WEBVTT 00:00:34.570 --> 00:00:36.350 So as you see, Pastor Brad and Jennifer are not 00:00:36.350 --> 00:00:38.009 with us this morning. They're in Klamath Falls 00:00:38.009 --> 00:00:40.549 sharing at a church down there. But we have a 00:00:40.549 --> 00:00:45.289 great guest with us this morning. Mara and Leah 00:00:45.289 --> 00:00:50.829 Kong from Cambodia. We've known Leah for years. 00:00:51.530 --> 00:00:54.369 Long time. We won't share how long. That'll share 00:00:54.369 --> 00:00:56.990 how old we are. But we've known each other a 00:00:56.990 --> 00:00:59.770 very long time. And just see her life grow and 00:00:59.770 --> 00:01:02.509 see her life be put in the missions of... the 00:01:02.509 --> 00:01:05.329 mission field of Cambodia and meet Mara, a wonderful 00:01:05.329 --> 00:01:08.670 man of God. And just to actually see them together 00:01:08.670 --> 00:01:13.269 on the mission field back in 2003 or 2004, we 00:01:13.269 --> 00:01:16.590 were there with them and Jesse and Soren, the 00:01:16.590 --> 00:01:20.069 team. It's just a wonderful thing. And so would 00:01:20.069 --> 00:01:22.689 you just welcome Mara and Leah Kong as they come 00:01:22.689 --> 00:01:37.900 and share with us this morning? Wow. Thanks. 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:44.840 It's so great to be home. And I'm not emotional 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:47.980 in this service, so that's good. We just feel 00:01:47.980 --> 00:01:50.939 so loved and blessed and supported by you and 00:01:50.939 --> 00:01:52.840 your church and your leadership team. And we 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:55.400 just want to say thank you for that. It makes 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:58.099 our job so much better when we can have the love 00:01:58.099 --> 00:02:01.159 and the support of people like you. When times 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:03.599 are tough and we're stretched beyond capacity, 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:06.079 it really makes a difference. So I just want 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:09.159 to say thank you for everything that you've done, 00:02:09.379 --> 00:02:11.039 for everything you're doing, for everything you 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:15.289 will do. But we really count it as a... great 00:02:15.289 --> 00:02:17.370 privilege and honor to do what we're doing in 00:02:17.370 --> 00:02:19.870 cambodia which is changing a nation changing 00:02:19.870 --> 00:02:23.610 a nation for god for for people to encounter 00:02:23.610 --> 00:02:25.889 the living god and as my husband will share all 00:02:25.889 --> 00:02:29.270 the great things that god does there and you 00:02:29.270 --> 00:02:31.349 have a part to play with that because you you're 00:02:31.349 --> 00:02:33.949 sowing seed and you're praying for us and you're 00:02:33.949 --> 00:02:38.689 um Doing the things that we need to do to bring 00:02:38.689 --> 00:02:41.990 fruit and results in that country. And it's a 00:02:41.990 --> 00:02:44.090 great thing. It's a great thing for us to see 00:02:44.090 --> 00:02:46.189 and be a part of. And hopefully you hear all 00:02:46.189 --> 00:02:49.270 about that. But anyways, I just want to thank 00:02:49.270 --> 00:02:53.330 you. And thank you for that. And also just encourage 00:02:53.330 --> 00:02:56.800 you. I shared in the first service. You know, 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:59.300 sometimes we sit there and we're not sure. We 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:02.500 pray for countries very far away and we don't 00:03:02.500 --> 00:03:04.659 know what's going on and we're not really sure. 00:03:04.740 --> 00:03:07.199 Is God answering the prayers? Is God moving? 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:10.520 But I just want to testify that He is. I get 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:12.780 the privilege to travel to different countries 00:03:12.780 --> 00:03:15.199 and different churches and God's doing great 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.159 things all over the world and He's really changing 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.460 nations. And so I just want to encourage you 00:03:20.460 --> 00:03:23.539 as you pray, keep the prayers up. God is doing 00:03:23.539 --> 00:03:26.400 great things among the nations. We're in Southeast 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.319 Asia, so we get to know lots of what's going 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:31.379 on there. But God is doing great things. And 00:03:31.379 --> 00:03:33.460 so just keep up the prayers and be encouraged 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:36.280 that your prayers make a huge difference, a huge 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:40.099 difference. And so we just appreciate your prayers 00:03:40.099 --> 00:03:45.120 and your support and let my husband do it. Thank 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:50.020 you, dear. Well, is it still morning or afternoon 00:03:50.020 --> 00:03:53.719 already? Can't say good morning and good afternoon 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:56.650 at the same time, you know. So how are you doing 00:03:56.650 --> 00:04:02.250 today? You know, I just want to, my wife has 00:04:02.250 --> 00:04:03.789 shared a little bit, you know, I just want to 00:04:03.789 --> 00:04:06.270 say thank you so much, you know, to Life Bible 00:04:06.270 --> 00:04:10.990 and the Pastoral team and the church have been 00:04:10.990 --> 00:04:14.629 behind us, you know, supporting and praying and 00:04:14.629 --> 00:04:18.069 loving. I feel loved, you know, by your church, 00:04:18.110 --> 00:04:21.610 really, you know, and this morning, you know. 00:04:23.330 --> 00:04:25.509 Thank Pastor Brad and Jen and the whole leadership 00:04:25.509 --> 00:04:28.430 team, you know, taking the risk, you know, allowing 00:04:28.430 --> 00:04:31.709 me to share. You know, I'm not a native, you 00:04:31.709 --> 00:04:34.610 know, English speaker, you know. So when I speak, 00:04:34.670 --> 00:04:36.470 you got to, you know, paying attention to what, 00:04:36.550 --> 00:04:38.689 you know, I say. You know, otherwise you're going 00:04:38.689 --> 00:04:41.589 to miss a point, you know. Because I was born 00:04:41.589 --> 00:04:45.310 and raised, you know, in the countryside of Cambodia, 00:04:45.449 --> 00:04:47.509 you know. Cambodia one thing and then in the 00:04:47.509 --> 00:04:54.509 countryside another, you know. You know, I get 00:04:54.509 --> 00:04:57.310 to learn English a little bit. And on top of 00:04:57.310 --> 00:05:00.870 that, I get to know the Lord, you know. And, 00:05:01.029 --> 00:05:04.629 you know, if you trace back the history of our 00:05:04.629 --> 00:05:08.389 church, you know, people coming over, you know, 00:05:08.389 --> 00:05:10.529 Roger came over for the first trip with Chuck 00:05:10.529 --> 00:05:13.649 McCall, you know, to Cambodia, I think in 94, 00:05:13.930 --> 00:05:17.589 95. And, you know, we have a history together. 00:05:18.569 --> 00:05:23.339 And we... You know, we're blessed, you know, 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:28.199 that we are working together with God and with 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:32.300 you, you know, from a distance, you know, thousands 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:35.839 of miles away. And your love, you know, still 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:39.680 connected, you know, with us. And, you know, 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:43.540 just want to give a brief report, you know, church 00:05:43.540 --> 00:05:46.660 back home doing great. You know, we have a wonderful 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:51.040 team back home. Our senior pastors, Jesse McCall 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:55.720 and Saul, and we have a wonderful team over there. 00:05:56.199 --> 00:06:00.160 We believe for the great thing for our nation. 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:04.379 If you're talking about Cambodia, you might have 00:06:04.379 --> 00:06:09.899 heard that Cambodia has been a sad country. The 00:06:09.899 --> 00:06:12.800 country of genocide and killing thousands of 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:19.430 people. The country of civil wars. Country that, 00:06:19.430 --> 00:06:22.529 you know, like now they're known as a country 00:06:22.529 --> 00:06:25.589 like, you know, like prostitution, you know, 00:06:25.730 --> 00:06:28.930 human trafficking, you know, and drugs and all 00:06:28.930 --> 00:06:34.209 that. But we believe that the church will change 00:06:34.209 --> 00:06:40.089 the rupturation of the country. You know? We 00:06:40.089 --> 00:06:43.730 believe that. We believe that we're born in the 00:06:43.730 --> 00:06:46.769 right time as this, you know? This is the right 00:06:46.769 --> 00:06:50.769 time. You know, that the Lord allowed me, allowed 00:06:50.769 --> 00:06:55.189 you to have relationship with him. You know, 00:06:55.189 --> 00:06:59.290 and so, you know, I can't say, you know, you 00:06:59.290 --> 00:07:02.769 know, I mean, enough, you know, that we have 00:07:02.769 --> 00:07:06.410 the great God and you also partnership with us. 00:07:06.509 --> 00:07:10.589 You know, Steve and Pastor Ron, Pastor Elton 00:07:10.589 --> 00:07:12.829 and Pastor Heather and everyone come over. You 00:07:12.829 --> 00:07:15.189 know, I really appreciate it. The reason that 00:07:15.189 --> 00:07:18.319 we get to grow. You know, because everyone loving 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:22.220 us. Everyone coming, you know, supporting us. 00:07:22.579 --> 00:07:25.560 The church in the city, you know, we got around 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:29.000 2 ,000, 2 ,000 something, you know, people coming 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:33.220 to worship with us. And, you know, we got a plan, 00:07:33.420 --> 00:07:36.899 180, you know, congregations, you know, throughout 00:07:36.899 --> 00:07:43.420 the country. And, you know, and we got everything, 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.550 you know, going on. Back in Cambodia and everyone 00:07:46.550 --> 00:07:52.050 just believe that the church is the solution, 00:07:52.189 --> 00:07:56.889 you know, to the country. We are, you know, the 00:07:56.889 --> 00:07:59.910 lead. We are set the standard for the country. 00:08:00.050 --> 00:08:02.389 We believe that, you know. Really, we really 00:08:02.389 --> 00:08:07.269 mean it. And so the next four years or five years, 00:08:07.509 --> 00:08:12.769 we aiming to see another 500 churches, you know, 00:08:12.769 --> 00:08:16.579 being planned in Cambodia. And we believe by 00:08:16.579 --> 00:08:21.300 that time, you know, the population of the Cambodian 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:23.800 belief, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, going 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:28.519 to rise to the 10%. You know, after the population 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:32.279 of Christians rise to 10%, then there's nothing 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:35.519 will stop that. Of course, there's nothing will 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:39.559 stop the work by God back home, you know. And 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:44.100 I'm so excited, you know, that I get to be born. 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:48.179 You know, in such a time as this, you know, that 00:08:48.179 --> 00:08:51.559 the Lord allowed me to live, you know. And so 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:56.799 if you look back, you know, it's lots of suffering, 00:08:56.860 --> 00:08:59.480 you know, in this world. You know, but we have 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:04.840 God. We have Jesus. Our God is alive. He is not 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:09.399 dead. And he loves you and he loves me. You know, 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.440 by the way, I just want to say happy Father's 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:14.759 Day. To all the fathers, you know, that are here, 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:17.879 you know, your job and your role is so important, 00:09:18.059 --> 00:09:21.379 you know, to your family. And families don't 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:23.399 forget, you know, about these men, you know, 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:26.240 they need encourage too, you know. I don't know 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:28.320 about men here, but the men in Cambodia, they, 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:31.580 you know, they don't want to show emotion that 00:09:31.580 --> 00:09:33.899 they need help, you know. They pretend like they 00:09:33.899 --> 00:09:36.460 are. Great all the time. Actually, in there, 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:38.679 you know, they need lots of help, you know, including 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:42.820 myself as pastor, you know. And so, don't forget, 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:44.940 you know, to encourage the father, you know, 00:09:44.940 --> 00:09:47.299 of the house. They need lots of encouragement. 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:54.000 All right? Okay, I have a, you know, a lesson, 00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:56.559 you know, I hope that it will help us today. 00:09:57.139 --> 00:09:59.399 The lesson today is going to be like stories, 00:09:59.539 --> 00:10:01.600 you know, lots of stories. I'm going to bring 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.169 a story from the Bible. Since I'm not that great 00:10:05.169 --> 00:10:07.809 in reading the scripture, you know, I want you 00:10:07.809 --> 00:10:10.789 to read. And then, you know, through that, I 00:10:10.789 --> 00:10:13.110 believe that you will learn something through 00:10:13.110 --> 00:10:15.789 that reading as well. All right? Will you help 00:10:15.789 --> 00:10:19.669 me to read the scripture from the overhead? Okay? 00:10:20.169 --> 00:10:26.450 Okay. So, before we read, let's pray and invite 00:10:26.450 --> 00:10:28.909 the Spirit of the Lord, you know, to lead us, 00:10:28.929 --> 00:10:32.590 to help us to understand more. Heavenly Father, 00:10:32.649 --> 00:10:37.419 Lord God. Will you help us, Lord, to understand 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:40.200 these scriptures? Lord God, and help us to know 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.460 you more. Help us to love you more. I know that 00:10:43.460 --> 00:10:46.259 you love us so much, Lord God. And so, Lord, 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:49.379 I lift this time into you, put this time into 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:51.100 your hand in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:53.580 Christ. Amen. Okay, let's read the scripture 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:59.360 together. So it's a long scriptures. Okay, let's 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:05.320 count one, two, three. Okay, one more. Again, 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:40.480 again. One, two, three. Could you pause right 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:44.980 there? So wherever Jesus at, always people, you 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:49.320 know, always crowd following him, you know. In 00:11:49.320 --> 00:11:52.759 the midst of the crowd, you know, there's some 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:55.940 people need some helps, you know. This guy by 00:11:55.940 --> 00:12:00.340 the name of Jairus, you know, his daughter at 00:12:00.340 --> 00:12:04.679 the point of what? At the point of death. But 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:09.029 he knows that Jesus can help him, you know. So 00:12:09.029 --> 00:12:12.049 he go and, you know, try to bring Jesus home 00:12:12.049 --> 00:12:15.450 because he knows that Jesus is the answer to 00:12:15.450 --> 00:12:47.549 his family. Okay, go on. 24. Okay, 27 and 29. 00:13:05.269 --> 00:13:41.710 30 and 32, 2 to 32. Where is Jesus going in this 00:13:41.710 --> 00:13:48.009 story? Jairus' house. And on the way there, what 00:13:48.009 --> 00:13:52.549 happened? Yeah, he got interrupted, you know. 00:13:52.970 --> 00:13:56.289 And so, who is the one that, you know, urging 00:13:56.289 --> 00:13:58.370 Jesus, you know, wanting Jesus to go to their 00:13:58.370 --> 00:14:03.230 home? Jairus. Yeah, because his daughter is at 00:14:03.230 --> 00:14:07.210 the point of death. But he got interrupted, you 00:14:07.210 --> 00:14:11.269 know. Could you imagine if you were Jairus? You 00:14:11.269 --> 00:14:13.509 know, he said, come on, Jesus. I'm the first 00:14:13.509 --> 00:14:15.730 person, you know. First come, first serve, right? 00:14:17.809 --> 00:14:20.350 Come on, Jesus. I'm the first person, you know. 00:14:20.490 --> 00:14:24.129 So why you stop right here, you know? Why? But, 00:14:24.149 --> 00:14:28.070 you know, this lady, she was desperately need 00:14:28.070 --> 00:14:31.629 help. She didn't ask Jesus for anything. All 00:14:31.629 --> 00:14:36.289 she, you know, hoped for is to touch his garment. 00:14:36.850 --> 00:14:39.750 That's it, you know. That is her goal. I just 00:14:39.750 --> 00:14:42.190 touch him. Then I make, well, you know, then 00:14:42.190 --> 00:14:45.610 I will be healed. This lady have faith. But Jesus 00:14:45.610 --> 00:14:48.110 got interrupted. Just, you know, so who touch 00:14:48.110 --> 00:14:51.309 me? And the disciple kind of doubt. Jesus, look. 00:14:52.210 --> 00:14:54.350 Hundreds and thousands of people follow you. 00:14:54.889 --> 00:14:59.090 Why you ask who touch me? You know? So the disciple, 00:14:59.269 --> 00:15:01.629 you know, didn't believe Jesus either. You know, 00:15:01.649 --> 00:15:04.090 they see a lot. They live with Jesus. They see 00:15:04.090 --> 00:15:07.289 a lot of, you know, things going on. But they... 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:11.679 Jesus, come on. You have a brain? You know, sometimes 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:14.019 you talk to God like that as well, you know. 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:19.019 And so, God, you have knowledge, you know. And 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:22.919 so, but something's happening, you know, right 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.620 there. Because Jesus, you know, I mean, because 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:31.480 of that lady have faith. Okay. And so, where 00:15:31.480 --> 00:15:42.029 were we? Okay. Now go to 33. 2 .35? Yep. We done 00:15:42.029 --> 00:16:10.440 33 yet? Okay. Now 35, 36? Sorry? Okay. 35 to 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:35.919 36. You know, if I were Jairus, I would say, 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:39.080 see? You know, if you would have went. You know, 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:44.200 my daughter would be okay. You know, you just, 00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:48.240 you know, got distracted. Why you do this to 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.919 me? I'm the first person, you know, that invite 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:52.899 you to come to my house. Why you stop right here? 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:56.980 You know, people said, don't bother him. Don't 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:59.740 bother teacher. Don't bother, you know, Jesus. 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:03.299 Your daughter have died. People would think, 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:07.259 oh, you know, this God can only heal the sick 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:10.519 people. You know, but it's too late for Jesus. 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:13.559 Don't bother him anymore. Sometimes, you know, 00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:16.400 people think that something big, you know, too 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:19.079 difficult for God. God cannot do it. God can 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:22.319 only heal headache. That's it, you know. But 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:25.559 God can do great things. Look at the word that 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:30.339 Jesus said to Jairus, you know. Do not be afraid 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:36.240 any longer. Only what? Only believe. Okay. Let's 00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:39.400 finish our scriptures 37 and 39. I mean, yeah, 00:17:39.519 --> 00:18:07.920 39 or 40. The way, you know, of people think, 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:11.579 they just, it's too much, it's dead, it's over, 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:16.839 you know. Let's do funeral, you know. I believe 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:21.480 that they think that way. But Jesus said, they 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:25.460 just asleep, you know. People, you know, when 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:29.240 they see bad thing happen to them, their first 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:34.980 response is fear or crying or complaining. You 00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:39.279 know, rather than my God can do this. There is 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:43.980 nothing that my God cannot do. I'm going to walk 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:46.940 through this with no problem. Because my God 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:49.920 can help me. You know, but many times people 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:54.799 complain. When they complain, going off, you 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.440 know, it starts to go into our soul. And we believe 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:01.220 that, yeah, that's right. You know. So, you know. 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:05.720 It's not a story. People start to complain. I 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:08.119 don't know about here, but people back in Cambodia, 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:11.119 they always complain. When they see a bad thing 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:13.640 happen, they just complain and cry, especially 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:18.400 in my family. We have a great fear in our family. 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:23.180 I thank God that we start to, the Lord helping 00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:26.140 us to live our life. It's getting better and 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:58.809 better. Okay, let's go to verse 40. So they're 00:19:58.809 --> 00:20:02.730 a doubter, you know. And, you know, at this point, 00:20:02.769 --> 00:20:07.150 at one moment, people were sad and crying and 00:20:07.150 --> 00:20:09.829 all that. But the next morning, they laugh and 00:20:09.829 --> 00:20:12.630 mocking at Jesus. Ha, ha, ha, why you say that, 00:20:12.849 --> 00:20:16.529 you know. This person had been dead, you know, 00:20:16.529 --> 00:20:20.690 completely. And so, but Jesus, you know, make 00:20:20.690 --> 00:20:45.799 it happen. Verse 42 to 43. You know, if you look 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:48.039 at scriptures, you know, through whole the Bible, 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:50.980 throughout whole the Bible, you can see like 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:55.400 the dead people respond to Jesus well, you know. 00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:58.960 But the alive people giving some reason, oh, 00:20:59.099 --> 00:21:02.140 should I believe it? Oh, is this word right? 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:07.000 Or is this word truth? Or what? You see the Lazarus, 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:09.400 you know, he's in the tomb for a long time, you 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:11.259 know, a couple of days, three days. You know, 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:14.849 his flesh start rotten, but Jesus speak. Guess 00:21:14.849 --> 00:21:18.069 what? The dead body responds to Jesus' word. 00:21:18.829 --> 00:21:22.210 Sometimes, you know, believers. It's not a story, 00:21:22.289 --> 00:21:24.170 you know, you can go back and start to study 00:21:24.170 --> 00:21:27.269 and allow God to, you know, help us in life. 00:21:27.509 --> 00:21:31.309 But sometimes, you know, we seem to have so many 00:21:31.309 --> 00:21:33.609 reasons. Well, God, you know, what about this? 00:21:33.670 --> 00:21:35.910 What about that? Why you say that? Why you say 00:21:35.910 --> 00:21:40.430 this? You know, just respond. Dead people respond 00:21:40.430 --> 00:21:44.319 to Jesus so well. therefore they come back to 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:48.000 life. But the alive people sometimes, they have 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:52.640 so many excuses, so many reasons, you know. Why 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:54.500 does this happen? Why does that happen? We tell 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:56.599 Jesus, see, you know, this thing happened because 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:58.700 of that, you know. Jesus, you don't understand 00:21:58.700 --> 00:22:03.599 this, you know. So it's a whole lot of lessons 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:06.619 we can learn from. But I pick out some points, 00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:10.279 you know, this morning from this story. Point 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:14.539 number one, believe. That God can do all things. 00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:19.400 Believe it. You know. Believe it. It's not you 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:22.059 that can do all things. It's not me that can 00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:24.400 do all things. We, you know, we're smart. We 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:26.180 have degrees and all that. We can do something. 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:31.480 But God can do all things. There is nothing that 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:35.420 this God cannot do. See, Jairus believed that 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:39.660 only Jesus can help him. You know. And to heal 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:41.579 his daughter and bring his daughter back to life. 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:48.039 Only Jesus, you know. So he believed, you know. 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:51.160 And the lady, you know, she had an issue with 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:55.140 blood for how many years? Twelve years, you know. 00:22:55.259 --> 00:22:58.859 She did everything, you know, to get that thing 00:22:58.859 --> 00:23:01.799 healed. She never get healed. But instead what? 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:06.319 Getting worse, you know. Get worse. But she had 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:11.259 faith in Jesus. I don't need him praying for 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:13.880 me. But I just touched his garment, that's it. 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:17.839 I just touched it, you know. She believed, she 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:21.539 had faith that this God can help her, you know. 00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:30.599 So, you know, in life, we need to believe. Because 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:35.839 our knowledge, our ability is limited, really. 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:39.400 You know, we cannot do everything. Even though 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:43.849 I know how to do something. But my God can do 00:23:43.849 --> 00:23:46.829 greater things than I am, you know. Therefore, 00:23:46.970 --> 00:23:50.029 I have to believe in God. Because, you know, 00:23:50.089 --> 00:23:55.009 because God is good. And, you know, a couple 00:23:55.009 --> 00:23:58.250 months ago, you know, we own this piece of land, 00:23:58.430 --> 00:24:01.970 you know, our family. And then we want to haul 00:24:01.970 --> 00:24:04.609 the dirt, you know, because that land is low. 00:24:04.809 --> 00:24:07.549 We want to, you know, buy the dirt and haul it 00:24:07.549 --> 00:24:11.660 into that land. But the one problem is in that 00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:14.740 particular month, you know, it's starting to 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:17.900 have monsoon season, you know, the raining season. 00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:21.000 And so when the monsoon season, raining season, 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:24.759 they cannot bring the dirt into the land. And 00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:28.339 because, you know, the land, the soil is soft 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:32.339 and the trucks cannot bring the dirt in. But 00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:37.220 I believe that my God can help me. Say, God, 00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:40.279 will you stop the rain, you know, for this month? 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:43.940 You know, will you stop the rain? And because 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:46.000 we want to bring the dirt into our property. 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:51.259 Guess what? God did it. God can stop the rain. 00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:57.279 God can control the sky. Because God can do everything, 00:24:57.480 --> 00:25:01.200 you know. Our God can do everything. This one 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:04.849 time. Another story, you know, we went out by 00:25:04.849 --> 00:25:08.470 the coast and, you know, this one village, you 00:25:08.470 --> 00:25:11.410 know, we have to, you know, go through the boat, 00:25:11.509 --> 00:25:14.589 you know, in order to go to that village. But 00:25:14.589 --> 00:25:17.750 that one particular day, there's a storm, you 00:25:17.750 --> 00:25:21.890 know, coming by. And the people that live there, 00:25:21.970 --> 00:25:24.589 they own the boat. Every time they see the dark 00:25:24.589 --> 00:25:28.250 cloud, they don't want to cross the ocean. They 00:25:28.250 --> 00:25:32.279 said it's too dangerous. But we made a promise 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:34.880 to the villagers that we want to go there. You 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:37.400 know, we want to go there. So as we board the 00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:39.940 boat, get in the ocean, you know what? It starts 00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:44.019 raining. And dark clouds start to come. And the 00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:46.980 fishermen, the guy that owns the boat says, see, 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:50.140 it's not good. It's dangerous. You know what? 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:56.039 We believe that God can do everything. We speak 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:59.329 to the storm. We tell the storm to stop. You 00:25:59.329 --> 00:26:02.309 have no right to come this way and clear up the 00:26:02.309 --> 00:26:06.490 sky. Tell you what, the Lord did it. The Lord 00:26:06.490 --> 00:26:09.470 did it. There's no rain. And the guy was so amazed. 00:26:09.650 --> 00:26:12.869 And we get the cross to the other side. Yeah. 00:26:13.109 --> 00:26:16.069 It's not me that have the power. Who has the 00:26:16.069 --> 00:26:20.509 power? Jesus has the power. Did Jesus love me 00:26:20.509 --> 00:26:23.730 more than Jesus loves you? No. He loves us the 00:26:23.730 --> 00:26:28.640 same. But, you know, we believe that Jesus. can 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:32.720 do everything. You know, Jesus can do everything. 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:39.180 In 1997, you know, I believe that God will give 00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:43.079 me a wife. You know, my grandma, you know, pushing 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:46.180 me to get married because I'm one of her grandson, 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:48.500 you know, favorite grandson. And she getting 00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:51.500 old. She said, you need to get married before 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:54.880 I die. And she would have, you know, pick this 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:58.430 girl and pick that girl, you know. Asian culture, 00:26:58.650 --> 00:27:01.730 we have to arrange marriages, you know. If the 00:27:01.730 --> 00:27:04.009 father or mother said, Jess, you know, you need 00:27:04.009 --> 00:27:06.089 to marry to that person, you need to do it, you 00:27:06.089 --> 00:27:08.849 know. You have to do it. But I tell my grandma, 00:27:08.950 --> 00:27:13.009 I say, Grandma, I am not going to marry to the 00:27:13.009 --> 00:27:19.410 unbeliever. But my God will give me a wife. And 00:27:19.410 --> 00:27:23.450 she said, but I am old. I said, Grandma, you 00:27:23.450 --> 00:27:26.819 will see my wife before you die. Actually, to 00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:29.720 make a long story short, she got to see Leah, 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:35.839 and she even see my daughter before she passed 00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:40.299 away. She passed away in 2004, but she got to 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:43.539 see Leah. We talked to each other. Leah doesn't 00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:48.859 communicate that much to my grandma, but I pray 00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:50.920 for a wife. I ask God for a wife. God give me 00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:53.660 a wife. I believe that. And then God gave me 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:56.299 a dream of a white girl, you know, with the curly 00:27:56.299 --> 00:28:00.920 hair. So, you know, I believe in a dream, you 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.920 know. There are some Cambodian people, like Cambodian 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:05.140 Chinese, they are, you know, white too, you know. 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:07.819 So I'm looking for the, you know, white and curly, 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.920 you know, curly hair, you know. Who are they, 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.880 you know, where are you, you know. Keep looking. 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:15.359 But God, at that time, you know, I think 98, 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:18.299 I got a dream. Leah is still in the States. She 00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:21.359 never been to Cambodia. But I saw her already. 00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:25.500 In my dream. See our God is a good God. You know. 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:29.000 When you believe. You know. And he will help 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:33.299 us. You know. So I got a lot of story to tell. 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:37.180 Is it all right? I asked God. I said God I got 00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:40.799 saved. What about my family? My brothers? My 00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:44.099 sisters? They don't get saved yet. And my dad 00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:46.559 kind of you know really upset. You know after 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:51.049 I graduated from the university. And then I believed 00:28:51.049 --> 00:28:54.630 in Jesus. I shamed him, you know, after I got 00:28:54.630 --> 00:28:57.089 a good degree and then turned around and believed 00:28:57.089 --> 00:28:59.589 in Jesus. Once you believe in another religion, 00:28:59.809 --> 00:29:04.450 it's considered you betrayed, you know, the nation. 00:29:04.930 --> 00:29:08.490 You betrayed it, you know. And so, no, I didn't 00:29:08.490 --> 00:29:11.190 do that. But I believe that this God is a good 00:29:11.190 --> 00:29:15.210 God. My dad kind of fighting, but I believe that 00:29:15.210 --> 00:29:18.740 my family belongs to Jesus. Make a long story 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:22.480 short, now my whole family believe in Jesus. 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:28.960 My dad really loved Jesus. So God is good. So 00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:31.680 I pray for a wife. God give me a wife. I, you 00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:34.900 know, pray for my family. And God, you know, 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:38.599 bring my family to Jesus. And so lots of story, 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:41.859 you know. There are many things that we cannot 00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:44.700 do and God can do it. Another story, you know, 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:48.140 we believe. There's a man, you know, who have 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:51.880 a problem with a bladder. He got an accident. 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:55.279 And then somehow he broke that bladder, you know, 00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:59.140 in the accident. And because of the bladder broke, 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:03.519 you know, the urine, urine, you call urine? The 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:07.039 pee, you know, coming out nonstop. So the man 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:09.599 cannot wear the normal pants. He just wear the 00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:11.720 skirt. If you go to the man's house, you would 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:13.420 have smelled, you know, from a distant away. 00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:16.789 It's so strong. And so they tried their best 00:30:16.789 --> 00:30:18.809 like the lady, you know, with the issue of blood 00:30:18.809 --> 00:30:21.069 for 12 years. They tried their best, but they 00:30:21.069 --> 00:30:25.150 said there's no help. So this one time, myself 00:30:25.150 --> 00:30:29.250 and another guy go to that home and we pray for 00:30:29.250 --> 00:30:35.589 that man. God is a good God. Our God can do what 00:30:35.589 --> 00:30:40.930 people cannot do. I tell you, our God healed 00:30:40.930 --> 00:30:44.799 that man. That man now got married and he, you 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:48.799 know, have kid. And I mean, that man got healed. 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:51.759 He got married, had kids, and now he become one 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:54.299 of the pastor, you know, in our provincial church. 00:30:54.940 --> 00:31:02.759 So, you know, God is good, you know. So sometimes 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:06.900 in people's life, in my life, I don't know about 00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:10.099 in your life, sometimes something we believe. 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:14.740 Something we don't believe. I would say it's 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:19.539 a part -time Christian. You know? Or do you believe 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:22.940 God full -time or part -time? You know? Or sometimes 00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:25.180 you believe or sometimes you don't believe. It's 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:27.259 like a part -time job or full -time job. Are 00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.980 you familiar with that? You know, if you're a 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:31.140 part -time job, you only work certain days, certain 00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:33.799 hours. You know, if you're a part -time believer, 00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:37.019 you believe in some day and some other day you 00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:41.660 don't believe. Are we a part -time believer or 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:45.200 a full -time believer? You know, if we are a 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:48.799 full -time believer, life is a lot easier. Because 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:52.099 it's not us that's trying to solve this problem. 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:55.259 It's not us that's trying to fix this problem. 00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:59.779 But it's the Lord. We believe Him, Lord. Even 00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:02.500 though the small thing, the big thing, you do 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:07.200 it. I just believe that you can do this. You 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:13.319 know? Let's allow yourself to believe God full 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:16.180 -time, not part -time. Do you understand that? 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:19.460 Understand believe part -time or full -time? 00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:23.059 Have you ever seen people believe in God part 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:26.740 -time or full -time? Have you ever seen that? 00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:31.049 Sometimes, including myself. I believe in, I'm 00:32:31.049 --> 00:32:34.029 a pastor. Sometimes, you know, it's like part 00:32:34.029 --> 00:32:36.730 -time believer. You know, God, that thing is 00:32:36.730 --> 00:32:38.930 a big thing, you know. Maybe you cannot do some 00:32:38.930 --> 00:32:42.109 thought, you know, thinking that way, you know. 00:32:42.589 --> 00:32:45.910 But this one time, I was on a plane from New 00:32:45.910 --> 00:32:49.160 Zealand back to Singapore. And it's a big storm, 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:52.039 you know. I hate to go, you know, in a plane 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:54.119 with a turbulence, you know. I just, you know, 00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:56.059 keep doing that. I say, God, I don't want to 00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:58.960 die, you know, in a plane crash. You know, it's 00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:02.299 so crazy. If I'm in a boat before I die, at least 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:04.339 I swim, you know. If the plane crash, that's 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:07.200 it, you know. I don't know how to survive, you 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:10.339 know. And so, it's so hard, you know. It's so 00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:14.279 hard. That night, I just say, okay. I tell you 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:18.539 what, God. If I die, I die. I'm going to choose 00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:23.940 to believe in you. I try to calm the storm. It 00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:27.259 calms a little bit. A little later, it starts 00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:31.099 bouncing up and down again. But I just say, okay, 00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:34.279 I choose to believe because I tell God that. 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:39.240 And I keep talking to my soul that I choose to 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:42.380 believe. I choose to believe. I choose to trust 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:46.000 in you. See? So after that, I get to sleep, you 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.980 know, in the plane, you know, in the midst of 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:51.279 turbulence. You know, I'm okay. I'm safe. I'm 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:54.980 still alive because my God is a good God. Amen? 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:59.460 Our God is a good God. Point number two, you 00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:04.420 know, always follow Jesus' instructions. Yeah, 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:08.139 instruction or follow what he say. Always follow 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:13.750 his instruction. You know, In my life, I am so 00:34:13.750 --> 00:34:17.690 appreciative, appreciate the people that love 00:34:17.690 --> 00:34:21.210 me and give me advice and all that. Their advice 00:34:21.210 --> 00:34:25.110 are awesome. I really thank God for them. But 00:34:25.110 --> 00:34:31.190 the advice from Jesus is better. Advice from 00:34:31.190 --> 00:34:35.670 God is better. Always follow his advice. Advice 00:34:35.670 --> 00:34:38.050 from people are good. But advice from people, 00:34:38.210 --> 00:34:43.460 I mean, the Lord is better. You know, Jairus 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:47.719 have a problem. He heard that your daughter, 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:52.239 you know, have died. That's it. Sometimes, you 00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:55.360 know, the bad news can destroy everything, you 00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:58.139 know. If you watch TV, you watch CNN, all you 00:34:58.139 --> 00:35:00.360 see is bad news, bad news, bad news, bad news, 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:02.780 bad news, you know. Where are the good news? 00:35:04.009 --> 00:35:06.809 Before I went to Korea, you know, I bought CNN. 00:35:06.929 --> 00:35:09.269 They said, oh, it's a merge, this merge that 00:35:09.269 --> 00:35:11.710 killed this many people and that many people. 00:35:11.849 --> 00:35:15.829 And this many people got, you know, this problem 00:35:15.829 --> 00:35:18.630 and that problem. I just saw that. I said, oh, 00:35:18.710 --> 00:35:21.250 man, I go to Korea, but I'm going to trust the 00:35:21.250 --> 00:35:25.650 Lord. When I get to Korea, it's not like what 00:35:25.650 --> 00:35:30.110 CNN say. Like CNN like the whole lot of exaggeration, 00:35:30.110 --> 00:35:33.380 you know. And people are just living their life 00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:36.079 normal, you know, like what they said in the 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:39.420 news. So sometimes be careful, you know, allowing 00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:43.480 the bad news, you know, control over our life, 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:47.340 you know. And so, and sometimes allow that bad 00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:50.599 news and learn from the bad news, you know, like 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:55.480 crazy stuff in there, you know. So always like, 00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:59.679 but Jesus tell Jairus, you know, do not be afraid. 00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:05.820 any longer, only believe. Can you imagine your 00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:08.860 son or daughter in the midst of a big need and 00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:13.219 dying, and then you have to worry about it. Say, 00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:14.800 what's going to happen to my daughter? What's 00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:16.400 going to happen to my daughter? What's going 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:19.019 to happen to my daughter? Is she going to survive 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:24.139 or not? But Jesus said, don't be afraid any longer. 00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:29.679 Just believe only. When you believe, Something 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:33.380 great happened. Something great happened because 00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:36.380 of this guy's belief. And this guy's willing 00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:40.199 to wait for Jesus to go to their home. You know? 00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:44.199 In Luke chapter 5, you know, verse 5, you know, 00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:48.320 Simon, you know, he's an expert fisherman. They've 00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:51.159 been fishing all night long. Sometimes expert 00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:55.539 people could fail too. Right? Yeah. This guy's 00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:58.539 been fishing all night long. They catch no fish. 00:36:59.369 --> 00:37:03.750 No fish. But Jesus said, Peter, go in further 00:37:03.750 --> 00:37:07.969 and throw your net. Peter said, God, since you 00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:12.550 say so, I will do it. Guess what? When he followed 00:37:12.550 --> 00:37:17.170 Jesus' instruction, he caught tons of fish. You 00:37:17.170 --> 00:37:21.630 know? Lots of fish. They were so amazed that 00:37:21.630 --> 00:37:25.329 they never ever catch fish that, you know, that 00:37:25.329 --> 00:37:28.610 many. You know, because of... They follow Jesus' 00:37:28.829 --> 00:37:32.130 instruction. Jesus' instruction is really good. 00:37:33.010 --> 00:37:38.010 You know, before I served the Lord full time, 00:37:38.130 --> 00:37:42.190 I owned a business, you know, electrical construction. 00:37:42.590 --> 00:37:45.969 And I enjoy doing that. You know, I make good 00:37:45.969 --> 00:37:48.590 income and I know how to do with electricals 00:37:48.590 --> 00:37:51.869 and plumbing. I can do that, you know. But after 00:37:51.869 --> 00:37:56.030 God called me to... help build his house, you 00:37:56.030 --> 00:37:58.489 know, I just close everything down and help, 00:37:58.550 --> 00:38:01.550 you know, work for the church. But anyway, this 00:38:01.550 --> 00:38:04.750 one time we got a short in a concrete wall, you 00:38:04.750 --> 00:38:08.170 know, and the logical thinking that you need 00:38:08.170 --> 00:38:11.150 to break the wall, you know, we don't want explosive, 00:38:11.230 --> 00:38:13.489 you know, and, you know, when the short, you 00:38:13.489 --> 00:38:16.190 know, when the electricity, you know, trying 00:38:16.190 --> 00:38:19.349 to get to each other, you know, getting hot and 00:38:19.349 --> 00:38:22.010 hot and, you know, one day, you know, you get 00:38:22.010 --> 00:38:25.920 a fire. But he said, no, let's not break the 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:30.420 wall. Just pray and see what the Lord say. We 00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:33.659 pray that particular night, the Lord give me 00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:37.940 a dream. Just say, you know, you go to this particular 00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:42.420 spot and you break it, you'll see it. You know, 00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:44.699 the Lord even care about a small thing, you know? 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:49.570 Yeah. I was so excited that day. You know, bring 00:38:49.570 --> 00:38:51.650 hammer and she's all go to the spot that the 00:38:51.650 --> 00:38:54.050 Lord told me in the dream. Because I believe 00:38:54.050 --> 00:38:56.329 in a dream. The Lord give me the dream about, 00:38:56.489 --> 00:38:58.630 you know, the lady that I will get married to, 00:38:58.769 --> 00:39:01.190 you know. It's just exactly, you know. And then 00:39:01.190 --> 00:39:03.409 another time the Lord, you know, give me the 00:39:03.409 --> 00:39:06.090 dream about the electric car short in the concrete 00:39:06.090 --> 00:39:10.369 wall, you know. And so sure enough, that particular 00:39:10.369 --> 00:39:15.809 spot, there was a short. See, our God knows everything. 00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:20.480 Just follow his instruction, you know. You save 00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:24.579 a lot when you follow his instruction. Another 00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:27.199 time, you know, our kids, when they were young, 00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:30.800 you know, Naomi and Anna, they got sick at the 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:33.800 same time. When they got sick, you know, it's 00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:36.920 difficult for the parents. We can't sleep, you 00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:40.940 know. They really cry, and it's hard, you know, 00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:45.250 as a father to see your kids were sick. And also, 00:39:45.329 --> 00:39:48.429 you know, in and out to the doctor's office. 00:39:48.530 --> 00:39:51.489 And I hate to spend the money that we're supposed 00:39:51.489 --> 00:39:54.929 not to spend, you know. I hate to do that. But 00:39:54.929 --> 00:39:58.269 I was so tired. I prayed for people and people 00:39:58.269 --> 00:40:00.909 being healed and this and that. But I prayed 00:40:00.909 --> 00:40:05.150 for my kid. My kid's still sick. Come on, God. 00:40:05.750 --> 00:40:10.030 I need help. So this one particular night, you 00:40:10.030 --> 00:40:13.119 know, I was so tired. You know, because my kids, 00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:16.940 two of them were sick. I just getting ready to, 00:40:17.059 --> 00:40:20.320 you know, go to take a bath and get ready to 00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:23.659 go to bed because I was so tired. On the way 00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:26.199 to the bathroom to take a shower, I feel like 00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:30.679 God say, Mar, do you believe that I can save 00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:35.059 you from your sin? I said, God, you are the only 00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:39.920 God that I trust. I told you already, Lord, that 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:43.059 you are the God. Only God can forgive me from 00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:47.340 my sin, you know. You are the God that can forgive 00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:52.340 me. And so, and then he said, then you think 00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:58.239 that I cannot heal your kids? Oh, God. You know, 00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:00.139 we're in a conversation with the Lord, and then 00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:03.960 I go to the bathroom. I say, God, I know that 00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:07.599 you can forgive me my sin. I say, okay, God. 00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:10.019 I start to worship God in the bathroom, you know. 00:41:10.909 --> 00:41:14.590 you know, kneel down and worship God and take 00:41:14.590 --> 00:41:17.349 a shower and go to bed. Tell you what, the next 00:41:17.349 --> 00:41:20.530 day, two of my kids just healed just like that. 00:41:20.710 --> 00:41:24.989 They are well, you know, because God is good. 00:41:25.409 --> 00:41:31.369 You know, God is good. There's nobody, you know, 00:41:31.369 --> 00:41:35.269 there's no other God can be good as our God, 00:41:35.309 --> 00:41:42.659 you know. So, Just believe, you know. Like Mary, 00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:44.599 you know, at the wedding place, they run out 00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:48.119 of the wine. You know, they need some wine. And 00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:50.380 Mary tell people, you know, at the wedding place, 00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:54.380 just do what he said. You know, we need to train 00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:57.940 ourselves to do what he said. You know, that 00:41:57.940 --> 00:42:01.320 would help us a lot more. And our life is a lot 00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:05.340 more easier. And point number three, you know, 00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:13.349 fight. Fight the good fight of faith. When you 00:42:13.349 --> 00:42:18.389 go to the battlefield, do you want to lose it? 00:42:18.550 --> 00:42:20.250 Do you want to be defeated or do you want to 00:42:20.250 --> 00:42:24.730 win the battlefield? How many times have you 00:42:24.730 --> 00:42:28.510 been battling with something? How many times? 00:42:29.269 --> 00:42:33.550 And I don't mean to condemn you and stuff like 00:42:33.550 --> 00:42:37.630 that, but sometimes the tricky part in our mind 00:42:37.630 --> 00:42:40.230 just says we cannot do this. You know, like the 00:42:40.230 --> 00:42:43.409 Israelites go to war, you know, with Goliath. 00:42:44.489 --> 00:42:48.010 These soldiers have experiences, you know, during 00:42:48.010 --> 00:42:51.469 wars so many times. But the Bible said every 00:42:51.469 --> 00:42:55.670 time that Goliath guy get out and they just run 00:42:55.670 --> 00:43:00.300 like crazy. They just run. Run for life. Come 00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:02.099 on, that guy don't do anything, just yelling, 00:43:02.239 --> 00:43:05.179 yelling, yelling. Sometimes the demon is yelling 00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:07.820 at you. Say, you cannot do this. You cannot do 00:43:07.820 --> 00:43:10.320 that. You are a failure. You can never do this. 00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:12.519 You can never do that. You will be sick forever. 00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:15.760 You're going to die. It's just all of this stupid 00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:18.440 stuff. I'm sorry to say that, you know. The demon 00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:21.320 planted in people's mind. And then we start to 00:43:21.320 --> 00:43:25.239 believe, oh yeah, that's right. Oh yeah, I'm 00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:28.289 struggle. Oh, yes, I will never, ever get a good 00:43:28.289 --> 00:43:31.550 job. Oh, yes, I will never, ever, you know, going 00:43:31.550 --> 00:43:34.110 to overcome this. Oh, yes, my kid going to be 00:43:34.110 --> 00:43:36.590 in this forever. Yeah, they're not going to believe 00:43:36.590 --> 00:43:39.449 in Jesus. Oh, they're not going to make it, you 00:43:39.449 --> 00:43:43.769 know. This is the bad thing. But as the man, 00:43:44.050 --> 00:43:47.510 David guy said, I'm not going to let this guy 00:43:47.510 --> 00:43:50.849 looking down, you know, after our soldiers and, 00:43:50.909 --> 00:43:52.909 you know, the soldier of the most high God. I'm 00:43:52.909 --> 00:43:55.889 going to go after this guy, you know. Look. I 00:43:55.889 --> 00:43:58.710 used to kill bears and, you know, and lions and 00:43:58.710 --> 00:44:01.409 all that. I'm going to go after these guys, you 00:44:01.409 --> 00:44:04.369 know. Because these guys have an attitude of, 00:44:04.449 --> 00:44:07.530 I could not do it, but my God can do it. But 00:44:07.530 --> 00:44:10.190 my God used me to do it, you know. I can do it. 00:44:10.809 --> 00:44:12.989 Sometime, you know, we need to rise. We can do 00:44:12.989 --> 00:44:16.789 it, you know. Rise up. Fight with a good fight 00:44:16.789 --> 00:44:19.849 of faith. Don't allow the demon to control over 00:44:19.849 --> 00:44:23.130 our family any longer, you know. No more, you 00:44:23.130 --> 00:44:26.679 know. No more. Have no more right to control 00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:30.260 over our family. Sickness, disease, and poverty 00:44:30.260 --> 00:44:33.559 and stuff like that. You have no more right to 00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:36.559 get into my family. My family belongs to the 00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:39.039 Lord Jesus Christ. My son and daughter are going 00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:40.900 to make it. They're going to be great. They're 00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:42.480 going to serve the Lord. They're going to make 00:44:42.480 --> 00:44:45.219 a difference in their life because my God is 00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:49.039 good. My God only knows how to give good things 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:51.639 to me. Only knows how to give good things to 00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:56.090 my children. You know? Believe it. Fight with 00:44:56.090 --> 00:44:59.789 the good fight of faith. Do not allow, you know, 00:44:59.809 --> 00:45:03.989 all of the monics in a thing to rule over your 00:45:03.989 --> 00:45:10.469 thought. Just fight with it. You know? So, every 00:45:10.469 --> 00:45:16.250 time you go to the battle of fear, I believe 00:45:16.250 --> 00:45:19.510 that you want to win. But sometimes, you know, 00:45:19.550 --> 00:45:22.909 throughout the Bible, I can see, like, you know, 00:45:22.949 --> 00:45:26.030 we can learn from people's experiences. Jairus 00:45:26.030 --> 00:45:28.949 and the lady with the issue of blood, they trust 00:45:28.949 --> 00:45:32.389 in the Lord, you know. But there are some people, 00:45:32.530 --> 00:45:34.889 they're in the midst of Jesus, and they don't 00:45:34.889 --> 00:45:37.869 know anything about it. They ignore Jesus, you 00:45:37.869 --> 00:45:42.250 know. Like this lady, you know, Martha, you're 00:45:42.250 --> 00:45:44.269 familiar with that story, you know, she invites 00:45:44.269 --> 00:45:48.429 Jesus into her home. When Jesus comes into her 00:45:48.429 --> 00:45:52.230 home, Guess what? She ignored Jesus. She do something 00:45:52.230 --> 00:45:56.309 else, you know. And her sister Mary just sit 00:45:56.309 --> 00:45:58.750 down and listening to Jesus, you know, what Jesus 00:45:58.750 --> 00:46:03.349 have to say. So, but Martha just complaining, 00:46:03.429 --> 00:46:07.190 say, why my sister don't help me, you know. Sometimes 00:46:07.190 --> 00:46:11.269 in life, you know, we are praying, you know, 00:46:11.289 --> 00:46:14.090 we fighting with something and then we get Jesus. 00:46:14.110 --> 00:46:17.750 We tell Jesus, make our problem known to Jesus. 00:46:18.429 --> 00:46:22.289 But after that, in Jesus' name, amen. Finish 00:46:22.289 --> 00:46:25.250 it. And go around and do something else. Without 00:46:25.250 --> 00:46:28.769 Jesus, this is my story. Jesus, this is my problem. 00:46:29.030 --> 00:46:32.110 But Jesus, how can I do this? Jesus, how can 00:46:32.110 --> 00:46:36.289 I overcome that? And listening to him. Don't 00:46:36.289 --> 00:46:39.590 quit to say amen and go do something else. You 00:46:39.590 --> 00:46:43.329 know? In Asian culture, if you, you know, somebody 00:46:43.329 --> 00:46:47.599 invite you to, I mean. If I'm invited to someone's 00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:51.099 home and if the owner of the house ignores me, 00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:54.019 it's considered really rude. You know, really 00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:58.099 rude. But Martha doing that, you know. Sometimes 00:46:58.099 --> 00:47:00.619 I feel like in Christian's life, you know, we 00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:03.980 invite Jesus. We tell Jesus all the long list. 00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:08.360 And then in Jesus' name, amen. You know, forgetting 00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:13.610 to listen to what he has to say. You know, when 00:47:13.610 --> 00:47:16.489 we're fighting, we listen to Jesus, you know. 00:47:16.949 --> 00:47:21.309 And another story, you know, this quote from 00:47:21.309 --> 00:47:26.309 John chapter 5. This guy, you know, he got a 00:47:26.309 --> 00:47:30.110 problem, you know. He have a problem, you know, 00:47:30.110 --> 00:47:34.449 the guy at Bethesda pool. You know, he's there 00:47:34.449 --> 00:47:39.329 and he got this problem for 38 years. When he 00:47:39.329 --> 00:47:43.630 sees Jesus, And he complained, you know, the 00:47:43.630 --> 00:47:46.650 reason he's there because that place, Bethesda 00:47:46.650 --> 00:47:49.409 pool, you know, once in a while, the angel of 00:47:49.409 --> 00:47:52.250 the Lord come and stir up the water. Whatever 00:47:52.250 --> 00:47:54.849 sickness, whatever disease, you know, whoever, 00:47:55.010 --> 00:47:57.809 you know, wherever they from, if they get into 00:47:57.809 --> 00:48:00.550 the pool before anyone else, whatever sickness 00:48:00.550 --> 00:48:05.429 that people have, they will get healed. And this 00:48:05.429 --> 00:48:09.500 guy said, oh, oh, sir. You know, every time the 00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:12.719 water stir, I can never get into the water. Somebody 00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:16.019 already there before me. You know, somebody get 00:48:16.019 --> 00:48:20.139 healed before me. Poor me. I cannot do anything. 00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:24.900 My life gonna be like this forever. I cannot 00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:30.059 do it. This guy have the bad attitude. Have a 00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:32.989 complaining attitude. Because he complained, 00:48:33.289 --> 00:48:36.329 he allowed the complained spirit get into his 00:48:36.329 --> 00:48:40.750 soul, therefore he's stuck there, you know. Can 00:48:40.750 --> 00:48:43.949 you imagine if, you know, it's a long time ago, 00:48:44.030 --> 00:48:46.530 say, oh, somebody get in already. You know, just, 00:48:46.610 --> 00:48:49.590 hey, you know, I believe that guy got relatives 00:48:49.590 --> 00:48:51.289 and stuff, why don't you, you know, carry me, 00:48:51.309 --> 00:48:54.309 just put me next to the water, you know. Just 00:48:54.309 --> 00:48:56.250 carry me or just scoot a little bit, you know, 00:48:56.269 --> 00:48:59.429 a little bit at a time for a long time. The minute 00:48:59.429 --> 00:49:01.269 that you see the water stir, just get in there. 00:49:01.630 --> 00:49:04.170 You know, before anyone else. Don't just have 00:49:04.170 --> 00:49:08.429 a bad attitude complaining. You know? This guy 00:49:08.429 --> 00:49:11.710 don't know how to fight. But this guy know well 00:49:11.710 --> 00:49:15.829 how to complain. Complaining will destroy people. 00:49:16.170 --> 00:49:20.190 You know? Really destroy people. So let's not 00:49:20.190 --> 00:49:23.710 allow the complaining spirit get into our life. 00:49:24.130 --> 00:49:28.809 Allow the spirit of faith. I cannot do it now, 00:49:29.010 --> 00:49:33.909 but I will do it better. tomorrow, next week, 00:49:33.929 --> 00:49:37.630 and next month. I will be doing it. I will make 00:49:37.630 --> 00:49:40.369 it, you know. Trust in the Lord. Have the good 00:49:40.369 --> 00:49:44.730 fight, the faith. Do not allow anything to destroy 00:49:44.730 --> 00:49:48.090 you. I mean the negative thing. Number four, 00:49:48.110 --> 00:49:50.809 the last point, you know, have an attitude of 00:49:50.809 --> 00:49:58.059 gratefulness, you know. I don't know about here, 00:49:58.159 --> 00:50:00.980 you know, these people back home, I realize something 00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:05.699 like people know how to remember bad stuff happen 00:50:05.699 --> 00:50:09.500 to them. Oh, that guy have offended me. Therefore, 00:50:09.739 --> 00:50:12.260 I'm not going to talk to him for 20 years, 30 00:50:12.260 --> 00:50:15.139 years, you know. Oh, this person hurt me. Oh, 00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:18.000 that hurt me. Oh, this, oh, that. You know, only 00:50:18.000 --> 00:50:22.159 remember the bad things. And in there is full 00:50:22.159 --> 00:50:25.179 of the memories with the bad thing. But, you 00:50:25.179 --> 00:50:30.139 know, sometimes, you know, who do great thing 00:50:30.139 --> 00:50:35.340 to us in our life? Tell me who. Is it our family 00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:39.519 or somebody else? Most of the time, our family 00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:43.320 help us the most. Is that right? Who are we fighting 00:50:43.320 --> 00:50:50.280 with the most? Who? Who? Our family. Is it right? 00:50:50.519 --> 00:50:55.860 You know? Me and Leah, we get married, but I 00:50:55.860 --> 00:50:59.260 love her and she loves me, but we fight. Who 00:50:59.260 --> 00:51:01.280 helps me the most? She helps me the most. I help 00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:04.559 her the most, more than anyone else. But we fight 00:51:04.559 --> 00:51:08.960 the most. But sometimes in fighting, we remember 00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:11.659 the bad thing. Oh yeah, you've done that bad 00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:13.940 thing that one time, or now you do it again. 00:51:15.079 --> 00:51:18.760 Just remember all the bad things. Rather than 00:51:18.760 --> 00:51:21.480 choose to, okay, thank you so much. You know, 00:51:21.500 --> 00:51:23.719 that one time you do great thing. Even though 00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:25.619 you do bad thing today, it's okay, you know. 00:51:25.659 --> 00:51:28.519 I forgive you, you know. It's just remember, 00:51:28.719 --> 00:51:31.980 learn to remember great thing in our life, you 00:51:31.980 --> 00:51:35.739 know. I love the good memory store here. And 00:51:35.739 --> 00:51:39.320 the bad memory need to be gone. Amen. I love 00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:41.940 the good memory. Jesus, thank you so much. I 00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:44.940 love our attitude. Train our attitude. I'm in 00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:49.030 a thankful. Lord, so thankful. You know, thankful 00:51:49.030 --> 00:51:51.849 for this, thankful for that. Oh, that one day, 00:51:51.889 --> 00:51:55.349 Lord, thank you so much for, you know, find me 00:51:55.349 --> 00:51:57.389 a good parking place. You know, it's a parking 00:51:57.389 --> 00:52:00.309 spot just right, you know, and it's so busy. 00:52:00.789 --> 00:52:04.449 Like, no, there's no spot at all, but there enough, 00:52:04.570 --> 00:52:06.429 you know, right there. It's a good spot for, 00:52:06.449 --> 00:52:09.170 you know, parking. Sometimes you even ask God 00:52:09.170 --> 00:52:11.869 for a parking spot. Oh, God, I don't know. I 00:52:11.869 --> 00:52:14.780 lost my key. I lost key, like. You know, a thousand 00:52:14.780 --> 00:52:17.079 times, you know, every day, you know. I just 00:52:17.079 --> 00:52:20.840 ask God, God, where's my key, you know. And so, 00:52:20.860 --> 00:52:22.860 God, thank you so much that one day, you know, 00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:25.920 you show me the key. I late to work, I late to 00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:27.880 my appointment, but you show me, you know, my 00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:31.019 motor key. So, thank you, you know. It's just, 00:52:31.219 --> 00:52:35.300 you know, trying to train our memories, you know, 00:52:35.300 --> 00:52:40.860 of the greatness God has done in our life. The 00:52:40.860 --> 00:52:46.269 reason of our life nowadays. It's coming from 00:52:46.269 --> 00:52:49.989 what you and I believe from yesterday and the 00:52:49.989 --> 00:52:53.969 past. You know, if you want our lives to be the 00:52:53.969 --> 00:52:58.070 same, just keep the same belief. But I don't 00:52:58.070 --> 00:53:00.769 believe that you want the same. You want to be 00:53:00.769 --> 00:53:03.510 a greater thing. You want to be more blessed. 00:53:03.809 --> 00:53:06.909 You want to be more joyful and stuff like that. 00:53:07.170 --> 00:53:10.670 But believe God for the greater thing. Believe 00:53:10.670 --> 00:53:14.059 God for more blessing. So that you can help bless 00:53:14.059 --> 00:53:17.440 other people. You know? Learn to bless others. 00:53:18.739 --> 00:53:23.340 Don't allow any unbelief to get into your soul. 00:53:23.599 --> 00:53:28.900 It will destroy your life. Allow the good and 00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:33.239 positive and gratefulness that the Lord our God 00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:38.500 can do. Allow it to grow more and more in our 00:53:38.500 --> 00:53:42.780 life. You know? Because our God is so good. He 00:53:42.780 --> 00:53:46.119 loves us so much. He prepares everything for 00:53:46.119 --> 00:53:49.800 us. We are the victorious, you know, person. 00:53:50.179 --> 00:53:53.539 We are the joyful people on earth, you know, 00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:57.019 talking about life. We have somebody that helps 00:53:57.019 --> 00:54:00.420 us. We have God that promises He's with us all 00:54:00.420 --> 00:54:03.539 the time. He will never ever leave you or forsake 00:54:03.539 --> 00:54:06.000 you. You know, He will never ever leave me or 00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:09.460 forsake me. Why we forget Him? Why we leave Him 00:54:09.460 --> 00:54:11.780 alone and just trying to do life by ourselves? 00:54:12.519 --> 00:54:16.940 Just believe in God. I love God to help you. 00:54:17.159 --> 00:54:20.639 You know, then their life will be a lot easier. 00:54:21.099 --> 00:54:26.840 Amen. Will you pray with me? Hallelujah. Heavenly 00:54:26.840 --> 00:54:30.820 Father, Lord God, thank you so much, Lord God, 00:54:30.960 --> 00:54:36.039 for your love. Lord God, thank you so much for 00:54:36.039 --> 00:54:39.500 choosing us, Lord God. We not deserve this, Lord 00:54:39.500 --> 00:54:43.869 God, but you. Loved us. You first loved us, Lord 00:54:43.869 --> 00:54:46.690 God. And Lord God, thank you for your sons and 00:54:46.690 --> 00:54:49.090 daughters here. Lord God, that they love you 00:54:49.090 --> 00:54:52.469 so much. Lord God, they are part of your plan. 00:54:52.710 --> 00:54:56.409 Lord God, you plan for them to live in this period 00:54:56.409 --> 00:54:59.510 of time, Lord God. And Lord God, I just ask that 00:54:59.510 --> 00:55:02.570 you will bless them. Bless their family, Lord 00:55:02.570 --> 00:55:05.449 God. And heal their sickness and stuff. Lord 00:55:05.449 --> 00:55:08.190 God, build a wall of protection around their 00:55:08.190 --> 00:55:11.070 life. around their business, around their families, 00:55:11.170 --> 00:55:13.809 Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. Have things to 00:55:13.809 --> 00:55:16.789 grow in their life. Have faith to grow in their 00:55:16.789 --> 00:55:19.449 life. Have businesses to grow in their life. 00:55:19.570 --> 00:55:22.730 And bless more income, Lord God, that no one 00:55:22.730 --> 00:55:25.670 will suffer, even though the economy of the world 00:55:25.670 --> 00:55:28.210 will suffer, but the children of the Most High 00:55:28.210 --> 00:55:31.969 God will always have plenty and plenty to give. 00:55:32.360 --> 00:55:34.579 Hallelujah, Lord God. Thank you, Father, Lord 00:55:34.579 --> 00:55:37.079 God. Whatever disease, whatever sickness these 00:55:37.079 --> 00:55:39.900 people have, Lord God, just heal them. Hallelujah. 00:55:39.900 --> 00:55:43.119 Because you are the almighty God, can do it all, 00:55:43.199 --> 00:55:45.760 Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. Thank you for 00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:48.099 these precious sons and daughters, Lord God. 00:55:48.260 --> 00:55:52.320 And lift them and their family into your hand 00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:57.739 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. 00:56:00.320 --> 00:56:06.599 Awesome. Let's all stand this afternoon as we 00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:11.619 finish up. You know, I wish that, I said this 00:56:11.619 --> 00:56:14.000 first service, I wish that he could speak, you 00:56:14.000 --> 00:56:16.639 know, in his native language with the passion 00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:18.860 that's inside of him because he just flippantly 00:56:18.860 --> 00:56:21.260 said, yeah, this guy was constantly going to 00:56:21.260 --> 00:56:22.940 the bathroom all the time and I went to his house 00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:25.079 and I prayed for him and it doesn't do it anymore. 00:56:28.039 --> 00:56:32.210 Whoa, rewind. You know, if he had his own words, 00:56:32.289 --> 00:56:34.030 he could really paint the picture of what it 00:56:34.030 --> 00:56:37.170 was like and all that type of stuff. I want to 00:56:37.170 --> 00:56:39.630 live a life that my life is a testimony like 00:56:39.630 --> 00:56:43.150 that. When somebody says to me, so you've got 00:56:43.150 --> 00:56:46.130 a God, right? I do. You talk about him a lot. 00:56:46.130 --> 00:56:48.750 I do. Well, tell me about what he's done for 00:56:48.750 --> 00:56:53.510 you. And I have a testimony. I know many of you 00:56:53.510 --> 00:56:57.630 do, but I don't want it to have stopped. I want 00:56:57.630 --> 00:56:59.489 this week to be another week where I can give 00:56:59.489 --> 00:57:02.880 the testimony. And I just want to honor, you 00:57:02.880 --> 00:57:06.159 know, Mara. Mara, he's one of the second in command 00:57:06.159 --> 00:57:10.719 type of guy there. And for us that do that for 00:57:10.719 --> 00:57:15.300 Pastor Brad, we like this guy a lot. He does 00:57:15.300 --> 00:57:18.019 amazing things over there. He's a general in 00:57:18.019 --> 00:57:20.260 the kingdom of God. He's not a normal person. 00:57:20.340 --> 00:57:22.599 He didn't tell you the story that some guy called 00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:24.260 him and said that his mom passed away, right? 00:57:24.739 --> 00:57:28.840 On the phone, he's like, Mara says, I'm busy. 00:57:30.130 --> 00:57:33.050 Can you pray over the phone? I said, sure, I'll 00:57:33.050 --> 00:57:35.530 pray. So an hour later he gets a phone call. 00:57:35.630 --> 00:57:40.949 The lady is raised from the dead. That's powerful. 00:57:44.190 --> 00:57:46.650 And he would be the first one to say it's God. 00:57:47.190 --> 00:57:49.230 He says it's the first verse because God really 00:57:49.230 --> 00:57:54.030 loved that lady. And he loves us. This week, 00:57:54.090 --> 00:57:57.289 let's live that way. And I love the fact that 00:57:57.289 --> 00:57:59.639 he said that dead people in the Bible. Really 00:57:59.639 --> 00:58:05.719 responded to Jesus. Isn't that cool? The scripture 00:58:05.719 --> 00:58:09.559 for that is I'm crucified with Christ. It's no 00:58:09.559 --> 00:58:14.099 longer I who lives. I come to him dead. I denied 00:58:14.099 --> 00:58:17.300 myself. Supposed to all morning. I took up that 00:58:17.300 --> 00:58:20.179 cross. It's not about me. One thing that you 00:58:20.179 --> 00:58:21.820 said I really want to appreciate and I want to 00:58:21.820 --> 00:58:25.539 leave with you. Are you somebody who's louder 00:58:25.539 --> 00:58:28.630 at complaining? or louder at fighting the good 00:58:28.630 --> 00:58:33.210 fight. What a challenge. Ask those around you, 00:58:33.309 --> 00:58:35.190 do you hear me complain more or do you hear me 00:58:35.190 --> 00:58:37.630 fight more? You know, fight in the good way. 00:58:38.469 --> 00:58:40.210 And I'm sure when he was saying he was fighting 00:58:40.210 --> 00:58:42.869 with his wife, he was arguing, not physical fighting. 00:58:43.190 --> 00:58:45.309 Just wanted to make sure. A lot of sensitive 00:58:45.309 --> 00:58:50.250 people now. God's always giving her a hug. Let's 00:58:50.250 --> 00:58:52.869 just pray. Father, I bless this awesome group 00:58:52.869 --> 00:58:56.769 of people. Lord, help this be a wonderful, Father's 00:58:56.769 --> 00:59:01.170 Day, and that you would just be with every aspect 00:59:01.170 --> 00:59:03.230 of that today. That your grace would just be 00:59:03.230 --> 00:59:06.010 there. But more importantly, this is the day 00:59:06.010 --> 00:59:09.210 the Lord has made. We will choose to rejoice 00:59:09.210 --> 00:59:11.949 and be glad in it. Father, bless the people as 00:59:11.949 --> 00:59:14.429 they go today. In Jesus' name, amen and amen. 00:59:14.650 --> 00:59:31.679 God bless you. Have a wonderful day. Or call 00:59:31.679 --> 00:59:35.239 us at 541 -995 -8282.