Dare to Believe | Faith of the Warriors Series | Ps Steven Francis

[Music] the Warriors faith will not have any reason of the world now when I'm looking at this Bible in a next session we will talk about it and I found a different element of Jesus where he got upset with people's like a face he didn't condone it he didn't appreciate it he didn't say it's okay never mind I know you're going through problems no he got upset he commented about it and because of what you're doing I'm not gonna do any much more miracles he the lack of it's discounted God's power in individual lives now if you keep going and nursing your lack of faith if you keep enjoying your lack of faith then you can discount yourself from the best which God has for you if you can be so selective in the way you eat if you can be so selective where you want to go in shop if it can be smart in how much you spent I don't think so we have to be stupid when it comes to our faith in it hello tell your neighbor pastors talking about you because sometimes very frustrating you know people are so smart when it comes to the world but when it comes to God they always come in their posture I don't know what it doesn't matter the Warriors faith he knows what he's praying for and he knows what he's aiming for because what you aim and you pray God will bless you with amen the faith of the Warriors now I wanted to bring your attention today to Psalms 143 my brothers and sisters I wanna encourage you this evening this morning the session one faith means you dare to believe can you say that words with me dare to believe hello let me tell you in Thai one way E or son yeah you got to dare to believe and that's what faith faith requires some daring on your part and if you don't have to have if you don't have to dare it is no longer faith isn't it faith means in the natural it can't happen faith is not an acknowledgment of Thanksgiving for example I work this month I got my salary therefore god I thank you for my salary now basically I'm not really having so much of it because I'm working for it I'm getting the money for it so praise God hey do I have faith yeah everyday faith is different from daring faith where it is impossible it is challenging people say no I'm gonna use my faith that means I'm gonna dare for it are you with me now daring faith is what the Warriors need in the same time and I want to encourage you my brothers and sister listen carefully this is the truth of any government in the world okay there will always be collateral damage in any war people will die our government shelters which I told you under the block 70 people can go in but in one block how many hundreds of people are staying the first 70 who is the first 70 no one knows live correct by the time the siren but our country is very well prepared we thank God for that we've got sirens everywhere you know there are phone alarms SMS will come all that will come okay I'm not saying suddenly things will happen but the truth being not everyone can go inside a shelter right I mean we laughed about it we joked about it anytime god forbid but if there is a bomb that will explode somehow HDB only the that that is a shouter room will be and how many of you can go in if you have a family of eight I mean all can go in I think slaw you think so right I how many of you have got bomb shelter inside your house John yes or no have you ever all go in and see where I can go you know I mean y'all should try a while you're bought you bought something you never try wanna did you try your to learn oh sure sure go enough to play Massa Massa okay COO you fell okay very good Harry no it's true I know you got to have some kind of drills like you know so praise God you going but the the truth being they can't plan for the entire nation to hide its five point something million there's no way isn't it hello are you listening carefully but you know what God said in the Bible he said that none should perish you see God's plan for everyone has been made provisions for there are more angels in heaven than humans on earth amen there are plenty of angels are willing to take care of every human on earth all they've got because God's plan is that none should perish but sadly in the book of Revelation the wicked will be perishing the first event one-fourth of the inhabitants of the earth the rebellious people will be dying then 1/3 then 1/3 so on that day when all these things will be happening we need to rely on supernatural food we need to rely on supernatural information with the angels of God will warn you where to go and where not to go isn't it they will tell you where to eat and various food they will tell you where is water remember my brothers and sisters if you ever get stuck into Singapore setting this is not a jungle this is urban that means God has to crack the HDB open and whatever just come out I mean if God can do it man see now you can do here right Egypt there's no water there in the wilderness no and in Singapore 80% of the land has been taken away for buildings and the enemy is not down Marvin whenever in terms of war the first thing they will do is to bomb and poison the water supply all provisions coming into the city will be halted it's the only thing about the worst case scenario when all these things are happening on that day without money we will learn supernatural living amen you're our probably our clothes whatever you ran away before wherever you're hiding your clothes will not die it will just multiply that I mean the children of Egypt they did that isn't it water will be there food will be given but all that is required is you don't give in you don't become disloyal to the world to God and you be loyal to God and you have supernatural faith why because the warrior's faith is not to just care for himself but care for others and the needy so therefore it requires us it behooves us this morning to upgrade our faith say the word upgrade now if you can recognize for yourself if I will give you level one two and three where are you spending ask yourself the question which level are you in in your faith are you weak are you okay or are you strong find somewhere that you can start with so that you know that you need to work with but you say well I got faithful enough enough for what enough for you enough for your family enough for others enough for what are you with me there well I'm happy happy means I can test you to bless others right you're happy means you can suffer this because everything and anything God is given to us it is never just meant for yourself it is meant to be given are you following so in some 143 we want to establish this morning a basic premises of faith that our faith is anchored in to the Word of God okay now you'll be very surprised in some Sunday I'm 43 there as I meditated upon the scriptures and I saw how God was working in this process I found there are five promises of God given in this Psalm 143 there are three keys to activate the warias faith and that three reasons why you must be dependent upon God I was totally taken aback when I saw the hidden secrets of this chapter now some 143 is not an easy son it's somewhere David fell he was abundant by God he was abundant by his sin he was abundant by his enemy therefore this morning we can relate to this point okay five promises of God we will start this morning I hope to finish this whole thing this morning by our given time so that there are lots of things to discover throughout every Sunday and Waris training camp event I hope you will have the same energy of excitement that I do I hope that we are not learning just for today but it's going to become a tool for tomorrow amen hear my prayer verse 1 says hear my prayer O Lord give her to my pleas for mercy in your faithfulness answer me if you spring like that you know that he's going through a period where God is not answering his prayer in your faithfulness answer me in your righteousness then look look at this is a clue verse 2 says enter not into judgment with your 7 please please don't judge me I cannot take it if God wants to judge you and I there are a hundred points to scoff there is no way we can escape the eyes of God in a truth so now he's splitting pleading with God enter not into judgment with your servant for no one living is righteous before you wow it's a very strong statement no one before God is righteous now we tend to get confused with the New Testament statement that we are made righteous 'no sin what in that is provided you are in Christ you know you keep stepping out of Christ then the law is against you and this is the problem that people who are following the too much of the excuse me for the term hyper grace or strong grace or I don't know what grace I I try not to use the word they think that the law is not effective the law of God in the Old Testament only applies I mean the the grace of God only applies if you appropriate the blood of Christ the moment you come out of Christ the law is against you and what does the law says for all men have fall short of the glory of God for they have sinned and they will all end up in eternal fire that is the law the Old Testament law so we need the grace to come in between that is provided you fulfill the obligations of the New Testament law the New Covenant law in the Old Covenant many times of the year they have to go to the temple and make sacrifice and restitution right in the New Covenant you have to do it by yourself asking Jesus to cleanse you wash you and keep you clean before the blood of Christ instead of going outside this is everyday application everything is the same the things have changed now let's go number one there are five promises promises number one the promise of God's attention no matter what you are going through now whatever I'm sharing for you this morning is fundamental faiths use the word fundamental that means you need to have these components inside your faith it's no negotiation before we can even talk about a warrior's face these are fundamentals that means you don't have to question this okay for example basic promise that God has given I will never leave you know forsake you it's a basic promise right that means don't keep questioning that it sounds silly are you still with me did you leave me did you go away I gone through so much of breakups are you breaking up with me don't ask these kind of funny questions because God is not a girl friendly what it's not a boyfriend known as discover he's God he said I'm not a man to lie I will never leave you nor forsake you right so therefore don't waste I'm talking about it for two weeks my cell use a valuable time talking about other things so God has made basic negotiation with you and I so number one God promises his attention is always on your life amen in verse 7 of Sam Sundaram 43 answer me quickly Oh Lord my spirit fails hide not your face from me lest I be like those who go down to the pit for him to say I not your face he knows that God's attention is always on his life you can call upon God's attention you can trust that God is bringing attention to you yes sometimes you say where you have to come in the way of prayer and God listens to your prayer of thanksgiving while you are slipping on your bed whether you are sitting down or whether you are walking towards the toilet no matter where you call upon God he's paying attention to you isn't it he said even in time of trouble s.o.s you call me I will answer you in times of panic you call me I will answer you for us in the city we really don't use the SOS very much because a lot of things of our lives are under control many things are taken care you really really don't need so much of exercise of faith why when you go to the shop you don't have to pray and ask God can either not you look at the rating a B C or D oregano many things are so super-clean singaporeans stepa from cross the border ready get sick smell get sick because it's just too clean too nice and some of you the organic saints laggy time maybe I got to preach a good message that's called the organic saints huh I sounds nice man I've gotta work out on that so untainted by the world the moment think that you get sick straightaway people have seen one person you can I take it I can take it take it take it I do I'll give me the organic seeds I think I like the message man okay I shall work on it promise of God's attention God is for you therefore when you are paying attention in your prayer pray the way Jesus prayed what did Jesus say God if you say father thank you for you always listen to me look at the way he started you're always listening to me you're always there for me you don't have to generate were she to feel okay now God will listen to me because I've listened no that's the world's way of thinking God has brought you into the position of his attention I mean while you're singing songs yes you are praising him you are worshiping him but just because you worship God doesn't mean he goes higher in the kingdom he's already established you are worshiping so that your spirit elevates to where God is you just today you have no mood to worship means God is no longer king is it he's walking around like a purpose and somewhere no he is there all the way through so worship is to elevate you to God's presence giving thanks to God is to make you feel that God is trustworthy from God's goodness in your life amen so God doesn't change we are the ones changing all the time are you with me so number one God has given you the promise that his attention is always there for you Sam since 69 verse 17 it says do not hide your face from your servant answer me quickly the same way David wrote about the same thing you are paying attention to me all the time now listen if we can start with this basic faith you will have a lot more faith when you're praying instead instead of speaking everything for one hour and then they will walk out by saying I hope God heard what I just said la you know you know you just cancel your entire one hour Prayer in one silly statement because the Bible says a person who doubts let him sing he will let him not think you will get anything from God because he just canceled off his friend a funny thing is when people are praying all night prayer meeting Gua have six hours walking up I I hope God will answer me Oh straight away cancel if you cried for six hours he won't listen to you are you got more faith in your voice praying out yet you doubt this eternal God so now we wonder your faith is on you or your faith is on God Amen if anybody asks your brother did you pray oh yes I'm Creighton six hours you are willing to defend your integrity and you live God's integrity defenseless what you should be saying well I've prayed I'm not sure you yes or no but somehow I know God is going to do things and that's what I brahim said you know Abraham said those things you know he said against hope he believed right hello are you hopeless not every time you're hopeless maybe one or twice maybe true not every time you're hopeless if if every moment you're hopeless you please come here I pray for you now set you free now you cannot say I'm hopeless love I hope some people their words are like that you know a hopeless lie don't cancel your prayer with your unbelieving words power and life is in the power of the and those who love it will eat the fruit thereof right therefore let us pray in faith if you pray now there will be some hopeless situation now it is your chance to get to believe I mean oh you have found a long time ago God will never lose amen say to your neighbor God will never lose it's a great challenge to watch because God is not going to lose even your faith will see you through your faith will give you hope why because God's intention is on you I remember when I was going through the most toughest moments of my life there was a tamil song it says that I I will fall in love with you and I will worship you and so on and so forth you know and then one of this line will say that that God's eyes is always watching on me you you know when you are going through trouble moments you wish that someone pays attention to you when you're applying for the government you wish they will look at your file when you're applying for a loan you wish the officer will be a little bit more gracious to you in that you will have some kind of leverage when I'm going to see the doctors you wish that that day they will be in a good mood to pay attention to your case and then I saw a vision in that morning I was weeping and I was crying I was asking God I'm worshiping you are you are you there you know then I saw a vision of the eyes of God in that service looking at me and I heard the voice from heaven coming forth like a thunder that morning and and and and and and and the Lord said if when my eyes is on you who else must see you that's all matters when God's eyes is watching you you don't even have to bother whether the world is paying attention or not because God will come on someone to pay attention God will command the officer God will command the doctor God will command the file to be there amen amen hey are you really convinced or not remember when when a bus what's his name Colin Gordon applied I have said this testimony before that was almost about seven probably seven years ago but just for your encouragement I want to share our Wendy's church to preach before they went into the new building that was I think the first time I went to his ministry he was a little bit uptight because I did not wear tie all these preachers must wear tie and so they told me when I was coming in the phone you need to wear ties you know I don't know where tie I see how many of you you all don't need to die I just answer like that I think they send the noise to him Allah the the preacher say don't wear tie so straightaway the first thing you didn't wear attire no he was laying up tight I will just be quiet I was worshipping asking God for a word many many powerful prophecies God gave me that day as though I was pink I was inside his room right but one of the things that the Lord showed me I was brought into office a government office and I saw a officer sitting on a table many files were piled up each time he's the name of his church one of the files was the name of his church and the file each time other files were approved and the church files comes up the officer takes that file and puts it back on the bottom again so this kept on going therefore there were delays on some kind of approval so this is the prophecy so I said there's a delay that is going on but God says this it will be approved and it shall be done quickly no more delays right I finished the statement and all that right the next day pastor calls me pastor collie name became good friends law because the Lord is showing he wanted to see whether these guys are genuine prophet or not he called me and guess what the next day hearing he calls the government office officer who they applied for a building permit for the new church and the government of his'n kept delaying because they did not pay a bribe to get it approved so each time his file was coming up he was putting it down he calls this officer threatens him I know what you are doing I know you are putting this file down every time my father until the officer got so frightened how come this fella knows so many things how come he was so accurate to say the file was going down and down with him that week the permit was approved and the mayor of that local area Petaling Jaya they sent a ten thousand ringgit offering for the church building he put it on there this one the next following a few weeks later he called me back can you come back and preach you know and he put it all on the slide and he showed why because God is paying attention to your file amen that is one of my brothers and sisters when God's attention is on you you will eliminate the fear of this world you know that blessings comes from the Father approval comes from the father promotion comes from the father everyone in the world is just a puppet in the hands of the father he can command the grass the caterpillar the animal that cloud the Sun he can come on anybody he can command the whale to swallow you up if he wants to and to poo you what the moment he doesn't like you how's that I mean that's what happened to Jonah na he commanded the caterpillar to go and eat the tree he since the fella is enjoying his shade too much going in it up and the caterpillar yes I don't know where the tree went inside the caterpillar Allah but miracles did happen you think about that he commanded the locusts in the book of Exodus commanded the frogs come go they just listen the focus of the locusts have to change direction by the east wind blew makan cow he commands all the the the firstborn the kettles and the stock commit suicide through all the items Wow you see the hand of God in action in in in in no way you can believe this is the very God Almighty you and I are worshiping somebody say Amen the attention God has over your life my brothers and sisters must become the very anchor point of your faith the God is paying attention to you of course we are human sometimes we do wonder God are you are you really do you really know what's going on we talked to him in a conversational level but doesn't mean we have lack of faith okay number two the promise of God's love look at verse 8 of Sam's hundred forty-three let me hear in the morning your steadfast love in you I trust you see David was going through some kind of situation he can't even sense God's love anymore in the morning you know so if now he is asking God can you please help me to sense your love again because he knows that guy is a promise of God's love God's love is eternal for you I mean now I'm talking about a guy who exercised such a close love in the Old Testament how much more in the new you and I must be so anchored that God loves you in it of course psychology have said it that the way your father relates to you is the way you relate to God the Father yes and know why God the father's love is a billion times more powerful than the most perfect father on earth and you still cannot figure out how much God loves you you still cannot figure out that that's the truth he must know to limit God's love to human level to condescend God's understanding to a human level it's a little bit of a humiliation to who God is in your life God is exceedingly much more better than that Amen so there is the promise of God's love and you need to be anchored on that these are non negotiables that when it comes to faith God is paying attention to me number two I know God loves me because the devil keeps whispering the ieshua you're still pleasing to him I see sure remember what yesterday there seemed that you committed are you sure he still loves you I need to be anchored yes I am very sure God loves me what I'm not sure is why the devil you are talking to me that's what I'm not sure about but I'm very certain what God is about for me amen hello can you start behaving like children of God how's that hello when I talked to the devil talked like a stranger don't talk to the level like a cocky and then talk to God like a stranger Yolo Yolo Satan you a writer Kody's like this he suddenly joined the wrong cam which came are you standing with you choose to decide to stand in the cam of God amen number two the promise of God's love look at number three the promise of God's guidance some 143 the same verse verse 8 it says the second part of that verse it says number 1 let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love for in you I trust the second part says make me to know the way I should go for to you I lift up my soul the way I should go so help me Lord show me the way I should go you think about this carefully he knows that God will guide him that is why he's asking him God tell me how I should go which direction I should take so I need to work on my assessment of God's voice and my opinion I need to work on my assessment of what God has told me and what the world is telling me today when a lot of young people are sitting here many students are here and many of you are going to go into the workforce many of you are just starting up with your life forward you see today you got a million decisions to make just to go to school there are 400 courses Wow last time know cause I know D I know vit B or this one nothing much more to decide no need to pray straight away just go vit B but now there are 500 courses to decide per school not not German school alone now you got 500 more choices other schools and if you are well-to-do overseas lucky another five hundred thousand five and then the one who's making the decision they think they are a class can choose among the thousand five instead of choosing among the four five your name hello are you listening I'm so confused no you don't have to confusing God promised that he will guide you because when God does the assessment he doesn't base your assessment of what you can do God will make an assessment on what the plan he has over your life are you unsure and when God is in charge you don't have to be in fear because all things will work together for good to those who love Jesus but the problem is we listen to our friends fears and your friends are not children of God you're listening to the world's counsel the world is not God and he find it difficult God just told me ieshua God really told me this it is all my life one day look if he can die for you he cares for you even think about it he promised that he will guide you and he don't have to have you don't have to have the knowledge of the world for God to guide you you just have to pay attention to his voice but posture but I I don't have anybody for example just example you know God asked you to go to college a but you don't know anybody in college a and you just surrendered to God's will to God okay I surrender go College a and then that week God will come on someone in college a to walk past you somehow divine connection will take place you will meet that someone why because the moment you surrender to God's will God will send a message to his angels okay coordinate the events of his life hey do you know heaven has Events Management Committee somebody say Amen to your neighbor there's a lot of planning going on Events Committee you know they will manage and coordinate the whole thing and then it works out for you and then people always get your mind always yellow pastor nice to hear life maybe for you Kenda but for me ya know are you not a child of God I'm talking basic faith now I'm not talking advanced luck I'm talking warriors one level up therefore you need to be equipped in this level okay remember I told this example maybe two or three years ago I just want to give you that example again three years maybe four years ago now I I when I got my class a class motorbike what is class class one plus two plus two plus two plus ya in motorbike category class two means it is the higher category where I can write big bikes right so I bought the big bike that BMW and I wanted to go for the my first right to Penang so it was twenty five bikers were there and then we you know it was ten hours right to Penang and we were taking all the hard so it was quite a good skill you need to been here been there my my lips were moving here moving there all were not aligned properly you know but the term you end up there dim realize that just to ride a bike you need to be sauce feet everywhere getting swollen because you're pulling up muscles that never thought it was there okay now final breathing we came to the foot of Penang now we are taking the backroads way got a so many twists left and right and all that right so there I was standing there you are giving a breathing okay how to turn those who are new don't be too fast because if you pass you got a parachute dump because you're going by the age you know don't try to overtake Kokila all the safety breathing I had the fear in my heart what gear you know this kind of turns and when it accelerates what gear to use before I can even sound out to my buddy hey what if I can open my mouth because this thing was going on inside my heart if I can open my mouth about to ask him you know what the Holy Spirit spoke to me like a French boy such a clear crystal loud voice he says son you're not an amateur I know you're asking a mature question if you can do class two that means you are pros to a certain level you know basically what gear to use and which elevation and which turn don't ask a moisture question then I kept telling myself absolutely right I'm advanced man how can i me thinking I'm mature of course I know what to do I know I know what gear of course I need to bend but I don't have to ask the gear questions hey hey are you listening tell anybody listening when you want to ask questions when you are stuck you go to ask advanced question you cannot be asking basic questions the basic questions is not the problem the advanced is the problem are you are you following but the devil will knock you back to your basic did God tell you did God say yes basic questions and we give in to the devil so quickly the moment fear grams everything stops I enjoy the trip I enjoyed the turns and of course I got to learn the bends a little bit more how much more to bend bend the bike or bend my body or do the the you know GP you know I'll show you my video on SIA God promises he guides you and I think I don't know whether maybe it's God's call in my life he put me through events of my life which was beyond my age he cut off all human supply and helped he put me into all the different terrible circumstances that either locally overseas admissions or family or challenges among myself family wife children vice versa to tell me that the faith component that God has given to you from heaven he's all that you need in all circumstances whether you're above water or you're under water when they are a pilot up there or where they are walking on earth all that you need is faith Neil Armstrong went to the moon he was a Christian by the way when he stepped his foot and put the first step on the moon he prayed a prayer his biography says and you know what it tells me that faith works even in the moon it's what it was that means face is universal component it's not man for a jogger evict location call earth it wants in heaven and it also works in hell because remember the example of Lazarus where the guy was crying lord please tell my my brother's at least go and warn them he was praying with faith right that means even then that component is working so you know today this component that God has given to you God's guidance it works whether you dare to take the challenge you can prepare but sometimes God puts you in situation and circumstances to teach you and to train you to toughen you up so that he will rely on God's guidance number 4 the promise of God's wisdom say the word wisdom with me God's guidance says he will guide you where you should go God's wisdom is he tells you what you should be doing and how you should be doing it and do you think the question is for you to wonder is God wise look at verse 10 of Samson and 43 teach me to do your will for you my god let your good spirit lead me on level ground look at that teach me to do your will and therefore my brothers and sisters God is asking us to do his will yet when he asked you to do his will he teaches you how to do it he even teaches you and he qualifies you in our level whichever level you are and the problem with us as preachers is sometimes we give you our example which sounds very advanced but pastor I'm not that you've forgot to be all started from zero when I when I was fifteen I had 15 year old issues when I had trouble in school goddess to help me solve those problems God doesn't need to tell me about HDB there was never my problem I don't have to pray whether there's lunch at home or not that's my mother's problem right her only problem is I will come back on time problem so God is suspecting me whatever they're related to me at 15 years old what God was teaching me every year as we grow just grow in your faith don't ask what you don't have to know now don't worry about the future but God what about what about my driving license I won a driving license from 15 and a half years old I prayed I prayed I prayed I prayed until I was 20 how many years of Prayer how many years one day God got so tired what this fella is not giving up a everytime fasting pressure above-mentioned lord I need a license I need a license I don't I need a car I started doing saying I need a car right my whole family don't have a car we never knew what was the car my father had a motorbike I need a car five years five years and then finally when I was 20 the Lord decide to speak to me you're going to get what your license first then I'll give you a car if I give you a car with a license you still can drive but when did he speak to me when I was 20 why legal like license applying H is 21 that means the following year just go and apply hello God was never late but he was never to hurry to reply to me when I was younger because you are praying things which you don't have to I'm your father I know what you need when you forget he will remind you isn't it I've been driving since - anyone know where there's a company car this car that got my car your car every car 21 since then never thought I will own a car but I own it never had a problem no borrowing from anyone you work hard for what God has said because when God decides to bless you the will cannot stop you mm but I tell you what I did I'm just telling my story now okay when I got my first license I said god I'm gonna use it for him your glory only you know so I bought a ten-city vein when I was 22 years old at NCT event and our church was very small every Sunday I'll pick up people da da da da da da bring them to church over loading every Sunday send them back because it's like the early days you know vehicle evangelism some people want to come to church you go car oh yeah yeah I will come so you gotta go off from here pick them up from there send them back everything that we can be done so can I ask you my and my brothers and sisters can go trust you in this blessing can go trustee of his blessings if God will give you all these things you are asking a lot of people ask for God give me a house I will use it for your glory how what glory showcase' because if God gives you a house then you have prayer meeting La that's God's glory one ah but to come to your house already once once I own you one time Ganga open house Astana otherwise you all the time say I got new developers must clean the house one then your living vara be stammered cosmos clean the house water before you bought you say I will use it for God's glory after you get the house you change your words so can God trust you hello has know why we are singing together means good opportunity point of that can go trust you honesty which husband don't dare to us can God trust you now the promise of God's wisdom listen when we asked for God's wisdom you may not understand what God is telling and you may not understand why is he telling you you may not understand sometimes God will ask you to go to location one and you have no clue why is he telling you to go there because in location one you're going to meet your Barnabas that guy connect sure will come there network find network well for those who are new in the church but the Barnabas and his family but the Hong Lyon is family they are aught but they are as far as many of you lied one cannot mention one by one I need the least nameless many of them are especially both of them were the the fruit of answered prayers when I was asking God I need elders for men because at the time it was all woman plus one man means very vulnerable state so I said oh can you please balance the scale a little bit so two men came a member is the promise of God's wisdom listen that's what I found out when God tells you to do something I may not understand what is it telling and I don't have to it is God's wisdom it doesn't make sense I'm not that smart for me to always say they don't make sense so Kayla it's God's wisdom he's asking you to do it amen it doesn't need to make sense to you you ask for a miracle God is doing to you and then you much I'm very clever I doesn't make sense I if it's make sense you work out your own miracle every time God does something for you when he asked for God's wisdom it does not need to make sense don't let the devil have coffee review and have a chat with you after that they could only tell you I mix Enza no way and that the worse is you ask the wisdom which God gave you to worldly counselors that's the worst thing you can do you have to bring it to godly counselors not worldly countless because this is God's wisdom it cannot be dissected intellectually there is a difference between revelation knowledge and intellectual knowledge there is a difference between experiential knowledge and wisdom of God isn't it and some people tend to say but you know in my experience experience what what have you really experience what tell me like in my experience how many years have you pass it's not about your experience God goes far beyond time you need to surrender to this wisdom of God my brothers and sisters surrender to the wisdom of God you don't have to know don't be pressured to know I remember when I planted the church you know people ask me so what's the future pastor Stephen what are you gonna do I say I don't know only don't know uh-oh the pastor's sit down and laugh when I went for a certain interview 2000 years ago oh you mean you don't know you call yourself pastor you say you are a prophet you mean go and didn't tell you I said no he did not tell me why didn't he tell you I say going are similar I will obey what God has shown me today I don't have to fear what I don't know tomorrow right today if God has shown me I'll give my life for it and you must have that kind of conviction to live for God you don't have to make 101 plain so what's gonna happen five years from now I don't have to know what's gonna happen twenty years from raise your church going I tell you what we're gonna be ready for tribulation that's what a promise of God's with a number five III are you iiving blessed right now the promise of God's protection in verse 11 David is going through this for your namesake Oh Lord preserve my life is asking for preservation look at that in your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble it doesn't matter how the trouble started it doesn't matter you start at the trouble or you got caught into a trouble by your own doing it doesn't really matter when you call upon God's protection and he said god save me he cuts off the right of the enemy to take many plate the situation are you are you with me and then he pragati protect me bring me out of my troubles whatever the trouble says since the VA is involved in counseling the people involved in gambling addiction loan shark problems my brother also was involved so much of counseling with trouble people a lot of they are doing such self-induced they created the problems against counsel but when you go to God and repent and you cry God bring me out of these troubles God will do it amen I was 16 I was 15 to half when I came out of the gangs I see coming out of the gang mentally is different story then then all the problems which are outstanding you know they are hunting for this gang member hunting for that gang member and now you become holy Joe that means no member to defend you so you can't walk here can walk there cannot walk here cannot die die die the only thing I do is stay home but the Bible says I will never leave you nor forsake you just to go to the top I'll interchange it's just a 10 minutes walk from my mother's house I have to take a detour pushing you're pushing they would take 20 minutes for me to reach because you are avoiding all the hot spots the first time I heard to hear the I I began to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit the Lord said walk this way it's not a crying you know not because he spoke to me because I thought that's the day I'm going to die finish early he knows I'm going to die that's the way is asking me to walk that means surrender Lord if I die I die now I know but it's too young to die love you didn't have [Music] then another voice came I am review do not fear but I was very much prepared in my mind okay in case I hear wrongly I went economies get it done you know never too late and it's never too wrong to try whether this voice is from God his name and as I was walking closer all the gang fellas was sitting right there I 15 it's confirm you're going to get it and the way the Lord asked me to walk is walk past the the way the railing they were sitting you know that's the way I'm supposed to walk past okay I walk past them I walk past them I'm praying in town via bahasa la Valliere Bahama like number Eddie Canales oh no no effect what past them walk past them past them past them ma you know what listen guys none of them could see me because when you walk past at least your eyes will contact right they couldn't see me I was walking like know where they are talking I just walked past them and done and not only a walk past them God erased my name out of their memory this fellows couldn't even remember I existed after that no problems came toward me God cleaned my record out God's protection what is your worst-case scenario you can put the name of God to test whether he's there for you or not he will not fail I mean God's protection listen three keys to activate all these fine things we just talked about are you ready number one your dependence on God because God is a person say the word person remember God is not an idol he's not a stone you don't have to go to a you don't have you're not coming to church to see Jesus you know by the way just to keep in mind every Sunday we are coming to celebrate the presence of God but you're not coming to see Jesus because he's not a statue dependence on God as a person number one how to activate your faith depend on God remember God is a person you need to talk hear my prayer verse one yeah my prayer O Lord give ear to my pleas for mercy in your faithfulness answer me in your righteousness look at how he talks to God God is a person that means you need to talk to him and you want to talk to God very seriously go into your room and have a talk you've got no room to talk walk down the park and talk go to a place where you are all alone in your heart I mean basically you need to be there you know big convinced that God you are talking to a person there is no formula how to sit and how to stain it is relational there are some things I talked to God like a friend some things I talk to God as my father some things I talk to God as my brother some things I just talked to God because He is God I remember the first time I was an Indonesian ministry I had a very strong spring neck the pastor asked me you know pastor Stephen would you like to I hate and a shoulder massage you know sarolea let's go to the saloon sorry they brought to the saloon in Indonesia and they put the cream wash a piece you know enjoying then I said Jesus I'm so sorry you wouldn't like a listener because in your time there was no such massage he's your friend you can talk to him hey by the way for some of you boring people do you know Jesus likes to laugh right sometimes I like to love together with Jesus how is that it's funny you love together with Jesus Amina the other thing I want to test whether the Angels love or not I'm waiting to test them seriously I'm not joking I have asked this to the Lord the Saints or do they laugh or not I want to see some laughing James lang you know because every time I'm taken up to heaven they are very serious all the time praying all the time doing these all that I'm doing that it's not like they are joking away so I want to go to the joking corner see who are the ones who are joking see whether fellow caucus or not the Bible says the joy of the Lord is your what the joy of the Lord is your what so sometimes you want to feel strong just hang around me people who carried the joy of the Lord don't get crying in such pray amen just give me a call let's go for a drink and in love together the joy of the Lord is your strength amen I'm serious when I went through my wilderness walk I purposely had a phone list of those I can call and laugh together I just call them and help them find me I'll be laughing on the book well sugar ready no no problem back on line how's that no every time I have to fasten Braille Hollow you're already down then your prey also is very down prayer he I mean the deep bottomless pit Oh God lifts me up by the time you come up you did [Laughter] number one depend on God because he's a person you can talk to him as your father as your mother has your brother as the lover of your soul the one who watches over you never sleeps no slumber amen they are ready one brother from my former church three o'clock in the morning he calls me pastor what are you doing I saw what you're doing you guess what I was answered him I said I was floating in the air what can I do for you oh no I told you a brain buster I say y'all right what is it no I just call her goodnight Shiva no one to talk to I say brother why don't you call god no God cannot defend no no no God doesn't sleep he doesn't slumber his phone line is always on you can talk to him anytime I told him on the phone I'm a human i him to sleep just called to do what you're doing now buster what I love number to depend on God because he has given you his word look at that in verse 5 I remember the days of all my brothers and sisters when you are going through your present problems or whatever challenges you are remember yesterday God set you free remember last year God set you free remember the year before God set you free amen so remember what God did before and meditate on that which God has done today God has given you his word you may think your situation is the most impossible situation he opened the Red Sea you talk about impossible he caused waters to come false and about you if I want to give you testimony in every point the time will keep stretching forward and I'm sure all of you sitting here will have some testimony to talk about every point I'm talking about in it we have faced that God is good isn't it therefore we rejoice in what we are studying together that God is a faithful God and all of you guys who are younger you are starting out in life remember we are the testimony of God's goodness if God has been faithful to your father and your mother God will be faithful to you because you are not from the heritage of the world you are from the lineage of faith God said I will bless your children and your children's children for a thousand years that's how powerful the blessings of God are you are the inheritance of God's blessing and number three three keys to activate number three you can activate this promises through prayer look at verse six I stretch out my hands to you my soul thirsts for you like a thirsty land it's a sign he's making God I am praying activated I'm doing all that I need to do number one he trusts in God as a person number two he's putting his faith in the Word of God number three he's showing a physical action of Prayer and he's actually praying some of you don't have faith in what you're praying because you don't have any physical movement praying with that no effect no show some physical action let your body know you are praying amen do you know when God created animals animals cannot do all these you know when I am praying time the only time the animal or the pig if I can talk about the pig the only time it about turn is when it's deep otherwise is always looking down the the pig is never designed to look and turn left and right one way sad isn't it ah you're don't blob you're said you're eating the piglet right whatever you do Philippines they say special lunch for pasta today special line for us today all was so happy sunny they bring this pickle arrived and the dignity let up follow my I see you never fly okay you murderous defendant God in prayer can I ask you how do you pray to convince yourself you are praying you gotta do it mind if you sit on a bed and you're not convinced you're praying then kneel down if your prayer movement is so comfortable if you're not convinced you're praying then kneel down and start stretching a god and stretch forth let heaven feel your physical movements those are postures of Prayer amen I fear that we are becoming too comfortable and the worse is you put your requests on facebook when nobody cares to even see or even to pray you hope someone knows what you're talking about and all that people will do what what they do I like it are you going down I like it you feel like dying ain't you like it what else to tell you nothing but you come to church pastor I feel like killing myself instead of saying anything I say mmm how do you feel what kind of crackpot pastillas on every time should I write but that's what you were doing what when you put it in facebook instead of brain you're using useless technology now technology is good there are people listen to you and Facebook has is advantage but it's not a replacement for prayer depend on God because God is dependable can you imagine if if you are talking about a God who is not dependable he won't create different avenues to reach out to him you know because our God is so dependable he has opened up different channels to reach out him we can reach out to him through songs through prayer through worship through intercession through the word through just talking to him even if you don't know the Scriptures where it is you just talk to him he opens up the channel for you amen he's a dependable God let me finish this there are three reasons of dependence this is the last three three reasons why I can be depending on God all hidden in some 743 number one when the enemy is pursuing you and this is something you can't understand about David look at how David said verse three for the enemy has pursued my soul he has crushed my life to the ground he has made me to sit in darkness like those long dead therefore my spirit has weakened within me and my heart within me is under distress yellow are you going through these kind of problems maybe some of you are look at how he's describing himself and this is the exit scripture the Lord showed me remember I shared with you that the demonic spirits had placed some people in darkness before their time this is the scripture this is an evidence you have the devil can create problem and make you to sit in darkness as though it is your problem but it is not today can we say out I bind the works of the enemy they say together are one two three don't let him make you sit in darkness don't let him do that don't make him feel you don't have anybody you have someone but pastor who's the one well you got six six six guys to help you know you know you choose love who you want huh hey are you listening you choose who you want you got 66 to choose from all the guys are willing to talk to you anytime pastor a very funny line no no no no I'm telling you what I did I say Paul my brother tell me what's gonna happen just turn and read prophet Isaiah please give me some kind of promise of course I know where to turn for a promise verse I'll just turn that Isaiah 45 I'll be so lifted up don't say you don't have anybody and God the Bible says God has given you the cloud of witnesses amen yeah I really don't know whether your faith is as alive as mine is you're so life hey is your faith alive are you really living in a Living Word all the saints in the Bible they are dead but they are alive in heaven they are live in Christ amen that is why when you are praying in the middle of the night when you can't get your posture when you can't get your elders because everybody's tired or sleeping or whatever not someone in America will be woken up by the Spirit of God to intercede for you and they have no clue why their brain suddenly out of nowhere we are abortion of Moriyama they don't know who they are praying for because the Spirit of God has sent a signal to someone else who is awake at the time you see isn't God good 24 hours someone is a wake to pray for someone else on earth the Spirit of God coordinates everything you know it's unimaginable why God created 12 hours displayed this wait 12 hours display that darkness and light switches off and someone is awake someone is sleeping and means the whole world has got to shift isn't it you think about it doosh if one must look after the other and God coordinate at the time when the enemy is pursuing you what are the enemies who are pushing you was attacking you could be relationships habits sins certain issues you have got stuck and he just don't know how to come certain relationships he just don't know how to come there's nothing to know yes I would drop it certain deals in companies that people have done any you just can't come out you'll have to pay more to come out then to stay in stay in die every day come on die once when the enemy is pursuing you and means you're on the verge of running can you depend upon God David says yes you know who wrote about this a young boy who was running away from King Saul for three years do you remember that from wilderness to wilderness from cave to cave he had this moment man he he he had this moment his thought was there Saul was there relieving himself and he had this moment to cut him down God delivered his enemy in he said you know all that salt david is to cut the site of his garment to have proof can God trust you look at that my brothers and sisters can God trust you why are we speak umming like a slave to the system of this world you find it difficult to follow God and you die every day you can't sleep you worry about tomorrow your prayer life is full of your personal prayer requests instead of praying for other things all the time what is the worst-case scenario or if you would die without money just call me I buy for you're making me I mean come on LA we will stretch it by a day don't worry what is the worst-case scenario you think the devil can do yet God is faithful when the enemy is pursuing you when the enemy is pushing you when you are running oh that's a time to depend upon God somebody say look at number two the Bible says this when you are hiding in darkness Wow some people hide in darkness because they are going through a time of shame and embarrassment maybe they went through divorce the eventual some sickness they went through abortion they lost a baby something happened to the Sun Oh like the testimony we heard from Shekinah you know you have you sit among the holy Jos they will always say no if you walk right with God some kind of sin has happened never the devil came took over the bike and then it happened inside the holy Jews always will talk like that in it when you are hiding in darkness you know when a husband's company or your company has gone into bankruptcy remember the lady one dollar ninety-nine she wrote a book one failure in 99 reasons or something like that and that was an interview about her in the newspaper and I enjoyed reading the word for word of what she said she's from a very big church a church member and she said she said they ask if you have faith in God and why did you fail you know I didn't fail the company did Wow powerful statement hello somebody say Amen the other person say learn this say that you didn't fail the company did because the company's dependent on stock markets left and right the company is dependent on people buying your things and buying not you know sometimes we go through a lot of stress you can't sell or some demon holding your house that's why you can't sell you need to dedicate your house dedicate only your Hitler you know how many times we already dedicated the same house over and over again ah ah you dedicated it when you bodied isn't it did you take back the dedication or not you did not even aim now what is that dedicate again all these doubts has brought so much of fear and guilt in people's life you think of a God has dementia he will forget what you told 30 years ago you need to remind him again no I know what it means remind god of these promises isn't it that one is actually given for you to remember what God promised you you don't have to tell God do you remember do you remember do you remember do you remember do you remember do you remember God did you remember that is why God God so tired and he said I put a rainbow la look at Eli I remember so many colors I remember when you hide in darkness I can spend another hour just talking to you about darkness it's the worst nightmare you can't think you may have all the right to sit in darkness I want to know when your season is over God will race you back again I mean hello somebody's a man or this is a good time I'm going to show you one powerful scripture are you ready come come come go to Micah chapter 5 the Book of Micah or Micah okay okay this scripture will blow you out okay listen switch quickly me car chapter 7 are you ready let's all read together 1 2 3 go but as for me I will look to the Lord I will wait for the Lord a God of my salvation my God will hear me verse 8 rejoice not over me over who is he talking to let's let's say that again powerfully I want to Rigo rejoice not over me when I shall when I said did did you see what he said even if I have to sit in darkness because God allows it to happen as part of certain consequences he will not leave me you know he will come and sit with me and he will become my light did he see that God doesn't enjoy us going through punishment he will go together with you when Joseph was in prison God was with him in prison it's something you cannot understand he did not run away from prison okay Joseph it's your time to be in prison huh I have other things to take care of okay bye bye see you later fifteen years right a combat you gay no every day he was together with prison the Lord will be a light to me in my darkness so he's laughing at the enemy when I fall I shall my brothers and sisters do you think he can put down such a person who's got the Warriors faith look at that you require a warrior's faith to talk like that look at next line verse nine what does it say I will bear the indignation of the Lord look at that because I have sinned against him in other words I am willing to go through this because I've sinned against God until he pleads my cost that means God will become my advocate and execute judgment for me then he will bring me out to the light now I shall look upon those who laughed at me with vindication look at that oh goodness man this is what God did for many of us isn't it now don't let the devil frighten you of darkness anymore that fear as longtime gone out of me why when you are in darkness the torch light switches on poop the Lord shall be mine light that is why some of us are a nightmare for the devil how's that Hey because you know he can't put you down no matter what circumstances the enemy is throwing thank you against you you are rising up with the power of God give me you the last point the last one third reason to be dependent on God when your spirit is weakening it could be a moment of sickness could be a moment of strong trials and challenges you are going through verse 4 therefore my spirit fames within me my heart within Misa Paul in other words is just going so flat like a battery gone wrong discouragement hopelessness depression longtime medication the doctors may say this is a long term till you die you don't have to say yes to everything he say that's time to upgrade your faith upgrade your fitness it right walk right top right believe right do the right things and get out of it are you with me you know when I went to the gym for the first time many of the guys who are doing the gym in the afternoon were about people in their fifties and sixties they were carrying much more stronger weight than I did and because it was a civil service club a lot of the highest senior ranking officers were there and they're very friendly guys you know I strike a conversation of them nine out of ten guys who were in the gym at a heart attack and had a heart bypass or they had a stand and so they listened to the doctor's advice and now they come to Jean before another attack could come now what if you can do it right from start watch over your health before your spirit get weakens up in it or people say but I'm not eating so much even those who don't eat so much and so get something like there's nothing to do if you're eating or eating less or eating more it is becoming stronger and just exercise your muscles which God has given to you when your spirit is down can I ask you when your spirits down do you know what to do when your face is down you know what to do when your spirit is down learn to pray learn to worship God learn to just hang around me people who lift up your face well watch a comedy laugh a little bit come up from your house and just take a walk we're leaving people are there go to the mall we're alive people are there go to the food court they are alive and swallowing food see enjoy don't kill yourself in the Cape look in the table do nama when your spirit is weakening let the Joe of the Lord become your strength five promises of God three keys to activate three reasons to depend on God amen you know some 143 it's like a mystery you cannot even believe these things for hiding inside when I saw by the Holy Spirit I almost fainted so what all this today I'm asking you to upgrade to a warrior's faith are you ready can we all stand up together [Music]

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