Young But Not Useless | Pr Yvonne Chong

You're listening to a message to go from axt church.

We hope this message will light up your day.

The title of my message is actually.

Not just focusing on the young, but it's for the

whole church, for us to understand.

You know, God's hard for the young people. She said,

it was an elephants and the Meanhi.

And those of you who here, you know, who are

still seeing yourself as young people.

You can say your amen. So, okay, you amen? So

you know the title, you know, I want the title

that young but not useless said young.

Yeah, I got this message. You know, I was like God,

I was burying myself the whole week if uh and

it was just quick, quick Greek, you know, silence from God.

Because she shwinging and this morning I was driving her.

You haven't given me a message. You're better doing so

because I'm.

Reaching me like concern. You're about the quiet. I'm not

bring this honoring to God.

That's the you know, because of casual conversations with him.

Yeah, it is just how I communicate with the lot.

Yeah, Daly, you what and God asked, you know, let

me to share on this today. So as you're telling

was not Hi, young but not useless and it's from

first tim All right, that's my key passage today something

more times changed Shoe first chapter four, verse twelve to

thirteen changed Santikay.

If you're there, you can say your image. I find

out o CA's email.

Now, okay, we will read these together when see a

nin in one, two and three. Yes, by your youth,

be an example to the believers in the world, and

conduct in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity,

till I come give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

All right, I think I'll finish the rest. I would

like to continue there. It says in fourteen, do not

neglect the gift that is in you, which was given

to you by prophecy with the laying on of the

hands of the eldership.

Verse fifteen.

Meditate on these things, give yourself entirely to them, that

your progress may be evident to all.

Verse sixteen.

Take here to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them,

for in doing this you will save both yourself and

those who hear you.

And Joe like change.

Soluti book Canadian Sing You Sing I seen Sing Sing

Sing Sing to the Banyang is Shan Sherman that war

lying if you're seeing who saw that in juices? And

I don't so and so that neither she she taught

being out that jongsing, She's don't cantruly do something like her.

It was like she's hunting seeing you in the juicy, you.

Know the ring amen amend you know this morning we

saw a lot of children were shipping the lotta something.

You can of hot hide them, I think, by sir Mark.

How many of you can actually hear them sing really

loud okay, and you know fast around it's also saying wow,

we have a new choir now like wow, we can

see her like you know of the mouths of babes,

you know, off the mouths of.

This little children. You know they really really give their best.

Of the lot.

Because I also found the scation and I could hear

them so clearly okay's harmon No, But.

I couldn't hear much of what the adults were singing

and what she thing got with swinging, I think and sometimes.

Because you all we just I know, I've been there

all right, one we sometimes can take church as a routine.

It's she turned almost one.

Yeah, and and and you know this this morning was

asking about God and and I think since last week

it's self ex kids, you know the children I you

know they're still very young and and they may not

know God personally or fully understand who.

Is I'm talking about Mamma, she mean by says and.

And last week the same song as sticks with yourself

whenever it comes to the chorus and pour your spirit

Outney young younger mask you were like that foo gus r.

Then sing outside the showld so cold kill The voice

is so clearly okay how sing the person? And it

felt it became like a hard cry and a prayer

on behalf of life?

So sounds actually like the cool show.

Then it last week God just asked me second season

you want Have you ever cried out that loud and

so desperately for me to pour out my spirit in

your life?

You're the sounds cool? You go around the lin not

sing out in me like, have you ever desperately cry

out and ask God to poor spirit upon your life?

Gives a curse? Lives sounds some coulo so shimming living.

Have you ever really worship a heart out during worship church? Many?

If you're turning folmansk does and hankai sums I sing.

Five in our quiet time. That woman cursyway say out.

I.

I I can say that because I always do that

hard check as well. Okaye, she lighting thing, and I

may not also get it all right all the time

because I'm still human hunting world, Nando lame, but you know.

To allow ourselves to continue to let our heart be

soft before the lords when these things should be dolight,

you know, learning from the young emerciency.

You know, anything that is young, it's always soft and impliable.

Nancing run doesn't no run run no no.

The young bamboo tree, you know, very soft and pliable.

Then I say self nas also, and those of you

are familiar with his finger and ochras or o cras

you young lady's finger is very easy to just ben

uh I said break.

That's how you test.

Has so okay, if you eat a very old okra

or lady's finger, you know it's so full of fiber

and chewing you can't even sallow properly mean loud.

So I'm sharing these church you know sometimes.

You know you might be young in age by inspirit, you're.

Like an old man.

Okay loud ready yeah and this this, This letter First

Timothy itself is actually a letter that the apostle Paul

wrote to his young person right his his follower and

his right hand man.

You know his name is Timothy, is a Boulaw.

Consume team tigers to so doing polls, even ministry. You know,

as a parcel, he went around planting churches. So he

said about she.

Got to the city and so she don't. One of

the closest persons that was to him was Timothy. She's like.

The timor THI and the relationship you know has been

described like a father and a son many.

In a capase, so it's not a food Yeah. How

many of you know who Timothy is? Tem high?

Yeah, so you know it when we look at First

Timothy chapter four ft twelve or let no one despise

your youth.

So change. So we are around Candians in those days.

The culture contexts for you is until about forties forty

years old around like.

She said, you link, we're not too far from that.

But you know Timothy himself, okay, he started a following

paw around when he was in his late teenager age

to early twenties.

Apparently I can say quiet undo and then he.

Was entrusted the church in Ephesus when he was in

early thirties. Yeah, has I had that suits how do

you pay efu? So sings or cigarette? So Timothy himself right,

he is a really young believer from Leestra, which is

the modern day Turkey.

So sees a team, has to the face and singer

sing to his mother.

Okay, I'm gonna give your a brief family breakery. His

mother his name is Eunice, my mother interns you need. Yeah,

she she was a June, but not a Jews. She

was a believer as well. Has sing too. His father

was a Greek, had a full sener jose why bangan?

And you know one thing about Timothy when he was

young or so right, he had really really good reputation

among the people that thy face handed the big shooter.

And you can see that in next chapter sixteen the

case that time to count out, hunt out. Many believers

around him had really good things to say about him.

So hard. There are people around us not just believe us,

the pretty bivalous around us.

Facing human are we well spoken off among them? The

pander or would the reaction be you know when they

say like hey, Ivana also said hey, Yvonne. Then the

response that Christiana, I can tell you tua are you

that Christian.

So? Or are we well spoken off?

Now this is a big you know, before Timothy, you know,

you know, has been entrusted to take care of the

church in neversts by Paul that he will hi bay.

But if so, it has before he was given the platform.

That how used the un.

He already had a reputation tis an a good reputation

does mean you know in X you.

Know we believe very much. You know, we don't just

give give people the platform then on need they fit.

Into the road human just asking so pink high tech

bran f things, dresser and song.

But it starts by identifying, you know, the different ones.

With already a good reputation so much she can't cat yourn,

you know, already living out as a believer's in it

seem to cat you mean, who else was Timothy? Saying

tim was known for his faith has a sing sing

because in in the letter Paul wrote right in secon Timothy,

since host really mean Paul actually wrote, iron reminder of

your sincere faith also will pay or sing sing sincere faith.

That's the the word sings in not fake faith, yeah,

not just a performance yet God, sometimes you can be

very good Sunday Christians currently can sing too, yeah that

she goes again. Yes, on Sunday we can be very

good Christians.

But on Monday to Saturday we are not.

She look and sometimes for us believers, when we come

to church on a Sunday, it feels like you're just

coming to perform and be good.

I seen to whole. You think it sounds you think

you sound like, oh yeah, so the scene to.

Tim had a really amazing heritage, right parents or believe us,

grandma als or believers.

Those sing that transcend. He did not just write on

the faith of his parents or Grandma lays her people

should eat how to ta white? What at nine? Either sing?

But he has his own personal faith and journey and

his own personal reputation. Her sing young, you know young

people here, Do not let people look down on you.

We are around her and can't sing leniency.

Do not let people say that you all young people.

They don't have anything much to give. Apparently that's what

I am mean, Singram mommal cake. You're not useless, you know,

and and and you know just from the conference itself,

just not as a short you know, small girls being planted.

You're going when you sell to your don't like, man,

that's this girl that I know, so you can need high.

So that because I've been in XO, he was actually

that man. So I did serve in one of dream

Things for a while, so.

It said she's on eager, she's in. So when I

started serving a dream things, she was just a girl,

a smaller little girl. Yeah. Since I was like, so,

how do you say? Sound you high?

So she was born to Christian parents and the foot

those you know too, So the parents you know, every

time when they serve, they will bring her along food.

So how would you by the way sounding high? Tight?

And and when mom is serving, you know, she's always

at the corner the mama that she wants. And I

just like, so, uh, you know, I I try to engage.

You know, we engage children talk to different ones, right,

So I talked to her so.

You can make it high? You say, who don't? Then

many times I remember, you know, just going out, it's like,

how are you You're week?

Doesn't anyhow one she got ther her Yeah. Then although

her mom's like services, she quickly rushed over, it's.

Like, yeah, she's doing good, Mama's I should I bake

on her.

So basically she wasn't given a chance to share how

she feels and and be able to even engage with anyone.

She said, she's come she so this is this is

she got the ruhr. Then when she growing up to

be a teenager, her turns. And so because see me

in she's on initialhole still the same. Yeah, And the

mother's like, oh no, no, no, she's she's very introvert one.

And my she she won't talk to you one.

Quicking so hard a last you know, you don't have

to talk to her, so you progna so hot.

And and yesterday she came up to me because I

was looking into the small groups booth.

Your couten on cells to the tansamah you like that.

And you know, I saw her walking towards the small

goods booth or kindle hands, and I.

Knew what's gonna happen next that say, so she came

out to me. She's like, I want to start a

small good in my university. And I was all rejoicing,

how kaising and and she said like you know and

that I was like I just asked, like why.

I have to you know, I just want to hear

from her.

She's like, you know, God really stirred up my heart

during this conferences and it's.

Just full thing. I cannot just see that and do

any do nothing.

And when she's talking to me and she's slightly shy,

but she could fully express herself. I think that was

the first time I had the longest conversation with her.

And it hies you because that's you go to each

each hand got in the past, every conversation was still

with mommy on behalf of her, so that and down

does Mama. It's so hot, go slightly shy out Socials

sometimes talk and still slightly look away. But I could

see such conviction and courage arising in the heart.

It has okay, can or has that first?

And as so who had a singing ninja face sounds

full And I knew and knew that they through the

confidence that she experienced a revival with tartingly the fool

thing you know, that was I just encourageous. You know,

no one is actually too young say to speak to us.

She's a Mirrons or Mirrans tiny and thinking that she

first cads, she just been singing as well as sing that.

No one is too young for God to use to

speak to us, to encourage us. So for your making

meanings turned loud loud like young woman.

Christopher like I said just now was inspired by his

food on English all the way.

Said she pays hacking. It's not even like it was there, and.

I took you a challenge, is like one day got

either Mandrid if not Hockey and all the way toment

like she was so Paul and trusted the ministry to Timothy.

So I powered you.

But consider what hi, Will we be able to entrust

the young people to lead our church? No, okay, she's singing,

woman insan. A lot of our church plants globally the

highways were planted by students.

Actually, she said, your sation lights.

On the ex London was started by a student name

now fast doctor Lazarus, she says, your invenitiation. It's just

say that faster doctor laking.

To that has a by here Summer has a Japanese

sounding name as well, has a song Faisal she's on.

Did she like that time.

In Bristol was started by a student? Al so pretty

so let's so and but now I was started by a.

Student also, and.

So just go on and on, just handle that, and

you know, we will not continue, we will not stop

to believe in the young people things. She's sounds me

in Shingron, and well we have to continue to give

them the platform to rise up to the calling that

God has for them.

Hiram like seeing she like, who's out. So I'm going

to close with this right now. Three points, Like Sue,

that was just an introduction.

And I was just liked to share because I believe

God is just you know, continuing to allow to allowing

us to There's not a question we asked, right why

would the young people?

Why would the young choose x something?

So it's about woman somethings and where it's a woman

when seem like trying to wait.

So three points that are live with us, Sanka did.

First one is for the young people, do not let

people define you. So woman we around rendheran like thing.

Guys sometimes it can be adults as well. You know,

we still live like you know, we are just defined

by the world that's around us. So that Roman I

saw mons because she thing either and.

Continuously let the world look down on us. It's like

canti woman.

It doesn't mean the majority is always right because it's

the people. You know, God has given us that courage

and bonus to standard and speak.

Up singular woman, young women and gods like two.

And you know when I was doing my degree in

Segi once and other shis University college University, Now I

was just I remember, I was just being a student

doing my own thing. She then I had a class world.

Religion they have to do.

She did the tong So they touched on all the

major religions in the world first.

And if I'm not wrong, as of today as well,

but then Christianity is still the largest religion in the

world now in time. So everything that the lecturer kind

of explained, both biblically and historically wasn't really that right.

So you're not that was just south Yes singing.

First, then I was sitting in my chair listening to

the lecture like I was just bubbling inside already.

The te don't see your two liler. But then I was.

I knew that I had only one chance to let

my classmate know the gospel truth of what we believe in, because.

You can see me here whatmanly. Then I was like

God please don't let me do this up stirring around.

The lot was just too strong that I'm like, okay,

never mind, I shall lift.

Up my hand because it's just shut out. Uh. And

and then I left on my hand. Then immediately the

lecture just pointed to me. So that's who and he said,

yes you Jesus girl, what do you have to say?

So how Nina? Yes? Souldn't you had some more to clarify? Right,

I've not spoken him to face face to his face before.

That's so so it doesn't even know me by name?

Puts it what I means.

I don't know how he knows me as that Jesus

go seriously, Uh, there's two hundreds of people in the class,

but I don't know how he knew lumpy because she

put answer there.

Then I was like, how dare you just labeled me?

But it's a good thing, okay, can chance to life.

But the tone that he said it was very degradory,

very putting down. Yeah, it was yeah mocking. Yeah, So

that's so easy? How can that be? So I went

out of the class and I had opportunity to share

the finish down and then I was done. No, this was.

Next to your said, you're not done yet. You have

to invite your classmates.

Rose a so on. You guys were sushing on. So

I pioneered the Christian Fellowship in my university. She was

like I she so that time.

It was actually quite close to our Christmas party that

you're gonna have, you know.

So she's her face handed linking women this some time

did the did so.

Had to listen and obey the voice of the Holy Spirit.

So I invited my whole class to the Christmas party.

She was linden y certain time.

Even I told them, guys, I only had ten minutes.

I can't explain all, but you just come on Christmas party.

You understand further what I believe in.

Also, don't like that was so early. Thank God I

didn't pin out off anxiousness then you know, sharing, But

I believe, you know, the Holy spirits on men.

Certainly like chances war so close to that two hundred.

Half of the two hundred came for the Christmas party.

Lean Bakery, if biker and that she did and half

out of that hundred of them, half of them gave

their life to Jesus that day. If my parents on

you ifan the bahamashas and.

I believe it all if I continue, because I quite

sat down when the lecturer mocked me.

That's the right word. What me that day? Thousand and

water sous occasions that you was.

My two hundred classmates wouldn't have the chance to hear

the gospel at least once.

Oh, no, you are you. It's that second point.

Let it your life speak ran so. And that's also

from second Timothy for twelve. Oh, it's a whole set

an example.

You're not talking, how bang young?

It doesn't mean like I said, right, it doesn't mean

the majority is right there right we are with.

Double friend double ferends. So so until now, I'm still wondering,

you know how many years later I'm not eighteen young,

eighteen nineteen years later? How did he know that? Because

I have no personal direction? But how do you know

I was a believer? I had some food.

Yeah, set an example. You're talking how by how are

we good examples? How bang young?

In the community that got placed the session and.

Your lecturers right in the class and the lecture, I

was like, wow, this Christian not amazing.

Never keep a class before things harm.

You can cut of your so actively engaging in lectures.

It's an that's how you curse you that? How look,

don't fall asleep during class?

That cuts you? And all right, there are some lecturers here,

you know, you know it's lecture. You can see what's

going on in the classroom. Time is lot.

She's like, you can't soil that. I'm just giving some

basic examples. Only it's just like it. It deepened the leads.

But set an example in what areas? You know, the

Bible says.

Outside to see it eat? How young? In our speech?

That woman? You what we say almost so short? Not

just verbally. What's a call told sounder? But I call

it off flying but online as well?

Oh yes, just seeing generation these days they speak more

online than offline. Seeing sounds so short? We go, I

see on your cootols sounds sort of what are we saying?

No fire? Not just the young people? I think as adults,

you know this applies to us. What are we saying?

It's our speech? An example?

Help on young the slightly you know it's a bit

more salt and rice here if under it's our speech

an example to the young people here supposed to do

inaccenation when help on young's the second one, our conduct

an example the shingway?

Is our life worth watching?

The shimming to the parent can't see them? Have we

set an example in love?

Uh?

Yeah, true love? When you're I know, how young? How

have we been treating people around us? Can't be in

the room? How have we set an example in faith?

How young?

Can the young people look up the to the slightly

more salt and rice people here.

Or the yeah, I shall call it all the generation?

Yeah you know what I mean? Right?

Can the young you know, cannect kids look out to

say like, wow, you know I want to be a

faith field person like this adult here. I see it's

a hy talmon and we can't sell Nazi kneeling some

eating hmen, So tell me how much younger man?

Yes, I like that, big brother, big sister. Okay, and

the fifth one?

Can we are we able to set an example in

the area of purity?

Away?

It's like our men, so got how much young? Our

life is our loudest sermon?

So much to all the big sharing on the gospel.

It is not just going around and and bringing a

Bible and telling people if you don't believe in Jesus you.

Go to Hell. That even thing that's so you're going

to put joycey you. They don't really care. How Actually

you have to say to them, it's a frequent sony.

How come?

But they don't really care when your life speaks the

loudest because it's downs died either. Very easy to know, right,

Social media cares a lot when your life, when someone's

life is always out of alignment to that omen because

she has opinion, she's at home. You pose a whole way.

And our reputation can only be built in the unscene.

It don't And I say, she likes it's built in

the ant scene before it's actually revealed on stage, revealed

in the public. She like that.

Like a pin. It's my last point. Our reputation is

built on the unscene.

And I said, comp defund How can that happened?

Can only happened when we are rooted in the world

of the lots.

You don't want darkness of hour? Also is how fastened

when we are rooted in Christ?

You don't want leaders? Right, the word God says a

bite in him? You know how that is a high demien.

We cannot let we cannot let God works in us

if we are not grounded in him much, don't Mamosian.

So since I had a heart, Limien Dargon, a plant

and a tree can't just grow in the middle of

this space without attaching itself to a medium. It comes

so pink like show. You don't see like this, like

holded her. There's such thing as air plants as well,

can on case. But airplane cannot just flow in the

front of our eyes without being attached to something because

you want to pink countries, our foods, Mamma. We have

to ground ourselves in God's word Harley mean Targan. And

then when we are grounded by.

God's word, we are allowing the word of the Lord

to lead us. Rational.

Woman is the home and sweet and Harzard, and that's

where we are able to lead others.

Almost like she is she target. Yeah. And and the

world of God.

I know some of us we are so dependent, you know,

on on technology. We just sometimes you say, like okay,

I read the Bible, see so not gonna hunt eli

women's and the Curtis. But scrolling the Bible is not

enough because we're just so at thing. Because this is

scrolling the world of God is not enough.

It's so fast. We have to sock ourselves in it about.

So sorry, I just wanted to use the s and right, yeah,

scrolling is not enough, but to sock ourselves in it.

England that has you're so turning.

A shallow wet life produces a shallow spiritual life.

Saker to the eager.

Linkshing with Han Hansen the link lining.

And all right, so I'm gonna close right now, I'm

gonna invite extreme up. I was seeing my extreme you know, Timothy,

he had his old struggles.

He had good reputation because she said hi, to see you,

but then he was.

Still working on his confidence as a person because it

had a sing sing from me and her No, Lisa,

and and I mean it's it's shown, you know.

You know Paul had to remind him again, you know

in second one this is you know, uh, Paul to Timothy,

God has not given us a spirit of fear because

he knew, you know, tim still feelful. So bollows is

a teasing he wants. She's just gil a conjitter link.

It's just that histing. YEA, God did not give each

and everyone here a spirit of fear something you don't

it a conjit the link, But of what.

But of power and of love and of a sound mind.

It's just like a Lilia that church.

You know, it's time for us to continue to allow

God to work in using you.

Know, we do not need you know, more each more

years to be just added to us. Maman. But I

believe today you know, God is telling us, you know,

we need more alignment to Him without the hurry? Is

she thinking? You know, God, that's not called those just

ready some people? Sister, who's that ebe or you.

Know, God, that's not just call those who are you know,

all talented and all gifted some people who.

But God readies the court. Why who's out there?

We just have to avail of ourselves, use eBay how

to see and He works in us, you know, into

fulfilling the calling that He has for us. And Mother

is okay, mammon, pay so pay who's ore the men?

Our influence as believers, as Christians, it's not about how

many followers or likes you have on your social media.

People's require omen.

That's you know, the currency of the world. You know

that have more influences to have more followings social media

in the sun, you those are the but God alliances

to his word to say that be an example. That's

all that session of young woman. You're like, yes, sanction

to be proven in our character, young woman, the period

bye young, gonna go pint thing to be sincere in

our faith when the sing song high, to be respected

by other people we are parents and so on. And

I'm going to close with you know, just I know

we're running slightly out of time, she said, for go,

But I was just like, you know, to be praying,

especially for the young people here, because she said, well,

we're not seeing in cineramon talk and all. This is

a very crucial over weekend for the different ones here

face to show you know, some most of you as

so here weren't at the conference.

Friends.

She doubts her way, but today you know, God still

wants to work in your life, because yes, it's a

million so that through your life you're able to be

an example to the people around you.

And don't help young. So I'm gonna open up the

altar right now.

So it was like that, and first, you know, I

just want to encourage you know, every campus student here,

if you're a student, and I want you to.

Come and and step forward. We need life to be

prayed for like pay do God so.

That your life can continue to align to the destiny

that God has for you.

Yeah, means we need the mean thing like and we

are to pray for you for boldness, encourage to arise. Well,

we need young she.

So that you're able to say God, use me. Example,

she wants help on young.

You know.

Through the conference over the weekend, they're talking. I've spoken

to at least three students and they told me, you know,

the conference, God has stirred out in their hearts to

stop living how they used to live.

In your teens society, even since they are so half functioned.

You know.

One students say that, you know, you know, I've been

in a relationship with someone who is not a Christian.

Science like Eagle facing Tu and this is my first

relationship just so and I allow him to do whatever

he wants to me herself. God, I care and love him,

and I'm afraid that you will leave me. I tell

she will. Part how we leaed high Wall.

Although they're broken up or solo, but then she still

allows him to come back any time just.

To be physical with her because she has It's true.

And in the conference, she said she realized that that

is not the destiny that God has for her.

So has your fast people shrinking had a mean thing?

And she said, you know it is enough if I

want to stop because I want to please God. How

just the kind of situation and you know as so

why further? But you want to wish God? She said

that because I want my friends to see me as

a good example.

We had you so well opining about cant. I want

my friends to experience the love of God. She's that.

I but I can't go on living like this that

you okay, it's it's actually because you know, God see

me as his precious child, had a gem bound, not

just a piece of flesh or a piece of meat.

People quite row you know today you know you know

that that really really brought even a joy to my heart.

But that's so, how's the first and because that's what

you know? Revival is what changed is it's just.

The full you know, people turning from their own ways

and turning towards.

Lot remn tank to see the fuss the function. So

you know, students, you're gonna just worship the lot right now?

One like see, I think by shit and I encourage

you to come forward. Oh yeah, hid Shinni. We want

to pray for you.

We we need that God, and then we want to

send you out back to your campus's down song so

that you can start making a difference there has put

you on. It will be an example there, Helpin Young.

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