Faith of the Warriors - Ingredients to Low Faith Level | Ps Steven Francis

each one of us must have a mission exposure to put you in the spot now of course the uncensored version of Frances testimony because both of them come from a Presbyterian background right or Brethren Baptist choose one of the three what Oh protest what what you want to play this denominational thing we will protest then some more so you can see how he prayed very gentle I told him brother Kamala don't waste your time come on in Jesus leap why it worked and then he's looking at the UM second thing deliver idolatry listen guys it doesn't matter which background come from you are seeing it for yourself God uses all of us and I hid the word honestly God uses ordinary people we are absolutely ordinary be forgotten and we have to keep ourselves that way isn't it ordinary yet who love an extraordinary God amen so listen God even though I told Angeline for those who are visiting Angelis my wife okay I told her this is my last Taiwan trip I got nothing more and she looked at me really nothing more let's go see something else the moment I say then this the the Myanmar in the sea all Korea soul not Co soul okay okay that oh let me if later I got mood I'll tell you yesterday what she did I said some pronunciation she keeps don't stop and again cried no I say you go there laugh then come back go we did it okay he meant the job Gloria our strength I'm excited because God is pushing us forward say the word forward we are not planning crazily to do mission work to please God we are following the missions he planes for us when God plans a mission for us he knows our strengths he knows what we can do and he's doing it for us amen because we are dead on - please God to do something with our life amen listen guys whoever make a decision you're not going to go empty to your grave don't waste your time when you know you have a life to fulfill God's purposes then he know dying is a waste of time once you are done with all that God has done with you he calls you home no problem amen so don't look out for diseases don't look out for sicknesses don't look out for weaknesses don't waste your time thinking about those things waste all the other time that you have doing the will of God amen sickness all must line up for you behind because the fellow is too busy serving God can you do that amen amen amen amen amen I was very touched this morning when I flipped the newspaper and it's about this young girl swimming for Singapore and her lung collapsed had a surgery she had a door muscle near the elbow because of all the swimming yet she went for surgery even though the doctor said must be six months out within a month you'll back into the water and a determination she won the game wow I was looking at his injury cannot stop a sportsman sickness shouldn't stop a person full of passion is a name and if you are given to the passion of the Living God can colle flu sore throat headache fever can it stop you now I'm not saying you don't dress I'm not saying about resting and taking a break to recover I'm not saying your mother but can they stop you but some people use that to stop you okay no no no he dignity no no nothing can stop you when you are given to the passion of God amen and that's the way we should set our spirit up today's paper also says fifty eight thousand people have been displaced in Myanmar because of the war so you see I'm going to Seoul time of excitement I'm going to Myanmar again another time of excitement so we will see what God is going to do amen definitely will produce a praying Church it will right thank you very much okay today's series how many of you are strengthened by last week when we talked about the faith of the warrior amen yes it's up on the YouTube catch up keep up with your spirit of what God is doing the faith of the warrior is unlike other people's normal faith I suppose it is not an average faith it is not a faith where you give up and giving when you are confused and you can't believe that is not called faith people often say often see this testimony I just resigned I'm living by faith Wow didn't me all this time we're living by what have you heard this kind of testimony before I'm sure you could have given at some stage in your life this kind of destiny Amen I just resigned you know I'm totally trusting God I'm living my faith then all this time I will be living by your flesh in order for you to say that statement whether you work or you are on your own you are living by faith months after months Amen so I wanted to recalibrate your spirit might say the word recalibrate recalibrate don't let the devil knock you out and because we don't recalibrate our system of thinking the enemy keeps playing games with you for example well I am just an ordinary person can I serve God absolutely that's God's will amen if you need to conduct Sunday School to the devil cuz he forgot he was kicked out long time ago he has forgotten about God I want to tell you tell your neighbor you know more about God than the devil because I have heard a lot of preaching that the devil know more about God than you because he was there up there up there can you tell me can you tell me are y'all thinking now can you tell me it has been millions of years he was kicked out right correct you are currently a child of God right so who is more updated and more current who you are it means you know more about what God is doing than what the devil do it hello are you listening tell your neighbor that's true we all the times subscribe that the devil knows much more about God than you do no absolutely not because Jesus did not die for angels Jesus did not die for Lucifer they are not called the sons of God they are not the children of God they are created beings and that is why the Bible say in the Book of Psalms the Angels Envy us because Jesus died for us and made us to become sons and daughters and he calls us brothers and sisters he calls us family remember jesus said those who do the will of God are my brother and my sister do you remember that he calls us as a family we have a privilege even the Angels do not know it's something that they cannot understand yet they don't argue about it they don't envy they don't they don't live in jealousy about it they are happy and where they are in it at least they get to fly and we don't are you following so are you ready to go into the faith of the warrior for this morning are you ready last a week it was there for the impossible you must have a daringness when he comes to your face every time the enemy throws a challenge at you confusion sickness problems situation in every level of the different events of your life you are involved in it is an opportunity for you to test out your praying skills your faith skills your believin skills your ability to hold your mind together until God does things in your life you've got a challenge you've got a challenge to see whether this God is truly God whether he can do the impossible tasks if you let him all these are opportunities when God allows us to master our face and brush up our faith muscles some of us we always want to take very calculated risks that does not activate a need for any impossible miracle from God so we always take the calculator vijaya don't go through the stress but there are many things that happens around in the economy nothing to do with you that will stimulate your faith to believe God right hmm are you following I know I'm speaking very good English this morning are you are you following I'm very impressed by myself I are you absolutely but in the question this morning I want to ask you is this some of us we pride ourselves in a negative sense or you know in a childish way you know I don't have enough faith oh I don't have faith like you do like a reverse humility thing my question this morning for all of us do you think God is this place do you think God is happy do you think Jesus will pass you by and acknowledge that weakness well good for you and just walk pass or will he rebuke you will he correct you what do you think he will do what do you think he did to people who had low faith and that's our investigation for this morning how little face no face or no face stops you from your miracle which God has for your life so I'm going to give you a reverse lesson today ingredients to produce low faith level that's my encouragement how's that I want to do reverse thing reverse engineering now at the moment because sometimes you preach straight people not listening so now they have the thing through what the guy is trying to tell what are the things I must do to produce low level of faith is that your aim hello is that your aim is that your mission if the points that I'm gonna show you you'll realize it is not my mission but this is what exactly we are doing I'm not I don't want a low face but I'm not doing anything to become stronger in my faith that means I choose low faith right pay attention number one Matthew 6:33 zhis said when you worry about tomorrow it produces a lower level of faith now you may think well pastor you know everybody worries about tomorrow so let's go ahead Matthew 6:25 26 and 27 it's important that we study together okay therefore I tell you do not be anxious about your life I can use the word anxious can you say with me anxious about your life that's the first word life what you will eat what you will drink know about your body and what you will put on look at that everything that we do every day is all stated back it's not life more than food and the body more than clothing by the way tell your neighbor this is Jesus speaking hi please don't don't write off this statement you know don't don't think that this is your husband or your wife saying this Yallah you always say this is never we say all the time now this is Jesus speaking look at the birds of the air they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father fits them are you not more value than they and which of you being anxious again uses a look at the word anxious can add a single hour to his span of life can you can you add a single minute No now verse 28 says and why are you so anxious about clothing consider the lilies of the field how they grow neither toil nor spin yet I tell you even Solomon in all of his glory was not arrayed like one of this I'm not sure something you look at all these statements and if L is Jesus exaggerating you're comparing the lily of the valley which is like a lifeless plant and then he talking about Solomon who is the king who no one else has built his palace and his time as beautiful as he has done no one else have done it yet Jesus is comparing lilies to Solomon's Palace is Jesus exaggerating and then but if God so clothes the grass of the field which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven will he not much more clothe you and can we all say the last phrase how does he say oh you oh you what does it offend you when he says you have little faith does that statement offend you this is the question I want to ask you this morning that's this statement that Jesus is using that you are of little faith offends you I wanted to be honest because if you would come and speak to me or any other elders or any other for the matter of fact and you are talking about all these things and I make the same statement to you and then I I finish it by saying why your little faith will you get offended because pastor said it some of you will feel like killing me in it how can you say I've got little faith do you know what struggle do you know what is this do you know what is that do you know what if I how I have come to go through what I'm going and you're still dare to say I've got little face look at how Jesus is saying it do you think do you think God really knows what you're going through yes let's us some questions first do you think God really knows what you're going through and then he using this statement now he's reading it back to us because all of us time to time we allowed the world to make us worry what we eat what are you gonna do what are you gonna wear you're wearing old clothes you're wearing this clothes you're wearing that clothes you know and what about tomorrow what is going to happen tomorrow and this anxiety goes through our heart and and in the word anxious in the New Testament is used nineteen times what is anxiety too much of careful planning creates anxiety anxiety that's it overly planning very stiff in your thinking process you got to know we are living alive and life sometimes just not in your control isn't it hello in we were going with Taiwan do you know they give a report that the typhoon did not come to Taiwan you know the first day of prey at night meeting the Holy Spirit say now pray together that the plane typhoon that will come to typing Taipei will be diverted and we all prayed together in faith and there is proof now through the news media the typhoon was diverted in when another area I mean now who are we know we don't have to be anybody but we believe in what we are praying and the Bible says it that you gotta believe in what you are praying and the question is remember the Bible says do not worry about life while you worry about life remember the word life do you remember just now hello yes or no okay the world life simply means in the Greek is psychic it becomes soul it becomes what do you think in your mind what do you think about life in general and then remember if efficient six six the Bible says whatever you want to do in life do it for the glory of God now what is God trying to say listen carefully are you ready to listen in xiety about tomorrow affects the rhythm of your heart and your soul it's not a spiritual statement alone if you are doing your your check of your heart rhythm they'll see slightly it is not falling into place the rhythm of your heart let me show your heart there is some kind of condition isn't it your bid is not falling they say the rhythm is slightly out hello are you listening when God addressed the issue that you shouldn't worry about tomorrow he's not advising you to live a carefree life you know he's talking about faith but faith must affect your natural everyday life are you listening but you know what we have done faith to become we have used faith for the need of our greed I need more money so I need to have faith I need more well so I need faith if you believe you will prosper so faith is all the time use to gain more and more and more and accumulate rather than we forgot to think that God said faith is for everyday living as well when you deny faithful everyday living it will create confusion in the rhythm of your heart which is live in Greek psyche are you listening because the same word psyches life is in the Greek use for heart number one number two that same Greek word is used for soul mine two things will happen when you keep worrying about tomorrow number one it may produce heart attack problems rhythm of your heart it can produce depression problems rhythm of your soul if you see what Jesus is saying and you don't need big worries to kill you you know your everyday worry it's like a drop in a big ocean called a POI one drop of worry everyday is enough to poison you over time but Jesus said I've given you faith and to embarrass us he uses Solomon's glory to flowers he's using the metaphor look at the birds he's trying to humble you down he's trying to stumble you down in the book of Proverbs you'll find the word of wisdom then it will be compared to a lizard which can be found in the king's palace hey are you trying to belittle me you're comparing me to a bird to a lily of the valley and even to a lizard but God is trying to make a comparison that the love he has for you is much more greater than all these things and he says why are you so little faith don't you have more value hey then it brings us to the next question are you valuing yourself to the way God values you or are you valuing yourself to the way the world is valuing you and whose threshold are you standing you see God's saying you don't you do not belong to the world anymore you belong to my kingdom where I am the valuator I am your judge you live by my principles because if you don't if you keep saying well I have to worry about tomorrow I have to get everything under control I have to continue worrying what I will wear what I will eat about tomorrow every day then it's okay if the rhythm of my heart misses a bit hey hello are you following don't say yes and start worrying about later what we ate for lunch Singapore very difficult to die without food very difficult it's an intentional exercise in fact in Singapore many people are dying after eating not before people in the family now they eating without food they die here eating more and they die why everything there's a balance isn't it think about it for a minute my brothers and sisters how to take and depression it's very difficult for me to tell you but this is the way Jesus compares it so I'm gonna say it as it is it can be the result of lack of faith and we are talking about a warrior's faith and God is not just preparing us for today God is preparing us for tomorrow he's preparing us for the end time I think the other day I did challenge you our body can go without water you don't have to fit in like a so you're like a drinking camel know every three-second my drink some water drink some water thirsty la you've got enough thought what you say what Allah all that we like is next time JMK be we provide to you hydration pack keep drinking it's ok you are in a clouded environment that's plenty of aircon you're not burning up your water no not thirsty and you all learn to endure lately I don't eat food stomach will burst open nothing is going to happen don't worry we have doctors to stitch you up I'm just pulling your leg but you understand what I'm trying to say you see faith must affect your everyday life if this doesn't become your lifestyle all the time you're going to struggle with what is faith in order for you not to struggle with faith and grow in faith you must make the value of the kingdom to become your values Jesus said don't worry about tomorrow and I'm not just talking about being a pastor husband it's a father Church and I think in in church for the last seven years we do we really care about our accounts do we I don't know whether he sleeps or not I don't I leave that worry to him Oh yours oh don't worry ah no we don't worry yeah we don't worry that's just God's account Hey oh one person say yes God's account God gave us money to spend it on missions not to save it and make us look fat and big do you understand I'm saying because he said when we give it shall be given unto us Amen if I've got five dollars I'm gonna spend the five dollars for the glory of God and I'm not saying Mission Smith is someone out there I don't know you can be my mission and I can be your mission if you are in need because we we pride ourself in giving to people that we don't know but we do not have the heart to respond to my neighbor or to my brother or my sister that is foolishness thousands of churches even in our own country know they pride themselves that they are giving millions of dollars to Mission yet the next-door church pastor is struggling working his church is small his income is dwindling we laugh at him for lack of passion when all he needs is a helping hand for a moment in it Jesus compared it by saying who is your Good Samaritan who is your neighbor now and so there is a balance in missions when we give to the people that we don't know because we are privileged and the people that we know we are still privileged why because they don't know how to pray we know and that's what do you study tell us many of them don't know who I am but you know me you shouldn't worry about tomorrow you shouldn't become so calculating the moment my accounts is dropping so what do you mean you're gonna die rich that's your goal is it is that your goal there let me ask you it's your goal to die reach or fateful which one don't lie to yourself I will put you to the test do you want to die rich or die fateful this is an important answer you need to speak to yourself I'm not saying before I'm not saying that I am NOT asking you to feel so needy I'm not saying that I'm not saying give everything foolishly I am not even saying that but I wanted to enjoy the values of the kingdom enjoy it I mean enjoy that means you come into the rhythm of God's purposes for you the rhythm of a movement where you give and God gives you you give and it god gives you he makes you a millionaire but that doesn't matter anymore because your joy is in trusting and giving what God wants you to do your joy is not worrying about tomorrow you know if you don't worry about tomorrow you are the richest person on the planet because this country is built on the worries of people this country is built by creating anxieties in people's life this country is built after not so sure you know what if but God's kingdom is all the time very sure because God is in control amen so don't don't please try to quote me without the context of what God is trying to say the important understanding when you keep worrying about tomorrow when I keep having xiety about tomorrow ask the school children I think we all have been to school I mean you keep on worrying whatever you study just go down the drain you can't remember anymore I learned a very important lesson on the last year of my school I was part of the top 10 for cross-country championship was running for school and into schools and all of that and you know usually when they choose for a race and they see all of the first few names all line up for their race the others won't I mean because they know these fellas are going to win no point running with them but some will come for the fun of running so now one of these last year during my sect for I was already into fasting and praying and thinking and so many stuff and I really did not have time to practice throughout well sectarians early sect for one whole year I'll be preening every week to run for the cross country you know in my my instructor a Chinese instructor I mean Singaporean he he loves God and he's a very strict disciplinarian if you don't come for two trainings in a row you're out of the team okay he runs for international competitions you know and he gave me a lot of encouragement and so on the last day of the I mean the day of the cross-country championship I always stress my muscle because thinking that I may not even make it so I always stress it by doing a lot of spring runs and up the heels down the he'll keep on over stressing the muscles and do a lot of fatigue came in and listened when when I went when when the competition started everybody was everybody thought I I got lost in the jungle usually I'm the first seven every year but that day my number was thirty forty something really because I couldn't run there is no energy to my muscles I was so fatigued and so tired I could I felt like I'm gonna cry because you are running and keeping up with the pace and you keep going behind and behind and that's all because of this worry they took my energy that day my brothers and sisters God when he tells you don't worry about tomorrow he was not just simply telling about carefreely me also talking about your health physically to take depression away you know today look at the amount of problems that is coming in Singapore number one heart attack is going up mental illness has gone up can you come back to the rhythm of faith serving God is the greatest joy you must have because you are living in the father's kingdom isn't it and sometimes serving God becomes your greatest worry why is that so this is a challenge for you to think now go back to my slide number 2 if you want to produce low level of faith this is what you must do number 2 have the spirit of fear those who are watching through the YouTube if you're wondering how compasses say you have the spirit of fear please go back to slide number 1 you will understand these are all the ingredients to produce low level of faith therefore you shall not do such things that's the point of this message if you continue to host listens use the word host what is does it mean hosting means what fear listen can we look up fear is outside you when you keep thinking about fear when I keep feeling fear it becomes a resident inside you and you now become the host of fear in some of the parents listen carefully parents instead of teaching your children faith you become the host of fear and you teach them how to have fear and worry about tomorrow why you are speaking like an average Singaporean in fact our country celebrates that behavior pattern you know Singapore kiasu Cassie Kerouac cowboy somewhat before five enough radius Elio I shouldn't say love my wife say don't say the word dad died so that I didn't say he said it I just followed that's enough but if we celebrate or that's a Singaporean culture is it is it a Singaporean culture no it's not don't don't the Bible says in Romans 12:1 and 2 don't let the world squeeze you into its move remember that get out of it get out of it all of us will have anxiety you know we will be a normal human being but it shouldn't rob you of faith faith must empower your anxiety isn't it hello we all will have anxiety us any new new mother who is going to give birth she'll be anxious because it's excitement and worry all mixed together I don't know what's gonna happen and not not not a counting the fact that the doctors and the nurses will make you frightened some more no one gives you enough faith no don't worry everything Julia if listen no we're going to cut you open ah don't worry uh the baby will come or the stomach stokka or the scan show this via your faith goes down the roof and you know you feel like killing your husband in it I was called to kick hey buster come quickly my husband fainted in the room he was lying next to the wife I give him nicely why did you go you know I cannot take it laughs so why did you go want to Sela but cannot take siga so féin boomin but then later he carried the baby and he enjoyed it amen fantastic the spirit of fear will increase little faith now I'm sorry about the text again me when I see from my side he looks bigger and I put it up and this is what Apple TV does ah okay good thanks guys this is brilliant Matthew 826 I wanted to understand the context of what Jesus said and he said to them why are you afraid oh ye little of faith then he arose and rebuked the winds and see and there was great calm so I wanted to understand number one the context of why this scripture was used is Jesus was coming a stong now the storm came suddenly because when they got up into the boat everything was calm remember that early in another message I told you that they are going to set the person who's demon-possessed in the city of Nazareth the guy who was possessed with demons he was living among the tomb remember that now so this group of disciples they are all together suddenly out of nowhere the storms came the disciples got frightened it was sudden fear not prepared when we are going to Taiwan I was wondering how come the plane delays you know and how comes to time don't lender landed suddenly I didn't pay attention that there was an announcement there was a typhoon so that the the plane has to detour for another hour and then go around it and land the plane sudden people can go panic mode if you are caught in a storm anything could happen we don't prepare for emergency to a point that we know what's going on this is the lesson that we learn in this passage Jesus is able to deliver you from unexpected sudden fear somebody say Amen regardless of who is responsible rebuked the elements of nature come on it according to the Word of God in many passages that we read about Jesus coming the storm we have heard it before it was the demons or Satan who tried to create the storm to drown Jesus and the team before he could go and deliver the demon-possessed men right now did Jesus command Satan to stop the storm did he know he commands the storm directly it's a very important spiritual warfare lesson we all the time command Satan let go of the waters right sometimes we do but God is trying to tell us something hey do you know who owns the waters by the way do you know who owns the sea you think the typhoon is in the hand of the devil no I so when Satan's trying to influence what I own you just commanded the elements my authority will touch it in Jesus name but this lesson that God is trying to teach us about little faith and no faith it's about sudden fear that come into our lives things that we didn't plan things that didn't prepare for sometimes sadly accidents business failures falling sick or disease or discovering diseases in our loved one or even in our own body sudden fierce conflicts that happen suddenly husband and wife suddenly one flirts to another because there's too many in Singapore this is a very common thing that's happening to many business travels for Singaporeans and suddenly the spouse discovers he had a one-night stand as flirtations of a moment sudden fear that comes in the few accounts few week a few months ago the death of the second son of the family of the pasta remember he ran sudden death how would we handle all this you know what the Bible says in proverbs chapter 3 verse 25 to 27 if you put it up put it up in the King James Version is very powerful now you're learning something this morning proverbs chapter 3 verse 25 says be not afraid of sudden fear neither of the desolation of the wicked when it comes was 26 for the Lord shall be thy confidence and will keep your foot from being taken with hole not good from them to whom it is due when it is in the power of your hand to do it why why do you think verse 27 is connected to fear and confidence because when people are afraid when they lose their confidence in God they will hold back from doing good things to others why when I do good to you how I will die first I give to you my family will die first when I come for your problem my family will have our own problem so my swell I save my family first right you see what the Bible says the Lord shall be your confidence they know God is training us to become his people God is training us for the end time where if you live selflessly and you learn to honor others who comes to you we are talking about a huh I don't know what to eat you know there are others who don't even have anything to eat and you're worrying about I don't know what to eat we glamorize gluttony today in all the food channels I'm saying politely I'm not saying out of rudeness I'm sorry if you guys are watching listen I'm saying politely I'm talking politely to all the chaps who are watching I want to say we've we've respect I'm not saying about being rude we celebrate gluttonous we forget about the PO doesn't have something we celebrate our own self-righteousness and our ability to fast and yours everybody why do you fasting I'm praying for a property miracle I'm praying for this miracle I'm praying for that miracle that's why I'm fasting you know what the Bible says in Isaiah 58 what real fast is all about when you give to the poor when you give to those who don't have when you think about the needy because while fasting you know how to feel the hunger pence and you know this is what God came for and that's what world vision does are you aware of world vision ministry in Singapore they raise up money around the world especially for Africa I was 16 years old I was so moved by the pictures of children in Africa without milk and and skin to bones and you know and and without food and not not even drinking water and so World Vision conducts 24 Hour Famine program meaning to say the whole day you don't eat skip your meals that that the meals that you skip give that money to the poor that's all one day only you can skip your lunch your breakfast and just give them money then are you going to if no you will be under their lease also you know so only one day and you'll be surprised how much one day money can become for some people one day can be fifteen dollars you know just the breakfast and the lunch if you're in CBD it can be twenty dollars isn't it one person $20 hundred people is how much they say la asking you one or two thousand a men I was so given to this you know and I I was sick for we were during the exam I spoke to my classmates hey guys listen this is what we need to do so I gathered together I got 50 cards I can't remember baby yeah that's about 50 and I signed them up I said our project is just one month can you sign in money and I collected about five hundred dollars I brought it back to World Vision Singapore and the director came to see me he seemed very surprised a 16 year old boy could be so passionate about this you organized the whole thing come to office give the money and get the job done it's not about the money because I never seen a six-year-old what can do in a within a school environment without being told by their church how many sixteen-year-old I hear only one anybody Donna and me now right who else let me do three seventeen year old omni fifteen twelve ten zero hey listen can I ask you what will you do for the kingdom challenge yourself challenge yourself today what will you do for the kingdom when I wrote to the Myanmar pasta I ICC to our elders I told them I know how my elders will think you know I don't even have to say can we I told them in principle this is done a proof we are going to sponsor this project why you're talking about the four you're talking about the needy you're talking about the children who don't have food are you with me my brothers and sisters God connects the word sudden fear confidence in God and then he says don't beat hope we saw that during sauce what happened everybody just one family one lady whoever can be I hope you're not in that group who went to MTC and can wipe out an entire shelf of food just for their family alone wipe out an entire freezer area of vegetables just for their family of two or three not thinking and caring and you see was taken by shock because no one knew how to respond to an emergency there was shortage of food now all that I can handle you know shortage of curry powder [Laughter] how to handle that [Laughter] think about this we saw for a first hand how selfish the city has become everybody has the right that I have the right if God is preparing for the end time I think we should you you could have your your your cupboard full of food yet your heart is full of humility that God has blessed you with abundance so that you can bless someone else isn't it amen think about it my brothers and sisters and if you can't cultivate that in your children they will lose this culture of the kingdom now take pride today I can say positively take pride from small I've cultivated that in my in our children and I know many of your families have done that so and for those who have not big effort enough I wanted to cultivate pay attention to how you're going to bring up the family atmosphere Samuel and Samantha was very excited to give away their toys every Christmas you know why the rule of the house is when you give you will get new one so they're very excited to give away yes I was trying to cultivate the joy in giving because you know that is a father who provides amen number three the produce of doubt you continue to produce doubt in your life it will automatically influence a lower level of faith inside your life they gotta pay attention to how much of doubt is being injected inside your faith system pay attention now let's go to the context Matthew chapter 14 you don't have to go there I just want to read Matthew chapter 14 verse 22 to 32 now all of us know the context in that chapter when Jesus walked on water and all the disciples were looking at it they were so Marvel maybe they frightened and Peter was the only man who said Jesus can I also do the same thing buts 20 it says if it's you command me to come to you on the water it's like many of us praying and crying all the time God used me for your glory you speak for your glory and suddenly when I see Esther come frozen not a message is one word group I'm sorry for making fun of you you're a fun girl listen you oh sorry where we yeah yeah right yeah you must prepare yourselves to respond to your own prayer you're praying that God will use you when God give you the opportunity respond to it because you prayed for right isn't it hello sometimes we feel very humble when we are brain you feel very spiritual when you are praying asking God use me for your glory and when the opportunity comes respond because God is responding to your prayer God is giving you that opportunity amen oh but God um today I'm not free what about tomorrow Wow you dare to save and to God Almighty listen carefully I say to your neighbor listen carefully okay I'm just speaking to those of us here not to everybody those of us you are in a higher level of leadership higher okay those of you are self entrepreneur's doing your own company thing so I'm only addressing those who are higher God knows you have the power to change your time and your schedule so he tells you to respond any time he wants you see that because you are the boss he will tell you do it now God knows you have the power to make changes so he will tell you to make those changes where else for those who are working under into the supervisory or lower level where you can't do anything you can't just snap out and take leave and walk away he doesn't tell you to do those things so you don't have to be afraid because God doesn't plan to kick you out from your company he knows to give directions and directives to different people in different level of command our God is a very orderly God amen the Bible says that so you don't have to be afraid Oh pastor God says now he does it now but what about me now if I am NOT you and you are not me he will not speak to you the same way he does it to me are you with me it don't have to be afraid God speaks to you at your own level of readiness but sometimes your level of readiness can be behind time from what God wants you to be we become too slow and so God appoints a pasta like me over you fighting you every Sunday have tug-of-war and only one person wins me [Laughter] I'm not gonna go down you are going to climb up are you following together we'll get the job done coke Luna and Lily was a classic example I say come come I want you to come professor with this puzzle opus amia Nia you like sheep red sheep red sheep red sheep red one would only come out like anyone what's the water just wonder I bless the one I don't know what she said like she's played over the one word because the one word was a blessing word it is free for example I'll give you an example suddenly you see the color blue how to say blue blue means what blue is leva okay blue I'm just asking you a lot what is blue what about the clouds peace what about the clouds usually we connect blue wave clouds you know so God can you bless them as big as your vastness of your clouds and that the universe and just come over some words and bless them lino everybody likes a blessing I'm just telling you seriously you need to be a student of Scripture you need to develop these skills you are in a prophetic Church all these are lessons in college of prophets and those who have not signed up yet next year batch number nine we are not going advanced diploma coming back to a batch number nine come for this okay now why the Peter walking on water listen this is the lesson number one people experiencing miracles while trusting God now this group of people are different group of people these are for a little bit if I can say the word advance believers you are already a child of God you are following God you are experiencing miracles but that there are sometimes you require a miracle out of the ordinary you didn't plan for it Peter did not plan in his mind one day when Jesus walked in water I'm gonna ask he didn't plan for it we did not know that God at the government will change the rules you did not know someone will say something else which is beyond your budget but God is about to do a miracle amen hey listen when you walk by faith you don't downgrade you only upgrade late listen carefully I tell these to Anjali she's just resigned I keep telling her I not that she's doubting I'm just affirming when we walk by faith you don't have to downgrade it's an upgrade so I'm not just mocking you rom not joking I'm not putting you down in any way I have fear but my fear is irrelevant to the miracles God can do he's got nothing to do with my faith level but the bigness of my god always will do surprises therefore the reason for us to worship God every Sunday you worship God because God is showing himself how big he is beyond your faith he's bigger than your face amen he's asking me to believe because belief and faith keeps me alive not God Allah God is always alive God doesn't change I have small faith God becomes smaller I have big faith God becomes bigger I got medium faith but becomes medium no God doesn't change his rate level is constant who doesn't change are you following and because God is never changing I my faith can be very constant in a faithful God and this passage is what advance and mature Christians when we can be caught up with sudden situations when Peter he walked on water for a while do you remember the passage he walked on water and then he saw the raging waters and the storm and he got frightened will you not be frightened or not of course at least I say Jesus don't worry I still can't swim I know how to swim at least I will say that right but this lesson is not about swimming lesson it's about walking on water a lesson somebody say Amen it's not like no matter how god I will try and come to you no it's not saying no matter what this is a lesson on walking on water lesson everything else you do will fail for God's reasons nothing will work every other escape idea you have will not work only God's Way of teaching you you are going to win over amen how many of you understand what I'm saying I mean many of us are experienced I mean all your favorite call center of help they will not respond to you because it's God's time he himself is holding your hand people I've heard a lot of pastors preaching don't be like doubting Peter you mean you never doubt before no we get very offended but when you preach about Peter don't be like doubting Thomas don't be like doubting bitter isn't that offensive or not oh we will think I will I will do underground stream the body's name dear buyer happiness God is not looking for your swimming lesson can you walk listen when you follow Jesus your miracle continues look at what happened Peter he reached out Peter any broad and the Bible says together they both walk on water towards the boat Jesus didn't throw Peter to the body cool and walk together that means the miracle is continuing what we call is the assistant miracle okay why amen Sydney amend your neighbor fantastic for Jesus to hold my hand and walk towards the miracle he doesn't stop and there's something you need to know about Jesus God is not looking for ways to disqualify you looking for ways to qualify you up it doesn't matter you holy Sano you don't hole if you are stronger you don't have the hole if you want to hole also can Amen but don't doubt because Jesus commented on Paul why you of little kids because doubt interrupts your miracle process Jesus asked Peter why did you doubt or your little faith doubt interrupts the process of miracles and Providence can you use this word very loud one two three go is the word called process okay ready one two three go one won't work one more time louder one more time louder everything God does in our life it's a process work it's not a one time miracle our health our food our Providence everything is an everyday process I mean that means when you have faith every day is going to happen all that God is telling us don't let your doubt interrupt the process that I'm doing in your life and whenever he interrupts come back confess continue the miracle amen many of us yes sometimes one time healing and it's all done for some it's a everyday process of living for God every day living for the glory of God so this message is for those who are advanced and mature this passage I got two more to go number four sexual knowledge steals your face there's a little bit of contrast isn't it those of you are very factual get very thick what's that let me go back to the context Matthew chapter 16 Jesus was talking about the Pharisees and the Sadducees and if you I think we all need to read this message because sometimes we can't remember what is this let's go to Matthew 16 verse 5 guys I I hope you learn something that right now I'm an just two more and they all will finish this because I believe that in the first few stages of our this message we need to really cut through any form of mental challenges that we all have developed over time that faith is not really working through okay so I need to deal with this is that okay MA let's struggle through together and and allow the spirit to have freedom in our lives okay when the disciples reached the other side they had forgotten to bring any bread okay jesus said to them watch and and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees and they became discussing among themselves were seven saying we brought no bread but Jesus aware of this now he's saying oh ye little of faith why are you discussing among yourselves can you read to me I look over one two three why are you discussing among yourselves the what Oh listen did Jesus use the word the fake one more time one more time well let's do it why are you discussing among ourselves the Wow it's a fact Jesus said it why are you discussing the fact Frank you have to discuss fact but not at that moment not all the time then verse 9 says do you not yet perceive do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand how many baskets you gave it bursting or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you gave it was Levin how is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about the bread then he goes again beware of the leaven of the pharisees and the sadducees look at how jesus finished this statement now go back to my slide so let's go back to this study what is this lesson now number one factual knowledge interrupts the process of Revelation Jesus was giving them a revelation at that time but these guys were talking all the time about the human brain so Jesus takes advantage of that moment he's like the Sifu Asian thinking process they always use a metaphor to teach something different are you following so now this fellas got no break they are thinking about it Jesus is reminding hey if other people don't think about it I can excuse them you fellows have seen how the 5,000 people were fed four thousand people were fed how many baskets you took extra yet you dare to think factual something is wrong can I ask you ladies and gentlemen how many times have got been faithful over you do you have any reason to have like a faith do you have any reason to keep wondering whether God will do or God will not do because you have tasted God's goodness isn't it now if you have if you have been healed by headache then that's your starting point um God is not asking you you need to have the same level headache level of faith to cancer faith know that that's not what he's saying but if you have experienced advanced level of faith which is like yes use the word cancer for whatever reason are cancer you mean you don't have faith for he rekha and that's what Jesus is saying yeah you have seen 5000 people being provided for and you don't have faith for your own bread what's wrong with you so you can only upgrade not downgrade and if you don't great with factual knowledge because other people are feeling your mind who you have fit unusual unusual you Christians are like like hypnotism you know you not put up the wall see whether got pain or not I knock use of a penis knock into the wall it is not hypnotic because that's the wolf's philosophy it is called face in a God who does Impossibles listen my brothers and sisters years ago I made up my mind if the world can be very ball in doing what they are doing I will be much more bolder to believe in a living God I'm not going to say I'm sorry here maybe we'll see how I'm not gonna apologize for believing in a miracle-working God I'm not gonna apologize to believe in a God who leaves who moves I'm not going to say I'm not I don't know I'm sure I'm going to say my God will provide a name why are we apologizing to people I'm not saying arrogance you know I'm talking about polite humbleness and a dependency upon God God makes this process factual knowledge can distract you from faith for impossible miracles God is about to do an impossible miracle in your life and you keep interrupting it with factual knowledge but God how but God how but God how people say but for her pastor how this lady like kept asking me how how I told her my name is not how I'm Steven I don't know what else to tell Allah I tried using all the scriptures not working no don't ask how I don't know but God is setting you up for a miracle because he's comparing four thousand to a small brain because something big is about to happen he need to hold on I've told to our elders I've told to family I'm telling you again I thank God I waited for God's timing to start this church or to plumb this as I thank God I waited for the timing of God because many people told me pastor Stephen you have the heart you've got the grace you've got the anointing you have some of the skills why don't you start they say well what God didn't say and some left my friendship because they said oh you're too slow to obey you're just preaching to others I said but obedience has to do with the timing of God you see I mean God's a start he did not ask my opinion he just say this Sunday have a say what this month have a Sunday so really a Sunday service who's going to come just announced last so first Sunday service 65 people came the second Sunday service 55 Bible game it remained constant and the Lord said are now regular Sunday service and then the Lord said you will call it Jesus my king and then after everything else is history I mean he didn't wait for my plan he didn't wait for when I will get ready God said do and we got it done can God trust you today let me finish the last statement because Jesus compares in verse 12 Matthew 16 verse 12 then they understood that he did not tell them to be aware of the leaven of bread but of the teaching of the Pharisees and the Sadducees because Jesus say beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees why did he say beware instead of giving them the bread go back to my notes leaven it's very small ladies and gentlemen pay attention this morning a small amount of unbelief small amount of doubts smaller amount of factual knowledge is enough to steal your miracle over time you keep dosing yourself whatever other people are saying instead of paying attention to what God wants you to do I remember in the 97 when the government the first Asian crisis in our country I was preaching and it was a Tamil church to a little knowledge that I know of other people they were the low income and middle income earners and lo they were not bigger job people but God interrupted the message and any said tell them not to invest or buy in stocks for the next two weeks my mind is saying I'm a pastor at least I know some people write movies go to help stocks in chess and the second time says a lot I didn't ask you you just said so I did I want my mouth and I said and I continued preaching two weeks later one sister came to see me she say pastor I know what you say but I forgot to tell my investor so I lost 15,000 in seven days I said well okay sorry good to know the following week I went to another person's house they are well-to-do people they have a lot of stocks and investment and I told them the same thing what God told me I told them that night the lady calls me she said she had to dream in the dream she saw her safe box open and it was empty and she is asking me what's the meaning of pasta Wow some very holy when the others come I feel like taking the Sigma and you don't know what it means I even ask my children that you know what I mean you means you open the safe or you poke a liao you do again what God wants you to do you are done you mean door oh that I guess what following week she calls me again they lost fifty thousand dollars now Helene and gentlemen I don't know about all these you know I'm just telling you what God asked us to do because this little amount of unbelief while you're holding on to your horses the enemy will stir you up because you are not the people of the world and you really don't need this extra cash you know people are so full of greediness a extrication can use one man you're not already you're not using your cash what you need extra cash use your cash first land we don't pay attention to the holy spirit you know what happens over time there are holes in our faith and this is what God is paying attention to us today I think God is preparing our church to have stronger faith because God is about to do something to us it is not about having a big church in a listen honestly it's whether we are ready to do big things forgotten it is not about having five hundred people but do we have five hundred soldiers I'm not looking for a big church but I am looking for an effective Church who can touch 500 people I mean I do they have to say James are sitting there and you can only see this boy jumping up and down in worship very passionately screaming we brought him to the Philippines meeting 1200 people are sitting there and hey James going preacher the night before he asked me how many people are coming I said probably about 50 70 laughs you know but posture go butterfly in my stomach I say that's a good feeling continue all through and I cannot sleep I say good one braila I don't know how to be compassionate largest believe what I need to tell him because what I did not tell him is thousand two hundred people are going to come he prayed and the butterflies were still there never mind Jesus enjoys the butterflies that day I saw a young man was put in a spot whose anointing did not fall ability to minister did not falter the trust and the belief in God continue to touch people's life so I can safely say his face is 1,200 people tested he gave what I'm saying God gives us this little opportunities leading gentlemen regardless of your age regardless of your experience because God is looking at your dependability of God nothing changes number five little face steals your ceiling Metra chapter 17 14 to 17 Matthew chapter 17 now I've got six if you are wondering how many steps I have one more to go okay it's going to be one fantastic tell you who was the delay oh yeah forgot Francis and his testimony sorry Francis a member a little faith steals your healing there was a little boy possessed by demon I actually had sickness and and and the father brought him to Jesus and this is what the father said in verse 14 when they came to the crowd a man came up to him kneeling before him and said lord have mercy on my son for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly for often he falls into the fire and often into the water and I brought him to your disciples and they could not heal him and jesus answered o faithless and a twisted generation how long am I to be with you how long am I to bear Eve you bring him here to me hey would you attend that kind of judge' tell Mila at least I'm more kinder than Jesus you know I talk properly I talk more politely look at how the father is saying I brought him to your disciple on him to me your elders your leaders yours own leaders none of them can do it so I brought him down to the Sunday service so you can heal a faithless twisted generation they will leave the judge you know straight away I see how Jesus preached the Bible says Jesus brought the person the young boy he was he rebuked the demon because he was happy having epileptic seizures rebuked the demon and the boy was healed instantly so let's learn what's the lesson number one there are certain sicknesses that comes because of demons number two God is giving you the wisdom and the exercise the authority to rebuke demons that's a lesson is teaching us and number three very important lesson that I hope you can see light it's quite small can you see faith lessness will twist your spiritual thinking patterns when you keep having faithless thinking it will twist your spiritual thinking because jesus said or faithless and twisted generation you see how he's linking the word faithless and twist and the twist means your thinking patterns it's twisted so much you don't have faith anymore he brought to your disciples so another question is like Jesus saying are you looking for people for your miracle by looking to your pastor for a miracle are you looking for special anointed people for a miracle is that what you have been learning all the time have I not given you the anointing to heal the sick didn't I say that you will pray for one another and they shall be healed didn't I say that you'll bring when you are sick go to your elders they shall anoint with oil he didn't say which elders he didn't say they anointed elder he didn't say the senior pastor he didn't say that church elder someone whom you can look up to spiritually he's an elder of the moment you have faced ask them to take oil what oil must be scented all from Israel can it be a cooking oil can it be peanut oil can it be any oil absolutely any oil doesn't matter take that when he look up to him you asked him to anoint me and pray I believe I shall be healed because you honored God's Word God will heal you listen you are learning out of this scripture faithlessness will twist your thinking patterns if you want to have low level of faith enjoy thinking the way you are thinking over time is going to affect your faith principles I want agree the last one you taught the disciples escape after since after scolding the father for doing all this it was the disciples time because now the disciples are asking the same question how come you can do and we can do look at verse 18 chapter 17 Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him and the boy was healed instantly verse 19 then the disciples came to Jesus privately in us why could we not cast it out now he said to them why can you read to me what he said to them the first line because of your what because of your what if you are the disciple will you get offended with such an answer youyou thought that Jesus will tell you you must fast and pray you must pray in tongues for hours you must seek God you must humble yourself you must shoot the word decree and declare and decree the latest frenzied practices come on and conquer oh sorry that's a game name why he just bang on your face and says because your little faith that's why can you handle Jesus or not every Sunday he's your posture you'll die conviction no every Sunday every moment you twist your anthem you you little see what is the judge named little lambs every statement got little feed coming up if you have a faith like a grain of a mustard seed and if it will say to this mountain move from here to there and it will move nothing will be impossible for you are you ready to see the last line you must say the way I say now punch much punch statement one two three go I feel very impossibly moment I don't feel very impossible okay let's do one more time one two three go one more time one more tutti go [Applause] amen you go too sometimes slap your own face and declare to your own mind nothing is impossible to God amen but now God is not saying about nothing is impossible with God he's giving the same Scripture which was in Luke remember nothing is impossible with God he's saying the same nature the same characteristics the same power the same ability he saying nothing is impossible for you you can't believe this level of faith God has in your life you know you mean he believes me that my job so this is a lesson go back to my slide we learn the last one for today the mustard seed faith simply means you got to activate it by saying to your Mountain speak to your Mountain whatever your Mountain is it can be NEETs it can be built it can be impossible tasks it can be concerns for tomorrow can be built or lining or how am I going to pay a renovation loan girls getting married some bills that just came by car broke down TV just got busted at home a mission expenses that we have anything that you can think about God is saying hey I'm not asking to pray declare degree just simple what is he say to this mountain from here go there and if you have faith as a small as a mustard seed what's a mustard seed enjoy him and tell me what is a mustard seed ah the one that you do for awesome ah the one you do for curry you know how smaller God is taking that one and say look at this see I'm sure your faith is bigger than that right yes or no I used to stick one mustard seed on my Bible you know for many many years every day I got discouraged a look at it show my faith bigger than this love because jesus said what he compares my faith to a mustard seed he said if your faith is as small as this one sure impossible miracle can happen yours is bigger than that right I think go home get a mustard seed taste on every page of the Bible did you start believing every page you piece swallow drink whatever let it grow let it grow let it grow let it grow until you throw out mustard seed ah Jesus saying nothing will be impossible for you can I ask you in the closing lady and gentleman from those who are young regardless of your age to those who are older how much do you believe this nothing is impossible sometimes I feel in a natural way those who are listening to the video you know the church people understand for those who are listening in a natural way sometime feel why am I so unlucky everything I touch got impossible things to pray for from buying a car to doing this getting married having children buying a house I can tell you testimony of the testimony every scripture got one testimony and then my children will say I know you experienced the whole Bible can we just read without you explaining because always if this one I experienced before you know is a yes we know I wish but then it was as though God has to help us to believe God is so real in every aspect of your life my brothers and sisters I want to encourage you experience the goodness and the miracles of God amen if you are in this church and it came here for nice good goosebump Lessing how do we these and how to be that praise God but that's not what we teach all the time we talk about the Word of God we get excited about the Word of God we celebrate what God can do in our lives every Sunday after Sunday is going to be power-packed the worship is going to go to deeper the Spirit of God will tell you and if he doesn't do for that Sunday I will tell you don't worry but we will do something to get convicted amen can we all set up together [Music] you you

Channel: Jesus My King Church

Views: 1,627

Rating: 4.9259257 out of 5

Keywords: Jesus my king church, college of prophets, warriors training camp, prophetic, word, Warrio, Faith, Prayer, rivers media

Id: 7WWBr_KwW7Q

Length: 89min 39sec (5379 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 21 2017