WEBVTT 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:18.320 The topic this morning is God's wonders in our 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:23.399 infirmities and weaknesses. Sometimes we have 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:26.760 heard of God using us in spite of our weaknesses, 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.440 but I'm going to share with you that God sometimes 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.979 uses our very weaknesses to do his things. So 00:00:33.979 --> 00:00:36.280 it's okay to be weak as long as you're pursuing 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.789 strength. It's okay to be weak. And you don't 00:00:39.789 --> 00:00:41.670 have to be weakened in the faith. That's one 00:00:41.670 --> 00:00:44.570 thing. And when I say weakness and say infirmity, 00:00:44.750 --> 00:00:48.890 I'm not talking about sin. But I'm talking about, 00:00:48.969 --> 00:00:52.490 you know, disabilities, deformities, or some 00:00:52.490 --> 00:00:55.109 of the physical problems, or poverty, or some 00:00:55.109 --> 00:00:58.509 of those issues, persecution or troubles. So 00:00:58.509 --> 00:01:04.329 my passage today is from Exodus chapter 4 and 00:01:04.329 --> 00:01:09.489 verse 10. And please understand that I have read 00:01:09.489 --> 00:01:11.670 a scripture which was not in the Bible, but I 00:01:11.670 --> 00:01:13.930 read it somewhere. Blessed are those who speak 00:01:13.930 --> 00:01:18.849 short, they will be called again. I just wanted 00:01:18.849 --> 00:01:23.650 you to be at rest, at peace, okay? So Exodus 00:01:23.650 --> 00:01:26.769 chapter 4 and verse 10 onwards, it says, But 00:01:26.769 --> 00:01:29.609 Moses said to the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent. 00:01:31.370 --> 00:01:34.390 I'm not eloquent, either in the past or since 00:01:34.390 --> 00:01:36.769 you have spoken to your servant. Why did you 00:01:36.769 --> 00:01:39.209 say that? Either in the past or since you have 00:01:39.209 --> 00:01:41.810 spoken to your servant. We'll come back to it. 00:01:42.189 --> 00:01:45.709 But I'm slow of speech and of tongue. It's not 00:01:45.709 --> 00:01:49.049 that my confidence level is low, which I see 00:01:49.049 --> 00:01:51.689 that it is, but I also have some problem with 00:01:51.689 --> 00:01:55.290 my tongue. I'm slow of speech and of tongue. 00:01:55.430 --> 00:01:59.370 I have some problems. I stammer. It could be 00:01:59.370 --> 00:02:02.290 a confidence issue. Then the Lord said to him, 00:02:02.370 --> 00:02:05.010 who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute 00:02:05.010 --> 00:02:08.389 or deaf or seeing or blind? Definitely I would 00:02:08.389 --> 00:02:12.069 say devil. But God goes on to say, is it not 00:02:12.069 --> 00:02:14.849 I, the Lord? And let me tell you, friends, I 00:02:14.849 --> 00:02:18.349 would not like to rescue God here. So I'm not 00:02:18.349 --> 00:02:20.849 going to give you an explanation which I would 00:02:20.849 --> 00:02:22.810 not be able to prove. So I would leave it just 00:02:22.810 --> 00:02:27.090 there that God said, am I not the one who has 00:02:27.090 --> 00:02:30.509 made man mute? Come on. Are you talking, you 00:02:30.509 --> 00:02:35.530 know, I asked you, and my objection is that I 00:02:35.530 --> 00:02:39.069 don't think I'm the right one to be sent to deliver 00:02:39.069 --> 00:02:42.810 people. I have to talk to Pharaoh. I have to 00:02:42.810 --> 00:02:45.729 talk to people. And I don't think they're going 00:02:45.729 --> 00:02:48.810 to believe me. And God is saying, no, you go 00:02:48.810 --> 00:02:51.530 in the very strength that you have. That's my 00:02:51.530 --> 00:02:53.990 problem. I don't think I have strength. What 00:02:53.990 --> 00:02:56.969 I see is deformity, disability, and my problem, 00:02:57.069 --> 00:03:00.219 and my weaknesses. And that's what God is saying. 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:03.219 Yes, Moses, I see that's what you see, but that's 00:03:03.219 --> 00:03:07.099 not what you got to see. You got to see me working 00:03:07.099 --> 00:03:10.360 on your behalf and working for my purposes. I 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:13.520 never chose you to do things for me. I chose 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.960 you so that I would do things in you and through 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:20.580 you so that my purposes are done. So it's not. 00:03:21.259 --> 00:03:24.939 See, it's not I trusting you that you would get 00:03:24.939 --> 00:03:27.860 something done, but I'm asking you to trust me 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:31.939 that I will get it done through you. In spite 00:03:31.939 --> 00:03:34.879 of your weaknesses, in spite of your failures, 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:39.360 in spite of your problems, in spite of your poverty, 00:03:39.699 --> 00:03:42.719 in spite of your foolish steps sometimes that 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.300 you've taken in your life, in spite of your past, 00:03:45.379 --> 00:03:50.430 God is able to do what he purposes to do. My 00:03:50.430 --> 00:03:54.770 Jesus just cannot be defeated. I don't believe 00:03:54.770 --> 00:03:57.509 in a God who can be defeated. Because he defeated 00:03:57.509 --> 00:04:03.009 death. He defeated enemy on the cross. When everyone 00:04:03.009 --> 00:04:06.250 thought that Jesus is defeated. They did not 00:04:06.250 --> 00:04:09.150 know that Jesus is defeating the greatest enemy 00:04:09.150 --> 00:04:12.189 of the human being. And that is death and sin. 00:04:12.210 --> 00:04:16.339 Hallelujah. They did not know when Jesus appeared 00:04:16.339 --> 00:04:19.620 to be the weak, he was the most powerful at that 00:04:19.620 --> 00:04:26.379 moment. I can appear to you weak, but you don't 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:29.360 know my strength does not lie in my talents and 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:31.860 my abilities and in my money or in my things. 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:35.889 My strength lies in my Savior. And that's why 00:04:35.889 --> 00:04:39.949 Psalm is said in Psalm 73, that my strength and 00:04:39.949 --> 00:04:43.189 my heart may fail, but the Lord is the strength 00:04:43.189 --> 00:04:47.350 of my heart. Yes, when you look at me, you see 00:04:47.350 --> 00:04:54.629 a man with frailty, with weaknesses. But you 00:04:54.629 --> 00:04:57.949 look deep inside of me and you will find a God 00:04:57.949 --> 00:05:00.970 who is loving and caring and all -powerful to 00:05:00.970 --> 00:05:06.389 finish what he starts. And I pray that you and 00:05:06.389 --> 00:05:08.990 I would not like to be Moses. And if we are, 00:05:09.290 --> 00:05:11.889 God would not give up on us. That's what happened. 00:05:13.050 --> 00:05:16.230 You know what had happened by this time? Moses 00:05:16.230 --> 00:05:20.149 had one of the best experiences that anybody 00:05:20.149 --> 00:05:25.629 could ever dream of. That he would meet God face 00:05:25.629 --> 00:05:29.470 to face. He had seen the back of God. God spoke 00:05:29.470 --> 00:05:33.709 to him. But this happened later on. But this 00:05:33.709 --> 00:05:36.110 same Moses, what happened? He was in the wilderness 00:05:36.110 --> 00:05:38.569 taking care of the sheep of his father -in -law. 00:05:39.550 --> 00:05:43.649 And one day he saw fire. A burning bush experience. 00:05:44.430 --> 00:05:46.769 Then the Lord said, the voice of the Lord came 00:05:46.769 --> 00:05:48.910 to him and said, this is the most holy ground 00:05:48.910 --> 00:05:51.310 where you're standing. So take off your sandal. 00:05:51.350 --> 00:05:56.379 And Moses did. So Moses listened to the voice 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:59.620 of the Lord. He stood at the most holy ground. 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:04.360 He saw the fire of God. In spite of that, what 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:07.060 he's saying is, I don't think Pharaoh is going 00:06:07.060 --> 00:06:09.899 to trust me. Believe me that I'm sent by God. 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:13.720 And more than Pharaoh, fourth chapter, he starts 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:16.899 to show his doubt about people believing him. 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:20.019 He said, people are not going to trust me, believe 00:06:20.019 --> 00:06:22.579 me. Then God said, okay, in spite of all the 00:06:22.579 --> 00:06:25.220 experiences that I've given to you by now, let 00:06:25.220 --> 00:06:28.959 me give you three more. So those three experiences 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:31.560 were, what do you have in your hand? Rod, throw 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.639 it. So he threw the rod, he said, pick it up 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:37.279 again. And he picked it up again by the tail, 00:06:37.379 --> 00:06:40.399 and it was rod again. He said, okay, even if 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.199 they don't believe you now, I know sometimes 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:44.980 people can be stiff -necked and hard -hearted. 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.879 I understand that. But if they don't believe 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:50.279 you, believe me. They are going to believe me 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:53.699 by the end of what I show to you. And that is, 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:56.839 put your hand under the cloak. And he did. Take 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.160 it out. It was all leprous. Put it back again. 00:07:00.459 --> 00:07:03.220 No leprosy. God says, if they don't believe the 00:07:03.220 --> 00:07:06.379 first sign, show them the second one. Wow. I'm 00:07:06.379 --> 00:07:09.939 carrying something in my hand. I can show something. 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:13.370 I can show the power of God. like this, and I 00:07:13.370 --> 00:07:16.050 can show them in my own body the power of God 00:07:16.050 --> 00:07:19.050 working. And then God says, even if they don't 00:07:19.050 --> 00:07:22.629 believe you after this, what you can do is you 00:07:22.629 --> 00:07:25.290 take some water from the Nile and put it on the 00:07:25.290 --> 00:07:27.990 dry ground, and it would turn into blood, and 00:07:27.990 --> 00:07:30.069 they would believe. And you know, at the end 00:07:30.069 --> 00:07:33.889 of all this, you hear the story that they believed 00:07:33.889 --> 00:07:36.529 Moses, and that's why they were ready to leave 00:07:36.529 --> 00:07:39.370 that place. They believed Moses, but Moses' problem 00:07:39.370 --> 00:07:42.550 was that they would never believe me. In spite 00:07:42.550 --> 00:07:46.550 of God giving him signs after signs, then came 00:07:46.550 --> 00:07:50.009 the tenth verse when Moses is saying, I am not 00:07:50.009 --> 00:07:57.269 eloquent in my speech. Secondly, friends, he 00:07:57.269 --> 00:07:59.389 said, people will not believe me. You know why? 00:07:59.920 --> 00:08:03.699 Because 40 years ago, I wanted to save them. 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:06.959 I wanted to redeem and rescue them in my own 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:10.019 strength. And they rejected me. And Acts chapter 00:08:10.019 --> 00:08:15.279 7 says that they rejected Moses as a redeemer 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:19.899 and judge. They said, who has made you a judge 00:08:19.899 --> 00:08:23.300 over us? So Moses knows that these people have 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:26.279 rejected me once and they're going to reject 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.060 me again. But Moses, let me tell you, when you 00:08:29.060 --> 00:08:32.139 do things on your own, people might reject it. 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:34.500 But when you do things in the power of the most 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:37.700 high God, nobody is going to reject because it 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:40.980 is God approving you and your ministry and God 00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:44.500 doing wonders in you and through you. So don't 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:46.639 worry about what people are going to do. Because 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:49.519 those same very people, those who rejected you, 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:51.620 they are going to trust you. Those who never 00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:53.700 wanted to follow you, they are going to follow 00:08:53.700 --> 00:08:58.639 you even for 40 years. Let me tell you, if you 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:01.480 think you're not able to lead a group of these 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:04.840 2 million people, let me tell you, God has chosen 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:08.080 the weakest so that he can confound the wise 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:12.220 through you. Through the very weak vessels. It's 00:09:12.220 --> 00:09:19.700 okay to be weak. Moses' objection was this. I 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:23.259 am not eloquent in my speech. Neither was I nor 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:28.179 I am after my experience with you. And I have 00:09:28.179 --> 00:09:31.379 seen and let me share this. Being charismatic, 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:34.759 Pentecostal, spirit filled, whatever you call. 00:09:35.860 --> 00:09:40.700 For 31 years. Have had a lot of experiences with 00:09:40.700 --> 00:09:45.019 God. But I don't know why. Sometimes some disabilities 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:50.360 remain. Sometimes some problems remain. You must 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:55.620 have gone to many conferences. And it was a powerful 00:09:55.620 --> 00:09:58.710 atmosphere. Every time we come to church, great, 00:09:58.809 --> 00:10:01.990 powerful atmosphere. But we come back and realize 00:10:01.990 --> 00:10:05.649 that I have the same problem that I had some 00:10:05.649 --> 00:10:09.190 time back. Is the experience unreal? No, friend. 00:10:09.789 --> 00:10:12.769 Was God not in that experience? No, friend. He 00:10:12.769 --> 00:10:15.470 was in that experience. The experience is real. 00:10:15.590 --> 00:10:18.509 Everything is real. The thing is this. You think 00:10:18.509 --> 00:10:22.269 that when I am. All together, everything that 00:10:22.269 --> 00:10:24.509 I want to be, then I will accomplish. Let me 00:10:24.509 --> 00:10:26.610 tell you, when you are weak, you can still accomplish 00:10:26.610 --> 00:10:28.830 because it's not your power that gets things 00:10:28.830 --> 00:10:32.470 done. It's my power that gets things done. It's 00:10:32.470 --> 00:10:36.570 okay to be weak. It's okay to come back to looking 00:10:36.570 --> 00:10:40.090 at you, you know. I am weak, yeah. Moses, I know. 00:10:41.710 --> 00:10:44.690 Until the perfect one comes, things would be 00:10:44.690 --> 00:10:50.690 imperfect. But it's okay. My work. Will be perfectly 00:10:50.690 --> 00:10:54.370 done by the perfect power of the most high God. 00:10:54.509 --> 00:10:58.250 Working perfectly inside of you. None of his 00:10:58.250 --> 00:11:05.309 purposes would fall short from happening. Everything 00:11:05.309 --> 00:11:08.009 that he has designed and purpose will come to 00:11:08.009 --> 00:11:12.929 pass. It does not depend on your power. So please 00:11:12.929 --> 00:11:16.799 stop looking at yourself. As if you have everything, 00:11:16.980 --> 00:11:20.539 then you can do everything. No, I can do everything 00:11:20.539 --> 00:11:25.759 if my father wants me to do it. Who says that 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:29.100 you cannot be? You can be. But look, I don't 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:30.980 have these talents. Look, I don't have those 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:33.220 talents. Don't worry, God will be your talent. 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:38.299 He will teach you. When I receive the prophecies 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:41.090 that I will travel. All over the world and preach 00:11:41.090 --> 00:11:44.309 the gospel. For somebody who comes from a small 00:11:44.309 --> 00:11:46.990 town. And my parents were from the villages. 00:11:47.070 --> 00:11:50.110 And I did not grow up in English background. 00:11:50.429 --> 00:11:53.129 My family never spoke English. And I didn't go 00:11:53.129 --> 00:11:58.429 to school to learn English. That was hard. I 00:11:58.429 --> 00:12:01.710 didn't know. I could not even utter a word, a 00:12:01.710 --> 00:12:07.210 sentence, a phrase in English. But I trusted 00:12:07.210 --> 00:12:12.250 God. I said, God, you're able to do that. I would 00:12:12.250 --> 00:12:14.350 take English Bible, Hindi Bible, dictionary and 00:12:14.350 --> 00:12:18.710 diary together. Would learn 10 words in a day. 00:12:19.429 --> 00:12:22.389 Try to learn new words, how to use them. And 00:12:22.389 --> 00:12:24.690 then I'll practice again and again and again 00:12:24.690 --> 00:12:26.809 and again. It took some time. But let me tell 00:12:26.809 --> 00:12:28.950 you, praise God, that God has allowed me to travel 00:12:28.950 --> 00:12:32.029 to 18 nations and preach the unadulterated gospel 00:12:32.029 --> 00:12:38.100 of the Lord Jesus Christ. Just when you think 00:12:38.100 --> 00:12:40.399 you cannot do it, let me tell you, God is going 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:43.980 to surprise you. What he can do through you. 00:12:44.299 --> 00:12:47.700 In spite of your weaknesses. Even using your 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:50.200 weakness. Okay, let me take you to another example. 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:53.279 And that is the example of Isaac. You know the 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.919 Bible says Isaac was old and his eyes grew dim. 00:12:57.779 --> 00:13:00.840 And so much so that he would not even recognize 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:05.120 his son from close. He would not be able to recognize 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:08.769 him at all. But when he was in that situation, 00:13:09.049 --> 00:13:10.830 don't you think it's one of the weakest points? 00:13:10.970 --> 00:13:14.230 He cannot. He's on his bed and he said to his 00:13:14.230 --> 00:13:19.049 son, Esau, bring me some, hunt some, you know, 00:13:19.070 --> 00:13:22.330 animal for me. Cook the kind of food that I love 00:13:22.330 --> 00:13:25.169 and bring it to me so that I can bless you. Mama 00:13:25.169 --> 00:13:28.049 was listening to every conversation. And mama, 00:13:28.190 --> 00:13:30.950 when the boy was out, mama went to Jacob and 00:13:30.950 --> 00:13:34.330 said, Jacob, it's your time, boy. And Jacob said, 00:13:34.450 --> 00:13:37.110 mama, you think that's right? Mama said, I don't 00:13:37.110 --> 00:13:39.110 know what I'm doing is right or not, but it's 00:13:39.110 --> 00:13:41.769 going to happen because the Lord promised so 00:13:41.769 --> 00:13:44.669 that the younger will be greater than the older 00:13:44.669 --> 00:13:46.789 and older will serve the younger. This happened 00:13:46.789 --> 00:13:51.070 before they even did any good or bad. So the 00:13:51.070 --> 00:13:53.309 prophecy was already there. The word was already 00:13:53.309 --> 00:13:56.070 there that Jacob is going to be the bigger one. 00:13:56.190 --> 00:13:59.649 And you know what had happened? One day when 00:13:59.649 --> 00:14:02.850 Jacob was cooking stew, that's when. Esau came. 00:14:02.990 --> 00:14:06.470 So Esau had already proved why God rejected him. 00:14:06.529 --> 00:14:10.690 Esau proved for God to be right. But you know 00:14:10.690 --> 00:14:13.409 what happened? How it all happened? It all happened 00:14:13.409 --> 00:14:18.190 because one day Esau was so weak in his eyesight 00:14:18.190 --> 00:14:21.730 that he could not even see. So God used his weakness 00:14:21.730 --> 00:14:24.889 to do what he had already purposed before the 00:14:24.889 --> 00:14:30.809 world began. So can God use my weaknesses? Can 00:14:30.809 --> 00:14:38.490 God use even my blindness? Can God use my disabilities? 00:14:40.350 --> 00:14:45.870 God is wiser than you think. He knows how to 00:14:45.870 --> 00:14:49.789 use things. I'm telling you, he has used me for 00:14:49.789 --> 00:14:53.570 about 31 years. I'm no better than those people 00:14:53.570 --> 00:14:59.539 that are recorded here. But God can use you in 00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:03.360 spite of all these things. The only problem that 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:07.000 God has is when you reject God. When you say, 00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:10.120 I cannot do it. So you're saying, God, your choice 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:13.419 is wrong. I thought you would choose somebody 00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:17.279 better than me. And I think the work is too great 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:20.799 and I'm not eloquent for that. Let me tell you, 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:23.200 don't say those things to God. When God says 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.279 you can do it, you can do it. It's not because 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:29.419 God is just saying it, but he backs what he says. 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:34.100 He stands behind what he says. If he says you're 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:36.740 going to be father of the nation, you're going 00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:40.139 to be. God, why would you use him? Why would 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:44.860 you use Abraham? He's not the father of any child. 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:49.129 Why don't you use his brother, Nahar? Or Nahor, 00:15:49.129 --> 00:15:52.129 whatever you call. He is father of eight children 00:15:52.129 --> 00:15:56.210 and four from concubines. He's a fertile man. 00:15:56.250 --> 00:15:59.440 His wife is a fertile woman. So why would you 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.580 not choose them? They can be easy, quick, you 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:05.120 know. They can produce more children. And God 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.960 is saying, no, I'm going to use somebody who's 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:11.639 not able to do it. So that glory is not yours 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:14.120 when the child is being produced, but the glory 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:16.899 would be God's glory. And that's why, why would 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:20.620 God wait for 25 years for Adam to have a child? 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:23.940 Because you remember, when he turned 86, then 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:27.909 we had a son. So in other words, Abraham was 00:16:27.909 --> 00:16:31.289 able to produce a child, but Sarah was not. And 00:16:31.289 --> 00:16:35.110 Abraham proved to produce a child by producing 00:16:35.110 --> 00:16:37.769 a child through Hagar after 10 years. So when 00:16:37.769 --> 00:16:41.529 he was 86, he became the father. And you know, 00:16:41.590 --> 00:16:44.590 he lived for 175. And what happened? After the 00:16:44.590 --> 00:16:48.450 death of Sarah, he married Keturah. And he had 00:16:48.450 --> 00:16:53.450 many sons and daughters. At what age? Age 137 00:16:53.450 --> 00:16:57.200 to 147. Can you produce so many children? Yes, 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.360 I can. But why have you chosen me? Because your 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.820 wife is barren. And I want to use something that 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:08.980 is so, so insignificant in itself that it seems 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:11.680 like it can never produce. But I will make it 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:15.420 produce. Let me tell you, friend, you could be 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:19.380 the weakest in your clan. It's okay. You could 00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:22.359 be the youngest. It's okay. You could be the 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.279 poorest. It's okay. You could be the most foolish 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:29.380 one like me. It's okay. As long as you allow 00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:32.940 God to be all that he wants to be in and through 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:35.779 you. As long as you say, God, you can do it. 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:38.019 I know you can do it. But Moses kept saying, 00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:41.559 I cannot do it. I'm not the right one. Don't 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:43.920 send me God. Please, I'm not the right one. God 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:49.160 said, no. Who made man's mouth? I did. I did 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:52.289 with a purpose. I did for my glory. Everything 00:17:52.289 --> 00:17:54.809 that God has created, let me tell you, it is 00:17:54.809 --> 00:17:56.970 for his glory, everything that he has created. 00:17:57.190 --> 00:18:01.369 It's very clear. The scriptures are plain. Colossians 00:18:01.369 --> 00:18:03.849 chapter 1 and 16 says that everything, whether 00:18:03.849 --> 00:18:07.269 on earth, in heavens, everything, principalities 00:18:07.269 --> 00:18:10.009 or the powers, rulers or whatever that is, seen 00:18:10.009 --> 00:18:13.049 or unseen, everything being created by God and 00:18:13.049 --> 00:18:17.869 for God. And Romans 11, 36 says, to him be glory 00:18:17.869 --> 00:18:20.920 forever and ever. Whatever you do, 1 Corinthians 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:24.740 10, verse 30 and 31. Whatever you do, by eating 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:27.440 or drinking, whatever. Do it all unto the glory 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:31.519 of God. You are the temple of the most high God. 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:34.220 The Holy Spirit dwells inside of you. Why? So 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:36.579 that you would die for yourself and live for 00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:38.859 God and his glory alone. Everything has been 00:18:38.859 --> 00:18:41.400 created for his glory. And let me tell you, even 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:47.319 your weakness can be used for his glory. It's 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:51.619 okay. Keep pursuing strength, but don't tell 00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:54.259 God that you cannot be all that God wants you 00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:58.059 to be at this moment. That I have to give up, 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:00.000 you know. Don't give up. Please don't give up. 00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:03.880 Romans chapter 15 is very clear. Verse 4, all 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:06.299 the scriptures were given so that through the 00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:09.240 endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures, 00:19:09.299 --> 00:19:12.059 we might have hope. That's why you read about... 00:19:13.210 --> 00:19:15.750 Why all the stories of the Old Testament are 00:19:15.750 --> 00:19:18.210 given to me? So that every time I look back to 00:19:18.210 --> 00:19:20.509 the story of David, what I see is a faithful 00:19:20.509 --> 00:19:26.170 God. I don't see faithful David. I see faithful 00:19:26.170 --> 00:19:30.450 God. When I look back to it, I don't see faithful 00:19:30.450 --> 00:19:33.970 Jonah. I see an angry Jonah and disobedient Jonah. 00:19:34.569 --> 00:19:38.329 But I see a faithful God. So every time you look 00:19:38.329 --> 00:19:40.730 back to the story of the Bible, what you see 00:19:40.730 --> 00:19:43.670 is the faithfulness of God. And that's why these 00:19:43.670 --> 00:19:45.890 scriptures are being given to me. So that I would 00:19:45.890 --> 00:19:48.529 understand and know that God is faithful and 00:19:48.529 --> 00:19:51.549 powerful enough to do what he purposes to do. 00:19:51.670 --> 00:19:54.910 And nothing can stop him. Nothing can stop him. 00:19:54.970 --> 00:19:59.410 Even my weaknesses cannot stop him. It was very 00:19:59.410 --> 00:20:02.990 clear one day God said to Gideon, Gideon. You're 00:20:02.990 --> 00:20:05.069 a mighty man of valor. And Gideon said, who, 00:20:05.150 --> 00:20:07.910 me? Are you talking to me? It could be somebody 00:20:07.910 --> 00:20:10.170 else in the worship team. God said, no, you're 00:20:10.170 --> 00:20:15.430 the one. But I am the, my clan is the weakest 00:20:15.430 --> 00:20:18.210 and I'm the youngest in the clan. Don't you think 00:20:18.210 --> 00:20:20.549 you've chosen the right one? God said, no, I've 00:20:20.549 --> 00:20:24.470 chosen the right one. You go. And this is what 00:20:24.470 --> 00:20:29.500 the Lord said, go in your strength. Don't you 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:32.539 think the problem was that Gideon never thought 00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:35.319 that he has strength? And all that he showed, 00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:38.500 all that he did proved or showed that he really 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:41.839 had no strength. And he says, God says, go in 00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:45.779 your strength. Have I not sent you? You know 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:50.000 my strength is? My strength is only Jehovah God, 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:53.019 the sender. Because he never sends me all by 00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:58.180 myself. He sends me and comes along. That's why 00:20:58.180 --> 00:21:02.759 in Mark chapter 16 and verse 14 onwards, Bible 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:06.039 says Jesus met them after resurrection. And you 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.900 know what he did? Bible says after resurrection 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:10.319 when he met his disciples, he rebuked them for 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:12.900 their unbelief. And you know what is the 15th 00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:15.960 verse? In the 14th verse, he rebuked them for 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:18.519 their unbelief. And 15th verse, he says, now 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:24.880 go into all the world. Really? It's not even 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:29.329 a chapter. to this. It's just one scripture, 00:21:29.630 --> 00:21:33.190 one moment. It's not that, okay, think about 00:21:33.190 --> 00:21:35.829 it for 30 minutes, come up with a conclusion, 00:21:36.170 --> 00:21:38.710 come up with the right conclusion, then I will 00:21:38.710 --> 00:21:42.349 see if you are worthy to be sent or not. No. 00:21:43.390 --> 00:21:48.410 He said, you have unbelief inside of you, but 00:21:48.410 --> 00:21:50.970 if I look for perfect, where would I find one? 00:21:52.390 --> 00:21:54.710 I'm telling you, he tried. He didn't find one 00:21:54.710 --> 00:22:00.609 in India. Maybe Harrisburg. Or maybe Yukon. No, 00:22:00.630 --> 00:22:03.609 there is nobody. So God is saying, I know you 00:22:03.609 --> 00:22:06.710 think you don't have it. If I am there inside 00:22:06.710 --> 00:22:09.289 of you and with you, you have it all that you 00:22:09.289 --> 00:22:11.930 need to do that work which I have called you 00:22:11.930 --> 00:22:15.329 to. Just go in your strength. And Gideon said, 00:22:15.470 --> 00:22:18.410 I don't think I can. I'm sending you when God 00:22:18.410 --> 00:22:20.170 sends you. And you know what happened in the 00:22:20.170 --> 00:22:24.230 16th chapter. Same Mark chapter 16. We heard 00:22:24.230 --> 00:22:28.069 of 14th chapter when Jesus rebuked them. 15th 00:22:28.069 --> 00:22:31.450 chapter he sent them and 20th, sorry, 14th verse 00:22:31.450 --> 00:22:34.470 and 15th verse and 20th verse. The verse 20th 00:22:34.470 --> 00:22:37.410 says, and they went out and preached the gospel 00:22:37.410 --> 00:22:40.670 and God was with them confirming the word with 00:22:40.670 --> 00:22:44.529 signs and wonders. Go in your weaknesses. Don't 00:22:44.529 --> 00:22:46.829 trust that you can do signs and wonders. God 00:22:46.829 --> 00:22:50.039 alone will do signs and wonders. Will he work 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:52.380 with weak people? Yes, he will work with weak 00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:54.720 people so that they cannot trust in their own 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:57.019 strength and they can never glory in their own 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:59.319 strength. They will only glory in God Almighty. 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:02.400 That's why great things will happen through weak 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:05.880 people. Believe it, friends. Great things will 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:07.960 happen with weak people. If you think you are 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:10.420 weak some way, you have some disabilities, great 00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:13.480 things are bound to happen through you in Jesus' 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:17.309 name. Through you in Jesus' name. Because God 00:23:17.309 --> 00:23:20.829 cannot be proven wrong. Why has he chosen you? 00:23:22.509 --> 00:23:24.950 Why has he chosen you? He can never be proven 00:23:24.950 --> 00:23:30.650 wrong for anything. He is true. And he is truth. 00:23:31.170 --> 00:23:33.710 Everything he does, everything he says, everything 00:23:33.710 --> 00:23:37.890 he plans is good, is truth. It can never be changed. 00:23:38.769 --> 00:23:41.250 And I pray in Jesus' name that you would believe 00:23:41.250 --> 00:23:43.289 that and you would understand that. But listen 00:23:43.289 --> 00:23:46.630 what happened. Gideon thought that he cannot 00:23:46.630 --> 00:23:48.529 do it all by himself. Gideon thought that he 00:23:48.529 --> 00:23:51.750 cannot be victorious. But God kept telling him, 00:23:51.809 --> 00:23:54.269 you go, you go, you go. And then Gideon decided 00:23:54.269 --> 00:23:56.849 to bring some people who can fight along with 00:23:56.849 --> 00:23:59.269 him. You know how many people came? 32 ,000. 00:24:00.789 --> 00:24:04.210 How big was the army against them? More than 00:24:04.210 --> 00:24:08.079 100 ,000 people. But they still... You know, 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:12.460 only 30%, maybe 25 % of what the other army is. 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:15.539 The enemy is stronger. But 32 people, at least 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:17.539 they could muster some courage. At least they 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:20.200 could have some courage. Now we can go because 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:23.539 we have 32 ,000 people with us. And just when 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:26.039 they were getting ready and, you know, sharpening 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:28.119 their sword and everything, there comes the voice 00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:30.940 of the Lord. Gideon, I think the people are too 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:35.740 many. Come on, God, I just mustered some courage. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:39.299 I now have some confidence I can do it because 00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:43.819 of these 32 ,000 people. Let me tell you, God 00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:48.039 never wants you to trust anything other than 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:53.549 him. He is all that you need. Brothers are good. 00:24:53.750 --> 00:24:57.609 Team is good. Sister's help is good. Money is 00:24:57.609 --> 00:25:00.890 good. House is good. But you think I cannot do 00:25:00.890 --> 00:25:03.769 it without it? I will do it without it because 00:25:03.769 --> 00:25:08.349 my God is all that I need. All that I need. And 00:25:08.349 --> 00:25:13.490 he will make it happen. Gideon said, what do 00:25:13.490 --> 00:25:16.809 I need to do? God said, tell them anyone who 00:25:16.809 --> 00:25:19.390 is afraid can go back. And you know what? 22 00:25:19.390 --> 00:25:25.859 ,000 went back. Wow. That was a bigger number 00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:28.460 of people who were afraid to be in the army. 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:33.380 Then why did they come? I understand that all 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:35.700 the people in the church singing are not all 00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:37.299 the people who have everything all together. 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:44.960 They're just trying. If I can do it, Lord. If 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:47.480 you can use me. They were still there in spite 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:51.250 of their fear. And God said, I want them to go. 00:25:51.390 --> 00:25:55.309 Oh, so you don't want anyone full of fear? So 00:25:55.309 --> 00:25:59.369 you'll reject them? But listen what God did after 00:25:59.369 --> 00:26:04.630 that. Oh, my. God said, there's still too many. 00:26:04.730 --> 00:26:06.990 Take them to the water. Test them. And he tested. 00:26:07.589 --> 00:26:12.390 From 10 ,000, it turned to 300. What do you think? 00:26:12.430 --> 00:26:17.490 From 32 ,000 to 300 is less than 1%. Less than 00:26:17.490 --> 00:26:22.549 1%. And God is saying, with these 300, I will 00:26:22.549 --> 00:26:26.630 deliver Israel. Listen, these 300 will not deliver 00:26:26.630 --> 00:26:29.890 Israel. I will deliver Israel. I will just use 00:26:29.890 --> 00:26:33.650 these 300 people. So these 300 people are all 00:26:33.650 --> 00:26:35.589 that it takes. They are most courageous. They 00:26:35.589 --> 00:26:38.250 are right and perfectly all right. No, let me 00:26:38.250 --> 00:26:43.289 tell you about the leader. Look at the leader 00:26:43.289 --> 00:26:47.079 first. Then you look at those 300 people. Whether 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:52.140 they had fear or not. No. They did not have the 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:55.579 great faith that you and I sometimes desire to 00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:58.579 have. How do I know? God said in the seventh 00:26:58.579 --> 00:27:01.839 chapter and verse seven onwards, I will deliver 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:05.539 you with these 300 people. But remember, Gideon, 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:11.839 if you still have fear, go down to the... camp 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:14.980 of the Philistine army and listen to their dream 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:18.259 and you would have some courage to fight against 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:21.420 them. And then Bible says Gideon went. Why did 00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:25.740 Gideon go? Because God said, if you still have 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:33.420 fear. After having 300 chosen one of God, Gideon, 00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:36.940 you the great commander of the army and you still 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:42.880 have fear? Yes. Let me tell you, the fear is, 00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:47.920 somebody said, fear is not the absence of courage. 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:53.039 It is in fact the presence, the faith is not 00:27:53.039 --> 00:28:00.680 the absence of fear. But faith is the presence 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:05.380 of that courage to fight against fear head on. 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:09.759 And if there is some fear, I pray that you would 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:13.299 fight against it head on. Who does not carry 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:19.220 this kind of situation. Gideon, go. And let me 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:23.160 tell you, God, you just rejected these 22 ,000 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:25.579 because they had some amount of fear in them. 00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:31.900 But you are encouraging Gideon to go on, be fearless. 00:28:32.589 --> 00:28:35.390 One after another, one after another, instances 00:28:35.390 --> 00:28:38.190 after instances, you're telling him, you're talking 00:28:38.190 --> 00:28:41.170 to him, you're trying to instill some hope inside 00:28:41.170 --> 00:28:43.750 of him and faith inside of him. And why didn't 00:28:43.750 --> 00:28:47.430 you do with him? With those 22 ,000, I don't 00:28:47.430 --> 00:28:49.869 know. I only know this, that if you are still 00:28:49.869 --> 00:28:53.410 in Christ Jesus, if you're seated here, then 00:28:53.410 --> 00:28:57.109 God has chosen you to go ahead and do what sometimes 00:28:57.109 --> 00:28:59.309 you don't think you can do in your own strength. 00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:02.720 God has chosen you. I don't know why many others 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:05.140 have rejected Christ. I don't know many others, 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:07.619 what happened to them and why they are not in 00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:10.599 Christ. I only know this, that God can use the 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:14.299 very people that he has in this building to change 00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:17.240 the scenario and change the places around them. 00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:20.880 You are able to do it all by yourself. You can 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:23.579 finish what God has started because it is God 00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:28.599 who begins and God who finishes. Friends, I pray 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:31.539 in Jesus' name that you would not be bogged down 00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:34.619 by those things. Listen what God said to Moses 00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:39.140 after that. God said to Moses, is it not I? Yes. 00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:42.079 And then what he goes on to say is even more 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:45.099 beautiful. He says, then the Lord said to him 00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:47.220 who has made man's mouth who makes him mute or 00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:49.559 deaf or seeing or blind, is it not I the Lord? 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:53.559 Now therefore go and I will be with your mouth 00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:57.430 and teach you what you shall speak. But he said, 00:29:57.609 --> 00:30:01.450 oh, my Lord, please send someone else. Then the 00:30:01.450 --> 00:30:04.410 anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses. 00:30:04.509 --> 00:30:06.470 And he said, is there not Aaron, your brother, 00:30:06.609 --> 00:30:09.289 the Levite? I know that he can speak well. But 00:30:09.289 --> 00:30:11.869 listen, listen, listen. Verse 35, you shall speak 00:30:11.869 --> 00:30:14.190 to him and put the words in his mouth. And I 00:30:14.190 --> 00:30:16.710 will be with your mouth and his mouth. And I 00:30:16.710 --> 00:30:20.410 will teach you both what to do. When Moses said, 00:30:20.470 --> 00:30:22.430 I cannot do it, God said, I will be with your 00:30:22.430 --> 00:30:25.390 mouth. And I will teach you. These two things, 00:30:25.470 --> 00:30:27.690 let me tell you, friends, I have realized over 00:30:27.690 --> 00:30:31.250 the course of years of ministry, I need these 00:30:31.250 --> 00:30:33.930 things, both these things, every moment of my 00:30:33.930 --> 00:30:38.130 life. I need God to be my strength and his presence 00:30:38.130 --> 00:30:40.809 to always be with me. And number two, to always 00:30:40.809 --> 00:30:44.470 teach me what to do next. And never go by my 00:30:44.470 --> 00:30:47.150 experience. Oh, I have had the experience. I 00:30:47.150 --> 00:30:51.390 can do it. I have done it 10 ,000 times. No. 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:55.759 You need God to teach you instantly at that moment 00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:59.599 what he should do. What you should do. In fact, 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:02.200 one day, me and my wife had some trouble. I was 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:04.339 talking to Mark about this. We had some issues 00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:08.940 that we wanted to discuss. And my wife was mad 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:11.900 at me because of something that I had done. And 00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:16.079 I don't remember what I had done. And guess what? 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:22.099 I didn't even remember in those days. There was 00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:25.660 something. And I knew that she's right and she 00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:31.460 has to be. So I was talking. I thought, let me 00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:34.140 go and talk to her. And these are the words that 00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:35.859 I'm going to say. And everything is going to 00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:39.960 be all right. And I thought of all the good words 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:42.839 that I would say and good ways that I would convey 00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:47.210 my thought across, you know. And I decided to 00:31:47.210 --> 00:31:49.210 go to her office. And she was in the school. 00:31:49.269 --> 00:31:50.950 She's principal of the school. So she was in 00:31:50.950 --> 00:31:53.890 the school, in the office. And I went into her 00:31:53.890 --> 00:31:56.470 and said, I want to talk. She said, yes, come. 00:31:56.910 --> 00:32:00.529 And we started talking. And since then, I don't 00:32:00.529 --> 00:32:02.049 know what happened. But more than four days, 00:32:02.089 --> 00:32:15.640 we never talked again. I have realized. You think 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:19.380 I can fix everyone's problems? No. You think 00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:23.440 I can fix all my problems in my house? No. You 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:26.000 think I can fix all the world's problems? No. 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:29.339 And guess what? I'm not being called to do it. 00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:33.980 I have my savior right alongside of me. And he's 00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:36.940 going to teach me what to do next. He's going 00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:39.140 to teach me how to go. He's going to teach me 00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:41.460 what to say. He's going to teach me how to behave 00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:43.740 in certain situations. He's going to teach me 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:46.579 when I am in lack of money how to behave. When 00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:49.519 I have abundance of money, how should I behave? 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:51.380 He's going to teach me. That's all he wants. 00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:56.180 He's going to teach me certain things. Me and 00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:58.660 my wife, we went through three miscarriages. 00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:02.940 And we were too, too broken. And my wife was 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:05.759 so broken that one day I was trying to wake her 00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:07.839 up and she said, I wish I would never get up. 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:11.799 And she started crying. She said, I wish my eyes 00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:15.160 would never open. And I would die in my sleep. 00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:18.519 And I said, don't say that. And I started crying 00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:22.700 too. And I went upstairs and I started crying. 00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:27.220 I said, God, I don't know. Why? And I really 00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:29.809 don't. You know, it doesn't bother me much, but 00:33:29.809 --> 00:33:33.210 the why, I don't need to know the answer of why. 00:33:33.329 --> 00:33:38.769 I know you are wise. But please do something 00:33:38.769 --> 00:33:41.609 so that we have hope. Please do something so 00:33:41.609 --> 00:33:45.430 that we cherish your grace and mercy in spite 00:33:45.430 --> 00:33:49.180 of our weaknesses. And let me tell you what happened. 00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:51.660 All of a sudden I got a phone call from one of 00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:54.940 my disciples from a city called Delhi. And he 00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.539 calls me up and says, Pastor, what are you doing? 00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:59.059 I said, nothing, just praying. He said, there's 00:33:59.059 --> 00:34:01.099 a situation. I heard that you guys take care 00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:03.859 of the children, poor children. I said, no, we 00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:07.279 only provide free education to them. Yes, yeah, 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:09.280 that's what we do. We give them free education, 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:13.820 food and transportation and all that. And he 00:34:13.820 --> 00:34:16.630 said, but what about those who are better? been 00:34:16.630 --> 00:34:21.590 abandoned I said no we don't do anything he says 00:34:21.590 --> 00:34:23.489 oh I thought you do something because we have 00:34:23.489 --> 00:34:26.429 a situation here a couple came together out of 00:34:26.429 --> 00:34:28.610 wedlock they have a baby and the husband has 00:34:28.610 --> 00:34:31.829 already man has already left the scene he's not 00:34:31.829 --> 00:34:34.690 with the woman and woman is saying I'm only 21 00:34:34.690 --> 00:34:37.610 and I don't want to carry this so she's she's 00:34:37.610 --> 00:34:39.630 getting out of the hospital tomorrow and she's 00:34:39.630 --> 00:34:43.429 gonna drop the baby in the trash can and that's 00:34:43.429 --> 00:34:46.190 what I heard And when I heard that, I said, wait, 00:34:46.309 --> 00:34:48.449 I'll call you back again. I went back to my wife. 00:34:48.530 --> 00:34:50.889 I said, this is a situation. What would you like 00:34:50.889 --> 00:34:55.630 to do? She said, get my ticket. I'm going. She 00:34:55.630 --> 00:34:59.010 got up and got the baby. And let me tell you, 00:34:59.030 --> 00:35:01.809 since then, everything has changed. Everything 00:35:01.809 --> 00:35:05.530 has changed. Today, I have 10 kids playing on 00:35:05.530 --> 00:35:19.179 my bed. Now when I say playing on the bed, I 00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:24.699 really mean playing. Really. Jumping up and down 00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:29.539 and playing on my back. Horse riding and all 00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:32.340 that stuff. And I'm loving every part of it. 00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:36.260 Believe me, I'm loving. I would not like to trade 00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:40.460 this for any other thing. I'm telling you, this 00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:43.760 is part of heaven that I'm enjoying in my family, 00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:49.699 in my life. Believe me, friends. It's okay to 00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:52.219 be weak at times because God knows how he's going 00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:55.079 to use your weakness for his glory and for your 00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:58.539 good. And let me tell you, those kids have done 00:35:58.539 --> 00:36:04.659 so good to me that I can never pay back. Don't 00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:07.460 look at your weaknesses and deformities and disabilities. 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:12.579 As if they are going to be your handicap. As 00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:15.719 if they are going to be your impediment. No, 00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:19.239 sir, no. God is going to use you in spite of 00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:21.880 that. And sometimes God is going to use the very 00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:24.280 weakness you have for his glory and for your 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:28.239 good. Trust God in everything. That's why God 00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:30.739 said, I will be with you and I will teach you. 00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:33.440 I will teach you. I will be with you. And I will 00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:35.639 finish with these. See, that's why I'm turning 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:40.840 the pages. I'll finish with these. One time, 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:46.039 a lady. Now, let me tell you about my family 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:48.780 situation. I'm enjoying my family. Don't think 00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:52.980 we fight any longer. God's grace, we have fun 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:56.000 now. Because God taught me a few things. And 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.860 one of the things that God taught me was this. 00:36:58.219 --> 00:37:00.840 Michael, there can be four associate pastors 00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:03.659 to your church. But there cannot be four associate 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:07.369 fathers and husbands to your family. So be the 00:37:07.369 --> 00:37:09.869 husband you have to be. Be the father you have 00:37:09.869 --> 00:37:12.050 to be. And I started taking care of my wife. 00:37:12.130 --> 00:37:15.670 I started loving her more than I, you know, I 00:37:15.670 --> 00:37:19.030 started showing so much of love. Because in India 00:37:19.030 --> 00:37:21.809 it's like, I love you, don't you know? I bring 00:37:21.809 --> 00:37:24.670 food on the table, don't you know? Do I have 00:37:24.670 --> 00:37:27.570 to say it again and again? And, you know, husbands 00:37:27.570 --> 00:37:30.699 are not that expressive, you know. I don't know 00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:33.940 husbands here, but in India, we are very shy. 00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:37.780 And you should thank us for being shy. Being 00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:45.280 shy, we are 1 .3 billion. Imagine what would 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:48.460 have happened if we were not that shy. So you 00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:52.079 should thank us. I'm telling you, your immigration 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:59.030 would have, like, collapsed by now. Praise God. 00:37:59.230 --> 00:38:01.469 And you needed bigger walls than what you have 00:38:01.469 --> 00:38:06.570 right now. But praise God for everything. Everything 00:38:06.570 --> 00:38:09.210 is for his glory. And he's saying, Michael, I 00:38:09.210 --> 00:38:11.889 can use it. Don't worry. I can use you. I can 00:38:11.889 --> 00:38:14.489 use your weakness. Don't think I just have a 00:38:14.489 --> 00:38:16.710 little bit of strength that I can use only good 00:38:16.710 --> 00:38:20.449 things. I can use anything for my glory and for 00:38:20.449 --> 00:38:23.050 your good. God bless you, friends. Let God be 00:38:23.050 --> 00:38:26.769 glorified as you allow him to work in and through 00:38:26.769 --> 00:38:30.469 you. Thank you, friends. Hallelujah.