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Speaker 1: I'm changing and it's our second week. We're talking about
Speaker 1: the life of Isaac. And when we look at the
Speaker 1: life of Isaac, if you open your Bibles, when you
Speaker 1: study it, you'll see that it's there's very little stories
Speaker 1: about Isaac, very few, but his life is described as
Speaker 1: a blessed life, just like Abram his father. His father
Speaker 1: was he had so many extraordinary stories with God. But
Speaker 1: at the same time you see this ordinary son, but
Speaker 1: exceedingly blessed just the same. If there's something about Isaac
Speaker 1: his son, it's his obedience to his father. It's the
Speaker 1: mark of an obedient son. We talked about this last
Speaker 1: week that when he was about to be sacrificed, he
Speaker 1: was quiet me push up on my lad. He was
Speaker 1: quiet to the point of death. He was already an adult,
Speaker 1: but he was that kind of obedience son, obedient. And
Speaker 1: when I was going through this preparing for the speech,
Speaker 1: and this is what I realized when I was growing up,
Speaker 1: I was not an obedient kids dino. I remember, as
Speaker 1: some of you know, I was not born in the Philippines,
Speaker 1: so indiepo of Filipino cities, and I was born in Bagya, Setino,
Speaker 1: So life is different there. There's no taga log It's
Speaker 1: English and our native language Ilokano. So I had this
Speaker 1: yah yah when I was growing up. Her name's Yaya
Speaker 1: Via and my parents married when they were young, and
Speaker 1: so they had to leave me with my Lola Nola
Speaker 1: in Bagyo with my Yaya Violetta. And I remember this vividly.
Speaker 1: I was very disobedient to her. But you would understand
Speaker 1: why every time a gliko, every time I would go
Speaker 1: up the tree Paraunghi, I would do crazy things and
Speaker 1: she would always remind me of this statement. Until now now,
Speaker 1: Junta was a dream schoo at on statement Nan Yayao,
Speaker 1: if you do not behave I will not eat you later.
Speaker 1: Imagine I'm bilin an Yayao. But Diato, I don't know
Speaker 1: how to follow her instructions. I was disobedient to her,
Speaker 1: although she means well to me. Sharin Young, She's the
Speaker 1: first person who actually taught me how to sing praises
Speaker 1: young impact nan Yayao Sabina read your bye well pretty
Speaker 1: pre pritty anyway. You know, I was a disobedient kid,
Speaker 1: but I realized this that as soon as I learned more,
Speaker 1: I grew up. I went to school. As soon as
Speaker 1: we grow older, we learn more things, we become more disobedient.
Speaker 1: Why there are a lot of reasons why we it's
Speaker 1: hard for us to obey. I'm going to show you
Speaker 1: this statement. I'm going to ask you to try to
Speaker 1: answer this statement. It's hard to obey someone when bland?
Speaker 1: Why is it hard to obey people when they ask
Speaker 1: us to do something? For some, it would probably be
Speaker 1: it's hard to obey because we know better than them.
Speaker 1: Mahram Vazad in ghanan, why would you ask me to
Speaker 1: do that? In dnaman ganyan yan. Yeah, For some, we
Speaker 1: would say it's hard to obey because we do not understand.
Speaker 1: That's acceptable. When we do not understand and somebody tells
Speaker 1: us do this, why would they do that? You have
Speaker 1: asked more questions to obey? Its hard for some? Their
Speaker 1: answer to this statement is when they already made their
Speaker 1: Decisionangan saying yea devasta decision. Now, yeah, Moha young pride, Pride.
Speaker 1: It's very easy to see from above young humble, Ubas
Speaker 1: Street Perry, Yuma Pride, Mochang passas, mohabam passas yeas all right.
Speaker 1: It's hard to obey someone when we do not get
Speaker 1: their instructions. That's why we read the fine print. We
Speaker 1: want to know the entire story. But when it comes
Speaker 1: to our faith in God, this is my question. When
Speaker 1: we talk about obedience to God, why is it hard
Speaker 1: to obey bat young herab go in New Mancellitanampaninan, Why
Speaker 1: is it hard to obey the very word of God?
Speaker 1: We may actually have the same answer actually with what
Speaker 1: we said a while ago, it might be the same.
Speaker 1: But today, as I preach, I will not concentrate on
Speaker 1: trying to answer the concerns or the how we think
Speaker 1: on why we do not obey God and others. Today
Speaker 1: I want to give you a picture of what it is.
Speaker 1: What is a picture of a life that obeys God?
Speaker 1: An you its you run on life that when you
Speaker 1: obey God? What happens to us? Because when we show
Speaker 1: you a picture of what it is to be obedient
Speaker 1: to God, maybe the reasons that we gave will not
Speaker 1: matter anymore. So if you're ready, please open your bibles
Speaker 1: in Genesis chapter twenty six. Today we're going to go
Speaker 1: through almost thirty three verses. It's a bit long, so
Speaker 1: we're going to skip a few and as we go
Speaker 1: through it, I just want you to have this heart
Speaker 1: and this mind to say, Lord, speak to me today, Lord,
Speaker 1: let your word minister to me. Oh behan Okay, as
Speaker 1: you opened your bibles, can I ask everyone to bow
Speaker 1: down their heads as we pray for the word. Lord,
Speaker 1: Thank you that you are a God who speaks to
Speaker 1: us Lord through your word. Lord. You said it even
Speaker 1: in your word, that your word is alive and active,
Speaker 1: that it can minister to us Lord wherever we are.
Speaker 1: And so Lord, today, as you release your word to
Speaker 1: your people, Lord, let it speak to them Kungnasa and Pusilla. Lord,
Speaker 1: may my brothers and sisters, some of them might be
Speaker 1: tired with the daily grind, even tired today because of
Speaker 1: tomorrow Alam Danila and Gago with Nila next week. And
Speaker 1: so Lord today give them rest. Lord, even for some
Speaker 1: who are having a lot of doubts and questions about
Speaker 1: who you are, if they can trust you, Lord, today,
Speaker 1: that you will clarify that in their hearts. Lord, do
Speaker 1: your work in us where we are in our lives today.
Speaker 1: This we pray in Jesus name Amen. First one, chapter
Speaker 1: twenty six. It says, now there was a famine in
Speaker 1: the land, besides the former famine that was in the
Speaker 1: days of Abraham and Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech,
Speaker 1: king of the Philistines. We'll see here that there was
Speaker 1: a famine. A famine was a time where you have
Speaker 1: to live where you are. Why, because the land is
Speaker 1: so dry. You can't plant. If you can't plant, there's
Speaker 1: no crops. What happens. You can't feed your cattle, You
Speaker 1: can't feed your the sheep all that. What happens, they
Speaker 1: get skinny and they die. No matter how rich you are,
Speaker 1: how much cattle you have, which was the basis of
Speaker 1: wealth during that time, if there is a famine, it
Speaker 1: can actually you can actually lose your wealth. You have
Speaker 1: to understand that Isaac, as the son of Abraham, was
Speaker 1: already rich. So brom Yam and a puni Isac. Why
Speaker 1: because he is the chosen child of Abraham. All the
Speaker 1: kids of Abraham binigen London and gifts before he died,
Speaker 1: sa I gave them gifts, but only Isaap had the
Speaker 1: estate nakuhi isa he was that rich. But we'll also
Speaker 1: realize that his wealth it can actually begune in a
Speaker 1: span of months because of this famine. And so what
Speaker 1: does he do. He now goes to a place called
Speaker 1: Girar Young Girar is still part of the Promised Land.
Speaker 1: It's still affected by the famine. It doesn't say why
Speaker 1: he went to Girar all. It says that he was
Speaker 1: now going to the king of the Philipstines Abimelet. We
Speaker 1: don't know if he will ask permission to leave the country.
Speaker 1: But the assumption is everyone during that time, in times
Speaker 1: of famine would go to Egypt. Egypt was a place
Speaker 1: where people would say it was what greener pastures not
Speaker 1: an ignit wordne and why because there they can feed
Speaker 1: all the the cattle pudi ohl it yumahananangayyat, nana, maga, cowsnila.
Speaker 1: So the best place to go to now is Egypt.
Speaker 1: It was a place that was not affected by the famine.
Speaker 1: Think about it today, what is your Egypt? Meron Baayung
Speaker 1: Egypt Napakmerian Kayum trial etoyung picture Nkita Greener pastures for
Speaker 1: some note, when I was growing up, I think in
Speaker 1: the eighties and nineties, the US was the greener pasture
Speaker 1: for the Filipinos. I want to go to the United
Speaker 1: States were and live there and say, hey, Joe, Union
Speaker 1: dream not the ultimate dream. Now there are a lot
Speaker 1: of places that people consider greener pastures, the Middle East, Europe,
Speaker 1: somewhere in Asia, anywhere that could increase the things that
Speaker 1: we have a better future, and that is greener pastures.
Speaker 1: And so now he goes to Garar. But it's he here.
Speaker 1: It says the Lord appeared to him and said, do
Speaker 1: not go down to Egypt. Dwell in the land of
Speaker 1: which I shall tell you. Verse three. It says, stay
Speaker 1: in the land for a while, and I will be
Speaker 1: with you and I will bless you. God gives him
Speaker 1: a specific command. What was the command stay in Garar?
Speaker 1: For Isaac? I would probably ask, Lord, why would I stay? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm famine and tito famine is lack cool kolang na coolong? Now,
Speaker 1: oh Lord, why will I stay? Doesn't make sense? But
Speaker 1: as God commands Isaac, there is a promise that goes
Speaker 1: with it. It says for to you and your descendants,
Speaker 1: I will give all these lands and will confirm the
Speaker 1: oath I swore to your father Abraham verse four. I
Speaker 1: will multiply your offsprings as the stars of dem And, and
Speaker 1: I will give to your offsprings all these lands, and
Speaker 1: in your offsprings all the nations of the earth will
Speaker 1: be blessed. Is that a familiar promise from God? It
Speaker 1: is because God gave that to Abraham before. When God
Speaker 1: gave the same promise to Abram, he now passes it
Speaker 1: on to his son isa That's where we see that
Speaker 1: the God that we have is multi generational, that he
Speaker 1: never changes hole you by on. When God promises us something,
Speaker 1: he will not change his mind with that promise. Pasuna
Speaker 1: is a promise. Now explantionion by my promise, and kende magoula.
Speaker 1: Indeedpad breaks our heart. But at the same time we
Speaker 1: have to realize that the God that we worship, when
Speaker 1: he gives a word, it will come to pass, and
Speaker 1: it's for different generations to come. So what does Isaac
Speaker 1: do verse six? He says he settles in ker Are, Okay,
Speaker 1: he settles in Gerar. What happens? You know, when you
Speaker 1: obey God, it doesn't promise you a storm proof as
Speaker 1: storm free life Meron par In Dayama Trials Namaniere. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: for Isaac, as soon as obeyed the word of God,
Speaker 1: what happens mehrong naging problem. So when he entered the
Speaker 1: place and Sinabin as a wife Yaba, when the men
Speaker 1: of the place ask him about his wife, he said,
Speaker 1: she is my sister. For he feared to say my wife,
Speaker 1: thinking lest the men of the place should kill me
Speaker 1: because of the wife Rebecca, because she was attractive in appearance.
Speaker 1: What do we understand here? If Rebeccah is beautiful, Isaac
Speaker 1: is ugly reconnect Sabina and CHARLESA. He feared his life?
Speaker 1: Why during that time pag Meroom Culturally it was different
Speaker 1: from where he was. And now he enters a different territory,
Speaker 1: there's a king. So he feared Nomamataisha a wifebek wife.
Speaker 1: So he decided to lie. Is it a familiar story? Yes?
Speaker 1: Why because his father also did it three times? Next
Speaker 1: Sabina Hindiko and Nisis Kapatid Cologne. If you were a
Speaker 1: wife and your husband would ind how would you feel
Speaker 1: Aba Aganon Kapatia Yah. So what happens a panic pussy
Speaker 1: isa He didn't know what to do, so he lies.
Speaker 1: He deceived the people of their are. You know, sometimes
Speaker 1: when we obey God, there are times that we will
Speaker 1: encounter things that we are that is beyond our control,
Speaker 1: that makes us panic. And now what happens He does
Speaker 1: it his own way. And you know, without a relationship
Speaker 1: with Ameneum, they fought young in Mahaparaya Maha you abilly
Speaker 1: Da kicks in. You know, we see here a man
Speaker 1: who is not perfect if you think about it, still
Speaker 1: lies fallen nature of man. When we panic, we do
Speaker 1: crazy things. Now he lies to the people there. What
Speaker 1: happens nela mang king when the king was actually watching them,
Speaker 1: Isaac and Rebecca, which during that time indieganan relationship young
Speaker 1: men with women, even their sister. And so now he
Speaker 1: says he is not the sister. He is actual she
Speaker 1: is actually the wife. So a bimiles, what is this
Speaker 1: that you have done to us? One of the people
Speaker 1: might easily have lain with your wife and you would
Speaker 1: have brought guilt upon us. The guilt, young king, if
Speaker 1: you were the king of that territory. There's a family
Speaker 1: that you don't know that it's not your people who
Speaker 1: goes to your territory. What would you do if you
Speaker 1: ask me, I would punish them in town nilov Elian king,
Speaker 1: the punishment should have been death with a gillette. But
Speaker 1: you see here the response of the king was different.
Speaker 1: Verse eleven. So a bimleck warned all the people, saying,
Speaker 1: whoever touches this man or his wife, sir, shall surely
Speaker 1: be put to death. Why would that be? Imagine a
Speaker 1: king would come up with the law. What's the law?
Speaker 1: It was his final word when he says it, it
Speaker 1: should be in place. Why would he give that statement
Speaker 1: that whoever touches this man and woman will be put
Speaker 1: to death? You know you would see here Pasi, God,
Speaker 1: you orchestrate even that kind of favor we get, you
Speaker 1: know God see isa obedient means a land. So what
Speaker 1: would God do? God actually brought him back to his will.
Speaker 1: God would actually bring us back. His favor is still
Speaker 1: with us. He brings us back to where he wants
Speaker 1: us to be. That is the grace of God. Imagine, no,
Speaker 1: if because of this disobeying and mal isac panab lord,
Speaker 1: I would hold the promise there gonna be bil That's
Speaker 1: how gracious are God is He still brings us back
Speaker 1: to where we should be. As we continue the story,
Speaker 1: this is what will really is that when we grow
Speaker 1: in our faith, that obedience should be full, That obedience
Speaker 1: should be following God how, by his command, the what,
Speaker 1: by the way, how and when, even without knowing the why.
Speaker 1: Sometimes we don't understand. But it's okay. What God is
Speaker 1: after is our obedience. Sometimes we don't need to panic
Speaker 1: for as long as we obey God, we don't need
Speaker 1: to do it our way. Just like isa he lied.
Speaker 1: You know, when we obey God, he will be with us,
Speaker 1: and that's why he wants full obedience. Do you know
Speaker 1: this that when we obey God and saying this Lord,
Speaker 1: I will do that, but I will do it my
Speaker 1: own way, that's still disobedience. Delayed obedience is also what disobedience.
Speaker 1: As we grow in the faith, we will know that
Speaker 1: when God asks us to do something, we need to
Speaker 1: do it. As you continue the story, says verse twelve,
Speaker 1: what does Isaac do in the land in Girar, Isaac
Speaker 1: sod in the land and reap in the same year
Speaker 1: a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him, and the man became
Speaker 1: rich and gained more and more until he became very wealthy. Imagine,
Speaker 1: in a place where nobody was planting famine, he continues
Speaker 1: to plant. God said, stay there, do what you need
Speaker 1: to do, do what you've been doing before. Stay there
Speaker 1: in that land he plants and put resulta one hundred
Speaker 1: fold that no famine can block the ways of God.
Speaker 1: All he had to do was stay in Girar. He sowed,
Speaker 1: he planted, everyone stopped planting. Imagine, not today will come
Speaker 1: up invest jhan sur yan malulukigajan. At the same time,
Speaker 1: you're the only one who plants, and now there is
Speaker 1: a yield one hundred food. One of the things that
Speaker 1: I want to emphasize in today's preaching is this, What
Speaker 1: did Isac do? He stayed, he planted. You know, that
Speaker 1: was an easier route if you think about it, because
Speaker 1: Egypt was a far place. He would travel everything with
Speaker 1: his family Rena. That would be harder, that would be
Speaker 1: so much effort. God wanted him to stay. What did
Speaker 1: he do? He stayed, He planted. It was an ordinary
Speaker 1: act of obedience. But look at the result that all
Speaker 1: the ordinary acts of obedience, for as long as we
Speaker 1: do it, what God tells us. What happens there is
Speaker 1: an extraordinary result. Imagine, No, the things that we do
Speaker 1: that you know obana thin see good hum resulta indeed
Speaker 1: of satin. There are things that we might be doing today.
Speaker 1: Doesn't make sense? Lord, Why do you want me not
Speaker 1: to resign now promote d Lahati in boom office but
Speaker 1: in johannit or not promote day? Why do you want
Speaker 1: me to stay? But God wants you to just be
Speaker 1: diligent in what you're doing. Why because the result is
Speaker 1: up to him. When we look at it, it's not
Speaker 1: our part to do the heavy lifting. It's God's part
Speaker 1: to do it for us. Sometimes, not to obey God
Speaker 1: is harder for us. Why because we have so many questions.
Speaker 1: But if we only knew God's plan for us, it
Speaker 1: might be a different story. Imagine where you are today,
Speaker 1: God tells you to do it? Do you see that
Speaker 1: there is a possibility of an extraordinary blessing that follows it?
Speaker 1: Verse fourteen, It says he had possessions of flocks and
Speaker 1: herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him
Speaker 1: in Gitpu Mantaudna in Ghitzilla, with so much of his wealth,
Speaker 1: having a bageo Diamina. Nobody planted only him. Now he
Speaker 1: has so much Latsila and Ghirap. He was blessed and
Speaker 1: so nam git Pusilla verse fifteen. We'd see here that
Speaker 1: the king or verse sixteen. The king goes to him
Speaker 1: and says, go away from us, for you are such
Speaker 1: a miightier than we. So Isaac departed from there and
Speaker 1: encamped in the valley of Girar and settled there. He
Speaker 1: was thrown away. He was he was asked to leave
Speaker 1: them Domina. What did he do? He followed them, but
Speaker 1: at the same time he still stayed in Ghirar insan. No,
Speaker 1: he will go through life like that means and Ti
Speaker 1: named Tinata boy just like Isaac. He was driven away
Speaker 1: because of envy, because of pride of the king. Imagine
Speaker 1: you're in BGC and the mayor says dialang, so blessed,
Speaker 1: can I lily pat kita dun sabila sami peteros Imagine
Speaker 1: no paran malelet this is what happened to him. So
Speaker 1: Isaac departed and left the camp. Verse eighteen. Isaac dug
Speaker 1: the wells. He needs water, So in that place he
Speaker 1: had to dug the wells that his father dug before
Speaker 1: Anengiaripo during the time when his father died. Well aana
Speaker 1: water you well, they put loupaiung wells. So he dug
Speaker 1: it again. What happens uh? And he gave them the
Speaker 1: name of this father that his father had given them.
Speaker 1: Verse nineteen, when Isaac servants dug in the valley and
Speaker 1: found there well off spring of water. Why is it
Speaker 1: that every time Isaac would do something he was blessed.
Speaker 1: Why because he obeyed the word of God. He stayed
Speaker 1: in the land. So non do your favorite the lord.
Speaker 1: So when he dug it ananyare the herdsman in Gerald
Speaker 1: quarreled with him, and he said, this water is ours.
Speaker 1: So he called the name of the will Essex Sabinalla nasaknila.
Speaker 1: You'm well, big glad. So he let that go. What
Speaker 1: happens so Indiana can test Verse twenty one. They dug
Speaker 1: another well, and they quarreled over that. So he also
Speaker 1: called its name Sidna chip In monopac In sami a
Speaker 1: nakaba sabini isa. But again he lets it go. The
Speaker 1: third well, it says, and he moved from there and
Speaker 1: dug another well. Scholars say that it was a long
Speaker 1: walk until the border of Jerrar. Now he goes to
Speaker 1: that end of that part, and they did not quarrel
Speaker 1: over it. So he called the ReHO both saying, for now,
Speaker 1: the Lord that's made room for us, and we shall
Speaker 1: be fruitful in the land. You know, a life of
Speaker 1: obedience to God is marked by the favor of God.
Speaker 1: Imagine no kit they were using laws in their territory,
Speaker 1: and I meanto, what would God do? He would always
Speaker 1: make a room for asa. Think about it today. A
Speaker 1: picture of a life in obedience to God is having
Speaker 1: the favor of God. See Lord Ningo Magawana way for you.
Speaker 1: He's the one orchestrating things. You need water, I will
Speaker 1: provide a well that has water. He will be I
Speaker 1: want to move the parts for you. He will be
Speaker 1: the one to open opportunities for you. Some of us
Speaker 1: might be in a dead end situation. Buy on career,
Speaker 1: contented on a landlord milan and ladders a Welanan promotion
Speaker 1: for you. The thing that makes sense is to leave
Speaker 1: the work look for a different job. But you know,
Speaker 1: if God favors upon you, he can actually make a
Speaker 1: position for you. He can make room for you, encouraging
Speaker 1: beyond thank you so long. No, yess not really. If
Speaker 1: you think about it, our obedience comes with the favor
Speaker 1: of God. What does that mean in our life when
Speaker 1: we will be God? In simple asks? What happens he's
Speaker 1: with us? I bang favor the Lord satin probably in
Speaker 1: our context and favors and connections some amendeba guys, Yeah, mikilala, comparico, mikilala,
Speaker 1: comparigo sinushah in comparico na pinsanianito nah, happit bahindi major?
Speaker 1: Why we want favor? Why we want connections? Eto imagine this.
Speaker 1: When we obey God, his favor comes with us. We
Speaker 1: don't need human connections. It's the favor of God that
Speaker 1: comes with our obedience. What is the picture of the
Speaker 1: favor of God? In Verse twenty three says, for there
Speaker 1: he went up to Birsheba, and the Lord appeared to
Speaker 1: him the same night and said, I am the God
Speaker 1: of Abram, your father. Fear not, for I am with you,
Speaker 1: and I will bless you and multiply your offsprings for
Speaker 1: my servant Abraham's sake. A picture of a life with
Speaker 1: the favor of the Lord is the presence of the Lord.
Speaker 1: He showed up first time before he left for Girar.
Speaker 1: When he got to Garar again he shows up during
Speaker 1: the situation in the world. I'm going to tell you
Speaker 1: something that you might not know, and I want you
Speaker 1: to get this. I'm gonna say this very slowly. Ready
Speaker 1: in a brille Ready in a brille game. Nayow game
Speaker 1: nah alry ready one, two three. This is the word
Speaker 1: of God today for you. The Lord is always with you.
Speaker 1: You know sometimes we forget that. Really, do you know
Speaker 1: that the Lord is with you anywhere? Everywhere in the
Speaker 1: heights and loss of life, he is with you. The
Speaker 1: problem is, there are times you forget. You know how
Speaker 1: I know that we forget that God is with us
Speaker 1: when we do it our way? Experience can are you
Speaker 1: think you know? The fact that you know that the
Speaker 1: presence of the Lord is with you will change your life.
Speaker 1: The one who can give you the best way to
Speaker 1: solve your problem is with you. Amen. I'm gonna say
Speaker 1: it again. The Lord is with you in any time
Speaker 1: in high Saint Loss, the Lord is with us in
Speaker 1: the times that we worship him, is with us even
Speaker 1: the times that we do bad things. He's with us.
Speaker 1: He knows, he knows us through and truth. I'm gona
Speaker 1: be getting okay, The Lord appeared to him. As you continue,
Speaker 1: it says here when Abra with a bimilik went to
Speaker 1: him from Gerrar with his advisor and commander of his army.
Speaker 1: After no, well, no, lie, you Lyinganshan and king? Who
Speaker 1: else his advisor and commander? Imagine the president with his
Speaker 1: executive assistant and general Kasamana to go to you. He
Speaker 1: went to Isah and he says, Isaac said, why have
Speaker 1: you come to me seeing that you have hated me
Speaker 1: and you have sent me away from you? Isa who
Speaker 1: got the masakatan no mono in president? You hate me Sabi?
Speaker 1: But what does the king say verse twenty eight? They said,
Speaker 1: we see play plainly, not only him, even his commander,
Speaker 1: even his adviser. We see plainly that the Lord has
Speaker 1: been with you. Do the people around us know that
Speaker 1: God is with us? When we go to the office,
Speaker 1: when we spend time with people, how do they feel?
Speaker 1: What would they say? Because I'm ne galahat latina sabino negatron,
Speaker 1: You'd suck out the life of people. But we see
Speaker 1: here I sack a different kind of life. It is
Speaker 1: we see plainly that the Lord has been with you.
Speaker 1: Imagine a life when people see from Afar, even though
Speaker 1: they don't know you personally parently, but to see Charles
Speaker 1: Faya blessed? Who wants that kind of life? Twenty one.
Speaker 1: All of us want want to have a blessed life,
Speaker 1: it says, so we said, let there be a sworn
Speaker 1: pack between us, between you and us, and let us
Speaker 1: make a covenant with you Verse twenty nine, that you
Speaker 1: will do us no harm. Grab young kingaartain, you are
Speaker 1: mightier than us, just as we have not touched you
Speaker 1: and have done to you nothing but goods. Paramahuka imune
Speaker 1: welle nothing but good and send you away in peace.
Speaker 1: What does the king say? You are now the blessed
Speaker 1: of the Lord. Imagine a small act of obedience can
Speaker 1: actually mean so much for others that when we obe
Speaker 1: the word of God, what happens it affects others? Let
Speaker 1: me by your obedience. No, it's not only for you,
Speaker 1: even Tabab blessed that they would want to know, how
Speaker 1: did you? How are you? Why are you blessed? I
Speaker 1: want to be like you? What's it about you that
Speaker 1: you're like that? You know? I hope you know that
Speaker 1: when we obey the word of God. What happens. The
Speaker 1: effect is not only for us. It's actually an opportunity
Speaker 1: for God to get to for him to reveal himself
Speaker 1: to others. It affects others. You know, only God can
Speaker 1: reverse things even though they are not believers. Abimelek was
Speaker 1: not a believer. Only God can actually reverse people in
Speaker 1: our lives. Schipin Mo someone who considered him an enimy
Speaker 1: Pina Alita, you story gusta in Lord Bola from you honestly, Neaden,
Speaker 1: I know prayer you Lord Kundina. How do you pray? Lord?
Speaker 1: I pray that you change his heart? You know, God
Speaker 1: wants to answer that prayer sometimes through you, the people
Speaker 1: that we think I am posive Lordo. You know, God
Speaker 1: wants to use your life as an example. God wants
Speaker 1: to use your life an example to the people that
Speaker 1: you're believing to get to know him. Rebe a simple
Speaker 1: act of obedience can mean so much for others. It
Speaker 1: affects others as you continue. Stephen Fertek said this, great
Speaker 1: moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience.
Speaker 1: That's encouraging for us. Why because we can do a
Speaker 1: very simple act, we don't need to tire ourselves from
Speaker 1: doing great moves so that we can have great results.
Speaker 1: We can actually do the little things God wants us
Speaker 1: to do, and He will be the one to give
Speaker 1: us that great moves. All of us are still believing
Speaker 1: for greater things. Amen. It starts with our obedience to God.
Speaker 1: Five point thirty. As I preach, one of the leaders
Speaker 1: approached me, Alvin Sabina. You know if there's a word
Speaker 1: that he got from that in impress God. A lot
Speaker 1: of us would rather do works for God, thinking that
Speaker 1: we can get his favor. That's true. A lot of
Speaker 1: us would rather do the works. I'm serv I'm a
Speaker 1: God from morning till night. Service Kai Naganga took name
Speaker 1: to go, but I'm a blessed on the Lord, I'm
Speaker 1: a God and the service now victory after nine pm.
Speaker 1: We think that the works that we do for God,
Speaker 1: the sacrifices that we do, will earn our blessing, But
Speaker 1: even the Bible says He is more concerned about our
Speaker 1: obedience than our sacrifice. Great moves of God are usually
Speaker 1: preceded by simple acts of obedience. The question is why
Speaker 1: is it so hard to obey God? You know, sometimes
Speaker 1: we just need to do at Sabinian fla verdeba, just
Speaker 1: do it. When God asks us to do something, we
Speaker 1: just need to do it, regardless of if we understand,
Speaker 1: regardless if indeena, then alam what the result will be?
Speaker 1: You know why? If there's one thing for sure? See
Speaker 1: God young Hartna is for you. He is the what
Speaker 1: alpha enda. He is the beginning end, and so here
Speaker 1: is the end. He knows what will happen. And so
Speaker 1: who knows the best for us? Is it us or God?
Speaker 1: It's God. So today I'm gonna ask you again, just
Speaker 1: like what I said a while ago, the reasons why
Speaker 1: it's hard for us to obey, specifically to obey the
Speaker 1: word of God, because I said a while ago, we
Speaker 1: think we are better than them. We think we are
Speaker 1: better than God. We may not say it, but sometimes
Speaker 1: we actually act it. When God asked you to do it,
Speaker 1: what is it to move? We justify our acts, We
Speaker 1: justify our emotions with God, we tell him the Lord
Speaker 1: actually Lemniad. Another reason I said a while ago is
Speaker 1: because we do not understand. That's why we don't follow God. Again,
Speaker 1: we do not need to understand. I said also a
Speaker 1: while ago that because we do not trust the person
Speaker 1: who is asking us to do it. We do not
Speaker 1: trust God enough. Lord Lord, it resulta You know, you
Speaker 1: want to know how to trust God. Obey He will
Speaker 1: reveal himself faithful to you. Want to trust God more?
Speaker 1: Read his word so that you can experience who he is.
Speaker 1: That when he says something, it will surely come to us.
Speaker 1: That when he gives a command, there is a promise
Speaker 1: that comes with it. If there's one word that all
Speaker 1: of us know, we recite it all the time from Jeremiah.
Speaker 1: What is that? He asked, what plan to prosper us?
Speaker 1: Not to harm us, but to give us a future
Speaker 1: and a hope. Yes's the Lord. He will not put
Speaker 1: you in a place where it will be bad for you.
Speaker 1: We just need to do his word. The question is
Speaker 1: are you willing to allow God to lead your life
Speaker 1: with the moment we do not obey God. What we're
Speaker 1: saying is, Lord, Kayakronamane, I can do it on my own.
Speaker 1: I will just go to you, and I'm desperate about things.
Speaker 1: I will just go to you. You know, God wants
Speaker 1: you to want He wants you to spare you from
Speaker 1: that trouble. And that's why he wants you to do
Speaker 1: it today. I may not be giving specifics, but I
Speaker 1: know for a fact that God is talking to you today.
Speaker 1: He's been asking you to do something, but you're just
Speaker 1: fighting it off. I believe today is the day that
Speaker 1: God wants you to follow him. That maybe getting out
Speaker 1: of a relationship that's not right. That may be forgiving
Speaker 1: someone who has said something to you, who has destroyed
Speaker 1: who you are, and God is saying forgive them. You know, God,
Speaker 1: we can't box God. Just like what I said last week, Indisha,
Speaker 1: he does not think how we think biological. If I
Speaker 1: do this, this is what will happen. You know. Sometimes
Speaker 1: we just need to follow God. That's why it's an
Speaker 1: act of faith. It's a life of faith. The Bible
Speaker 1: says we do not walk by side, we live by
Speaker 1: faith that everything we do with God for God, we
Speaker 1: may not know what it brings, but one thing is firsture.
Speaker 1: When we have faith in Him, he will be the
Speaker 1: one to lead us through Lord, my animal Lord. Amen.
Speaker 1: You know Jesus, I'm gonna end with this story. See
Speaker 1: Jesus when he was teaching the disciples in the crowd,
Speaker 1: there was this tita, bless blessed. Now, Mommy, certain conversation.
Speaker 1: But this is how Jesus defined what really is being blessed.
Speaker 1: True blessedness, he said, is looke Chapter eleven, verse twenty eight.
Speaker 1: But blessed rather are those who hear the word of God.
Speaker 1: And what else and obey it? You want to be
Speaker 1: blessed in life? Yes? No, there's two things that we
Speaker 1: need to do. We need to hear the word. Read
Speaker 1: the word of God, meditate on God, do our devotion
Speaker 1: so that we know what He wants us to do.
Speaker 1: And at the same time, what's the next part? Obey
Speaker 1: the word. We can live a life that is blessed,
Speaker 1: but God allows us to do our part. Simple acts
Speaker 1: of obedience can lead to a truly blessed life. Amen.
Speaker 1: Can ask everyone to stand as we close in prayer
Speaker 1: before we pray application. This is very hard, Mahabatoh. First
Speaker 1: we need to read the word. You want to know
Speaker 1: what God wants you to do tomorrow in this season
Speaker 1: of your life, in your career, in your marriage, in
Speaker 1: your relationship. You want to know what God wants in
Speaker 1: your business. You want to know what God wants in
Speaker 1: your personal growth. Read the word. Second part, you have
Speaker 1: to obey. It might be simple but I know it's hard.
Speaker 1: But when we go through a life of faith, when
Speaker 1: we continue to obey the word of God, you know
Speaker 1: what happens. Grace, the grace of God will be sufficient
Speaker 1: as we go and face that as we obey the word.
Speaker 1: The grace of God will be with us. As we
Speaker 1: obey the word, it's going to challenge us, it's going
Speaker 1: to stretch us, it's going to take us out of
Speaker 1: our comfort zone. The grace of God is with us. Amen,
Speaker 1: It's about down our heads and pray, Lord, thank you
Speaker 1: that you have spoken to us Lord, where we are. Clearly, Lord,
Speaker 1: we can't doubt that the word that you have spoken
Speaker 1: to us, Lord can be very personal to all of
Speaker 1: us today. So Lord, as you do your word as
Speaker 1: it is alive and active, just like what you said,
Speaker 1: or we declare that you will also move us to action.
Speaker 1: I believe the room is is either filled with one
Speaker 1: kind of person and I'm going to pay for the
Speaker 1: other one. The first one is this that it seems
Speaker 1: it's really a struggle to know the Word of God.
Speaker 1: For you, You've been one thing. You've been saying, Lord Malala.
Speaker 1: But whenever I open the word partern, whenever I hold
Speaker 1: that Bible, but I can't seem to find you. I
Speaker 1: can't seem to experience you in your word. With all
Speaker 1: heads about down in nice clothes, that is you I
Speaker 1: want to pray for you. Raise your hand, yes, Lord, yes, yes,
Speaker 1: thank you Lord, Thank you God. You see those hands.
Speaker 1: Thank you Lord God. That as we raise our hands,
Speaker 1: it's also an act of surrendering, saying, Lord, you want
Speaker 1: more of you, And so Lord, today I declare that
Speaker 1: you are pouring your grace to read your word. Lord.
Speaker 1: You are the one who can change our hearts today.
Speaker 1: You're the only one who can change a heart of
Speaker 1: stone to our heart of flesh. Lord God, Today in
Speaker 1: Jesus name, Lord, as they raise their hands, Lord God, Lord,
Speaker 1: just give them that tender heart and that sponge mind.
Speaker 1: Lord God, to hunger for your word. Lord, that whenever
Speaker 1: they open your word, they will want to experience you personally.
Speaker 1: Lord God. Thank you Lord, that you're pouring your spirit
Speaker 1: within them, that they will have that new life of
Speaker 1: hunger for your word. That whenever they read your word,
Speaker 1: Lord God, they will know who you are more and more. Jesus,
Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord, Holy Spirit. Do your word in their lives.
Speaker 1: You can put your hands now. I want to also
Speaker 1: pray for the last group of people. You know, God
Speaker 1: has been speaking to you. You know, God has been
Speaker 1: telling you something specifically to do for the past months,
Speaker 1: for the past even years, and it's not an accident
Speaker 1: that you're hearing this word today. I believe God wants
Speaker 1: to set you free from that burden of saying Lord
Speaker 1: Degahai and go in and pinapaga Lord Digahai, and go
Speaker 1: in if I do it. You know, God is speaking
Speaker 1: to you today and saying an app I want you
Speaker 1: to experience my goodness, but I need you to let
Speaker 1: that go. I believe God is telling you just follow
Speaker 1: me because this is my will for you. God has
Speaker 1: been asking you to give up something. But it seems
Speaker 1: like Lord Lecoia, I believe today God wants to assure
Speaker 1: you just allow him to do his work. But we
Speaker 1: also need to do our part to surrender it to God.
Speaker 1: With all heads about down, nice cloth, not here to
Speaker 1: shame you. I want to pray for you. If that
Speaker 1: is you raise your hand as a sign of surrender
Speaker 1: and saying, Lord, I want to give this up, but
Speaker 1: I need your strength. Yes, Lord, thank you for this sense.
Speaker 1: Thank you Lord God. Thank you God. Lord, you see
Speaker 1: this sense as they say, Lord, I need the assurance
Speaker 1: that it will be okay. Lord, you see their hands. Lord,
Speaker 1: today I declare Jesus embrace them right now, Holy Spirit.
Speaker 1: Let them feel your love today. Only Spirit, minister to
Speaker 1: them where they are today. Lord, you're assuring them that
Speaker 1: all they need to do is let it go and
Speaker 1: surrender it to you. Lord. You will share to them
Speaker 1: how much you love them. Lord. Thank you that you're
Speaker 1: doing your word, Holy Spirit. I pray that you fill
Speaker 1: them right now with strength, Lord, with courage as you
Speaker 1: feel them. Lord, God, free them from the bondage of
Speaker 1: the things that they think that they cannot let go. Lord,
Speaker 1: release them right now in Jesus Name, release them. Lord,
Speaker 1: Thank you Lord, that the enemy cannot lie to them anymore. Freedom. Lord, God,
Speaker 1: do your work in their lives today in Jesus Name.
Speaker 1: Amen and Amen, let's praise God today. I just want
Speaker 1: to speak a blessing to everyone as we shtch out
Speaker 1: our hands. Lord, you see your people today. Thank you
Speaker 1: Lord God that you have spoken to them. Lord. Let
Speaker 1: your words sink deep in their hearts. Lord, let not
Speaker 1: the enemy snatch your word today. Thank you Lord that
Speaker 1: you will provide for them this week. Thank you, Father,
Speaker 1: that you will open doors for them, that you will
Speaker 1: make them into a blessing to others. Lord, give them
Speaker 1: the heart of obedience, Lord, just like any of your sons.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord that you love us so much. In
Speaker 1: Jesus' name, and everybody of God's people say amen and amen.
Speaker 1: God bless you all. Thank you for listening. We hope
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