Speaker 1: Welcome, Just hand Away Tagalog Sermon podcast, your daily doseph
Speaker 1: inspiring from heartfelt taglog sermons from different characters and speakers
Speaker 1: all over the Philippines. We hope that this podcast finds
Speaker 1: you in good shape. And now here's your message.
Speaker 2: You were listening to a message from Victory. We hope
Speaker 2: it inspires you to honor God and make disciples in
Speaker 2: your humanity.
Speaker 1: So they were going to talk about another character or
Speaker 1: attribute of God. And as I try to introduce this series,
Speaker 1: I was talking to one of our guys here, see Monty,
Speaker 1: and Pastor Larry is part of our worship team, and
Speaker 1: they asked him, sing, Monty, how old are you? No,
Speaker 1: it's Jello, sorry seven o'la gel? How old are you
Speaker 1: lobbing a sixteen? It's like, oh, man, Gabby. I was
Speaker 1: sixteen twenty one years ago, two decades ago. So I'm
Speaker 1: not sure with our younger generation now, but I grew
Speaker 1: up hearing lots of funny stories about people battling for
Speaker 1: greatness sataga Filipino or my dad is better than your dad, man.
Speaker 1: And one of the stories that I used to, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I used this a lot when I was
Speaker 1: in Tampus Ministry. Let's see if it's still going to work.
Speaker 1: Perro mehren hunga shooting shooting competition, okay, and so they
Speaker 1: want to know who's the greatest. This is really there's
Speaker 1: a representative from the US, from China and of course
Speaker 1: the Philippines. How many of your cheering for the Philippines.
Speaker 1: So here's the the The aim is to hit the
Speaker 1: apple accurately, which was placed on top of the person's head. Okay,
Speaker 1: so you're Potan, so you can choose your weapon, but
Speaker 1: again the goal is to hit that apple accurately. So
Speaker 1: to that day of competition, then of course after a
Speaker 1: non performance momentang mike on stage and then you you
Speaker 1: can go there and introduce yourself. So first one from
Speaker 1: the US weapon of choice was forty five pistol. So
Speaker 1: bang from here to gallery, Jamal hyl Ready aim fire crab,
Speaker 1: bullseye buhaiyo sae I am Bruce Lee No no, no,
Speaker 1: Chuck Norris cab and let us have Chuck Norris pre
Speaker 1: amp catching Chinese webbing of choice star blade and let
Speaker 1: me start blade sharp object and star in shape. I'm
Speaker 1: wanna get a guy ninja. So ready in fire star
Speaker 1: Blade one hundred pieces in Apple'm sharp, I am Jackie Chander,
Speaker 1: weapon of choice, arrow challengeha blindfolded, Greek question, spa Malinisian apple,
Speaker 1: what a young Okay, just a sting. I am sorry.
Speaker 1: After twenty years, Thank you, thank you, thank you so greatness.
Speaker 1: So now let's pray. Let's close the service. You know,
Speaker 1: tonight we're going to talk about God's greatness. Okay, my reason,
Speaker 1: But why I told that story? But many times we
Speaker 1: battle for greatness and sometimes we have this wrong concept
Speaker 1: or idea about greatness. Tonight we're going to look at
Speaker 1: the scripture, and we're going to look at the greatness
Speaker 1: of God and someone forty five. If you have your
Speaker 1: Bible with you, verse one, starting in verse one to five,
Speaker 1: it says, I will extoll you, my God and King,
Speaker 1: and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I
Speaker 1: will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.
Speaker 1: Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and
Speaker 1: his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall command your works
Speaker 1: to another, and shall declare your mighty acts on the
Speaker 1: glorious splendor of your majesty and on your wonder's works.
Speaker 1: I will meditate. Can we just bow our heads and
Speaker 1: close our eyes and pray, Lord, we declare your greatness Today. Lord,
Speaker 1: we exalt you, like David teach us to bless your
Speaker 1: name every day, forever and ever, not only when times
Speaker 1: are good, not only when things are doing well, but Lord,
Speaker 1: in all seasons, at all times. I pray, Lord, God
Speaker 1: weak and bless your name. Lord. We thank you that
Speaker 1: we will declare your greatness, not just us, but even
Speaker 1: our children and our children's children. Lord, even the next
Speaker 1: generation will testify about your greatness. So Lord, thank you. Lord,
Speaker 1: teach us also to meditate on your greatness in Jesus name. Amen. Okay,
Speaker 1: I really want to focus on verse three, where it
Speaker 1: says great is the Lord greatly to be praised, and
Speaker 1: his greatness is really unsearchable. So for those of you
Speaker 1: who had been Christians already for quite some time, you
Speaker 1: know that there are many translations of the Bible. We
Speaker 1: have the King James version, we have the New King
Speaker 1: James Version, we have the New International Version, we have
Speaker 1: the English Standard version, we have the Message Translation, New
Speaker 1: Live In Translation, Amplified Bible Translation, all kinds of translations.
Speaker 1: There are more than one hundred translations available for us
Speaker 1: in the English language. Some are corrupted, but there are
Speaker 1: really many that are really helpful for us to better
Speaker 1: understand the Bible and have greater appreciation of God's word. Now,
Speaker 1: the reason for that is the Bible was originally written
Speaker 1: in Hebrew, that's the Old Testament, and then it's written
Speaker 1: in Greek the New Testament. Since many of us are
Speaker 1: not Greek speaking people or Hebrew speaking people, it needed
Speaker 1: to be translated into English. Now, when they translated the
Speaker 1: Bible into English, there are specific focus. Now we have
Speaker 1: what we call the word for word. Normally it's under
Speaker 1: three categories or three types of translation. And please bear
Speaker 1: with me, I'm going somewhere with this. We have the
Speaker 1: word for word, we have the thought for thought, and
Speaker 1: then we have the paraphrase. Now here's the difference of that,
Speaker 1: your word for word translation. You know, the focus of
Speaker 1: the Triologians and the people who work together in translating
Speaker 1: the Bible into English. Their focus is to be faithful
Speaker 1: in translating it word for word, so that when we
Speaker 1: study the Bible there's the accuracy for word for word.
Speaker 1: For example, if it's written in Hebrew like tagalog soon
Speaker 1: talks of one, they would translate that to punch in
Speaker 1: the moon something like that. Okay, that's just me. And
Speaker 1: word for word is es V, the New King James
Speaker 1: version of the Bible. ESV is what we use in
Speaker 1: church for study, for preaching, for teaching. Now the paraphrase
Speaker 1: is like the commentary of the word for word. Now,
Speaker 1: the focus of the people who work together and translating
Speaker 1: the Bible in the paraphrase, which is the message translation
Speaker 1: and all this translations. The focus is to give it
Speaker 1: a modern translation. Som Sun talks finanslate Nila. Word forward,
Speaker 1: punching the moon's a paraphrase good luck, parangam or boom,
Speaker 1: David wants to fight Goliath. It's like punching the moon.
Speaker 1: David wants to fight Goliath. Boom. It gets now that
Speaker 1: thought for thought is the combination of word forward and paraphrase.
Speaker 1: They want to be accurate word forward, but they want
Speaker 1: to give it a modern translation so that it will
Speaker 1: be easy for us to understand. So the thought fore
Speaker 1: thought is like the NIV version that NLT. Maybe it
Speaker 1: will be translated like it's like trying to reach the moon.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's the thought for thought. So punching the moon boom,
Speaker 1: it's like trying to reach the moon. So all of
Speaker 1: these are helpful because it gives us a different angle
Speaker 1: as we look into the Word. Now, I said all
Speaker 1: that because what I want to do to as we
Speaker 1: try to unpack verse three is use three different translations
Speaker 1: and see how it was translated, so that we will
Speaker 1: have a better understanding and appreciation. When the Bible said
Speaker 1: that the greatness of God is unsearchable, what do you
Speaker 1: mean by that? What do you mean when you say
Speaker 1: it's unsearchable? And That's what I want to do. And
Speaker 1: I'm trusting that I as I preach God's word, God
Speaker 1: will use his word to expand our understanding and to
Speaker 1: elevate our perspective of the greatness of God, and I
Speaker 1: hope it will impact our lives. I'm praying that I
Speaker 1: can't give justice to explaining the greatness of God in
Speaker 1: thirty minutes, but I'm trusting that God will bless the
Speaker 1: preaching of the Word, and that God will speak beyond
Speaker 1: my words, and that God will speak to you, specially
Speaker 1: in connection to where you are in your walk with God.
Speaker 1: So here we go. First, one, I'd like to look
Speaker 1: at the NIV translation of verse three. It says great
Speaker 1: as the Lord and most worthy of praise. His greatness
Speaker 1: no one can fathom. So it was translated greatness is unsearchable.
Speaker 1: It was translated to no one can fathom. It means
Speaker 1: no one can completely comprehend who God is and no
Speaker 1: one can completely comprehend what God does. Now, I had
Speaker 1: the privilege of working with this guy, Andrew Wee. Okay
Speaker 1: that Andrew E. Show the picture of Andrew Wi. He's
Speaker 1: now our admin pastor in Victory Malatte, Okay. And but
Speaker 1: before that we I worked with him for a few
Speaker 1: years in campus ministry as youth pastor. So his campus
Speaker 1: director Victory Malati and campus director of Victory You belt
Speaker 1: work together. Is a brilliant guy. He took up Bachelor
Speaker 1: of Science and Statistics major in actuarial science in the
Speaker 1: LaSalle I'm not really sure what that course is, actorial science.
Speaker 1: Maybe they make they do they make aquariums or something
Speaker 1: like that. Now after graduation, he took up Master all
Speaker 1: in mathematics. Not sure why he's so fascinated with numbers.
Speaker 1: So sometimes but every time we ask him to do
Speaker 1: a presentation of the statistics of the work we're doing
Speaker 1: in Metro Manila. As a campus ministry. They will give
Speaker 1: us the statistics of how many high school students, first
Speaker 1: year students, college students, a number of students committing suicide
Speaker 1: or early pregnancy, and all of these statistics and the
Speaker 1: probabilities and all technic papresents a short circuit go overheat.
Speaker 1: It's just too much for me. I only you know
Speaker 1: my my intelligence level when it comes to mathematics, it's
Speaker 1: just really average. I only know some addition, multiplication, division, subtraction.
Speaker 1: I can do that with the help of calculator. The calculator,
Speaker 1: but that don't guy, I'm in amazing. We're not in
Speaker 1: the same level. It's really impossible for me to understand
Speaker 1: the how it works. So sometimes I being Savania bro,
Speaker 1: we trust you. I trust you alm what tim I am.
Speaker 1: But you know I will not force myself to do that.
Speaker 1: As I think of that, I think that's a good
Speaker 1: picture of us and God when it comes to his greatness,
Speaker 1: especially in the area of wisdom and understanding no wonder.
Speaker 1: In n IV it says that He's great, and his
Speaker 1: greatness no one can fathom. And I think it's it's
Speaker 1: referring to what he knows. God is great, his thoughts
Speaker 1: are higher than our thoughts. He's wiser than any of
Speaker 1: us in this room. We can combine our intelligence and
Speaker 1: still it's like it's like my one and a half
Speaker 1: years old kid in me. When I talk to him.
Speaker 1: Sometimes there are things I cannot explain to him because
Speaker 1: of the level that he's in. Sometimes, Lord, but Lord,
Speaker 1: I demand an explanation. But yo part one and a
Speaker 1: half year old Dabata Sabin A Lord, Bob explains to you,
Speaker 1: we can't. He's great. That's why we can trust God.
Speaker 1: That's why there's room for faith. That's why we can
Speaker 1: just worship God. You know, there are times what I
Speaker 1: need is not an explanation. What I need is faith,
Speaker 1: because I just know there's something that God is doing.
Speaker 1: In the midst of that. First Corinthians, chapter thirteen, verse nine,
Speaker 1: it says, for we know when part, and we OFFICI
Speaker 1: in part, we know in part. In Deuteronomy twenty nine,
Speaker 1: verse twenty nine, the secret things belong to the Lord,
Speaker 1: our God. But the things that are revealed belong to
Speaker 1: us and our children forever that we may do all
Speaker 1: the words of this law, everything we need to know
Speaker 1: about God, everything we need to know about this plan
Speaker 1: of salvation, everything we need to know in order for
Speaker 1: us to walk with God. The revealed things, the Bible
Speaker 1: says is for us in our children. But there are
Speaker 1: things in life, in our lives where it will remain
Speaker 1: a secret forever. Not because God wants to keep secrets,
Speaker 1: but it's just that we cannot fully grasp and understand,
Speaker 1: so it will. I mean, there are things in our
Speaker 1: lives now, the co Alumlord that's too much for me.
Speaker 1: That's why. In Proverbs chapter three, verse five to six,
Speaker 1: and here's the exhortation for us, how do we respond
Speaker 1: to this great God? It says, trust in the Lord
Speaker 1: with all your heart. Everyone say trust trust in the
Speaker 1: Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on
Speaker 1: your own understanding in all your ways. Acknowledge Him in
Speaker 1: all your decisions, in all your actions, and He will
Speaker 1: make straight your paths in other translations, and he will
Speaker 1: grant you success. There are things that is really beyond
Speaker 1: our understanding. God can see the future. We don't. We
Speaker 1: can plan for the future, but in reality we don't
Speaker 1: exactly know what will happen tomorrow. That's why we have
Speaker 1: to trust God. It may look good, sounds good, feel good,
Speaker 1: taste good now, but I need the wisdom of God
Speaker 1: because so many things. The Bible says, there are ways
Speaker 1: that seems good to a man, but in the end
Speaker 1: it leads to death. We don't always know what's best
Speaker 1: for us. But thank God, we have a great God.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you are grateful, we have a great
Speaker 1: God who knows more than we do. No one can
Speaker 1: fat them. Second is the message translation. This is more
Speaker 1: of the paraphrase, and it says God is magnificent. He
Speaker 1: can never be praised enough. There are no boundaries to
Speaker 1: his greatness, no boundaries to his greatness. Now God is
Speaker 1: great because of what he knows. But this time God
Speaker 1: is great because of what he does. There's no boundaries
Speaker 1: to his greatness. I was reminded of the story in
Speaker 1: Exodus where Moses spoke to God through the burning bush.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you are familiar with the story the
Speaker 1: Prince of Egypt cartoon, there's this burning bush and God
Speaker 1: was talking. There's a voice. And after forty years of exile,
Speaker 1: because Moses tried to run away from Egypt, he killed
Speaker 1: an Egyptian and the pharaoh knew about it, and so
Speaker 1: he was cared for his life. So he ran away
Speaker 1: from Egypt. And he hid for forty years in the wilderness.
Speaker 1: Forty years. God came to Moses and said, it's time
Speaker 1: to go back. And by the way, if you made
Speaker 1: a mistake, if you have regrets because of what you've
Speaker 1: done in the past, and you're thinking, can I redo it?
Speaker 1: Is there's still hope that for the future. Let me
Speaker 1: tell you God's plan for you continues. Your mistake will
Speaker 1: not stop God from fulfilling his plan and destiny for
Speaker 1: your life. And so there's so. And then Moses was there,
Speaker 1: and then Sabini mos I convinced that Lord, I'll go
Speaker 1: back to Egypt. But when they if they ask me
Speaker 1: who's sending me, what would I tell them? M big
Speaker 1: Cosinolasito and sabin ellrd Okay, tell them I am who
Speaker 1: I am? I am who I am? You know why,
Speaker 1: because there is no word that God can use to
Speaker 1: describe his greatness. There's there's just no word that would
Speaker 1: encapsulate that would describe the greatness of God. So he said,
Speaker 1: just tell them I am. And I think the modern
Speaker 1: translation of that what God is trying to say to
Speaker 1: Moses is that tell them whoever they need me to be,
Speaker 1: I am you need me to be your provider. I am.
Speaker 1: You need me to rescue you. I am your rescuer.
Speaker 1: You need healing. I am. You need salvation for your
Speaker 1: whole family. I am. You need the restoration of your marriage.
Speaker 1: I am. You know some people people are great normally
Speaker 1: in just one or two areas and that's it. They're
Speaker 1: not great in all areas. Michael Jordan was considered to
Speaker 1: be the greatest basketball player who ever played in the NBA,
Speaker 1: but there was a point in his life where he
Speaker 1: crossed to baseball. He played baseball for a short period
Speaker 1: of time and then went back to basketball. You know why.
Speaker 1: He discovered he can never be as great in baseball
Speaker 1: like he was in basketball, so he went back. You
Speaker 1: know a lot of people are like that. They are
Speaker 1: great in one area, but that's it. They are great
Speaker 1: in business. But bring them another profession or they're not
Speaker 1: going to be great. You know. The difference with God
Speaker 1: is that he is great in all areas. There is
Speaker 1: no boundary to his greatness. That's why he said, I am,
Speaker 1: I am. And I was talking to my daughter, and
Speaker 1: I can't remember exactly the age, but she was very
Speaker 1: afraid of cockroach. And let's say a cockroach cockroach. So
Speaker 1: Sunisia one time went to the I went to the
Speaker 1: room and then I said, oh, what's happening? Cockcrowd? Cut
Speaker 1: the long story short. Here's exactly. I think that's a
Speaker 1: teachable moment. That's a discipleship moment. You know, if you're
Speaker 1: a parent, you always look for that discipleship moment. You
Speaker 1: always look for an opportunity to teach about God, teach
Speaker 1: about the Gospel. So I said, Jessica, come here, how
Speaker 1: small is the cockroach? I mean, how big is the cockroach?
Speaker 1: This big? How big are you? This big? Now? How
Speaker 1: big is Daddy? Yeah? This is big? I mean you
Speaker 1: know this big. Now. What I'm trying to show her
Speaker 1: is that this is just small. You're freaking out. You're
Speaker 1: a big Dad is big. I can take care of this. Okay,
Speaker 1: No one need to be scared of cockroach. P Hey,
Speaker 1: you're bigger. So I was start trying to think, but
Speaker 1: I'm trying to point that to God. You know, the
Speaker 1: same way with God. Sometimes the things that makes us
Speaker 1: freak out, Sometimes the things that make us doubt the
Speaker 1: faithfulness and the goodness of God, when we compare it
Speaker 1: to how big he is, it's so small it's like
Speaker 1: God saying, I don't problaim a more cockroach. I can
Speaker 1: take care of that. If there's really a God, and
Speaker 1: if you really have a relationship with this God, and
Speaker 1: if he is really great as he claims to be,
Speaker 1: how many of you know our problem is small compared
Speaker 1: to this big God who can take care of that.
Speaker 1: I know some of you you're you came here carrying
Speaker 1: heavy burdens. Maybe for some of you here you're not
Speaker 1: sure if you still have a job tomorrow, or maybe
Speaker 1: you're your marriage is falling apart, or maybe you have
Speaker 1: a son or a daughter's rebellious and you don't know
Speaker 1: what to do anymore. I don't know what burden you're carrying,
Speaker 1: and I don't mean to make light of that burden
Speaker 1: that you have, But if you compare that, what I'm
Speaker 1: trying to say is, if you compare that to how
Speaker 1: gracious and great our God is, it's small. If I
Speaker 1: really have a big God that will put that problem
Speaker 1: in it in proper context. Yes, this is a legit concern,
Speaker 1: but in light of who my God is, this will
Speaker 1: be taken care of. There is a solution to this problem.
Speaker 1: This may not end overnight, but with my God, I
Speaker 1: will overcome this problem. I will, I will overcome this problem.
Speaker 1: You know why, because I have a big God. I
Speaker 1: mean that you're grateful that you have a big God.
Speaker 1: We have a great God. No lasting and then going
Speaker 1: to end. In NLT translation, here's how it was translated.
Speaker 1: Great is the Lord's most worthy of praise. No one
Speaker 1: can measure his greatness. No one can measure. Normally, we
Speaker 1: measure people's greatness by the wealth that they have, or
Speaker 1: the title or possession, or achievements that they or or
Speaker 1: the recognition that they receive. That's how we measure people's greatness.
Speaker 1: In Mayama yen great, matalinen great, wait see Appelia great.
Speaker 1: We measure just like in basketball. If you're following while
Speaker 1: on Camatai and comparison Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James,
Speaker 1: I mean, they measure the greatness of these players based
Speaker 1: on the trophies, the achievements, the championship rings, the MVP
Speaker 1: awards that they receive. They keep on comparing, they keep
Speaker 1: on measuring. But you know what the Bible says, you
Speaker 1: can measure someone's greatness, but when it comes to God,
Speaker 1: no one can really measure. There's just no measure for
Speaker 1: God's greatness. Consider the following. And I really enjoyed researching
Speaker 1: this last night. I slept late. I enjoyed it. But
Speaker 1: I just I'll just give you a little portion of
Speaker 1: what I researched. You know, the Sun, and when I
Speaker 1: when I was researching this, because I need to know
Speaker 1: high school, I never could only encounter. I'm so amazed
Speaker 1: and fascinated. The Sun is the biggest star in our
Speaker 1: solar system. And you know how big the Sun is.
Speaker 1: It can fit one point three million earths inside planet Earth.
Speaker 1: One point three million can fit inside the star. And
Speaker 1: if you think the star is already massive, and that's
Speaker 1: that big, the star is one of the average size stars.
Speaker 1: The Sun is one of the average size star in
Speaker 1: the Milky Way galaxy hundreds of billions of stars at first,
Speaker 1: and Niko might imagine, hah, hundreds of billions of stars. Actually,
Speaker 1: it's estimated three hundred billion stars. The Sun is just
Speaker 1: one of them, and one of the average size star.
Speaker 1: Here's the two biggest, two of the biggest stars. The
Speaker 1: first one is Rigel, which is seventy eight times larger
Speaker 1: than the Sun. That's the Sun and this is rigel. Wow.
Speaker 1: And here's the biggest so far that scientists have discovered.
Speaker 1: They are yet to discover the others. Canis majorities, which
Speaker 1: is estimated to be one thousand and five hundred and
Speaker 1: forty times the size of the sun. Multiply the sun
Speaker 1: to one thousand, five hundred and forty times, that's how
Speaker 1: big the star is. And sometimes you know we are
Speaker 1: we just get to focus and consume with our own
Speaker 1: life and needs. It's just our tiny that of life,
Speaker 1: and we fail to see that there's something bigger than us.
Speaker 1: There is a God who created all of these things amazing.
Speaker 1: So you don't believe in creation, you don't believe that
Speaker 1: God created all of these things, you'll have a hard
Speaker 1: time making up an alternative. Sanka gali and said, not lasso.
Speaker 1: We met Amami and Mammy. Where did we come from?
Speaker 1: Sabidamami and oh, we came from God. Daddy. Where did
Speaker 1: we come from? We came from monkeys. The litush belicha
Speaker 1: Amami and Mummy, Sabimu, we came from God. Sabini Dadi.
Speaker 1: We came from monkeys and Sabina Sabina Mammy. Oh, your
Speaker 1: dad is talking about his side of the family. So
Speaker 1: which side are you from? I don't know, But how
Speaker 1: many of you believed? God is your maker? And God
Speaker 1: created all things? And it's not only you he created.
Speaker 1: He created the earth, He created the entire universe Hebrews,
Speaker 1: Chapter eleven, verse three. By faith we understand that the
Speaker 1: universe was created by the word of God, so that
Speaker 1: what is seen was not made out of things that
Speaker 1: are visible Some nineteen, verse one. The heavens declared the
Speaker 1: glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his hand
Speaker 1: the Word. This is the masterpiece of God, massive and
Speaker 1: last thing. Psalm A three four. When I look at
Speaker 1: your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and
Speaker 1: the stars which you have set in place. What is
Speaker 1: Man that you are mindful of him? And the Sun
Speaker 1: of Man that you care for it? You know, if
Speaker 1: you're amazed with the size of the sun and all
Speaker 1: the universe, you know what's even more amazing is that
Speaker 1: this great God would even care about you. That's why David,
Speaker 1: I mean Saubron, mind boggling for David, intend hands, Sabin
Speaker 1: and Lord Tikom. I imagine, how can somebody as great
Speaker 1: as you would actually take time to listen to me,
Speaker 1: would actually take time to care for me. You know
Speaker 1: what God cares for you, This great God, It's not
Speaker 1: just somebody who is out there. He don't want to
Speaker 1: be your personal genie that you only call upon when
Speaker 1: you need something. But Mikael, no, he doesn't want to
Speaker 1: be your genie. He wants to have a personal relationship
Speaker 1: with you. And when when that? I when when finally
Speaker 1: God allowed me to understand that. It changed my life
Speaker 1: and wow, I can actually have a relationship with this
Speaker 1: great God. That's why I want to encourage you. Don't
Speaker 1: just go to church, don't date the church. Know this
Speaker 1: God and have a relationship with him. He's a great God.
Speaker 1: He's a personal God. How do you respond to him?
Speaker 1: You respond through worship. You respond by faith, trusting him
Speaker 1: everything about your life. And third, one of the ways
Speaker 1: we can respond to this great God is by serving him,
Speaker 1: by serving him. In fact, everything we have and everything
Speaker 1: about you is designed to give him glory, to serve him.
Speaker 1: Thank you you know. In Matthew chapter twenty, verse twenty eight,
Speaker 1: it says, even as the Son of Man came not
Speaker 1: to be served, but to serve and to give his
Speaker 1: life as a ransom for many amazing God that patica
Speaker 1: young is served them in Lord. But you know what
Speaker 1: the Bible says, He came not demanding us to serve him.
Speaker 1: He served us first, how by giving his life for
Speaker 1: us on the cross, so that you and I today
Speaker 1: can be here and experience life to the full. I
Speaker 1: mean of you are grateful for what Christ has done
Speaker 1: for you, for the life to the full. He served
Speaker 1: us because he served were change. We're saved, and I
Speaker 1: believe God did that not only to benefit us, but
Speaker 1: God showed us an example how to be great. God
Speaker 1: redefined greatness. Greatness for many people is what I accumulate,
Speaker 1: what I get, or how many people serve me. God said,
Speaker 1: you got it wrong. Greatness is not how many people
Speaker 1: are serving you. Greatness is how many people are you serving.
Speaker 1: How many people have experienced changed life because of your life.
Speaker 1: How many people are now worshiping God because you serve them.
Speaker 1: You use your talent, you use your resources, you use
Speaker 1: your life so that that marriage, that family, those children,
Speaker 1: that dad, that mom can be worshiping God today. God
Speaker 1: wants to use us to serve Him and to serve others.
Speaker 1: Something that you hear, you want to be used to
Speaker 1: God to be a blessing to other people. To change
Speaker 1: your prayer from bless me, bless me, bless me. Graduate
Speaker 1: from that. Change the prayer from bless me, bless me,
Speaker 1: bless me, change it to Lord, use me to be
Speaker 1: a blessing. Thank you for listening to this message.
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