Blessed to Bless - Respond in Faith: Make it a Habit - Peter Tanchi

before I have accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior my life felt meaningless on the surface I seem to have everything going for me I tried meeting the expectations of my parents by consistently excelling in academics and pursued my pursuing calling as a classical pianist throughout my younger years I believed to have acquired the title of a Christian by water baptism in a Christian Church which we left eventually during my high school years up until I finished my college degree I sporadically attended CCF services because of a friend's invitation and because I felt I needed some association with a denomination to be a legit Christian behind the scholarly facade that I have projected lay the truth of my being I longed to feel wanted and desired my adolescent life consisted of partying drinking smoking and trying out drugs just to be accepted by some people I manipulated men to satisfy my need for love and was so addicted to relationships especially specifically with married men as I gradually gloried in my immorality throughout my college days I got addicted to fornication pornography and even lasted over the same sex just to up the ante I was stigmatized by my fellow musicians which led me to change my career and start anew as a sales executive in a multinational company I tried changing my group of friends and forget about the shame I have cost myself I thought I was wiser than as I have stopped dating married men and focused dating unattached men much to my dismay the pain that I felt was still the same the break-up from a serious relationship with a co-worker left me to consider changing careers again this time I have realized that I cannot run away from this downward spiral that I am in my misery was too heavy and had no one to turn to but I have cried out and asked God if you are real if you really exist will you please save me I cannot do this anymore after a day of sulking and self-pity and introspection someone called called over the phone to ask whether I am interested in joining a d-- group in CCF at first I didn't want to go because I felt ashamed of myself but I thought maybe just maybe God is answering me through this invitation by God's mercy and grace I attended the GD group meetings regularly and proved that these people genuinely wanted to help me I finally surrendered my false sovereignty over my life and turn it over to Jesus with the love and dedication of my D group leader and the group of ladies that journeyed with me I started attending GLC classes CCF's deliverance team prayed with me as I renounced my sins and broke free from my bandages to immorality and debauchery I joined the music ministry in CCF Eastwood and participated in the glorious Hope program God advanced me in my career then as a musician by giving me teaching posts in two of the most prestigious universities in the country of which I truly did not deserve and to top it all when I felt so secure complete and significant in God's embrace when I felt that my relationship with Jesus was enough to satisfy all my needs he led me to the man to whom I was be to be will for the rest of my life just three months after I've asked Jesus to take control of my life Heidi my former drinking buddy schoolmate client and whose life was also being changed by God asked me to be his wife the funnier thing was that just a day before he popped the question God impressed upon me through his word that he was the right one even though he did not seem to be pursuing me we got married in August 2011 and were given our son Elijah nine months after God is so amazing it's been five years since have it's been five years since I have entrusted my life to Jesus I'm still and always will be a work in progress but I praise God for always reminding me that it is only in him that I am a complete he loves me even when I am most unlovable and I am assured that Jesus has come that I may have life and that I may have it more abundantly I am jet Amara guren to God be all the glory praise God praise God for jet Jets husband is baby sitting somewhere there so let's say hi to him okay hi say hi hello is that all okay everybody why don't we pray for Jett stay here we pray for you and before we pray for her I want you to pray for uplift Philippines can I tell you why God has blessed us to bless others am I correct uplift Philippines is designed to help the poor to help out-of-school youth to have young people now all of you can participate you can sponsor a child a kid or a group I would say ad group will sponsor one or two I believe you only pay how much per month pastor ito 500 pesos per person a month that's not bad don't go to Starbucks and other restaurants but pray about this okay and then you pray for the people we are gonna first focus on passive because we are located in the city of PASOK I want us to be a blessing to PASOK amen so let us bless PASOK let us see how we can influence the young people of PASOK to have come up with educational assistance for these poor people amen all right why don't we all stand up let's pray for jet and uplift Philippines and all the upcoming retreats father God in heaven what a joy what a privilege it is to hear the testimony of our sister jet I thank you for her leader for Fifi for her area pastor for the whole group thank you for using the D group members to show love to show compassion and above all door we give you the glory for reaching out to Jett letting her know that there's nothing that we have done in the past that is beyond redemption I thank you for blessing her with the husband with the family I now pray for her protection continue to guide them and use them and above all protect their testimony and now we pray for uplift Philippines you guide my brother either a she think of ways and means how to uplift this country help us as we start in the east as we start in Pasig and other areas that we can eventually help many parts of this country to really be a blessing to others and not just to bless them materially but above all what makes us different is Lord not just material blessing but spiritual blessing that will transform their lives their moral fiber their spiritual lives will you help us and I thank you for all that you are doing in this country once again we pray for the president we pray for the cabinet members we pray that you will indeed override all the bad decisions of our leaders the graph and corrupt people or be the one to get rid of them we'd want to expose what's wrong and be the one to really do a supernatural work in this country that this country will become righteous and that believers will really walk their top and many people will come to know you I pray for all the families all the people represented here today and those who are watching us in the internet in the television all over the place will be the one to reach out to them let them know you love them let them know there is hope in you and let them know there is nothing they have done in the past that you cannot transform or redeem I now commit to you this short message this message that I'm going to give override my preparation teach me what to say what not to say in Jesus name we all pray amen amen thank you quick review for the past few months we have been discussing the book of Genesis now if you will notice the book of Genesis has 50 chapters the first 11 chapters deals with the great events four great events creation for flood nations today the next few weeks we will discuss with discuss Abraham already for great people Abraham Isaac Jacob and Joseph today we are going to discuss Genesis 26 Genesis 26 is about the life of Isaac I'm going to discuss his life today and next Sunday you pray for me we will discuss the continuation of Genesis 26 now if you will recall we've been discussing don't react respond did you apply that this week are you serious did you apply what we have been discussing last week what have we been discussing life is 10% what happens to you 90% how you react to it I'm reminded of somebody very famous years ago he lost his temper big-time businessman he lost his temper in a traffic jam and he shot somebody as a result it changed his life forever murder life sentence life is 10% what happens to you 90% how you respond now how do you respond do you recall how you should respond well I was reviewing with our Detroit members how do you respond they said number one we should learn to pray when bad things happen you're about to react what must you do pray what is P ah resist the first impulse a ask God to control you ask God what to do what is why yield well one of our members said the way I did it is I followed pray cause I followed resist the first impulse I followed a ask God but after a why I did not yield I yelled I said Indiana toru not then I said don't yell you yield and then one of them confessed to us he blew it he said he shafted he never shouted he shouted and I said don't be discouraged because today I'm going to teach you how to yield how do you respond would you like me to teach you how to respond properly everybody bring this together respond in faith make it a habit any turn to your neighbor tell your neighbor respond in faith make it a habit you know why the Bible tells us everybody in second Corinthians 5:7 we walk by faith not by sight what does that mean don't react when things are not what it seems to be what it should be you respond in faith you are to walk by faith not by sight sight means what senses feelings no no whoa by faith walk means what a way of life present tense as you live your life by faith not by sight let's go to Genesis chapter 26 how do we see this in the life of Isaac how do you walk by faith how do you respond by faith all right everybody turn to your Bibles Genesis 26 let's read this together now there was a famine in the land besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham so Isaac went to Gerard Abimelech king of the Philistines observation number one there was a famine does it sound familiar in the days of Abraham was there famine now everybody look at me I want to imagine your eyes --as you are in the will of God because God told you stay in the land this land is for you stay here except there's a problem there was a farm in ladies and gentlemen when God's promises and circumstances if they don't match don't respond in faith many times what you'd like to happen in God's promises may not much what do you do expectations experiences they don't match what do you do respond in faith turn to your neighbor tell your neighbor respond in faith observation number two look at this verse of salvation number two why was there a famine just exactly the same thing that happened to Abraham can I tell you why besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham let me tell you why because God does not want second hand faith the faith of Abraham the father is his faith my faith is my faith my children will help to have their own faith in the Lord and without testing without trials without adversities how will you tell whether you have real faith or not so Isaac was born in a silver spoon when Isaac was born Abraham was rich he had everything amazing spiritual legacy the father of faith but God is saying I love Isaac I said you need to learn the meaning of a personal encounter with God so parents listen to me you cannot impose your faith on your children you can only pray for them you can help them but they must have a personal direct encounter with the Lord other than that all you have is second hand face and the problem with second hand face when adversity comes you may lose it God desire God's desire is for you and I to have a personal encounter with him and that's exactly what happened or sister our sister used to have religion she jumped she thought coming to church belonging to a denomination makes somebody a Christian she never had a direct personal encounter with the Lord in the evidence of that love a personal encounter with God is her personal life you look at her life it's a mess you know why it is not anchored on the Lord and that's the heart of God personal encounter with a living Lord another observation Isaac went to Gerard on his way to Egypt Gerard is the southern part of Israel guess what happened the Lord appeared to him and said do not go down to Egypt stay in the land of which I shall tell you why because it is common sense when you have a famine there is no food to protect your family the best thing to do is to go to an advanced country Egypt was the most advanced country at the time of course I always say next to China Egypt already had pyramids at this point in time Egypt had already pyramids at this point in time each if had chariots advanced civilization commonsense Egypt was the America of today so many people you like to migrate to America why in your mind if I go to America I will be financially blessed my family will be blessed there is nothing wrong with thinking of going to America to Canada to Australia understand however to respond in faith means what before you go you ask God Lord do you want me to go to the States do you want me to migrate this is something you need to understand you know why because God wants Abraham God wants ICF to know something there's a famine however God wanted I said to know his security is not in geography let's read this together stay in this land and I will be with you I will bless you for to you and to your descendants I will give all of these lands I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham God one third ice after no blessing is not in a place blessing is not in Egypt unless God tells you to go there God is say I God is saying I am your blessing I will be with you and I will bless you ladies and gentlemen many times you don't respond you react and God is saying if you have adversity in life respond in faith look to the Lord why let me share with you this Divine Principle circle of concern the circle of concern simply means there are things in life that bothers you there are things in life that you are concerned about for example you are single what are you concerned about my finger marriage yes or no are you concerned about marriage I will concern about career or you mama yasawa what are you concern about children financial provisions yes or no there are certain things that bothers you you concern however if you look at that circle what do you notice about the circle one circle is a lot smaller in fact if I can draw it out of they made it very very small that small circle is the concern that is within your control the other concern is outside your control God wants you to be responsible for what is within your control what is outside your control that is God's responsibility so you know what I do what is within my control I pray and I say Lord I will focus on this what is outside my control I will surrender that to the Lord and I let him handle it but I've seen many questions you are so agitated you are so frustrated because you want to control what is outside your control I have seen people my goodness they are very sincere you know during our prayer time different people come to us for pair I remember one person very sincere she looks Hoggard she's so tired she's worried about her brothers worried about her sisters and I said how old are your brothers are all the your sisters must and Annabella 30 years or they are not kids I said why are you worried about them why do you want to change them as a listen to me be concerned for them pray but you cannot change them ladies and gentlemen do not allow people to cause you sleepless nights because they are outside your control for example okay you are living with a family and their behavior is not right you are so bad my advice to you assume responsibility for what you can control your behavior and those people that you cannot control what do you do surrender them to the Lord sorry to understand this concept I people come to me they are so angry about the nopales is come they're so angry about the graph in corruption Khaled ugly Samantha sorry go excuse me are you in control of this why are you so angry be responsible for what is within your control be a good citizen pay your taxes obey the rules but from the polish and company relax what do you do pray some of you if you follow the heating if you follow what's going on you may get angry at the justices you may get angry at the prosecutor look at me relax what do you do pray you'll be responsible for what is within your control last week remember I talked about my amazing wife I asked her permission can I share again what is my wife's amazing gift sometimes she spills right would you believe it yes sir last Sunday after the message after the message we had a party what a dinner some you know wedding dinner so we were in that table guess what happened something spilled now I practice don't react respond how did I respond number one play pause I resist the first impulse my first impulse is to say something keep quiet eh ask God Lord what should I do simple call the waiter what is why yeah you know why that's the only one I can control I cannot control my wife understand I cannot control you I cannot control people so listen to me you are so preoccupied with controlling what look at me controlling what is outside your control example some people get so much why did they say this to me why are you gossiping me what do they think like that look at me whatever they do outside your control what must you do relax pray amen now what is within your control listen to me what's within your control how you respond and that is only a small area I cannot control what people will say about me I cannot control what people will gossip about CCF I cannot control and I've discovered something I will share with you one of the most important discovery you are not God tell your neighbor you are not the Lord so if you're irritated with somebody look at me now if your irritated with somebody around your family do not say you annoy me don't say you irritate me you know what you say you sanctify me one more time if you are irritated with somebody if somebody's egging you okay Bianca what nice you do now don't say you annoy me you irritate me no no what do you say now you sanctify me praise God you know if God gives you somebody who is living with you you cannot change they are living with your family members what do you do you turn to your family member you sanctify me you are God's gift to teach me how to suffer no no don't don't say that okay but my whole point is yeah you want to Cobo have grab no problem okay so I always tell people be careful how you treat people that's causing your problem you know why your job is to what surrender them you are responsible for what is within your control and what is within your control how you respond so it stop trying to change people you cannot change people only God can change people don't go to Egypt you know why that's within your control amen eisah there's a famine that's outside your control what's within your control stay let's read this together woe to the rebellious children declares the Lord who execute a plan but not mine make an alliance but not of my spirit in order to add sin to sin who proceeded down to Egypt without consulting me to take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt nothing wrong with Egypt nothing wrong with going to Egypt however you consult God because God does not want you to place your confidence in Egypt it must be in him let me ask you what is your Egypt what are you putting your happiness on your confidence on what is it you are relying on you know what God is telling us read the next verse the Bible tells us woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on the horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are strong that your security Egypt Gaza ah but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel nor seek the Lord to respond in faith means in the midst of adversity you don't go to people you don't go to places as your source of security you go to work to the Lord now if God tells you go to Egypt by all means go to Egypt if that tells you go to America go to America but may I tell you something never ever think blessing is in a place never ever think that your world being is in a position or in possessions in God my friend God wants to remind all of us one more time stay in this land you know why God is saying I am your blessing I will be with you and I will bless you and that my friend is the meaning of responding in faith in the midst of crisis you look to the Lord be conscious that he is our source of peace joy I remember a lady in our Bible study years ago and she showed us her letter she wrote to her mommy before she got married mommy I need to marry this man if I don't marry this man I will die that is her Egypt well in a Bible study she's been married for maybe five years already she showed us another letter and the husband was beside her show me the letter she wrote mommy I cannot live with him I will die if I live with him praise God both of them came to know Jesus and they discovered Jesus is the most important thing if you have Jesus you have everything if you don't have Jesus you have nothing and with Jesus a husband's a bonus with Jesus a wife is a bonus with Jesus children are bonuses amen but without Jesus if you think for you to be happy you need this job you need this house you need this money my friend that's your Egypt you are not responding in faith God reminded Isaac I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven I will give your descendants all of these lands and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed do you understand the Old Testament it's a picture is a foreshadowing of the coming of Jesus all of the nations of the earth will be blessed through what through your descendants Jesus was the descendant of Abraham Isaac and that's why we're studying Aiza because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws you may think that the blessing of Iser is partly because of his response my answer to you is yes and no yes God makes us responsible know God's covenant is unconditional if God promised he would bless you he will bless you but how to bless you and the process is going to get involved in your life so for Isaac to learn to obey God is part of God's grace for Abraham to obey God it is part of God's grace remember this famous triangle God's triangle of blessings bless to bless others your responsibility my responsibility is to stay inside this triangle to be blessed or not to be blessed is God's responsibility you focus on your responsibility my responsibility I must be inside this triangle focus on God not on the blessing if I focus on God I place my trust in him and then I will obey Him my job is inside this triangle blessing God's Department I'm going to show you a short video of a missionary friend of CCS he has been with us for many years when we were just starting why do I want you to show why do I want to show you his testimony because he's one of those few missionaries who stayed in the Philippines for over 30 he understood his responsibilities are you ready to listen to this friend of ours he is a tribal missionary he lived in Palawan in one of those tribal people no aircon no toilet I want you to know that I visited them touching story are you ready all right that's what the meaning of being responsible responding in faith back in the 1940s before World War two an old palawan oh man wearing a g-string who lived in the jungle in the backwoods of Palawan called his kids and grandkids around him and somehow God revealed this to him and he said I'm gonna tell you something someday an American is gonna come here with a book and teach you about the one true God and tell you how to have eternal life and when that happens you should believe it and so his kids were sitting there and nodding and listening to that and so for their whole lives they were waiting for this message to come fast forward a bit into the 1970s my wife and I were crazy young kids in a youth group in San Diego our pastor our youth pastor who would get along just wonderfully with pastor Peter very focused on discipleship he exposed us to needs took us across the border to Mexico to work with the poor he brought missionaries in to tell us about the lost and unreached people's around the world we felt God call us and send us out to reach unreached peoples those who don't have any other access to the gospel so we wound up after some training on palawan working with the palawan us who don't speak English didn't really speak Tagalog at that time had no scripture in their language didn't know the Lord but we had no clue how God had gone before decades before and prepared them as they were listening to our teaching they're going is this what the guy his name was uttered which means guide which is really interesting talking about God comforts the weary to be honest I'll have to tell you that during our years down there it got hard it's hot and humid we got malaria our kids got malaria we missed our family back home things get hard and from time to time we come to Manila on break or to see doctors and we'd attend this church called CCF and we'd listen to the worship and the tears would flow as we were blessed we'd hear the messages we'd be encouraged we see how God was working here and the growth and God would give us energy and encouragement we needed to go back and keep at it and then lastly remember I said God completes his will by God's grace after 33 years in the Philippines we have the translation of the New Testament into the palawan old language and it's totally God who's done this and we're excited to be a part we also have an audio version with a solar panel on the back and that the paulanos can listen to but CCF was a part of this too CCF gave a very generous gift of ten thousand US dollars about half the printing cost of this Bible so your tithes and offerings part of that went to produce the Word of God in the palawan old language we just had the dedication services last week put this in their hands for the first time can you imagine being a Christian and not having the whole New Testament to study and then all of a sudden it's in your hands how exciting would that be to read Roman his name is Bill Davis just for you to know Bill Davis has been tented from time to time to go above to the States why he contracted malaria his wife had malaria his entire family had malaria during Christmas it's a sad feeling because in the States you celebrate Christmas in Palawan it's different and I realized here is an American who loves the Filipino more than Filipinos the Filipinos you know why he was willing to live in the tribal area in order for people to come to know Jesus he is responsible for what is within his control he cannot control what's outside the circle of influence he doesn't get involved with local politics he been told in his mind they are destroying the ecology he can only do so much my whole point is this you are responsible to respond in faith what is within your control what is outside your control you surrender that to the Lord Bill Davis committed to translate the Bible in the language of the local people and God gave us an opportunity to minister to them spiritually physically and by the grace of God financially in a small way that's our responsibility that is what we can do but there are many things you can do I cannot do so in Tagalog focus on the circle of control that you can Waldport I imagine al marrow or she said in Chinese capo in Spanish but I have a word for that in Spanish you know what is that word and trim it Tito Nucky alum saebom power let God take care of them amen so don't gossip don't fret do your part I serve did his part i surf live in Girard when the men of the place asked about his wife he said she is my sister he was afraid to say my wife thinking the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebecca she is beautiful what was his problem what was his problem she is my sister is that true or false lying like father like son did Abram lied how many times twice I've discovered something parents listen to me what you do children copy what parents do in moderation children do in excess if you drink a little I can almost predict your children will drink more than you do you smoke a little I can predict your children to be smokers you take drugs a little I can predict your children would become drug addicts why the principle of modeling now I don't know really except what happened but before you get so angry at Isaac or Abram just look at us we do the same when you're under pressure do you tell lies yes or no under pressure white lies my wife said no such thing as white lies lies are lies amen so the reason why you need to respond in faith is because we have certain habits we react when under pressure you have a habit you exaggerate or you skip part of the truth you say things that are not exactly true I've seen this again and again why it's a habit now to show you why this is so important this message respond in faith make it a habit I want to show you the power of habit are you ready are you ready alright now watch me copy me okay put your two hands together like this copy me put them out put them back together now which thumb is over the other thumb the right thumb or the left thumb now listen you can only raise your hand once okay I want to make a survey how many of you the right thumb is over the left thumb yeah how will of you the left thumb is over the right ton by the way you can only raise your hand once way now whatever you are doing do the opposite now do the opposite baby go now you see here appear on the ECPA oh it's called habit now cross your arms around your body everybody I'm watching you okay cross your arms around your body some of you some of your neighbors are sleeping will you back them up please way back there okay now put it up cross your arms around your body one more time cross now tell me how many of you your right arm is over your left arm how many of you your left arm is over your right arm statistically majority is always the left arm is over the right arm a majority now do the opposite now ready go do the opposite see what's the problem the problem is called habit habits are important the only problem is are they good habits or are they bad habits habits are needed without habit your mind will collapse you may not realize this when you wake up in the morning did you ask yourself do I use my right hand to brush my teeth or do I use my left hand the brass may see it when you get up in the morning okay just not on yourself what is your first move do you have to ask yourself where is the toilet you can go to the toilet room without opening your eyes you know why it's a habit when you get out of your house when you drive your car look at me when you drive your car do you have to think left foot right foot man manual do I turn the key first when I get I work hard which side do I look first do you think of that when you get out of the door when I Drive the car do I turn left do I turn right I mean it's called what habit science have discovered believe it or not there is something in your brain it's called the basal ganglia dr. Glen basal ganglia that is for habits are developed and many of us don't realize it is habit that is overriding your brain because you don't think anymore you are already being controlled by habit the prefrontal cortex is where you think it's where you process events you connect logic but often times that one does not function anymore because habits take over this girl was overweight her problem was how to reduce so stop eating cook if she lab cookies so they began to analyze her life they discovered something about habit and this is a very interesting book for it to counsel young people to have habits there is a queue that triggers it and then you have a routine and then you have the reward and then you keep doing it for this girl had trigger to eat cookies is 3 p.m. in the afternoon 3:00 p.m. means what break so she goes to the canteen why because in the canteen there is a reward she wants to meet her friends so they get cookies so that is the habit it's fun so in order for her to stop eating cookies they did something different when it is triggered you change your routine all you need to do is change one small aspect of routine so instead of going to the canteen she decided to change her routine go take a walk outside the office take a walk with her friend 10 minutes slowly but surely the craving for cookies gone you know why because she did something once you observe your pattern you do something you break the pattern you break the routine some of us are addicted to pornography for some people you're addicted to gossip to sex there's a trigger when that trigger happens like my friend he did something different he discovered usually at 9 p.m. he starts messing around with his computer so when that night time comes before he will mess around with his computer he will break the routine he will now get out of his private room he will not be in the family room and then as a Christian I taught him the principle of pray don't react what must you do you pray you pause and then what you do you pause you resist the first impulse ladies and gentlemen you practice that in your life when you are tempted to do something you break the routine understand there's a trigger sex pornography whatever is the trigger all right the next routine you change I call this the three minute routine you pray Lord I'm now conscious of your presence I pause resist the first impulse this has worked wonders for my life when people come to me pastor Peter there's a problem this leader tough leader or this problem my tendency is to become nervous you know what I do I have developed a routine instead of getting nervous you know what I do I said let's pray so I pray with the person and after praying with the person something happens my fear is gone that's exactly what you need to learn to break a habit now I don't know what their habits understand but you observe yourself habit takes over and some of you react if your wife say certain words before she could finish you react already you know why habit if you're in a place something triggers habit what not you do you change the routine what do you do I suggest you pray how do you pray you pause resist the first impulse you ask God to take over gentlemen ladies if your problem is premarital sex you are tempted to call that person you don't call you pause understand if you made a mistake and you made an appointment to see that person you change the routine don't see the person you break the routine and sooner or later one victory gives another victory and you have the very habit if you learn to practice the habit of responding and faith listen to me your life will never be the same it's amazing how God can help you overcome bad habits habit is not a destiny habits can be changed it came about when he had been there a long time Abimelech king of the Philistines look out through the window and so behold eisah was what was I doing I self was louder caressing in Hebrew language eisah was i sucking his wife literally sports laughter sports they were doing things only husband and wife should do there is no sister you know God is amazing merciful here was ice up lying what is God God did not get rid of him God is saying I love you so much I'm going to do something in your life Abby Malek called Isaac and said behold certainly certainly she is your wife how then did you say she is my sister Isaac said to him I said I might die on a fan of her you see his habit it's like the father like your habit lying when put under pressure but God is good god is saying he better change the whole Isha you know some people repent because they are caught some of us will not change until you are exposed you know my advice is simply this whatever you are doing what every sin you are in bondage with today do not wait until it be exposed I suggest learn to respond in faith if God is telling you something today don't wait but should you be exposed don't be angry at the person exposing you because Isaac responded in faith he was scolded you know who is called at him and unbeliever look at what Abimelech said Abby when I said what is this you have done one of the people might easily have lain with your wife you will have brought guilt upon us he was courted by somebody who does not know the Lord praise God I said responded in faith listen to me when you are corrected by people do you react do you defend yourself you blame others I've seen people they blame others they don't assume responsibility praise God God corrected I SAP be Malik charge all the people saying he who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death be Malik disco is bigger than our fear God is bigger than our Abimelech let me ask you what are you afraid of can I tell you something whatever you are afraid of use it as a trigger to pray when people come to me with bad news and I begin to be afraid you know what I do it has become a trigger I said let's pray people who give me bad news I said let's pray and every time I do that my fear is gone use every fear as an opportunity to bring you closer to God respond in faith even after you have failed don't give up don't think God does not love you anymore respond in faith I will have this amazing truth when I am afraid I will put my trust in you notice when not if when I'm afraid meaning it is natural to become afraid every time you're afraid what must you do put your trust I will trust in you in God whose word I praise in God I put my trust I shall not be afraid what can man do to me ladies and gentleman what are you afraid of you can go through life afraid of things afraid of people may I advise you well you are afraid put your trust respond in faith make it a habit and once it becomes a habit your life will never be the same the Bible tells us as we close I suck sowed in the land now you save so what let me tell you so what there was famine I mean means no rain no water now let me ask you will you sow in a land like this will you waste your precious seeds imagine your eyes --as and God that you don't go to Egypt don't go to America stay no rain stay so you know Isaac is responsible what is with his control what is within his control so to plan what is outside his control will there be harvest will there be crops will there be rain that that is God's responsibility his responsibility so you know the Bible tells us he obeyed his own he did his part the Bible tells us sometimes the hardest obstacle to obedience to faith if your own logic let's read this together trust in the Lord with another are you sure trust in the Lord with most know what does it say all your heart do not lean on your own understanding in louder in most ways Oh in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight you see our problem with an acknowledging in everything we react we don't respond when you respond you are conscious of the reality of God's presence in your life you remind yourself I need to consult the Lord and God loves me God is with me you are conscious of God's presence in your life once you make that a habit you will never be the same you are tempted if you are tempted what do you do respond in faith conscious of God's presence you come to him you will never be the same guaranteed you will never be the same should you fail it's okay get up you know many years ago in 2007 there was a pilot his name was major young Gregory young he was a f-15 fighter pilot something happened in 2007 he crashed into the Pacific Ocean they wanted to find out what happened to this guy you know why no Mayday no emergency call normal functioning of the engine normal functioning of anything except he cross you know what they discovered the worst nightmare of any pilot it's called spatial vertigo what is a spatial vertical you think you are going down but you're going up you think you're going up but you're going down what's the problem this guy was an experienced pilot over 2,000 hours of flying except for one problem you see this instrument this is supposed to guide us you are to trust the equipment you are to trust the instrument that gyroscope the altimeter you and I are supposed to trust this if you are a pilot but you know what he did he did not trust the instrument and this is the lesson everybody pilots must learn against all contradictory sensations the difficult discipline of and absolute belief in their instruments especially when you are in the cloud especially when it is dark you don't see anything because according to the scientists we were designed to walk on the earth our instinct is based on earth it is not based on flying in the sky your instinct is totally useless when you are in the cloud in the sky in fact that is not only useless it is dangerous then it hit me many Christians are like that we follow our instinct if you don't see you follow your instant you refuse to follow the Word of God my friend you need to respond in faith not your feelings not your instinct and the hardest challenge we have as pastors you ask all the pastor's here when we counsel successful businesspeople they have a hard time listening you know why because in their mind I'm successful I know what I'm doing listen to me what do you think is right if this goes against the Bible I submit to you you listen to the instruments of God infallible the Word of God as we close press release greater I suck soul in that land and rip in the same year a hundred phone and the Lord bless him and the man became rich continued to grow rich until he became very rich in Tagalog fantastic translation Nadia Mancha Hindi learning German if in iron and aluminum Agyeman must be Amanda Kieran my Yama Yama Yama my goodness Wow what is the lesson who will bless us the one that will bless you is God not a place not people not precision god respond in faith make it a habit now let me ask you what is it in your life that God wants you to trust him for and you're not trusting him because you think it's not logical you know why many of us are not fully blessed you have not surrendered your own salvation to the Lord be honest with me what's our greatest fear death you know why people are afraid of losing money they are afraid of going hungry you know why they're afraid of going hungry they don't want to die you know why people are afraid of old age you know why they're afraid of health they might get sick why if you get sick you will die so in short the root problem for many of us is the fear of death now how do you overcome the fear of death there's only one solution God said Jesus died for us he rose again from the dead he died for our sins and he tells us you trust me you asked me to be your Savior and I will save you are you willing to trust him as simple as that doesn't make sense Lord I'm a sinner yes but I died for you are you willing to trust Jesus respond in faith means what exactly you trust his promises make it a habit let's bow our heads I really don't know what's going on in your life right now whether you have made it a habit of responding in faith or you are still reacting to people the problems some of you are full of heartaches you're depressed you want to control people you are not living a rested life perhaps you need to turn your life completely to the Lord you tell Jesus something like this Lord Jesus I surrender to you everything that is outside my control I will respond in faith today what is within my control happening to do what I am supposed to do if you like to surrender your life to Jesus you have never done it but today for the first time you understood let God worry what is outside your control and you focus on what is within your control you want me to pray for you you want to make sure Jesus is your Lord and Savior will you raise your hands wonderful anybody else between you and the Lord you want me to pray for you higher wonderful those of you who are raising your hands I want to make it clear many of you are raising your hands but I want to make sure you understand what I'm asking you to do I'm asking you this afternoon to surrender what is outside your control to Jesus but more than that I'm asking you to surrender your life to Jesus to trust him as your Lord and Savior alright if that's what you like to do quietly stand up yes stand up now looking around just you and the Lord I want to pray for you between you and Jesus wonderful you want to surrender your life to trust him as your Lord and Savior anybody else Lord Jesus I thank you for the many people who have stood up to surrender their lives to you Lord Jesus I pray for them that they will understand it is your responsibility to take care of everything that is outside their control whatever fears they may have Lord that is your responsibility their responsibility Lord Jesus their responsibility is to respond in faith what is within their control in our Lord what is within their control they want to give their lives to you so pray this prayer with me Lord Jesus I surrender my life to you I trust you as my Lord and my Savior Lord Jesus I pray for everybody as we depart from this place remind us you are faithful what is outside our control we surrender to you what is within our control Lord I pray you give us the strength and the courage to follow through will you bless everybody here today not just bless them but literally not just bless them faithfully bless them with your very presence let them be intimate with you so that they will know real blessing it's not from Egypt we don't have to be afraid of Abimelech all we need is you Lord Jesus bless your people here in Jesus name we all pray amen and amen god bless praise god that's all stand up and sing our last song [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] I could see in the troubled times see [Music] I can sing where my step [Music] I can see [Music] [Music] bro [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] water [Music] [Applause] nice feature I got

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Length: 69min 28sec (4168 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 13 2014