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Speaker 3: You will listening to a message from Victory. We hope
Speaker 3: it inspires you to honor God and make disciples in
Speaker 3: your community.
Speaker 1: They will talk about the discipleship mandate. That's basically what
Speaker 1: we mean by helping somebody follow Christ. You making disciples,
Speaker 1: because that's the last word of Jesus before going back
Speaker 1: to heaven. And if you're asking God, Lord, give me
Speaker 1: a word today, that's the same word today. It never
Speaker 1: change and it's still the word of God for every believer.
Speaker 2: Go and make disciples. But as we do that, we're
Speaker 2: going to talk.
Speaker 1: About Peter's failure. Okay, and I think all of us
Speaker 1: can relate to this. Okay, Peter was the best in
Speaker 1: their batch. Just to give you a little background to Peter,
Speaker 1: no Week one, so I showed you some verses showing
Speaker 1: the list of Jesus disciples, twelve of them, and in
Speaker 1: every list, the name of Peter is always mentioned first.
Speaker 1: And that tells us that he's the leader of the group.
Speaker 1: He's the senior leader, is the first among equals. He's
Speaker 1: part of jesus inner circle meron twelve Disciples pro menci
Speaker 1: Jesus alagnia benea bit natatlo, Peter, James and John, and
Speaker 1: they were given the access and the privilege to some
Speaker 1: of the meetings and some of the miracles that were
Speaker 1: not made available to others. So Peter was one of
Speaker 1: the top guys. He's an anointed preach. Sure he preached,
Speaker 1: and three thousand people God saved. And he's one of
Speaker 1: those that God used to write portions of the Bible
Speaker 1: we're using today. Can you imagine that first Peter and
Speaker 1: second Peter the Bible that we're using today was actually
Speaker 1: written by this man. So he's he's one of those
Speaker 1: that will look up giant in the faith. Yet he
Speaker 1: also failed Jesus.
Speaker 2: Stories of failure and the encourage.
Speaker 1: I am able to relate more when I hear great
Speaker 1: leaders talking about their failures because it gives me hope
Speaker 1: and it tells me that it's normal. I can relate
Speaker 1: with the failure more than the success. Sometimes. Now with Peter,
Speaker 1: he failed Jesus as well. Now, because we live in
Speaker 1: and we live in imperfect world, and because we are
Speaker 1: imperfect people, we all experience failures. Helen, I'm saying you
Speaker 1: did that, experience behind them failure, and let's say you
Speaker 1: did too, perfect Dyla, Okay again, I mean.
Speaker 2: Have you here, You already experienced failures.
Speaker 1: So we're now in the same page, even the best
Speaker 1: among us. So today we'll look at the story of
Speaker 1: Peter's greatest failure recorded in all four Gospels. Matthew Mark,
Speaker 1: Look John, you can read this story in the past,
Speaker 1: the Babasan and Lahad. That was Matthew Mark, Look John.
Speaker 1: But you know there's a reason why Jesus allowed that
Speaker 1: to be recorded in all four gospels, and that is
Speaker 1: not to shame Peter, but actually that is to send
Speaker 1: the message.
Speaker 2: Of hope for all of us.
Speaker 1: Peter's greatest failure also became one of his greatest testimonies,
Speaker 1: and I believe God wants to do that to all
Speaker 1: of us as well. So, if you have your with you,
Speaker 1: we're going to read from John chapter twenty one, beginning
Speaker 1: in verse fifteen, and we're trusting that as we read
Speaker 1: through the story of Peter, God will speak to us.
Speaker 2: Wherever you are in your walk with God, whatever.
Speaker 1: Situation you're in today, this message will be God's word
Speaker 1: for you today. So verse fifteen, it says, when they
Speaker 1: had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son
Speaker 1: of John, do you love me more than this? He
Speaker 1: said to him, yes, Lord, you know that I love you.
Speaker 1: He said to him, feed my lambs. Then he said
Speaker 1: to him a second time, Simon, son of John, do
Speaker 1: you love me? He said to him, yes, Lord, you
Speaker 1: know that I love you. And he said to him,
Speaker 1: tend my sheep. He said to him the third time,
Speaker 1: and he said, Simon, son of.
Speaker 2: John, do you love me?
Speaker 1: And Peter was grieved because he said to him the
Speaker 1: third time, do you love me?
Speaker 2: And he said to him, Lord, you know everything. You
Speaker 2: know that I love you. And Jesus said to him,
Speaker 2: feed my sheep. Can we all pray right now?
Speaker 3: Lord?
Speaker 1: We pray today that you will apply your word in
Speaker 1: our hearts, and that you will speak beyond my words.
Speaker 2: Lord, you will speak to.
Speaker 1: Each and every one of us personally, and whatever that
Speaker 1: we are going through, whatever situation that we're in, Lord,
Speaker 1: wherever we are in our walk with you, I pray Lord,
Speaker 1: that your word will be a now word, a timely
Speaker 1: word for us. Lord, speak to us Lord in Jesus name.
Speaker 2: Amen. Let me start with verse fifteen.
Speaker 1: It says, when they had finished breakfast, I wonder how
Speaker 1: many mourning people do we have in this room? You
Speaker 1: love breakfast. I'm a morning person. Maybe part of it
Speaker 1: is because I'm getting older.
Speaker 2: Six a m. Five am.
Speaker 1: So when they had finished breakfast. There's something about.
Speaker 2: Food and ministry. It goes hand in hand.
Speaker 1: This is a victory mere ms, ministry, meals and movies,
Speaker 1: and we are committed to that. There's something about meals,
Speaker 1: food and ministry. Now, there's something about food making the
Speaker 1: conversation more personal.
Speaker 2: Now, it was a.
Speaker 1: Very uh that this is the lowest moment in the
Speaker 1: life of Peter. And when when Jesus was about to
Speaker 1: talk to him, he invited him for breakfast goff monazilla, pancakes, bacon, whatever,
Speaker 1: and and and and Jesus ask him these questions. Now,
Speaker 1: but before we uh go through this text, let me
Speaker 1: rewind a little and then we'll go back to our
Speaker 1: main text, because just so we have a better appreciation
Speaker 1: of the story that or the passage of scripture, we
Speaker 1: read Before this, Peter made a bold.
Speaker 2: Declaration and promise to Jesus.
Speaker 1: The night before Jesus was arrested and before he was crucified,
Speaker 1: they had a meeting, and in that meeting Peter said
Speaker 1: something bold declaration to Jesus, and we can see that
Speaker 1: in Mark fourteen. Again, this is recorded in all four gospels,
Speaker 1: but I'm just reading from Mark fourteen twenty nine to
Speaker 1: thirty one. Peter said to him, even though they all
Speaker 1: fall away, I will not say Manato, lord feelingto.
Speaker 2: Manato.
Speaker 1: But I assure you I'm not going to run away.
Speaker 1: I'm going to be here for you. And Jesus said
Speaker 1: to him, truly, I tell you this very night, before
Speaker 1: the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.
Speaker 1: But he said emphatically, if I must die with you,
Speaker 1: I will not deny you. And they all said the same, Sumaian.
Speaker 2: Lloyd, Indigeta, Juan. And they've been friends for years.
Speaker 1: They traveled together, they did ministry together, they had great memories.
Speaker 2: They they did good friends.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure Peter was sincere. It's not trying to
Speaker 1: to lie to Jesus. It's not trying to to have
Speaker 1: a different agenda.
Speaker 2: I'm sure during the time he was sincere.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you've said things also sincerely, but you were
Speaker 1: not able.
Speaker 2: To follow through. I'm sure you've also made promises and
Speaker 2: you're sincere when you gave the promise, but you broke
Speaker 2: your promise.
Speaker 1: So see Peter, Megan Malalimahanila don muhogu, See Peter.
Speaker 2: There was even a.
Speaker 1: Time when Peter's mother in law was sick, and even
Speaker 1: though Jesus was busy, he went to their house and
Speaker 1: prayed for the mother in law of Peter, and the
Speaker 1: mother in law got healed. Some peologians are saying that's
Speaker 1: the reason why Jesus did Peter deny Jesus three times
Speaker 1: later on in the ministry, Indiana gets it.
Speaker 2: But anyway, we're moving on. Kenion Land Laga Boohai. You know,
Speaker 2: one of the.
Speaker 1: Major causes of personal failure. He made his bold declaration
Speaker 1: and then he failed. His greatest declaration became his greatest failure.
Speaker 1: And one of the major causes of personal failure is
Speaker 1: over estimating our strength, whether that's moral failure, whether that's
Speaker 1: failure in marriage or business. It's overestimating our strength. The
Speaker 1: moment we think we are invincible. The moment we think
Speaker 1: that we are immune to temptation, or the moment we
Speaker 1: say that will never happen to me, we are in trouble.
Speaker 1: We put our guards down. We become careless, and we
Speaker 1: become arrogant. We assume things. I can watch that, ka,
Speaker 1: I'm matured, I can go to that place. I can
Speaker 1: be with this person even if we are alone. Mom,
Speaker 1: I know myself, I'm I'm devoted husband.
Speaker 2: I will never do that.
Speaker 1: The moment we think that, that's when we are going
Speaker 1: to be prone to temptation. That's what happened to Peter Sabina,
Speaker 1: that I will never do that, that will never happen
Speaker 1: to me. He was overestimating his strength. The truth is,
Speaker 1: given the right situation, you and I are capable of
Speaker 1: any sin. David was a man after God's own heart.
Speaker 1: He was a worshiper, he was a giant killer. He's
Speaker 1: a giant in the faith. Yet at one point in
Speaker 1: his life he's.
Speaker 2: Still committed adultery.
Speaker 1: So, even the right situation, you and I are capable
Speaker 1: of committing any sin. That's why we cannot overestimate. That
Speaker 1: also happens to business, and maybe we have business people
Speaker 1: in the room. There's this book that I read many
Speaker 1: years ago on titled pun book is How the Mighty Fall,
Speaker 1: written by Jim Collins, the same guy who authored Good
Speaker 1: to Great and.
Speaker 2: Really a excellent book.
Speaker 1: And this is a study of companies who started out
Speaker 1: very well, who were established, some of them, some of
Speaker 1: the companies here are fifty years old companies. But eventually
Speaker 1: they declined and they eventually shut.
Speaker 2: Down, they closed.
Speaker 1: And so they made a study and they tried to
Speaker 1: see if there's a similarity what caused these companies to
Speaker 1: decline and eventually be out of business.
Speaker 2: And he outlined five stages of decline.
Speaker 1: In the first one, they said, he here is the red.
Speaker 2: Sign, the warning sign.
Speaker 1: First one is arrogance or what they called you brisk
Speaker 1: of success. When they started growing, when they started having
Speaker 1: more resources and finances, they they assumed that they can
Speaker 1: do everything, and they can enter all kinds of business
Speaker 1: and they will get the same result.
Speaker 2: They became careless.
Speaker 1: Peter, after that that incident in John chapter twenty one,
Speaker 1: verse three, it says he went back to fishing. So
Speaker 1: I'm sure so, Bram Saman and Obni Peter he was
Speaker 1: so down, I mean he was he was crushed because
Speaker 1: of what happened, just the thought of betraying his best friend,
Speaker 1: betraying Jesus. And every time he would hear the rooster crows.
Speaker 1: Can you imagine Omaga the.
Speaker 2: Detroyed suggestus Saman remind gonna guilt more? You know, I'm
Speaker 2: in the past.
Speaker 1: Every time you see a person or a place, or
Speaker 1: an item or a scenario you it's replayed in your
Speaker 1: in your mind. And and Peter was like that. So
Speaker 1: he went back to fishing. Now it's not just like
Speaker 1: a hobby. What that meant is that he went back
Speaker 1: to his old life because he used to be a businessman.
Speaker 1: He's into fishing business. That's what he's doing prior to.
Speaker 2: His encounter with Jesus.
Speaker 1: And after he failed, maybe in his mind, there's no
Speaker 1: way I can move forward, there's no way I can
Speaker 1: return to ministry, and there's nothing I can do to
Speaker 1: make things right. I don't know if you have situations
Speaker 1: like that, A feeling Molana hopelessly. But we can see
Speaker 1: in the story that God was not yet finished with Peter.
Speaker 1: People maybe have given up on him, He may have
Speaker 1: given up on him on himself, but God has not
Speaker 1: yet given up on him.
Speaker 2: In deepa and give up the Lord. In fact, with
Speaker 2: the same way with you, God is not giving up
Speaker 2: on you. Means give up now.
Speaker 1: Especially they say they say that about the next generation,
Speaker 1: the millennials, about buying threshold. No Millennials when it comes
Speaker 1: to perseverance and persistence, when they when when their encounter difficulties,
Speaker 1: they easily quit back out. And sometimes we do that
Speaker 1: when it comes to our walk with God, we easily
Speaker 1: give upon Christianity in a to one month. I tried,
Speaker 1: I tried walking with God. I tried giving up on
Speaker 1: my sin. I tried removing the number of the girl.
Speaker 1: I tried to stop meeting with the her, but I
Speaker 1: end up going back. But with God, God is not
Speaker 1: giving up on Peter. In fact, that Philippines one six
Speaker 1: and one of my favorite verses in the Bible. Here's
Speaker 1: one thing we can be sure and I am sure
Speaker 1: of this. You know, there's a lot of things we
Speaker 1: cannot be sure about. I'm not sure what will happen tomorrow.
Speaker 1: I plan my week every Monday, I would plot out
Speaker 1: my schedule, but in reality, tomorrow I don't know.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of things we cannot be sure about.
Speaker 1: But this we can be sure of that He who
Speaker 1: began a good work in you will bring.
Speaker 2: It to completion of the day of Jesus Christ.
Speaker 1: How many of you know God has started something good
Speaker 1: in your life you encounter Jesus.
Speaker 2: Guess what, here's your assurance.
Speaker 1: If you know God has started something good in your life,
Speaker 1: If you know you had an encounter with Jesus, God
Speaker 1: will not leave that undone or hanging. He's going to
Speaker 1: complete it. Because God is not just a good starter,
Speaker 1: is a good finisher. He's a faithful God. Now we
Speaker 1: go back to our main text, and that's where how
Speaker 1: we got to John chapter twenty one, verse fifteen, and
Speaker 1: this setting of Jesus and Peter having breakfast together. And
Speaker 1: there are three lessons I'd like to draw out from
Speaker 1: this story that I believe is a message of encouragement
Speaker 1: for us as we move forward and as we answer
Speaker 1: God's call to make disciple. First one from this story
Speaker 1: is that Jesus is more concerned about our heart than
Speaker 1: our failure. Jesus is more concerned about our heart than
Speaker 1: our failure. You know what's interesting is that after what
Speaker 1: Peter did denying Jesus when they met, Jesus did not
Speaker 1: ask for an explanation India Sermund and Peter Graba Kuma
Speaker 1: indeed Sahia.
Speaker 2: You know what.
Speaker 1: Jesus asked of him. He simply asked this question, do
Speaker 1: you love me?
Speaker 2: He love me? God was going after his heart.
Speaker 1: You know why because to God, what's happening on the
Speaker 1: inside is more important than what's happening on the outside.
Speaker 1: You know, one thing I learned about parenting is that
Speaker 1: I should always go after the heart more than the
Speaker 1: actual wrong.
Speaker 2: That was done.
Speaker 1: Because if I address the issue of the heart, the
Speaker 1: behavior will follow. But if I focus on the behavior,
Speaker 1: I might force my children to tame down for a
Speaker 1: for a peeriod of time, but eventually the issue will
Speaker 1: come up again, and it's going to manifest in many
Speaker 1: different ways.
Speaker 2: So I have to go after the.
Speaker 1: Heart more than what's what has been done, and the
Speaker 1: same way taio. See, young Deemonial got going, you said,
Speaker 1: and he will focus us on what we've done. You
Speaker 1: said this, you did that.
Speaker 2: That's and he's going to load this with guilt and shame.
Speaker 1: But you know, more than our failure, what's important to
Speaker 1: Jesus is your heart. Come, stay your heart more. How's
Speaker 1: your heart today? I know you failed, But how's your heart?
Speaker 1: Are you allowing Jesus to address the issue in your heart?
Speaker 2: Are you allowing him? Or or are you running away?
Speaker 1: Jesus is more concerned about our heart than our failure.
Speaker 1: And basically Jesus was asking Peter because if you love me?
Speaker 2: Do you love me? I mean, Peter, Yes?
Speaker 1: Okay, because if you love me, then we can move forward,
Speaker 1: we can do something about it.
Speaker 2: How's your heart today?
Speaker 1: Second is that Jesus love for us is greater than
Speaker 1: all our failures. Jesus love for us is greater than
Speaker 1: our failures. You know when I when my daughter and
Speaker 1: I joined our first me and my dad camp I
Speaker 1: think two weeks ago in the pastor Joash, I brought
Speaker 1: a lot of disposable plates and cups and spoon and fork,
Speaker 1: madele it's easier.
Speaker 2: It's more convenient corned beef in eating.
Speaker 1: I my hohogasn't pat up disposable, they're using it. I
Speaker 1: can just throw it away. You know, that's for some people,
Speaker 1: that's how they approach relationship. If it's not convenient anymore,
Speaker 1: when they think they already got what they need, or
Speaker 1: if an offense is committed, they simply throw away the relationship.
Speaker 1: That's why there's so many short live relationships today. Sobra
Speaker 1: Homan dinan Samana, young people, you know, short live three months,
Speaker 1: two months, disposable relationship. But how many of you are glad?
Speaker 1: God is not like that when it comes to relationship.
Speaker 1: God don't believe in disposable relationship. God believes in a permanent,
Speaker 1: everlasting covenant relationship. You know what's amazing with God is
Speaker 1: that he would always initiate a covenant. But mehren Shang, really,
Speaker 1: Abraham or anybody is walking with him. The Bible says,
Speaker 1: he don't need to make a promise because it's trustworthy,
Speaker 1: but just to make a point that he's committed to
Speaker 1: this relationship, he will give promises. He will enter a
Speaker 1: covenant to assure us that no matter what happens, he's
Speaker 1: not going to leave us nor forsake us. And I
Speaker 1: believe that's what God wants to bring to us. Security, security, Gusuni,
Speaker 1: Lord Malaman. Whatever happens is, love will endure forever. You
Speaker 1: will commit failure, you will fail, but God's love won't fail.
Speaker 1: You will be unfaithful, but God will remain faithful.
Speaker 2: God's love for us is greater than our failures.
Speaker 1: I read this book about Billy Graham is a one
Speaker 1: of the most respected evangelists in the United States. I
Speaker 1: think it's ninety five now I'm approaching one hundred Mahinanasha.
Speaker 1: But during his primary traveled around the world. He preached
Speaker 1: millions of people. He became the pastor of several US
Speaker 1: president uh.
Speaker 2: His integrity is really above reproach.
Speaker 1: He's respected of all denominations and religions in the world.
Speaker 1: And in one of his books, in one of the
Speaker 1: books written about him, there's this portion an interview about
Speaker 1: with him and his wife and there and they were
Speaker 1: being asked about their marriage.
Speaker 2: And there's this reporter who asked.
Speaker 1: Miss Graham, see Ruth Graham, Sabina, Mom, in your decades
Speaker 1: of marriage, was there ever a time when you thought
Speaker 1: or ever or even considered divorce? And Sabini Ruth Graham
Speaker 1: divorce no murder.
Speaker 2: Yes.
Speaker 1: And what she meant by that is that their marriage
Speaker 1: wasn't perfect, but divorce never became their option. They're in
Speaker 1: the marriage together. They will have conflicts and fights, but
Speaker 1: we are committed to work this out. There is no
Speaker 1: plan B for us. Divorce is never an option, you know,
Speaker 1: the same way with God. With this relationship with you
Speaker 1: and me, God is no plan b. There will be failures,
Speaker 1: but God is willing to work it out. God is
Speaker 1: not going to leave us, nor forsake us, or nor
Speaker 1: abandon us.
Speaker 2: The Bible says that.
Speaker 1: In Romance chapter eight, that there is nothing in all
Speaker 1: creation that will separate us from the love of Christ.
Speaker 2: Wow. Yeah, metam forever, my forever.
Speaker 1: Okay, Lloyd Sabin that need neither hide, nor death, or angels,
Speaker 1: nor demons, nor famine nor sword.
Speaker 2: There is nothing in.
Speaker 1: All creation that will separate you and me from the
Speaker 1: love of Christ. No sin, no failure that will separate
Speaker 1: you and me from the love of Christ. But what
Speaker 1: the enemy will say to you when you fail is
Speaker 1: that the Lord.
Speaker 2: And he will load you with guilt and shame.
Speaker 1: That's why our tendency as a church tendency Bible Wagnama
Speaker 1: pray is to run away from Christ.
Speaker 2: But that's not God's will for us.
Speaker 1: There's a verse in the Bible that says, it's mercy
Speaker 1: is you every morning? How many of you know you
Speaker 1: are here because of the mercy of God? How many
Speaker 1: of you are glad every day? There is mercy available
Speaker 1: for you and me. I need mercy every day. We
Speaker 1: sin every day. I'm not talking about Blayton sins. Okay,
Speaker 1: sometimes you lose your temper.
Speaker 2: I have a victory group member. L's Wehennesday?
Speaker 1: Maybe business torna pass away starting on victory groups.
Speaker 2: That's Ryan praying a man Abian a girl.
Speaker 1: Because of phone. The three girls I say, been a
Speaker 1: Basushima staff. Yeah, Alasha don it so it was triggered.
Speaker 1: Pray Come, I pray, pray, pray. We need mercy every day.
Speaker 1: How many of you need mercy every day? The Bible
Speaker 1: says his mercy is new every morning. Great is thy frightfulness.
Speaker 1: I've been alive for thirty eight years, and I was
Speaker 1: counting kanina thirty eight years times three hundred.
Speaker 2: And sixty five days.
Speaker 1: That's more than five hundred thousand mercies that God has
Speaker 1: given to me the past thirty eight years.
Speaker 2: Five hundred thousand plus mercies.
Speaker 1: Every day I reach in mercy, then, says oh ryanang
Speaker 1: five hundred thousand quantiqulamb is mercies here every morning, every
Speaker 1: day is a reset. Every day is a reset.
Speaker 2: And last thing.
Speaker 1: And here's the connection to our topic today, to go
Speaker 1: and make disciples help somebody, move forward, preach the gospel.
Speaker 1: Jesus wants to use us in spite of our failures.
Speaker 2: Jesus wants to use us in spite of our failures.
Speaker 1: Jesus did not only forgive and restore Peter, he commissioned
Speaker 1: him to do the work of ministry. Sabina, do you
Speaker 1: love me? Oh hey, we're done after this. Let's let's
Speaker 1: address this. But after this, forget about this. Let's move forward.
Speaker 1: Feed the feed my sheep, take care of my sheep.
Speaker 1: Let's do the work of ministry. Clear division, I can
Speaker 1: keeping no record of bronx. Sometimes we do.
Speaker 2: Last week elementary look research ten years old, Gopalam.
Speaker 1: See Jesus, Division, I kee keeping no record of brooms Peter, Ay,
Speaker 1: this is bad or not sugar coating, this is this
Speaker 1: is sin.
Speaker 2: But I want you to know. After this, let's.
Speaker 1: Go go in like disciples the same way with you.
Speaker 1: That's the message of Jesus for all of us today.
Speaker 1: Don't just eat feed pastor gtorium feeding detail. We need feeding,
Speaker 1: no personal time in the world Sunday. We need feeding, peroing,
Speaker 1: feed someone else. There's so many people who's yet to
Speaker 1: receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And you know how
Speaker 1: it feels if we are always being the one receiving
Speaker 1: and we're not spreading the gospel. You know, I have
Speaker 1: here before I end and say, man, we have this
Speaker 1: box of donuts Jacob's and Jacob.
Speaker 2: I can regain. I'm preaching is a buy agent. Hey,
Speaker 2: you can get kinda getting mala.
Speaker 1: Sup make brook goffa began guitar, Susa, I'll give a
Speaker 1: maron alaya.
Speaker 2: La and.
Speaker 1: Okay, Sinda is a side not Alkay you are again Guapa, Papa.
Speaker 2: Yalla.
Speaker 1: Selli cora pa and we musaba sasa parents more attend
Speaker 1: next week, so you know Pa, let's.
Speaker 2: Say masamaglo struggle pastor and ana parents. Something's wrong. Unfair
Speaker 2: I'm fair twelve. That was that Iona fascinating sugar level
Speaker 2: and coopa unfair.
Speaker 1: No, you know this is the picture of Christians who
Speaker 1: always wants feeding, feed me, feed me, feed me, but
Speaker 1: not sharing the good news to others.
Speaker 2: Unfair some poon and Jacob, okay, jan you can share.
Speaker 2: You have so much.
Speaker 1: You know, when Jesus talked to Peter, he said, it's
Speaker 1: not about you, Peter, feed my sheep. And that's my
Speaker 1: exhortation for you today. You want to move forward. One
Speaker 1: indication that you are moving forward is that you are
Speaker 1: not always looking to yourself only, but you're taking your
Speaker 1: eyes off yourself and you're.
Speaker 2: Starting to see the need of other people.
Speaker 1: We Memami Papalan Tao Lord, you know last thing, as
Speaker 1: I end in in Luk chapter twenty two, verse thirty
Speaker 1: one to thirty two, it says Simon, Simon behold Satan
Speaker 1: demanded to have you, that he.
Speaker 2: Might sift you like wheat. But I have prayed for
Speaker 2: you that your faith may not fail.
Speaker 1: And when you have turned against strengthen your brothers. You know,
Speaker 1: Jesus knew even before Peter denied him three times. Jesus
Speaker 1: knew already Peter is going to fail. He wasn't shocked
Speaker 1: the same way with you Bagapan and failed Alemna Manilarde.
Speaker 2: He factored that in he knows you're going to fail.
Speaker 2: In fact, some of you here you failed Jesus yesterday.
Speaker 1: Maybe some of you here you failed Jesus last night
Speaker 1: when you were in front of that computer. Jesus knew
Speaker 1: Peter was going to fail. But Jesus said, but I
Speaker 1: prayed for you, and you're going to bounce back, and
Speaker 1: when you do, not if, but when strengthen your brothers.
Speaker 1: And the same way with us. I don't know where
Speaker 1: you failed. I don't know if you're failing. I don't
Speaker 1: know where are you going to fail in the future.
Speaker 1: But I want you to know God prayed for you
Speaker 1: and you are going to bounce back. That our failure
Speaker 1: is not final. Someone said failure is not a person,
Speaker 1: it's an event. And when we fail, remember this that,
Speaker 1: by the grace of God, you're going to bounce back.
Speaker 1: And when you do, strengthen others. And you know one
Speaker 1: way you're going to strengthen others is through your testimony.
Speaker 1: And your testimony is I failed, but God is faithful.
Speaker 1: I failed, but the love of God endured forever. I failed,
Speaker 1: but God is giving me the grace to minister to others.
Speaker 1: I failed, but God is at work in my heart.
Speaker 1: That's your testimony. Actually, in this story, Peter is not
Speaker 1: the hero. He is actually the villain. Jesus is the hero.
Speaker 2: You know in your life and your story, you are
Speaker 2: not the hero. You are the villain. Jesus is the hero.
Speaker 2: And though you fail with Jesus, you will always rise
Speaker 2: up again. Amen.
Speaker 1: And the reason God wants to restore us is not
Speaker 1: so we can go on with our life, just have
Speaker 1: a convenient life.
Speaker 2: But God wants to use us. You have a ministry.
Speaker 2: You have a ministry.
Speaker 1: Can you please join to the person see that next
Speaker 1: you tell that person you have a ministry. In Dela pastors,
Speaker 1: in Dila nao my ministry. God did not only save you.
Speaker 1: He gave you a ministry. And what ministry is that?
Speaker 1: And second, Christians, he said, and he gave us the
Speaker 1: ministry of reconciliation. All this is from God through Christ
Speaker 1: reconciled us to himself. Masayataio, we are at peace with God.
Speaker 1: My relationship now, my Lord, my sins had been forgiven.
Speaker 1: I'm walking in the blessing of God. But wait, there's more.
Speaker 2: That's not all. You are reconciled to God.
Speaker 1: And with that, he gave us the ministry of reconciliation,
Speaker 1: meaning us reconciling other people to Jesus. How's your parents
Speaker 1: are they reconciled to Jesus? How about your siblings? Are
Speaker 1: they reconciled to Jesus? How about your officemates? How about
Speaker 1: your employees? Are they reconciled to Jesus. If not, that
Speaker 1: is your ministry, the people in your circle of influence.
Speaker 1: Is not an accident. You are the missionary. You have
Speaker 1: a ministry, and God wants to commission you tonight in
Speaker 1: spite of your failures.
Speaker 2: God wants to use you. Amen.
Speaker 1: Can we just pray right now, Father God, we thank
Speaker 1: you for your word. Lord, Thank you God, just for
Speaker 1: the load of encouragement we receive from you tonight. Thank
Speaker 1: you for the story of Peter. We can find hope
Speaker 1: and encouragement in the midst of our failure. Lord, thank
Speaker 1: you for securing us that no matter what happens, your
Speaker 1: love will be greater than our failures.
Speaker 2: That your love will endure forever.
Speaker 1: And Lord, I pray that will encourage us that we're
Speaker 1: not going to use that as a license to sin. Rather,
Speaker 1: it will be a motivation for us to continually move forward.
Speaker 1: And every time we fall, we're not going to stay
Speaker 1: on the ground. We're going to rise up again. You
Speaker 1: said in your word a righteous man may fall seven times,
Speaker 1: but seven times it will rise up again. So thank you,
Speaker 1: Lord God for giving us hope tonight. Thank you, Lord
Speaker 1: God for assuring us that failure is not final. You
Speaker 1: can always restore us, and you want to use us.
Speaker 2: So Lord, use us. Lord. I pray Lord that you
Speaker 2: will also give us tonight a vision for ministry. God.
Speaker 1: I pray, Lord, show us the people in our circle
Speaker 1: of influence, our natural relationships. I pray Lord you will
Speaker 1: impart to us your compassion for the lost, open our
Speaker 1: eyes that we might see the harvest waiting for us.
Speaker 1: You said, the harvest is plentiful people who are waiting
Speaker 1: to receive the gospel.
Speaker 2: There is no problem with the harvest. Many times, the
Speaker 2: problem is with us. We are not willing.
Speaker 1: To be your mouthpiece, Lord God, to be your hand
Speaker 1: and feet. But I pray today Lord God, like Peter,
Speaker 1: we will go and bring the Gospel to people who
Speaker 1: needs to receive it.
Speaker 2: God, and use us, Use us. Lord.
Speaker 1: I pray for those of us here today who may
Speaker 1: be in a dark place, who maybe are discourage because
Speaker 1: of something that happened, or because of something that's happening.
Speaker 1: I pray Lorgod for your comfort. I pray Lord God
Speaker 1: for their faith not to fail.
Speaker 2: Like Peter.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord God for the assurance that they are
Speaker 1: going to bounce back. Lord, thank you that tonight there
Speaker 1: are people who are coming back to you. There are people,
Speaker 1: Lord God who are standing up again because they see
Speaker 1: that light of hope.
Speaker 2: So thank you, Lord God.
Speaker 1: I pray that this message will not only strengthen us,
Speaker 1: but I pray it will strengthen a lot of people
Speaker 1: are God.
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