Praise the Lord Church, today's Church service is all about my testimony, the eyesight journey.
The scripture says, Be anxious for nothing, but in everything,
By prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus.
I went to the neuro-optimologist a few days ago and he told me he cannot give me any guarantee
for the restoration of my eyesight. In that moment I felt down, but in that split moment
I felt God's reassuring presence within me. He gave me the guarantee that the doctor could not give me.
For the scripture says, Perfect love cast out all fear. God is perfect and he loves us deeply.
Despite the struggle I am enduring and he says tribulations and trials may come, but he said,
Take heart, I have overcome the world. He said this so that when we enter into trials, we can have faith.
Knowing that whatever he's going to do, it is done. Because not only are we putting our faith in him,
we're leaning on him, relying on him. That's what it says in the Proverbs.
Trust in the war with all your heart. Lead not with your own understandings, but in all your ways
acknowledge him and he will direct your path. The Lord is directing me to look to him, to see him
more than what is concerning me. Also, he's teaching me about building a more intimate
relationship with him. At first it was of the surface level, but now it's deeper.
God knows us from our ins and outs. He knows when we go to sleep and when we wake up.
He's with us throughout the day. He never leaves us. For the scripture says, I will never leave you,
nor forsake you. And when he says, I will never leave you, nor forsake you, he means it. He's
with us no matter what. He's with me no matter what. And I see him spiritually in every aspect of my
life. And he's also teaching me to grow more into him, to put my faith into him. It also teaches me
how much God wants to use me. At first I wanted to go my own way, do my own thing, but as I'm
growing deeper in this relationship with him, I'm realizing that God's way is the best way,
and his will will come to pass. And lastly, he's also teaching me as I'm growing in my intimate
relationship with him how to be a good steward, especially over my eyes. Normally we take what
God has given us for granted. For example, my eyes, I used to take that for granted. But when he
has placed something into our hands, he wants us to take care of it. For example, our bodies. For it
is written, our bodies are a temple unto God. He wants us to take care of these holy temples
that he has dwelved inside of us. And God wants us to take care of these temples that he has given
us. More so, he wants us to be stewards over the small things so that when he transitions us,
we can be entrusted with the big things. God's grace is sufficient. That means we can always
rely on him, no matter what. And yes, we will face difficulty, we will face trials. And sometimes
it feels like we're being crushed. But in that moment, God will give us his word. He will give us
his everlasting peace, his everlasting strength to keep on walking in him. For the scripture
says, the joy of the Lord is my strength. So our points today are one, guarantee. God reaffirms to us
every day of what he will do in our lives and what he has already done in our lives before it even
happens. Number two, intimacy. God wants a more personal relationship with us so that he can
teach us and grow us and mature us into the likeness of his son, Jesus Christ. Number three,
stewardship. God entrusts us with things even as small as a must receive so that when we put our
faith and our works into it and we see and watch it grow, he will now put us in charge of bigger
things even more than what we could ever imagine. So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus
Christ, then this message will help you. But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus
Christ, then I invite you to give your heart today to receive him into your heart. Go to Romans 10,
9 through 10. It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart
that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes
unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer
with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You are saved from all your sins,
past, present, and future sins you may commit. Now, this truth is not a free pass to sin anytime.
Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel
to others. You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life!