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Sunday Message - Mara Kong (July 01, 2018) | Life Bible Church
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Awesome. Well, Pastor Brad and Jenny are in Brazil
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over the next couple weeks. And actually just
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heard from him a few minutes ago. Just continue
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to pray. He's speaking, I think he said, 18 different
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times in 17 days or something like that, and
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a lot of prophetic ministry, and Jenny's right
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there with him. And so if you would just continue
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to surround them and cover them in prayer, that
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would be awesome. But we are extremely, extremely
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blessed today to get to hear Mara Kong. Now,
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Mara and Leah are some of the main leaders in
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Cambodia. have actually been in relationship
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with Life Bible since kind of before Life Bible.
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And so it goes back, I would say, 20 years. Been
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a really great relationship. We support them
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now. And you guys saw everything that's going
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on in Cambodia. So would you guys please, I mean,
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it really is an honor to have them here. Would
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you please give a warm Life Bible welcome to
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Mara and Leah Kang? Wow, thank you so much. We
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love you guys. We love your church. If you don't
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know it, you have a great church. And it's a
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privilege for us to be here and just to see.
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It's my home, you know, in case you didn't know
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that. So I feel at home, and I feel at home here.
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Love you guys. I just wanted to share something
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really brief. We hear a lot of bad news, but
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I want to bring a good report. I want to bring
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a good report about what God is doing in the
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world. I have the honor and the privilege to
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get to go with him to a lot of places. And I
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just want to tell you, God's moving. God's moving
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in places you would be surprised that he's moving.
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And you never hear it. It's not on the media.
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It's not on Facebook unless he posts it. But
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he posts a lot. But you know what? God's moving,
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and he's pushing back the darkness. And I just
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want you to know, my brother was in the military,
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and when he was in the military, he told me that
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they told him that it takes seven people in the
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military to support the guy on the front line.
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And the Lord was just reminding me, that's all
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of you. You're supporting us, us on the front
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line. And I want to tell you it makes a difference.
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Don't underestimate your role in what you do
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to support us. Prayer, finance, just loving us,
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hugging us when we see you, when you come over.
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It makes a huge difference to us. So I just really
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don't believe the lie of the enemy because he
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wants to say you're not. as important as you
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are, and you are important, and you support us,
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and that makes a huge difference for all of us
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and the team in Cambodia. We can't do what we're
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doing unless you're behind us. So I just want
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to tell you thank you for that, and also just...
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Don't underestimate. When you feel the nudge
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of the Holy Spirit to pray, it's because we need
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it. If you feel the Holy Spirit telling you to
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do something, do it. Because it's making a difference
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on the other side of the world where we are.
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And we feel it. We know it. We can tell when
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you guys pray for us and when you support us.
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So anyways, I just wanted to encourage you that
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we're just thankful and grateful for what God's
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doing. We're trying to keep up with what God's
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doing over there, and he's making us work out
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pretty hard. We really appreciate your being
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behind us. So please don't ever take that for
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granted that we need you and we need your support.
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So we just appreciate. Thank you for the report
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today. It's amazing what God's doing, but I won't
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tell you more because he's going to tell you
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it all. So thank you. Thank you, dear. Hallelujah.
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We have a great day, right? We privilege living
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a great generation. The gospel is everywhere.
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Before, when you want to look to buy a Bible,
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you can't find it. Or if you don't have the money,
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you can't find it. But now, the Bible is everywhere.
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A lot of resources. that you can, you know, access
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in and to and learn from it. And a lot of encouragement,
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you know, post on Facebook or, you know, YouTube
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and all that. Don't go to the bad one. Go to
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the good one. All over the world, God is doing
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amazing things. I just want to take this opportunity,
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you know, on behalf of our team back in Cambodia,
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Pastor Jesse and Saul and all the team and all
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of the senior leadership team and all of the
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New Life Fellowship Cambodia churches. I want
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to appreciate New Life. I mean, sorry, Life Bible
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and Pastor Brett and Jan and, you know, all the
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pastors and leaders. You guys make us feel like
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home. Your presence and worship is really like,
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you know, we are one. I'm glad that I get to
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go to the church that has the same DNA and believe
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in the same thing and push through the same thing,
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that we fight the same battle. I really appreciate
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it. I am so grateful, you know, to this. And
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on top of that, you guys go to help us. and be
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with us and lift our arms and pray for us. You
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know, so appreciated. And, you know, people in
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this congregation, I want to honor as well this
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morning. I want to honor Duane and Leanne over
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there. They are grandparents to, you know, all
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of the Cambodian people over there. They just
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go in and love people. Good and love people and
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share their resources, share their prayer and
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hug them and love them and speak life into the
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people. I'm so grateful. And also Rob, Smucker
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and Smucker's family, you know, you guys come
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over, you keep making over, trip over to Cambodia.
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I know it costs something. It costs your time.
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It costs your money. It costs everything. But
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you do it. Thank you so much. This morning, I
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feel irritation, you know, that the devil trying
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to, you know. I take salt to have my throne.
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This morning's okay. I woke up okay. Everything
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okay. But when I was praying, it was okay. But
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just, you know, right before this, I feel like
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irritation in my throat, like something weird,
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don't want me to talk about it, you know? Just
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pray for me. Would you reach your arm and pray
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for me? Keep praying, keep praying. Speak in
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tongues. Rebuke it, rebuke it in the name of
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the Lord Jesus Christ. I know there's something,
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you know, the demon trying to, you know, take
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this, rebuke it in the mighty name of the Lord
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Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. Yep, yep. Hallelujah.
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Yes. Thank you, thank you. While I'm talking,
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Keep praying for me because this irritation can't
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be here. They don't want me to, the devil don't
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want me to talk to you. You know, I know that,
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you know, I know about it. So the title of my
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sermon today is God Have All the Answers. If
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you're looking for answers, go to God. He have
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all the answers. You know, we bless that we have
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a life. This life is so precious. Really precious.
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But in the journey of this life, might be some
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rocky, you know, some hardships and stuff like
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that. But there is no nothing that our God cannot
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do. Our God is on our side. It might be, it's
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a little hard, you know, in this journey. But
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you push through. You believe God can do it.
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God is on our side. Always remember that this
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life is so precious. And the devil wanting to
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stop you from reaching your destination. Along
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the journey, the devil put this, the devil put
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that, put obstacle, put disease, put sickness,
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put confusion and all that. They want to stop
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you. But there's nothing can stop you when you
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believe and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. The
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Lord Jesus Christ have all the power. The Lord
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Jesus Christ has all the authority. Let's go
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to a scripture in the book of Judges. Can we
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all read together? I want us to read together.
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Okay, one, two, three. See, always enemy in this
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world. Always enemy. Gideon, you know, he's a
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little bit freaky. Because, a little bit freaky
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because the enemy is around it. You know, even
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though he is not the enemy, you know, when you
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look at that. But he's hiding. He's afraid. Sometimes
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in this world, there are so many things, so many
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bad things, you know, around us. We want to hide
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from it. We don't want to expose to it. Gideon
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was hiding because of the enemy. You know, when
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the country have enemies, and it will affect
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you and affect your family and affect your individual.
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Because terrifying. The whole country just in
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fear. Midnight is coming to our nation. Control
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over our nation. What about us? What about our
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family? So many issues that you and I, we are
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afraid of. Oh, we are afraid of this. Oh, we
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are afraid of that. Afraid of, afraid of, afraid
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of. Where is God? Where is God? Gideon was so
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afraid. When you live in the life of being afraid
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long enough, you start to doubt about everything,
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anything. Start to doubt. God, where are you?
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Is there a God? Is there a God that have all
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power and authority? Is there a God that can
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help people? Where are you? Where is this God?
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How come we live in this kind of life? This life
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is bad enough. Why enemy come into our life?
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It's hard. This life, it's hard. The journey,
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it's hard. But God is on our side. There's always
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enemies. Always enemies. You know, you and I
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are the same. I don't know about you, but as
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for me, the same. This is Gideon. I grown up
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in wars. One war after another. You know, my
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mom and my dad, until now, they're afraid to
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talk about politics. Because when people talk
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about politics during their generation, they
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will get killed. You know? Just to talk about
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it. You don't accuse anyone. You're just afraid.
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And you talk about it. When people are afraid,
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you talk about it. And people put you to death.
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They kill you. I tell you that God is alive.
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That God is with us. God is here. God has all
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power and authority. He can help us. And they
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said, where? Where are you? Where are all of
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those power and authority that God take all of
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our forefathers out of Egypt? Where? Where is
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that God? God is alive. But Gideon and his whole
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family living a life in fear. Fear control over
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Gideon's family and go through Gideon. And Gideon
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adopt that fear. And then Gideon live in the
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life of doubting. Where are you? Is there a God?
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Is there a God can help us? Of course, there's
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a God. Of course, God can help us. God is alive.
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God is near us. God is with us. Just allow him
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to do the work. Look at this picture. I want
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to ask you to look at this picture. The earth
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and the sun. Is there a picture in there? Yep.
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You see? You see the earth is so tiny. See that?
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So tiny compared to the sun. There are 13 million
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earths fit in the sun. 13 million. Look at another
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picture. But look at that. But sometime, someday,
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it's light here and dark in Cambodia. Sometimes
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it's light in Cambodia, dark here, you know.
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Why? The earth is so small, but why the sun can't
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just shine it through the whole world bright
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in one time? You know, because the earth is rotating
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and stuff like that. But can you imagine? 13
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million times bigger and bright. It's so powerful.
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God is so powerful. God have all power. God have
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all authority. But sometimes people live in the
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tiny earth. Say, where are you gone? Is God really
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have power? Even though, you know, you feel you
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live in the darkness at the nighttime in your
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country, in my country. But I tell you, the sun
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is still shining. The sun's still shining. Even
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though you might not feel the presence of God.
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Even though you might not experience the presence
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of God. The presence of God is there. He's there.
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He's ready to help us. Just be patient and love
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Him. Say, God, it's your turn to do it. Not just
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our turn. Allow God to do it. The presence of
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the Lord is with us all the time. God is existing.
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God is not dead. God is alive. God is kind. God
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is love. God loves you more than you love yourself.
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God loves me more than I love myself. Just remind
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us like that. Every time you go through trial
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and tribulation, remind yourself that God is
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alive. God have all power. God have all authority.
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And he loves you so much. And he loves me so
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much. Sometimes in the bad situation in life,
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we seem to think, is there God? Can God help
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me? This situation is too hard for God. No, it's
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not too hard for God. Because we don't want God
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to do it. We want to do it ourselves. You know,
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we want to do ourselves like the earth and the
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sun. The earth is so small. The sun is so big.
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Where is the light? Is there a light? Of course,
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there's a light. Yeah. So, of course, God is
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stronger than any devil. God is stronger than
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any issue that you are facing in your life. God
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is powerful. Look at 1 John chapter 4 verse 4.
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You dear children are from God and have overcome
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them because the one, the one God who is in you
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is greater than the one who is in the world.
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The one God that loves you is stronger than the
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demon that tried to irritate you. Yeah. The one
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God that lives in you, he's ready any time, any
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time. Sometimes when we pray one time and we
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don't see the answer, no, it doesn't work. Pray
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one more time and keep believing. Pray third
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time, fourth time, 100 times, it's okay. Keep
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praying, keep believing that one day, one time,
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you will see it. I tell you, let me tell you.
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Every time that you pray, you weaken the demon.
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Yeah, you weaken the demon. And some demon is
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so stubborn. Demon are liars. They lie to you.
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They trick your mind. They trick your eyes. They
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think that they have power. Of course, they have
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some power. But compared to God, they're nothing.
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Of course, they have power. But compared to the
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power that God gives you, that demon is nothing.
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Yeah, it's nothing. But sometimes, you know,
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we see the issue still there. The problem still
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there. And we get discouraged. We get sad. We
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don't know what to do. We cry. But I tell you,
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every time you pray, you weaken the devil. You
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weaken the devil. One point, the devil will be
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destroyed completely. because the Lord loves
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you so much. So the devil wants to take you away
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from God. The devil wants to fight with God,
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even though they are, excuse me, even though
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they know that they lose, you know, they lose
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the battle. I got point number one over here.
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Point number one, believe God for big thing in
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your life. What is big thing? Believe God for
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your whole family will be saved. When I first
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believed, you know, start believing in Jesus.
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I'm so grateful that this love is so great. I
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never experienced it before. And I don't just
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want to believe in the Lord God by myself. I
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want... My whole family to believe, to experience
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the greatness, the love of God. One by one, my
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brothers start to get saved. I pray with my brother
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for our family. One more brother saved. And then
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one more brother saved. And now my whole family
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is serving Jesus. My whole family is serving
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Jesus. One time a month. I invite them to come
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to my house and worship God together. It's like
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a small church, you know. It's like if you get
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every one of them coming, there's like 30 people.
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They come to my place and, you know, we feed
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them, we encourage them, and we worship God together.
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We pray for one another. This is what we do in
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our family. One time a month, I gather all of
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them to our place and speak life to them. Speak
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blessing to them and encourage them to continue
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to love Jesus, to continue to praise Jesus. You
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know, two of my family members lead worship for
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our church. You know, all of us are involved
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in the house of God. My father, you know, he's
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always there early, you know, greet people and
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love on people. I'm so grateful. Start to believe
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God for big things. Not small things. Don't just
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ask God for bread. Ask for tons of bread so that
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you can share with people. Don't ask God for
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enough, you know. Overflow salary so that you
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can share with other people. If you pray for,
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oh Lord, give me enough, that is, you would say,
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a selfish prayer. Don't do a selfish prayer.
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Lord, give me abundance so that I can share with
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people. If you have enough just for yourself,
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you don't get to share. You can't share because
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only enough. But I pray, Lord, give me overflow.
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Abundance. My whole family saved. My whole community
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saved. Lord, I want to see my whole school saved.
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Whole school saved. Ask the Lord for the big
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thing. Don't just ask a small thing. Yep. The
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demon is not or cannot fight against it. They
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only, you know, try to trick you. But look at
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this picture. There's a man. There's a man, that
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guy in the middle. This one day. He go see the
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doctor because he kind of sick and, you know,
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all kind of issue. He go see the doctor and come
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back. The result was he got growth all over his
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liver. When he share with me, I was sad. I start
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to cry a little bit. And the guy said, Pastor,
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when you cry, I don't know what to do. Now I'm
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so discouraged. I thought that I got issue and
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I tell you the issue and you pray and you believe
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God for great thing. But now I tell you, you
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look sad. You know, of course I was sad because
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I heard the bad news. He was so weak. He cannot
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do anything. He thought he got cancer. He's going
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to die soon. Because grow all over his liver.
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But, you know, we pray. I call him up. His name
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is Pastor Noon. He lives in a village which is,
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I would say, like six, seven hours away from
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Phnom Penh. I call him up. The other thing, there's
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a power through prayer over the phone as well.
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Yeah, because it's prayer. So I call him up.
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And he said, how do you know my phone number?
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I said, oh, I ask people. Okay, so can I pray
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for you? So I pray, I speak live. He said, sin
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that day. Sin that day. He said something is
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quickening into his body, you know. He feel like
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stronger and stronger. He serve the Lord and
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he love the Lord. He said, Pastor, I never feel
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the same. I don't know why I'm so excited all
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the time. I don't know why I feel so much, you
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know, I have so much strength in my body. I can
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do so many things. I want to go do this. I want
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to go do that. His body is healed, I believe.
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Because the power of prayer. Another time, I
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go to visit his village. And he's excited. He
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took me to pray for this one man. Don't eat for
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five days straight. You know, maybe some of you
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might know when you go to Cambodia, you see Cambodian
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people are so skinny. Some of them don't have
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enough to eat. They live in the village and they
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don't eat. This man, particular man, don't eat
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for five days straight. Sick in bed. All he could
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is drink water. That's it. So he took me to pray
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for the man. Me and the pastor and the other
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guy pray for the man. After I pray, usually when
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we pray, we get to see God doing something right
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away. After we pray, we ask a man to sit up.
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He cannot sit up. So, oh my, I feel a little
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bit discouraged, you know. I feel a little bit
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discouraged because the man's not sit up. I pray
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with this guy. So, and then we have that man
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to sit up, sit up a little bit. We pray one more
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time. The man's still weak. And it is time for
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us to leave the man's house. I feel like God
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said, don't be discouraged. Just say something
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to the man. That's it. That's what God's telling
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me to do. I don't know. God, what is that word?
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Just say something. What is that something, God?
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And I said, okay, I'm going to say something
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then. Because I feel like the Lord's telling
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me to do that. So I said something. Sir, after
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we leave your house, the Lord will heal you.
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You will be healed. Can you imagine if you are
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a patient, you are a sick person? When that person
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pray for you, you're not healed yet. And after
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you leave, and that word say, you will be healed
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after I left your place. You know? But to make
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a long story short, after we leave, the man sit
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up, and the next day he go to work like normal.
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This is the power of prayer. This is the power
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of speaking by faith, believing for great things,
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believing for big things than just believing
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for small things. Let's look at Romans chapter
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12, verse 1 or 2. Therefore, I urge you, brethren,
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by the mercies of God, to present your bodies
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a living... And holy sacrifice to present. Your
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body of holy and living sacrifice. Acceptable
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to God. Which is your spiritual service. Of worship.
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And do not be conformed. To this world. But be
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transformed. By the renewing of your mind. So
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that you may prove. What the will of God is.
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That which is good. And acceptable. And perfect.
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This world. People in this world. They have so
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many things to say. They say about this. They
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say about that. This one time I was watching
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CNN. And one bad news after another. One hour
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straight. I start to feel depressed. You know
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after watching that. All of those bad news. Start
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to feel depressed. Can you imagine? You know.
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You're living a life like that? Because so many
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people, you know, I used to work as a journalist.
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Bad news sell a lot, you know. You make a lot
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of money through bad news. But good news sometimes
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don't make so much money. So we sell bad news.
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We take all the bad things, you know, put it
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in a newspaper and sell it. People buy news like
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crazy. And so bad news sell. But we live. in
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the world that love to embrace bad news. Because
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this is what the demon, this is what Satan wants
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to embrace. This is what the demon and Satan
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want to stir it up, stir the nest up. But you
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know what? Renewing your mind. If you see that,
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it's okay. I'm not going to believe it. I'm going
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to trust in the Lord my God. If you see what's
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going on not right in your family, I'm going
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to believe in my God. I'm going to believe that
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my son and my daughter and my husband and my
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wife, we get saved. Yeah. Keep believing. Keep
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believing. And keep speaking. Because your word
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has power. The word that comes out of your mouth
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with, you know, faith, mixed with faith, has
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so much power. Keep believing. Keep proclaiming.
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Keep receiving. You will receive by faith. Point
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number two. Put your faith to the test. Oh, come
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to the church. Everyone worship, you know, good
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man and James, you know, leading worship or whoever.
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And they lead worship. They're excited. They
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praise the Lord. A good voice and good team playing.
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When you go home, you don't have music. You don't
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have anyone sing for you. Yeah, and then the
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faith starts to go down a little bit. When you
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go to your workplace, your boss starts to say
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something, you know, one word's not appropriate,
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you know, supposed to say, and you start to feel
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bad. This and that. You go to the store, you
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hear bad news. Put your faith to the test. Test
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it. Test it. You know, all of the cars, after
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they make it, they test it first to see. Is that
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car good enough or not? You know, this one time
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I was in the lake in Texas, was rowing a boat,
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that's me, into the lake, you know. Just enjoying,
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you know, rowing the boat. I don't row for a
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long time. You know, rowing a boat, it worked
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for me. It's not fun because I used to do that,
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you know, to take our rides, you know, from one
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place to another, take people. You know, I used
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to work for my family, just like that, you know.
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And my friend just take us into the lake. You
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know, I have one boat, and you call it canoe,
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right? Yeah. Kajak or whatever. Yep. And as I
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rove, I feel the wind kick in a little bit. It
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feel good, you know, feel good. And then on the
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way back, the dark cloud start to come and the
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wind start to kick strongly. It reminded me.
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It's like 1987, 88, around that time. I went
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out fishing with my uncle in the lake, you know,
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near our village. We caught lots of fish. But
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that day, a big storm come, you know, big storm
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come, and so I thought I was going to die. You
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know, it's a lot of water in the boat. And so,
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thankfully, I didn't die. You know, and we can't
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see from me to you because it's so dark and the
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big waves coming, and I thought that, That's
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it. I wasn't there supposed to go to men's camp.
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But one day before the men's camp, I was in the
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lake and having fun. On the way back, I feel
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like, is this going to be a tornado or what?
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My son said, Dad, you go to Texas? I saw a lot
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of tornadoes in Texas. My son, Josh. So I was
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praying for you. That word reminded me, oh, is
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it going to be a tornado? Or what does a dark
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cloud in front of me mean? I use all of my strength
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to row the boat, pushing myself, believing that
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I will reach the shore. Believing. You never
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know how much strength you have, how much faith
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you have until you're facing bad situation in
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front of you. Yeah. Don't be afraid. Push through.
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Believing. Keep believing. It's okay. You will
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reach the destiny. You know, destination is in
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front of you. Don't worry about it. Keep believing.
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Keep rowing. I don't know because I thought,
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oh, I don't row the boat for a long time. Maybe
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I can't do this. But my life is so important.
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I'm going to keep doing it. You know, one, you
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know, how you call it? The thing that I do it,
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you know, put in the water. You know, I know
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in Khmer. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Praise the
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Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. I speak
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in tongue, you know. Speak in tongue. Keep speaking
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in tongue. Finally, I get to the shore. And I
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look back. Oh, I got so much strength. I can
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do this. You can do it. Another picture of a
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man. That man, he's one of our pastors. He's
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poor. He lives in his village far away, you know.
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But he served the Lord Jesus Christ. And he said,
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he told me, Pastor, don't worry about me. If
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the Lord don't feed me, let me die. He said that.
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I'm going to trust in the Lord my God. If the
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Lord is not going to feed me, let me die. He
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proclaimed good news to the people. He said,
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why you tell people good news about the Lord
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and you yourself don't believe it? You got to
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believe the gospel that you share with others.
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He said that, don't worry about me. He's the
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only one. Look at his house, so poor. I went
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to visit him, you know, and pray for him and
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teach him and teach his people, teach his leader
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in his area. And he want to pay for my guest
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house. Want to pay for my diesel to go there.
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He said, Pastor, let me pay for it. This guy
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have a heart for the kingdom. And he live his
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life. He has a little bit, but God give him wisdom.
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And every penny he saved. And he buy so much
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of land around him. And now this guy have, he
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still live in that house. He got more than 20
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hectares of land. And the Chinese people go and
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make development in his area. This guy is going
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to own millions of dollars in the future. Yeah,
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he's going to own millions of dollars. Yeah,
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because he's focused on the Lord, his God. He
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doesn't focus on the situation that he's facing
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in front of him. He trusts the Lord. And now
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his land is starting to increase in price. You
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know, he said one day, Pastor, don't worry about
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it. I'm going to own millions of dollars. I said,
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even though you own millions of dollars, you
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keep giving. Keep being generous. In Hebrew,
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chapter 12, verse 27 to 28, the word once more
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indicates the removing of what can be shaken.
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That is my eyes that Create things so that what
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cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since
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we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken,
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we believe in the kingdom that cannot be shaken,
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let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably.
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With the reverence and awe. The kingdom that
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you believe cannot be shaken. The kingdom that
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you live in, the spiritual realm cannot be shaken.
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You know, people step out of the faith. Believing
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that God is doing something great. Put your faith
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to the test. Chuck and his family. Put his faith
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to the test. He leave the United States, go to
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Cambodia, and make a great impact. My wife come
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to Cambodia. She make a great impact. So New
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Life Fellowship, in our database now, we got
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2 ,600 people as a member of New Life Fellowship
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Phnom Penh. And the church have a big influence
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in the Cambodian societies. Last year, there's
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a Buddhist guy. He's Buddhist. He gave us 2 .5,
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you know, acres of land to New Life Fellowship
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that cost $4 million. He gave to us for free.
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Can you imagine? He gave to us for free. This
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is what we're believing for. We believe God for
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great thing, big thing, and keep put our faith
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to the test. And among New Life Fellowship of
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churches, Pastor Chuck has shared, we have planned
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200 churches. And this year, we plan 90 churches
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more. We believe that the country of Cambodia
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is so small. The kingdom of God is going to be
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spread like a fire. People are going to be saved.
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We believe that the whole nation will be saved.
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Not just one family, two families. From January
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to June this year, We baptized 540 people. Brand
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new believers. Go through our system. This is
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not just, this is not just simple thing. We believe
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that God is good. God is so awesome. And we believe
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the whole nation will be saved. So, God is so
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good. You know, so many people asking for revival.
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Come on. Revival, revival, revival. Revival happened
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more than 2 ,000 years ago. It's happened a long
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time ago. And the revival still remains. Still
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remains. But some people think that, oh, revival
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is not here yet. It's not here yet. We need to
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push ourselves, push our heart, push our energy
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to be revived. Stir it up. Stir it up. Wake it
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up. Wake it up. Rewind. You know, 2 Timothy chapter
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1 verse 6. This is why I reminded you to fan
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into flame. The spiritual gift God gave you when
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I laid my hand on you. He said, stir up the gift.
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Paul tells Timothy, stir up the gifts in you.
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Come on, in your family. You can bring revival
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to your family. Don't just pray for revival.
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Revival is there already. But you just wake up
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every single morning, you make yourself excited
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about it. Make yourself excited about it. Excited
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about your wife. Excited about your family. Excited
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about your children. Excited about your work.
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Excited about your church. Make it excitement.
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I tell you, if people don't be excited, your
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dream, your vision will die. And people will
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die after their dream and their vision die. Do
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you believe that? So therefore, stir it up, my
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brothers and sisters. So many people, it's so
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sad. When I come to this state, so many people,
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some people used to worship God and stuff like
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that. And later on, they stopped believing in
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Jesus. What's going on? Why? Why is it like that?
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I'm not here to judge them, but I just feel sad.
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Why? They experience the taste of God only a
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little bit. Taste and see that the Lord is good.
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Of course the Lord is good. But eat it. Don't
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just taste it. And experience for your whole
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life. And stir it up. Keep stirring it up, my
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brothers and sisters. Could we all stand up?
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Could we all stand up? Let me remind you us one
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more time. If we don't stir it up, who will stir
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us up? If we don't. You know, believe in revival.
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Who will believe? You are the revival. Every
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one of you are the revival. Bring revival to
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your home, to your kid, to your family. Be excited
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for the thing you do, right? The more we excited,
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the more life that we have. But the more we complain
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about it, the more dead we have. The dead thing
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and people will start fall away. They go to church
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as work. Oh, I go to church again because of
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my father and my mother go to church. No, we
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go to church. We're going to worship God together.
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We're going to experience a fresh renewing of
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the Spirit of the Lord. So, could us jump three
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times? You know, I mean, it's not anything. Just
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jump three times just to remind ourselves to
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wake up. If you cannot jump, it's okay. And your
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spirit can jump. You know, jump three times.
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Okay. One, two, three. One, two, three. Amen.
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Keep jumping. Let the spirit of the Lord stir
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you up. Amen. Amen. And you will see. And you
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will see that this room is too small. This room
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is too small. Going to be more and more people
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come and they will experience the power of God
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and they experience healing. They will experience
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miracles. You will carry it out wherever you
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are. Let me pray for you. Heavenly Father, Lord
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God, thank you for my brothers and sisters over
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here. Lord God, thank you for the work that you
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have done in their life. Lord God, continue that
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work. Continue to stir it up, Lord God. Hallelujah.
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You are the answer for all of us, Lord God. Help
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us to find that answers, Lord God. Thank you,
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Lord God. I lift all of them into your hand in
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the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Or call us at 541 -995 -8282.