Crowned With Kindness and Mercy | Benefits of God Series Part 3 | Steven Francis

and so only god's name may be praise amen thank you for praying um that we had this yesterday when was it yesterday saturday friday i drove up to moravian falls they had a conference there i had two sessions and we had a good time i had the opportunity to minister together with robert sladen whom i've admired all this time the last time i met him was 91 that time i was attending a meeting and here i'm speaking together and in breakfast table we stayed in the same house and we had all the conversation and so he has invited me to florida i've invited him to our church and so we're going to work it out next year okay we're going to work it out because there are men and women who carry the word of the lord that's what's more important to me see i'm not looking for people who can entertain the church i'm looking for people who can teach the word and build our spirit man one of the things that have often been asked to me was as a prophet why in a sunday service it is more pastoral i want to know nothing replaces the word of god nothing no gifts no offices replaces the word of god and that is the secret of my consistency walking with jesus for 35 years not wondering what he's telling me to do or what is the next word to do or why is not god speaking when god is not speaking in true revelation he has already spoken through revelation it's a simple understanding of scriptures are you with me and so if the lord doesn't tell me what to do then my job is to save souls encourage people visit the sick go to the prison minister to the discouraged minister to the homeless the needy clothing them feeding them i've done it all i did not wait wondering what god told me to do because i've seen what jesus was doing he did everything that needed to be do to be done until the next direction came to him amen so i want to encourage you just my king church dune it's very important for us to keep doing what the word of god tells us what jesus told us to do go everywhere and do everything that is in front of your eyes but the thing is the church sometimes some of these guys they beautify cosmetically now we need all of that with the right perspective but if all that we do is to build a big number of people who are ineffective we fail the test it is not about having 10 000 people and 100 people are the real leaders that's not the point are you with me the whole church is becoming disciples we are effectively doing what jesus wants us to do and the real test is not as we serve together on a sunday for a couple of hours from monday to saturday what happens that's the real test and that is the fruit of sowing the seed of god on sundays then we see that germinating are you with me so we want all of us on the same page now when we have a prophetic meeting when we have revival meetings let us flow prophetically in in in singapore why we uh erica you'll find she she kept saying jmk usa jmk because there is a gmk singapore okay so if you type differently it will go to the singapore church that we planted there and so soon maryland it's going to happen next sunday is an ordination service the outreach that we are starting in maryland the leaders will be here and we are going to ordain them are you with me our first plant somebody say our first plant okay there are many more to come many will come people are looking for directions people are asking how to get it done so we want to enable pastors not necessarily they have to carry our name or banner but some they do want that so we give those additional covering otherwise they will just do what they are doing next year we are praying that god will enable us to have a school of pastors to get them together and encourage those folks just few weeks ago was pastors months have passed this month is fastest month do you know that right you know you don't know write it so big put a tattoo and and whatever october is fastest month the only thing you do on october you say thank you pastor how was that bring chickens goats cows park it outside let's have a feast let's have a barbecue or whatever not okay are you with me and uh so we want to thank the lord you see i've ministered to many pastors over the years now seven six thousand five hundred pastors to be precise okay and one of the important thing now that pastors can fight devils they can fight demons but their hearts get discouraged when their people don't receive him you see because that's a human need when you are fighting the demons you don't care whether demons don't the demons don't have to receive you so you fight them right till the end but the people that you are ministering to need to receive them isn't it basic need and so easy to be knocked out on basic needs and we want to make sure we may not be on the same page we don't have to be on the same page children who are born flesh of our flesh and blood of our blood the moment they grow they have their own mind and it's so different yet we are bonded by the blood in it and that's what it is when we are bonded in the spirit of god we have to look at it because we have a mission and the mission is to serve the lord and one of the important things i keep focusing myself is not to have carnal friendships with church members not to say that i'm not relating in a natural way but that friendship mustn't become carnal it must remain spiritual and godly somebody say are you with me are you with me but some people don't think that way you see we want carnal friendship our sins is not doing whatever that carnally we will do then we should fall back no that's not what it is god put us together for a purpose because the time is running the clock is sticking and so in the remainder years that whatever that we can do for jesus we've got to put it together amen and all those who are watching through the broadcast i know many of you have been watching many of you have been asking for prayer and you have been discouraged and so on many have also written many testimonies that you have been healed while you are listening to this uh particular series that we are doing forget not all these benefits continue praising god continue being healed by the blood of the lamb in jesus name amen let's go to psalms chapter 103 psalms 103 now years ago when i was discouraged i just want to do one more word before we get into that when i was discouraged when i was um as a younger pastor of 20 i started pastoring when i was 22 okay and the first church i was pastoring was a tribal church full of troubles you can name all the crocodiles that was in the church it was in the church one of the prophecy i received from a very senior man of god he is no longer alive and he is like the billy graham of india he's the reynard banker of india right and he's a world-class statesman everybody in america and around the world know him by name and he's very respected and we have a family acquaintance with him and and god uses him as a prophet as well and uh so he laid hands and prayed for me and this prayer the prophecy was this god will bring all the untamed people around your country to your church to be trained how's that you will bring all the crocodiles and all that i said well that's the most fantastic prophecy i received when i was a younger pastor i don't want all i want a good ship man but but i tell you what all the crocodiles came but somehow when the anointing is manifesting they subject themselves under the power of god to handle harder people we've got to manifest a higher anointing because people are troubled they will only they will only respond to the love of god not human love but to the power of god that is manifesting in the presence of god amen and so that's what happened for 10 years everybody who can't be disciple outside from different churches will come to our church and the word of god and whatever that we are doing we just do the same thing i spend a lot more time in a tamil church the preaching is more than one hour in india minimum is two hours you step down from the pulpit they'll kill you [Laughter] in america 20 minutes come on man what's wrong with you what's wrong with you the most educated nation and you have the least amount of time for the word of god in fact those who score 20 minutes are the greatest pastors what who said that but in our church we set a standard minimum 45 minutes oh more did he say more you want more amen i went you should sing the i want more more hallelujah because the word of god is all that i need amen psalms 103 we're going to recite together verses 1 2 3 4 5. are you ready let's all read out through our lungs bless the lord o my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name bless the lord o my soul and forget not all his benefits who forgives all our inner critic who heals all our diseases who redeems our life from the pit who crowns us with steadfast love and mercy who satisfies us with good so that our youth is renewed like the eagles now throughout this scripture this chapter there are many benefits but many of those benefits are tied up to these benefits of the first five verses and for the last five or four sessions i've been encouraging you there are seven benefits for us to remember and we are still talking about the old testament now one of the things i've measured in my life is to study the old testament and preach many times or majority of my time from the old testament simply because many people neglect the old testament they don't like the old term because it's very difficult to understand many passages are difficult to understand and if we are to love the word of god then someone must take the trouble to preach about the old testament in an exciting way isn't it not in a boring historical way i've heard some guys they preach on genesis like as though they were 6 000 years old some of these preachers they they preach from they they look very prehistoric when they speak they sound very prehistoric as well and you're looking like they are preaching from a dinosaur season you know it is so caught up and for you to focus and listen to them that itself is a spiritual warfare and no wonder people don't like the old testament they stick to the new testament and that's pretty difficult as well because paul can you believe that simple things that paul wrote you need to go to the bible school to understand what he said and i remembered a professor in nepal we went for a conference and this professor came and he met me you are from singapore i say yes sir and you know i was in princeton university usa for five years i did my doctorate i said great what was your subject on to prove that hebrews was not written by paul wow well done do you think paul cared about it he got a shock that i would instead of admiring him i mean you could have wrote about hebrews by itself to write an entire five year of study to prove that he did not write and still walking around the streets of nepal like a nobody is totally waste of time are you with me yes because man always prides in his knowledge where god is looking for our words that releases the life of life i gotta remember remember that's something that we gotta memorize ourselves too we have to become good in everything that produces life and stop wasting time with issues which is too small to discuss with precious time are you with me yes in psalms under and three there are seven benefits we are recalling it every week as we gather together so that we will remember number one the blessing itself is the word called benefits look at that there are many benefits of the kingdom what surprises me as i said in many times to you that these are the old testament and people did not want to discover and we kind of everything that we don't understand oh that's the old testament uh what about the ten commandments oh that's the old testament that's the law we don't have to do if you think that way then you can have many other gods one of the commandments of the old testament ten commandments you shall have no other gods jesus did not write that off hello you shall not commit murder do you remember that that was the old testament you need to do the act of murder in the new testament jesus said if you are angry with your brother without a possible reason you are committing murder in your heart so which is easier now the old testament or the new i wanted to understand this in the old testament these fellows live the way they want to just bring a goat sacrifice it and they are done for the entire next whole year they don't have to worry about it in the new testament every moment there is something wrong you come before god and sacrifice your praise and cleanse your soul and let the blood of christ cleanse you this is not one year cleansing this is everyday cleansing sanctification so which is easier now tell me the problem is people don't take time to study the old testament jesus came to fulfill that so now are we supposed to live in the old or the new no we live in the bible we find the bridge of jesus's fulfillment you don't have to do stuff of the old testament culturally because you are not a jew and you're not living in israel so you don't have to do cultural things people get romantically involved with the culture of the hebrews and they think they are a jew are you no you can wear a skirt you smell like a jew you do whatever you want to do pay put some paint if you like you can do all the gig if you want but you're not a jew are you with me you can bless them we have to pray for them we have to honor them give them somehow the center point of the end time revelation history is still on the compass is still there but jesus died for the whole world so benefits of the kingdom number one the word benefits is point number one number two he forgives all our inequity number three he heals all our diseases number four he redeems my life from the pit of destruction number five he crowns me with steadfast love and mercy number six he satisfies me with good things number seven he renews me now today or this morning we are in number five he crowns me with steadfast love and mercy the amplified bible says who redeems your life from the pit of corruption who beautifies dignifies and crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercy somebody say what a beautiful way of thinking and why does the word the bible says he crowns you he crowns you it is almost out of reach but the bible does say he crowns you one of the benefits of the kingdom of god now all these are fulfilled in the new testament isn't it are you with me all of this now why is that fulfilled in the new testament because that's the nature of god god did not change his nature he made it more easier now to understand his heart and understand his love every time that when there is a turning point in our children's life could be husband could be wife it can be applicable to us towards our parents or our children to us okay it goes both ways there will come a moment where they realize certain things that they have spoken into their life at certain junction points and then they will say you know dad now i understand why you said those things we are humans you know and they say i understand now and the same way it goes with the bible there are things that we will not understand what we are reading until we go through life experiences and then you realize wow all this time this was what was happening i don't have to write off the old testament i remember i went down to a to a secret spot of a preacher who invited me come this is the place i think i did say the last time but that's one part of it he said i want to tell you how i walked with the scriptures and he read the deuteronomy deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 1 to 14 all the blessings then i say brother but it doesn't stop me verse 14 that's 15 and 28 you know he said no no those are curses we don't have to read those curses i said well that's the bible right if you don't do this you'll get that so no no we just take the good part of the scripture now it's everything it's everything and this is sometimes that's what challenges in fact in the faith movement they also have a positive confession marriage covenant have you heard of this before okay so what do we do on the marriage covenant day in sickness and in in poverty and in riches do you still remember your covenant or not i'm putting a test ah husbands and wife they're all looking a little bit weird at the moment [Laughter] so in the positive confession covenant you don't say sickness and he don't say poverty so in riches and in health in goodness and in blessing so one of the brothers when i years ago they asked me can you conduct this wedding this way sorry i'm not say why not because i'm not going to lie to you on the first day of your marriage [Laughter] the challenges starts after you say i do brother god bless you your first night is your challenge because the next morning when you look at your bride she no longer looks the same as it was in the wedding day there's no makeup anymore she's not the all smiling person anymore she's the original cut you'll find out in the morning that original cut yes because we are all so used to sleeping on your own bed now you're sharing a bit everybody pulls the blanket on the other side i'll preach it oh i didn't say that so america got a great solution for it uh california king size such a big bait you need to take a bus to go to the other side that's a great solution [Laughter] now so i told them i'm sorry i can't lie on the first day of your wedding day i'm going to tell you the truth as it is is either you want me to conduct your wedding or you're not that's it i believe in the goodness i believe in the grace but life is so natural and i didn't see that god was taking it away just because you're confessing it like a chant are you with me charles capps some of you guys may know who's charles capps is no longer live but his books are still around he thought about positive confession he was a farmer he thought about the seasons of sowing and ripping and harvesting and many of the faith movement has was taken off from the ew kenyan as well and the faith movement how they will confess three times a day seven times a day all the scriptures now tell me you and i have done it all this time many times and probably millions of times have you been sick before yes and you tell me why you can blame the devil anything you want but you have been sick because the body is conditioned to everyday life the bible says the angels will not will protect your foot against a stone that you will not trip have you tripped before what the angels are doing having a cup of coffee yeah you see we got because we kind of spiritualized the whole deal to a point that we live in a different platform and no longer the real life so i want you to understand as real as our problem is so real much more is god supernaturally they will hold you when a danger is about to happen and many of you can attest to it i have many times been held back by angels supernaturally when i was riding my bike it was something that i didn't foresee how i came back i cannot explain i remember i was uh in singapore we were out in the mall at canada outside the mall uh samuel and i were talking away and i i got on from my bike he came out i took off my helmet and i said something and i was walking behind i didn't know that was actually a hole it was like probably to the second step right and i went this way you know someone held my back before i could hit the ground pull me up and i knew it was the angel who watched over me you want angels to hold you like that that's premium service with god and that's all you need [Laughter] walk with god trust that god has given you angels yes god has given you angels there are many times i think you and i can attest to it you lost you lose important documents and important things you ask god for assistance god can you please help the you know angels can you please be busy finding it and you found it so i wanted to understand the benefits of the kingdom benefits of the kingdom live in the realm of reality and that reality must be the faith reality not the reality where people say be real brother no you can't be real without faith because anything that is without faith is a sin you cannot live in both worlds don't live in both worlds live in the same world where faith is involved are you with me that means we naturally live a supernatural life there is no conflict between your natural and your supernatural order you are living in the same order of life for some it will be a conflict because in their business they got to make big deals and sometimes you got to lie through your teeth and for them for those type of guys the more they walk with god somewhere along the line they will give up certain part of their businesses away because it is creating conflict with their peace they have with god and that's the junction that everybody have to come to some have given up big businesses and big money just to walk right with god are you with me everybody has to come to that turning point even in preaching industry in america itself if you want to become big there are agencies where you can sign up if you are a promising preacher they will sign you up for 60 commission do you know all this industry thing you don't have to know because that's the ministry stuff right in that 60 commissioning they will put you up on the big time conferences you'll be up your books will be up the moment you finish preaching the next month your book is on the out you'll find your book in all the big time book sellers you'll find your book up in the airport you'll find everywhere you'll be in radio and television you'll do all the interviews and do all the signing big time conferences 60 while you are under their contract you can't say no to any conferences they are sending because they are you are kind of a big ticket on you you understand what i'm saying oh you want to go big you can but there is a god way of doing things that is a god's way of doing things if you become famous that that's way of doing things because people have over expended before their spirit man could expand and that's why people fall are you with me okay and so one of the things that we want to understand this morning is that how god crowns me with loving kindness and tender mercy one of the interesting thing about the hebrew word is called atar atar very interesting you know if you are watching there if you are a hebrew professor of course you will know that i am not pronouncing it right these are not jewish people they are english local chinese indian american african all sitting inside so they don't have to know the actual way of saying it they just need to know phonetics correct phonetics phonetics come on fanatics that is fanatic right okay so atar a-t-a-r you'll be very surprised what it means the word atar simply means an end cycle for attack or protection who my goodness you never thought the word crown simply means to attack or to protect have you ever thought about the word crown that's what it means now when the bible says that god will crown you from from the crown of your head to the you know to your toe to the feet and it simply means right to the top to the bottom that's what it means but in the old testament they use those kind of words or colloquial words in the english days where they say the crown of your hate it's an expression that god will bless you in indian culture to an older person you cannot touch their head when you're talking you cannot just come you even can't touch and pray for them unless you are a preacher when i'm praying for people who are much more older than me 70s and above when they look you know really older you don't it's a sign of respect you don't touch their head when you're praying it's a sign of respect in many of the tribal culture you can't touch the head of a man they'll kill you when i went to fiji to preach when we arrived the first question i asked the pastor was tell me what are the local cultural taboos you must know what not to do first thing point number one he said so many preachers have come you are the first one to ask that question which is the very most important question whenever we go out for missions you ask to know what are cultural taboos what you can do and what you should not be doing even the way we dress up we can't be dressing up in the some sometimes the way we are dressing up in a uh mission field are you with me and uh so the pastor told me first thing never touch a man when you pray the hate don't touch the men when you pray because in in tribal culture when you put your hand which applies to africa as well when you touch their head means you have conquered them and subdued them the very first missionary that went to fiji to preach the gospel the first day of his entry to the tribal chief for asking permission and and the tribal chief said okay you can pray for me through a interpreter and he put his hand and was praying while he was praying they cut his head and took it out why you never touch the head of a tribal chief it means in front of everybody you have conquered me and i have to bow before you you see and that's how the very first missionary died as a mata in fiji how stupid that is i don't know how glorifying that sounds but that sounds a little bit stupid because the first thing you need to know is culture what to do and what not to do how you hug and how you should not be hugging is that right he crowns you simply means you sit and be clown and yay i'm the prince something happens something happens as a responsibility when god crowns you you now have the ability listen carefully and put it in your heart you've got the ability to launch an attack against the enemy or hide under the shadow of the almighty you become his sons and his daughters he gives you an authority from his spirit and that is why in the bible the bible says that god when in in the the parable of the lost son in luke chapter 15 when the son came back and the father gave him what a chain and gave him a ring that is the sign of authority now you represent me a sign of authority you'll find even in the book of uh isaiah the bible says that god you and i are a royal diadem that god will put on you a sicknet have you seen that before have you heard that scripture before that god will put on you the garland of grace when that happens read proverbs chapter 5 6 7 chapter 3 you'll find the word of god will put on you a gallant of grace see the scriptures are important meditating the scriptures will put on you the garland of grace that you will get the favors of god now you are wondering why my company is not favorable to me why my supervisor are not favorable to me put on this garland everything works out well for you don't run after the favors of men run up to the favor of god god will command the change of the heart of man only he can do amen and so the bible says god gives you the ability now it's very important to understand sometimes we are all the time in a defensive moment against the enemy we are praying god protect me god shield me god do this god do that why are you not doing can you please use your shield remember i given you a shield remember i given you some authority don't be crying where did i sit against god you bind the devil and let me do the convicting the devil has got no right over your soul he's got no right over your history seven people say right do you think the devil has a right to access your data no matter how right you think the moment you became the child of god that excess password has been changed he doesn't know your fire he only know by some bad things bad memories he has he has some corrupted data he does not have the updated data somebody say so don't allow the devil to access your password yeah i did those things don't agree with the enemy he's not your friend he's not your class no matter how good he sounds no matter how right it is he's the devil somebody say the problem he first sometimes we agree with the devil that's right you know why you're sick remember what you did before no wonder you say oh yeah yeah right sure oh okay then you have the right to do it are you sure no matter how right he may sound you know how he knew all the bad records of your life because he is the one who tempted you to do it anyway he was the one who was involved in that process that is why he's got all the records of what you did before are you with me i don't want to agree with you brother sorry about that i'm redeemed by the blood of the lamb oh what about that oh it's been washed by the blood of the lamb what am i going to do the records burn it bro it's all done you're wasting your time it's all done by the blood of the lamb somebody say don't open up the doors of your past for anybody for anybody what jesus has tightly closed up not you for a cup of available because they like your past then what am i going to talk about my past i'm going to talk about how merciful god has been over me how he washed me how he cleansed me direct your past towards the blood of the lamb don't make yourself sorry and make other people sorry of your past are you with me think about this god crown you it's very difficult to understand that scripture if you are a british you will know that because that's crowning and the king and all of that here okay he crowns you means then now you are representing my power not just to sit down and enjoy my benefits once you grow up not only you are using this power for yourself you know how to use this power for others you know how to pray for them you know how to resist the devil over them you see mickey said a very important word the word honor the word honor is very critical in the body of christ simply because whom you do not honor that covering or that anointing will not cover you when you don't honor god that anointing that is on god the presence of god the angels will not come for your aid because they are looking for jesus in your life are you with me the same thing goes for an anointing which the pastor will carry the man of god carries there are certain things that he has acquired with god whomsoever you bless they shall be blessed whomsoever you curse they shall be cursed that's a very serious blessing no wonder god said to moses this is the way you shall bless them may the lord's face shine over you you see that he gave the blessing and so when we live under the owner when we honor the man of god when we honor the leaders who carry the grace of god in their life that protection and their prayer when we are praying it comes to pass on your life why it is not happening for everybody but because not everybody is honoring the pastor the respect honor goes beyond that point respect is okay i respect you i got no choice i didn't choose you you are here what can i do many children say that to their parents hey children listen the moment you open your mouth and say why did you give birth to me i didn't choose the bible according to the bible the very same lines it means it's a curse when you say those things it will become a curse on your life if you want to live long and you don't want to die short you know what the bible says honor your parents simple that when i found that in 16 i straight away told my mother i know you may not like me because there are a lot of things that made you mad but please forgive me please forgive me the bible says i want to live long i want you to live long forgive me and the bible says the days of your life shall be added unto you simple as that why you fighting the devil when you can honor people and that prayer and that blessing will cover you and that is why it is important ladies and gentlemen why we are having our house being dedicated by pastors why our jobs are being dedicated and honored why when you go kind of a trip you come for prayer and say pastor can you pray the cover and the honor god listens to the prayer of the man that god has appointed over your life are you with me because this no are not religious exercise those are scriptural boundaries many pastoral friends of mine you see many of them they grew up with a spirit of an orphan the pastors don't bless them as they go for missions and they come back without saying and they fight all kinds of demons in the mission field but there are pastors who carry father's hearts when a team is going for missions they will get them in lay hands and pray and when they are going the blessings of the congregation will accompany them are you with me how critical it is that we don't produce people who are feeble who are bitten by the enemy we are produced people who know how to fight use the authority and that's what the bible says one of the benefits that god has given to you that he has crowned you he has given you the authority to bless and that is why it has to be very important that we understand who what we do and what we should not be doing remember i told you this before whatsoever the righteous will do he will be blessed now what did god say to abraham i will bless your seed didn't he say that but he did not say with whom so when he went and slept with hagar it sounded very natural it sound very illogical because even in african culture and indian culture they still have in i'm not saying in the modern indian culture old indian culture they still do that when the sister is barren the younger sister will marry the husband because they want to present a lineage they still do do those things okay so he did those things which is very cultural but when you're walking with god you are no longer bound by culture you are bound by covenants you've got to understand that god's covenant overrides your culture whenever out the laws of our government and the laws of our culture do not agree with the bible then the bible has super seeds it's simple right yes don't say but inaudible we do this what's wrong with you are you living there or you're living in the kingdom of god if you are living in the kingdom of god all these benefits will come unto you if you are living in your culture only problems are coming all the time that's what we have seen cultures only creates more problems more issues because they want you to be like them but god wants you to be part of his kingdom because he has changed our culture our culture is of the culture that forgives and walks in love and the hardest thing to do yet god intercepts in our heart there are times you are mad and you are angry god says release and forgive you allowing the influence of the kingdom to come over our life amen and so god does those things he takes over and so the culture of the kingdom comes over and overwrites the culture of our everyday life somebody say we have to find where is that balance and one of the things the words i hate is this the way we used to do these things please get over your use to get delivered yourself what used to how old are you are you 355 years of what what do you mean used to god i wanted to get used to something behold i will do new things get used to it get used to the new things that god will do don't speak like a prehistoric dinosaur you know the way i listen to what do you mean you used to man you're only like 70 80 years old or nine years old what do you mean you used to used to what you don't even know what is tomorrow what are you talking about yesterday then that's how humble god wants us to be with him that is how committed god wants us to be with him that is how submitted god wants us to be with him he said don't worry about tomorrow can you believe this yes that's not acting stupid that is not acting ignorant that is being humble and subjected to god that means i make the plans he has the right to change those plans remember i said when i was a younger pastor i didn't know what was about tomorrow because the the being a prophet is god will tell you what is tomorrow but then i was carrying a dual call in my life a pastor and a prophet my first major call is a prophet so whatever i'm doing the shades of the prophet will keep coming through even if i just ordinary lay hands and pray for people the lord will tell me about them so i have to resist from telling too much when i'm praying for them all right so then i was wondering god how am i going to make peace you told go into all the world but then there are also specifics where to go where not to go and one day i was so but when i was about 16 or 17 i think are so burdened in my heart and the lord led me to read the autobiography of john wesley when i read his autobiography you know in those days he used to go in a horse back and preach to all the smaller towns and sometimes you'll be so tired after preaching and in those days you know there were no streets lights i wanted carrots in lamb and he'll be so tired he'll sit on the horseback and he will pray god i commit this horse to you wherever this horse stops in the morning that's the time i'm going to preach he will just sleep and the horse will walk throughout the night whichever morning and the day break when it stops that's the town you'll walk into someone's house and say he's a preacher of the gospel and he will preach but there are times he god will tell him where to go then he will direct the horse to go there and then he will preach there will be a great harvest when i saw that oh my goodness that means there shouldn't be a moment of doubt what god wants you to do if he doesn't tell me what's exactly what i should be doing then i must be doing what jesus would always do touch people's life somebody say you see in jesus my king we shouldn't wonder what god is telling to us even if he's not saying anything we will do what his heart is saying are you with me there are plenty of the scriptures to preach about pastor is this the word of the lord the prophetic people are all the time confused about it it is the word of the lord are you preaching there is this what god wanted you to speak yes and he died for it jesus died for it i just wish that you'll take some time to read the the book called the fox's book of matters you'll find even how we got our english bible read about all those who are born alive on steak because they translated the bible read please read someone died that you and i can enjoy this privilege you just cannot even believe it today we have like 15 bibles at home but we don't have time to read it but someone died and why do they call the thompson chain reference bible because the original bible was chained to the pulpit no one can touch it it was written in latin you must come to the church to read no one can have their own possession the first guys that created the printing press and when they translated for the common man and printer for everybody burn a life on steak you see the reformation is important that's what one of the things about robert's garden i think it's an important breakthrough he said what is october 31st good he said that is the pagan day that has importantly said replace an important calendar in church history october 31 is reformation day when martin luther nailed the 95 thesis on the catholic church door so everything that is a very important date the enemy over church life and dark ages came to replace that date that we will not recall what god has done but recall what the world is doing are you with me so we need to remember october 31st reformation day somebody say amen the word crown is so deep the word crowning is so deep james chapter 4 verse 7 says submit yourselves therefore to god resist the devil and he will work now we all remember that scripture resist the devil and he will flee and we resist and we resist nothing happens then we wonder why it is not happening because the first part says submit yourself to god first if you don't submit your resistance is not going to work tell me the word receives means there is an opposite reaction that is a power that is pushing you and you are pushing back isn't it pastor i i resisted and the whole night i cannot sleep that's what spiritual warfare is when you receive he's going to meddle with you the word says we wrestle not after flesh and blood we wrestle afterward principalities and powers you are wrestling there is a wrestling challenge not every time you win sometimes you lose the more you lose the more you are training yourself hello don't be like a wallaby in the presence of god you need to become stronger and stronger somebody say what resist the devil and he will flee from you ephesians chapter 6 verse 13 if you can put it up for me in the amplified bible you'll find a very interesting word there ephesians chapter 6. are we learning something this morning the book of ephesians chapter 6 and verse 13 let's all read together therefore put on god's no no no no put on god's word please don't choose your weapons complete um it is free for the taking and that you may be able to work and your ground on the word of danger and having done all the crisis demands to stand firmly in your word this moment some moments of crisis don't freak out resist push your body is getting accustomed your body is resisting you know sometimes in asia this is asia thing okay because i whenever babies cry we don't want children to cry quickly go carry it but doctors say it is good that children are crying they are exercising more muscles in their body than ever before it's not good for them to overly cry but it is good for them to cry they are exercising all them are you with me so the bible says very important look at the scripture you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the world on the word day you see do you realize that though we are carrying weapons though god is given to us there the weapons are all inside us but you don't feel the strength why when evil comes suddenly you are alive when danger comes suddenly it is alive so most of the weapons are realized when the danger is around you the anointing comes on you do you understand what i'm saying every other day you don't need you don't need to hold your shield while you're eating your meal i know some people hold the shield when the wife is sitting in the front you don't need to take your sword and take your noodles are you following why am i feeling no i don't feel anointed all the time everybody's the same you don't need to feel you have all the weapons but when the crisis hits you when the crisis demands that you have done everything you can then stand firmly in your place until god sets you free god has never lied and this is what it means he has crowned you he has given you that authority jesus said i have given you the keys of the kingdom how many keys too many keys and what are those keys i don't know you don't know i know something in the something i know you may not know how many things because as we mature god reveals that means it's possible for us to die without finding out the keys possible right it's possible to die without using all the keys and therefore can i encourage you in your time of prayer and time with god have a reflective moment the keys that god gives to you is for your lifetime it is to unlock every other crisis that can possibly happen in your lifetime specific for you i cannot use your key there will be some generic keys but something are just too specific it only works for you and all those keys were given to you on the day of salvation what happens on the other day the angels will appear and teach you how to use those keys number five did you use it what is that don't pray because everything is unlocked by prayer how long must i pray i don't know what else you are doing nothing praying the other brother called me one day i can't i can't really sleep throughout the night then pray i can't even pray then sleep i can't sleep then pray well the other person who said i can't sleep no problem read your bible they said because every time people read the bible i've heard they sleep it has a magic component to it they read so read your bible you'll sleep but choose the passages you are reading no don't touch jeremiah you'll never sleep god will crown you to receive an attack is the responsibility of kingship to take hold of the blessings that god has given to you it is something that is far-fetched for us to even believe that i'm saying say i hate to preach in a reflectory way and i don't like flattery and i've said that too many times to you and i'm not trying to pain a good picture about god i'm not he is good enough even before i was born i don't have to find good things he's just all over his good amen the bible says god is good to all those who love him simple as that so i'm not trying to paint a picture i'm just discovering who god is and the bible says he has crowned you to receive an attack is your responsibility pray for your children that is why it is important what do we pray in their going and in their coming in their sitting and in their standing be with them oh god do you remember those things see some of us we have forgotten the responsibility of spiritual parenting we have become very americanized that's your thing that's your deal that do it if we will teach the culture of honor in the bible days where the children can call you honor you discuss with you and you pray a word of blessing over them all things will work well are you with me just when they are talking about it don't finish the conversation with uh sympathy or empathy finish it with prayer let's pray together before you put down they'll get shocked what they'll have fits on the other side of the line [Music] what do you mean you're going to pray huh all the devil in them will start reacting you get what i'm saying because they are not used to someone blessing them they are not used to someone releasing god over their life are you with me it's time for us to be become bible people look at the bible look at that david before we finish i don't think so i want to finish how's that okay five people say amen the other ones sometimes we don't know when to resist and sometimes we don't know when to give in when to summit god is your wisdom god is your wisdom it is very easy for me to teach like neil anderson in one of his books uh went to say no without feeling guilty it's very easy for us to read books find books on manipulation and seductive and seduction we can read we can read the whole book you want but the truth is even in parenting are we not using sometimes tricks of manipulating it all depends what language you want to use you you can you know love sometimes is manipulating for the good reason somebody say amen but don't approach it in the world psychology way please don't god's kingdom is rich enough god's vocabulary is rich enough i don't need the wisdom of this world to interpret god's word god's word is all that i need i need to know the framework of god's word are you with me the bible says look at david david was appointed when he was 17 years old you know when the trouble started in david's life when he was appointed until then he was just free and easy he was looking after his sheep and he was looking after his animals he was having a wonderful relationship with his brothers and his family members no one cared about him the day he was chosen by god by samuel all his troubles started we talked about that remember the first challenge was what david and goliath david and goliath david and goliath he fought the first promise he received was that god will fight the battle for you not you every everywhere he went he became a warrior and there was a reputation about david that the god of israel fought for david now this reputation is also yours in jesus name you and i are the lineage of david you come from the royal family amen you have this right whatever you do whenever you pray god's goodness secures you he protects you sometimes god allows you to walk through and look at david when he went and the problem started day goliath came then king saul came the next victory king saul realized god was with david so he sent him to fight all the battles in everything which david did god gave the success are you with me i spoke about it yesterday in the conference in the book of first samuel chapter 25 there is a scripture that says that david was so busy fighting the battles and the bible says god fought for him but in actual fact david was busy fighting god's battles that everything that god wanted him to fight he went and fought for god can you believe that from god fighting for you now you're fighting for god is that possible absolutely when god helps you to overcome the challenges of your life you become busy fighting for others you give your peace away for others you give your knowledge to others you help everybody to set up their life because god has been good to you amen that is why it is important to be provided by god it is important to have an abundant life it is important to have wisdom it is important to prosper so that you can share your blessing to others when you have nothing for yourself you won't be able to bless others amen how much should i have what is your level of responsibility god can't give you five million dollars if you don't know how to handle 50 dollars with wisdom the more money you have it just kills you i don't know why it has this magic power that is why sometimes god gives you more and he asks you to give more he gives you less he asks you to give less he gives you nothing yet he asks you to give why he just wanted to practice the heart and the nature of christ because money is a way to possess you money becomes a demon in time it has the money to possess you and even today my ladies and gentlemen today when i was driving down the morning when i woke up to pray i was thinking about god i was thinking about god for many years of my life money was like a curse it was never with me god never gave me and everything i have to fast and pray i have to fast and pray for my income for 18 years of my life and then it's repeating now itself i didn't know where tomorrow money is going to come i walked by faith i've got salary now when i was pastoring singapore church and i still walk by faith because i know this money doesn't belong to me when he tells to give i have to give now i got so settled down when the lord said come to america now you are living the same thing back because i've learned to walk by faith and not by sign i've walked more in faith than salaried days so when god says is it uncomfortable absolutely is it going to pinch you absolutely but i tell you what i know how to pray i know how to have the same thing you know how amen absolutely oh brother is there a secret way of praying yes early morning please wake up there's no secret there's no secret just pray the secret is god not your methods of praying it is god not your style of praying it is god somebody say and that god we all have abundantly please don't get caught up with styles and methods man it is the father who blesses you not your methods have you ever seen you tell your children to do something time out you have time out here right but timeout means it's your chocolate time you practice time out yes yes or no please tell me okay i don't have to ask you have to ask your children okay okay okay okay so some people do practice time out when the children are there time out i've seen parents who've been so filled with compassion cut off their timer is it now it's okay come on why you thought three hours is enough but in 10 minutes you can see they are really broken and frightened how many how many times you know even when god extends the time of correction his grace and mercy lifts you up from your circumstances sooner and faster because he loves you he will not commit you to that exact time of what judgment will require that's what the bible says even though his anger lastes for a moment his mercy comes in the morning hallelujah automatically renewed fully in the morning and so i want to encourage you what did david do he resisted saul because saul was hunting for him he hurt himself in the wilderness he had one opportunity to kill saul he did not touch him because that man was anointed by god and then he began to run himself but the moment he became the king he resisted every other enemy because god said you shall fight this time god said don't fight so he didn't he resisted he hide and he was hiding you know how many days ladies and gentlemen i wish we could not wish maybe next year we should do a series on the life of david okay okay he ran away for eight years many psalms were written during those eight years one of those psalms was psalms 22 psalm 69 for example in 22 it says oh my god why thou has forsaken me and david had enough experiences his own friends who act with him were the one who betrayed his location and he said have i not been betrayed by the one who at the meal together with me and jesus used those scriptures for his purposes when he went through that that scripture was quoted my own friend betrayed me are you with me eight years he was running away and the time he has to conquer you have to conquer now wanting to be encouraged right now there are times that god let you through a season when nothing worked out and you got so used to their lifestyle so you don't dream big you don't ask big you don't ask for anything because you have learned how to settle for whatever not but then there will be a time when god says as you ask i will give you then learn to us as you're willing to fight you will conquer learn to fight when he god says if you ask for big things i will give you big things learn to ask big whatever big let god define what that big is the bible says in psalms chapter 2 ask of being the nations and i will give it to you right right from the age of 15 on uh september 27 1985 i prayed for that ask for the nations and i told god i'm not good enough to go around the world you barely have money to cross the street but i said use me in southeast asia the biggest demonic areas the multi-level cultural cities all the voodoos and black magic are situated there use me there and i tell you before i came here except for one nation every other southeast asia country i've already been i've ministered that just before i came to america we had a visitation from the lord and i saw the lord bringing me in the spirit to south america he said now i will open that doors for you you will go so therefore i know this borders will be closed down are you with me this covet will shut down god will open the doors of grace for us to do mission work again don't celebrate kobe it's going to die in jesus name nothing leaves only god leaves let me wrap up this scripture today first timothy chapter 6 verse 12. the bible says fight the good fight of faith can you shout out what it says again the next line first timothy oh first timothy chapter 6 and verse 12 are you there are we there yes fight the good fight of faith and oh no no no no no we all know the first line fight the good fight of faith the next line is word i like the greek word take hold katalambano not lambagoni simply means take hold and don't let it go the moment you're holding that it's like a bulldogs faith the moment you bite you don't let go man take hold kata lambano don't let it go what god has given to you belongs to you so the bible says take hold of the eternal life for which you have been called which you have made good confession in the presence of many witnesses take all of it that's what it means when god crowns you take hold of it the word of god will build the authority even in your life i don't want to show about the authority now i did a seven probably four five month series in singapore before i came on the powers of god so please go and get along with it but i just want to wrap up with the other word called the word crown and the word crown another greek hebrew word the atar means circle and the word compass comes into play remember i shared with you who is the one who discovered america columbus how did he discover he read the bible in the book of psalms the glory of the lord circuses that encompasses around he said if the glory of god encompasses around the world the earth that means the earth is round that's all he said if i start here i will come back to the starting point he set his compass boom he discovered it somebody say do you know one of the catholic fathers who was also a scientist who said the word is flat the world is flat they burn him alive another guy said the world is round they burn him alive the only thing about this catholic guys they will make a scene of everybody they burn 500 years later mother teresa is the only lady praise be to god who was made a saint two years after she died the only person in history and the only mother in catholic tradition because every other person is a sister she is the only one whose mother because mother is equal to father do you understand father so and so so it's mother teresa mother is reverent title let me finish with this i think we all will be blessed why this is important in psalms 112 i cannot help but to release you such a blessing psalms 1 1 2 let's all go there man this is a very important scripture psalms 112. okay you're there okay are we ready we're going to read the whole verses 1 to 8 are you ready blessed is the man who fears the lord who word greatly delights in his commandments his offspring will be mighty in the land the generation of the upright will be blessed wealth and riches are in house and his righteousness and yours forever light dawns in the darkness for the upright his gracious merciful and righteous it is well with the man who will deal generously and lands who conducts his affairs with justice for the righteous will never be moved he will be remembered forever he is not afraid of his heart is firm trusting the lord his heart is we are faster than the computer oh look at that his heart is he will not be until. he sounded like english but you're right amen somebody say you see this entire blessing is only given to those who greatly delight in the commandments of god his heart is not afraid of bad news coffee is bad and if you are a traveler business traveler is more bad news you've got a business is more bad news but as businesses are closing down yesterday's paper said the billionaires have multiplied their wealth some of them have become more richer like seven billion dollars more because their businesses have multiplied through this situation so please don't think that everything is taken some things are stolen away from the people you know what god says you don't focus on that you focus in my word wealth and riches will be in your house your family will be provided for no the greatest blessing you will not be afraid of evil news money can buy that money can buy peace he will you will be steady oh my goodness and you will not be what afraid you know how many uh how much the counseling industry is making every year just talking to people who are afraid god is giving you a free gift you won't be afraid if you stick to my word somebody say let me finish the last line which i said i have to i have to revelation 2 10 says one of the blessings of being crowned is that when you overcome you will receive a word the crown of life so one of the anointing benefits of being crowned by god is that he will release on you and overcome his anointing when you are crowned by god you will overcome you will overcome no matter what the circumstances are your stones and your circumstances will change according to your age and your need but you will overcome and god taught me that when i was alone i knew how to overcome and when i got married i knew how to pray and overcome for my wife when i got married i had children we know how to overcome for our children now we know how to overcome for a church we will know how to overcome for a nation so our authority grows as we are growing amen you and i are all crowned by god somebody say can we all stand up together are we going to say what a blessing i'm stretching you week after week with the scriptures i'm stretching making a deeper well that the waters can increase the deeper we go the more the waters are going to feel

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