked how many have actually noticed that the world is not perfect and is a fallen world? Jesus will return. Only when He returns then it will be a perfect world. This earth we are in is not what God ordained it to be. Man wasn't meant to feel bored. That is why the bible calls death as an enemy. The last enemy to be put under Jesus feet is death. Something in us, the image of God, tells us that death is not meant to be. That is why we cry at funerals.
The prayer: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven in essence means abundance, peace, healing that is in heaven will also be present on earth.
When God made man, He said it was very good. The rest He created were just good. God created man last so that we can enjoy all the good. Our bible says God supply all our needs and we shall not want. Whereas the world says He supplies our needs but not wants.
God gave an oversupply of blessings when He just created Adam and Eve, because it is just 2 of them. He is always a superabounding God. He instructed man to eat all trees and told man not to eat from the only tree. So why did God created that tree? This was a demonstration for man to have a free choice. It is just like tithing. It is to recognise Him as your source. This is the secret which the world doesn't understand. The 90% goes further than the 100% of the world. When you acknowledge God, He blesses you more and more, you get richer and richer.
If God were to use His power to stop Adam from taking from that tree, it would not be a free choice. Just like many men dream of being able to control his wife. In reality, this will not last because we are not created to enjoy robots.
You can say you have the free choice and not be bothered about the consequences. It's true you have a free choice. But if you place your finger in the fire, it does not mean that you will not face the consequences.
God is love. But He is also justice. If there is no justice, there will be no order. Therefore sin must be punished. It is just like you hating the disease in your baby. How much you hate the disease is how much you love your baby. It is the same way as how much God hated sin. He hates sin just as much as He loves you. So, somebody has to pay for sin. Adam and Eve wanted to pay for their own sins by demonstration of covering themselves with "salad dressing". It was God who clothed them with coats of skin. It was a beautiful picture of His son dying for our sins. The covering Adam provided is not perfect because it was through man's effort. The covering provided by God is perfect.
God then said to the snake that the woman's seed will crush your head. God was actually prophesying the virgin birth. It was not too long ago that it was found out that the placenta of the mother does not go to the baby. Sin is in the blood but Jesus came through royal blood. It is only through innocent blood that the guilty can be forgiven. In the past, the blood of bulls and goats last only for a year. Jesus blood last eternally. We love Him much because we are forgiven much.
Ever since sin came forth, depression, sickness, poverty and ultimately death came in. But the devil does not know when Jesus is coming. That was why he instigated the fight between Cain and Abel. Its ultimate purpose is to stop Jesus from shedding the blood for all mankind.
The negative effects of the earth are still present today. Some may think that it is God's will not to heal anyone today. But it that is true, definitely the bible will show at least there is someone who wasn't healed when Jesus walked on earth.
God will never force good righteous life, blessings and other good things in your life. He respects your free choice.
Romans 5:20
The verse says that law entered. This word "entered" is pareiserchomai - come alongside, come in by stealth. This shows that it was not God's agenda. However, man was proud and challenged God that they are able to keep the law. The law came on the side. It was not given for man to obey. Law was given so that sin (offense) will increase. So at the end of the Ten Commandments, God provided man to bring sacrificial animals. David, Solomon and other great man of God were blessed because they offered burnt offerings. It was only when man started to worship other gods and stopped burnt offerings that caused the blessings to stop. You know these burnt offerings were only temporal. Jesus' blood takes away all your sins and lasts a lifetime.
Do you think you need grace in this life? When Jesus saved you, do you think you were really good? If that's what you think, it's very likely you are not saved.
We still need laws to govern nations. But how many know that it is only to guard the outward manner of man. We believers are under grace. If you have to command someone, it means that person is lacking of that thing. God wants you not to commit adultery and love your wife. God wants you not to steal because He will provide. Adam and Eve were led to believe that God doesn't love them.
The logic of unbelief is really stupid comparing with the simple belief of a little child. Many of us don't stop and think about it. How beautiful is the belief of child-like faith. All along God's main agenda is to save man.
God did not give up His arch angels for you but instead He gave His most precious. See how valuable you are to God.
Pastor jokes that the sermon just started.
People may claim that why does the good suffer? There are no good people that suffer. We do not really know who is really good. Some may appear good for an ulterior motive. The very fact that you ask this question means that you think that there are some good. But Jesus said there are none good. Jesus came to make dead people live. There's no degree of goodness for anyone, just like no degree of bad.
A drowning man is only ready to be saved when he gives up. We interpret events in life like how can the righteous suffer? The bible says the days will only get worse and worse. It is the presence of the church that prevents more crisis that are happening.
Luke 13:1-17
Verse 1: During that time, Galileans were killed. The Romans must have came to Jesus and "told" Him of that.
Verse 2: Then Jesus answered them by asking if those Galileans were the worst sinners? What He means is that all man are all the same - sinners.
Verse 3: Jesus said unless you repent, otherwise you may perish. The word "repent" means to change your mindset. We need to know and accept Jesus as our protection so that we will never have to perish.
Jesus wants to cover you under His wings, away from the bad of the world.
Before we judge or criticise anyone, we need to reflect. We like to criticise to look good ourselves. If not by the grace of God, that person could be you.
Verse 4: Siloam was where the blind man's sight was restored. The Romans despised the people of Galileans. When Jesus came, He levelled everyone in status and saved everyone.
Do you know how much powers of darkness are coming for you if not for God's mercy on you?
Verse 5: Unless you know the true God, you will not perish. Back then, no one believed.
Pastor points out that we really need God's grace. We should stop the criticism-of-others type of nonsense. We are all the same if not for His mercy and grace.
Verse 6: A certain man had a fig tree. It did not say who this man who planted it. In fact, it was planted by somebody. The fruits are grapes- wine.
Self righteousness comes about when you say why do good people suffer. These are the people who rather find fault with God than themselves.
A fig tree is a picture of the law and there were no fruits to be seen.
Refer to Deuteronomy 22:9 to read on the fig tree.
Verse 7: The keeper is Jesus himself. For three years God's ministry was on earth.
Verse 8: It is the fourth year. The word "fertilise" is dung in KJV. So what is dung?
In Philippians 3:8-9, dung is all your so called achievements people are proud of in the natural. In verse 9, it says it is only through the righteousness of faith. A lot of people are still holding onto their own righteousness. Jesus couldn't find enough "dung" to save Jerusalem.
There is no logic of you being 30% good and 70% bad kind of theory.
It doesn't mean we are perfect. It means our standing with God is perfect. Now that you are born again, your new identity is in the risen Christ. What good works you do cannot change your own self.
In closing,
How much of grace do you really need? Some always think they have a part to play. Even today, there are still people who are still hankering on their life. That is the reason you are disappointed. Look away outside your self, look at Christ.
From now on, you will not be judged on who you are, or through your thoughts. You are only judged by the death of Jesus Christ. Literally God is saying, start to identify yourself. The bad thoughts are not the real you. The real you has been crucified on the cross and is now at God's right hand.
Depression is being occupied with yourself while being happy is to be occupied with Christ.
The moment you realise that, you become Christ occupied. We need all of His grace. Many major events are now happening around the world. The world and the smarts are coming to an end.
In the bible, when the children of Israel yearned for quail eggs in the desert, God made quails flew low for them. When God breathes and sends His grace coming for you, things will happen for you. You don't have to strive or compete.
Many of times we thank God for the close encounters but we do not thank Him for protecting us from the unseen. We need His grace even for the air we breathe in everyday.
If you act like you only need Him in your life, Jesus will extend His wings. If you have something to do this week, trust in Him, He will bring you through. Do not worry about what is next to come because His manna comes fresh everyday. Jesus has already gone into your Mondays, Tuesdays and has already removed all the danger. What you need to say during your meetings or presentations and your feeling have already been well taken care of.
Be cool and rest in Him!
A testimony of a man in New Jersey who was removed from addiction to pornography.
Another testimony of a couple who was healed from cyst in one of her ovaries.
Pastor to share a panoramic view of God's plans and purposes for us. Pastor asked how many have actually noticed that the world is not perfect and is a fallen world? Jesus will return. Only when He returns then it will be a perfect world. This earth we are in is not what God ordained it to be. Man wasn't meant to feel bored. That is why the bible calls death as an enemy. The last enemy to be put under Jesus feet is death. Something in us, the image of God, tells us that death is not meant to be. That is why we cry at funerals.
The prayer: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven in essence means abundance, peace, healing that is in heaven will also be present on earth.
When God made man, He said it was very good. The rest He created were just good. God created man last so that we can enjoy all the good. Our bible says God supply all our needs and we shall not want. Whereas the world says He supplies our needs but not wants.
God gave an oversupply of blessings when He just created Adam and Eve, because it is just 2 of them. He is always a superabounding God. He instructed man to eat all trees and told man not to eat from the only tree. So why did God created that tree? This was a demonstration for man to have a free choice. It is just like tithing. It is to recognise Him as your source. This is the secret which the world doesn't understand. The 90% goes further than the 100% of the world. When you acknowledge God, He blesses you more and more, you get richer and richer.
If God were to use His power to stop Adam from taking from that tree, it would not be a free choice. Just like many men dream of being able to control his wife. In reality, this will not last because we are not created to enjoy robots.
You can say you have the free choice and not be bothered about the consequences. It's true you have a free choice. But if you place your finger in the fire, it does not mean that you will not face the consequences.
God is love. But He is also justice. If there is no justice, there will be no order. Therefore sin must be punished. It is just like you hating the disease in your baby. How much you hate the disease is how much you love your baby. It is the same way as how much God hated sin. He hates sin just as much as He loves you. So, somebody has to pay for sin. Adam and Eve wanted to pay for their own sins by demonstration of covering themselves with "salad dressing". It was God who clothed them with coats of skin. It was a beautiful picture of His son dying for our sins. The covering Adam provided is not perfect because it was through man's effort. The covering provided by God is perfect.
God then said to the snake that the woman's seed will crush your head. God was actually prophesying the virgin birth. It was not too long ago that it was found out that the placenta of the mother does not go to the baby. Sin is in the blood but Jesus came through royal blood. It is only through innocent blood that the guilty can be forgiven. In the past, the blood of bulls and goats last only for a year. Jesus blood last eternally. We love Him much because we are forgiven much.
Ever since sin came forth, depression, sickness, poverty and ultimately death came in. But the devil does not know when Jesus is coming. That was why he instigated the fight between Cain and Abel. Its ultimate purpose is to stop Jesus from shedding the blood for all mankind.
The negative effects of the earth are still present today. Some may think that it is God's will not to heal anyone today. But it that is true, definitely the bible will show at least there is someone who wasn't healed when Jesus walked on earth.
God will never force good righteous life, blessings and other good things in your life. He respects your free choice.
Romans 5:20
The verse says that law entered. This word "entered" is pareiserchomai - come alongside, come in by stealth. This shows that it was not God's agenda. However, man was proud and challenged God that they are able to keep the law. The law came on the side. It was not given for man to obey. Law was given so that sin (offense) will increase. So at the end of the Ten Commandments, God provided man to bring sacrificial animals. David, Solomon and other great man of God were blessed because they offered burnt offerings. It was only when man started to worship other gods and stopped burnt offerings that caused the blessings to stop. You know these burnt offerings were only temporal. Jesus' blood takes away all your sins and lasts a lifetime.
Do you think you need grace in this life? When Jesus saved you, do you think you were really good? If that's what you think, it's very likely you are not saved.
We still need laws to govern nations. But how many know that it is only to guard the outward manner of man. We believers are under grace. If you have to command someone, it means that person is lacking of that thing. God wants you not to commit adultery and love your wife. God wants you not to steal because He will provide. Adam and Eve were led to believe that God doesn't love them.
The logic of unbelief is really stupid comparing with the simple belief of a little child. Many of us don't stop and think about it. How beautiful is the belief of child-like faith. All along God's main agenda is to save man.
God did not give up His arch angels for you but instead He gave His most precious. See how valuable you are to God.
Pastor jokes that the sermon just started.
People may claim that why does the good suffer? There are no good people that suffer. We do not really know who is really good. Some may appear good for an ulterior motive. The very fact that you ask this question means that you think that there are some good. But Jesus said there are none good. Jesus came to make dead people live. There's no degree of goodness for anyone, just like no degree of bad.
A drowning man is only ready to be saved when he gives up. We interpret events in life like how can the righteous suffer? The bible says the days will only get worse and worse. It is the presence of the church that prevents more crisis that are happening.
Luke 13:1-17
Verse 1: During that time, Galileans were killed. The Romans must have came to Jesus and "told" Him of that.
Verse 2: Then Jesus answered them by asking if those Galileans were the worst sinners? What He means is that all man are all the same - sinners.
Verse 3: Jesus said unless you repent, otherwise you may perish. The word "repent" means to change your mindset. We need to know and accept Jesus as our protection so that we will never have to perish.
Jesus wants to cover you under His wings, away from the bad of the world.
Before we judge or criticise anyone, we need to reflect. We like to criticise to look good ourselves. If not by the grace of God, that person could be you.
Verse 4: Siloam was where the blind man's sight was restored. The Romans despised the people of Galileans. When Jesus came, He levelled everyone in status and saved everyone.
Do you know how much powers of darkness are coming for you if not for God's mercy on you?
Verse 5: Unless you know the true God, you will not perish. Back then, no one believed.
Pastor points out that we really need God's grace. We should stop the criticism-of-others type of nonsense. We are all the same if not for His mercy and grace.
Verse 6: A certain man had a fig tree. It did not say who this man who planted it. In fact, it was planted by somebody. The fruits are grapes- wine.
Self righteousness comes about when you say why do good people suffer. These are the people who rather find fault with God than themselves.
A fig tree is a picture of the law and there were no fruits to be seen.
Refer to Deuteronomy 22:9 to read on the fig tree.
Verse 7: The keeper is Jesus himself. For three years God's ministry was on earth.
Verse 8: It is the fourth year. The word "fertilise" is dung in KJV. So what is dung?
In Philippians 3:8-9, dung is all your so called achievements people are proud of in the natural. In verse 9, it says it is only through the righteousness of faith. A lot of people are still holding onto their own righteousness. Jesus couldn't find enough "dung" to save Jerusalem.
There is no logic of you being 30% good and 70% bad kind of theory.
It doesn't mean we are perfect. It means our standing with God is perfect. Now that you are born again, your new identity is in the risen Christ. What good works you do cannot change your own self.
In closing,
How much of grace do you really need? Some always think they have a part to play. Even today, there are still people who are still hankering on their life. That is the reason you are disappointed. Look away outside your self, look at Christ.
From now on, you will not be judged on who you are, or through your thoughts. You are only judged by the death of Jesus Christ. Literally God is saying, start to identify yourself. The bad thoughts are not the real you. The real you has been crucified on the cross and is now at God's right hand.
Depression is being occupied with yourself while being happy is to be occupied with Christ.
The moment you realise that, you become Christ occupied. We need all of His grace. Many major events are now happening around the world. The world and the smarts are coming to an end.
In the bible, when the children of Israel yearned for quail eggs in the desert, God made quails flew low for them. When God breathes and sends His grace coming for you, things will happen for you. You don't have to strive or compete.
Many of times we thank God for the close encounters but we do not thank Him for protecting us from the unseen. We need His grace even for the air we breathe in everyday.
If you act like you only need Him in your life, Jesus will extend His wings. If you have something to do this week, trust in Him, He will bring you through. Do not worry about what is next to come because His manna comes fresh everyday. Jesus has already gone into your Mondays, Tuesdays and has already removed all the danger. What you need to say during your meetings or presentations and your feeling have already been well taken care of.
Be cool and rest in Him!
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