Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:00:00]:

Good evening, everybody. Good to see you. Can we just say welcome to our church family online? We haven't seen them maybe in a little bit, but welcome, guys. We're just so glad to see you. And, to be honest, we don't see you, but, hopefully, you see us. And, we'd love to see you again in person. When you guys have a chance to come. We'd love to see you.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:00:17]:

Hey. But this evening, we're continuing a series we started about a month ago and, restoring our awe of God. And when we started, we talked about the awe of God as really basically the holy fear of the Lord, for not being deathly afraid of God, not running from God, but having a fear and a respect and an of God that actually draws us to him? And so, we began by talking about the fact that it's the beginning of wisdom the scripture talks about. It's a foundational principle. It's one of the things that I think in our culture that when we want to talk about love of God. We know the love of God calls us, draws us closer to him, but it's understanding the fear of the Lord that helps us to restrain ourselves from evil. And so we've been talking about this series, and we talked about the beginning of wisdom. We talked about it in terms of us responding to God's word.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:01:18]:

We talked about it in terms of, our friendship and intimacy with God. And And this evening, we're continuing this by about this evening as we've been talking about restoring our awe of God, Knowing that there's also just benefits, that come with that. And I'm guessing that a lot of us that you have benefits somewhere along the lines in your life, whether it's is from your your job or where you you, where you bank or where you, where you live that there's some benefits that you probably don't even take advantage of. I've been kind of a gym guy ever since I went back to school when I went to seminary, and I was, got off came off the mission field. When you're studying all the time, you just have to kinda exercise your body because your mind is the the thing that happens. Right? That's what you're working. So I've been kind of a gym guy ever since then in various kind of a forms. But so I've had a gym membership, but then I started hearing about people who said that They got, like, free gym memberships.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:02:22]:

I go, like, for where? He got, oh, 24 hours or, you know, like the ones that we have here. And I was thinking, like, well, how did you get that? He says, Oh, you're in my insurance, my health insurance. They they I pay well, not free, but it's $5. That's next to free, right, today. $5.5 is next to free today. And, and so they said, you should check your insurance. I go, Yeah. I don't know.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:02:44]:

I don't I never heard of that. And I checked my insurance, and guess what? Yeah. I I could work out for $5 if if I wanted to? Can I just admit something? I haven't done it yet. So in other words, I'm still paying for something that I can get is basically for free. It's a it's a old it's a old membership, so it's not that much. But to be honest, how about, you know, saving money is better than spending money. Right? But I'm guessing there's other things that you get, right, that you guys get as a result of something. You like, whether it is your insurance or your paid time off or your retirement.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:03:22]:

There's these benefits. Lot of those things you may not be using now, but sometimes there's other things. Like, how many of you guys know that maybe where you live, maybe where you get, like, you can get reduced ticket prices to movies or or different kinds of things that you have, like, or free towing from your insurance. I, my car, are a while back that I, it started to bug, and I didn't and I wanted to tow because I just wanted to make sure I didn't have something more seriously go wrong, like a broken timing belt or whatever. And I was thinking, this is gonna cost me till I remembered. Oh, yeah. It's part of the deal with my insurance, my my car insurance. Right? But here's the thing.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:04:03]:

If you are not aware Of the benefits that you are entitled to is very difficult at times to take advantage. And so this evening, what we wanna say is that experiencing and restoring our awe of God. A healthy, holy fear of God has benefits, and God wants you to experience those Spinners, we're gonna talk about 3 things, this evening. You guys ready to do that? Shall we do that together? Yes. Okay. You guys could have coffee, Saturday. Like, You guys probably don't have to do anything else, but, we're gonna look at that this evening. And so I'm gonna, read through a few of these things.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:04:40]:

But one of those things I think that we need to be reminded id of? It's just because you have benefits, don't be this is the the first point. Don't be afraid to contend ten for God's promises. Because sometimes the promises of God, the benefits that God even gives to us as his followers, lowers as his sons, as his daughters, that at times that God gives us promises, but sometimes you work for them at the same time. And that and when I say work for them, it's to contend for, and I'll explain that in a little bit. For instance, Abram or Abraham. In Genesis chapter 12, when he's first called by God, when he's called out out of where he's been living in in a in a place that doesn't know God. He the voice of God comes to him and says, Abraham, I want you to leave where you're living in in Genesis 12, and I want you to go to where I'm gonna show you. And I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing, and all families of the earth will be blessed through you.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:05:44]:

And that specific person, later on, we find is gonna be a man named Isaac. This was God's is clear message. This was the child. Right? And so, here's what it says in Genesis 21, 2. It says it like this. Ready? Let's read what it says. Who is gonna be the blessing? Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted. Right? And so he's saying Abraham had a son.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:06:11]:

He had several, sons, but he he had a son, Ishmael. To be honest, what we see in the Middle East, the scripture even talks about I was talking with one of my sons this this week. And he says, dad, where does all this come from? Why is it so crazy? I said, to be honest, you know what you find? We find that playing now of what was said in Genesis, that the descendants of Ishmael and the descendants of Isaac will have strife between them, and it has been that way for 1000 of years. And so this aspect that we see is this god that god told us this thing would happen, and, it's crazy. It's still happening, today. But here's the thing. It's that that through a series of miraculous events, Abraham goes to find sends his, servant to go find a wife for Isaac. Why? Because Isaac It's supposed to be a son of promise.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:07:08]:

So he needs a wife to have children, and and so they go back to the land that where he's from, and he Miraculously, a woman at the well. Her name's Rebecca. Turns out she's related to, to Abraham, and so, this is the perfect thing. They wanted somebody from the same tribe, same family. And then so Isaac then continues this blessing, And, Rebecca comes back and and gets married. There's only 1 problem that they weren't aware of, that the where What they became aware of when they got married and they tried to have kids, then they became aware that, You know, Rebecca had some fertility issues. She she just couldn't conceive. And maybe in this kind of temp, situation, You might be tempted that sometimes to think, well, it is what it is for some of us.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:07:59]:

It's like, we tried, but then we can't. Right? And and if God wants me to have children now have children, some of us. Or maybe that today, we might think that, hey. I'm gonna go see the fertility clinic, and and, and there's nothing wrong with seeing a fertility specialist. Jasmine, last week, we were talking about that. We're sharing her story, and and after having had 2 miscarriages that what her friends were saying everybody was saying is go seek a fertility specialist. There's nothing wrong with that except the voice of god that just said to her, would you trust me in this? Would you Trust me in this. And I I'm glad that, to be honest, she's not here tonight.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:08:36]:

You know why? Because she's having a baby shower tonight. Right? So aren't you glad that somehow god can take our greatest pains our greatest fears, our greatest hurts, and turn it around and bring life out of it. God can do that in yours. Can you agree that. Let's give God praise that he can turn your greatest pains, greatest hurts, turn it around. And so we're glad for that. But but here's the thing when she couldn't conceive. Sometimes when you hit a roadblock and this time, there was no fertility specialist.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:09:05]:

Right? There was no the clinic to go to. There was no hormone that you could take. There was no, you know, whatever, in vitro. There was nothing like debt. And so, to be honest, they either prayed or they just kinda said it is what it is. And maybe then I'll go through another person. I don't know if you've ever been this kind of a place before where God has promised something in the scriptures. First.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:09:32]:

For instance, he says, he is a provider, but you find yourself behind in your payments. He promises he's a healer, but we find ourselves struggling with health issues. He promises that he will lead us and shepherd us, but you still feel lost. He promises us peace, but then you're caught up in anxiety. I'm gonna guess that that's not rhetorical, really, for many of us that that you understand this aspect. And and so when we're in that kind of a situation, what did Isaac do? Isaac, this is what he did in Genesis 25/21. It says this. Can we read what it says? Let's read.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:10:11]:

Ready? Begin. Isaac pleaded with the lord on behalf of his wife because she was unable to have children. And the lord answered Isaac's prayer, and Rebecca became pregnant with twins. Isaac doesn't throw up his hands and settle. Isaac doesn't single and take another wife. Isaac doesn't go and find some surrogate. He says, not only did God miss to bring a child through me. I believe he promised to bring the child through my wife.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:10:47]:

And so what did he do? He had a specific action. It says that word that he prayed, the word greeted God. He it's a supplication. It's a fervent prayer. And there are some prayers that we pray that are quiet and gentle. And, lord, I just love you today or whatever it is. Or can you just bless this person? Is this kinda like that? And then there's some you're desperate. Some of you are desperate.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:11:13]:

You guys ever been desperate for something? Right? We're desperate for help. We're desperate for deliverance. We're we're desperate for breakthrough that sometimes that that's what leads us to an earnest prayer. Don't be afraid of desperation because desperation sometimes leads us to fervent and earnest prayer. James 516 says this, is that the earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Let's say wonderful results. But it's predicated on something right first, that fervent prayer. I didn't understand this.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:11:54]:

And I I this got illustrated to me a number of years ago, and, I was I had a flight. I had to go to LA. There's this conference and this thing I needed to go to, and I went to the airport early. And when I got there, then they we found that the the flight was canceled. And so there's a big mess. You guys know how that works that that, you know, you gotta reschedule, and there's long lines and all that. And there's usually compensation. Right? So, usually, when the The flight is canceled, and they give you there's some kind of compensation.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:12:24]:

And so I'm standing in line, and I see, you know, person after person, I can hear that they're saying, okay. Here's gonna be your voucher for future flights. You know, you get a free flight and you get a free flight, whatever. And they're booking people on different airlines going out, some of them, like, in a few hours. Some of them, like, the next day, that kind of a thing. And I finally get to them and I explained the situation. I'm I'm on this flight and need to rebook my ticket, and then they they start rebooking the thing. And then they say, okay.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:12:53]:

Here's your here's your, ticket. This is your flight that you're gonna go on this flight that's later on tonight. And I and I'm standing there, and I go, okay. And they go, Is there anything else? I go I said, is that it? And they go, yeah. That's it. What what else do you expect? I said, isn't there is some kind of compensation for that. Right? Don't you I I saw other people getting free flights, and then the lady goes, So what what do you want? Like, free flight then? I go, yes. Yes.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:13:23]:

That's I would I would like that. And she's, like, kinda disgusted. And then she says she types in some stuff, and then she gives me a voucher for free flight. Right? And I take the voucher. I wait, and I go on the plane. And then as I'm sitting on the plane and the plane is flying, I I I should be grateful because I I didn't you know, I'm not gonna blow the conference. I'm not gonna kinda I'm not gonna miss my appointment and my car or any of that kind of rides, that kind of stuff. But I'm in my seat just looking out the window, and I'm complaining to god.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:13:59]:

And I felt I said this literally to god. Yeah. Why is it that sometimes I just have to fight for everything? I could see everybody else getting something, and then I heard the lord just say this to me. Well, you're on the flight, aren't you? And I was like, yeah. I am. I'm I'm grateful to be on the flight, but this is the thing is that sometimes the thing that you think is promised. Sometimes you still gotta fight for it. And this is what Isaac discovers.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:14:32]:

It was promised, but when there is an obstruction, when there is a delay, when there is some some kind of a lack Lack of response. Sometimes, we still have to contend for it. Are there things that are like that. God promises you provision. He says that I'm the God who provides. I'm I'm the God who directs. It doesn't mean that we just sit and we say, okay. I'm not gonna go look for a job then.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:15:01]:

Right? No. That's not and we know we most of us know that it doesn't work guy. I'm gonna you're gonna lead me, so I'm just gonna sit, and then you're gonna somehow text me the direction. No. That you we know that we probably have to be involved solved in that process. But here's the thing that sometimes you just have to claim the promise. And then when when circumstance tell you, like, well, so what? You want a free flight? You know what you say? Yes. Absolutely.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:15:26]:

Right? Like and and so, you know, it doesn't mean when I say this, it doesn't mean that you will always get everything that you pray for in the way that you think you should get it. It doesn't mean that when God says I will provide, sometimes it doesn't mean that it's gonna Be in the way that you envisioned it. Some of us, we have prayed for for a spouse. How many of us You guys are married, but and you prayed for a spouse. Okay. Only the spiritual people in the back. All the all the rest of you guys, you guys never pray? I don't know what happened, but I prayed. Right? I prayed.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:16:05]:

But you know what? How did it happen? It didn't how many of you guys said it was exactly how you thought it was gonna happen? Most of the time not. Right? Like, some of you, you guys had to go through a breakup before that happened. Right? Some of us had to go through rejection. Some of you, you asked them out, and they said no, and And then you kept asking, and it was in this continued asking. That's how it happened. Right? There's there's things. God promises that he will lead you. He will bless you.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:16:30]:

But it doesn't always look like how you think it should. And so sometimes we have to contend for these promises. And because God doesn't want us to be resigned to situations, He wants us to believe him for situations. Elijah, when he was called by God to to to go and to pray for the nation of Israel because they had been through several years of drought that in the midst of that drought that God called him to to pray that it would rain. And so he goes up. He he does the staying where they confront The prophets of Baal, a dramatic power of God poured out. Fire falls down from heaven, licks up every it's it's crazy. It's like Like, it's like a movie.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:17:23]:

And then after that, though, rain still hasn't fallen. Right? So So Elijah has to go up to the mountain, and it says he basically curled up, like, in a ball and started to pray. God, would you bring rain? And then he tells his servant, go look. Does you see anything? Nope. He goes back, and he's praying. He he kinda, like, kinda huddled down. Some people say that that kinda old position. It's almost a position like what would be a a a woman in childbirth that you guys I I'm I grew up in Wahoo.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:18:02]:

Outside of Wahoo, there's these places called the birthing stones. I don't know if you guys anybody remembers out there because they're these curved stones where because the the the shape of the rock that they said the Alii women would go there because they would kinda it would curve in the back, and that that kind of a position was the position they would be in when they would give birth. And sometimes it's like in the midst of what you pray for that You are birthing something spiritually. And so he asked again, and still nothing. And then the 3rd time and then he says, and, Oh, I see a little wisp of cloud, kinda like just in the size of a man's hand. And then he continues to pray, And he prays for 7 times till finally the clouds darken and then, spread, And then it says rain fell and drenched the land. Maybe you're 1 prayer away from seeing what you hope for to be something that you can she. Because it doesn't just always happen automatically for whatever the reason.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:19:14]:

Sometimes we don't know why I Rebecca couldn't conceive. She coulda had some physical problems. She could've had some, a spiritual problem. She coulda had. We don't know what it is, but this is what we do know, that prayer, whether is a physical, biological problem. It broke through the biological problem. If it was a spiritual problem, what did it happen? It broke through the spiritual blockage. Right? So we know that Isaac's fervent prayer was what unleashed God's promise in his life.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:19:51]:

And so if there's something for you, if there's a place We're it's contrary to God's word. Sometimes this is what we must do. We must contend for it for ourselves. And when we talk to people at times who are in serious financial condition or serious health condition. Sometimes we say, you know what? You just pray once, and that's it. But there's many of us that you know what? I say, we pray, but we keep on praying. Pray every week. Get together with your friends.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:20:21]:

Ask. Pray together. Go to the prayer corner. Prayer go to the prayer team. Ask them to pray. Ask them to partner with you because God can touch you at the deepest point of your need, whether it's a spiritual issue, an emotional issue, financial issue, a relational issue, it doesn't matter to him. Can we just say, God can make things work. Right? Turn to your neighbor and says, god can make things work.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:20:46]:

God can make things work. You just have to fight for it sometimes. You just have to contend for it sometimes. Don't be afraid to contend for something in prayer. Right? So that's one of the benefits. He says, I am going to fulfill you. I am going to bless you. I am going to give you promises, but sometimes you still have to fight for The second thing is this, that you can count on God's help and protection.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:21:12]:

You can count on God's help and protection. A very well known verse. I love this verse. I I I I say it often. I I I I pray it often for people. I pray it often in for myself. It just says this. Let's read what it says in Psalm angel of the Lord is a guard.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:21:35]:

He surrounds and defends all who fear him. You know, I asked a bunch of young people in this last week. Hey. You guys you guys following what's happening in the news, what's happening in the world. What's happening in the Middle East? And the average young like, when I say young, like, maybe 19 to 23. This is the average response I get. Like, I don't know what's going on. Right? And not everybody, but the that's the that's the average kinda response, and it's because they they're not really kinda keeping track of that.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:22:13]:

But, you know, the thing is that for a lot of us, the ones who've been watching. We understand that part of these things that are happening over there is it can affect oil production. Right? It can affect, oil affects economic, kind of productivity. Right? It it affects it'll have a trickle down in terms inflation. And if because if cost of fuel goes up across the board, guess what guess what happens? Everything else, especially when you live in Hawaii. Everything is dependent on that. Right? So we we understand that. We understand that this little thing that seems to be just a little skirmish against this 20 mile border next to this little isolated kinda self governing section in in Israel called the Gaza Strip that it doesn't necessarily mean it's gonna stay in that section.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:23:03]:

Right? And And so we already see happening from the north that there's missiles and different things, and we understand that you know what? Sometimes something really small turns in something super crazy that you could never. Right? So sometimes we get concerned about that. But if you're concerned about Things like this that you're concerned about the security, your financial security, concerned about your retirement. You're concerned about whatever the case. You're concerned about your kids or your family. You have a right to be concerned, but this is what god doesn't want you to be, fearful and worried. That's not what he wants you to be. He wants you to take authority.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:23:41]:

He wants you to be serious about it. He wants you to understand. But it says this, when God says he helps those who fears the Lord. He is a guard around them. The the word that is used is the word in in Hebrew, which means is to encamp. It's a camp. It's a protective enclosure that a military would use, an army me would use, and it's derived from the the word to bend and curve. In other words, they're they're they're kinda making a kinda opposite of a wishbone.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:24:13]:

Right? Like a you know, like, for football people, but they're they're, they're they're creating a line around it. That's that's what it's used. And and so the the the it was originally circular in layout, but probably this aspect became like semicircle because the direction of the enemy. That's what it says, that God begins to put a a, basically, a contingent. He he puts a he puts a frontline in front of you. He puts he puts heavenly host in front that's Like a protective guard that encamps around you. And what does that mean? Maybe it's similar to what God said to the prophet Isaiah, and and it seems this way more relevant today than maybe it would have even 2 weeks ago. He says this, the in Isaiah 8.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:25:09]:

Can we read this together? Let's read. The Lord has given me a strong warning. Let's say strong warning. Strong warning. Right? A strong warning. Just a warning, but, hey, a strong warning. What? Not to think like everyone else does. He said, don't call everything conspiracy like they do, and don't live in dread of what frightens them.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:25:34]:

Make lord of heaven's armies wholly in your life. He is the one you should fear. He is the one who should make you Tremble. He will what? Keep you safe. You see, God's promise over and over again in the scriptures is that when you fear him. And when we come and understand the, a reverence of God, we rediscover this awe of God. Then this is what he says. Hey.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:26:02]:

I it's like, when you come under me, then he says, then I'll protect you. I will in camp. I will help you and that we ought not to just think like the world thinks. We ought not to just think like what social media says or even the news says, and not everything is a conspiracy. Right? Not everything is a conspiracy, but don't live in dread. What frightens them. It says in the last days that the hearts of men will fail because of fear, Because of wars and rumors of wars. But he says this.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:26:34]:

Instead, Jesus says, instead, look up. Instead, look up because your redemption is drawing closer. In Isaiah, he says this. He will keep you safe. God is your protection and your shield. And that he need you to understand that. Now this is not licensed to go out and do the stupidest, most rebellious thing that you can do and expect God to protect you from consequences. Right? And we understand that.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:27:05]:

So that because we because we have a reverence for God that we wouldn't want to do that. Right? We we want to do what is right. We want to follow God. But because if we are living with the holy fear of God and awe of the Lord, We don't want to justify those things. So this is not a promise. At the same time, not just for every person who says they're Christian. Right? It's a promise that says, for those who fear the lord, to those who reverence him, that those who want to obey what his word is, those that when god speaks, that We take it seriously. God says this is a strong warning because he says that last week, we talked about that that that There will be many who claim to follow Jesus, but then he's gonna say, I never knew you.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:27:56]:

Why is that? Because they were living to be out to be honest, that they We're ultimately living to please themselves. They were ultimately living to for power or position or influence or for benefits of fits up those things, but not really for God. But so this is what he says. But when we when we honor him, when we have a reverence for him, this is what he says. For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us what? To deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, that we should live soberly and righteously and godly in the present age. And when he says when that happens, is he says, god god has a protection. You know, there's been times probably that you have that You know that things could've gone really wrong if God hadn't intervened. Right? I'm guessing you guys have things like that.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:28:51]:

There's been things in my life I can see that that things could be go really, really wrong. Before I was a pastor, I was a missionary. Right? Worked mostly with college students, and and we did training and discipleship and took them on missions and things like that. And, We had this 1 kid that got involved that was just kinda odd. Different different kid came from, I'm not sure how he got connected with us as some friend of a friend, possibly. I forget now. But when he came in that he he started kinda getting sass with one of the the girls in the in the ministry, and we began to try to say, hey. You know, you you cannot cross these lines.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:29:35]:

And and it went back from kinda somewhat like a little bit odd situation to kinda spun out of control. And, actually, she ended up getting a straining order for him, and and then we found out that he, you know, he had some quirks. And, I I would take this kid home sometimes, and He I remember talking to him about it, like, in the car. I just was driving and say, hey. You know, his name was let's just say this. His name was Jeff. And as we're driving, as I'm talking to him, He literally just opened the door and ran away. You know what I mean? Just he didn't wanna talk about it, so he we're at the stoplight, so he just opened the door, ran away somewhere in town even though I know he lived, like, in central.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:30:22]:

You know, I was taking him home. And it turned out later that, You know, as this thing was getting worse and worse that, he literally threatened to come to the ministry and shoot everybody and to kill this girl. And so we ended up calling the police, and we called the police. And the police basically said we can't do thing until unless we see them in the middle of this, and then we call campus security at And so I don't know what do you want us to do. Like, Should we cancel or whatever? That's what they and he said, well, we can send a couple guys. We can't do anything. We can't stop them outside, but They'll sit inside, and I go, okay. I don't know what that's gonna do, but, like, and literally that night, I just felt like I just need to I still need to shepherd these people.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:31:09]:

I still am a leader. I'm not a hired hand, But, god, I have this feeling I'm gonna get a shot tonight. I called the guy's house where he lived. And I spoke to the roommate, and he told me that roommate had a gun. And I said, can you do me a favor? Can you check if your gun is there? And he went, came back and said, oh, sorry. My gun is missing. And so we knew that he took the gun. And so I just got the guys together, and there's a bunch of students, guys, former football players, and at and different things.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:31:45]:

I said, if you see this guy coming, don't, like, just, you know, clean them out or whatever it is, but but just let us know, and I will I'll be there. We'll we'll kinda come to that place. And I was just literally thinking, you know, yeah. Tonight, I'm gonna get shot. I just had this bad feeling. You guys you know what I mean? So we we had a time. We just prayed. And all we prayed was, lord, that this is your promise, That the angel of the Lord encamps around us.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:32:14]:

Fear him. We did the practical thing. We called the police. We called the security. We did what we could. We were we considered canceling, but I said, let's not give in to the spirit of fear. And we just prayed. And, you know, the thing is that he he he didn't show up that night.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:32:33]:

We don't know why. He never said. He ended up going to prison later for something entirely different. He ended up robbing a bank. And, You know, the thing is that later on, the FBI came to I was on a different, staff at at a different church. And the FBI came. I wasn't there at that time, and they were asking about him. And he said, yeah.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:33:01]:

This guy needs help because we we found out he robbed a bank, and they said, yeah. But he robbed a bank that he worked at, so Everybody knew who he was. You know what I mean? So something was wrong with him. Right? But but can we just say that sometimes god needs to show his presence? Because, yeah, something was wrong, and I you know, he he spent time in a facility. Right? But God had a protection over us. Now there may be times that what you're going through is scary. It's painful. It's difficult, and you suffer.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:33:39]:

And and God doesn't promise that we won't have any suffering in life. In fact, Jesus said that sometimes in this life, right? You're gonna suffer. Sometimes there's difficulty in life, but he just says this. Take heart for I've overcome the world. I think, largely, this is not a, You know, like, let's say in Israel, are there believers that that have been injured? May yeah. Maybe. That happens. In Ukraine, are there believers that have got injured? Yeah.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:34:04]:

I I'm gonna guess that there are. But but in those moments, sometimes the suffering that is ordained by God is for the glory of God. But largely, I believe that in and kinda like in the absence of that kind of a just a craziness in us where things are unpredictable. I really believe when God says that he's a protection and a guard, you can take that to the bank. It's not an excuse to be unaware of your surroundings. It's not an excuse to go off, like, in the middle of the night to, like, the bad part of town and bias you know what I mean? That's not what I'm talking about. The the upper you know, use wisdom. But if we think about it, Yeah.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:34:46]:

When god raised up 3 men who feared him, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, And they were said they were told, unless you bow down and you worship the king, we will throw flew you into the fire. But I like you guys, the king is saying. Just bow down. And and this is what it says that that in the middle of that, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's, their response to the king was, oh, Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. I I love what he says. Because if we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the god whom we serve is what? Able to save us, he says. He will rescue us from your power, your majesty. But then this is the kicker, verse verse 18.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:35:36]:

What? But even if he doesn't but even if he doesn't, we want to make it clear to you, your majesty, that we will ever serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up. And what were they saying? We fear God more than we fear you. We fear God. We revere God more than we revere you, and God is able to deliver us. But even if he doesn't, We're still not changing. And when people have that kind of a commitment, god shows up. You read just a few verses later that when they're thrown into the fire, that Nebuchadnezzar is shocked, and and he says says to his advisers. Hey.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:36:21]:

Wait. Wasn't it 3 guys that we threw in the fire and that we see them in the furnace? And he says, yes, your majesty. Certainly, we did, side. And then Nebuchadnezzar says, look. He says, look. Because I see what? 4 men. And we sing a song called another in the fire. You guys remember that? There's another in the fire.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:36:43]:

Right? What is it that's standing, like, next to me. Right? So there's another Okay. Whatever they're saying. Whatever they're saying. I can't quite hear. It's muffled. But here's the thing is that it that it's making reference to this exact story that when they were in the fire, even when they went in the fire, Jesus was with them in the fire. And it doesn't always say that that we will avoid the fire.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:37:11]:

Sometimes he will take us protection through the fire, But you gotta be willing, and you gotta honor him first because this is the promise to those who fear the Lord. Right? And so, you know, sometimes he rescues us from the circumstances and protects us, and sometimes he walks us through. This morning, we did a service in here. We did a funeral in here for a lady that's been part of our church for Quite a while, and a lot of you guys know her. Some of us were in the same life group with Michelle Weaver. And, You know, the thing is that, she came down with cancer, thought it was one thing turned out to be something super dramatic, had been stage 4 by the time they found out was given just a couple months, 2, 3 months to live. That's generally what happened. But, you know, the thing is that what was said about her today as friends and family just came up and talked and kinda shared about their experience with Michelle.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:38:19]:

The the thing that she said, the the words that came off the most was that what a gracious lady she was. Just the the grace that she had, the way she dealt with people. And I experienced that. Like, I'm visiting her in the hospital. I'm visiting her on her deathbed at her apartment. I'm visiting, and this is the without fail, every time I visit, pastor Glenn, how are you today? I'm thinking, why are you asking me that? I'm good. Right? Like, whatever is going I'm well, I'm going true. I'm good compared to what you're going through.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:38:55]:

I'm not I don't see that, but that's what I'm thinking in the back of my head. But she never complained About her situation. She never said why me. But you know what? She just recognized. She was saying, Let's contend. I said, can we contend for healing in this situation? She said yes. But even if he does not heal I know my redeemer. And, you know, she it's not that she wasn't afraid at Times, I think that would be maybe a little too much that when we kinda face those moments, everybody gets fears, But it didn't shake her faith, and she had a piece that marked it that when she went to be with the Lord, Her family, her legacy was that, you know what? I wanna follow Jesus like Michelle followed Jesus because I saw Jesus in her.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:39:57]:

And you know that that's just part of the promise. The promise is part that that if you have that kind of a faith, you have that kind of trust that it's gonna live beyond you because it's it's a measurable thing. It's a tangible thing. Paul said this that he says, for I fully expect and hope and I that I will never be ashamed, he says, but I will continue to be bold for Christ as I have in the past, and I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ whether I live Live or die. For to me, living means living for Christ. Dying is even better. It's not that Michelle wanted to die, but she was convinced that Jesus was living in her. And if whether her healing came in fullness on this side of eternity or the next side of eternity, that she would much rather be where Jesus was calling her.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:40:59]:

And because of that, I think everybody recognized that. Is there any fear right now that you're battling fear. Could be about anything. Could be about your future. Could be about your health. I mean, everybody has some kind of a year. Could be about your finances, relationships, your job, your school, the pressure to fit in. I don't I don't know what it is.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:41:23]:

But you know what that often is? It's just the areas that where we just haven't brought that before god. This is those are the areas is that we haven't submitted before god. Those are the people or the kids or the boyfriend or the girlfriend or the husband or the wife that we haven't submitted to God. But when you submit them to God, then you know what we realize? God's covers them. God god's promise extends over them. That that's god wants you to to do that. God wants me to do that. There's fears that I have.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:41:58]:

There's been fears for my kids, and I've had to just place them afresh at the foot of the cross and dedicate them and leave them and say, god, they're they were your kids long before They were my kids. Do you know what it does? It gives me peace. It gives me it gives me the capacity to move forward regardless. But this is this last thing. This is the last point. By the way, I am totally lost because I don't see any time. Okay. I still got little bit time.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:42:31]:

But, normally, there's a time on this thing, so I I know where I am. And I still preach over some like, but but today, I think I'm gonna is on time. But this is what it says. This is the third thing. Receive God's promise of successful living. Receive God's promise of successful living. Let's read what it says, Proverbs 224. Ready? Let's read.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:42:53]:

True humility and fear of the lord lead to riches, Honor and long life. Right? So what's the 3 things? Riches, honor, and long life. But it says this. This is the prerequisite. Right? So he's saying that when we have the the fear of the Lord, when we have the reverence for God, when we have that awe of God, he says there's true humility and fear of the Lord. And part of the reason I think that is is that if you ever see anybody who has a very sincere fear of the Lord, there's usually humility that comes along With that, right, there's usually a humble spirit. There's usually they're not the most prideful people, the people who have the the fear of the Lord, but it says this. He says that riches, honor, and a long life.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:43:38]:

Let me just I'm gonna go over the 3 things, the riches. Riches comes from the word that means wealth, that means riches. Right? And so or to accumulate wealth is so, You know? And for some of us, you know, there's there's there's tension in that because sometimes we think, but doesn't the Bible said that, you know, like, we shouldn't, you know, strive for riches. Yes. It does. It says that. Like, don't totally live everything for riches, but money itself is not bad. Right? Money itself is not evil.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:44:07]:

What does Paul say? It's the, what, love of money. Right? It's the it's the idolatry tree of money? It's it's giving money a power that it was not meant to do. Money is a good servant. It's a poor master. Right? Money is a poor master, but when you tell it what to do, it's a good servant. Right? It it accomplishes What you decide for it to do. And so he says God tells us in Ecclesiastes, by the way, that that if you, You know, if you some people, like I I know some people, like, they they do very well financially, and it's almost like they can feel guilty if you're not careful. Right? Because it's it's like, oh, you guys love money.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:44:54]:

That's why you ever like no. No. No. The scripture doesn't say that. That that sometimes sometimes financial wealth, I haven't experienced like that, but, hey. I have friends very well off Financially, I'm I'm just I I celebrate that. I I'm thankful for them. I'm thankful that God has blessed them like that and that they're entitled can we say this? They're entitled to to eat of the fruit of their labor.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:45:20]:

Last week, I talked a little bit about my brand new car that I bought, Like, a few months ago, right, the Lexus that just happened to be 19 years old. Right? But, you know, so, very used car. I mean, like, I If I have some friends. They roll up. They got brand new Mercedes. I said, hey. Let me drive it. No.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:45:38]:

Just kidding. But I'm happy for them. It doesn't matter. Like, if if that's the the lot that God has given to them, and that's great. They've stewarded those seems well. Nothing wrong with that. But here's the thing, that we all of us ought to save. Right? All of us ought to invest, and all of us ought to give in ways so that we don't consume it all on ourselves.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:46:03]:

Right? That it doesn't matter how much you yet. It just it it's all of us should do that. And Luke tells a story in Luke chapter 12 About a man who who makes some money and and then he makes more money. And and then the more money he makes, the more he starts dreaming bigger dreams. And he says, I'm gonna take all my money, and I'm gonna I'm gonna buy all this place, and I'm gonna tear down all the old barns. I'm gonna build bigger ones, and then And then I'll have room enough to store all the things that I have and all the goods. And then I'll sit back, and I'll say to my life? My friend, you've stored away everything for years to come. Now just take it easy.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:46:47]:

Think and be married. But the problem with that kind of mindset, he says, is that when we just live for the Accumulation of wealth and for the ease of my own life, he says that you never know how long you live. Right? So in the story, he actually says, you fool. Tonight, your life will be required of you, and then who's gonna take What you have? The story is not that riches are bad. The story is consuming all your riches on on yourself and on just your loved ones. Right? He says, that is kind of what you're not supposed to do because he says this, and so is everyone who is not rich toward god. And so, yes, god calls us that when that part of that, if you're blessed financially, god says invest in the kingdom. God says that if you have done well.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:47:46]:

Be blessed. Be thankful for that. Enjoy that. But he says this. Don't consume it all on yourself, All on your friends. All on your loved ones. Don't save it just for that. Use it to advance my kingdom.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:48:03]:

And so his approach is just not to be self centered, not to be wealth centered, but to say this, that money is a tool. It's meant to be a servant to the priorities of God Because money is a good servant, but a poor master. When we let money drive us, It puts us in the wrong place, puts us in the wrong mindset. And so Jesus concludes that. He says, hey. Whoever lives that way. He says, and you're not rich toward god? He says, something's wrong because true wealth isn't even always found on a balance sheet or a portfolio. Right? But but sometimes even he says this, that there's some that they've given up.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:48:52]:

Houses and and brothers and sisters, they've left their families. They've gone into the mission field. I know a ton of people who've gone into to the mission field. No young guy that my friend's son that I I was the 1st guy to babysit Dear baby, and I've held him in in in my hand when he was just a baby, and I once I first got to babysit him, grew up, you know, kinda had his straying years but came to the Lord in college, really, came to the Lord, gave his heart. He's he and his family Now they're in India. You know, graduate from a great college, could've made a lot of money, but they're just they left. What about those guys? Are they gonna be rich? Maybe not in terms of financial wealth. I did that for 10 years.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:49:41]:

I did that for a season of My life until I I transitioned into, just kind of a more church ministry because I wanted to be in a place where I could kinda basically see them get started in life and and even to the end of life. I wanted to be in that kind of a position. But this is what about those guys? In Matthew 19, Jesus gives a promise. He said everyone who has given up houses or brothers sisters or father or mother or children or property for my sake will receive a 100 times as much in return in this life and in the next life, eternal life. You know what it's saying? It's saying because in the people that you bless, in the people that you reach, in the people you know what you're gonna have? More brothers and sisters. Right? You know? More places that you're gonna be invited into those homes, that you're gonna be blessed. You're gonna be encouraged. And so some people are rich financially, and some people are rich relationally, but all of shows all of us ought to be rich toward god.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:50:54]:

Right? And so but that's one of the promises. Well, second thing is Honor. Let's say honor. Honor. What is honor? Because honor is a kind of not a common term in our culture today, but it means means a weightiness, glory, or riches, and it implies a picture of authority like the the the guy. Some of you guys have people in your life that maybe they might not be, at work or in your family. It might be somebody that they're they're not always chirping at everything, but But when they speak, people listen. You guys know what I'm talking about? Right? That they they may not be they don't have to always be in front of everybody.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:51:36]:

In fact, sometimes they're kinda hiding or sting steering out of the way. But when there's is an important decision. They're often asked to speak. And when they say, even if it's a short thing, everybody pays attention. Why is that? Because there's honor. There's a weightiness about them. Right? They're not lightweights. They're not necessarily The guy that everybody says, hey.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:51:59]:

That this they're the crazy party guy, but but he says this, honor. And another word for that It's dignity. Right? In Proverbs 31, it describes the virtuous woman. Often, we read that around Mother's Day and that she's trustworthy and wise and and diligent and energetic, and she's hardworking. And and there's this prosperity, and she's kind, and she helps those in need and defends the helpless. But this is what it says. I love what it says in Proverbs 3125. This is what it says.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:52:37]:

Let's read that. She is clothed with strength and dignity. I'll just be honest. I think my wife fits that description. I think my wife is is a Proverbs 31 1st 25 kind of a woman. And I and I'm honored that that god gave her to me. I I'm blessed that god Has called her and I to live life together, but but because of that, she doesn't always say. But when she says something, There's a weight to it.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:53:11]:

There's a strength to it. There's a dignity to it, and I'm always talking. No. I was kidding. Sometimes. But this is what it says, that when you fear the Lord, you won't be considered a lightweight. That when you fear the Lord, you won't just be The flighty person. You're not gonna be a person who will be ignored.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:53:32]:

You're not gonna be a person that that is on the on the outskirts. But you will be a person that in the right moments, you will be sought out. Right. And here's the last thing about the benefit for the fear of the Lord in terms of this weekend. It's longevity. Longevity. The capacity to be in it over the long haul. Right? It says that the fear of the Lord and humility, it says, True humility and the fear of the lord lead to riches, honor, and long life.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:54:14]:

Right? Now the fear of the lord says this in Proverbs 10/27. It repeats this aspect. It says the fear of the lord lengthens One's life. You know, some of us might kinda be in a place where I know people that They feared the lord, but they didn't live that long. And you know what it says, though? It lengthens one's life. I believe that that there's some people that you know what? They're relatively short in their lives, But I believe that when they fear the lord, god extended their time, that it would have been shorter. My father-in-law, that when he came to the Lord, didn't know God. When he got sick, he came up with this neurological brain disease, and he was dying.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:55:13]:

And when my mother-in-law said, Can you guys just come? I knew that was unusual. My mother-in-law would never ask that. But so we dropped what we were doing. We told the church, hey. Would you guys pray? We prayed as a church, and we went. And I fasted and prayed. And when we got to the hospital, we laid hands on him, and we prayed, and he was unrecognizable. He hadn't been eating At that point for 30 days, he hadn't eaten in 30 days.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:55:44]:

He was on not just an IV, but they were giving some kind of nutrition through, that IV. There was no recognition in his face. If you ever see somebody and you look at them and they look at you and you can see. There's something going on inside. There was nothing. There was no recognition. He I he was unrecognizable There's no effect on his face. And we began to pray, and then he I mean, he began to move.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:56:12]:

He began to respond. And then later, the doctors had said, hey. You know, we always thought that if we give this thing if we give this medication, then he'll get better. But he Was he kept getting worse and worse, and it didn't matter what we get. We expect him to get better, but he didn't. He just kept getting worse. And we expected we give him this, and then he stopped, that he would He'd get stopped, but he just kept going down. And he said until one day, he stopped.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:56:41]:

And then he just started getting better and is better. And then we would give this next medication, and so we thought that it would increase. But he just kept getting better and better. And we thought we give this medication, and then that would make him just go up like that. But he just kept getting better and better. And we just asked, when was that time when he stopped the decline And it started getting better. You know what did he said? The day we came and we prayed. Non Christian doctors in Japan, That's what they said.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:57:14]:

And he had but a good 8 years. Right? No. But a good 8 years. And then he had a hard 5 years, but he had a good 8 years. But to be honest, if he hadn't got intervened, He woulda had 13 years less, but god lengthened his days. Sometimes we don't know. Like, when you see people, they're good people, godly people, love the Lord, fear the Lord, Imagine what woulda happened if god not had lengthened their days. None of us.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:57:56]:

When we have a loved one and we go like, yeah. That's enough. Take them home. None of us are like that. We always want them to stay with us. Right? But the fear of the Lord lengthens your days. It increases your shelf life. I got saved in 19 in 82.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:58:19]:

There have been 7 presidents since then. I got saved when I was 3 years old. No. I was kidding. But I have had, I think, a fairly long shelf life already. 41 years when I think about it. 41 years serving the lord. And I'm not like that old, but my prayer is that I would be like a man called Caleb.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:58:52]:

You guys know Caleb? Caleb and Joshua who served the lord, that he says this. They honored the Lord. They feared the Lord that when the spies went into the land, they said that I don't care if there's giants. I don't care what the situation is. God is able to deliver us. Just follow him. And god had his hand on those 2 leaders, Joshua and Caleb. And then this is what he said 45 years later.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [00:59:23]:

45 years later, he was already 40 plus years old. He says, today, I'm 85 years old, and I am as strong long today as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. So you know what? Give me the land. Let me contend for the promises you gave me for the hill country. That's what he says. You know what? That's how I feel. I'm 41 years older than I was when I came to Jesus, but I feel like I still The same vitality and the same strength. And, you know, The only thing that hinders that the only thing that hinders that is when you get a spirit of pride.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:00:18]:

And that's why it has humility, true humility, and the fear of the lord. Those 2 go hand in hand. There's a picture of a king named Uzziah. That when he became successful, it says he became proud. And his heart made him then act corruptly because of his pride. And he was unfaithful to god, and so god I had to take him down a few notches. Right? But here's the thing. God says this, that if you fear me and there's humility, he says, I'll give you honor.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:00:51]:

I'll give you riches, and I'll give you longevity. And I'll just share this that I I think this is how it worked. A number of years, I was at a conference, and some people that I really respect, that really mentored me and grew me, in the Lord, That, we were there. We were talking, and then I was talking to, you know, this pastor's wife. We're just talking about family, and and, she knows how long I'd been around. And she was asking, like, well, how old are your kids? And my kids were real young at that point. And she says, oh, wow. Glenn, you're such a late starter, a late bloomer, she said.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:01:33]:

Because I was 35 when I got Married. And, and my kids came later. Right? So my fear was always, oh, I don't wanna the kids to go on the soccer field and they say, Nice to see your grandpa came watch you guys play. Right? So but you know what? They they didn't say that, at least not to my face. I don't know what they behind. But but I was a little offended, to be honest. I was a little irritated with what she said, if I'm real honest. Oh, wow.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:02:03]:

I felt, you know, like, a little late bloomer or whatever. But you know what? The whisper of the Lord said this to me. Glenn, it's because you're gonna have a long shelf life. Don't be afraid that that you didn't to start earlier. But because you fear me, I believe he didn't say this, but I believe this is why he said it. Because you fear me, I'm gonna give you length of days. And sometimes I'm seeing my friends, And I'm not known because I'm the flashiest pastor, the flashiest preacher. But you know what people have said? Man, you're always in it for the long haul.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:02:46]:

Right. You're always at it. You don't quit. And it's because this is what God said. When you honor me, I'll give you riches, not always financial, but you have a rich life. You have honor, And there'll be a length of days. Make sense? Miss Bauer has closed in over for her. Father, sometimes we live in a world where everything is going crazy and different things happen.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:03:21]:

We're that we can have peace in you despite all that's happening on the outside. Because when you're alive in us on the inside, Lord, we have your sense of strength, and, father, we have that security in you. And we're thankful, lord, that your promise is that those who honor you, that those who fear you, that those who have that humility, that not only will you bring riches or an an honor in life, but that you would also protect us. Lord, that you would you would Also, call us at times that we're gonna need to contend for promises. And some of us, there's things that right now that you've been believing odd for, but it's a struggle. It's just a struggle. And you know what? That don't quit. Don't give up.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:04:17]:

Keep praying for it. And if there needs to be a shift because sometimes maybe we've been building our life on something else. We've been fighting on it. We've been fighting for it, but we've been fighting for it in our own strength. We've been trying to manipulate. You've been trying to lobby. Be. And and, you know, the thing is is some of that is fine.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:04:36]:

It's just put your hope in god. Put your hope in god. But if that's you today that that we need to contend for something, would you just raise your hand today? Say, that's me, lord. You're saying, Zed. I just I need you to move because I haven't been able to do that yet. And, father, we're just praying right now for those that were contending for what they're contending for. Father, for some of them, I believe it's in the the series of areas of work. And, father, for some of us, it's in in in financial situations.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:05:11]:

Father, for some of us, it's in health things. Some of us, lord, It it's in accomplishing the thing that you a dream that you've placed in our heart. God, we're just saying, lord, that, lord, we just pray, lord, that would you release this thing, with the whatever is the obstacle in the way, father, would you we come alongside, and we stand in agreement with them. And, father, we're just saying that, god, what you promise that you will fill. You're not just a promise maker, but you're a promise keeper. And so, father, help us if there are things that we need to do to fulfill our end of the promise. Lord, whether that's to honor you, whether that's to fear you, lord, whether that's to revere you. Lord, would you just show us so that we might, lord, stand under rock when we pray for these things.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:06:00]:

But, father, we're thankful that for others, lord, would there be riches, would there be honor, and would there be the lengthening of days? Lord, would we be the angel of the Lord that encircles and encamps around them in their home. Lord, them and their business, lord, them and their relationships today. Because, lord, we honor you, lord. And when we honor you, we will fear much less anything else because you are the king. You're the lord. You're the chief over all things today. We declare it, and God's people say in Jesus' name, Amen. Amen.

Pastor Glenn Yamaguchi [01:06:38]:

Hey. God bless you guys. Thanks for joining us this week.