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We hope this message will light up your day.

The message that I believe the Lord has placed in

my heart for all of us this morning is called

Overcoming your Fears.

Overcoming your fears.

You know, this year our church team is disciples first,

and there is a re emphasis on discipleship. But how

many of us know that discipleship is a double edged sword.

You know, it's not just more internal meetings. You know,

that is one way for us to express discipleship. You know,

we gather together, we journey each other deeper into the

world of God. You know, we allow leaders and godly

counsel to speak into our lives, and we need that.

We need to sit under some people who have gone

further than us in faith, so that our faith becomes

more like Christ. Amen. As the apostle Paul says, imitate

me as I imitate Christ when he wrote to you know,

his protege Timothy. And you know, the thing is this

that that is one form discipleship. But the Jesus idea

discipleship is not just internal, it's also external. That's why

the Great Commission, says go idiot says gather, it says,

go to the nations and make disciples of them, baptizing

them the name of the Father's our Holy Spirit, teaching

them to observe. So discipleship, on one hand, is more

internal meetings, you know, more heart to heart, understanding scripture,

understanding the spirit of God's Word, praying for one another,

no confessing what we're going through to one another, so

that we can all grow to become all like Christ.

But it's also taking all that God has deposited to

us through his word and bringing it out into the world.

And then, let me put it this way, right, Christians,

we should be no for what Christ stands for. So

for example, Jesus his love. So as Christians, love shouldn't

just be felt when we come to church. And and

and like Priscillas says, this is a warm church. And

if you are considering, you know, a church, look no further.

This is it welcome home.

You know, but but this this, but, but love shouldn't

just be felt within the four worlds. As Christians, when

you go to work, people should feel the love.

People should feel the love.

You know, there are some people and I hope that

you know we're not like that. There's some people we

won't name names, but when they're not around, everybody feels

a bit more relaxed, you know what I'm saying. Right,

you know, I won't name who in the company. You

know who you're talking about, right, Hopefully it's not you.

You know, when when so and so doesn't show up

at work, when so and so in your office, in

your school, in your campus is working from home, unwell,

almost everybody has a side of relief. We can breathe.

And I hope that that's not what people say about Christians.

I hope it's the opposite. I hope that when when

the Christians for some reason, you know, I don't know,

dangy or whatever, and then they had to be admitted

at the hospital and they can't show up the work

or whatever, like like the workplace, that their campus, their school,

their family misses them and go like wow, you know,

it feels different. It's not the same. It's not the same.

Where's the joy, where's the spark, where's the lights?

And so that's what discipleship is, right.

We're meant to to be in church and download more

of God's love and be changed by that love. But

we'reso meant to bring that love outside. So in a

way we're meant to disciple the world and teach them

and show them what true love is.

You know what's another thing.

Christians were supposed to disciple the world, and we're supposed

to disciple the world in grace because Christianity is built

on grace. For God's so loved the world that he

gave his only son that whoever who believes in him,

thet the little rodin sinners like me who believe in him,

can receive grace? Can we receive second chance? And how

we know that the world needs not just the second chance,

but third for fifth six, the world needs grace. And

I hope that when you go to work you are

known for grace, not known to become culative. You know,

you're known for your generosity, you know, not as the

person who wants to split the bill. You know, even

the fishballs. Sorry, you know just now we went out

for Chinese food. We or the bowl of soup. Those

five fishball? I ate three fishball, you ate two? Can

you pay fifty seven more? Please?

Christians pay for the whole soup.

You know what I'm saying, Like, like, you gotta be

known for your generosity because we serve a generous God.

Be known for grace, because we serve a gracious God.

Be known for love because we serve a loving God.

Being known for holiness because we serve a holy God.

And so when we go out there, we gotta be

set upon. Amen. We gotta not only share what we experience,

you know, in church on Sunday, but hopefully, by the

grace of God, live in out friends. Turn your neighbor says,

you gotta live it out, you gotta live it out.

And in our living out, we are discipling in our

living out right.

Because it's if this.

Is how we disciple, how do we impact and change

our families or workplace, our schools and just anywhere our businesses,

whatever realm or influence that God has placed you in.

You know, we gotta show up first before we we

We we talk a lot, Amen, You our talk is

cheap in the in the world that we're living right now,

people need to see that we truly stand for what

we believe in. And when they see consistency, when they

see a difference in our lives, then.

They'll be super interested in what we have to say.

Amen. And you know what is one more thing we

gotta disciple the world. One more thing We're gonna live out. Courage, courage, courage,

because we also serve for God who defeated death. The

scariest thing in the whole of creation is death, and

yet we serve a Lord who has conquered death. The

Bible says that death has lost its sting. Death, by

the grace of God, has turned from a full stop

into a comma. And because we all know that whoever

who believes in Him shall not perish, but receive eternal life.

And so we are actually people who have eternal life

in us.

Amen. And so when we go out into the world,

that eternal.

Life that needs to be reflected in the way we talk,

in the way we live, and in the way we

look at the world, because how we know that we

are also living in a very fearful world. Right. Whether

it's a health thing that people are afraid of, I

don't know ever since coming back. You know, it could

be because I'm turning forty, So all the people I

hang up with suddenly, you know when in the turn forties,

Certainly it's like a fear.

Everybody is not afraid of death.

Certainly everyone I talk to is asking me have you

had your black tests yet?

Have you checked your blood?

If you check your black pressure you I'm like, nobody

talks like that in your thirties or twenties. No people

in their twenties are going out, you know, I don't

know drinking mama, drinking mama, you know, having mama, and

and you know, stuff in their face with a current

fried chicken. But the moment you turn forty, it's like,

you know, almost your last connasterial chat. You know, blah

blah blah. You know, that's like a different, different thing. Hey, MANU,

there's a lot of fear right talking to different people.

People are always talking about, oh, so under the economy

is so uncertain.

We never know. You know, April second is coming. April

second is coming to those of you who are doubt

enough to read the news. You know why you know

April second? You know? Or what will tariffs hit? How

would the affect the economy, would affect Malaysia? What this

Militianu's diplomatic relationship with the Orange Man in America? You know,

like like what what you know? How how is how

is you know? Every is working themselves with a frenzy.

Everyone's working themselves into fear right, and we even invented

the word doom scrolling, not happy scrolling, doom scrolling. Okay,

for those of us who are older, let me explain. Okay,

doom scrolling is when you just scroll on your device

on your social media and you just consume so much

bad news, so much conspiracy theory, that you feel everything

is doom and gloom, you know, and you lose sleep

and then the cycle continues. Anyway, so it's very important

for us to be people that live out faith. And

part of our faith, it's not just faith, hope and love,

it's also courage. In fact, faith and courage go hand

in hand. And so let's turn to some scripture. It

is okay, because you know, I want us to look

at scripture and learn a thing or two about how

to overcome fear, because fear is not just something that

we overcome once and that's it. You know, it's not

like you're high school exams. It's not SPM or whatever

it is right now. You know, it's not just a

one time citing. It's not your driving licensials to sit

one time and then who no, no, no, it's an

ongoing examination that life throws at you. And so every

now and then, just when you thought I thought just

overcome this fear, how come and afraid again? You know,

this is why we need to overcome it again and again,

by the grace of God. Amen. But the good news

is this, we are not alone. So let's turn to

some scriptures. Say, okay, let's tend to March up to five,

and then we're going to read from verse thirty five

to forty two. Mark five thirty five to forty two.

If your dead can here good, Amen, Amen, fantastic, Oh,

praise God, thank you asking me, It says here. While

he was still speaking to her, messengers arrived from the

home of Gyrus, the leader of the synagogue, and they

told him, your daughter is dead. There is no U

troubling the teacher. Now let's pass you for a bit, right. So,

of course, for today's context, we're jumping right in the

middle of this story. But this is kind of like

watching a series by jumping in season two, so let

me explain season one. Okay, so what happened before this?

You know, in earlier part of March chapter five was

that Jesus was walking through a crowd and you know,

a man came. This is in verse twenty three, and

his name is Gyrus. He's a synagogue leader, church leader

in the local context. And he came and he fell

on his feet, and he begged Jesus earnestly, saying that

my little daughter is very very very very ill. Please,

I've heard that you can do great things. Could you

come and heal her? So that's the count of like

season one context. And Jesus said, show me the way,

I'll come. I'll be more than happy to intervene on

your behalf. And along the way Jesus was so full

of power. How many are praise God? We serve a

God who's full of power, so full of power that

even on the way to perform a miracle, another miracle happens,

you know, on the way to performing a miracle.

You know, another woman.

By faith touched the helm of our Lord Jesus Christ

government and she received healing. And so Jesus was there

ministering to her, you know, listening to her story and

then restoring her. And that's where we get earlier on

it says that while he was still talking, a messenger came.

So let's go back to verse thirty five again, right,

so this is why the context of life. Well, so

when he was still talking, still minishing to the ladies

to say that, hey, go now your faith has healed you.

While I was still happening, messengers came from the house

of Gyros and said, your daughter is dead. There's no

need to trouble Jesus any more. That's true, beating on

verse thirty six. But she Us overheard them and said

to Gyros, don't be afraid, just have faith. I'm not

sure if this is speaking to someone here today. You're

like Gyros. You love God and you're doing your best

to do right by him.

But life happens and you're pleading to God.

But before God can answer your prayer, the situation becomes worse,

and suddenly you feel unworthy. You feel unworthy to even

bother God any more. You know, the beautiful thing about

Christianity is this, right, It's not like the moment you

become a Christian, nothing bad ever happens to you anymore.

You know that is not that is not the gospel.

That the gospel is this.

There is real evil in this world, there is real

darkness in this world. There's real pain, real tragedy that

are really messed up things in this broken, fallen world.

But God so loved the world that he intervened. He

so loved the world that he didn't stand from a

fire and go like, oh sucks to be them. No, no, no,

He stepped in, took on the form of man and

entered into our problem and intervene our problem and made

our problem his problem. And so you have here Gyros

who had a problem, and and and he loves God.

This is a this is a maybe for someone this

here you You you love God, but you have a

problem and you love God and you're praying to God

for intervention, and that problem is becoming worse, and you're

sitting here and chesh, wondering.

What's wrong with me? Is it me?

Long? I feel so unworthy because just like the messagers say,

don't trouble this Jesus anymore, have you been there before?

You're praying to God for breakthrough, and then you're the

news You keep that thing is bad, and you're tempted

to stop praying.

You're tempted to give up.

You're tempted to start having a pity party and think

that maybe it's me, Maybe I'm unworthy of Jesus's help.

Maybe maybe it's me. Maybe I'm a man to to

to to to, you know, just go through this. Maybe

this is God's will for me? Can you let God

be the one that wills your life in stead of you?

You know a lot of times this must be God's will?

Did you check? Did you check?

Hey? Man, who are you to speak on? Behalf of God?

Or this God's wheeler? I'm like, I'm fair, or this

God's wheeler, I'm single? This God's Oh? Really with God?

That God say that? If God didn't say, why are

you declaring it? And so the good news is this

that Jesus over hurt them. We serve a God who overhears.

We serve a God who hears. So if you see

that here you're wondering, is God hearing me? Yes, God hears?

And that all that Jesus is saying to you this

morning is this. Don't be afraid, just have faith. Tell

you it says, don't be afraid, just have faith. Whatever

you're going through right now, don't be afraid. Just have faith.

Whether it's a health situation, financial situation, a family problem,

don't be afraid. Christians were not supposed to be known

to be afraid, were known to fear God.

But not be afraid. We need to have faith.

Amen. And this is not my motivational speak. This is

the words of Jesus. This is the words of Jesus.

If you near what from God this morning? This is what.

Don't be afraid have faith and they exam tomorrow. Don't

be afraid have faith. I don't know what my bills.

Don't be afraid. Have faith.

Amen. Okay, let's let's keep reading on. Okay, Sorry, I

gotta keep the time. Verse the they seven. Then Jesus

stopped the crowd and wouldn't let anyone go with him

except Peter James and John, the brother of James. Amen.

James a good name anyway.

So Verse the the eight right, And when they came

to the home of the Synagot leader, Jesus saw much commotion,

weeping and wailing.

And so what did Jesus do?

He went inside and us why all this commotion and weeping.

The child isn't dead, She's only asleep.

You see.

We gotta learn to see things how Jesus sees them.

Sometimes we see a dead end, Jesus, that's not a

dead end. That's just a tunnel waiting to be dugged,

or that that that's done end, that's there's a U

turn in the making, or you know, I can I

can work something. And Jesus is declaring, Hey, why all

this commotion, Why are you guys wailing and weeping? The

child isn't dead, She's only asleep. Let's read on to

verse forty, right. The crowd laughed at him. I hope

that's not. No, sometimes we can do that. The Lord

is declaring faith, the preacher here is declaring faith, the

worship readers declaring faith. And sometimes in a heart of

hearts or a flash, you are laughing, you know. Grahama's

here going like, come on, guys, we're gonna dance. Stirred

the part, stirred the part, and you're stinking at the bed,

gonna stir my head now, you know.

Yeah yeah. When when you do that, you think you're

being cool, You think church of being cringey.

No, no, you're you're laughing at Jesus because maybe the

lawyer is saying that, come on, stood the part. Can

you be undignified for me just one second? They didn't

I hang on across for you, completely naked black for

your sins. You can't stand the part for me. It's

not about stirring the pot. It's about just, you know,

being people that were saying that, you know, Jesus I

will do anything for you, you know, worshit. It's not

about means about you. Amen, And so we're gonna be careful.

Don't don't laugh at God. But when you do laugh

at him, what did you do? He made all of

them leave, and he took the girl's father and mother

and his three disciples into the room where the girl

was lying.

Two more of us says can we do that?

Okay? Holding her hand, he said to her, talitita kom,

which means little girl, get up, And the girl, who

was twelve years old, he immediately stood up and walked around,

and they were overwhelmed and totally amazed.

Amen, God bless the reading of his word. Amen. From

this scripture that three things I want. There's a catch.

They'll form on.

Three take on points that I pray will help you

overcome your fears. Point number one, you gotta close the door.

Close the door. You notice that in verse for you

one that Jesus brought in the father of the mother,

only not the crowd not the people who are wheeping

and whaling, not the extra people, just the Father, Mother,

and then Jesus and then even Jesus. How many disciples

pop quiz how many disciples of Jesus have?

Twelve?

Okay, but he brought three. Okay, it's okay, togas Okay.

My math is also not My math is not good.

So I'm not okay, I'm no judgment, No come the nation. Okay.

So he brought only three of the disciples, right, and

and and this.

Is so important because for us to overcome fear, we

gotta close the door of certain spaces in our lives.

You know how, all of us we have a decision

making room, not a literal room, but in our heart

of hearts. Right when there's a major decision, when you're

going through something, I hope you're not calling the whole village.

You know, you have specific people that you're reaching out to,

people that you trust. And so Jesus modeled this out.

This is this is a dad has happened. A mirale

girl was on the verge of happening, and so God

wanted to move. But even then he had to make

sure there were the right people in the room. And

and and and let me break it down, right, So

he brought the parents, and so I'm not here saying that, oh,

you know, to overcome your fears, you need an inner

circle in your life that consists of your parents. No, no, no,

the parents were the ones here that had the issue, right, Okay, cool,

thank you, cool interruption. It says that my baby needs

milk some date anyway, khakis too, Okay, just in case. Yeah,

those of you listening, please edit this out. But those

of you at the back of your just around. Uh

it's uh, just needs my baby his meal in the

car anyway. I'll talk about him later, Okay, don't worry,

don worry.

Okay.

So where was I Yeah, so you know, we all

need like an inner circle, and it's not even though

Jesus involved the parents. Let me say this with grace.

Not all parents have to be included in our decision.

And I say this with love and I know their parents. Yeah, okay,

the parents were the ones that represent us. We are

the ones. We are the parents in this situation where

the runs with the problem. Now in some of us

here you are blessed with God fearing parents. Please make

them your inner circle. But for a lot of us

we don't have God fearing parents. We have world fearing

parents who happen to be Christians who out have you?

Have you met Christians at there before? You know? They

they they they profess Christ, but they worship at the

author of world. They worship the altar of money. They

worship the out of fear. You know, they read I

don't know the newspaper more and they read the good News.

And so if you have godly parents, please make them

in a circle. But for some of us, we're gonna,

we're gonna, We're gonna only let the right ones in

and and and I'm not here to tell you who

your Peter should be, who you're John and brother of

James should be. But I'm here to tell you that

in the inner circle that must be Jesus. There must

be Jesus. Whatever you're going through, let Jesus be the

author and the finisher. Let him have the first and last.

Say are you going through something? Have you just been

given a bad medical report? Bad in the eyes of

the world. Don't go around because we live in the

world right now where we love to overshare. We live

in the world right now where it's not lack of information.

But it's too much information. Write too much information right.

People are oversharing on social media. We're scrolling on social media.

We're learning way too many things that's unsubstantiated from social media.

How many of us have you know been? I don't know.

Just coming back to Malaysia.

My mind for you page now is trying to tell

me to download an app that will help with my

add So calling to YouTube every time you might have

add you might have ADHD, you might have OCD, you

might have this, you might have that, and download this

app and you're safe.

You know, I won't ask you raise your hands.

But some of us here, you know, we set for

some lists to self diagnose right to go, like you know,

oh do I have this? Do I have this?

Even for fun?

Let me just do it?

And so we're leaving a woman.

It's too much information, too much noise, And the Word

of God is trying to tell us that when it

comes to overcoming fear, we're going to reduce the noise

in our lives. There are people who are weeping and

wailing in our lives that just like Jesus, we're gonna

chase them out.

And so I'm not gonna tell you who are.

The people who are the haters in your life, but

you gotta chase them out. There's some people that you

love hanging out with them, but they don't speak the

same language of faith as you do. And you need

people in your room, in your spiritual room that speak

the same faith lingo that if Jesus heals, they says, Amen.

And people who will stand with you for your breakthrough.

This is how we overcome fear by letting the right

ones in. You know, the Word of God says in

Problems nine ten, the fear of the Lord is the

beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One

is understanding. You need to have the knowledge of the

Holy One. You need to have Jesus. You need to

have his word, you need to have revelation, you need

to have His Holy Spirit. Amen. This is what we need.

And so you gotta close the door. Whatever you're going

through right now, friends, you gotta close the door. Let

me give you a quick three points and then let

me give you my very real life experience so that

you know that I'm standing here. I'm not just preaching

to your concept. I'm preaching from a place that I've

been through something similar, Amen, So very quickly, let's move on.

Close the door.

Trust me, it will all make sense through your neighbor says,

it will all make sense. He's rambling right now, but

it all makes sense.

Amen.

And then as you repeat it second by it's okay.

Point number two, Carry it to Christ. Carry it to Christ.

No matter what Gyrus went through, he continued to carry

his problem to Christ. And so, friends, we live in

the world that is broken. There will be problems in

this world. And when you get hit by a bad report,

when you get hit by a bad diagnosis, when you

hit by a bad prognosis, whatever it is. When when

you when you're told that you're being laid off, you're

being told that the ecomic prospect is a good You

gotta learn to close the door, shut the noise out,

and then take this very real problem and bring it

to Christ.

See, I'm not asking you to be an Ostrich.

Now. Sometimes we think that when Past asked me to

have faith, you know, it's like to ask me to

be like an Ostrich sticking my head into the ground,

you know. And a lot of times people think that

all Christians, you know, we're not living in reality.

No, no, no, this is real.

Take your problem and bring it to Christ. Gyrus brought

his very real problem, and he brought it to Christ.

When it was an illness, he brought it to Christ.

When he became a death, he brought it to Christ.

And all that Jesus asked stayed across. Keep believing, don't

let fear in, don't be afraid, just believe. And so

we gotta bring it to Christ.

Amen.

And and this is so important because again Jesus welcomes us.

Jesus instructs us to do this. In Matthew chapter eleven,

verse twenty eight to thirty, Matthew eleven, twenty eight to

thirty says, this, come to me what some know, all

of you who are wary, all of you who carry

heavy burdens.

And I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and let me teach you,

because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you

will find rest for your souls.

These are the words of Jesus.

Jesus gonna say that, hey, man, when you believe me,

all the problems will just go away. No, no, no,

Jesus says, hey, hey, when you believe me, the world's

gonna be really rough. They might hate you even more.

But bring it to me. Bring your pain, bring it

to me, Bring your shame, bring it to me. See,

we got to overcome our fears sometimes. You know, our

church so gracious is the prayer supporting? Here?

Were praying for you.

Yes, some of us were so afraid to even share

what's going on on the inside. And I pray that

one day God will help you to overcome. But until

that day comes, can I tell you this? You can

bring it to Jesus. He welcomes it. Sometimes the devil

make you go like, oh, you see, now you pray,

but you haven't been praying. You know, you haven't been praying,

so you know, you know, how sure are you that

God will God will help you? How sure you that

God will answer you? You haven't been praying, you haven't

been doing your quiet time, you haven't even been going

to church, you haven't been tithing. Have you been attacked

by all these noises before? You're gotta close the door

because this is not of God. God never ever said

that go to the temple, then bring all your stuff

to me. Pay your tithes and offering, then bring all

your stuff to me. Be a good person, then bring

all your stuff. No, no, no, those are the pagan

thoughts that we have inherited from our former faiths that

we're gonna kick out.

Jesus says, come to me.

Doesn't matter what you've been doing, doesn't matter whether you've

been praying, doesn't matter how long you've been a Christian

or not. Come to me and I will give you rest.

And So, friends, are you going through something scary? Are

you going through something traumatic? Bring it to Christ. Carry

it to the cross. Amen, carry it, because the thing

is this that if you don't carry your fears, your

fear will carry you.

So you gotta carry your fear and surrender to Jesus.

Otherwise your fear will carry you to all these scary places,

into the room called depression, into the other room called

self harm. No, no, no, You're gonna carry whatever going through,

Bring it to Jesus. Solution is in Him and him alone.

Rest is in Him and Him alone. Amen. And in

Philippius chapter four for sixty seven says this, be anxious

for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,

Let your request be made known to God, and the

peace of God, which surpasses all understanding. Will God your

hearts and minds? How many need God to God your

heart and mind and man? How may are going through

something and go like God. I need some peace of

heart and mind right now. I don't need more news.

I don't need more reports. I don't need more checkouts.

I need some peace of heart and mind. Good news.

God wants to give it to you, and God wants

to give it to you.

In abundance, and he welcomes us right again. Be anxious

for nothing but in everything, whatever you're going through, in everything,

your fear, your worry, your sickness, your health, your marriage, problems,

your health, promise, your children problems. By prayer and supplication

with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Carry it to Christ a man. As Christians, we're gonna

be confident.

Amen.

No more living around going like other fingers cross, fingers cross, no, no, no, please, Okay,

there's only one cross in our lives, and it's on

the cross that Jesus died for my sins. Amen. So

the next time your friend says finger cross, break their

fingers and then pray for their healing. Okay, right. The

only dash wood you need is the wood on the cross. Okay,

so you don't need come on, right, so you gotta

carry it to Christ Amen. And then last but not

least right, you gotta cast it out. You're gonna cast

it out. Jesus chased the wrong people out, and in life,

we're gonna do that. You know, we're gonna cast it out.

But how do I castle? I'm gonna cast the demon reform? Great?

Let me tiss you, okay, verst and full? Do I

do find some prey? No? Okay, just say out in

Jesus' name. Can't repeat after me? Say out in Jesus name.

Right when when sometimes you have fear worry that comes,

don't sit under that. Come on, you're gonna just very

simple out in Jesus name, Get out, out out. You're

gonna chase it out because it doesn't belong there, you know, like,

let let me give us some scripture, right second Timothy

verse one seven. Somemers are very familiar with this. Right,

for God has not given us a spirit of fear,

has not given us a spirit of fear. Don't time,

you don't understand. He has not given us a spirit

of fear. In other words, when spirit of field tries

to come into you. It's trespassing. I'm not sure about you,

but but how many of you here? I won't go

into which pat is better cats or dogs? Dogs, But

let's hypothetically say you live in the area where there's

a stray cat problem.

How have you been there before?

Right? And they try to jump into your neighborhood and

they pull and pee everywhere, right, And then when you

see it, what do you do?

You go like out right confidently. You don't go like

whose cat is Thissa?

Is it?

Is it okay? Is it okay?

You know I don't be so insensitive, you know, I

don't mean so it's just in case it's the neighbors. No,

you just got right.

You take water, bottle out, spray right. Sound.

You might even try to put rep poison, you know,

all the car in it, and we will pray for you.

But but you you stand your ground.

When you see a cockroach enter your room, do you

go like, mister cockroach, how has it been? You know?

Come come tell me all about it?

No, you scream, right, you take out I don't know

double barrel, shoe talks or whatever, and you just right,

you just you kick it out, You slap it whatever

it is right right, And I mean I can say

this because I cannot be honest. The Lord had to

teach me the opposite. Because I'm actually like an animal lover.

I should remember a true story. One time Passesandra saw

a lizard, a gecko right in common right uh in

in in her air conduct in the office.

She say, that's a Liza Dave.

And I happen at the time, I happened to be sitting,

you know, my my little desk was opposite her office.

So went in there and I saw the lizard there

looking so frightened, and can you not have to I

did this? I did this a good line. Come here

no at the time Steve Irwin, and it was, you know,

he was still alive. And so I was like trying

to like, you know, come on, come on, little buddy,

just just jump on my hand. I'll bring you out

from here. And then passengers are Dave waiting, and then

she took out, you know, and she's just you know,

and uh, rest in peace and and so. But why

I'm saying is this right now, all drugs are side.

Sometimes we see stuff that doesn't belong. We are stern right,

let me get a little bit more serious. If you're

a girl, you're walking into a restroom and you see

a guy hiding there, you scream.

You don't, you're never polite about it.

You don't.

You don't go like, oh, excuse me, I will get

out of here. No no, you scream and you go like,

you move, get out.

If you see an intruder try to enter your room,

enter your house, try to harm your family, what do

you do? Oh Robert, please, life must be had in Malaysia.

Please take please take. You know you watch a lot

of let mesa rap me. Oh please take the silver

cutleries or Jean Valjean No, no, no, no, no no.

You scream, you go like, get out, don't touch my tutor,

get out. And even as a Christian, some foul enguage

might even come out because you just want to get

the wrong person out. How come we're so fearful to

cast out these wrong emotions? How come we are so

tolerant of fear in our lives? The Bible says God

did not, has not will not give you a spirit

of fear, And fear is a spirit He has a

way of, you know, hiding and making things worse and

haunting your life, and God is saying that did not

give it to you. So the next time fear tries

to come in, get keep and go like, stop it

out in Jesus name out and say it until it leaves. Instead,

the Bible says this that He has given us power, love,

and sound mind. So these wise Christians were meant to

go out there and disciple the world in power, love

and sound mine who are not supposed to add to

the fear mongery was supposed to add faith into the equation. Amen.

One more scripture and then I'll tell my story. Is okay?

First be Touchapter five, verse sixty seven. Therefore, humble yourselves

under the mind the hand of God, that He may

exhut you in due time. And what casting all your

cares upon him? For he what tolerates you, for he

pities you. For he if he's in a good mood,

he might answer your prey. No. We can give all

our worries and cares to God because He cares. Turn

to your neighbor, says God cares. God cares.

Cast it out.

If you don't have strength to cast it out there,

at least check it to Jesus, says school God.

God, I don't want to do this Jesus. And Jesus, yeah,

cast your cast to me.

I can take it.

I care for you.

I'll keep you and the way, the truth and the life.

I am the way, I am the gay, I am

the shepherd. I will gud the door of your heart.

Give it to me. Amen, let me. These are the

three things you gonna catch from this scripture, from from

Gyrus's interaction. Because Jesus did all that right. He closed

the door. He brought the child to himself, and he says,

talita kom and it always translated a little girl, get up,

but actually in talita kum is an Arabic and arame

is actually translated much more gentle. The little girl is

is a keen to what shepherds will call the little sheep.

So it's like almost a little lamb. It's very gentle.

It's like me going to my son working out in

the morning and going, hey, little body. And so, Jesus,

this is a god with slf. He's a god that

when you give your problems to him, he said, what

is this problem? He goes like, hey, hey, it's gonna

be okay. This is a god with self, got my

fear got my cancer, got my future, got my got

my good for nothing, sir sca, okay, got my marriage,

just for it.

It's gould be okay, it's gona be okay.

Come on, get up, She'll be okay. Come on. Our

God is a god who handles our problems with gentleness

because he cares. And not only do we need carry

our our issues to the cross and carry our issues

to King Jesus or Christ, but we also need to

actively cast the wrong ones out because Jesus also did that. Right.

Let me put it all together right now, that's my son.

His name is James. The Lord has blessed us to him.

He is very cute. Can come up later after service

to pay tribute to him when we get a touch

if you want, The Lord both him with anointing for hair. Uh,

that's his real hair. We did not put him on

any treatment. He came out of the womb with hair

and the hair kept growing. We haven't cut of his

hair yet. He is turning seven months on for a

tenth of April. But anyway, so yeah, he's noisy, he's

he's a handful, but he's a blessing. The Lord bless

us with with with James. We found out around January

twenty twenty four. Can and I we were just loving

the Lord, minding our own business, totally trying our lives

to serving him, and one day the Lord just put

an impression upon our heart. It says that Dave, I

think it's time to start a family. And we're like,

we're not the most paternal paternal people. But the Lord

says that I want to bless you with a son.

And the Lord begin to download into our hearts. You know,

we begin to get impression. We even before we knew

his gender. We kin knew that we're gonna have a boy.

You know, we even knew, you know, his name is

gonna be James's gonna use it mightily, you know, or

you know, at least every parent hopes. And so we thought, okay, Lord, fine,

well we'll give it a goal, you know, and you know,

I hope it's not too explicit. I know their youth

are here, so you know, you you're gonna try for

a kid, and you know, me being totally closs about

this kind of things, go like okay, destroy and uh,

you know, we hear a lot of friends who who

who try and they try for years you know, even

go for ivy F and all that. And then we

taught ourselves, you know, okay, we're hearing all these things

from God. I'm not the most pertonal person you all.

Cat will tell you she's not the most maternal person

at that time. Now she's very look at her, and

and and and so we thought, okay, God, well we'll

give it a go, you know. And you know, sometimes

the lot speaks, you just gotta obey. And if nothing happens,

the lot hasn't spoken, it happens the lot has spoken.

You know, sometimes you just gonna obey. And so upon

being upon just trying before we knew it just like that,

we we we we now, oh well, so fast, well

prisk God, I guess this is how it's supposed to work,

like the textbook. And uh and so so we were like, hey,

price God. So in January twenty twenty four we found out, Hey,

we're going to be parents. Yay. And you know, living

in the UK, in all Malaysia is so blessed living

in UK. The public health system there is that because

it's count flight more or less free. Everybody gets two scans,

two scans, only two scans one at a round three

months stage and then one at maybe you know, two

months before your delivery. You know, after that, if you

want extra scans, you gotta go to private and stuff

like that, you know. And so we were so excited

to go for a first scan. Uh. And I'm sharing

this also because hopefully this can be part of a

U Turn testimony because this happened around U Turn last

year and which were in right now. And so we

went for our scan, you know for some parents, really excited.

I got my camera out. I was thinking of take

a picture of the ultra sound, really thinking of all

this car. He went into the room and then you know,

they were like, oh, well, baby looks very healthy.

Oh baby is kicking.

You know what I'm saying. A lot of very you know,

encouraging things. And they were like yeah, yeah, yeah. And

then certainly the room got really quiet because they were

scanning the baby and an certainly they saw a certain

area and they kept looking at the area, and they

kept zooming in and measuring that area and and and

and from cars like complimenting us on about our baby

and how how strong his kicks and punches are. To

certainly be very quiet, and then they go like, oh,

I think we saw something, but king, give us a

few minutes. We need to we need to consult another doctor.

So we we came in one room and instantly now

they whist us out on another room. You know, when

you go for a medic check up, when you don't

come out the same room, it's usually a bad thing.

When they have to show you the back room, is like, oh,

you know, And so they show us a back room

which led to like a darkened corridor which had its

own separate waiting area. And then suddenly they go like, okay,

wait here, we're gonna bring your scans to the other

doctor and then we're gonna we're gonna see what he says.

And so long story short, they came back and then

say we will see you now. And then we went

into the room and then the doctor says that the

sonographers will right to refer you to us because we

notice and anomaly. So they say that usually, you know,

at the back of a baby's neck there is a

fluid called knuckle fluid.

And so they go like, and this is again, you

know something, this is so important for us to hear.

This love of us. We think that sigence has all

the answers. Signs doesn't have because this is what science

told us. Okay, signs true. The doctor said that we

don't know why, but there is a correlation. We cannot

tell you why. Science hasn't discovered why, but but we

have like enough data to tell you that there's a

correlation between babies with a thick knuckle flu at the

back of the neck and genetic disorders. We do not

know why, but we can tell you that data show

that they go hand in hand. The acceptable range is

three point two millimeters of fluid at the back of

your baby's neck. Your baby is four point six millimeter,

so it's in their eyes, high high range. Then they

crunch the numbers and they go like, plus the fact

that you guys are older. You know, we're not that old,

but according to science, we're old. Your baby has how

many percent chance? No computer AI and all that it's tarting, Oh,

how many percent charges of getting this syndrome? How many

percent tries of getting this disease? Mays are getting this

this And I go like, oh, it's just like zero

point something one in eighteen doesn't sound very serious, doctor,

Why what you're getting also worked out, I remember asking

a person and doctor says no, no, because you must

combine all of these figures together. And when you combine

all of these figures together, mister yo, I'm here to

tell you there is a one in four chance your

child will not be born normal. You see, the world

needs grace, the world needs site manners. I know this,

this doctor definitely needs. But you see the world have

nobody to show them. We expiations. We need to go

out there and show faith, We need to go out

there and show love. Right because at right there, at

the moment, I go like, what kind of doctor are you? Man?

What kind of news? This is the first time parent?

You don't like? What there's a one in four chance

your child will not be normal? And then they say

would you like to go for further tests? And they

encourage you this doctor, at least this doctor. Okay, I

remember the doctor's name, Matthias. I hope there's no Matthias

here true using a child's name. Don't chrust Mattias anyway.

I'm just okay, just shoking, just joking. You know, I'm

just a physical speaker angry letters. Please okay, if you're nhappy,

I'm preaching today. My name is unpaying whole ah and uh, okay, complain, complain,

I'm just joking.

But but at that moment, right that this doctor Matthias.

Was was really brutal, and and I was like, and

then it's going to Mattias are going like, have you

considered determination? No?

No, we decided too. Oh are you sure? There's no shame?

You know, because sometimes when you find out the child

so much netting disorders, is that the kind of thing

is to terminate. This is what the world tells us

if you think for a second that we don't need

to bring the gospel out. No, the world that's really

needs to hear the good news, the world that really

needs to hear that there is a better way. There

is a Jesus way. And so that that was suddenly

so so so I know a thing or two about

going to a scary situation first time parents. At the

start you turned, we were fasting going in for our

first scan. We weren't like baby crazy people. We felt

the lot asked us to try. Then only we tried,

and we felt the Lord gift just like that, and

so you know, it felt like the Lord was all

over this.

How come now the prognosis is so bad. Have you

been there before?

You started a jar and then it feels like the

Lord gave you this job, and instantly halfway through the

job turns hour you're in a relationship, you're in a marriage,

and then you felt like the law started it. And

then now halfway through the romance is gone and you're

wondering should you continue? And fear is overwhelming. Friends, I'm

here to tell you what do you need to do?

Close the door? Close the door. So, of course, don't

get me wrong, I'm standing here, I'm pastor, but I'm

also just flesh and blood. When the doctor told me

all that, I was shaken and I was saying that

can we have time to think and pray about it?

And the doctor was like, if you want the prisage,

you better do it now because I'm gonna go off.

And you know, I'm clocking off at five o'clock. You

know now it's like four o clah blah blah blah.

And I was like, dude, I'm trying to like, my

wife is crying, I'm having I'm like I need to

process this as No, if you need more time, just

you know a callers back tomorrow and make another appointment. Okay,

Just again in case you're wondering, is you okay? The

best place anyway, you know, where God wants you to

be is the best place. That's all I can say. Amen,

if God wants you to be UK, that's the best place.

If God wants you to be in Malaysia, that's the

best place. And so we had to do a lot.

Not sure if you've been through something similar, bad reports, cuddly,

you're not looking for trouble, You're being faithful, and instantly

life throws you a curveball. You thought you're stepping up

by faith, Life throws you a curveball. And then right

there and then we were like, what what do we

do This child that we thought the Lord was blessing

us with. Now the doctor is saying there's one in

four chance, there's a twenty five percent chance he will

be born with a genetic defect. But Lord, this is

where we had to close the door. So we went

back home that night. What we mean cross the door.

I didn't tell my whole family because I know my

whole family couldn't handle it. So I had to really

pray and listen and reach out to one sibling who

I knew could handle I didn't know. You know, we

were church pastors there right in the UK. We didn't

even tell the church what we're going through because you know,

we we we felt that the church couldn't handle it.

The church is young. The last thing we need them

to think it is like, oh, am, I in the

right church. How can the pastors are not protected by

the blessing of God? Right? Right?

Come on, right? Every time something bad happens, the pastor.

Is going on I mean the round church. No, it's

just life. Jesus went to the cross, was he not

anointed the most anointed? Jesus betrayed. So if we measure

our our matrice of a success by by nothing bad

happened to us, then then don't follow Jesus because he

died anyway. So we also felt like, okay, a bit

too sensitive. The church is younger, couldn't handle it. You know.

Eventually we we we when you know, we we eventually

shared it to them and they rejoiced with us. But

at that moment we had to close the door. So

with the closer door, so Jesus must be in the

close room decision making. We are the parents. We must

be in the crossing decision. So who's our Peter, Who's

our John, Who's our James? Or one of the john

The James was one of my siblings, was also a doctor,

who's also a believer. We reached out to. And then

my siblings said that I'm so sorry to hear you

go through this. Know these are the options, but but

can I tell you got the advice that we gave

us this trust God. Take it from me as a doctor.

Trust God because tests cannot tell you everything. And if

you open the door for tests, you open the door

for more tests and more tests and more tests and

more numbers and more numbers and more percentages which cannot

tell you anything conclusive. And so right there and then

I go like thank you, And then we say who

can reach out to? We couldn't sleep little you turn.

They didn't even have, you know, consumers when bad news come,

you don't even have the energy to break fast. So

middle of the night we're like, can't sleep, crying, not

sure how to process this. We reach out to another person.

This is why it's so so blessed in extra We

have leaders, we have huddles, because we reach out to Passsenger.

We just say that passenger, can we talk? She saw

our texts at three a m.

All our time. She's gonna give me a few minutes.

I'll call you.

Thank God for leaders like that can just encourage you

in acts. There are a lot of very good leaders

who you should let into your closed door room.

Should let them in.

They should be the Peter, they should be the John,

they should be the James, the standing next to our

Lord Jesus giving you got the advice. Then we called Passandra,

poured our heart out to her. She just listened, and

then she gave us again the same faith frequency advice.

She says that daf we pray, don't need to share

anyone too sensitive, but we pray the Lord has come

through for so many coupoles in church to say by

character who they are, but it come true and say

that yes I believe it by faith, I believe, And

so we close the door.

After that, the next day, guess what we didn't bother.

We only caught back the hospital to say that, hey, hospital,

we decided we don't want to go for any more tests.

We'll go for our checkups, but we don't want to

go for more tests because we don't want this test

to affect the way we look at the problem. I

want Jesus to affect the way I look at my problem.

See a lot of us. We're letting numbers, We're letting

statistics affect the way we look at the problem. We're

looking the algorithm effect the way we look at the problem. Know,

let the word of God, let the knowledge of the

Holy One. Let Jesus Amen close the door and make

sure Jesus is in the side. Here point number two.

After that, you're gonna bring it to Christ. So you

know what, in the middle of U turn. And so

this is my encourage for you if you're going through

something similar.

This is U turn.

This is a season where we intentionally turn to God.

And so we made a decision. Okay, we'll break fast

at seven pm, but from six pm, one hour before

breaking fast, we're gonna have family worship time. I can't

play any instrument to save my life. So we thank

God for our YouTube. So we found YouTube and we

just press a worship song and we worshiped along. Do

you know that there's power and worship. There is power

and worship, And as every believer, we need to learn

how to have private worship time. Your worship time shouldn't

just be here. Amen. In fact, you know the ones

that lead worship here, you know the really anointed worship leaders,

they also have private worship. King David had private worship,

but he also was undignified among the crowds leading the

nation to worship the Lord. So so as Christians, we

need to have private worship as well as corporate worship.

So we're private worship. So private worship, we're just worshiping.

And then we bring our problems to Christ. And the

Lord taught me two ways. One way, says Dave, worship

and then take communion and then breakfast. And so we

took communion. Do you know that in the New Covenant,

we too can take communion. You don't need an other thing,

ohold here to serve you the communion. Strange your mouth?

You know you can at home in this U turn.

Prepare some bread, prepare some rebainier, and take it by faith.

You need healed.

Take it by faith. He's a power is not in

the bread and the cup. The power is what the

bread and the cup represents. It represents the finish work

on the cross and everything we're going through. We need

to process it. We need to look at it. We

need to understand it through the finished work on the Cross.

And so right there every day we took Koreanian saying that, Lord,

we believe whatever comes because you have paid the crist

on the cross. If you can go to the cross,

we can go through this. If you can go to

the cross, we can go through this. If that is

resurrection at the end of the cross, Lord, that that

will be breakthrough for this. By at the same time,

we remain humble. We didn't say God, you know, we

don't want this to reject this because the Lord is sovereign.

The Lord gives us a child especial needs, then by

the grace of God and the finish work of the Cross,

we will be parents who can do this. But if

the Lord wants to give us healing by the finish

word of the Cross, we will receive that healing. And

you know what's one more thing the Lord challenged me

to do. He says that, Dave, I want you to

exercise your faith. He says that do you know the

medical report? I said yes, Lord, he said, I want

you to take the medical report and I want you

to put it where it truly matters. And he says,

you know, and the Lord says, I want you to

take the medical report, and I want and this is

my medical report.

This is my true medical report.

I still carry with me, not because I'm fearful, but

because the Lord says that I want you to take

this medical report, and I want you to put it

where it really matters. Put it under the authority on

my word. Do you know your Bible is a gift

from the lawn. Do you know when when pass understands

there and goes like b y oh b, you know,

it's it's it's not just like a campaign, Okay, it's

to remind you that, by the grace of God, we

have a printed copy of the living Word of God

that we can highlight, that we can write letters to

God that if you're going through something, it's it's okay,

it's at the feet of God.

Okay, thank you.

You know. And and and and this I did. I

took the report. This is the real part, and I

put it behind revelations because you know, this under the

authority of the Word of God. So whatever do you see?

Because the report was having so much power over me,

but I needed to put the report under a greater

power so I put it under the water God and

go say, report you sit under the thought your scripture.

I also sit under thought your scripture. So you see,

when you carry to the cross, it's not just you know,

it's not just a wishful thinking. It's something we can do.

We can take communion. That's one way to express carrying

it to the cross, carrying to Christ. Take whatever you're

going through. Are you going through depression? Can you write

a letter to yourself? Can you write a letter declaring

your healing, and can you put it under the thoughty

of scripture? And can you date that letter one year

from today and say that one year from today, I'm

going to read this letter and this will be my testimony.

Can you learn to write your testimony in advance and

put it under the thoughty of scripture. That's another way

for us to express bringing it to Christ. So that's

what this Passa did. He put That's why that's why

the medical reports to that, because this way it still belongs,

and it was forever belonged. One day, when my son

grows up he understands, I'll show him and say that

this is where your bad news belong, and this is

how the Lord healed you. Long story short, when you

bring it to Christ, God knows, he cares, and and

and and he meets us halfway. I know I'm writting

out of time very quickly. I still got a storytell.

So first scan horrible, bad doctor. Okay, so we bring it,

take communion, worship. The Lord put it under scripture. And

then by the third week of U turn and so worshiping,

I felt the Lord said, as it is done, it

is done. I'm like what. I felt peace that surpasses

all understanding that came from outside, not within, because I

had no peace inside outside.

Come in and goes it is done.

I certainly started just started cheering while worshiping, and I

turned to care and care I just felt the losses.

It is done, it is finished. And Kat goes like

I didn't for you doing so.

And sometimes you know, the law will give you very personal,

very personal confirmations that is for you and you only.

And so while Kat continues to be pregnant with our child,

I felt almost like I had to be pregnant for

the miracle. I had to carry the miracle. I gotta

speak life in the miracle. I gotta feed the miracle.

And in nine months time there only we will know

this miracle give us at the same time as as

the kid.

And so I go like, God, I believe, I believe

it is done.

And then after you turn, we went for our second

scan because we didn't opt for testing to say okay,

then coming for more scans. So in a way it's

blessing these guys because if it was normal route, we

only get two scans. Because of this route we get

more scans, and so winning for the scan, they say

that okay, you didn't want to test for all this

genetic stuff like down syndrome, Edwards, patoles, whatever the name

of all those kind things. But doesn't change the fact

that one of the issues with genetic deformity is the heart.

A lot of people with genetic defects have hot issues

as well. Can we scan your child's heart. We have

machines now it can look straight into the child's heart,

so don't worry. I'll be like, okay. Sure were roaring

there by faith with fear and trembling. And the first

sign that the laws with first was different doctor, hallelujah.

So it went in there go like different doctor, who okay?

And then the person was like okay, I'm a specialist

that looks into child's heart.

I'll be like, thank you Jesus. Okay, looking looking looking

scan scan scan scan scan, very.

Nice, pleasant lady scan skin scan, and then go like

huh but in a good way. Huh. And we're like, oh,

it looked like there was once a tear, but the

tear has closed itself and has healed itself. And they

were like, what say there again? Yeah, it looked like

it closed itself, so we can we can because we're

using the fans things to look at it, so we

can see it a little like scarring. It look like

it closed itself. And they were like, oh wow, confirmation

number one. And then we go like, what about the

fluid and stuff at the back. Oh, no, it's nothing

there anymore. Oh okay, okay, Oh praise God. And I

didn't tell you about another thing that Lot challenged me

to do, right, Jesus says, a faith a small as

a mustard seed. So when you know I don't have

a mustard seed by one peppercorn, and so I I

went to measure the peppercorn, you know, And I measured

peppercorn and and because the acceptable level was like three

point two miles four point six, so it was like

one point four difference. And then I go, A peppercorn

is like one point four and or so I go like, Jesus,

I think I got enough faith, like a peppercorn line,

you know, like like I think you know me and

kept leaving everything to come to UK to to start

a church.

I think we got at least a peppercorn faith, you know,

a lot. So God, we just need we just need.

The difference was just one point six millimeters.

I just need a peppercorn, Lord, you know, I just

need less of a pepperca and uh and the Lord

really to the paper away and it's okay, press croun,

press grunt, go out there, what can breathe go back

for scan number three? Scan number three, the sign we're

in there, hallylood. You are a different doctor again, you know,

at least not the first doctor. We're like, oh, thank you, Lord,

you're still with us, and different doctor. The Lord knows

how to speak your language. Design is a Chinese doctor.

We go like, thank you doctor, I mean a uh

you know, and the Chinese video is going like oh

and then said that, okay, I know you opted off

on the test. I know this can be very scary,

but you know, if there are genetic disorders, there's uh there,

it will be like maybe the malforming or the face,

the chest, the limbs. So we're gonna look at the

limbs of your child, We're gonna look at his skeleton.

We're gonna lose his bone structure, and we're gonna see

if there's anything to be worried about. And we were like, okay, cool.

You know, at least this doctor care enough to go like,

we want to help you, you know, diagnose. And so

scan scan scan, scan, scan, scan, scan, scan scan, and

go like, hmmm, it looked like from all this, your

child looks completely healthy. The bone structure, everything is healthy.

The scales, everything is healthy. The ficial ship, everything is healthy.

And then this is where you know, God sends you

the best doctor. But can I, uh is it okay?

Since you have some more time. I'm actually left handed,

but because most of the hospital equipment is right handed,

so I trained myself to use the machine right handed.

So I go like, wow, God give me the best doctor.

You know, no, no same skin color as me. Uh uh,

not that I'm atter, but you know it helps sometimes

uh and and and while you know, while so so amazing,

this young lady no train herself to use.

Her right hand.

And then the doctor said, is it okay now for

me to use my left hand to do the same

scan again, But because this is my dominant hand, I

trust that you'll be even more accurate. But this might

mean they're more wires that they be pulled this way,

and be like to pull all the wires you want

to it just just you know so and then right

hand scan, left hand scan, and say that again. I

know you didn't offer test. I know it can be

very scary coming for this kind of scans, but rest assured.

I think it's safe to treat this like a normal pregnancy.

And so we're like, wow, thank you Jesus, Thank you Jesus.

And so you know the thing is this right, you

overcome your fear and can be honest. Sometimes for Christians

when we really need God, we were fast, we're praying,

and then when God begins to show up, we begin

to rest on our laurels a little bit.

Hello, have you been there?

But a lot knows because you know the fourth scan,

oh no, first doctor, you know what's the worst part?

The doctor David, remember us the doctor who ruined our lives,

you know, bad news. Go like have us seen you before? Yes,

it changed our lives. You know, like see this is

see don't go with the world. The world will treat

you bad and will remember your name. But we serve

a God who know is my name. So go with God. Amen?

And so see the doctor game. What do I need

to do this time? How could I cast it out?

Not cast him out?

But I gotta don't get me wrong, I'm tempted to

cast him out, but but I gotta be like, you know,

because suddenly.

See, no, you meet your nemesis again. You know that

the devil.

The flash whispers, Oh maybe this doctor, maybe he's more

higher up, maybe this this, this, and you're like, no,

out in Jesus name, out in Jesus name, out in

Jesus name. And then, by the grace of God, even

this doctor who gave us a very bad prognosis the

first time around, when like, I know, the other tests

all look okay, but you know, we won't know until

the baby is born. And I'll be like, yeah, doctor,

we won't know until the baby is born. Out in

Jesus name, like because sometimes you need to do that

you see fear. Like I said, it's not a one

time thing. You know, you think you overcome and God

is helping you overcome. But you're gonna fight a good fight.

You're gonna finish the race. You're gonna keep telling yourself

out again, out again, out again, every month, out out

until the law says it is done. Now I know

I'm running out of time. I got more testimonies to share,

but I gotta cut. Shot my story, long story. Shot.

Baby was born and baby is healthy, by the grace

of God, lots of hair, no genetic disorders, whatever. But

our journey doesn't stop there. Fear still pounce us on

God's people. Tragedy still pounce us on God's people. You know, recently,

when can I came back to Malaysia visit family, everything,

We came here from Penang after visiting family, the moment

respect of us got danky, who has got danky right?

And you know sometimes when you get hit by different things,

you know, just being real top you know, can now

after a while, after we recover from Nankee, we go like.

It's scared to go out.

You know. Now you see Mosquito be scared because you

got bitten once twice shy and fears like that. So

we're gonna keep putting fear in his rightful place. So friends,

close the door and keep closing the door. But make

sure you put the right ones in. Bring it to

the cross, and keep bringing it to the cross. Don't

just bring it to the cross one time. Whatever you're

going to, keep bringing it to the cross. Your financial

issues bringing the cross, your personal issues, bring to the cross.

Does the matter if you're younger, Oh, I know we've

got Lord. Young people are used good for you can't

bring it to the cross, that's the matter. Your friends

call you ugly, close the door. You don't need the magazines,

you don't need the algorithm to dig. Take your beauty standard.

You need Jesus. They take your beauty standard, and he

says you're beautifully fearfully made. And then bring it to

the cross. Jesus, I know you say I'm very beautiful,

but I don't feel beautiful. Bring it to the cross.

Bring it to Christ God. I feel ugly. Bring your

ugliness to me, and I will take your burdens and

I will give you peace for your souls. Bring it.

Bring it whatever is. Bring your eating disorder, bring your

health condition. Bring your fear for the future.

Bring it.

And then when it's at the cross is with Christ.

Remember again the enemy. You see, the enemy can't take

your surrender away, but the enemy can whisper lies. And

so sometimes after we surrender, we're gonna wait for the breakthrough.

And when we're waiting for the breakthrough, that's where the

enemy tries to whisper lies. And while you're waiting for

the breakthrough, cast out every spirit of fear and ask

God to give you power, love and a sound mind.

Amen and friends, we need this. The world needs it.

I know a lot of us here we need it.

We need this for our personal lives. But we also

need to live like this because there is a world

out there there is terribly afraid, afraid of everything, and

we need to show them that there's a better way

of living. There's a Jesus way of living. There's a

victorious way of living. There's a courageous way of living.

There's a god way of living. And as Christians, that's

lead the way. Let's show the world what true faith

looks like. Let's show the world what true courage looks like.

Courage in the faith of adversity, courage in the face

of opposition. Amen, let's pray. Thank you Lord, thank you Jesus,

thank you Lord.

Lord.

I just want to pray right now. I just want

to pray for everyone here who could be going through

a fright, fearful thing right now. It could be a

medical report, could be a financial thing. Maybe some people

got laid off. Maybe some people are afraid they'll be

getting laid off. Some people are going through I don't know,

relationship problems, marriage problems, family problems, health problems.

Law, will we love you? Yeah, we're so afraid.

And so right now, Lad, I pray that you will

give everyone your fresh revelation that you are the God

who cares. You are the God who made our problem

your problem. You did it two thousand years ago on

the cross and you're still doing it today. And so God,

right now, Law, would you help my brother and sisters

here to see their problem is your problem. Their problem

is your problem. You are the God who cares. And Lord,

I pray that you were surround my brother and sisters

here with godly counsel. Law, you will cast all the

wrong ones out, you will cast the wrong spirit out.

But Lord, you will close the door and you will

fill the room with first and foremost you, Lord, Jesus,

the Lord, I pray that you also give different ones

here a Peter.

James that they can rely on you.

See, Jesus knew he had twelve disciples, but he brought

only three because at that moment he didn't need a Thomas.

At that moment, he didn't need a Philip. And now

Christians in our lives, but we need to be very

selective of who our godney council is. And Lord, I pray, Lord,

help us even in this season of Utah, to buy faith.

Bring our issues to you rather through worship, through prayer,

through communion, or through simple acts of faith. Simple acts

are prophetic faith. Lord, help us, Lord, to know that

you are a personal God. You welcome. You welcome our curiosity,

You welcome our interaction. Friends, don't be afraid to interact

with God.

Some of us here.

You need to. You're going through something, and the sense

is a word from the Lord. You need to begin

to write out your testimony. I know you haven't experiencing,

but write it in advance by faith. Write out the

testimony that you will share at prayer, meeting, at church,

at homes and write it out by faith. Write it out,

how you're going to pass your exam. Write it out,

how you're going to overcome that that that that that

mental health issue. Write it out and put it by

faith under the world of God, and say that, Lord,

I believe. I believe you are the God who healed

and still heals. You're a God who provided and still provides.

You are the God who's saved and still saved. And Lord,

give us a courage to cast out the voices and

the noises that are not from you. Give us even

the discipline to stop reading, stop scrolling, stop watching the

things that are unhelpful, and only leave room for you.

In Jesus name me pray Amen.

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