WEBVTT 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:17.379 We have got something special for you this morning. 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:21.879 And it's my honor when we have missionaries that 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:24.879 come in that we have faithfully supported over 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:31.519 the years to turn the pulpit over in honor to 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:34.659 them. And because we want to hear from them, 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:37.340 they rarely get here. And it's been a while since 00:00:37.340 --> 00:00:42.100 Pastor... augustus anthony he goes by pastor 00:00:42.100 --> 00:00:46.399 tony he really is a bishop of the churches it's 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:49.039 called assembly of believers churches in india 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:53.060 you guys have been supporting their ministry 00:00:53.060 --> 00:00:55.939 as life bible has tagged on with them for at 00:00:55.939 --> 00:01:01.640 least now almost 17 18 years uh it's been an 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:06.359 incredible journey He now oversees 1 ,100 churches 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:09.340 that have come out of his work. Come on, let's 00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:13.260 give the Lord a big praise for that. Amen. And 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:17.319 today, he brought with him his son, who is an 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:21.000 overseer, Rocky, and his grandson, Aaron, who 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.340 is part of their worship team and training to 00:01:24.340 --> 00:01:26.420 be in the ministry. So three generations, will 00:01:26.420 --> 00:01:30.640 you welcome the... Pastor Bishop Tony, Aaron, 00:01:30.859 --> 00:01:33.140 and Rocky as they come to the stage real quick 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:52.000 this morning. Thank you very much. It's an honor 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.799 for me to worship with you. I'm not here to tell 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.420 you something. I'm here to worship with you. 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.140 Because I believe that's what we are made for. 00:02:01.900 --> 00:02:04.599 Is it true or not? We have been made to worship 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:08.400 our Savior, Jesus Christ. Thank God. I thank 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.439 the Lord for all your prayers. And thank you 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:13.840 for praying for our family, our ministry. And, 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:17.219 you know, it means a lot. Your prayers really 00:02:17.219 --> 00:02:20.639 mean a lot. At times we pray and we think, you 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:23.580 know, is something happening or not? But when 00:02:23.580 --> 00:02:28.280 you pray, prayer has power. And your prayers 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.379 are one of the reasons why I'm standing here 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:34.240 in front of you this morning. It's a privilege 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:38.759 for me, my father, and my son. You know? I see 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:42.680 both sides of the coin. Being a father and being 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.139 a son. And I thank God that the Lord has kept 00:02:46.139 --> 00:02:49.539 me in such a family that serves the Lord. And 00:02:49.539 --> 00:02:52.449 nothing better. Nothing better than serving the 00:02:52.449 --> 00:02:54.569 Lord. I just want to thank you for your prayers. 00:02:54.849 --> 00:02:57.629 The work in India is growing leaps and bounds. 00:02:58.210 --> 00:03:01.689 Not because of us. We are no ones to do anything 00:03:01.689 --> 00:03:04.370 for the Lord. But it is His grace that He has 00:03:04.370 --> 00:03:07.189 chosen us to be of some value to His kingdom. 00:03:08.310 --> 00:03:12.530 And I often see where the Lord has got us. It's 00:03:12.530 --> 00:03:15.349 the 50 years celebration this year. We are completing 00:03:15.349 --> 00:03:18.889 50 years of our church. And you know, God has 00:03:18.889 --> 00:03:29.180 been good. And it is only his grace that we were 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:31.099 able to complete this 50 years. A lot of things, 00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:34.780 good and bad, came. But I thank God that he enabled 00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:39.360 us to be faithful to him. You know, God is always 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:47.139 faithful. He is. Is he not? He is. But I think 00:03:47.139 --> 00:03:50.419 the main thing is, are we faithful to him or 00:03:50.419 --> 00:03:55.659 not? A lot of things come our way. Some are very 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:59.599 good. And we rejoice. Some of them are not very 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:05.560 good. But still, we need to rejoice. Because 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:07.819 that's the word the Lord says. Rejoice in the 00:04:07.819 --> 00:04:11.919 Lord. Always. No matter you are happy or you 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:14.979 are sad. Things are going the way you want them 00:04:14.979 --> 00:04:18.000 to go or not. But all the Lord wants to see in 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:21.699 us is, are we still happy in the things that 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:25.079 are not going our way? You know, two years from 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:29.680 now, 2020, the first COVID wave had just hit. 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.259 And it was a Sunday morning. It was Father's 00:04:34.259 --> 00:04:42.199 Day. June 21, I think. And my wife... had got 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.459 a special secret birthday cake for me and my 00:04:45.459 --> 00:04:48.579 father to cut. And because it was COVID, the 00:04:48.579 --> 00:04:51.500 churches were physically closed and we were worshiping 00:04:51.500 --> 00:04:55.639 online. It was my job in the church to start 00:04:55.639 --> 00:05:01.519 the online service. And I got up, took a bath, 00:05:01.699 --> 00:05:05.759 got ready. And as I opened my laptop to switch 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:12.110 on the online service, I was... Not able to type 00:05:12.110 --> 00:05:15.970 in the password very correctly. I thought, what's 00:05:15.970 --> 00:05:19.829 happening? I called my son. Hey, come on here. 00:05:19.910 --> 00:05:23.050 He came in and he tried to do it. He did it. 00:05:23.110 --> 00:05:26.129 But I felt there was something not right in my 00:05:26.129 --> 00:05:33.829 right hand. And it was a stroke. I called my 00:05:33.829 --> 00:05:36.910 wife and she immediately knew that there was 00:05:36.910 --> 00:05:40.149 something not right. She just... Called my mom. 00:05:40.310 --> 00:05:44.029 Both of them prayed. And I was. By the grace 00:05:44.029 --> 00:05:45.790 of God we live in a place. Which has a lot of 00:05:45.790 --> 00:05:49.129 Christian people around us. And they took me 00:05:49.129 --> 00:05:52.829 right away to the hospital. And my right side. 00:05:53.589 --> 00:06:00.810 Was not working. I was in the ICU. For five days. 00:06:02.790 --> 00:06:06.279 And on the third day. Doctor came. See, I only 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:08.519 know this because of what I'm told. I did not 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:11.680 know anything what was happening that time. So 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:14.420 the doctor came to my wife and said, we have 00:06:14.420 --> 00:06:16.920 tried two medicines, they are not working. We 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:20.160 are unable to get his blood pressure down. We 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:22.040 are trying the third and last one. If they don't 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:25.620 work, we are going to do a blood transfusion. 00:06:27.339 --> 00:06:30.220 And my wife said, doctor, you try the third medicine 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:34.959 and the Lord will heal him. People all over the 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:38.300 globe were praying. You prayed? And I thank God 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:44.680 that the medicine worked. And after five days, 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.740 I was out of the ICU. And right now, I'm holding 00:06:48.740 --> 00:06:52.160 the mic in my right hand, lifting up my hand 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.259 to glorify his name. I'm speaking clearly. Why? 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:07.990 Because God still does miracles. In those days, 00:07:08.050 --> 00:07:11.110 especially times when, you know, I got healed, 00:07:11.170 --> 00:07:13.970 but it took time for my right side to get on 00:07:13.970 --> 00:07:17.670 working again. A lot of things happened. I played 00:07:17.670 --> 00:07:21.350 the keyboard, and my therapist came to know that 00:07:21.350 --> 00:07:24.589 I play keyboard. He told my mom and my wife, 00:07:24.670 --> 00:07:26.670 why don't you have a keyboard in this room? He'll 00:07:26.670 --> 00:07:29.670 play, he'll exercise his hands. And, you know, 00:07:29.689 --> 00:07:31.810 the first time I did that, I put my hand on the 00:07:31.810 --> 00:07:34.980 keyboard, and it did not sound. Because there 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:40.379 was no strength in my hands. And that time, God 00:07:40.379 --> 00:07:45.060 told me one thing. You know, my worship is not 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:48.480 just what I do to the Lord. Sometimes we are 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.180 very good at some things. But when we are unable 00:07:51.180 --> 00:07:53.399 to do those things that we are very good at, 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:59.300 it's not good. I'm very good at preaching. Sometimes 00:07:59.300 --> 00:08:03.759 we might not be able to preach. But the Lord 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:07.920 told me, even if I'm not able to sing, even if 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:10.779 I'm not able to preach, even if I'm not able 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:14.259 to play an instrument, my worship is not what 00:08:14.259 --> 00:08:17.779 I do. My worship is from my heart to my Savior. 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:24.660 And you know, from that point onwards, whenever 00:08:24.660 --> 00:08:27.120 I now lead worship, or even when I'm just standing 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:30.480 and worshiping God, and I lift my hand, it has 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:33.950 a different meaning altogether. Because I know 00:08:33.950 --> 00:08:36.769 what it is not to be able to lift your hand. 00:08:37.269 --> 00:08:40.570 I know what it is not to be able to sing. And 00:08:40.570 --> 00:08:44.590 all I pray to the Lord is, Lord, whatever I do, 00:08:44.649 --> 00:08:48.549 wherever I am, let your worship always go from 00:08:48.549 --> 00:08:51.970 my heart and bless your heart. Because I believe 00:08:51.970 --> 00:08:55.549 that's it. And I thank the Lord that I'm not 00:08:55.549 --> 00:08:58.440 here alone. I'm here with my son. And it's a 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:00.539 blessing to worship God with my whole family. 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:03.240 And whatever I do, I just want to praise him 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:07.399 for he is worthy of all my praises. Hallelujah. 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:19.100 It's my joy and I'm glad to be here once again 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:24.929 after seven good years. You know, when we were 00:09:24.929 --> 00:09:27.570 in the communion, Pastor Bad quoted this verse. 00:09:27.629 --> 00:09:32.110 It was 1 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 25. And 00:09:32.110 --> 00:09:37.710 it said, in the same way, after supper, he took 00:09:37.710 --> 00:09:44.610 the cup. Saying, this cup is the new covenant. 00:09:45.029 --> 00:09:48.929 And I want to stop right there. You know, we 00:09:48.929 --> 00:09:55.279 are not the people. Of the old testament. We 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.620 are not the people. Of God's old covenant. We 00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:04.059 are the people. Of the new covenant. And you 00:10:04.059 --> 00:10:06.840 know. We are not just the people. Of new covenant. 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:11.259 We are a chosen people. A holy people. And as 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:15.980 it says in 1 Peter 2 .9. But you are a chosen 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:19.730 race. And a royal priesthood. Come on somebody 00:10:19.730 --> 00:10:24.330 say with me. Royal priesthood. And you know the 00:10:24.330 --> 00:10:29.850 Bible says. His plans for us. Is okay we are 00:10:29.850 --> 00:10:31.789 in this world. We are doing multiple things. 00:10:31.889 --> 00:10:34.269 We want to do. We are doing our jobs. We are 00:10:34.269 --> 00:10:36.929 doing our businesses. But you know what we are 00:10:36.929 --> 00:10:41.820 made for. Is to be his royal priesthood. Whatever 00:10:41.820 --> 00:10:45.399 we are doing, that's a job because we have to 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:48.620 do this on our journey on earth. But you know, 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:51.200 there's something even bigger planned for us 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:54.519 in the eternal life. I want to take your attention 00:10:54.519 --> 00:11:01.779 to Daniel. Daniel chapter 6 and verse 16. It 00:11:01.779 --> 00:11:06.200 says, so the king gave the order and they brought 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:11.039 Daniel and threw him into the lion's den. All 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.820 of you know this story. We have read it many 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:17.899 times. I have read it many times. And you know 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:23.080 what? In situations and circumstances like this, 00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:28.759 in which Daniel is, what he is facing, what his 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.700 friends faced, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, 00:11:31.899 --> 00:11:35.639 what his nation of Israel faced under slavery. 00:11:36.809 --> 00:11:40.830 It is not easy to remember that we are the chosen 00:11:40.830 --> 00:11:45.009 ones. And you know, the circumstances we are 00:11:45.009 --> 00:11:50.029 facing right now and the circumstances which 00:11:50.029 --> 00:11:54.429 we will fail, it will not be easy for us to remember 00:11:54.429 --> 00:11:57.789 and to know that we are the chosen race. Trust 00:11:57.789 --> 00:12:02.429 me. In India, things are going... They're going 00:12:02.429 --> 00:12:04.950 according to Bible. You know, it's written and 00:12:04.950 --> 00:12:07.490 it will happen. But that doesn't mean that it's 00:12:07.490 --> 00:12:11.549 going to be good. You know, there are a lot of 00:12:11.549 --> 00:12:14.029 things written in the Bible and they are going 00:12:14.029 --> 00:12:18.409 to happen. But it's our responsibility to remind 00:12:18.409 --> 00:12:22.490 ourselves as well as the people of God that we 00:12:22.490 --> 00:12:27.029 are, and I quote, a holy nation of people for 00:12:27.029 --> 00:12:31.220 his own possession. And it says, when it continues, 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.580 1 Peter 2, 9, it says, that you may proclaim 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:41.019 the excellencies of him who called you out of 00:12:41.019 --> 00:12:45.919 darkness. He just didn't call us out of darkness 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:50.539 and left us. It says, called you out of the darkness 00:12:50.539 --> 00:12:55.039 into his marvelous light. And we are chosen, 00:12:55.240 --> 00:13:00.039 not just... to go out of the darkness and god 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:03.179 is for me god is for myself and we are done you 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:06.840 know we are called to bring people out of their 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:09.759 darkness into his marvelous life somebody say 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:14.059 amen and you know when daniel's daniel is in 00:13:14.059 --> 00:13:17.659 lion in the lion's den we know the story how 00:13:17.659 --> 00:13:21.059 god miraculously saved him and then the king 00:13:21.059 --> 00:13:26.730 comes in the morning and he says to daniel May 00:13:26.730 --> 00:13:31.529 your God, whom you serve continually, rescue 00:13:31.529 --> 00:13:38.230 you. What I read, what I've heard, Daniel used 00:13:38.230 --> 00:13:42.649 to serve the king in the palace. Daniel used 00:13:42.649 --> 00:13:48.149 to work for the king as a slave, as his counselor. 00:13:48.629 --> 00:13:53.730 But the king here clearly knows. the god whom 00:13:53.730 --> 00:13:56.629 you serve continually you know it's not about 00:13:56.629 --> 00:14:01.029 our jobs where we work at what we do but in every 00:14:01.029 --> 00:14:05.629 step of our life we have to show by dan daniel 00:14:05.629 --> 00:14:09.850 did not say king oh king i serve the lord daniel 00:14:09.850 --> 00:14:16.029 was like he is my god and even when i'm not serving 00:14:16.029 --> 00:14:19.759 him i am serving him And you know the king knew 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:22.879 without Daniel telling him that oh my God will 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.600 rescue me. Daniel did not say that. But the king 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:30.059 himself said may your God whom you serve continually 00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:33.299 rescue you. That means the one who is putting 00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:36.879 him in that place. The one who is putting him 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:39.320 in that dark situation clearly knows that he'll 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:42.860 get out of it. And I want to tell you when dark 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:47.039 situations come. When circumstances are not so 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:49.990 good. The people who are putting you in that, 00:14:50.149 --> 00:14:52.129 they are doing that because they know you will 00:14:52.129 --> 00:14:56.590 get out. And people are afraid because the gospel 00:14:56.590 --> 00:15:01.409 will spread. And I am witness in India, gospel 00:15:01.409 --> 00:15:05.230 spreads more when there is persecution. As in 00:15:05.230 --> 00:15:08.250 the first century church. And as I close, I want 00:15:08.250 --> 00:15:13.110 to tell you. Gospel will spread through us and 00:15:13.110 --> 00:15:17.090 it is our responsibility to be the chosen race 00:15:17.090 --> 00:15:20.590 and to sustain ourselves as a holy nation. May 00:15:20.590 --> 00:15:42.509 God bless you. What a great joy to serve the 00:15:42.509 --> 00:15:46.029 Lord with the entire family, grandfather, father, 00:15:46.269 --> 00:15:49.429 and son. I just want to appreciate the Lord. 00:15:52.070 --> 00:15:58.129 Thank you very much, church, for having me, for 00:15:58.129 --> 00:16:01.710 allowing our family to come and worship with 00:16:01.710 --> 00:16:05.779 you. we have come as a part of this church to 00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:08.940 just worship the Lord who is worthy of all the 00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:16.059 worship. We were friends, especially because 00:16:16.059 --> 00:16:23.980 you are LBC, Life Bible Church, and we were Lucknow 00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:30.940 Bible College. LBC. But now, The relationship 00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:41.279 has been added as ABC Sonny has married LBC Stephanie. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:50.279 So we are not only friends, but we are family. 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:56.799 Wow, what a great blessing. I just appreciate 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:01.190 the Lord. And thank him for what he's doing and 00:17:01.190 --> 00:17:05.089 excited about what he's going to do in the days 00:17:05.089 --> 00:17:10.609 to come. Here in Life Bible Church and there 00:17:10.609 --> 00:17:14.470 with ABC. Thank you for your prayer. I want to 00:17:14.470 --> 00:17:18.069 begin with my key scripture that you will find 00:17:18.069 --> 00:17:26.579 Psalm 91 verse 11. Psalm 91 verse 11. There is 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:29.799 something very special David is saying. Listen 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:37.140 to this one. Yes. For he will command his angels. 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:43.599 Yes. Read it again, please. For he will command 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:48.859 his angels concerning you to guard you in all 00:17:48.859 --> 00:17:53.079 your ways. Wow. Many people will say, I've never 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:56.700 seen this. Angels never came to my house. I was 00:17:56.700 --> 00:18:01.740 never guided. I was never protected. I had an 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:05.720 accident. God never gave me money. I never saw 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:11.019 the hand of God upon us. If you haven't, let 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:14.960 me tell you, all the blessings of God are conditional. 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:18.680 You fulfill the condition and you see heaven 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:23.579 broken on you. Now, what's the condition to have 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:27.859 angels guard over me and my house and my life 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:33.839 and my business? Proverbs 3, 6 is the answer. 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.839 Proverbs 3, 6 is the key. When you take the key, 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:41.319 you can open the blessings of God through the 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:45.319 key. And 3, 6 of Proverbs reads like this. In 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:52.319 all thy ways, acknowledge him. You want the angels 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:54.559 to come to your house? You want the protection 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:58.980 of God to fall upon you? The key is in all your 00:18:58.980 --> 00:19:03.839 ways. You want angels and God's protection to 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:06.980 be there in all your ways? In all your ways, 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:12.519 acknowledge God. Acknowledge God in all your 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:16.339 ways. It doesn't say that only when you get a 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:19.480 message from God or you get a song from God or 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:23.160 you get a music. No, in all your ways, in your 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:26.460 business, in your husband and wife relationship, 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:30.380 when a child is born, when your daughter gets 00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:34.000 a gold medal, when your son gets a new job, acknowledge 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.430 him. It's very important to acknowledge. Many 00:19:38.430 --> 00:19:42.450 times we don't have the visitation and protection 00:19:42.450 --> 00:19:46.089 of angels and the hand of the Lord upon us because 00:19:46.089 --> 00:19:50.170 we fail to acknowledge God in everything you 00:19:50.170 --> 00:19:54.009 do. We acknowledge our brain. We acknowledge 00:19:54.009 --> 00:19:57.490 our friends, our business. We acknowledge our 00:19:57.490 --> 00:20:01.380 skill. But we don't acknowledge God. But important 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:06.160 to acknowledge God. Accept God. And believe God. 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:10.980 Recognize God. And receive God. The angels will 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:15.150 come. Angels start coming. From today, if you 00:20:15.150 --> 00:20:18.190 start acknowledging God today, I want to take 00:20:18.190 --> 00:20:22.190 you to a few places how men of God acknowledged 00:20:22.190 --> 00:20:29.170 and how they didn't. Psalm 118 verse 13. Psalm 00:20:29.170 --> 00:20:35.089 118 verse 13. Listen to this one. Yes. I was 00:20:35.089 --> 00:20:38.529 pushed back. Have you ever been pushed back? 00:20:39.309 --> 00:20:43.019 People... People are people. I know the people 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:46.200 are people. Same in India and same here. People 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:49.700 have tendency to push you back. Everywhere. Don't 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:52.539 tell me in America we don't push anybody. No, 00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:55.980 everywhere people push people. Pastors push pastors. 00:20:56.440 --> 00:21:00.579 Leaders push leaders. People push each other. 00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:05.180 This is the tendency of people. Man of God said, 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:08.039 I was pushed. Listen to this. I was pushed back. 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:12.700 And I was about to fall. Everyone many times 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:15.759 was about to fall. I don't know about you, but 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:19.349 I was about to fall many times. But listen to 00:21:19.349 --> 00:21:22.230 this. What he said? My intellect, my intelligence, 00:21:22.589 --> 00:21:26.349 my skill. I did this and I did this. What he 00:21:26.349 --> 00:21:28.630 said? Listen to this. I was about to fall because 00:21:28.630 --> 00:21:31.349 I was pushed back. Listen to this what he said. 00:21:31.650 --> 00:21:37.710 But the Lord helped me. It's not because of your 00:21:37.710 --> 00:21:41.390 strength. It's not because of your own skill. 00:21:41.750 --> 00:21:44.190 It's not because of your money and business. 00:21:44.410 --> 00:21:48.650 It's because of God. I thank God for this man 00:21:48.650 --> 00:21:55.369 who acknowledges God for not falling. He protected. 00:21:55.769 --> 00:21:58.869 God is protected if you continue to acknowledge 00:21:58.869 --> 00:22:05.019 him for not... letting you fall. Next time also, 00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:08.700 when people push you or the enemy pushes you, 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:11.079 when you're about to fall, when you're about 00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:15.279 to make a mistake, God's angel will visit you 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:19.880 and they will protect you in all your ways. Let 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:27.160 me go to the next place. Genesis 31, 5 and 6. 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:33.869 First book. Genesis 31, verse 5 and 7. Listen 00:22:33.869 --> 00:22:40.650 to this. He said to them, I see. Oh, attitude. 00:22:44.170 --> 00:22:48.910 Big problem. Many times people invite us in their 00:22:48.910 --> 00:22:52.529 house, but attitude is very bad. And you decide, 00:22:52.730 --> 00:22:55.390 I'm not going to go there anymore. Attitude. 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:58.160 A lot of times people come to church, their attitude 00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:01.339 is very bad. Well, I came because my husband 00:23:01.339 --> 00:23:05.019 wanted me to come. Attitude. This guy sees the 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:07.819 attitude, and now this is his father -in -law. 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:11.660 Sorry, forgive me all the father -in -laws. I'm 00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:14.220 not against father -in -laws, but Bible tells 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:17.619 us this, that I see the attitude of your father, 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:23.500 my father -in -law. What? Toward me? Oh, it's 00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:26.319 changed. Have you seen people's attitude change 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:29.200 through you? They were so good to me, but not 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:33.140 anymore. This is world. It used to happen thousand 00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:36.759 years ago. It still happens today. People's attitude 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:41.000 will change. But listen to this. But God of my 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:47.599 father has been with me. Seventh verse. Listen 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:50.619 to this seventh verse. His acknowledgement there 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:55.180 that my father -in -law's attitude changed. My 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:58.640 people's attitude changed. But God, I acknowledge 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:02.599 God that he didn't allow him to harm me. Listen 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:09.700 to this. Yes. Yes. He cheated me. Ten times. 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:13.519 Anybody cheated you ten times? That's too much. 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:19.960 He's been cheated 10 times. Folks, don't worry. 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:23.900 You just acknowledge God. You just allow the 00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:27.220 angels to come to your house. And I have given 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:31.279 you the key. Open the blessing of God and heaven 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:35.279 by those keys. And he said, he has cheated me 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:42.099 10 times. However, God, he is not saying, I was 00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:45.140 so intelligent that I didn't allow him to cheat 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:50.299 me. No. This guy said, I made a mistake. I lied 00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:54.259 to my father. I cheated my brother. I had to 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:57.319 leave my house in the night. Couldn't even take 00:24:57.319 --> 00:25:00.079 my suitcase. There was no pillow to put under 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:03.059 my head. I didn't know where I'm going. I didn't 00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:08.200 even have GPS at that time. I was going to my 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:12.759 mother's brother's place and any animal would 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:16.519 have eaten me on the way. I had no idea where 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:20.299 I was going. I didn't know about my future. I 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:25.259 don't know if my relatives will let me stay in 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:27.559 their house. But you know what he said? He said, 00:25:27.789 --> 00:25:31.210 God of my father was with me. Even at that time 00:25:31.210 --> 00:25:34.210 in the wilderness. He said God you are with me. 00:25:34.369 --> 00:25:38.369 And folks this guy has a great experience. Even 00:25:38.369 --> 00:25:41.529 though he made mistakes. But when he looked to 00:25:41.529 --> 00:25:44.430 God. When he saw that ladder going to heaven. 00:25:44.630 --> 00:25:47.910 And he believed in God. And he started acknowledging 00:25:47.910 --> 00:25:51.809 God. He came back to his brother. And there he 00:25:51.809 --> 00:25:56.230 acknowledges God. What does it say? Same book. 00:25:56.410 --> 00:26:00.569 Genesis. It says 32nd chapter, 10th verse. 32nd 00:26:00.569 --> 00:26:03.529 chapter, 10th verse. He's coming back. He's a 00:26:03.529 --> 00:26:06.150 great man now. He's got a lot of cattle, a lot 00:26:06.150 --> 00:26:09.529 of gold, a lot of silver. Amazing blessing is 00:26:09.529 --> 00:26:12.349 received. He comes back. He meets his brother. 00:26:12.470 --> 00:26:15.690 Brother says, oh, how rich you are. How did it 00:26:15.690 --> 00:26:18.589 happen? But what did he tell there? Listen to 00:26:18.589 --> 00:26:25.970 this. I am unworthy of all the kindness, of faithfulness. 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:32.640 Oh God, this is all because of you. This is not 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:34.980 because of my intelligence. It's not because 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:39.039 of what I've done in my life. I will stand this 00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:42.519 morning here in this church. And I want to acknowledge 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:46.619 the blessing of the Lord on ABC. We started a 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:51.460 church with nothing. With 33 people. And now 00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:55.660 we are more than 100 ,000 people in India. 100 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:59.720 buildings have already been completed. 100 church 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:04.359 buildings. doing five buildings right now. And 00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:10.190 I'm here to acknowledge some of you. All of you 00:27:10.190 --> 00:27:13.470 as a church, you have prayed for us. You stood 00:27:13.470 --> 00:27:17.329 with us. You helped us. You released people from 00:27:17.329 --> 00:27:21.150 the church to come to India. Help us. The ministry 00:27:21.150 --> 00:27:23.849 of worship was nothing in India. We didn't know 00:27:23.849 --> 00:27:26.670 anything. Nobody could play guitar. Hundreds 00:27:26.670 --> 00:27:29.029 and thousands of people play musical instruments. 00:27:29.329 --> 00:27:33.690 We put up big concerts. I'm here to acknowledge 00:27:33.690 --> 00:27:38.680 your faithfulness. I want to acknowledge the 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:42.960 faithfulness of Smugglers for India. I want to 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:50.200 acknowledge. I want to acknowledge the faithfulness 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:54.119 of Duane and Leanne. I want to acknowledge the 00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:56.720 faithfulness of Ken and Lisa for being faithful. 00:27:56.880 --> 00:28:01.359 I want to acknowledge the faithfulness of Pastor 00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:06.150 Brad and the pastors. but team with him. I want 00:28:06.150 --> 00:28:08.650 to acknowledge the faithfulness of your office. 00:28:08.930 --> 00:28:12.509 And Deanna, how faithfully she's worked. But 00:28:12.509 --> 00:28:15.890 all and above all of these things, I want to 00:28:15.890 --> 00:28:19.089 acknowledge the faithfulness of God for them. 00:28:28.349 --> 00:28:31.890 He had a very small army. Zerah, the Ethiopians 00:28:31.890 --> 00:28:36.549 came with double army and wanted to fight. He 00:28:36.549 --> 00:28:40.849 had half the army than Zerah, Ethiopian. He went 00:28:40.849 --> 00:28:43.410 to the battlefield. He settled the battle. I 00:28:43.410 --> 00:28:46.970 am not against if you set things in order. But 00:28:46.970 --> 00:28:50.329 before starting the battle, he knelt down and 00:28:50.329 --> 00:28:53.609 he looked to God. He said, God, in your name. 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:58.519 We go against this multitude. It is nothing for 00:28:58.519 --> 00:29:02.079 you to give victory with a small army like ours. 00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:05.599 And you know what Bible says? Bible says, and 00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:11.700 the Lord smote Ethiopians. Who did? Lord, angels 00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:14.619 used to come in those days. Angels still come 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:19.559 today. You can have God fight your battle wherever 00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:22.559 in battlefield you are. Do your business. Work 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:26.380 hard. Do things right. Invest your money. Go 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:30.000 to the bank. Do whatever you feel like. But before 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.039 starting the battle, kneel down and acknowledge 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:39.750 God. I cannot win this battle without you. America 00:29:39.750 --> 00:29:45.609 was formed on in God we trust. They trusted God 00:29:45.609 --> 00:29:49.690 and banked on God, acknowledged God, and God 00:29:49.690 --> 00:29:52.369 blessed this country over every other country 00:29:52.369 --> 00:29:56.069 in this world. America, you continue to acknowledge 00:29:56.069 --> 00:29:59.769 God, and God will continue to bless you and make 00:29:59.769 --> 00:30:04.170 you a blessing for the entire world. First time 00:30:04.170 --> 00:30:08.430 in life, yesterday, me, my son, and my grandson 00:30:08.430 --> 00:30:15.109 were able to ride Tesla. We only used to hear 00:30:15.109 --> 00:30:19.009 in India, Tesla. We're sitting in Tesla. We came 00:30:19.009 --> 00:30:22.329 to know many things about Tesla. But I discovered 00:30:22.329 --> 00:30:27.549 that after going 300 miles, you got to go to 00:30:27.549 --> 00:30:31.769 charging station. And if you don't, it will not 00:30:31.769 --> 00:30:39.319 go any further. I know you guys are very famous 00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:43.839 and popular like Tesla, but don't you drive more 00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:47.279 than 300 miles without going to the charging 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:52.839 station. I was so blessed this morning when I 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:58.420 went to priest service prayer. There is a charging 00:30:58.420 --> 00:31:02.440 station. I was sitting there and the guys were 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:05.180 praying. I don't even know what's the name of 00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:08.099 this guy. But he came and put his hand upon me. 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:10.960 And I felt like charging is coming through me. 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:14.700 And I was all charged. I'm standing before you 00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:18.259 because even though I'm Tesla, I had to go to 00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:21.599 that God's charging station. I preached the gospel 00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:26.099 thousands of times. 57 years I've been preaching, 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:29.400 but I needed to go there and acknowledge God. 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:32.500 God, without your blessing, I cannot preach. 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:38.799 You have good PA system. You have good pulpit. 00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:41.980 You have a great congregation, great worship, 00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:45.180 but I couldn't preach without the unction of 00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:56.700 the Holy Spirit. Hannah. Hannah brought her son, 00:31:56.880 --> 00:32:01.240 and she simply wanted to acknowledge God. She 00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:05.140 said, God, I could not have a son. I could not 00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:08.980 have a child. My husband was not potent to give 00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:12.819 me a child. I came to this house, and you gave 00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:16.460 me a child, and I have got the child in my lap, 00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:20.359 and I brought him to your house just to acknowledge 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:26.299 you did it. You did it. You did it. And you know 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:29.339 what happened? You read that book again. God 00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:32.559 gave Hannah half a dozen children after that. 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:36.220 You want to be blessed? You want angels to come? 00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:39.539 You want to be guided in all your ways? Wherever 00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:44.059 you go, you simply do one thing. Simply acknowledge 00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:53.279 God. Acknowledge God. Now, Solomon. The son of 00:32:53.279 --> 00:33:00.720 David built an amazing house of God. He imported 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:05.980 stones from other countries. Wood. Craftsmen 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:09.900 from other countries. They built a beautiful 00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:13.160 house. They put the foundation of that house 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:19.240 of precious stones. They used the best of the 00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:24.470 wood. Overlaid it. With pure gold. Ceiling had 00:33:24.470 --> 00:33:30.650 gold. Walls had gold. Overlaid with gold. And 00:33:30.650 --> 00:33:33.450 the floor was overlaid with gold. Great building. 00:33:33.650 --> 00:33:36.130 Whole world is talking about this building. It's 00:33:36.130 --> 00:33:39.130 going to be inaugurated. Kings came from far 00:33:39.130 --> 00:33:42.529 and near. Every eye is fixed. Where is Solomon? 00:33:42.690 --> 00:33:47.029 Solomon comes out. He made a brass stage. Not 00:33:47.029 --> 00:33:51.059 gold. Brass. jumped on the stage, and he knelt 00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:56.500 down before God. And before the opening of the 00:33:56.500 --> 00:34:00.640 building, he said, God, until your presence comes 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:06.500 in this, it is nothing. Kings, thank you very 00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:11.440 much. You supplied material, gold, and craftsmen. 00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:15.000 Thank you very much, people, you have come. But 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:18.179 he bowed before God and said, until your presence 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:22.159 comes. He acknowledged God. And so presence of 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:25.739 God came there in that house. And let me tell 00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:29.079 you the great miracle that happened thousands 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:32.019 of years ago in that temple will happen in your 00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:35.019 church, in your family, and angels will visit. 00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:38.820 Acknowledge, children, acknowledge what your 00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:41.889 father and mother have done for you. Members, 00:34:42.010 --> 00:34:44.769 acknowledge the leaders of the church for what 00:34:44.769 --> 00:34:47.690 you have done. Acknowledge things around you 00:34:47.690 --> 00:34:52.010 and for every one of them, acknowledge God. And 00:34:52.010 --> 00:34:54.829 when you acknowledge God, something great will 00:34:54.829 --> 00:34:58.929 happen and you will see the glory come on you. 00:34:59.050 --> 00:35:02.769 And when you acknowledge God, what will happen 00:35:02.769 --> 00:35:06.730 is God's angel visit you. I have come here to 00:35:06.730 --> 00:35:10.809 acknowledge God. And you who have been used by 00:35:10.809 --> 00:35:22.710 God, may the Lord continue to bless you. If you 00:35:22.710 --> 00:35:25.469 are interested in hearing other podcasts or contacting 00:35:25.469 --> 00:35:29.250 Life Bible Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch 00:35:29.250 --> 00:35:34.050 .org or call us at 541 -995 -8282.