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Praise the Lord Church, today's Church service is all about my testimony, the eyesight journey.

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The scripture says, Be anxious for nothing, but in everything,

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By prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.

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And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus.

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I went to the neuro-optimologist a few days ago and he told me he cannot give me any guarantee

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for the restoration of my eyesight. In that moment I felt down, but in that split moment

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I felt God's reassuring presence within me. He gave me the guarantee that the doctor could not give me.

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For the scripture says, Perfect love cast out all fear. God is perfect and he loves us deeply.

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Despite the struggle I am enduring and he says tribulations and trials may come, but he said,

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Take heart, I have overcome the world. He said this so that when we enter into trials, we can have faith.

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Knowing that whatever he's going to do, it is done. Because not only are we putting our faith in him,

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we're leaning on him, relying on him. That's what it says in the Proverbs.

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Trust in the war with all your heart. Lead not with your own understandings, but in all your ways

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acknowledge him and he will direct your path. The Lord is directing me to look to him, to see him

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more than what is concerning me. Also, he's teaching me about building a more intimate

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relationship with him. At first it was of the surface level, but now it's deeper.

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God knows us from our ins and outs. He knows when we go to sleep and when we wake up.

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He's with us throughout the day. He never leaves us. For the scripture says, I will never leave you,

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nor forsake you. And when he says, I will never leave you, nor forsake you, he means it. He's

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with us no matter what. He's with me no matter what. And I see him spiritually in every aspect of my

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life. And he's also teaching me to grow more into him, to put my faith into him. It also teaches me

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how much God wants to use me. At first I wanted to go my own way, do my own thing, but as I'm

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growing deeper in this relationship with him, I'm realizing that God's way is the best way,

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and his will will come to pass. And lastly, he's also teaching me as I'm growing in my intimate

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relationship with him how to be a good steward, especially over my eyes. Normally we take what

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God has given us for granted. For example, my eyes, I used to take that for granted. But when he

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has placed something into our hands, he wants us to take care of it. For example, our bodies. For it

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is written, our bodies are a temple unto God. He wants us to take care of these holy temples

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that he has dwelved inside of us. And God wants us to take care of these temples that he has given

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us. More so, he wants us to be stewards over the small things so that when he transitions us,

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we can be entrusted with the big things. God's grace is sufficient. That means we can always

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rely on him, no matter what. And yes, we will face difficulty, we will face trials. And sometimes

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it feels like we're being crushed. But in that moment, God will give us his word. He will give us

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his everlasting peace, his everlasting strength to keep on walking in him. For the scripture

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says, the joy of the Lord is my strength. So our points today are one, guarantee. God reaffirms to us

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every day of what he will do in our lives and what he has already done in our lives before it even

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happens. Number two, intimacy. God wants a more personal relationship with us so that he can

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teach us and grow us and mature us into the likeness of his son, Jesus Christ. Number three,

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stewardship. God entrusts us with things even as small as a must receive so that when we put our

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faith and our works into it and we see and watch it grow, he will now put us in charge of bigger

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things even more than what we could ever imagine. So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus

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Christ, then this message will help you. But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus

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Christ, then I invite you to give your heart today to receive him into your heart. Go to Romans 10,

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9 through 10. It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart

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that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes

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unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer

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with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You are saved from all your sins,

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past, present, and future sins you may commit. Now, this truth is not a free pass to sin anytime.

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Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel

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to others. You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life!