WEBVTT 00:00:17.550 --> 00:00:21.690 Shiffy and their grandson Aaron which is Shiffy 00:00:21.690 --> 00:00:24.210 and Rocky's son and then Rocky. So would you 00:00:24.210 --> 00:00:26.190 welcome the whole family again as Pastor Tony 00:00:26.190 --> 00:00:30.070 and Neelam come. God bless you. Come on up. Come 00:00:30.070 --> 00:01:04.650 on up family. words and then Aaron and Alan and 00:01:04.650 --> 00:01:07.370 Chiffy, they will lead us in a song and I'll 00:01:07.370 --> 00:01:09.290 come and share with you what the Lord is doing 00:01:09.290 --> 00:01:17.250 in India. Praise the Lord. I certainly want to 00:01:17.250 --> 00:01:20.969 glorify the name of the Lord and want to thank 00:01:20.969 --> 00:01:24.650 Pastor Brad for giving this opportunity to come 00:01:24.650 --> 00:01:30.739 and minister. I'm so thankful to the Lord for 00:01:30.739 --> 00:01:34.799 taking good care of us back in India. And thankful 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:38.780 to all the people who have been standing with 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:43.959 us all over these years. It's because your support, 00:01:44.260 --> 00:01:49.280 your help has enabled us to reach the country 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.120 of India and to save many souls. God is on the 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.159 move in India. Miracles are happening each day. 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.659 Young men and women are standing and taking the 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:03.579 baton to serve the Lord and we glorify the name 00:02:03.579 --> 00:02:06.920 of the Lord. God is pouring down his spirit, 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:10.819 chains have been broken, healing has been done 00:02:10.819 --> 00:02:13.060 in a tremendous way. People are getting healed 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:16.580 from cancer and AIDS and tumors are falling down 00:02:16.580 --> 00:02:19.620 and blinds are seeing, you know, lame are walking 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:24.280 and we see the gospel real in the country of 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:27.009 India. Just recently, 15 days back, there's a 00:02:27.009 --> 00:02:30.030 young guy who went to a new city called Gonda 00:02:30.030 --> 00:02:32.990 and he was preparing himself, fasting and praying. 00:02:33.169 --> 00:02:35.770 He said, Lord, you have chosen me to serve thee 00:02:35.770 --> 00:02:38.129 and I want to serve thee with all my heart. And 00:02:38.129 --> 00:02:40.389 as he went to the city of Gonda, there was a 00:02:40.389 --> 00:02:43.469 lady whom God was talking and she said, God told 00:02:43.469 --> 00:02:45.490 her that she's going to send a young man to serve 00:02:45.490 --> 00:02:48.719 the Lord in this city who will... Who God will 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:52.099 use in miracles. And in the first meeting. He 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:54.639 started praying for the sick. And sick got healed. 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.319 And the name of the Lord be glorified. Very soon 00:02:57.319 --> 00:02:59.419 we will have a big church there. And we will 00:02:59.419 --> 00:03:01.800 glorify the name. So God is on the move. Keep 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:04.199 praying for us. We need your prayers. And I am 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.259 so thankful to the Lord. Again. One more time. 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:12.020 This is the time for our family. Which God and 00:03:12.020 --> 00:03:14.919 God's people have given us. You know this one 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:18.300 and a half month. We will be in America. And 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:21.159 this is a great time. Since the time Rockies 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:24.439 got married. It's almost 10 years. Aaron will 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:27.479 be 10 years. We have never been together as a 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:30.080 family for one and a half months. So I want to 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:33.340 glorify the name of the Lord. For he does wonders. 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:37.020 And we are really enjoying. Enjoying the presence 00:03:37.020 --> 00:03:39.379 of the Lord. God's people are taking good care 00:03:39.379 --> 00:03:41.580 of us. We want to thank you Smuckers. We are 00:03:41.580 --> 00:03:44.300 really, really enjoying. Beyond our expectations. 00:03:45.370 --> 00:03:48.930 We are so happy. And I am like, you know, I love 00:03:48.930 --> 00:03:51.189 to work, work, work as many people know. And 00:03:51.189 --> 00:03:53.949 I enjoy that serving the Lord. But here as if 00:03:53.949 --> 00:03:56.990 I have nothing to do, I'm just eating and relaxing 00:03:56.990 --> 00:04:00.210 and laughing and praying and praising the name 00:04:00.210 --> 00:04:02.789 of the Lord. Thank you very much for having this 00:04:02.789 --> 00:04:05.849 one more time. I would like to share just one 00:04:05.849 --> 00:04:09.770 verse this morning. As we all go to the church, 00:04:09.849 --> 00:04:11.830 we love to come to the church and it is good 00:04:11.830 --> 00:04:13.750 to come to the church and serve the Lord. There 00:04:13.750 --> 00:04:16.029 are many people who come and go, come and go. 00:04:16.209 --> 00:04:18.790 It's like a ritual or customary that we come 00:04:18.790 --> 00:04:20.910 and go with our families and serve the Lord. 00:04:20.990 --> 00:04:23.209 But many a times while even serving the Lord, 00:04:23.290 --> 00:04:26.209 so many times we are so distressed. We are so 00:04:26.209 --> 00:04:29.649 upset. We are so full of sorrow inside that we 00:04:29.649 --> 00:04:33.029 really do not know how to deal with. People look 00:04:33.029 --> 00:04:35.550 up to us because they are expecting few things 00:04:35.550 --> 00:04:38.680 from us because we are on a... On a level, we 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:40.439 have been given a position and we are not able 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:43.240 to share our heart with anybody. Inside our hearts, 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:45.480 we are so troubled and we do not know what to 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:47.980 do, who to go and share. People will say, oh, 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:50.759 you're a leader. Oh, you have a position and 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:52.800 you are going through all this. What is this? 00:04:52.860 --> 00:04:55.160 We feel ashamed to share our problems with us. 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:58.100 And one after another, one after another, our 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:01.660 heart becomes so sorrowful, so upset. When I 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:05.379 was going through this word, Psalm 94, 19. I 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:08.620 read and it says, in the multitude of my anxieties 00:05:08.620 --> 00:05:12.560 within me, within us, we get so troubled. We 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.779 get so sorrowful. We get so upset. One after 00:05:15.779 --> 00:05:18.279 another problem. One after another. Our family 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:20.959 problem. Our spouse's problem. Our kids' problem. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.699 Problem regarding our court cases. Problem regarding 00:05:23.699 --> 00:05:28.069 our jobs. You name things one after another, 00:05:28.129 --> 00:05:31.129 one after another. How long, Lord? How long will 00:05:31.129 --> 00:05:33.449 I have to go and suffer? How long will this carry 00:05:33.449 --> 00:05:36.490 on? One after another, we get tired. We get tired. 00:05:36.529 --> 00:05:39.750 We try to give it up. So many people, if we read 00:05:39.750 --> 00:05:42.389 in newspapers, so many people are committing 00:05:42.389 --> 00:05:45.329 suicide back in India. Why? You're doing PhD. 00:05:45.509 --> 00:05:48.870 You're doing MBA. You are going to become a CEO 00:05:48.870 --> 00:05:50.970 of a company. But what happened? All of a sudden, 00:05:51.110 --> 00:05:54.050 this great man who people are looking up to has 00:05:54.050 --> 00:05:57.000 committed suicide. gone into depression. What's 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.220 going on? Nobody knows what's the problem. The 00:05:59.220 --> 00:06:02.199 problem is there is so much trouble inside. Outside 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:04.740 when people see us, they feel, oh, you're great. 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:07.540 Wow, you've got such a big house. Wow, you've 00:06:07.540 --> 00:06:10.319 got everything in life to enjoy with. Everything 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:13.360 is taken care of. It seems very good from outside. 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:16.100 But sometimes when you talk to people, when you 00:06:16.100 --> 00:06:19.480 put your hand on their shoulder, they have trouble 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:22.949 inside. They have problems inside that they cannot 00:06:22.949 --> 00:06:26.170 share. And here the Swami says, in the multitude 00:06:26.170 --> 00:06:30.050 of my anxieties within me, where to go, what 00:06:30.050 --> 00:06:34.029 to do? We look to some people, they fail us. 00:06:34.470 --> 00:06:37.250 We go from one corner to another corner. We go 00:06:37.250 --> 00:06:39.829 asking people, telling people, and all these 00:06:39.829 --> 00:06:43.410 things, you know. They multiply within us. The 00:06:43.410 --> 00:06:46.550 problem. Oh, I shared. I shared my problem with 00:06:46.550 --> 00:06:49.389 somebody. And look, they were laughing. She went 00:06:49.389 --> 00:06:52.029 and shared with somebody else. We are scared 00:06:52.029 --> 00:06:54.850 to confess to anybody. But I want to tell you 00:06:54.850 --> 00:06:56.949 a good news. If you confess in the Lord, you 00:06:56.949 --> 00:07:04.209 say, but thy comfort delight my heart. No matter 00:07:04.209 --> 00:07:06.790 how much troubled we are. No matter how much. 00:07:06.850 --> 00:07:09.370 In other translation, it says, when I was upset. 00:07:10.540 --> 00:07:15.459 And beside, you calmed me. So many people try 00:07:15.459 --> 00:07:18.180 to tell us so many things, but our heart never 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:21.480 seems to be calmed down. But there's a God in 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.800 heaven who is real, who cares for us. He calms 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.560 us down. Not only calms us down, but he says, 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:33.560 and cheered me up. It's easy to calm down, but 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:36.579 who can cheer me up? It's only the presence of 00:07:36.579 --> 00:07:38.910 the Lord who can cheer me up. It's only the presence 00:07:38.910 --> 00:07:41.149 of the Lord. No matter how much, how many years 00:07:41.149 --> 00:07:43.050 we have been coming to the church. I was just 00:07:43.050 --> 00:07:46.610 thinking about this lady, Hannah. She was regularly 00:07:46.610 --> 00:07:49.850 coming as customary with her family to the house 00:07:49.850 --> 00:07:53.149 of God. Once a year they used to come and offer 00:07:53.149 --> 00:07:55.389 their offering. And she kept coming and coming 00:07:55.389 --> 00:07:57.389 and coming. But the word of God tells us every 00:07:57.389 --> 00:08:00.230 time she came and went back, her heart was troubled 00:08:00.230 --> 00:08:03.629 all the more. And she was so sad for many days 00:08:03.629 --> 00:08:06.699 that she would not even eat her food. Her husband 00:08:06.699 --> 00:08:09.060 tried to tell her, oh, come on, come on, be cheerful. 00:08:09.339 --> 00:08:12.620 Am I not like seven sons to you? Why do you cry? 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.100 No, but she was so troubled inside. She was so 00:08:15.100 --> 00:08:18.620 upset inside in spite of all the problems. Her 00:08:18.620 --> 00:08:22.459 adversaries were teasing her. When we walk a 00:08:22.459 --> 00:08:25.040 Christian life, we go through many adversaries. 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:28.279 We go to many people who just tease us. We just 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:30.680 don't know what to do. We are so troubled inside. 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:34.659 The good thing is she kept coming to the Lord. 00:08:34.740 --> 00:08:36.840 My dear friends, it was very good. Even if we 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:39.039 have troubles, keep coming to the Lord. And one 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.139 day when the spirit of the Lord touches you, 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:43.740 when the spirit of the Lord touch Hannah, then 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:47.600 the word of God says, and the priest said, go, 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:50.259 your prayers have been answered. And the word 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:55.779 of God tells us she rose. She got up. She ate 00:08:55.779 --> 00:08:59.710 her food. And her countenance was never sad again. 00:08:59.909 --> 00:09:02.769 Hallelujah. I'm talking about today. If you come 00:09:02.769 --> 00:09:05.149 to the Lord and your countenance is sad, you 00:09:05.149 --> 00:09:08.210 are troubled inside. There's nothing nobody can 00:09:08.210 --> 00:09:10.370 do to you. But there is a God in heaven who's 00:09:10.370 --> 00:09:12.289 promising you today. If you're troubled inside, 00:09:12.570 --> 00:09:15.009 if you have a lot of problems within, you're 00:09:15.009 --> 00:09:17.570 not able to share. Come on, let's give your life 00:09:17.570 --> 00:09:20.570 to the Lord. Ask him. He will take it and not 00:09:20.570 --> 00:09:23.590 only calm you down, but he will fill your heart 00:09:23.590 --> 00:09:29.039 with joy. Hallelujah. Amen. Presence of the Lord 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:31.759 is here. And in this meeting, the Spirit of the 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.980 Lord is really moving. It's moving. Holy Spirit 00:09:35.980 --> 00:09:39.320 is moving. And expect great miracles. God has 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:41.419 already touched a few people. And God is going 00:09:41.419 --> 00:09:43.940 to touch many more this morning. May the Lord 00:09:43.940 --> 00:10:10.700 bless you. Yes, Lord. Good morning. And as we 00:10:10.700 --> 00:10:15.120 say in India, in ABC, praise the Lord. And I 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:18.120 always say that I believe what God has called 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:20.940 us to do, not just to say it, but to really praise 00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:28.120 God in all our circumstances. Amen? I guess we 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:35.000 need a bigger amen to that. Psalms 29 and verse 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:38.700 9. And you know, the second part of this verse 00:10:38.700 --> 00:10:43.840 in the KJV version says, and in his temple, does 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:49.120 everyone speak of his glory? A lot of translations 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.299 say they speak glory, but I like this translation 00:10:52.299 --> 00:10:55.200 very much. It says, in his temple, in the temple 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:58.159 of the Lord, everyone speaks of his glory. And 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:02.100 I believe we need to tell ourselves that in his 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:04.840 temple, all we will say. It's about the glory 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:08.879 of Jesus. Not just in the church. But the word 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:14.860 says we are the temple of the Lord. And you know 00:11:14.860 --> 00:11:17.740 church, whatever we say in our hearts should 00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:23.100 be about glorifying Jesus. Nothing else but only 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:27.200 about glorifying Jesus. But that's what we have 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:31.580 been created to do. Is glorify him wherever we 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:35.659 are in all times. and all times and all circumstances. 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:39.919 For he deserves all glory and all honor. Amen. 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:45.279 So let's start glorifying him for that's what 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:49.220 he has made us. Thank you Jesus. Just thank him 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:51.320 for one thing that you remember that he has done 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:55.460 good to you. Think about maybe a healing, maybe 00:11:55.460 --> 00:12:01.740 a provision. Thank you for your fathers. Thank 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:07.360 you for your parents. Thank you. As a sacrifice 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:10.440 of thanksgiving. All what we have and all we 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:14.000 are. Is just his grace and grace alone. Thank 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:38.559 you Jesus. Thank you Lord. And it's going to 00:12:38.559 --> 00:12:42.279 be an entirely new area. And we just got it. 00:12:42.620 --> 00:12:46.460 And we started church on the 12th of this month. 00:12:47.419 --> 00:17:38.390 And our pastor went there. and they're not careful 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:12.220 Therefore arise. Yes. Go over this Jordan. You 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:15.160 and all these people. Yes. Into the land that 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:17.839 I am giving to them. Yes. To the people of Israel. 00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:22.140 Yes. Third verse. Every place that the sole of 00:18:22.140 --> 00:18:25.200 your foot will tread upon. Yes. I have given 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:28.059 to you. Very good. I will give to you. I have 00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:31.539 given to you. You're the one. No election. I've 00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:35.799 chosen you. Final. Nobody as good as you. I've 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:39.849 done it. Fifth verse. No man shall be able to 00:18:39.849 --> 00:18:42.769 stand before you. No man will be able to stand. 00:18:42.950 --> 00:18:45.670 It's all done. I have already given you enough 00:18:45.670 --> 00:18:48.130 strength, power. You take your sword and you 00:18:48.130 --> 00:18:54.470 start getting victory. Verse 6. Be strong. But 00:18:54.470 --> 00:19:00.769 still, you cannot afford to be weak. You got 00:19:00.769 --> 00:19:03.009 to be strong. Verse 6. Listen to this. Verse 00:19:03.009 --> 00:19:08.339 8. Sorry, verse 8. This book of the law. Shall 00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:10.660 not depart from your mouth. I have decided that 00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:12.980 you are going to be the leader. I have made you. 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:17.059 The head. You are going to go. Wherever the. 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:20.539 Soul of your feet will tread. I have already 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:23.839 given that land to you. But still I want to warn 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:26.700 you. That you have to listen to each word. That 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:30.750 is written in this book. Folks. On the father's 00:19:30.750 --> 00:19:33.430 day. The message of the father is. Even though 00:19:33.430 --> 00:19:36.109 I have chosen you. I have selected you. You are 00:19:36.109 --> 00:19:38.369 a born again man. I have given you my spirit. 00:19:38.630 --> 00:19:41.430 I like you. I love you. I have given you a task 00:19:41.430 --> 00:19:43.750 to do. You are a Sunday school teacher. You are 00:19:43.750 --> 00:19:46.190 an elder. You are a deacon. You are a pastor. 00:19:46.529 --> 00:19:49.769 I have chosen you to go and evangelize. You are 00:19:49.769 --> 00:19:51.470 giving. You are going to make a lot of money. 00:19:51.569 --> 00:19:54.410 And be a big businessman. And you are going to 00:19:54.410 --> 00:19:56.750 extend the kingdom of God. But while doing all 00:19:56.750 --> 00:20:00.380 these things. I want you to be vigilant. Careful. 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:06.079 I want you to be cautious. Strong. Watch up. 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:11.940 Because God intends, wants, desires for us to 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:14.839 complete the task. Do the job that we have called 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:18.500 for. We remember in the New Testament there is 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:24.240 a mention of three guys getting talent. One got 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:27.519 two, the other got five. And the third one got 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:30.430 only one talent. And you know what happened. 00:20:30.569 --> 00:20:36.809 The guy who got. Two talents. The guy who got 00:20:36.809 --> 00:20:39.509 two talents. He worked hard. He was vigilant. 00:20:39.730 --> 00:20:43.309 He was very careful. He remembered everything 00:20:43.309 --> 00:20:46.190 master told him. He did it. And then when master 00:20:46.190 --> 00:20:49.609 came. Master cheered him up. And master said. 00:20:49.690 --> 00:20:55.069 Just go and rule on two cities. Not on two villages. 00:20:55.130 --> 00:20:59.400 On two cities. Oh that's a big. Big authority. 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:02.779 On two cities on the head. I can do anything 00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:06.299 in two cities. The other guy was made in charge 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:13.559 over five cities. And the third guy. He was bound. 00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:18.700 And he was thrown in the darkness. And he was 00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:22.599 called wicked. Even though he was chosen by the 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:26.450 master. And he was given a talent. Many times 00:21:26.450 --> 00:21:29.769 we are chosen by God. And God loves us and has 00:21:29.769 --> 00:21:33.589 given us the talent. And by not doing that what 00:21:33.589 --> 00:21:38.490 we have been called for. And what God intends. 00:21:39.589 --> 00:21:42.410 Instead we start thinking so many other things. 00:21:42.470 --> 00:21:45.430 The guy instead of doing the job that he had 00:21:45.430 --> 00:21:48.640 been given. He started thinking, my master is 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:52.619 not very good. You know, he's going to ask his 00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:58.720 talent back. And suppose I lose money while using 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:01.460 this talent. What will I do? What will I say? 00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:03.740 And he started thinking so many other things. 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:07.859 And not worried about doing what he was supposed 00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:12.859 to do. He hid the talent. Folks, you and I are 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:16.519 continuing. To do the task that we are called 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:20.339 for. Even though God has chosen us. He has liked 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:23.640 us. He has given us a new birth. He has filled 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:25.539 me with the Holy Spirit. But there is something 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:28.140 that the Father is saying. That I want you to 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:30.759 do. I want you to be vigilant. I want you to 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:33.839 be careful. I want you to be cautious. I want 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:38.500 you to watch out. And church. You have a task 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:41.500 given to you. And you are going to touch the 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:45.019 whole world. People are going to go from here 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:48.859 and touch the other part of the world. Elton 00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:51.339 and Heather came to India. We have never ever 00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:54.180 experienced anything like this with the children. 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:57.339 Children were crying and weeping and repenting. 00:22:57.420 --> 00:23:01.400 Making place to serve the Lord. Like never before. 00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:05.460 Why? Because some people were faithful. Even 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:08.160 though they knew that God has called them. But 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:11.470 they were strong in taking. A trip to India. 00:23:11.509 --> 00:23:14.009 Folks, you have been called for something very... 00:23:14.009 --> 00:23:15.990 I want you to read the scripture. And this is 00:23:15.990 --> 00:23:19.690 Luke's Gospel, 8th chapter, 15th verse. Luke's 00:23:19.690 --> 00:23:22.809 Gospel, 8th chapter, and 15th verse. Listen to 00:23:22.809 --> 00:23:26.549 this one. Luke 8, 15. Yes. As for that in the 00:23:26.549 --> 00:23:30.470 good soil... As for that in the good soil... 00:23:30.470 --> 00:23:33.869 There are those... There are those... Who hearing 00:23:33.869 --> 00:23:40.460 the word... Now, you know that the sower... sowed 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:44.400 the seed in four different kind of ground. The 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:50.200 stony ground, thorns, roadside, and good ground. 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:54.039 As for those who were sown in the good ground, 00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:58.740 the same seed was sown everywhere. But the ones 00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:01.519 that were sown in good ground, what was the goodness 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:03.740 of the ground? I want to show you. What is the 00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:06.420 goodness? You say, God, I want to be good ground. 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:10.140 You can pray two hours. Lord, I want to be a 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:12.599 good ground. But what was the goodness of good 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:16.099 ground? Listen to this. On those who hearing 00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:19.660 the word. Now, these are the good grounds with 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:23.440 those who hear the word. Hold it fast. What? 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:28.240 Hold it fast. After you hear the word, the enemy. 00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:32.900 They burst in the air like other ground. They 00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:37.099 want to come and snatch it from you. Not only 00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:40.019 after you go out of the building, they will snatch 00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:42.380 many times while you're still sitting in the 00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:44.440 building and the word of God is preached to you. 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:47.500 They burst in your mind. I'm not going to give 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:51.259 my money. I'm not a servant. I cannot accept 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:55.599 this. Maybe you are a pastor, but I've got my 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:58.220 own business. I've earned my money. This is my 00:24:58.220 --> 00:25:05.140 money. The birds don't only come when you hit 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:08.839 the road. Let me tell you, lots of birds even 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:12.420 enter in the church building. While you hear 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:14.900 the word of God, those that have good ground, 00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:17.400 what do they do when they get the word of God? 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:21.619 They tightly hold it. This is the word of vigilance. 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:25.259 Oh, I don't want birds to take it. I don't want 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:29.329 a stone to kill it. I don't want anybody to stop 00:25:29.329 --> 00:25:33.730 what I'm hearing. You hear the word of God. Many 00:25:33.730 --> 00:25:37.549 times the word of God comes to you to change 00:25:37.549 --> 00:25:41.210 you, transform you, and to enable you to do the 00:25:41.210 --> 00:25:43.609 task that God wants or heaven wants you to do. 00:25:44.549 --> 00:25:46.910 But those that were in good ground, what was 00:25:46.910 --> 00:25:49.309 their goodness? They heard the word and they 00:25:49.309 --> 00:25:54.269 tightly held it up. Okay. In an honest and good 00:25:54.269 --> 00:26:10.680 heart. Not a wonderful ear. Beautiful ear. It's 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:13.480 good. Your ears are beautiful. You have some 00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:20.259 earrings. Maybe you have a very good sound system. 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:23.220 So you can hear it good. But I'm talking about 00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:25.940 something different. I'm talking about honest. 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:30.000 Are you honest to yourself? When the word of 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.460 God, same word of God is preached to everybody. 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:34.480 Somebody becomes Billy Graham and somebody ends 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:39.400 up in alcohol. Same church people who go to same 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:44.380 church. Don't blame God. It's your job. It's 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:47.599 you to be vigilant. It's you to be strong. It's 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:49.940 you to watch up and be careful. When the word 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:52.220 of God is given to you, you have to hold it. 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:57.349 You have to safeguard it. Then what happens when 00:26:57.349 --> 00:26:59.829 you safeguard it? It goes deep down into you 00:26:59.829 --> 00:27:03.650 and then brings forth fruit. And you start flourishing. 00:27:03.849 --> 00:27:05.970 Your children start flourishing. Your family 00:27:05.970 --> 00:27:08.630 becomes a blessing. Your church becomes a blessing. 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:15.480 God has chosen you. The word of the father was 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:19.079 to the son. Son, I know you're a great man. You're 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:21.579 a very intelligent man. You want to do things 00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:24.180 for God. I know God has chosen you. He said no 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:26.420 to me. I wanted to build a house. And he said 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:29.000 no. But God said, your son, I know God wants 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.799 you to do it. But you will not be able to do 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:33.819 until you are vigilant. Until you are careful. 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:39.119 Now listen to this. 1 Peter 5 .7. 1 Peter 5 .7. 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:42.720 And then. 1 Peter 5 .8. 1 Peter 5 .7. Listen 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:47.119 to this. Casting all your anxieties on him. Casting 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:49.960 all your anxieties on him. You have got nothing 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:53.200 to do. Nothing left to do. You can go back home. 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:58.599 Sleep. Casting all your anxieties on him. Because 00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:01.420 he cares for you. Because he cares. So you don't 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:05.240 have to care for yourself. Is that written there? 00:28:06.409 --> 00:28:09.390 Casting all your care. Now if that was it. Listen 00:28:09.390 --> 00:28:12.789 to the next verse. The next verse. Be sober minded. 00:28:13.109 --> 00:28:16.349 You give your cares to God. And say to God. God 00:28:16.349 --> 00:28:19.269 take everything. You do it. But you got to do 00:28:19.269 --> 00:28:23.089 something in your mind. While you have already 00:28:23.089 --> 00:28:26.230 asked God to do it. You have casted your cares 00:28:26.230 --> 00:28:28.529 upon him. And you asked him to do it. He said 00:28:28.529 --> 00:28:30.869 I will do it. Don't worry. But still have some 00:28:30.869 --> 00:28:33.670 work to do. And that is in your mind. You have 00:28:33.670 --> 00:28:38.650 to be sober mind. Don't get entangled. And don't 00:28:38.650 --> 00:28:41.150 get involved in the rotten things. That will 00:28:41.150 --> 00:28:43.309 kill the word of God. And kill your prayers. 00:28:43.549 --> 00:28:45.609 And you will not be able to do anything. Even 00:28:45.609 --> 00:28:47.829 though you have prayed. And God said I will take 00:28:47.829 --> 00:28:50.589 care of you. But still God will not be able to 00:28:50.589 --> 00:28:52.430 take care of you. Because the mind is not sober. 00:28:54.269 --> 00:28:57.470 Listen to this. Be a sober mind. Be watchful. 00:28:58.959 --> 00:29:01.740 Now, after you prayed a prayer, after the answer 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:03.720 came from God, don't worry. I'm going to take 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.619 care of it. You've been successful. You prayed 00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:08.759 for this lady. She's going to be healed. Don't 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:10.400 worry. You're praying for your brother. Your 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:14.259 brother is going to come to me. Answer from heaven 00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:19.059 is yes. But your work is not finished. You've 00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:21.960 got to be vigilant. You've got to be careful. 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:34.329 You've got to be... Of good conscience. I want 00:29:34.329 --> 00:29:37.430 you to read this one. Paul is writing a letter 00:29:37.430 --> 00:29:41.069 to Corinth. Church of Corinth. Gives a letter 00:29:41.069 --> 00:29:43.809 from Paul. And Paul has written this. 1 Corinthians 00:29:43.809 --> 00:29:47.190 16 chapter 9th verse. 1 Corinthians 16 chapter 00:29:47.190 --> 00:29:50.289 9th verse. 1 Corinthians 16 chapter 9th verse. 00:29:50.349 --> 00:29:53.130 Listen to this one. For a wide door. What kind 00:29:53.130 --> 00:29:59.680 of door? Say a wide door. Okay. For effective 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:04.380 work. Not only. Effective work. A lot of children 00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:07.940 in ministry. A lot of youth. A lot of born again 00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:11.599 experiences. A lot of water baptism. A lot of 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:13.960 Holy Spirit baptism. A lot of tent conventions. 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:17.279 A lot of church establishment. A lot of healing. 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:21.559 Effective work is there. Paul is writing church. 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:24.819 A white door is open. What else? Effective work 00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:27.740 has opened to me. Effective work is open to me. 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:29.480 And he said, my work is finished. I'm going to 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:32.720 sleep. Listen to this. And there are many adversaries. 00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:38.160 But there are many adversaries. He said, even 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:41.839 though the building is completed. Even though 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:46.599 the debt is paid. Even though we got the pianos 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:49.299 and we got the building and we got the park and 00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:53.359 we got armies and we got preachers, we got youth. 00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:58.059 But there is still a lot of enemies that will 00:30:58.059 --> 00:31:03.900 try to destroy the work. Paul, you got to be 00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:08.160 very cautious. You got to be strong. You got 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:11.000 to be vigilant. You've got to be very careful. 00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:14.240 And Paul says, even though big door is open, 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:17.059 I can go anywhere and preach. Many people are 00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:19.880 coming to the Lord, but I know that I have many 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:24.319 enemies. Sister and brother, a man of God. And 00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:26.579 a daughter of God, I'm talking to you. There 00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:28.680 is a word that's coming on the Father's Day to 00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:31.079 all the children. Even though God has chosen 00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:33.559 you. God has selected you. You heard the voice 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:36.799 of God. And God loves you. But your work is not 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:39.759 finished. You've got to still be vigilant. And 00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:43.839 when you hear something in your ear, be sober 00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:46.859 in your mind. Take it in your heart. Say it in 00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:49.220 your heart. Because the enemy is going to speak 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:55.779 against the word that you've received. Now listen 00:31:55.779 --> 00:32:02.380 to this one. Jesus Christ said. As. A chicken. 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:09.579 Gathers. Its chicks. I wanted to gather you under 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:15.400 my wings. In such a way. Then do it. Why don't 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:23.380 you do it. Do it. You know what he said. The 00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:27.279 second line you said, but you wouldn't. But you 00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:29.759 wouldn't. And he said, I couldn't do it because 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:34.680 you wouldn't. He has desires to take you under 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:38.420 his wings. He wants to bless you. He wants to 00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:40.819 bless your entire family, your business, your 00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:42.859 husband, your wife, your children. He wants to 00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:45.039 take a great work from you. But there are enemy 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:47.720 that is trying to reach your brain. There's enemy 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:53.500 trying to reach and snatch the. Seed that is 00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:56.440 given to you instead of keeping inside your heart. 00:32:56.500 --> 00:33:00.240 The enemy is wanting to snatch it from you. The 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:02.700 word from the father on the father's day is be 00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:08.440 vigilant. Be careful. You know, we started a 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:14.240 small work in India. We had 33 people. And we 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:18.619 worked hard. Today we have 800 people and lots 00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:21.000 of church building. At that time we had nothing. 00:33:21.710 --> 00:33:25.109 Today we have a lot of things. But our work is 00:33:25.109 --> 00:33:28.549 bigger today. Than at that time. Don't you think 00:33:28.549 --> 00:33:31.470 that after things start happening. After heaven 00:33:31.470 --> 00:33:34.190 starts being poured upon you. And God starts 00:33:34.190 --> 00:33:36.690 hearing your prayer. And God says amen to you. 00:33:36.769 --> 00:33:38.769 Don't worry. I'm there. I've heard your prayer. 00:33:38.890 --> 00:33:41.009 Don't think that your work is finished. Church, 00:33:41.029 --> 00:33:43.890 your work is not finished. You have to be more 00:33:43.890 --> 00:33:47.569 vigilant. Because the work is bigger. Let me 00:33:47.569 --> 00:33:50.170 talk to you about this. This is very good. I've 00:33:50.170 --> 00:33:52.690 got two people. Whose name I've written here, 00:33:52.829 --> 00:33:57.470 Elijah and Elisha. Both of them had a disciple 00:33:57.470 --> 00:34:02.589 or a servant. And they had chosen them. They 00:34:02.589 --> 00:34:06.750 have selected them. They must have chosen them 00:34:06.750 --> 00:34:10.170 because of some good qualifications in them. 00:34:10.250 --> 00:34:15.429 They were chosen. They were both chosen. But 00:34:15.429 --> 00:34:22.389 one of them died with leprosy. And another one, 00:34:22.510 --> 00:34:27.630 the other one operated in the double portion 00:34:27.630 --> 00:34:33.070 of the master. Why? Because one of them, when 00:34:33.070 --> 00:34:36.030 he was chosen, he was all the time thinking about 00:34:36.030 --> 00:34:39.750 what can I get? What can I get? What can I get? 00:34:40.250 --> 00:34:42.309 And there will be some people in this tendency 00:34:42.309 --> 00:34:46.769 after God spreads his hand upon you and you're 00:34:46.769 --> 00:34:49.730 chosen. And often, all the time, we keep thinking, 00:34:49.849 --> 00:34:52.550 what can I get? What can I get? What can I get? 00:34:52.949 --> 00:34:56.809 What can I get? And you know, I was amazed that 00:34:56.809 --> 00:35:01.869 Naaman came to his master's house. And Naaman 00:35:01.869 --> 00:35:04.530 left the house because master said, I'm not going 00:35:04.530 --> 00:35:07.949 to take anything from you. So he ran after the 00:35:07.949 --> 00:35:13.940 Naaman. He is running after Naaman. And he told 00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:16.599 Naaman, Naaman, could you give me some gold? 00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:21.480 Could you give me two pieces of clothing that 00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:25.260 you brought? I was thinking, how does he know 00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:28.420 that Naaman has brought some clothes? How does 00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:32.139 he know that Naaman has got some gold? While 00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:37.139 the master was busy in giving healing to... Elisha, 00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:40.139 this guy was busy in inquiring from the servant. 00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:42.719 Hey, what you people have brought? What's on 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:46.320 the chariot? What is your master doing? How much 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:48.519 money you got? Oh, they said we've got some gold 00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:50.539 and some silver. Oh, you got gold and silver? 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:53.960 Sometimes, you know, when God chooses you for 00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:56.300 something different, but you involve and engage 00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:58.780 yourself in doing something different, inquiring 00:35:58.780 --> 00:36:01.519 other things rather than inquiring about what 00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:05.289 the will of God is. Running after the master? 00:36:05.429 --> 00:36:08.269 No. Instead of running after the master, you're 00:36:08.269 --> 00:36:15.010 running after Naaman. Now, there's another guy 00:36:15.010 --> 00:36:19.989 who was chosen. He was asked, what do you want? 00:36:20.510 --> 00:36:22.590 He said, nothing. I don't want anything from 00:36:22.590 --> 00:36:26.289 you. I'm looking toward heaven. I want the double 00:36:26.289 --> 00:36:28.610 portion that you got from heaven. I want its 00:36:28.610 --> 00:36:35.659 double portion. Gehazi was looking to Naaman. 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:45.260 Elisha is looking to God. Gehazi got leprosy 00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:49.579 and Elisha got the double portion. What are you 00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:51.699 looking to? Are you looking to double portion? 00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:54.380 When you get the double portion, you get the 00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:56.780 double portion and you get everything else. But 00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:59.039 it's very important for every individual, every 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:02.440 one of us to take heed. And be very careful as 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:06.440 to what we are after. People love you. People 00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:09.280 respect you. Everybody says, hey, anything you 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:14.780 want, I will give you. But let's be after what 00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:17.639 Master wants. We have been chosen to build the 00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:20.960 house of God. And we need to continue to look 00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:24.039 to God and say, God, I want to build your house. 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:26.440 Tell me, how do you want your house to be built? 00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:30.500 You are asking, Brother Tony, how do you do it? 00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:36.719 Very simple. Ask God to make you so humble that 00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:42.059 you're down to earth. And continue to look to 00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:47.340 heaven. By becoming down to earth man and by 00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:50.619 connecting to God, you will be able to build 00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:53.880 a house. You will be able to build exactly the 00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:56.199 house that God wants and his presence will be 00:37:56.199 --> 00:38:00.630 in the house. You will be able to be a person 00:38:00.630 --> 00:38:04.750 in this church that God wants you to be. You 00:38:04.750 --> 00:38:07.510 will exactly do the same thing in whichever area 00:38:07.510 --> 00:38:10.190 God has selected and chosen you for. You'll be 00:38:10.190 --> 00:38:13.110 down to earth after doing everything. You'll 00:38:13.110 --> 00:38:17.409 say, I am not worthy. And when you're looking, 00:38:17.610 --> 00:38:19.510 you're only looking to heaven. You're not looking 00:38:19.510 --> 00:38:30.659 to any person. Father's message. To sons. Even 00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:33.579 though I've selected you, chosen you. But don't 00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:38.380 forget you have to take heed. Be cautious. Be 00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:42.079 careful. Be vigilant. So that you are able to 00:38:42.079 --> 00:39:03.190 do my work. May the Lord bless you. Thank you, 00:39:03.210 --> 00:39:10.949 Pastor Tony. Let's just, as we're closing, I 00:39:10.949 --> 00:39:13.369 want to remind you that after the service, to 00:39:13.369 --> 00:39:15.949 my left, we're going to have altar ministry. 00:39:15.989 --> 00:39:18.469 Those that need a touch of God, we believe in 00:39:18.469 --> 00:39:32.139 laying on of hands. or contacting Life Bible 00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:36.599 Church, go to www .lifebiblechurch .org or call 00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:40.039 us at 541 -995 -8282.