APRIL 18 2021 FROM HELPLESSNESS TO HOPE…A JOURNEY WITH GOD THROUGH DARK TIMES

blessed good morning to all shall we all rise as we come to god in prayer our heavenly father here we are again gather together for worship lord we want you to know that we are so grateful to be alive we're so grateful because the church is open the same time father we pray for what's going on in our country and the whole world for the meantime help us focus on the main thing and on the main one and that is you and believe lord as we develop the spiritual discipline of focusing on you we will be able to handle life here on earth two or three gathered in your name your word said you are in the midst of them and that's not just something to recite that's something to claim and believe in jesus name amen please be seated let us take a few moments to reflect kate will be oh look thank you tumblr [Music] we will meditate on this beautiful song in his presence and let's just be quiet before god you know the good time of this preparation is to release all our worries to the lord you remember last sunday's message you cannot worship god and worry at the same time so kate will be singing we cannot but we will acknowledge the presence of god in this place amen in [Music] i believe your promise to be faithful i don't always understand what your perfect will [Music] demands [Music] lord [Music] is [Music] [Music] is when we seek to know your heart we will find [Music] lord there can be such sweet reward when we wait upon the lord as we take this time he gives him to be found in him [Music] alone all our deepest secrets long we're surrounded by his grace we seek his face in your place [Music] [Music] when we seek to know your hearts we will find such [Music] in your holy praise [Music] shall we all rise please every time you fill up the triads please remember do you have signs of headache and that every time we come here we feel that none of the above don't just fill up just thank you lord amen we're alive we don't know if it's our last we cannot sing but we will greet this day in this dark times of govi i remember this song september 16 when the church was opened this is the one we sung but we cannot sing only from the heart ten thousand reasons for my heart to find bless the lord o my soul only from your heart is pressing to him how grateful we are to be in god's house today hallelujah blessed be your name [Music] worship his [Music] i'll worship your holy it's a beautiful day still covered but we're grateful hallelujah it's time to sing your song again whatever may pass before me let me be singing [Music] is serve a good god rich in love [Music] is amen and your heart is kind for all your goodness i will keep on singing [Music] [Music] [Music] never this is a very important part [Music] [Music] is [Music] and then after we leave this earth and bless the lord [Music] oh i worship your holy name [Music] taste and see that the lord is good we have a good god not a cruel one [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] is good [Music] who is his trust [Music] is [Music] oh he is [Music] please be seated preaching is important worship service but it is not the most important part believe me protestant reformation ushers us the centrality of god's word i agree but it's more than that prayer is moments from now we will be silent before the lord to pray we'll pray for the doctors nurses i forgot to get their names but i was watching the news the other day and the week last week five doh nurses from davao and davao de oro volunteered to go to manila lack of doctors there god bless those those nurses very brave pray for them and another batch from cebu helping in times like this we need to pray what we call what richard foster called the prayer of relinquishment would you put that on screen the prayer of relinquishment this prayer of relinquishment was modeled to us by christ luke chapter 22 39-42 we read then accompanied by his disciples jesus left upstairs room and went as usual to the mount of olives and there he told them pray that you will not give into temptation what is the great temptation in captivity one worry great temptation worry i realize it's not only overthinking but sometimes over reflection reflect reflect i think that's also attempting jesus said pray next he walked away about the stone throw knelt down and prayed father if you are this is the prayer of relinquishment father if you are willing please take the cup of suffering away from me and yet i want your will to be done and not mine please notice jesus was so honest lord that's the prayer of relinquishment lord can i can i escape this and then surrender surrender without struggle is fake we have to be honest lord in the prayer of relinquishment you need to be sensitive to the holy spirit what is your cup that god wants you to surrender to him could be family dummy so let's learn that paul prayed this prayer in says this testimony my ego is the longer central it no longer is important that i appear righteous before people or have good opinion i am no longer dre i love that that's you know that if you if you have that god ble i are no longer i'm driven to impress god christ lives in me you know the verse is saying there is nothing you can do that cannot can can stop god to love you stop impressing god christ is enough what a freedom i'm new on illustration a richard foster i don't know if you remember the advertisement of the nasty plunge remember that you drink the teeth i remember that but it's not easy to just ah there's exactly lacking words when you learn how to pray the prayer of relinquishment that is the nearest feeling relief dr foster said this this is the prayer of release please pay attention the prayer of release lift up into his arms your children that's the worry point no you have kids pray for them one by one how about grandkids you can only pray for them but it is the parents who can relinquish them not the grandparents link with your children i have three adults kids and i love them all precious lord have mercy your spouse somehow you love your wife you love your husband yes but unguided love is idolatry lord i surrender my spouse to you i don't know how many years you will allow we will be together but every time must be surrendered to god amen and then your friends do you have a lot surrender them to god say release them to the lord this one is hard next place into his loving care your future like lord what's tomorrow lunes future is not necessarily five years from now tomorrow your hopes another word for hopes are expectations surrender it to the lord your dreams oh a lot of dreams are shattered because of kovid your business went down your plans your it's now time to say god not surrendering upon surrendering with in response to god's love this one is hard this one is hard hold him finally hold up to him your enemies do you have enemies yeah we all do your anger that's you know what robs us of god's redemption and grace is tolerated anger add something your desire for retaliation don't tell me what i'm talking here is an accident and you're watching over live stream and you're listening to me here no no god is lately there have been some have you wish that your enemy would die answered prayer no no that's not christian please i appeal to the christian church even if you don't like the president it is not biblical to wish death please i am not going to go in politics i'm going to go biblical. that must be surrendered to the lord even the guantanado retaliation i want you next give it all to his hands and this is the hardest part turn around and walk away he will care for everything as he sees fit tama so here's the deal whatever you surrender to god and whatever happened none of your business i have surrendered it to god and he will take care of it there's only one reminder not according to your terms but to his turn that is relinquishment and you know what folks the moment you willingly do that there is a big bulk of tumor out of your heart in a spiritual nasty lunch relinquish so let's read it one round the prayer of release lift up into his arms your children your spouse your friends next place them in his loving care your future your hopes your dreams finally hold him hold up to him your enemies your anger you know bible says do not let anger stay in your heart for a long whole day but that anger has been there for years don't you think it's about time to say god and then your desire for retaliation give it all to his hands turn around walk away he'll care for everything as he sees fit i will ask kate to sing a song of surrender but before that there is a line in the song that we're going to sing for all those things i do not understand i say i placed it in your hand that amen i place it in your hand would you symbolically do this something like god i've kept this for a long time and now it's yours and then choreographino place it in your hands and then leave it like that a sign of i'm turning away because i already placed that in your hands okay if you just it's important to gestures because we cannot say all right please let us relinquish lord lord lord ho we worship you we worship from all those things that we [Music] [Applause] hallelujah [Music] all things work together for in this dark times of pandemic we give praise for by faith [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah [Music] we give praise for we know that all things [Applause] we give we give praise you will not forsake us [Music] that all things grace will see us true for by faith we know your grace let's follow the richard foster's for prayer of relinquishment you put it on the screen lord we surrender relinquish to you into your protective loving sovereign arms our children you name them to god your children they're not mine they're yours your partner your spouse husband wife lord the time we've spent together and the time you allot for us to be together is in your hands relinquish that your friends first one that comes into your mind are the first one you surrender because the first one is the closest lord they're not they're my friends they're not my possessions i'll surrender them to you lord we lift up in your hands our future are my monday morning my job projects our hopes lord expectations release that to you the dreams father are yours this is very hard father we relinquish release to you our enemies remind us lord that more than citizens of the philippines we are believers in the lord jesus christ we are in politics we have a lot of enemies within the family within others lord we along with that it's our desire mani malosmi we relinquish that to you lord abba help us turn around and walk away fast with the hope that you will take care of everything as you see fit so therefore release through christ our lord amen please be seated i know there are more to surrender can we go back to prayer and just surrender more you listen to the spirit of god maybe he wants you to surrender your whatever trip that you want to take lord it's in your hands jobs projects lord we listen to the spirit of god god is saying give that to me give that to me the one that causes you not to sleep well at night give that to me church in my case my work lord i surrendered some of you image oh the image that ugly image father all of this we ask relinquish turn back and walk away surrender to you grant us peace amen it's an old hymn you know the song but you cannot sing only here and the lie all because we do not carry everything to god in prayer then before we listen to god's word if you would only release [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] everything to god in prayer and all what peace [Music] i do not care [Music] temptations [Music] [Music] just thank you to the lord in prayer and can i find a friend [Music] every weekend [Music] take it to the lord in prayer oh we we can heavily [Music] [Music] still already take it to the lord in prayer do thy friends despise what do you do [Music] beautiful hymn all rise please for the reading of the holy scripture read prayerfully meditatively psalm 34 powerful son of david i will praise the lord at all times i will constantly speak his praises i will boast only in the lord and let all who are helpless take heart come let us tell of the lord's greatness let us exalt his name together i prayed to the lord and he answered me amen he freed me for some of my fears not at all my fears those who look to him for help will be ragent with joy amen shadow of shame will darken their faces in my desperation i prayed and the lord listened he saved me from all my troubles for the angel of the lord this guard he surrounds and defends all who fear him taste and see that the lord is good or the joys of those who take refuge in him fear the lord you godly people for those who fear him will have all they need even strong lions sometimes go hungry but those who trust in the lord will lack no good thing come my children listen to me i will teach you the fear of the lord does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies turn away from evil and do good search for peace work to maintain it the eyes of the lord what's over those who do right but his ears are open to their christ for help but the lord turns his face against those who do evil he will erase their memory from the earth the lord a man hears his people when they call to him for help he rescues them from all their troubles the lord is close oh beautiful verse the lord is close to the brokenhearted rescues those whose spirits are crushed a righteous person faces many troubles but the lord comes to rescue each time for the lord protects the bones of the righteous none of them is broken calamity will surely destroy the wicked and those who hate righteous will be punished but the lord will redeem those who serve him no one who takes refuge in him will be condem this is the word of god this is the word of life thanks be to god let us respond in prayer father through your holy spirit use these words lord equip us so we can bravely face this captivity christ our lord amen amen please be seated for our medical advisory you are permitted to remove your face shields during the sermon but please put them back when we sing our closing song or when when the song is sung not not by us but by kate psalm 34 is a psalm of david psalm 34. i'd like to invite you into a journey but before that i'm almost tempted to leave the study of psalms so i have a inkling that but the spirit of god impressed upon my heart stay in the psalms and now i obey sermon for this week is for this sunday from helplessness to hope a journey with god through dark times the original title in my scratch pad is a journey in dark times there is something not right in the title it should be a journey with god it makes a difference the dark times are still there but once you are aware that you are not alone in this journey it makes a great deal of difference amen you know you you went to trip abroad and you're all alone and then you're so anxious and then you took the airplane and it's a filipino and from the vow and you know the person it gives you a little courage in that spirit with journey through darkness some of david at the background of the psalm if you look at the top of your bible some of david regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of abimelech who sent him away that young nastaslang chapter important meaning this psalm was written by david not in the happy times of his life but in the most in the darkest time of his life i want kuba the good insights from god's word and the most intimate fellowship we experience with god happens during dark times not during happy times i'm not sure why it was the time when david pretended to be a madman in front of king akish you find that in first samuel chapter 21 verse 10 to 15 maybe you are asking somewhere the bible is inconsistent no no no let me inform you akish is the name abimelech is the title okay so abimelech that's the king melech abimelech king akish so let's read so david escaped from saul and went to king akish of gath who is akesh the king of the philistines enemy of israel but the officers of akish were unhappy about his entering there he said isn't this david the king of the land they ask isn't he the one people honor with their dancer singing soul has killed his thousand and david is ten thousand david heard comments and he was very afraid of what king akish of god might do to him stop that's helplessness not only helpless but afraid can you feel that you're not only helpless but you're very afraid sometimes you don't even know why you are afraid and people who are afraid cannot decide wise so the decision of david is a military strategy verse 13 he pretended to be insane can you use your imagination there insane and scratching the doors and drooling down his beard and finally the humor king aki said to his men must you bring a madman we already have enough of them around why should i let someone like this be in my my guest so he drove him away you know where david went after that being driven by king akish he went to a cave named adullam and he stayed there in that cave and in that cave he penned psalm 142 and they say in the darkness of your time you find hope amen i got my theme there as we prayerfully reflect on the record of scripture regarding david before king akish i am not only convinced but i am convicted to remind all of you myself included not to put your hope in your current status because many things can happen in one day you get that not to put your hope in your health not to put your hope in your wealth not to put your hope in your talent because many things can happen in one day david was once a hero now he's a fugitive david was once a honored man now he's a madman david was loitering around the palace now he is stuck trapped hostage in the cave of abdullah i remember listening to our afro-american pastor who prayed who preached about david in the cave of adullam and the pastor is saying it is in the cave of adullam that god tells david you're not smart and another pastor preached about caves of abdullah i love what they said every one of us have a in our own adulam's game everyone will have a time there no exception every child of god is scheduled to be having a retreat in that cave where you find god when david lost all the glitter of false security where he is reduced to be a nobody from being somebody excuse me david from a nobody from being somebody well actually the truth is you have always been a nobody but you acted like somebody welcome to cape adolam so you will know you are a nobody that is so loved by god then you become somebody david found hope in the lord he must have lost his sins he must have lost his faith he responded in fear instead of faith of it god listen to this god use this helplessness to journey with god through dark times or david found hope psalm 34 if you read that is so loaded with timeless insights in fact the verses you can feast all the beautiful verses one of the tastes and see the lord is good but don't forget the background that those powerful words were not written in good times but in dark times some of you have already left your caves amen re done you've learned your lesson you have felt your pain your scars thank you lord but from time to time we need to be reminded of our own helpless moment where god is so near and his will is so clear when was the last time you sang the song what a friend we have in jesus or the songs we have sung today so deep and so sincere and so broken to the point that you could not even sing it you choked i want to assume that you were in your cave when those songs became meaningful amen it was that long long time ago that you had your own cave-like experience somehow i don't want to go there i feel you i don't want to go back there i but you need to remember there those moments are really precious moments of grace huh remember the song last sunday connected those lonely hours those precious lonely hours through it all i i met you lord i was also warned and reminded that to some people in their helpless state decided the other way around instead of turning to god they killed themselves that is very the author of that is the devil himself this morning we will visit our caves our moments of helplessness and discover three things number one we will discover that helplessness is a venue of hope amen we will discover that helplessness is a venue of hope number two if we know we are hopeless helpless and we have found hope in god we have a responsibility learn to live by the verbs of how verbs are action words introduction to the second point it is in covid times like this that the unbelieving world those who don't believe christ those who don't believe the gospel are watching us i hope they will not say it is in this time of pandemic that your colleague your co-nurse your co-doctor your co-office mate your neighbor your relative your friends are watching your reaction and somehow we need to be reminded along that line last we need to look back the word there is those who look gays god grants victory to those who hope in him listen to the statement god will not grant victory to all he will only grant victory to those who hope in him we begin with the valley of helplessness is a venue of hope lord why would you really put us to helplessness so we can learn to hope in you and there is a brutal answer because we have been too proud can you accept that i'm not talking to others i'm talking to you you have become too proud that even the word sorry is hard to pronounce too proud sobbing for proud hard people hard measures are required kovid was allowed you know kovid is not the value of helplessness because even without kovid we are already helpless kovid revealed what helplessness is subtracted our freedom of movement shattered our dreams that is the very sin we need to repent of self trust what is helplessness hindi nothing lord help that's the message here's the point we walk with crutches but in the valley of helplessness the lord removed the crutches so we can sway walk straight by face wanted to learn a bike and the first time i saw the bike is with a balancer no my balancer so she can bike well but master joel sent me another video walla balancer now this is the point if you bike with a balancer you are not biking you are pretending that you are learning one way or the other that balancer has to go one way or the other the one that pushes you must stay behind let you go and then only then you would say i can bike the same way in this covered captivity called the valley of helplessness god removes the crutches so we can walk straight by faith amen god removes your faith in your business that's why enter the word bankrupt god removes faith in your health because even those who exercise well eat well and are so conscious still got coffeed i am not saying don't eat well don't practice hygiene no the point is ultimately it is god who gives strength in this dark valley of helplessness god allows frustrations you are betrayed by your friends rude and raw awakenings occur causing absolute turnaround from where you and i thought where our help and our hope come from to where it should be so from verse 1 to 8 in the cave of helplessness away from the limelight no here are the lessons david learned lesson number one david learns to praise the lord at all times i will praise the lord at all times i will constantly speak of his praises praising god in good times is expected of course amma praising god in dark times is spiritual depth but praising god at all times is living in hope amen living in hope number two david in helplessness learn he can only boast in the lord verse 2 i will boast only in the lord wow beautiful word let all the helpless do you see the relationship when you are helpless you can only boast in the lord amazing you cannot trust your relatives you can trust your family trust your friend this is my reflection there is something in the valley of helplessness that causes us to lose our appetite to put our confidence on people lose your appetite not that you're bitter but you are now awakened i cannot fully put my confidence on people clear not yet clear don't worry god will make it clear number two there is something mysterious in the valley of helplessness that it causes us to lose confidence in ourselves what good is a lawyer with a tube you cannot defend yourself what good is a doctor who is infected don't worry i will include pastors what good is a pastor who has coveted who cannot preach you never in that quarantine as your guiding economic quarantine in this big valley of helplessness you should realize i cannot put confidence on my discarte on my ability and on my strengths and even including on your online businesses really you don't understand what helplessness is and sir you're not living in hope there is something mysterious in the valley of helplessness that clearly points us to god where our help come from when you talk to old folks you know dependent on others and then when you talk to them they kind of say god it's with me are you kidding are you joking or are they experiencing something we don't that walks with me like a mother would call children your citizens in time like this this is not time to demand it it is time for you who in this helpless moment lone hope by telling them i'm fine and really mean it god walks with me there is only one sure thing to learn and experience this hope and so far what we're doing is talking about i this is the scariest part of my sermon so far we're talking about helplessness we will learn nothing until when god allows us to be in that valley where we find him siguro god please don't and let me remind you it is more dangerous not to be in the valley of helplessness where god is not there something like that i don't know how long but there is a shift a switch from personal lessons of praise david says i boss in the lord and now david says this david invites others to join in exalting god's greatness the verse is come let us tell of the lord's greatness let us exalt his name together in fact how hard to tell the lord's greatness where where where where where greatness is not to be found because it is to be found by faith not by sight and david saw it clearly and then he tells the other people in the cave of adullam come let us exalt his name together you know there is one thing different from the congregation now and the congregation of pre-kovid you know you want to know what's the difference well with all due respect to those of you who are in live streaming who cannot come why we know what helplessness is personal testimony as your pastor i have never seen this church so attentive for god's word than now copy i recall the prick of times seeing the gun i tremble here because when i look at you your eyes are so piercing that it reminds me give us god's word and we listen there is a different appetite and therefore phil ministers of music though you are not singing you are worshiping come something i cannot explain incidentally dr mulatto felt the same when he preached sundays ago they looked at you as if i don't know when my wife and i got married verse 3 was the verse in our wedding oh magnify the lord with me and let us exalt his name together in fact i remember using that verse to uh magnify the lord with me char and let us exalt his name together psalm 343 now i realize that the background is the more the verse is more meaningful to me knowing that the context of this verse is really the value of helplessness where genuine praise flows from a heart that met god in brokenness david invites many others to journey the wonderful journey of hope from the valley of helplessness i can almost feel the emotion situations are the same but heart is changing this verse god finds us not when we are strong you want to copy that god finds us not when we are strong felt loved god finds us god looks for us and graciously wait until in helplessness we call on him dr charles spurgeon the calvinist minister who once i love what he said you cannot hear from god unless he hears from you first david testifies of his spiritual awakening in the valley of helplessness from verse four to eight something is happening spiritually quite a bit and the spiritual awakening is his prayer life in the valley of helplessness i prayed to the lord and he answered me he freed me from all my fears that is a complete sermon in itself number one david says i prayed reminding you of the power of prayer amen matthew henry david silence his fears when he prays when you pray not much happening around you but something is happening within you david prayed and then the object of his prayer is he prayed to the lord not to ba al not to the saints to the lord the object of prayer you know some of you are still confused i have a buddhist friends text him please pray to buddha i have a muhammadan friends text him please pray to this god i also have a baptist friends text him to pray to jesus no no no no pray to god no rivals you don't learn that from prosperity you learn that in the value of helplessness and then there is the result of the prayer he freed me from all my fears i love that fears is there another word for terrors this deep spiritual impact of simple faith brought radiance of joy something else is happening so i believe those who look for him for help will be regent with joy no shadow of shame darken their face look at the verse those who look meaning there are those who will not look are you reading the verse did not say those who try those who work hard those who pray long just look put the verse back those who look for him for help there will be agent of joy i don't find that complicated it's just hard to believe that look simple look simple faith can perform a deep transformation of the situations in my heart what is radiant for joy it is compared to a mother who thought his son is dead until finally the sun showed up mom i'm alive radiance of joy and brothers and sisters when david was writing it nothing is happening in his situation he is still a fugitive he is still running away from king saul escaping from the philistines and everybody seemed want him dead but deep inside something is changing it's a different kind of joy it's called divine joy it's a different kind of joy it's called deep joy why deep joy because it is not dependent on the oh statistic because every time there's a headline my phone will alert me and then it shows 11 000 depressing but in the valley of helplessness if you keep looking at the starts and if you keep looking at the news you will not have that joy i am not asking you to perform a therapy i'm asking you to remember the truth lord i look up to you so these words i i said to my friend i'm not sure if it is meaningful locked down means look up lock down means look up and never underestimate that look remember david's location is still in the valley of helplessness meaning moving from this valley of helplessness takes time amen estimated until 2025 before we're all vaccinated 2025 so if you base that on my age you younger so if you are like 65 today how old would you be when i am if you keep looking at that but there's a truth it takes time before the crisis is over but listen to me but from time to time there are moments that we will revisit this valley of helplessness listen some of you are out of your crisis already but from time to time god reminds you where you come from not to make you guilty not to say da but to make you hope in him copy that because we can easily change our minds 19 you don't do that i i see myself in the time that you have cancer lord but the moment you're healed immediately you're back that's the reason why i said god said from time to time from time to time not to induce guilt but to teach you how to have real hope god needs to remind you of your own value of helplessness when did you really feel you're helpless when he has his surgery being brought to the operating room half awake half not i don't know jesus you know he is reminded with that silent because the memory of that stay in the valley of helplessness is still powerful listen after all this covet thing will be gone it is written in world history that at one time god humbled the world amen it is written in world history the powerful superpower country has to bow down the difference is we know how to look who to look at amen please underline the word look look diliday to be not turn your eyes upon jesus and the things on earth will grow strangely deep in the light of his glory where are your spiritual eyes if they are not in the lord then panic will happen but the moment you focus again to god radiance of joy the power of simple look on the lord's face for it brings joy and removes all shadow of shame and this is my take on this almost suddenly we don't mind what other people will say i love that because this hope for god joins us in dark times we are still in dark times but we can smile because we realize amen the numbers will still increase but if you will i cannot make this it has to be god if can god awaken your heart i'm with you things will change david learned that david discovered that god relates through listening to us in prayer god saves us god saves us from all troubles that is impossible for man to bear verse six will be nothing to you if you don't know the value of helplessness that will not be even your favorite verse but because you are in the valley of the helplessness in my desperation i pray i don't want to sound like making you guilty the best person i know is not the one who can sing well preach well but the one who knelt here and cried for help and the lord listened what is the promise and the lord what listen and he saved me from all my troubles number seven or seven is a neglected verse for the angel of the lord is a guard he surrounds and defends all who fear him your eyes cannot see i'm not gonna be horror preaching today but in the unseen world of the spiritual realm you know what causes your discouragement satan releases his demons whispers to your ear words of accusations and discouragement but god releases his angels guarding helping co-ministers defends all who fear him david invites us to taste firsthand not rely on the stories of others truly the lord is good you know when you say the lord is good and struggle john is is it the blessing or the lord maybe both no the lord is good and those of us who have tasted that the lord is good will develop a mysterious spiritual appetite for the lord even if he did not bring any blessing for the lord is good sometimes i doubt i shared with my co-pastors here is a pulpit these things i preached to you are just words or did i really taste it myself the invitation of the psalmist is do not rely on the experience of others become small taste and see that the lord is good taste not discuss i know there's a lot of small groups going on you need that zoom bible study and study this and study that i think the culprit there is the word study you study so much you taste so little because when you taste that the lord is good your appetites change iban lord gives us a blessing today we keep tasting the blessing if you are blessed and you give praise to god pagan but if you give praise to god despite i'm sure there is always blessing but if it is all about blessing then you miss what david is saying in the cave there is no convenience acting like a madman there is no grace running away from saul is fear and then suddenly he said the lord is god ventilator here in tube here the nurse would be so shocked would even say hallucinating when the kovid patient would say the lord is god what good are you talking about i think people here are not committing drama and you can feel the sincerity the lord is good are you huh if pastor david learns ibuano because he's from baguio he is never forgotten siblings how can you say the lord is good what's happening to you precisely taste it yourself see not imagine that the lord is good journey takes us to experience ourselves and not rely on others remember distasting the goodness of god does not mean immediately out of the valley of helplessness we're still here but it means definitely god is with me in this valley and comes the next verse oh the joys of those who take refuge in him listen to me the fact that you are taking refuge in god situations are not okay amen so my prayer today is lord in this dark times underline my lessons in the valley of helplessness number two now that you know the lesson you understand what helplessness is you have a responsibility learning to live out verbs of hope from verse 9 to 14 i want you to remember one word in discovered captivity listen don't lose this the unbelieving world are looking at us and then they would say we are afraid we're not plastic we are affected quincy but something is not the same some of you have before i go there this is what i where i'm going testify faith testimony of faith in this fearful world still wear your face mass wash hands frequently social distance there are more than that the world who does not believe in god and i am very sad to say that in this pandemic times the church has not been good testimony of peace in fact some churches say that if you receive the vaccine you are receiving the mark of the beast where in the world did you get that beast kajan if you have the chance to get the vaccine get it you will never be the same again you will see your creator say no bob where did you get that in this covered captivity we need to shine not our light god's light read the word fear the lord you godly people who will fear the lord godly for those who fear him will have all they need ah gravini oh i fear you lord i have all what i need you know the meaning of that god will teach you contentment i have no problem with you i i'm guilty as charged i have ordered a lot but the meaning of that you will have all your need contentment love that i hate that god teach me that contentment even the young lions sometimes go hungry but those who trust in the lord again luck no good thing why luck no good thing because there is one to a person that is contented he doesn't want more amen like no good thing and then verse 11 come my children listen to me i will teach you the fear of the lord so the fear of the lord can be taught yes by words and by model we have used too much words they need the model tama does anyone want to live a life that is long and prosperous do not get that verse and disconnect it with the rest because that verse also means contentment and then very practical very hard very piercing very rebuking very convicting keep your tongue from speaking evil your lips from telling lies turn away from evil and do good search for peace and work to maintain it let's chop that to pieces we still need go back to this word we are still the testimony are you conscious of that facebook and you forgot that you should be a what testimony you all say the bad words in facebook as if you don't know god and you hurt people you know what i'm saying testimony some people would say is chinese baptist church prohibiting inum beer well technically i would not be true to the bible if i say wine is wrong drunkenness is wrong but the more you post in your instagram and that's how you freely gobble all the wine remember the word testimony thank you lord testimony fall in line you're not the front line you should have not even thought about it that's a deep word we'll go back testimony therefore david said fear the lord fear the lord can you put that fear the lord not fear baptist not fear the lord a little not because pastor is watching pastor is monitoring my instagram excuse me i have no time sometimes i'm shocked on what i see you're not careful with your testimony fear the lord i remind you fear the lord what is our testimony a baptism no they say he fears the lord that's our testimony trust the lord that is our testimony trust the lord trust the lord don't mouth that model that trust the lord and your boss is saying why are you not demanding because sir i trust the lord powerful trust the lord trust the lord for those of you who are like me many times even perfect no but in discovery captivity the world needs to see people who say they trust the lord this is now the time next stop telling lies stop telling lies i will go easy on you we all have lied ama sunday school teacher student life is an abominable to god and a great help in times of trouble now listen to me folks do not make it a lifestyle that you lie have you lied yes don't make it a lifestyle in construction business i know the engineer pastor walker's about i understand in the bir la banamo i understand in doha it's in you know when the president says i will go after corrupt people you know i'm feeling the church must model stop lies no no i understand it's hard but store the system i know the tax paying system i know i don't want to lie but i know what's the application of this don't get used to it some of you no longer blush when you lie documents away go among holy drivers green stuff sometimes we proceed asking stop okay listen to me problem there is when you no longer feel something and you keep proceeding stop that i will not add to that i will leave that to the conviction of the holy spirit okay if you are living a lifestyle of lies that's not living in hope the assignment is not yours you copy that and you passed it and you are now called doctor of something else you are not a doctor you are not licensed and you act like you are a counselor and you allow people to call your doctor even if you are not that's a lie stop that we all lie but what i'm saying here is don't be comfortable be disturbed and if you still have time walk in truth special discovery turn away from evil and do good this one is hard search for peace work to maintain it i remember richard foster saying in a bible study because the company or requires them to have a bible study retreat and there is one person there who is not a christian and he tells the other christians listen to his words listen to his words be easy on me i am not one of you easy on me i'm not one of you and they were so nice to him that after the retreat same person went to somebody and said you know what i want that christ that is in you to be in me that is evangelism listen folks be easy on others believe what you want to believe as biblical but be easy on others there's a lot of lesbian and gay people in our church attending my prayer is be easy on others with the banner you'll find them in the restroom you'll find them everywhere you find them dressed differently hello they are not in the mall they are in church we do not agree with your lifestyle but we're glad you're here be easy on others she just got divorced because the husband left her her children suffered drug addiction and be easy on others sichuan that's the way to make peace today our muslim friend celebrates ramadan stop persecuting be easy on others okay that's testimony please whatever you put on your facebook but remember that word testimony you get my point i am not asking you not to vent what you feel but the moment you vent who gets your poison be careful that's my appeal be careful be careful walk slow drop the facebook if necessary if you cannot control your anger for the sake of the testimony because these verbs are really lifestyle of those who in their helplessness hope in the lord now they are god's open invitation to others who are in the valley of helplessness to hope in the lord if you're walking in hope you're not walking and hoping enjoying it you are an attraction to the world that they too might hope in the lord they might not necessarily come to our church fine they might not necessarily become baptists fine but they have learned to hope in the lord hallelujah whenever the lord is doing something good in your life it is always in the prospect of making you and me i conduit of this blessing to others in discovery captivity share share a lifestyle of hope is a flowing stream of grace not stinking stagnant water of greed now this is again remember the word testimony the moment you identify yourself with those who journey with the lord in this dark times the moment the moment you call yourself a christian the moment you receive christ as your lord and savior the moment you walk by faith you are a testimony an ambassador of hope in these dark times the christian nurses in secular hospital are ambassadors of christ and the people know it's the same pricking but they felt somebody pricked me and it's not painful because that one is gentle and nice i presume a christian is doing a good job testimony we are ambassadors of christ by ambassador you have no opinion of yourself you represent christ this is the lesson pay attention to our lips and life pay attention to our lips and life lips today is no longer this lips include what you tweet waiting on you you don't tweet alone your own it has to be influenced by christ god will give you a horrible dream of how many people has been destroyed because of your irresponsible to it and you will wake up in repentance this is hard times but we are different people the lord grants victory to those who hope in him verse 14 to 22 very quickly the lord who grants victory to those who hope in him don't forget is merciful and just we're so overloaded with mercy we forget the word just the eyes of the lord watch over those who do right his ears are open to their cries he's merciful but the lord turns his face against to those who do evil he will erase memory their memory from the earth is just don't forget this the lord relates and rescue amen i love that verse the brokenhearted verse 17 the lord hears his people when they call to him for help he rescues them from all their trouble the lord is close to the brokenhearted or helpless he rescues those whose spirits are crushed now here's the application it is more of you it is more of god's people not calling upon the lord more than god's people god not answering his people because he said if you call i'll be there what's the application the lord hears in discovery time in these dark times let us not stop crying for help the lord is close let us rest in his presence so the first song is so timely in his presence there is comfort amen it's presence there is peace number three the lord rescues us from all our troubles let us not underestimate his power meaning don't doubt that god can amen number two don't demand don't don't don't defy the lord grants victory and will not accept the righteous from troubles he promised to be there with them verse 19 is the answer to your question oh the righteous has many troubles you know read the verse completely in fact trouble is generic for everyone but the lord comes to rescue each time is exclusive to those who trust him last night pastor david and jerry perform a funeral very sad her name is marian she will be buried today it's a chinese woman invited by teddy to come to church she met the lord here loves to joke with me and she wants to invite sumerian we heard she had cancer any troubles so you should imagine neighbor saying but according to what i heard she said her her stint here she plans to be baptized my time which i bought the worship the prayer sermons humbles me real big deal the sermons people caused me to accept when the doctor said it's cancer and now she's gone i was telling teddy imagine [Music] she still had cancer but this time she said the lord will rescue me sometimes the lord rescue you by taking you home done hallelujah my friends you have to look at death squarely and tell mr death the lord will rescue me from you marian bravely passed to the other world blessing one of the regrets you have and you will have is when you had the chance to trust god and you said no thanks the trouble will still be there whether you are a christian or not kanye blessed are those who have god in trouble you are not alone praise be to god the lord grants victory to those whom he promised in hope in him he promised complete redemption read verse 20 the last three verses the lord protects the bones of the righteous none of them is broken be aware that this is a prophet prophecy referring to jesus its bones were not broken now let me remind you yes the lord preserve your bones but he did not accept you from suffering mr lozano toto's father will be cremated monday every time i see him i know his days are numbered no he's with god the lord delivered him verse 21 calamity will surely destroy the wicked and those who hate the righteous will be punished the only problem is many of you want it done now now in god's time verse 22 but the lord will redeem those who serve him no one takes refuge in him will be condemned would you like to claim that especially for pastors those who serve him not only us all of us in fact in this church kate sings and carla sings they're not paid they're serving god and these ones are paid they're also serving god that's not service that's not service we who are full-time in ministry are greatly blessed by you who serve thank you okay thank you carla thank you those who serve but those who serve the lord cecil was talking to meganina and he visited the house of an old baptist pastor particularly i understand that but i believe the verse is saying god will ultimately ultimately preserve those who hope in him amen number two god will ultimately destroy the wicked please don't put the deadline serve is more than just because you receive payment services beyond that and what is the myth of the word serve a heart that honors the lord those five brave nurses there's a lot of you serving god not in the context of religion but you are serving god well god bless you honor the lord god honors those who in helplessness finds hope in him here's the conclusion the journey from helplessness to hope provides us not much of many details that are our assurances that our flesh demands i believe that the flesh will never stop asking for details and assurances the truth is even if all the details are detailed the flesh will still claymore for more i remember chuck swindoll saying they were going to a camp and he tells his father is the car running dad said yes and it's running is there a break yes son there's a break is it working yes son it's working did you bring the flashlight yes son i have two is the bulb working yes it's broke it's the battery charge shut up no no no no no no no [Music] no assurance will satisfy the flesh the truth is first time i will give a guarantee in the pulpit the journey in hope is so thick is to fix our gaze and keep looking on the one who walks with us there's the guarantee amen you know some 34 is a song bishop cesar texted me and i'd like to conclude with his text message to me sabine when pain is beyond our words when fear drowns our voices and when uncertainty shuts our eyes close to seeing our constant hope we borrow the words of those who were before us david psalm 34 is a liturgy a hymn of trust to sing not when covet is done but in the darkness of our nights oh we cannot sing that's another dark night we can hear all right please put back your shields am i so old 52 but i remember this song was popularized by camp floria they had the concert joseph the dreamer and in that show david was joseph was in the you know a lot of darkness and then this song was pop i know you know the song it's coveted dark but in these dark times fix your hope on the lord we'll be fine it's dark it is very dark lord jesus have mercy you can only sing here in more minds this oh it's very dark lord [Music] moments like this i lift up [Music] before your maker singing i love you lord [Music] singing love you lord [Applause] [Music] all the helpless say lord [Music] [Music] in moments [Music] i lift up my hands these are dark times [Music] you lord singing [Music] we are in the valley of helplessness but lord it is here we found our hope found us may we shine because you live in us may the fear of the lord be seen in our lives may we be a testimony of trust in the lord oh god when it comes to lying help us stop it i mean go easy on others and we keep focusing on you the god who grants victory of those to those who hope in him for marian and lozano both of these folks trusted jesus and now they'd wear no mask anymore no face shield anymore but they they came to this church for a while father i pray that those who are here will find a corner in their lives when they say lord jesus i surrender my life to you have mercy in jesus name amen let us lift up our hands hear our prayer so may the lord bless you all may the lord preserve you from the ovid may the lord grant you joy hallelujah may the lord make you [Music] testimony [Music] could you please sit down i have a very important announcement to make since i prayer meeting no just in case you feel the dismiss naman you need to stay a little like three to five minutes more stay and pray feel that that would be fine you have your offerings give it with joy if you don't have offerings fine these are hard times those of you listening over live stream share give your offerings to your church but with the man three to five minutes after everybody dismissed you can do that the lord is good taste and see that the lord is with you from the balcony you can now stand up and quietly go down we will wait for our turn i'm asking kate to sing the lord is good the lord is good amen also blessed is the man who puts his trust in him you on this side on that side you cannot stand and quietly leave the center row please remain lord is good you want to stay awhile to pray fine centered who puts his trust him [Music] he is good that the lord is god [Music] thank you very much god bless you puts his trust in [Applause] is lord the lord is good taste and see that the lord he is [Music] good you

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