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oh oh oh [Music] [Applause] me hallelujah amen that's the way how we worship our god can you just give the ice smile you know and give this bum to the person next to you oh you're so good in the house of god together let's praise god [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and [Music] getting [Music] don't you you don't praise the lord hey you and me is [Music] [Applause] [Applause] with your [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] such a beautiful time [Music] beautiful [Applause] [Music] [Music] wow let's continue [Music] everybody uh we will not be shaken we will not be moved [Music] jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus christ foreign [Music] is is [Music] we can all hunt together there's power in the name of jesus [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] is [Music] i will not die [Applause] is [Music] god is fighting foreign [Music] is [Music] is foreign foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh [Music] how many of you believe that there's power in the name of jesus just wave your hands just wave your hands you know when we sing with our confliction the heavens will move for us [Music] when i'm preparing this set there's one morning i just sit alone and just turn on this song that we're gonna sing next call nothing else when i start listening to the song just like god's saying to me my child all i want is you to come to me and everything every burden every worry about your future i'm gonna take care of you just come to me be in my presence i will give you rest i will give your soul rest we just come to his presence this morning and enjoy his presence [Music] come as you are [Music] he doesn't need us to be a perfect person just come this guy [Music] caught up in your presence [Music] i just want to see your [Music] i never want to leave oh i'm not here for blessings [Music] jesus you don't owe me anything or more than anything that you can do i just want you oh i'm sorry [Music] and i've just gone through the motions i'm sorry and i just sing another song or take me back to where we start i open up my heart [Music] when i forgot that you're enough take me back to where we start i open up my heart [Music] i just wanna is [Music] jesus you don't know me more than anything that you can do i just want you [Music] oh i'm sorry and i've just gone to the mall since i'm sorry [Music] up i'm sorry lord i'm sorry [Music] oh [Music] and i'm sorry [Music] [Music] take me back [Music] [Music] is [Music] here [Music] nothing else [Music] nothing else nothing else [Music] nothing else [Music] nothing else [Music] nothing else [Music] [Applause] [Music] okay [Applause] [Music] [Applause] nothing else [Music] [Applause] [Applause] oh [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] just me and [Music] just [Music] take me back to your my first [Music] when i first met you [Music] take me back take me back take me back to my first love take me back take me back take me back to my first love take me back take me back take me back to my first love take me back take me back [Music] take me back [Applause] [Music] take me back to my baby boy oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] take me back [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] open up my heart [Music] nothing else [Applause] [Music] okay [Music] [Applause] [Music] nothing else [Music] is [Music] there's no other thing that's important for us [Music] the next song that we're gonna see called the blessings it's always remind us to the time when the don't spend a mix start and you know what the fact that we are still here now standing is because of his blessings because of his grace his favor and his protections i just live up lift up our hearts say these songs into our lives say the blessings upon your family your friends your children just say this with conviction that the god who pulls us through at this time is the god we have a perfect plan for us in the future and you don't need to worry because his mercy is always new for you every morning hallelujah [Music] the lord bless you and keep you make his face shine upon you be gracious to you the lord turn his face toward you and give you peace the lord bless you and keep you make his face shine upon you be graciously [Music] you be [Music] i [Music] me [Music] be gracious [Music] and [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] my [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Applause] [Music] upon [Music] for you [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you and a thousand [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hey the lord bless you [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] with you [Music] thank you jesus is [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] the atmosphere is changing now [Music] for the speed of the lord the evidence is all around that the speed of the lord is here [Music] the atmosphere is changing now [Music] for the spirit of the lord [Music] overflowing [Music] [Applause] [Music] we came to encounter your life [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] you're the reason we came encounter your life [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh jesus [Music] is all around [Music] can you feel like the spirit of [Music] is [Music] fill our hearts in your eyes you're [Music] fill our heart with your mind [Music] [Applause] i surrounded by your love jesus [Music] we need your presence [Music] in heaven [Applause] [Music] is [Music] we need your praise [Applause] [Music] is [Music] wow [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] miracle can have [Music] is all around [Music] i'm [Music] america can have tonight [Music] for the spirit of the lord [Music] is you're come on church let's lift up our hearts [Music] yes lord this is our prayer god this is our prayer lord this is our prayer lord [Music] amen amen amen we worship you almighty god we worship you almighty we worship you almighty god we thank you jesus for this morning because we know for sure the king of kings the lord of lords the god who created everything is in this house with us we worship you we honor you there's nothing greater than the name of jesus there's nothing greater than that name that every initial vow every tongue confess that only through that name we can come to the father only to that name that can we can see him thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus we worship you we adore you [Music] ramallah thank you jesus thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus and this is our prayer this morning that your spirit of god fall fresh on us our lord thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus [Music] we need you this morning oh god [Music] more than anything we need you this morning oh lord your holy presence fill this place yes lord yes lord [Music] thank you jesus [Music] thank you jesus let your kingdom come in our life let your will be done in our life god as it is as in heaven lord let your kingdom come in this place tonight let your kingdom come in this place this morning oh god let your kingdom come o lord let your kingdom come jesus let your will be done in this place thank you lord thank come on church give him praise give him praise he is lord of lord he is god almighty he deserves all the praises give him praise give him praise we give you praise we give you glory we give you all we give you all the blessings of god thank you thank you thank you lord thank you jesus amen amen amen god is a good god amen church yes you can reply to me man god is good god amen amen before you sit down can you turn to your neighbor give them your best smile with your eyes give them fist bump tell them it's so good to see you this morning in the house of god amen thank you worship tim amen good morning everyone welcome to new life community church we're so glad to have you with us today during these trying times let's gain a deeper understanding of grief and loss and how to work through it join pastor gracie at our upcoming train and equip night to learn about the types of losses one goes through and what the grieving and recovery process looks like ask your lifenet leaders for the sign up link and register now come join pastors ronald and gracie as they share on how to love each other better in a godly manner this eight week long pre-marital class is an insightful and interactive learning experience for couples go through together as they walk towards marriage sign up for these classes at nlcc.org.sg say i do again we'll be holding a marriage rededication with the couples in our church marriage rededication is a wonderful opportunity for all married couples to make a public statement as they rejoice and reaffirm their love and commitment sign up by approaching for our church staff every sunday we have our chinese service at 8 45 in the morning followed by english service at mighty kids club at 10 45 am mighty kids club is for children aged 2 to 12 years old it's a space for your children to learn more about jesus in a fun and engaging way for our youth we have impact service happening on saturdays at 3 pm come join us and don't forget to bring a friend along every first and third friday of the month we have our immersed worship nights it's a time for us to come together as a church for an extended time of worship don't miss this time of god moments and encounters with the holy spirit for more information regarding our services and to register for on-site meetings please visit our website at nlcc.org.sg we look forward to have you join us now let us prepare our hearts to bless with our tithe and offering amen wow praise god thank you so much worshipped him for leading us in our worship this morning good morning church i would like to greet for those of you uh watching our online surface good morning to you and for those of you that in upper room now good morning to you let's prepare our heart as we will give our tithe an offering this morning let's just prepare our heart i just want to read from the first from luke chapter 6 verse 37 and 38. do not judge and you will not be judged do not condemn and you will not be condemned forgive and you will be forgiven give and it will be given to you a good measure pressed down shaken together and running over will be poured out into your lap for with the measure you use it will be measured to you amen if there's one thing from this first that really really encouraged me is this god said press down shaken together do you realize that in that cup or in that jar it's always full first before it can go outside before it can bless other how the kingdom work is like this he will make your life full in order for you to become a blessing for others he didn't ask you to give that you will be in lack he will always make sure that all of us in full the abundance that will bless the others amen let's just give this morning with a grateful heart with cheerful heart that we will give understanding that what we give is nothing compare what god has given in our life amen can we do that church let's just pray father we thank you for this morning as we worship you as we take this act of worship to give to you this morning oh god that you will speak to our heart god that we will give with joy we will give with rejoice in our heart because we know for sure that you gave us abundantly god thank you so much lord thank you so much that we will give this morning with a cheerful and joyful heart a man amen you can give during this period through pay now to internet banking only we will not pass around the basket but we encourage you if you can see in front of you at the back of your chair there's some information where you can give you can give through bank transfer you can give through pay now all right can we do that church amen all right how many of you ready for the word of god this morning all right we can do better than than that church how many of you ready for the word of god this morning amen let's welcome pastor paul [Applause] i like the into i like the enthusiasm actually when you know part one he says can we have the word of god oh come on guys let's praise god yeah come on you know you know you know when i was preparing for the message um when you go up for when you when you speak honestly when you go for a talk or when you have to speak you sometimes get a little bit nervous you get a little bit uh tense but today i just feel so relaxed i'm not sure why but i think i can attribute it because of the praise of worship you know i just praise moshe and she's god i just was in this presence of god and it just came to me to mind this in revelation chapter 7 verse 9. you know this is really interesting this is when all the tribes of the nations were up in heaven is this after this i looked and behold a great multitude that no one could number from every nation from all tribes and people and languages standing before the trona before the lamb clothed in white robes with palms branches in their hands and crying out with a lord loud voice salvation belongs to what god who sits on the throne and to the land you know that's what we are so you guys if you love praise and worship where you're gonna go to it's gonna be awesome you know because you're gonna be praising worship 24 by seven you like praise and worship do you think the prison worship team did a great job come on guys [Applause] if they did something you know you've got to praise i think that's what it is when you start to encourage people when you start to build their might when destructive strength you know something happens in there you know when i say uh brother corey i think you're doing an excellent job in praise and worship in mkc you know what because god has just given you the anointing and the strength plus you and your wife to be able to carry on towards what mkc is going to be and it's believed that mkc is going to have 200 people gathered soon you know when you have that something pumps up in you when you have that in you it strengthens in you because you know when you speak the word of god when i said god you'll be the you'll be the author of this place you'll be the writer of this place not my will but your will be done on earth as it is in heaven when we start to encourage in testimony first thessalonians 5 11 says encourage each other build each other up you know i just sense you know for even suzanne for example i just says you know she prays you know she's in a closet all the time you don't see her but the press goes up to heaven when compares go up to heaven something happens in the atmosphere you think all these things happen because you know when i when i see the praise and worship team they're in prayer before then in mkc what what quality says always this he says that i want people who can pray and cry for the children cry for the children when god sees hearts or prayer of intercession you know what god will start to move powerfully so i would suggest this for your life net for each ministry you have bathe it in prayer for your family bathe it in prayer this is what happens and this is not my sermon for today i don't know what it is you know but you know i thank god because i feel really relaxed i don't know why but it says good morning good morning good morning good morning everyone and i say this good morning upper room good morning online uh the viewers i thank you so much for coming to the house of god and you know this morning um but before we even start now i forgot we should pray right father i give you thanks for this morning i give you thanks for the people gathered here i give you thanks god for the people watching uh online in upper room i pray all the blessings and presence be there father i just speak lord that you said when we say a miracle is happening father the miracle of what's going to happen in each person's life i speak this i just commit the sermon and the message into your hands father in jesus name and all god's people say amen okay guys have you heard of the story of the prodigal son i'm sure you must have heard if you're a christian for about five years three years i'm sure you heard of the prodigal son right okay so this is in luke chapter 15 it's about this guy uh who told his dad the youngest son okay he got two two this guy has two sons the youngest says i want my inheritance i want everything that you know i'm supposed to have but the problem is the father is not dead yet you know so the question is can you imagine if my son comes with me dad i want my inheritance i said please get out of here you know but this person went there and the story goes the f the father said okay i'll give it to you and you know the story ends what happened was that the son spent it all and the father welcomed him back but i'm not going to talk about that story today i'm not talking about the younger son today okay i want to take a different view a different perspective of this parable that jesus talked about in luke chapter 15. we know the story of the father and the youngest son but today i want you to bring you to the lenses and perception of the older brother so you know the title of my message called the brother from luke chapter 15 the brother everybody talks about the youngest son or the younger brother and the dad but today we talked about the brother how he felt and how he reacted and his perspective i can i just suggest to you sometimes perception can be even more real than reality how we view how we see things it can be so you know it can be so overwhelming it can be so real you know meaning a person can hold on to a view which is totally totally untrue for example i know that i have people i minister to especially in the uh in the ministry of the steps to victory uh anyway this uh the victory weekend's coming up please sign up for it it's very very it's a very good uh three days uh ministry time so if you can please sign up for it some of them you know some of these guys who come administered to in the steps of victory have very deep seated perceptions what do you mean by that so for example okay i ministered to one older guy in the lord i and i asked him no i just let him through thinking and one of the things they asked them is are you able to forgive as people and forgive yourself and the person said pastor i cannot forgive myself i said why not because of the sins that i committed that i can't even bring to start to forgive myself you know crisis but the word of god says in first first john 1 9 says if you confess your sins he's faithful and just to forgive your sins and to cleanse him from all right unrighteousness he can read that he can note that he can articulate it in his mind he can think about it can rationalize about it but yet he says god cannot forgive me because i cannot forgive myself you see the perception is so strong that he says i cannot forgive myself in spite of the word of god saying otherwise so you know which is why in first second corinthians 10 6 from the message versions can i just read that it says sister we use our powerful god tool for smashing warped philosophies uh if you if so those guys going to university i would suggest if you can't don't take philosophy okay because i took philosophy and as a result of that i became my native so if you can don't take philosophy you know but okay that's another story another way okay tearing down uh barriers erected against the truth of god fitting every bone loose thoughts and perception are fitting every loose thoughts and perception to emotions and impulse in the structure of that shape by christ your perception sometimes can be so strong that it can over the word of god doesn't matter you know like this this man i ministered to how about proverbs 23 verse 7 from the nkjd version for as he thinks in his heart so is he what you think in your heart is powerful it can set your trajectory in life it can set your destinies can i share with you the solution of this issue of this uh before even i start the message this is not okay i have to overcome the perception this is not power of positive thinking okay it is not power or positive thinking rather it's a power of god's word and the power of god's word that's why we meditate on the word day and night i know you heard me quote psalms 1 joshua just meditate on the word day and night so that you be careful to be doing everything written in it then your ways be prosperous and successful joshua 1 8 but let's look at philippians 4 34 8. it says finally brethren's whatever things are true whatever things are noble whatever things are just whatever things are pure whatever things are lovely whatever things of good report if there is any value if there's anything praiseworthy meditate on these things you heard me say once about giga oh no goss uh garbage in garbage what do you think what you see what you put in your mind it's going to come out if you see you know if certain things you see if it's not good it's going to come out in actions that's quite natural but i would say this when you put the gospel in and gospel out when you read upon the word when you meditate at the moment i guarantee you this it will start to change you from the inside out and you know the word of god is so succinct it says then your ways will be prosperous and successful who doesn't want to be prosperous and successful eddie do you want to be prosperous and successful exactly do you want to be prosperous and successful sisters you want it you know what you meditate on the word day and night i am a product of that you know okay i do not subscribe to the prosperity gospel i just want to say that but prosperity states one thing prospering everything that you have in your relationship and your family in your situation in your careers in a job when you start to be prosperous and that then the success comes in and successful doesn't mean you know you own a big you know successful is what i am right with god i am contented with god you know through that what is just the peace of god is inside me i've seen and met many people extremely rich people but you know what there's no peace in them it's striving after them because you know what there's so much things going in there i don't mind having the peace and sitting down and you know being quiet in god you know in the past even when i was a christian when especially fellow christians wrongly i would get really upset i would get really angry i'll get ready sometimes i want to seek revenge you know as a christian come on i'm sure that everybody has thoughts of this before right thoughts of this again you know and when i think of it more and more i get even more angry sometimes you know you meditate on the wrong things or this person hurt me like this person do two things to me i get really angry you know these thoughts are are worse than covet you know covert will come and go but the thoughts didn't come in uh tell a little story you know sometimes in the family in the family uh different parts of family sometimes he has choral sense issues and for 20 30 years so i'm not going to go for chinese new year anymore i'm not going to visit her but i won't go for this wedding and because i'm angry and it will carry on this is long-term relationship anger so i've realized this is that the more i think about it the more i dwell on this anger the more frustrated they get the more i peace the more the lack of peace that i have and i says god what's happening and god just showed me one thing it says paul haven't you also heard other people also wow penny dropped have you ever also said things wrong about other people since you're just as complicit as the rest of them so what right do you have to say just look at the word and you know when you read the lord's prayer forgive those who trespass against you as he as god forgives you and i sit in my heart in the heart says god i repent god i'm a bad attitude god i'm just going to release forgiveness i release forgiveness and you know the fact is if you read in um luke chapter 18 sorry matthew 18 21 22 when peter asked when peter asked the lord he says how many times must i forgive a person how many times then jesus how many times jesus said seven seven times seven times well sounds good right seven times i forgive a person you know oh am i after when after the eight times what do you mean you don't forgive a person but jesus says 70 times seven times 70 times seven times it means what 495 no it's not it doesn't it says as much as you can as you will you know as much as it takes when you forgive a person because when you release forgiveness you know the first person that will be blessed is yourself you release all the dissatisfaction you release the discontentment for me i decided to use the term the chinese term swan so forget about it never mind it's okay recently you know somebody okay really a couple of months ago hurt me really badly i was really angry i was really upset and i told my wife i said i'm really upset about this person you know so but i said it's good i'm gonna choose to forgive but the thing keep coming back and i get angry i can't come forgiving i kept forgiving i kept forgiving and guess what one day the emotions just left me i thank god you know i got spiritual amnesia especially him easier you know i mean i just forget but even if even it says pastor but what if i remember it comes back i tell you what just release forgiveness says god i release the person and i bless the person i release the person from this that the person heard i bless the person and guess what one day it will just go and you know how you know that you have forgiven the person completely when you remember the thing and it doesn't hurt you anymore no problem god swanna i release i let go god you take care of the situation lord i bless the person and this is something in your heart my heart that says god teach me a lot to have a soft heart to be able to release and not to hold because you know as i said covet will go but this thing can last you for a lifetime you know it can last you a lifetime and i i'll share with you stories because in when i minister to people in in the steps of victory some of them have heard sir for 30 40 50 years it is so deep in there because of what one person did to me what this two person you know it held back and says no one is just released and when i saw the release my god there's one person we dealt with the person has rheumatoid arthritis doctors and i read about and the person released forgiveness because of the tremendous hurt the person had and the hands was like not like this and suddenly the hands just relaxed it's totally healed and we didn't pray in jesus name we no we didn't reach this person released forgiveness when i release forgiveness and i just sent something over here can i just pause for a while when i was praised when i was doing praise and worship i sense that people over here sometimes you've got some deep-seated unforgiveness in you can i just submit to you for next one minute is to release forgiveness just close your eyes and says god this person has heard me god i release this person from this thing that the person did to me and i bless the person you don't bless the deeds the person did to you but instead you bless the person's god i bless him the lord that he or she will come to know you are you thinking persecution not letting a revelation of who you are why don't you just do this for also next one minute thank you lord that indeed lord we can forgive lord and as the lord and savior jesus said to jesus says we can't forgive 70 10 70 times father and when we forgive father we know lord that the first person that benefits is us lord we just relieve forgiveness of those who have hurt us release forgiveness to those who have wronged us lord and instead lord we choose to bless them instead father i thank you god for this wonderful bunch of people father and lord as we forgive honor your presence just come and lord two that work and thus father in jesus name amen okay that's the end of the sermon i'm kidding okay you know let's just start okay okay this is let's get into the brother's reaction i call him the brother sounds interesting the brother's reaction okay when he heard the younger brother coming back was he excited or she said oh wow my younger brother is back you know i'm so glad my father has been watching out for him every day looking out for him every day and now he's back let's celebrate actually you know what he said in luke 15 25 after he learns of the return of his younger brother what was his reaction luke chapter 15 25 now his oldest son was in the field and he came and drew near to the house he heard music and dancing so he called on the servants and asked what these things meant and he said to him the servant said to him your brother has come and because he has received from him safe and sound your father has killed the fatted calf wow wow wow can you imagine that this guy took half the scene he took his inaudible left and ran broke coming back and then the father received him and on top of it all he put the rope on him and he put the ring on him the rope means he will return the ring meant authority the last one he killed the fatted car for honor to honor him i mean come on in the first instant the brother the older brother was at work right he was in the field he was working hard he wasn't like you know laid part he didn't like you know lace around he was working hard he came from the field and the evening came from the future dinner time he was diligent compared to the young compared to the younger brother the older brother was a saint man worked hard no problem and what was the oldest brother reaction when he heard this from the servant in verse 28 he says but he was angry and would not go in you see sometimes anger can be so destructive that i will not even give face to anybody i will hold back and i will show my displeasure i would ask like to ask each one of you including myself okay what would your reaction be if you were the older brother really think of it what would you be would you be all welcoming loving him you know put yourself in his shoes i'll be the first one to say are we really upset at the unfairness of the whole situation agreed i'll get really upset i would get really angry you know thoughts that probably run through my mind would be this ungrateful and filial bread of a son dare to come back after being broke he deserves everything in god wow i'll probably say that okay young great okay how can my father just accept him back after he had done things against him what is wrong with my father i'm not going to the party it is so unfair especially when i have been so such a failure and faithful faithful son to my father you know this list of thoughts will come to your mind to come to my mind i think it's no it's sometimes it's quite legitimate but other signs you know you know what you can see is that the anger and the things that come up from the person who can blame him because he is caught up in in caught up by caught by surprise especially coming from working in the fields you know you come back working from the fields then suddenly he says wow my younger brother come back he's even welcome back they even killed the fatted car for him i'm really upset okay so this is one of the perceptions we talked about perception what is the misperception number one what did the brother think the father was unjust the father was unjust how can it be he's supposed to be the head of the household he's supposed to dispense justice and yet this youngest son comes back after doing all the things and yet he welcomed him back the brother must have thought of the injustice of the whole situation and that somehow his dad must have condoned the behavior of his brother correct oh yeah it's okay no problem you know stick half my wealth he'd do all the things and take him back he saw the hurts of his father and what the brother did to him on a daily basis because he said the father kept looking out for the son younger son to come back looking at his son come back and to see him welcome his brother back was so upsetting to him so he must have thought my brother my father must have lost his marbles how can he suddenly you know just walk in the neck just like that no you see the brother's anger blinded him the brother's anger blinded him he could not see the love of his father for his brother because the anger was so intense he just pushed off everything but you see every day he could see the father looking out for him that means the father must have loved his son and that love he said anger blinded his love as far as he was concerned his father was wrong and unjust in this situation okay sometimes anger and rage can lead people to uh to lack a perspective that is unhealing to lock in a perspective that is unhealing in proverbs 18 verse 19 a brother offended is more unyielding and a strong city and curling is like the boss of a castle a brother offended is more unyielding then he says i will not give face i will hold on to my anger i will not forgive the person so the perception is that you know this is this is a brother's perception now let's talk about perception number two the brother the father was unfair the brother was unfair remember perception 1 the brother was so upset that he did not want to go into the house much less see his younger brother his father came out and pleaded with him but to no avail his perception of the dead must been that not only he was he an unjust but he was also an unfair father he who gave license to his brother to leave the house with the inheritance before the death of his father how can it be how can it be god i mean if the father took the things and the younger son took the things and now he's coming back he's unfair the father is unfair you know again the brother could not see beyond his anger and disappointment especially with his father you see when you're angry logic common sense doesn't make sense anymore it's just thrown out of the window because i'm so angry i want my revenge i want to say something and that you know i will say a lot of things and you know you can sometimes it can come back to haunt the person you know but you see anger is such a destructive force it's really very very destructive let's talk about misconception number three this one is well hit some people here the father had favorites wow i admitted you know i'm the youngest in my family and sometimes i think you know my siblings will say hey this this young this younger the youngest son is the apple of mom's eye you know and i think i got a good thing though you know but it brings jealousy you know what it is you have you have siblings you know what i'm talking about sometimes it just preach jealousy okay you know in verse 29 it says and so he answered him and said to his father lord there are many years i've been serving you i have never transgressed you your commandments at any time and yet you never gave me a young goat that i make merry with my friends but as soon as this son of yours come came without your livelihood with heartless you killed the fatted car for him man this was jealousy speaking he was not really upset he was not only angry but he was really jealous i worked for you father i slocked for you dad i give everything to you god no sorry father i give and yet you never even gave me anything what because your youngest son had everything and yet you know that means god you put me one side you favored him over me anybody felt jealous before anybody felt i have i shouldn't but i have this was a perfect son okay the older brother who had obeyed his father according to his own perception he did everything right but did he did he he was so self-righteous that he forgot he was not blameless or sinless himself by the way he spoke to his father it was dishonoring right even though he was so angry so you you you accusations his perception was that that he was a selfish task master who would not even give him a young goat to enjoy with his friends he must have also perceived that his younger brother was a favorite favorite one obviously jealousy was in play over here ah you see jealousy here sometimes can really destroy a person the perception is also cute because i am not the favorite one therefore i get given the scraps uh because i'm not the favored one therefore i don't get i don't get to do things that i want to do because my person that my parents david gets the best of everything and i get the worst or the least of everything so you know this older brother did he have a reason to believe what he saw sometimes when he see the things sometimes when you see what is happening you can perceive many things but i think it's far from it because because the anger blinded him you know and he said you never even gave me a goat you know and you killed you given the fat the fatted car was a animal that was specially bred for honored guests for honored guests and this this honoring younger son came back and you slotted in for it and he didn't give me him goat the question i'd like to ask did he ask his father come on he's the older son he's the oldest son the oldest son in the hebrew culture is the number one guy he inherits half of the half of the inheritance in when the father passes on even he has five kids for example he will take half of it the rest of them is split the other word the other way but the point is he was really exaggerating i you don't even give me a goat the question is you could have taken the gold yourself it's not an issue with that but you see what happens that he was just rationalizing he was just venting he was just so angry he says you know dad how can he do this to me his sister and what did his father say he saw the response in verse 31 and the dad said to him son you're always with me and all that i have is yours if you think about it the brother's perception of his father was indeed misperception was misperception because he saw the father his love for his son yes maybe perhaps the father you know did certain things he didn't agree with but he saw the love of his father but he could not overcome that his father loved both his sons and rejoiced when his younger brother came back see that's what god is all about you know when we when we uh when we are far away from god god always that calls us back god calls us back uh i was the first one you know the person that the least expected to become born again because you know of what i've done but god in his mercy pulled me back you know when i was a young christian yeah i often thought that if i sin god would struck me down with lightning so i sin because i was a young i didn't understand the word a little bit more i said we need sin you must say consequences are correct i sin i said how can i just go to god says god if i forgive me then you are gonna be forgiven but that's what the word of god says so it's between my mind and my spirit i just i can believe that or i cannot believe that like the man i talked about so i've seen so much that i cannot be forgiven you know i read and understood scriptures but it took time for me to realize that god really loves me the verse in romans 3 23 says clearly for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god every body of sin okay let me just tell you this this verse is just not for non-christians okay it is for christians also everyone has sin the point of the matter is that god given us a way through jesus christ to be reconsulted with him so in my quest when as early as early christian to obey god i became like the brother worked hard sacrificed many things and tried my very best to be a good christian but i was like a hamster you know the hamster go on the wheel i'm just spinning around i spinning around and i just got so exhausted trying to be a good christian run okay i sin i tried my best i i i hit myself over the hill i'll try i try better i try better it's very exhausting to try to be a good christian you know you know i was trying to earn god's love really i was trying to earn god's love i realized one thing i cannot earn god's love because god this love is already upon me i can please god i can please god but i cannot earn god's love because his love is already for me and there's this revelation you know like the father in the story in a parable the father loved his younger son regardless for who he is for not what he has done god the father loved the younger brother for who it is and not what he has done because he's what he's done throw him in jail man cast him out don't come back again i slam the door you know get out the door and you know close the door behind you but god loves me for who i am and god loves you for who you are and because of this love because of god's love because of the father's love i'm motivated to love back read the bible pray and do things with him and the kingdom not because i have to because i want to because not because i have to because i want to it's a big difference it's for example you know um i'm married to pastor dawkis she says i love her because not that i have to she's my wife you know but i want to please her i want to be with her it's the desire of my heart to just do the things that will please her and it's the same thing with god the father i don't get exhausted you know i do get tired sometimes when i do ministry and all that but you know what this tightness you can just sleep it off but in my in when when i when i with him it just recharges me when i come for praise and worship this is not a choke when i come for friday or prayer meeting it's not a you should come for friday in mercer anything you come for friday you must say this hey i tell you something's happening you know that pastor will say yeah right full house you know so now we have to do booking so friday immerse you gotta come because something is happening you don't wanna you don't wanna you know miss out something if something is going that day chloe was playing the guitar i tell you this and chloe and esther which you say and i i'll tell this to you chloe when i saw that i saw pastor johannes anointing just flowing into you because it didn't need a full band it just needed a guitar and a person that is close to god anointed with god's power and present they just flow into it and i just sense a transition transitioning of the of the anointing just coming upon you so i just see you know what it is it is not okay the prison wish it was incredibly fantastic but sometimes uh there'll be a song mad redmond the heart of worship i'm coming back to the heart of worship and this is what it is and glory brought us to the glory and as the product in the period of praise of worship the heart of worship is to worship god in the presence of his holiness and this is what it is so friday make it a point the first and the third fridays of each month come okay we we have we have limited capacity but you know if it's increased i think we have to we have to get uh we have to get people to sign up but it's not an issue but you know i encourage you please come for friday gamer service so so you know i love god because he first loved me i don't have to do things i don't want to do i do things because i want to do it it's not a question i have to do i want to do so so what is our perception or misperception of a heavenly father are we like the brother think about it think about it no um i just want to share with you something in 2007 pastor simon led a team comprising of you know my wife and myself and a couple of us to myanma to con conduct a workshop on steps to victory 2007. we're quite new to all this stuff to victory we're very new to this but pastor simon felt that we were ready to do a workshop it's okay let's just do a workshop so it was a three-day workshop starting on a friday that's what's going to happen it's starting a friday evening saturday full day sunday full day okay the workshop was supposed to start at 7 00 pm uh we were supposed to land in iran myanmar at 5 00 p.m but due to delays we landed at the airport at 6 30. so and the meeting is supposed to start at 7 pm so they rushed us you know it was raining on top of it i remember it was raining and we were rushing to our notes we said what's happening you know so we got there literally this is what happened now we got there there were about 100 of people were shocked quite shocked then they handed us mics huh we could start already here we weren't prepared we weren't prayed up we weren't like you know take on those two it's just scrambling to get our notes done so you know we immediately started the teachings again we found out later after the meetings that the 100 people 100-plus people there were actually comprised of senior pastors ministers uh missionaries uh leaders and we're saying man this is we are new to the whole thing you know but they were very senior people there it's like this you know it's like asking you to go to university to do a lecture to the professors and discuss all senior people so anyways we carried on the last year of the workshop we had an author call before that i was teaching for the love of the father of the heavenly father i am very very sure if you're a very senior and mature christian you've probably heard of the love of the heavenly father and some of them were graduates from bible college you know so we weren't we weren't studying in bible college then you know my wife and i but they were there they were very senior people so um i was wondering if any of these seasoned and mature christians and pastors and missionaries would come up to the altar when we call for the altar call you know it's like oh stress we could feel the sweat coming down then to my surprise the whole altar became full i said how did that happen you know because you know what we realized we didn't have to look towards ourselves we just looked towards god and the altar was full now can i have the music ministr uh the prison worship team up please and i remember there was this older man in the lord he came up to me says can you pray for me older man he looks like at that time i was above about 40 40 plus and this guy looks like he's 50 plus and he said please pray for me i pray for him i prayed that you know the heavenly father i spread the father's prayer over him that god loves you god is proud of you god is glad that you're born god is there for you and this guy i seriously he put his head on my shoulder thank god i'm a tall guy and he started to weep he wept so heavily he cried and he cried and he cried and my shirt was wet after that you know he cried he said this to me i've never heard that from my earthly father who has since passed away i've never heard the words are affirmation upon himself and he's a senior i found out later he his church is pretty big you know and he's a hit man of the church the senior pastor but he cried because i realized this that revelation was that everybody needs to know the love of the heavenly father that each one of you is valued each one of you is loved each one of you you know god is proud of you it's not what you have done for the father if it was a case then we'd be the younger younger son we could do nothing but what god has done for us that's why the love of the father is inside there you know when i prepare the message was preparing this message i could i wrote it down in two hours you said pastor you can write message to us but you know what for two weeks i would walk every day i have a i have a ten thousand step challenge every day you know so i'll walk ten thousand steps and i would think and i would think and i'll talk to god i'll meditate upon god does god you've got to tell me what to speak god i just want to come up and just say something nice and good because i want your heart i want the heart of the father to be able to speak to each person over here and god placed two persons in my mind it's not random i says god i said i just wanna i just wanna be clear you know there's two person one one person is okay i'll talk to a person but this person is that girl there that girl yes you guess that's you you know i just walking says god show me and two two names came up two faces came up i said god they got to show me what you wanted me to tell them to encourage them and this is word it's from isaiah 42 23 i the lord made you and i will not forget you i will not forget you you have walked the path that is soaking flow but you know what god says i will not forget you and i saw the father sitting next to you and says putting hands on you and the family that you want to have god says i will bring it to pause you know um we have the steps to the victory weekend coming up i would love to pray i wish i could pray for you and all the pastors can pray for you the father is not possible in this circumstances because of the social distancing and all that but during the steps to victory weekend the victory weekend please come so that we can pray for you the father's love everybody whether you're 10 years old whether you're 50 years away everybody needs to know the affirmation of the father and i would like melissa to sing this song can we please rise and let the song minister to you [Music] [Music] [Music] that i wake [Music] i love you lord [Music] i've been helped in your hands [Music] of god and all my life you have been faced [Music] and all my life you have been so good with every breath that i am [Music] i love your voice you have led me to the fire in the first time you are close like no water i've known you as a father i've known your friends [Music] know my life you have been so so good i am [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] every day [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] your goodness is [Music] and all my life you have been so so good every breath that i am i will see oh the goodness [Music] and all my life you have been so so good for every breath that i am i will see oh the goodness of god obviously for the goodness of god how is he oh the goodness of god [Music] of the goodness of god [Music] i want to take this time now to take a communion [Music] you know when i look at the faces of people all over the world they're all the same at this season of time i was upstairs doing a zoom with my cambodian church and it's just amazing the brothers and sisters there they call me spiritual dan and you know it's the same everywhere we go where does that zoom our life people are just wary and tired of what's going on with the covet and wearing them down but i want to tell you something i believe that we are the tail end of it amen i really believe this is not the time to go tired or wary or to be succumbed to our fears and pain but i believe that it is at its end it's at the end of its life the impact it has the effect it has is gonna diminish greatly from now onwards i'm declaring that in the name of jesus amen and i believe that tonight you know rather today as we hear the word of god today we want to remember this as we take on this communion here the power of communion displays to us two things one is that the price of all our sins have been fully paid for a second to the cross the community reminds of the resurrected christ that he that lives in us we are enabled now to have full access into the presence of god full payment full access is what communion represents and as we partake of this today we want to remember that god says that now we couldn't pay his pay we are not worthy to enter but now we are because of jesus so as we partake of this i believe that god as we take of this today health is ours life full life is ours the goodness of god will be with us wherever we go i want to thank you god as we partake of this lord father that there is the redemption there is the redeeming power there is the health that will come to us mind so embody lord as we partake of this in honor of you lord in honor of what you've done on the cross and we honor you as a church god as we remember we come in gratitude in jesus name we pray we all say amen [Music] [Music] one thing i have seen from the day the church has started to know every single person that has walked into this place they have experienced the goodness of god in their marriage in the parenting in their careers in the way they've seen themselves grow in the transforming work of god in their life they've seen the goodness of god in every part of your life and i believe that that is for you today amen to remind us as we are in the house of god the goodness of god will surely follow us all the days of our life as we delve in the house of god amen amen come on let's give it up to jesus today [Music] why don't we just go on and end that song [Music] i will [Music] for my my life you have been so good [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] that is [Music] [Music] i will [Music] thank you so much for joining us online no matter where you are we want to connect with you if you need prayer or want to share a testimony or you have made a decision today to follow jesus head on over to nlcc.org.sgslashprayer or click onto the link with the description box to fill up our prayer and praise form we have an incredible team that would love to pray and celebrate with you if you haven't already please remember to hit the like and subscribe button and share this with as many people as you can so that more people will be blessed and impacted by the world there will also be a time where you can stay up to date with all the things that have happened here in nlcc we love you and we'll see you next time [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] you
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