Faith and Patience in Suffering (Taglish) - Jeff Eliscupidez

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or experienced it working in our own lives and then we have the audacity to say okay perfect yeah it's when you're trying to convince people of something which you yourself haven't you know been convinced off or not or an experience more and as we close this series by the way we we've been having the series for the past six weeks six weeks all right we're gonna jacket okay we've been talking about really demonstrating the gospel and as we've seen kareena's a video sometimes it's easy to you know as a being a christian diazepam i'm living the life but somehow bypass the procedure and we think that life is just an overnight thing the christian life rather is an overnight thing we love shortcuts right three hours right because i'm damning shortcuts and and sometimes yeah we love shortcuts aways used to be shortest cut we love uh cutting the process because we think in this day and age now instantly will get the same product and in christianity and here we apply infectious sports it's hard to apply sometimes we see people among champions but according to frasier okay see joe frazier champions aren't made in the ring they are merely recognized there is a champion when they're training they're already championed by really putting their effort and time and talent it's just a matter of time gigging champion and sometimes we love to shortcut isn't it we want to lose weight without the sweat right we want to be rich without the hard work all right i love the quote of malcolm gladwell from the outlier it's a book that talks about being expert in one thing sabina no one who can rise before dawn 360 days a year fails to make his family rich meaning to say there are such thing as you have to go through the journey you have to go through the process of of of of building that muscle you say literally it's all about being rich but of course in christianity that's not our ultimate goal and we've started this series five weeks ago by saying that james chapter one out there blessed is the man happy is the man we talk about the weak one that blessed is the man who perseveres under trial indicative because and look at the progression for once he has been approved he will receive the crown of life the lord has promised so mayor opum promising god and malaga that we're going to go through this process of life in this life rather one testing me persevering and we need to be patient in everything so today as we end this series we are going to learn about persistence everybody say persistence but you see the word obstinate simply means is stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion to change your opinion or your course of action but you're so obstinate you are so stubborn in refusing to change despite many attempts to persuade you supposing ambulating you're a persistent person you're firm you are obstinate there's an obstinate continuance in the course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition and today let me just close this series we're ending this to a a chapter the last chapter of james chapter five and it's a great uh chapter and we've tackled your first part in james chapter five last week and we're gonna end now and uh open your bible to verse seven it started verse seven and it says here and remember james was talking to a bunch of people the audience are suffering abuse from exploiters these are people not allah because they they're sticking to their faith these are the people these are people that are going to suffer in gutom and all these are not just ordinary people because some of you so be patient here's the here's the advice of james to this group of people who are suffering he says be patient they're talking about be patient we are you marginalized yeah yeah but but james is saying be patient the word patient means which literally means to defer anger foreign and here's the thing about being patient we hate [Music] you're done so that's the problem with this patience but it's as if listen up waiting is in vain it's as if waiting it's really unproductive really and here's the thing about this waiting until until until until duma thinks jesus what he's simply saying is to sam of course we can we will face jesus but the verse is saying this fight whatever is going through saboy on be patient they're for brothers these are for christians by the way they're for brothers he's talking to the born-again christians okay so he's saying wait and then and james so from brilliant writers say james james jesus farmer a prophet and see steve job okay see job okay so these are three illustrations i'm gonna present you three sets of people and three states statements pertaining to these three groups of people so let's talk about the farmer person when we talk about paychecks [Applause] nothing see how the farmer waits i love this the word waits carries we did an idea confarmer you are confidently expecting you are confidently expectant of something like farmer car anybody any farmer in the house farmers confidently expectant of what for something something so valuable for the precious fruit you see when a farmer plants seed seemingly a picture of what's happening underneath if you plant a seed it seems like on the surface but nobody plants a seed in the farmer and then a bad trip three days if things are not going your way you've offered it up to god god is into something delaney god because it in a testing a heartman will you trust me and not all the way discard so this assumes that you have broken the ground of course it and it's going to grow and then it says here until it receives i love this the early rain and the early rain so omagabaon no he's talking about the first reign of the year this happens before sowing season between november to december tonight west middle east if you're a farmer you are eagerly waiting and patient because you're going to receive an early rain an early rain moistened the soil any farmer would know you don't plant a seeds crusty dry ground gusto moon soften right and not only that you're going to receive the late rain the late rain all right these are the rains that comes between march and april before the harvest late rain it it means covered from the time you plan to plant from the time that you harvest meaning until it receives seems to be a involvement in hard work and problem i mean you're so agitated you're so paran expectant [Applause] so the first statement that i want to present to you when it comes to patience from the farmer something good will come out from this can we all say this one two three something good so when you plant it you've done everything it's a business when you've done everything it's a marriage when you've done everything it's a parenting and things seemingly going the other way the bible love your wife as christ loved the church something good will come something good will come out from this defer anger few months ago as for those of you who just joined us recently the update column alan but to some all these details they know this i i'm into farming i i planted three hectares of sorry three hectares three three parts okay last december right so we we've seen this at january papaya [Music] all of you were laughing tama well you're gonna eat your laugh look at my words because [Applause] in fact under your chair it's a carpet okay look up here god's delays are not always his denials if things are not going your way despite the fact that you're doing what's right you know you know and seemingly negotiable and god is so gentle man no no okay have it your way but you see if god is delaying something it's for your own good time 25 m god's delays are not always his denials capitlan here's my question question on farmers are you preparing for the harvest while in the waiting season are you confidently expect that something good will come out from this are you preparing for the harvest because sometimes we look at waiting as unproductive no something good will come out from this i hope now if you're in a situation right now in a parang nothing is happening maybe the seed is germinating underneath maybe it is a matter of time again sprout maybe it's just a matter of time oh my gosh when time comes they were tested it's just the love of god and the fear of god in them and this is my hope and prayer for all of you parents here look up here that you've invested so much love for god's anakhma and fear of the lord and your love no condemnation now when the trial comes back in the luxia london drugs school but in the lutzilla premarital sex and boyfriend nila i hope and pray you've invested so much love and fear of the lord they're gonna say you better wait because i am worth the wait because you're a princess i just hope and pray indeem open up the lord now when there are delays capitlan next next group of uh a person of bhagusapat and the prophet in james 5 verse 10 as an example of suffering and praises brothers take the prophets who spoke in the name of the lord behold okay we consider those blessed to remain steadfast are you gonna say i'm not a prophet no no a prophet is the one who speak in the name of the lord you're making a stand you remain steadfast as always i'm a prophet paul they're always in constant opposition they don't roll them profit in the olden times there's apostasy as a nation totally considered so everyone is going this way and a prophet will come whether it's elijah isaiah and they're going to say repent repent and they're going to be ridiculed and mocked everybody's having sex as a boyfriend hello it's 2017 oh really now you can have sex with anyone you want to have sex with kite indica casal i don't think so in 2017 it was practiced way before paulie jesus could christ so if you're saying i'm gonna i'm gonna hold i'm gonna keep my ground i'm gonna hold fast to god make sure that you're gonna hold it till the end if you're married here i hope and pray you're gonna stick to your ground you're gonna hold on to the word of god even if it doesn't make sense in fact the word of god is foolishness to the world i mean love your enemies where did you get that idea we've talked about this um cecilia snap and about the beatitudes it's always counterintuitive it seems like why would you love your enemies why would you forgive me but then you're sticking to what the word of god is telling you and believe me being committed to the word of god means serving him we have a lot of volunteers here they're challenged and a volunteer asher music ministry they're being challenged by their own parents and opposed to victory but they're they're just sticking to what the word of god says so just just serve god no matter what that's the next point if you're a prophet serve god obey god no matter what and lastly we're gonna come on this si jo okay so the prophet sabe something good will come out of this the prophet says serve no matter what whatever the opposition serve now here's job right that's steve see job from the bible you have heard of the steadfastness of job and you have seen the purpose of the lord how the lord is compassionate and merciful we had this series actually way back in 2014 you can download it to our podcast you can go to youtube it's our series 2014 it's entitled why me it's all about the book of job when bad things happen to good people so here's job dylan patience and persistence yeah after losing his whole business empire in one day i mean he's filthy rich he's so rich and he has beautiful children in one day in one swoop including his all his children one day how would you react if that's you you are a righteous person before god you're doing everything i lord and here's god al-amuna but but here is a god but here's your brother and he's saying job naked i came from my mother's womb and naked shall i return the lord gave and the lord is taken away look at the last words blessed be the name of the lord wow how about that i don't know no i i don't know if i have the same fate as a joke i don't know if i can still worship god blessed be the name of the lord right it's hard i was ministering to one of our victory group members last friday and your brother basketball abroad i mean working abroad the basketball 39 year old and then suffered a heart attack and then died i mean 39 year old guy christian died this is after losing a child sila misuma gasawa last year so far i don't know how to minister to those kinds of people but here's the thing he lost everything and yet somebody that the lord came the lord is taken blessed be the name of the lord now next scene sabine she could have physically if we hurt him if you allow me to hurt him see satan maybe it's going to you know curse you so we know the story see job experience this worst boyles now you lost everything you're a faithful man of god you're reduced to a lampang how would you react well first let's see my advice let's see mrs job we're going to advise him but indeed do you still hold fast your integrity are you still righteous hello if i were you i would appeal to god i would lay my cause before him because he was saying job you sinned wow good advice he built that this is the shortest people sabong bible how long will you say such things your words are blasting wind so the same thing you are cursed you have sinned and diamond just just just laid before god and then the third guy by the name of zafar if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent then free of fault you will lift up your face you'll stand firm without fear somebody no more all of these double cuts are saying you're sinful job you are you are sinning because oftentimes we equate suffering this very important look up here we always equate suffering to sinning very filipino mindset very filipino now i'm feeling nothing when everything is going up when everything is going great hello and i'm in drug lords of the growing parent account but do you think they have nothing so we have this mentality if something bad is happening and everyone's just pointing p finger at job nina you know okay now what would be the response of job job said it's my turn to speak sabina i would speak to the almighty and i decide to argue my case with god and then he really one by one by one by one innocence 31 1-4 job has not lasted to any woman he has not lied or deceived he has not committed adultery he has not failed to help his slaves he has not failed to help the needy he has not trusted in his wealth job has not turned to idolatry has treated his enemies unfairly gravio uh he has not been stingy as god would hear him job has not been unfair to his farm workers but in great job job job despite everything what he's saying is stay the horse so the farmer is telling us right now be patient because something good will come out from this just just stay the course keep watering keep digging keep keep keep keep those keep everything's a sunlight just do your part and god will do the rest and the prophet is saying just continue to serve god despite any opposition just serve him serve him serve him stick to it stick to it it's a matter of time expectantly confidently expectant that god will come and then job is saying to stay the horse stay the horse stay down we're staying ours it happened to paul as well but it's not part of james but i want to highlight what paul said because paul made a request to god there was this thorn in the pledge remember in in second corinthians 12 there was this foreign we we don't know theologians don't know what that thorn is speculation but nevertheless it's bringing so much storm and paul and paul's episode verse 8 three times i pleaded with the lord about this that it should leave me the suffering foreign god for the third time please remove this pain remove this thorn despite everything would you just remove this and some of you look up here are in that situation some of you are praying for god to change your circumstances um it's as if god didn't know that it's just if you have a better plan for your situation it doesn't see god fyi i love god are you listening god who god are you listening everything will be okay and god was saying your brain is like and you're telling me that's what happened to job when god showed this is his superiority and and and the sovereignty job now here's what paul said afterwards god told paul paul you're praying that mawalaya but paul sabine my grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness some of you need to hear this some of you need to bring this home some of you need to print this in your room impressed wouldn't all because some of you are thinking that god is losing the battle some of you need to hear this that the grace of god is sufficient for you don't give up stay the course something good will come out of this keep serving god and then paul said therefore i will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses so that the power of christ may rest upon me guys i know it's hard it's easier said than done i'm not in your shoes i get that i mean i'm reading your prayer requests i'm meeting some of you through counseling so i can't then but i hope you get this right as well that the grace of god is bigger than your problem that the grace of god is there perfectly fitted in your weaknesses that in the midst of your weaknesses you can boast god thank you for your grace lord i don't know what's happening but not incompatible but thank you because your grace is overwhelming lord in the midst of the seemingly inescapable in the problem i know you will shine the grace of god i'm going to invite on stage a woman who when you talk about grace of god i don't know lord i'm gonna call christi on stage uh she's supposed to be um supposed to be together with uh her husband but uh nasa hospital with hunting surgery so he can't join us but chrissy can you come on stage so chrissy will just share her story about really experiencing the grace of god hi i am chrissy roland i married my husband in 2012 at 29 i said i was at the right age and this was the right man in 2013 we were blessed to be pregnant but after six weeks i was told there was no heartbeat and had to do dnc after i was heartbroken my husband and i didn't really talk about what happened we stayed in singapore then in 2015 he suggested to go back to the philippines into in february 2016 he went back while i stayed in singapore we'd see each other every two weeks later we found out we were pregnant for the second time i was not prepared for what was to happen the next three months my doctor said our baby will not live my son was diagnosed with the rare anomaly it's called partial lacrania and encephalocele part of his brain was protruding and also had severe midline cleft lip and palate with club feet and contractures to make matters worse my husband asked for physical separation and left me for someone else my whole world was falling apart i blamed myself for not moving back to the philippines sooner for not taking care of myself i blamed myself for every single bad thing that happened to me but i hang on to the child that was inside of me i chose to keep the baby despite what doctors said alone and pregnant i was so desperate i started to pray to all the saints and to god to spare my son's life on october 2016 i attended my first christian service in singapore and felt that god was guiding my path i returned to manila in november with the hope of restoring my relationship instead i started to build a new one with god i watched my husband walk away but decided to hang on to our marriage i focused on my relationship with god and my son on january 26 2017 via emergency c-section i gave birth to my baby boy ray christian chance i would carry my son and pray to god to touch his daddy's heart to one day show him the light the challenges never stop last year alone my family spent seven months in the hospital my son was revived four times and two of those i was the one assisting the adversity our family went through we remain strong in her faith because we believe that god has purpose for our pain and he will pull through for us we started to get discipled and later baptized we attend couples group with our pastor and this year we started to lead our own group i watched my husband share the word and i couldn't help but be very thankful my heart is now full on april 13 2018 my heart was broken again we lost our chance we lost our son he lived a beautiful purpose-driven life he was 14 months and two weeks old i thought for a while it will never be fixed but today as i stand in front of you i feel my heart is starting to beat again because i am able to share the greatness of god and how he has blessed our family my husband and i have never lost our chance in sharing our story how all these trials brought us closer to god i asked my husband the other day why do you think chance had to go he replied maybe his mission on earth has been fulfilled i believe our mission as his parents is to stay the course and remain in faith on the god who is in total control thank you thank you can we just pray for chrissy and her family you can just extend our hands to them it's a month tomorrow no no elastic chance lord we thank you for the spiritual family lord god we know that you are in control lord and you know all things father thank you because you have given them the chance to have a child lord indeed is such a great reward from you and lord i know lord that it's only uh in heaven that they're going to be reunited again but love for now we just trust in your grace that's perfect that it's made perfect in our weaknesses so lovely to you chrissy and and her husband see our lord i know that you're going to bless them with another child we're going to pray for more children lord god you could come out of them thank you lord god for the grace that you have given them and that's such a powerful testimony that they have in jesus name amen amen [Applause] i guess god has his ways i mean chrissy approached me last year two years ago praying for restoration of marriage and i believe god has restored their marriage and they're now part of a small group they're leading a small group they're under pastor patrick's group and and just god i don't know how god does things but definitely his ways is definitely higher than our ways his thoughts will always be higher than our thoughts our role is just stick to god no matter what let's all stand as we end the series we're saying blessed is the man who perseveres under trial for once he has been approved and that's my prayer for you we will receive the crown of life which the lord has promised to those who love him you know what it's hard at times i can just imagine uh select chrissy and er it's hard but then i believe the grace of god is sufficient for us that god whose might need to save he's got a sovereign he's got an indian of a bride he's a god and indeed he's a god who's in totally an absolute control so i don't know whatever you're going through right now and seemingly impossible well just hold on to him because if you turn around and turn back on him you're going to rely on your own self we've tried that you're going to rely on your bank account it's so unstable we can only rely on god till the end when comma and the lord i'm going to stick to you amen we're going to pray today because that's the hardest part when what you're believing in your heart is different from what you're seeing in your eyes that's the hardest part you're believing god for healing [Music] on the physical it's getting worse you're believing god for breakthrough financially despite everything that's the hardest part when what you're believing in your heart is totally different from what you what you're seeing in your eyes [Music] that's where faith comes into play because faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see so we're going to pray for faith today to increase the bible says there's this one man who approached jesus i want to believe you but it's hard would you help me in my unbelief well that's a powerful prayer of faith it seems i i'm having a hard time to trust you god but would you just help me in my unbelief some of you need to trust god all the way all of us but some of you has to start somewhere some of you have to give up that relationship some of you have used to stop that business some of you have to let go of things going nowhere [Music] it takes a lot of faith but god has accorded so much grace [Music] and it's made perfect in our weaknesses let's bow our heads tonight father you are the ruler of nations you steer the heart of kings you control everything you created the heavens and the earth which is mere words you are a powerful omnipotent omnipresent omniscient god but lord at times on the physical realm when bills are piling up when cancer is getting worse when our family is being torn apart lord it's hard it's hard to trust you so lord the prayer of that man in the bible helped me with my unbelief because some of us are in the verge of giving up some of us are in the verge of release calling it quits but lord thank you because you want us to be obstinate you want us to be stubbornly focus on you lord may we not be swayed by the things of this world may we fix our eyes on you the author and perfecter of our faith lord help us help us lord if that's you today [Music] you're having a hard time to trust god because alamo impossibly as all heads bow down and eyes closed can you just raise your hand as a sign of trusting in him as a sign of surrender i'm raising my hand have it your way we're not going to lean on our own understanding we're going to trust you you're going to make our paths straight you said in your word if we stop trusting in our own minds so lord we're raising our hands to you as a sign of surrender enough lord enough of trusting in ourselves we're gonna say to satan enough we have believed your lies and today i'm gonna believe in god lord tonight as we raise our hands we're saying have it your way it will be hard but thanks be to god you've carried the load for us thank you lord god for the grace you have given these people are raising their hands it's seemingly impossible but nothing is impossible with you lord god salamat for those of us who are in bondage to pornography for those of us who are abundant in sexual immorality for those of us who are abandoned in lust and greed for those of us who are banned who are who are really bound by materialism for those of us who are bound with gossip for those of us who are bound in material stuff learn in the name of jesus release them right now trusting in your grace giving everything to you as we lay it before you i know you will move you will move holy spirit in the name of jesus trust lord have we trust in you father in the name of jesus these people raising their hand touch their lives right now show yourself faithful to them lord may we not be in vain lord your practice today it's a sign of utter surrender to you we glorify you we honor you in jesus name amen put down your hands father for the rest of us come and let's give him praise [Applause] lord as we end the series lord god bless you in six weeks that this is gospel demonstrated this is about making our faith tangible to the loss to the sinner to the unbeliever that people will see a distinction the way you have brought lord god the distinction between the israelites and the egyptians lord and office mates and and classmates lonely they see the distinction in us that we're not just christians ellipse but lord we're christian by works they're going to see our good deeds they're going to see our lives being exemplified before them lord may we demonstrate the gospel lord in our lives lord may we not play this game of religiosity like every single saturday we come here lord we will live out our christianity outside the service through our maids in the house our drivers our office mates our classmates our parents our children they're gonna say christianity in us because at the end of the day you live in us that's why we can display your goodness in our lives in jesus name amen you

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