Sunday Message - Mara Kong (June 21, 2015) | Life Bible Church

So as you see, Pastor Brad and Jennifer are not

with us this morning. They're in Klamath Falls

sharing at a church down there. But we have a

great guest with us this morning. Mara and Leah

Kong from Cambodia. We've known Leah for years.

Long time. We won't share how long. That'll share

how old we are. But we've known each other a

very long time. And just see her life grow and

see her life be put in the missions of... the

mission field of Cambodia and meet Mara, a wonderful

man of God. And just to actually see them together

on the mission field back in 2003 or 2004, we

were there with them and Jesse and Soren, the

team. It's just a wonderful thing. And so would

you just welcome Mara and Leah Kong as they come

and share with us this morning? Wow. Thanks.

It's so great to be home. And I'm not emotional

in this service, so that's good. We just feel

so loved and blessed and supported by you and

your church and your leadership team. And we

just want to say thank you for that. It makes

our job so much better when we can have the love

and the support of people like you. When times

are tough and we're stretched beyond capacity,

it really makes a difference. So I just want

to say thank you for everything that you've done,

for everything you're doing, for everything you

will do. But we really count it as a... great

privilege and honor to do what we're doing in

cambodia which is changing a nation changing

a nation for god for for people to encounter

the living god and as my husband will share all

the great things that god does there and you

have a part to play with that because you you're

sowing seed and you're praying for us and you're

um Doing the things that we need to do to bring

fruit and results in that country. And it's a

great thing. It's a great thing for us to see

and be a part of. And hopefully you hear all

about that. But anyways, I just want to thank

you. And thank you for that. And also just encourage

you. I shared in the first service. You know,

sometimes we sit there and we're not sure. We

pray for countries very far away and we don't

know what's going on and we're not really sure.

Is God answering the prayers? Is God moving?

But I just want to testify that He is. I get

the privilege to travel to different countries

and different churches and God's doing great

things all over the world and He's really changing

nations. And so I just want to encourage you

as you pray, keep the prayers up. God is doing

great things among the nations. We're in Southeast

Asia, so we get to know lots of what's going

on there. But God is doing great things. And

so just keep up the prayers and be encouraged

that your prayers make a huge difference, a huge

difference. And so we just appreciate your prayers

and your support and let my husband do it. Thank

you, dear. Well, is it still morning or afternoon

already? Can't say good morning and good afternoon

at the same time, you know. So how are you doing

today? You know, I just want to, my wife has

shared a little bit, you know, I just want to

say thank you so much, you know, to Life Bible

and the Pastoral team and the church have been

behind us, you know, supporting and praying and

loving. I feel loved, you know, by your church,

really, you know, and this morning, you know.

Thank Pastor Brad and Jen and the whole leadership

team, you know, taking the risk, you know, allowing

me to share. You know, I'm not a native, you

know, English speaker, you know. So when I speak,

you got to, you know, paying attention to what,

you know, I say. You know, otherwise you're going

to miss a point, you know. Because I was born

and raised, you know, in the countryside of Cambodia,

you know. Cambodia one thing and then in the

countryside another, you know. You know, I get

to learn English a little bit. And on top of

that, I get to know the Lord, you know. And,

you know, if you trace back the history of our

church, you know, people coming over, you know,

Roger came over for the first trip with Chuck

McCall, you know, to Cambodia, I think in 94,

95. And, you know, we have a history together.

And we... You know, we're blessed, you know,

that we are working together with God and with

you, you know, from a distance, you know, thousands

of miles away. And your love, you know, still

connected, you know, with us. And, you know,

just want to give a brief report, you know, church

back home doing great. You know, we have a wonderful

team back home. Our senior pastors, Jesse McCall

and Saul, and we have a wonderful team over there.

We believe for the great thing for our nation.

If you're talking about Cambodia, you might have

heard that Cambodia has been a sad country. The

country of genocide and killing thousands of

people. The country of civil wars. Country that,

you know, like now they're known as a country

like, you know, like prostitution, you know,

human trafficking, you know, and drugs and all

that. But we believe that the church will change

the rupturation of the country. You know? We

believe that. We believe that we're born in the

right time as this, you know? This is the right

time. You know, that the Lord allowed me, allowed

you to have relationship with him. You know,

and so, you know, I can't say, you know, you

know, I mean, enough, you know, that we have

the great God and you also partnership with us.

You know, Steve and Pastor Ron, Pastor Elton

and Pastor Heather and everyone come over. You

know, I really appreciate it. The reason that

we get to grow. You know, because everyone loving

us. Everyone coming, you know, supporting us.

The church in the city, you know, we got around

2 ,000, 2 ,000 something, you know, people coming

to worship with us. And, you know, we got a plan,

180, you know, congregations, you know, throughout

the country. And, you know, and we got everything,

you know, going on. Back in Cambodia and everyone

just believe that the church is the solution,

you know, to the country. We are, you know, the

lead. We are set the standard for the country.

We believe that, you know. Really, we really

mean it. And so the next four years or five years,

we aiming to see another 500 churches, you know,

being planned in Cambodia. And we believe by

that time, you know, the population of the Cambodian

belief, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, going

to rise to the 10%. You know, after the population

of Christians rise to 10%, then there's nothing

will stop that. Of course, there's nothing will

stop the work by God back home, you know. And

I'm so excited, you know, that I get to be born.

You know, in such a time as this, you know, that

the Lord allowed me to live, you know. And so

if you look back, you know, it's lots of suffering,

you know, in this world. You know, but we have

God. We have Jesus. Our God is alive. He is not

dead. And he loves you and he loves me. You know,

by the way, I just want to say happy Father's

Day. To all the fathers, you know, that are here,

you know, your job and your role is so important,

you know, to your family. And families don't

forget, you know, about these men, you know,

they need encourage too, you know. I don't know

about men here, but the men in Cambodia, they,

you know, they don't want to show emotion that

they need help, you know. They pretend like they

are. Great all the time. Actually, in there,

you know, they need lots of help, you know, including

myself as pastor, you know. And so, don't forget,

you know, to encourage the father, you know,

of the house. They need lots of encouragement.

All right? Okay, I have a, you know, a lesson,

you know, I hope that it will help us today.

The lesson today is going to be like stories,

you know, lots of stories. I'm going to bring

a story from the Bible. Since I'm not that great

in reading the scripture, you know, I want you

to read. And then, you know, through that, I

believe that you will learn something through

that reading as well. All right? Will you help

me to read the scripture from the overhead? Okay?

Okay. So, before we read, let's pray and invite

the Spirit of the Lord, you know, to lead us,

to help us to understand more. Heavenly Father,

Lord God. Will you help us, Lord, to understand

these scriptures? Lord God, and help us to know

you more. Help us to love you more. I know that

you love us so much, Lord God. And so, Lord,

I lift this time into you, put this time into

your hand in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus

Christ. Amen. Okay, let's read the scripture

together. So it's a long scriptures. Okay, let's

count one, two, three. Okay, one more. Again,

again. One, two, three. Could you pause right

there? So wherever Jesus at, always people, you

know, always crowd following him, you know. In

the midst of the crowd, you know, there's some

people need some helps, you know. This guy by

the name of Jairus, you know, his daughter at

the point of what? At the point of death. But

he knows that Jesus can help him, you know. So

he go and, you know, try to bring Jesus home

because he knows that Jesus is the answer to

his family. Okay, go on. 24. Okay, 27 and 29.

30 and 32, 2 to 32. Where is Jesus going in this

story? Jairus' house. And on the way there, what

happened? Yeah, he got interrupted, you know.

And so, who is the one that, you know, urging

Jesus, you know, wanting Jesus to go to their

home? Jairus. Yeah, because his daughter is at

the point of death. But he got interrupted, you

know. Could you imagine if you were Jairus? You

know, he said, come on, Jesus. I'm the first

person, you know. First come, first serve, right?

Come on, Jesus. I'm the first person, you know.

So why you stop right here, you know? Why? But,

you know, this lady, she was desperately need

help. She didn't ask Jesus for anything. All

she, you know, hoped for is to touch his garment.

That's it, you know. That is her goal. I just

touch him. Then I make, well, you know, then

I will be healed. This lady have faith. But Jesus

got interrupted. Just, you know, so who touch

me? And the disciple kind of doubt. Jesus, look.

Hundreds and thousands of people follow you.

Why you ask who touch me? You know? So the disciple,

you know, didn't believe Jesus either. You know,

they see a lot. They live with Jesus. They see

a lot of, you know, things going on. But they...

Jesus, come on. You have a brain? You know, sometimes

you talk to God like that as well, you know.

And so, God, you have knowledge, you know. And

so, but something's happening, you know, right

there. Because Jesus, you know, I mean, because

of that lady have faith. Okay. And so, where

were we? Okay. Now go to 33. 2 .35? Yep. We done

33 yet? Okay. Now 35, 36? Sorry? Okay. 35 to

36. You know, if I were Jairus, I would say,

see? You know, if you would have went. You know,

my daughter would be okay. You know, you just,

you know, got distracted. Why you do this to

me? I'm the first person, you know, that invite

you to come to my house. Why you stop right here?

You know, people said, don't bother him. Don't

bother teacher. Don't bother, you know, Jesus.

Your daughter have died. People would think,

oh, you know, this God can only heal the sick

people. You know, but it's too late for Jesus.

Don't bother him anymore. Sometimes, you know,

people think that something big, you know, too

difficult for God. God cannot do it. God can

only heal headache. That's it, you know. But

God can do great things. Look at the word that

Jesus said to Jairus, you know. Do not be afraid

any longer. Only what? Only believe. Okay. Let's

finish our scriptures 37 and 39. I mean, yeah,

39 or 40. The way, you know, of people think,

they just, it's too much, it's dead, it's over,

you know. Let's do funeral, you know. I believe

that they think that way. But Jesus said, they

just asleep, you know. People, you know, when

they see bad thing happen to them, their first

response is fear or crying or complaining. You

know, rather than my God can do this. There is

nothing that my God cannot do. I'm going to walk

through this with no problem. Because my God

can help me. You know, but many times people

complain. When they complain, going off, you

know, it starts to go into our soul. And we believe

that, yeah, that's right. You know. So, you know.

It's not a story. People start to complain. I

don't know about here, but people back in Cambodia,

they always complain. When they see a bad thing

happen, they just complain and cry, especially

in my family. We have a great fear in our family.

I thank God that we start to, the Lord helping

us to live our life. It's getting better and

better. Okay, let's go to verse 40. So they're

a doubter, you know. And, you know, at this point,

at one moment, people were sad and crying and

all that. But the next morning, they laugh and

mocking at Jesus. Ha, ha, ha, why you say that,

you know. This person had been dead, you know,

completely. And so, but Jesus, you know, make

it happen. Verse 42 to 43. You know, if you look

at scriptures, you know, through whole the Bible,

throughout whole the Bible, you can see like

the dead people respond to Jesus well, you know.

But the alive people giving some reason, oh,

should I believe it? Oh, is this word right?

Or is this word truth? Or what? You see the Lazarus,

you know, he's in the tomb for a long time, you

know, a couple of days, three days. You know,

his flesh start rotten, but Jesus speak. Guess

what? The dead body responds to Jesus' word.

Sometimes, you know, believers. It's not a story,

you know, you can go back and start to study

and allow God to, you know, help us in life.

But sometimes, you know, we seem to have so many

reasons. Well, God, you know, what about this?

What about that? Why you say that? Why you say

this? You know, just respond. Dead people respond

to Jesus so well. therefore they come back to

life. But the alive people sometimes, they have

so many excuses, so many reasons, you know. Why

does this happen? Why does that happen? We tell

Jesus, see, you know, this thing happened because

of that, you know. Jesus, you don't understand

this, you know. So it's a whole lot of lessons

we can learn from. But I pick out some points,

you know, this morning from this story. Point

number one, believe. That God can do all things.

Believe it. You know. Believe it. It's not you

that can do all things. It's not me that can

do all things. We, you know, we're smart. We

have degrees and all that. We can do something.

But God can do all things. There is nothing that

this God cannot do. See, Jairus believed that

only Jesus can help him. You know. And to heal

his daughter and bring his daughter back to life.

Only Jesus, you know. So he believed, you know.

And the lady, you know, she had an issue with

blood for how many years? Twelve years, you know.

She did everything, you know, to get that thing

healed. She never get healed. But instead what?

Getting worse, you know. Get worse. But she had

faith in Jesus. I don't need him praying for

me. But I just touched his garment, that's it.

I just touched it, you know. She believed, she

had faith that this God can help her, you know.

So, you know, in life, we need to believe. Because

our knowledge, our ability is limited, really.

You know, we cannot do everything. Even though

I know how to do something. But my God can do

greater things than I am, you know. Therefore,

I have to believe in God. Because, you know,

because God is good. And, you know, a couple

months ago, you know, we own this piece of land,

you know, our family. And then we want to haul

the dirt, you know, because that land is low.

We want to, you know, buy the dirt and haul it

into that land. But the one problem is in that

particular month, you know, it's starting to

have monsoon season, you know, the raining season.

And so when the monsoon season, raining season,

they cannot bring the dirt into the land. And

because, you know, the land, the soil is soft

and the trucks cannot bring the dirt in. But

I believe that my God can help me. Say, God,

will you stop the rain, you know, for this month?

You know, will you stop the rain? And because

we want to bring the dirt into our property.

Guess what? God did it. God can stop the rain.

God can control the sky. Because God can do everything,

you know. Our God can do everything. This one

time. Another story, you know, we went out by

the coast and, you know, this one village, you

know, we have to, you know, go through the boat,

you know, in order to go to that village. But

that one particular day, there's a storm, you

know, coming by. And the people that live there,

they own the boat. Every time they see the dark

cloud, they don't want to cross the ocean. They

said it's too dangerous. But we made a promise

to the villagers that we want to go there. You

know, we want to go there. So as we board the

boat, get in the ocean, you know what? It starts

raining. And dark clouds start to come. And the

fishermen, the guy that owns the boat says, see,

it's not good. It's dangerous. You know what?

We believe that God can do everything. We speak

to the storm. We tell the storm to stop. You

have no right to come this way and clear up the

sky. Tell you what, the Lord did it. The Lord

did it. There's no rain. And the guy was so amazed.

And we get the cross to the other side. Yeah.

It's not me that have the power. Who has the

power? Jesus has the power. Did Jesus love me

more than Jesus loves you? No. He loves us the

same. But, you know, we believe that Jesus. can

do everything. You know, Jesus can do everything.

In 1997, you know, I believe that God will give

me a wife. You know, my grandma, you know, pushing

me to get married because I'm one of her grandson,

you know, favorite grandson. And she getting

old. She said, you need to get married before

I die. And she would have, you know, pick this

girl and pick that girl, you know. Asian culture,

we have to arrange marriages, you know. If the

father or mother said, Jess, you know, you need

to marry to that person, you need to do it, you

know. You have to do it. But I tell my grandma,

I say, Grandma, I am not going to marry to the

unbeliever. But my God will give me a wife. And

she said, but I am old. I said, Grandma, you

will see my wife before you die. Actually, to

make a long story short, she got to see Leah,

and she even see my daughter before she passed

away. She passed away in 2004, but she got to

see Leah. We talked to each other. Leah doesn't

communicate that much to my grandma, but I pray

for a wife. I ask God for a wife. God give me

a wife. I believe that. And then God gave me

a dream of a white girl, you know, with the curly

hair. So, you know, I believe in a dream, you

know. There are some Cambodian people, like Cambodian

Chinese, they are, you know, white too, you know.

So I'm looking for the, you know, white and curly,

you know, curly hair, you know. Who are they,

you know, where are you, you know. Keep looking.

But God, at that time, you know, I think 98,

I got a dream. Leah is still in the States. She

never been to Cambodia. But I saw her already.

In my dream. See our God is a good God. You know.

When you believe. You know. And he will help

us. You know. So I got a lot of story to tell.

Is it all right? I asked God. I said God I got

saved. What about my family? My brothers? My

sisters? They don't get saved yet. And my dad

kind of you know really upset. You know after

I graduated from the university. And then I believed

in Jesus. I shamed him, you know, after I got

a good degree and then turned around and believed

in Jesus. Once you believe in another religion,

it's considered you betrayed, you know, the nation.

You betrayed it, you know. And so, no, I didn't

do that. But I believe that this God is a good

God. My dad kind of fighting, but I believe that

my family belongs to Jesus. Make a long story

short, now my whole family believe in Jesus.

My dad really loved Jesus. So God is good. So

I pray for a wife. God give me a wife. I, you

know, pray for my family. And God, you know,

bring my family to Jesus. And so lots of story,

you know. There are many things that we cannot

do and God can do it. Another story, you know,

we believe. There's a man, you know, who have

a problem with a bladder. He got an accident.

And then somehow he broke that bladder, you know,

in the accident. And because of the bladder broke,

you know, the urine, urine, you call urine? The

pee, you know, coming out nonstop. So the man

cannot wear the normal pants. He just wear the

skirt. If you go to the man's house, you would

have smelled, you know, from a distant away.

It's so strong. And so they tried their best

like the lady, you know, with the issue of blood

for 12 years. They tried their best, but they

said there's no help. So this one time, myself

and another guy go to that home and we pray for

that man. God is a good God. Our God can do what

people cannot do. I tell you, our God healed

that man. That man now got married and he, you

know, have kid. And I mean, that man got healed.

He got married, had kids, and now he become one

of the pastor, you know, in our provincial church.

So, you know, God is good, you know. So sometimes

in people's life, in my life, I don't know about

in your life, sometimes something we believe.

Something we don't believe. I would say it's

a part -time Christian. You know? Or do you believe

God full -time or part -time? You know? Or sometimes

you believe or sometimes you don't believe. It's

like a part -time job or full -time job. Are

you familiar with that? You know, if you're a

part -time job, you only work certain days, certain

hours. You know, if you're a part -time believer,

you believe in some day and some other day you

don't believe. Are we a part -time believer or

a full -time believer? You know, if we are a

full -time believer, life is a lot easier. Because

it's not us that's trying to solve this problem.

It's not us that's trying to fix this problem.

But it's the Lord. We believe Him, Lord. Even

though the small thing, the big thing, you do

it. I just believe that you can do this. You

know? Let's allow yourself to believe God full

-time, not part -time. Do you understand that?

Understand believe part -time or full -time?

Have you ever seen people believe in God part

-time or full -time? Have you ever seen that?

Sometimes, including myself. I believe in, I'm

a pastor. Sometimes, you know, it's like part

-time believer. You know, God, that thing is

a big thing, you know. Maybe you cannot do some

thought, you know, thinking that way, you know.

But this one time, I was on a plane from New

Zealand back to Singapore. And it's a big storm,

you know. I hate to go, you know, in a plane

with a turbulence, you know. I just, you know,

keep doing that. I say, God, I don't want to

die, you know, in a plane crash. You know, it's

so crazy. If I'm in a boat before I die, at least

I swim, you know. If the plane crash, that's

it, you know. I don't know how to survive, you

know. And so, it's so hard, you know. It's so

hard. That night, I just say, okay. I tell you

what, God. If I die, I die. I'm going to choose

to believe in you. I try to calm the storm. It

calms a little bit. A little later, it starts

bouncing up and down again. But I just say, okay,

I choose to believe because I tell God that.

And I keep talking to my soul that I choose to

believe. I choose to believe. I choose to trust

in you. See? So after that, I get to sleep, you

know, in the plane, you know, in the midst of

turbulence. You know, I'm okay. I'm safe. I'm

still alive because my God is a good God. Amen?

Our God is a good God. Point number two, you

know, always follow Jesus' instructions. Yeah,

instruction or follow what he say. Always follow

his instruction. You know, In my life, I am so

appreciative, appreciate the people that love

me and give me advice and all that. Their advice

are awesome. I really thank God for them. But

the advice from Jesus is better. Advice from

God is better. Always follow his advice. Advice

from people are good. But advice from people,

I mean, the Lord is better. You know, Jairus

have a problem. He heard that your daughter,

you know, have died. That's it. Sometimes, you

know, the bad news can destroy everything, you

know. If you watch TV, you watch CNN, all you

see is bad news, bad news, bad news, bad news,

bad news, you know. Where are the good news?

Before I went to Korea, you know, I bought CNN.

They said, oh, it's a merge, this merge that

killed this many people and that many people.

And this many people got, you know, this problem

and that problem. I just saw that. I said, oh,

man, I go to Korea, but I'm going to trust the

Lord. When I get to Korea, it's not like what

CNN say. Like CNN like the whole lot of exaggeration,

you know. And people are just living their life

normal, you know, like what they said in the

news. So sometimes be careful, you know, allowing

the bad news, you know, control over our life,

you know. And so, and sometimes allow that bad

news and learn from the bad news, you know, like

crazy stuff in there, you know. So always like,

but Jesus tell Jairus, you know, do not be afraid.

any longer, only believe. Can you imagine your

son or daughter in the midst of a big need and

dying, and then you have to worry about it. Say,

what's going to happen to my daughter? What's

going to happen to my daughter? What's going

to happen to my daughter? Is she going to survive

or not? But Jesus said, don't be afraid any longer.

Just believe only. When you believe, Something

great happened. Something great happened because

of this guy's belief. And this guy's willing

to wait for Jesus to go to their home. You know?

In Luke chapter 5, you know, verse 5, you know,

Luke 5 · chapter mention

Simon, you know, he's an expert fisherman. They've

been fishing all night long. Sometimes expert

people could fail too. Right? Yeah. This guy's

been fishing all night long. They catch no fish.

No fish. But Jesus said, Peter, go in further

and throw your net. Peter said, God, since you

say so, I will do it. Guess what? When he followed

Jesus' instruction, he caught tons of fish. You

know? Lots of fish. They were so amazed that

they never ever catch fish that, you know, that

many. You know, because of... They follow Jesus'

instruction. Jesus' instruction is really good.

You know, before I served the Lord full time,

I owned a business, you know, electrical construction.

And I enjoy doing that. You know, I make good

income and I know how to do with electricals

and plumbing. I can do that, you know. But after

God called me to... help build his house, you

know, I just close everything down and help,

you know, work for the church. But anyway, this

one time we got a short in a concrete wall, you

know, and the logical thinking that you need

to break the wall, you know, we don't want explosive,

you know, and, you know, when the short, you

know, when the electricity, you know, trying

to get to each other, you know, getting hot and

hot and, you know, one day, you know, you get

a fire. But he said, no, let's not break the

wall. Just pray and see what the Lord say. We

pray that particular night, the Lord give me

a dream. Just say, you know, you go to this particular

spot and you break it, you'll see it. You know,

the Lord even care about a small thing, you know?

Yeah. I was so excited that day. You know, bring

hammer and she's all go to the spot that the

Lord told me in the dream. Because I believe

in a dream. The Lord give me the dream about,

you know, the lady that I will get married to,

you know. It's just exactly, you know. And then

another time the Lord, you know, give me the

dream about the electric car short in the concrete

wall, you know. And so sure enough, that particular

spot, there was a short. See, our God knows everything.

Just follow his instruction, you know. You save

a lot when you follow his instruction. Another

time, you know, our kids, when they were young,

you know, Naomi and Anna, they got sick at the

same time. When they got sick, you know, it's

difficult for the parents. We can't sleep, you

know. They really cry, and it's hard, you know,

as a father to see your kids were sick. And also,

you know, in and out to the doctor's office.

And I hate to spend the money that we're supposed

not to spend, you know. I hate to do that. But

I was so tired. I prayed for people and people

being healed and this and that. But I prayed

for my kid. My kid's still sick. Come on, God.

I need help. So this one particular night, you

know, I was so tired. You know, because my kids,

two of them were sick. I just getting ready to,

you know, go to take a bath and get ready to

go to bed because I was so tired. On the way

to the bathroom to take a shower, I feel like

God say, Mar, do you believe that I can save

you from your sin? I said, God, you are the only

God that I trust. I told you already, Lord, that

you are the God. Only God can forgive me from

my sin, you know. You are the God that can forgive

me. And so, and then he said, then you think

that I cannot heal your kids? Oh, God. You know,

we're in a conversation with the Lord, and then

I go to the bathroom. I say, God, I know that

you can forgive me my sin. I say, okay, God.

I start to worship God in the bathroom, you know.

you know, kneel down and worship God and take

a shower and go to bed. Tell you what, the next

day, two of my kids just healed just like that.

They are well, you know, because God is good.

You know, God is good. There's nobody, you know,

there's no other God can be good as our God,

you know. So, Just believe, you know. Like Mary,

you know, at the wedding place, they run out

of the wine. You know, they need some wine. And

Mary tell people, you know, at the wedding place,

just do what he said. You know, we need to train

ourselves to do what he said. You know, that

would help us a lot more. And our life is a lot

more easier. And point number three, you know,

fight. Fight the good fight of faith. When you

go to the battlefield, do you want to lose it?

Do you want to be defeated or do you want to

win the battlefield? How many times have you

been battling with something? How many times?

And I don't mean to condemn you and stuff like

that, but sometimes the tricky part in our mind

just says we cannot do this. You know, like the

Israelites go to war, you know, with Goliath.

These soldiers have experiences, you know, during

wars so many times. But the Bible said every

time that Goliath guy get out and they just run

like crazy. They just run. Run for life. Come

on, that guy don't do anything, just yelling,

yelling, yelling. Sometimes the demon is yelling

at you. Say, you cannot do this. You cannot do

that. You are a failure. You can never do this.

You can never do that. You will be sick forever.

You're going to die. It's just all of this stupid

stuff. I'm sorry to say that, you know. The demon

planted in people's mind. And then we start to

believe, oh yeah, that's right. Oh yeah, I'm

struggle. Oh, yes, I will never, ever get a good

job. Oh, yes, I will never, ever, you know, going

to overcome this. Oh, yes, my kid going to be

in this forever. Yeah, they're not going to believe

in Jesus. Oh, they're not going to make it, you

know. This is the bad thing. But as the man,

David guy said, I'm not going to let this guy

looking down, you know, after our soldiers and,

you know, the soldier of the most high God. I'm

going to go after this guy, you know. Look. I

used to kill bears and, you know, and lions and

all that. I'm going to go after these guys, you

know. Because these guys have an attitude of,

I could not do it, but my God can do it. But

my God used me to do it, you know. I can do it.

Sometime, you know, we need to rise. We can do

it, you know. Rise up. Fight with a good fight

of faith. Don't allow the demon to control over

our family any longer, you know. No more, you

know. No more. Have no more right to control

over our family. Sickness, disease, and poverty

and stuff like that. You have no more right to

get into my family. My family belongs to the

Lord Jesus Christ. My son and daughter are going

to make it. They're going to be great. They're

going to serve the Lord. They're going to make

a difference in their life because my God is

good. My God only knows how to give good things

to me. Only knows how to give good things to

my children. You know? Believe it. Fight with

the good fight of faith. Do not allow, you know,

all of the monics in a thing to rule over your

thought. Just fight with it. You know? So, every

time you go to the battle of fear, I believe

that you want to win. But sometimes, you know,

throughout the Bible, I can see, like, you know,

we can learn from people's experiences. Jairus

and the lady with the issue of blood, they trust

in the Lord, you know. But there are some people,

they're in the midst of Jesus, and they don't

know anything about it. They ignore Jesus, you

know. Like this lady, you know, Martha, you're

familiar with that story, you know, she invites

Jesus into her home. When Jesus comes into her

home, Guess what? She ignored Jesus. She do something

else, you know. And her sister Mary just sit

down and listening to Jesus, you know, what Jesus

have to say. So, but Martha just complaining,

say, why my sister don't help me, you know. Sometimes

in life, you know, we are praying, you know,

we fighting with something and then we get Jesus.

We tell Jesus, make our problem known to Jesus.

But after that, in Jesus' name, amen. Finish

it. And go around and do something else. Without

Jesus, this is my story. Jesus, this is my problem.

But Jesus, how can I do this? Jesus, how can

I overcome that? And listening to him. Don't

quit to say amen and go do something else. You

know? In Asian culture, if you, you know, somebody

invite you to, I mean. If I'm invited to someone's

home and if the owner of the house ignores me,

it's considered really rude. You know, really

rude. But Martha doing that, you know. Sometimes

I feel like in Christian's life, you know, we

invite Jesus. We tell Jesus all the long list.

And then in Jesus' name, amen. You know, forgetting

to listen to what he has to say. You know, when

we're fighting, we listen to Jesus, you know.

And another story, you know, this quote from

John chapter 5. This guy, you know, he got a

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problem, you know. He have a problem, you know,

the guy at Bethesda pool. You know, he's there

and he got this problem for 38 years. When he

sees Jesus, And he complained, you know, the

reason he's there because that place, Bethesda

pool, you know, once in a while, the angel of

the Lord come and stir up the water. Whatever

sickness, whatever disease, you know, whoever,

you know, wherever they from, if they get into

the pool before anyone else, whatever sickness

that people have, they will get healed. And this

guy said, oh, oh, sir. You know, every time the

water stir, I can never get into the water. Somebody

already there before me. You know, somebody get

healed before me. Poor me. I cannot do anything.

My life gonna be like this forever. I cannot

do it. This guy have the bad attitude. Have a

complaining attitude. Because he complained,

he allowed the complained spirit get into his

soul, therefore he's stuck there, you know. Can

you imagine if, you know, it's a long time ago,

say, oh, somebody get in already. You know, just,

hey, you know, I believe that guy got relatives

and stuff, why don't you, you know, carry me,

just put me next to the water, you know. Just

carry me or just scoot a little bit, you know,

a little bit at a time for a long time. The minute

that you see the water stir, just get in there.

You know, before anyone else. Don't just have

a bad attitude complaining. You know? This guy

don't know how to fight. But this guy know well

how to complain. Complaining will destroy people.

You know? Really destroy people. So let's not

allow the complaining spirit get into our life.

Allow the spirit of faith. I cannot do it now,

but I will do it better. tomorrow, next week,

and next month. I will be doing it. I will make

it, you know. Trust in the Lord. Have the good

fight, the faith. Do not allow anything to destroy

you. I mean the negative thing. Number four,

the last point, you know, have an attitude of

gratefulness, you know. I don't know about here,

you know, these people back home, I realize something

like people know how to remember bad stuff happen

to them. Oh, that guy have offended me. Therefore,

I'm not going to talk to him for 20 years, 30

years, you know. Oh, this person hurt me. Oh,

that hurt me. Oh, this, oh, that. You know, only

remember the bad things. And in there is full

of the memories with the bad thing. But, you

know, sometimes, you know, who do great thing

to us in our life? Tell me who. Is it our family

or somebody else? Most of the time, our family

help us the most. Is that right? Who are we fighting

with the most? Who? Who? Our family. Is it right?

You know? Me and Leah, we get married, but I

love her and she loves me, but we fight. Who

helps me the most? She helps me the most. I help

her the most, more than anyone else. But we fight

the most. But sometimes in fighting, we remember

the bad thing. Oh yeah, you've done that bad

thing that one time, or now you do it again.

Just remember all the bad things. Rather than

choose to, okay, thank you so much. You know,

that one time you do great thing. Even though

you do bad thing today, it's okay, you know.

I forgive you, you know. It's just remember,

learn to remember great thing in our life, you

know. I love the good memory store here. And

the bad memory need to be gone. Amen. I love

the good memory. Jesus, thank you so much. I

love our attitude. Train our attitude. I'm in

a thankful. Lord, so thankful. You know, thankful

for this, thankful for that. Oh, that one day,

Lord, thank you so much for, you know, find me

a good parking place. You know, it's a parking

spot just right, you know, and it's so busy.

Like, no, there's no spot at all, but there enough,

you know, right there. It's a good spot for,

you know, parking. Sometimes you even ask God

for a parking spot. Oh, God, I don't know. I

lost my key. I lost key, like. You know, a thousand

times, you know, every day, you know. I just

ask God, God, where's my key, you know. And so,

God, thank you so much that one day, you know,

you show me the key. I late to work, I late to

my appointment, but you show me, you know, my

motor key. So, thank you, you know. It's just,

you know, trying to train our memories, you know,

of the greatness God has done in our life. The

reason of our life nowadays. It's coming from

what you and I believe from yesterday and the

past. You know, if you want our lives to be the

same, just keep the same belief. But I don't

believe that you want the same. You want to be

a greater thing. You want to be more blessed.

You want to be more joyful and stuff like that.

But believe God for the greater thing. Believe

God for more blessing. So that you can help bless

other people. You know? Learn to bless others.

Don't allow any unbelief to get into your soul.

It will destroy your life. Allow the good and

positive and gratefulness that the Lord our God

can do. Allow it to grow more and more in our

life. You know? Because our God is so good. He

loves us so much. He prepares everything for

us. We are the victorious, you know, person.

We are the joyful people on earth, you know,

talking about life. We have somebody that helps

us. We have God that promises He's with us all

the time. He will never ever leave you or forsake

you. You know, He will never ever leave me or

forsake me. Why we forget Him? Why we leave Him

alone and just trying to do life by ourselves?

Just believe in God. I love God to help you.

You know, then their life will be a lot easier.

Amen. Will you pray with me? Hallelujah. Heavenly

Father, Lord God, thank you so much, Lord God,

for your love. Lord God, thank you so much for

choosing us, Lord God. We not deserve this, Lord

God, but you. Loved us. You first loved us, Lord

God. And Lord God, thank you for your sons and

daughters here. Lord God, that they love you

so much. Lord God, they are part of your plan.

Lord God, you plan for them to live in this period

of time, Lord God. And Lord God, I just ask that

you will bless them. Bless their family, Lord

God. And heal their sickness and stuff. Lord

God, build a wall of protection around their

life. around their business, around their families,

Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. Have things to

grow in their life. Have faith to grow in their

life. Have businesses to grow in their life.

And bless more income, Lord God, that no one

will suffer, even though the economy of the world

will suffer, but the children of the Most High

God will always have plenty and plenty to give.

Hallelujah, Lord God. Thank you, Father, Lord

God. Whatever disease, whatever sickness these

people have, Lord God, just heal them. Hallelujah.

Because you are the almighty God, can do it all,

Lord God. Hallelujah, Lord God. Thank you for

these precious sons and daughters, Lord God.

And lift them and their family into your hand

in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.

Awesome. Let's all stand this afternoon as we

finish up. You know, I wish that, I said this

first service, I wish that he could speak, you

know, in his native language with the passion

that's inside of him because he just flippantly

said, yeah, this guy was constantly going to

the bathroom all the time and I went to his house

and I prayed for him and it doesn't do it anymore.

Whoa, rewind. You know, if he had his own words,

he could really paint the picture of what it

was like and all that type of stuff. I want to

live a life that my life is a testimony like

that. When somebody says to me, so you've got

a God, right? I do. You talk about him a lot.

I do. Well, tell me about what he's done for

you. And I have a testimony. I know many of you

do, but I don't want it to have stopped. I want

this week to be another week where I can give

the testimony. And I just want to honor, you

know, Mara. Mara, he's one of the second in command

type of guy there. And for us that do that for

Pastor Brad, we like this guy a lot. He does

amazing things over there. He's a general in

the kingdom of God. He's not a normal person.

He didn't tell you the story that some guy called

him and said that his mom passed away, right?

On the phone, he's like, Mara says, I'm busy.

Can you pray over the phone? I said, sure, I'll

pray. So an hour later he gets a phone call.

The lady is raised from the dead. That's powerful.

And he would be the first one to say it's God.

He says it's the first verse because God really

loved that lady. And he loves us. This week,

let's live that way. And I love the fact that

he said that dead people in the Bible. Really

responded to Jesus. Isn't that cool? The scripture

for that is I'm crucified with Christ. It's no

longer I who lives. I come to him dead. I denied

myself. Supposed to all morning. I took up that

cross. It's not about me. One thing that you

said I really want to appreciate and I want to

leave with you. Are you somebody who's louder

at complaining? or louder at fighting the good

fight. What a challenge. Ask those around you,

do you hear me complain more or do you hear me

fight more? You know, fight in the good way.

And I'm sure when he was saying he was fighting

with his wife, he was arguing, not physical fighting.

Just wanted to make sure. A lot of sensitive

people now. God's always giving her a hug. Let's

just pray. Father, I bless this awesome group

of people. Lord, help this be a wonderful, Father's

Day, and that you would just be with every aspect

of that today. That your grace would just be

there. But more importantly, this is the day

the Lord has made. We will choose to rejoice

and be glad in it. Father, bless the people as

they go today. In Jesus' name, amen and amen.

God bless you. Have a wonderful day. Or call

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