Follow Me As I Follow Christ | Pr Alvin Keng

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All right, I'm just gonna go straight into the word now.

Like the title I have this morning is follow me

as I follow Christ. You know the truth? Yeah, and

I got you know something at the bottom that says

fellowshipping communicating and having communion. We've got now so.

Ya like she itchy Chip, First Corinthians, chapter eleven, verse one,

down Itio, It says, imitate me as an imitate Christ

like you do young.

Fairly simple, right, actually it is quite simple. Let's read

some scripture before I get into.

The word around my etsu to eating one.

Matthew chapter four, verse eighteen to twenty.

Says shut down and Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee,

saw to brothers Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother

casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

Then he said to them, follow me, and I will

make you fishes of men. They immediately left their nets

and followed him.

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Charlotte Wan gun chong Ta quite.

Simple, right, got this is it follow me and they

just follow him? Yes? I wonder what was going through

their minds?

Well, that is Sean Haman the straight out.

Was it that simple or was it more complicated than you?

The citizen is gonna be a food? The ideot follow

me controng war. How many of you here follows of

Christ can just wave yes? Okay, some of you maybe

still not sure if you haven't raised your hand now

juice the hypers treading. That's fine. I would say I'm

also a follow up Christ. But yeah, sure years guns

song years so that.

You know, and you know, let's do a little bit

of background. She had painting the Disciples of Christ. They

followed him for three.

Years, yes, soda man. Jesus work with them, yes, easy,

just a shame. Soo they travel together, Hamma, easy, just

to treat up on the tef eight together easy, young hand.

They slept together, just itasy, just a good year. They

live together, Hama, that is she.

How many of you know that probably Jesus had to

go to the toilet, had to go to the toilet, yes,

sound you know he probably have to ask for, you know,

to excuse to go to the toilet. So I give

it right, You're not right, cannot be three years Jesus

or go toilet?

Right? Sounds so so much.

I mean before they he was, of course, you know,

born during Christmas time.

Now, yes that's.

I mean, not really during Christmas. You know, I don't

think we know exactly when, but Christmas is the day

we celebrate.

Well, thirteen to din into, I guess the treating you

hard attention.

And for the ts Sanshin. He stayed with his parents,

had a full moment. The only story we know about

him was when he was twelve and he got lost.

Now question, so hold, how do you meet Schill?

And when he reached the ts ol he went, he

got baptized, and then he started asking people to follow him.

So how do she is so si?

How do you like? She put on the chicken strong?

And then for three years, the different disciples, especially the twelve.

They put on this year man away the mantle.

They did life with him.

How much HII? Question?

They saw everything?

How much do you have soiled?

They saw him sleep has straight out, you know, They

saw him give a messages, sermons, They kind of like

she finish. They saw him heal the sick you can't.

She eates shamping the red and quite cool because he

was able to do like debrief them after that howl

your Maybe you use past and as an example.

Can okay, you know you know him as pastors and

don come you se him preach you kind of have fun.

But only his disciples that follow him will be able

to ask him questions.

Now that you weren't happy that the hoary.

Past rounds and last week when you were talking about sacrifice,

what you mean by that?

Now something just seeing something CND manestionment easy.

They were able to get all the insight tips right.

This year put on then and for the rest.

Of us here who don't have a chance to have

that one on one with pastrons and we probably not

just the surfacet.

Correct Noman to see me or she.

And then the disciples had a chance to speak to

Jesus see here like you heard ye to learn from

him that you tracy, they saw him at every moment,

how much you put on the t They really really

knew Jesus.

Yes, so let me read Matthew chapter sixteen. Now, now

like manife, when this chang.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, if anyone desires to

come after me, let him deny himself, take up his

cross and follow me. For whoever desires to save his

life will lose it, But whoever takes loses his life

for my sake will find it. For what profit is

a man if he gains the whole world and loses

his own soul? Or what will a man give in

exchange for his soul?

The manic when just sit out sure you said, yes man,

sure you're gontrong war down shirty baity like controng war.

Even find the thing, shang me find way what sounds

sounds me? The peter menun red Heina nation like Juan.

I want to talk about following Christ this morning.

Guns from years so guns from t two.

Have you really thought about it in a deeper level concerns?

And it's been a Christian just coming to church on

a Sunday she you know, just going for homes or

pay service.

Actually homes, just wearing a suit, how try, how kind

of evil?

Just servingful? It's been a Christian being called pasta just

motor toront you know, is it having a Christian name

to mean, you know, I was born and my name

Elvin is in the.

Icy Now get Alvin the icy Liman invented.

You know what, maybe because my English sound a little

bit like quite a lot English.

Sometimes now your sore water just white daughter.

Now India quito means white men, white men's English.

She found the taker in.

I remember when I was in college and I hang

around a lot of speaking friends.

Now much don't I share? You don't want way t

and the share pan.

Because I have an English name, people assume that I

only speak English.

Now even way take means juice Elvin?

Who is for English? You know? And I had a

friend who was, you know, talking bad about me in

front of me no.

Means and I just showed a white.

Until I said any jung war.

So I said, oh, you're talking about me.

Then she asked, huh.

Then this person so so this person replied and said, oh,

so you know mentioned.

I said, yeah, yeah, just because I got English name

doesn't mean.

So I replied to this what you can together? So

if I know, if I have my English name doesn't

mean that I don't know mention?

Is it just about the name that I mean?

Is it just about wearing the cross.

Is it just about knowing all the rights? HALLI praised

the Lord.

I'm sure that the too.

That's ye. When we talk about following Christ is following Christ.

Woman guns from years, changing in the guns from years.

So it's knowing who Jesus is. To say, it's one

thing to please him. Yet it's having the same values you.

Take.

I remember when we were growing up. I don't have

to pass on. Remember this this line. What would Jesus

do now?

Woman?

Yes?

Woman?

Oh yes, we're going by the band you w w

you know.

It goes so hot? Answer that.

Just see your w W j D every time when

you pray or do something, or when you want to

sing and you look at the band and.

You find you can't stand. I guess so fun may ask.

A question, what would you just do? You? Oh? Yes,

Jesus give the police officer.

Then you get yes, actually take things hard. Just wait,

you know with Jesus, I don't know, uh, skip school? Yes,

like Curtoul, Jesus use stationary in the office. Yes that

she told you did you over time and your boss

didn't care about you.

So it's okay. You're entitled to it.

Do you find how going against she didn't the man

a whole near love, But why that scene? I need you,

like she told, consider and in we.

Believe in discipleship, face in next, we believe in following Christ.

Show him when your face singing, so it's you too.

And I know sometimes when you're in church and we

have strong, you know, encouragements to word.

Your face and just can.

Sometimes you get so you know, focused just on the

item or the rule put the found that look that

we could very easily miss the point you wait and

take a true thing, you know, also focused on like

all the must be discount dressing, not just you're eating

your there on the trone song chan onto the girl

must be discount timing. It's eating your take. Friends, can

I tell you it's not about that, because it was

never about rules.

You made talk should you put? It was never just

about the program but sing so early.

Jesus came to show us a way to live.

Yes, so not how light the sounds around and your.

Jesus showed us away where we need to honor the lot.

Yes, not like that should actually be out like Ron

and Canty and like she turned.

Roman, they didn't have suits and dies back then.

Hama or just don't just put on the let's say

eat order.

I wonder, I wonder whether they had prayer service last time?

Hammercon mayo take cheat out your way.

Or when they talk about prayer means everybody just need

a prayer?

Now you put by and Cheatah, why do we need

to be good disciples? How the mantuna? Well?

Can I present to you some things which I believe

is true? No? Well, that's that's communing we've got. So

you know that we know the word communion from the

communion that we take right, Hanna take.

You just natural like that.

But you know what the word commune means. Take a

jau that is well, I believe it means to have

a close intimate relationship and fellowship.

We've got I just in bia shoo in the Townian.

True prayer, wordshi and other spiritual practices.

Now you sounding the twine.

Why do we encourage you for the come of prayer service?

Wait some moment you like you even put on the like.

If all of you have power prayer life, pray for

for our side persons and every day. Okay, we don't

need to organize place push you. But the reality is

as human beings because we need some of these things.

Well message, it helps us a bounce of woman, right,

it helps us bounce of woman that.

Right, we we we the more we invest in the

spiritual things.

No goleman like she shooling you. Sounds that the girl

don't seems she told the.

More we community. You can't let me show you something

that recently happened to XPJ. Now do you like she

honey first xp J fast in the city. I mean

we are younger than.

Onion tea is.

Yeah. I guess the benefit we have is that you know,

for Neeline you have like a cycle like that, not a.

Line person, just your ego ta seeing chance.

I meaning in corporate terms, they say heightened.

Over right, just run light quite yea quiet of course.

The wonderful thing about the wonderful and NELI come back

to corporate, is that coppor heightened away is a bad thing.

No casuna shall I mean going mad recuntal, the quite

sick put out the city.

But for NELI, heightened over, we see it a good thing.

Casa Neeli personalment kind of rental, the quiet sic puts

the city.

Students come to get equipped. Then they go just a.

Shat and light your pace high, Pip.

You're in your art just a mean knows their role.

Neela your face chanting shoots beside. The leaders here all

really pay the price.

So it's been a meno face chunder, just the same

sound that Harman then season.

But in b J we have the benefit of people

not leaving so fast.

No mans how true, not just quiet, but the problem

with people who stay around too long just because Lisha

like you red Man and get too comfortable and you

tied shoe fuller, they get too comfortable a trmented high fuller.

And then after a while, yes, hold, you start seeing

people come late. You kinda klized that, you start.

Seeing people take things for granted. You kind of it.

But sitting down the list, you start hearing people complain

about why so.

Early Ald you lie when you're always my mot.

Why so many meetings?

WI? My animal daughter?

This?

Uh?

Why is so high? Comman man?

Whis my daughter?

Ways? Why do I need you dress up?

When we're all young and we're all doing it? There

was no question, no Manimi and Ashman so daughter it's wet.

But suddenly it becomes the issue because you and I

recognize that you know, yes, we have natural problems.

No, what do you outside?

But it's always birth from a spiritual like.

Cause shooling the family makes centralider.

Were different ideas the leadership. We said, oh, you know,

we should remind everybody. We should you know, encourage them strongly.

Now you mean, but you're down to your like, No,

we should organize a separate meeting with the young family

so that we can you know, tell them, you know

that they need to honor the Lord.

Now like why.

And of course thank God? You know the Lord uh

sort of like has a shepherd of the of the house.

Right now organziations your but charing found like and I

and not to say God won't speak to any of you,

but God will speak through.

The shepherd because you put passes your so like how

God will speak through busuns And.

Here you have a young ners and.

Life. Shank and I remember the days when we started

x p J. We invested in prayer.

Now wan xp J, that's a whole your eat. She talked,

we had nothing may no venue, mayor, we're no crowd

mayor remond you only had six people who committed, Ligaran,

and we had another four or five that were you know.

Interested ligor like you wait just you. You prayed for

six months, lit like, don't know where we will meet

and go like you in and then God gave us

one location, said you get and God opened the door

that location you wait and actually, of course we're meeting

there until today.

Now THEO thou to defund and it's a really good place,

so your fun. But I didn't let the place blind me,

you know, because like defundes defund.

Because as much favor as we have. And no, it's

not about place. It's about where we asked vitually.

Because even a woman tide woman run a sureman side

strewing wait wait to die nally.

When people come late for wardship, what is the reason

we're nice?

Year? Radmans light the thing by nagger.

And they only come to listen to the word.

What is the reason to sit down down lightly?

Intention?

And who are you na?

Why should we be on time? Forwardship?

Woman, you're like, don't light out by.

Because it's not just about the word. The word is

for us.

Yes, in when woman is for the lot because you

think by they are so we're here because of us

all the lord German interest. That's an inter woman.

A lot of things are done for the people a waiter.

Wait then here to the seeds away the nice you know,

slides to dressing up. So you're trying to how that

means also forgot just a wasa but I think however

that's got way accepted in a way.

She's always I'm saying the rule was young. She trying

to the question. She did shoulder.

Of course, I dress up because I want to give

got my best.

Because she trying the house in well education or half.

So I told the leaders, I said, guys, I think

we need to start praying again, noman so because I

don't believe we need to use the rod every time

something don't go a certain way.

Saying that man, it's your nigger garten. I she nigger

garten actually just a lining tament.

Because I believe that if the spray of the lot

is there, the people's heart were turned to him the question.

Then finally the sai.

So I said, okay, guys, we're going to start doing

intercestry again.

Noway, cash tied down and I, you know, as the shepherd,

I said I would do or sorry it was remobout

you and I did it.

I mean today I do because I was not there.

Now Marange so I hope.

My leaders to keet up and did the intercessory.

Sha man, I sw the way to title.

But we meet at eight o'clock.

Now my maga, your parties and.

Another location because people are still setting up and all

you link that title. And for the past one and

a half months, I invested with my family, so I eat.

The whole.

Can I think it's not perfect? So when I did that, no,

no whold, Yeah sure I made that because my boys

of your again, what's up? You know? I wish I

could tell you both my boys are you know, really

they know who God is and they will pray with me.

And I wish I could say.

That no one she said the face handed you.

I can really literally drag them out, you know, and

say no, we're gonna do this. You know, you can

sit at the corner, but I'm gonna pray.

Pache that I've been consistent. Now that the motore my

leaders one or two sometimes joined now the li shureman.

But we will still press on because the motter, you know, know,

the interesting that happened, take your or the shooting fashion.

People start coming early for service your cash out, like

I mean, I don't know how much we were maintained,

but people started coming early.

What with shoot your courson and you can in mendo

cast like yeah.

Because I believe that when God's presence is there, you

will drop people.

And it was chouncing the du AND's whole. How do

you actually seeing.

Redmin communion we've got involves a two way communication.

Nor that she twenty and I see your strong found

me in the ja.

Where God communicates with us in and that she Jodo

does whole and we respond to him. This can be

seen as a form of intimate conversation and connection with

the divine.

Okay, like you can't see the shoe cearly men, what

we all understand?

What effective communication is?

Channing Dad you shou jau you.

Know and when you get married. One of the key

things that you learn about if you go for premiagre

conc is communication. Now on your life.

She tell you to food juices that go ton.

When you work in your company, it's also about communication, right,

the found that go to home. I need a lot

of you here tchers are going to be just soon.

It's also about communication, right, how do you communicate with

your students?

Nattel allows, Now those funds I ruled her is like

you go.

Tome can I safely say that effective communication is crucial

for building strong relationships.

Now shadow gone like she do you guanti.

Resolving conflicts, tong to and achieving goals. It's essential for

understanding each other's perspectives.

Has a face on your leoti beats there's a guantian.

You know it fosters empathy. You know empathy is you know,

I understand where you're coming from.

Juical war leoty and that's the lead hunt.

And also working together effectively.

God, your shold you beat her?

Don't you think it's good to have effective communications?

Your face your shadowing?

I pray, pray, pray, pray for our six hours go anything?

No need? Sure? Maybe what your prayer? Have you stopped

to listen when you want to say?

Intention?

Or is our prayer? Won't just a list that we

need to give God easily? That is our relationship?

You got well man, that's take a young you know

what I mean.

Sometimes it's hard to navigate life and unseeing God. It's true.

Right now, turns to the sword your really she tee

you warm, take a wait, you take a can with

your hard It's hard. I need Also it's hard wait

something put on either you know, God knows that. That's

why he modeled up discipleship with men. Not you should

not waste like she is. Mantupatient. She your thousand juice,

a bad thousand and roalty like she does, woman cat.

We need the people around us to help us grow

alongside with God.

Being the pot like she banks women that she thinking conslation.

This is why you need the church, that's the way.

This is why you need your homes.

Not so she are homes.

This is why all of us here need to be

in a discipleship relationship.

Mantillys, she are like she dies the mantu patient city.

If not, I can tell you very hard, not impossible.

Puts the male coan very hard.

Because it's tougher to submit to another person in wh ignorance.

It's easier to submit to God. And when God can

give you a phone call and say, hey, what a

you're doing?

That just a woman and that she can read the thought.

Follow me if I follow Christ? What does that mean?

I want to do a little illustration. Well, can you

make some spacer and I want to get maybe I

want to two guys to come and help me spare

past ns and just gonna get oh okay, so a brother,

what's your name? Vincent? Okay, okay, and then King okay,

Clem No, no, no, no, no, come come come come

come okay, sorry Clement, Oh sorry, sorry, I confused the

rest I was looking forward to, Danny, Clement, clemen, Vincent,

I need one more, one more volunteer anybody, okay, come, okay,

come come. You give yourself a bit more space. Yeah, yeah, okay,

So we're going to We talked about theciper ship. Imitate

me right now, my follow me as I followed Christ right,

talk about I'll just give you a very simple illustration

about following. So now their job is to follow.

Me Hamman the figure ren would you say that you can.

Meaning follow exactly what I'm doing?

Just what Mohammad you thought.

Follow exactly what I'm doing. I'm not gonna say, but

you follow exactly what I'm doing?

Well, boy, that one one changing.

Okay? Can Are they following me? No? No, yeah they're not. Okay,

maybe I stand here again, see clearer, Yeah, follow me,

follow me? Then you make it even clearer. Uh, okay,

follow me, follow me? Are they following? No? No, they're not. Hey,

come on, guys, come on, Okay, there was a good example.

So do you notice that they have to look at

me to follow me?

So I can't? That was god like, she shout out.

You notice that some of them I was doing this

and some of them were doing this. You start telling

my girl, if you want to follow someone, you gotta

pay attention and guns and she seemed true that she

quant I mean, it's a very simple illustration. Again, I'm

not saying, oh no, and Desable followed exact no, no, no, don't,

don't don't go so far over the time someone down,

because we're all very different people. Woman on a red now,

but we can do the same action, is that, right?

Can right? You can do the same action? Right, bad,

And although sometimes they need some time to adjust, they followed.

Because your son and she'll do it.

Let's try that again, and this time I'll give you instruction.

Raise your left arm and still hold the microla okay

there following? Yeah, right, okay, put your left arm on

your hip ship, lift up your right leg like a flamingo.

See I'm giving instructions and I'm not looking at them

there following right, Yeah, okay, Now we'll do the extreme month.

We're gonna do ten push ups. Okay, I don't know

you can do it, but we'll do we'll we'll do

ten push ups.

Yeah they chump that.

Yeah, well well then thanks guys. Are you okay? They

even uged to do all the forty yeah Kenna, no,

let's tree okay, but they tried. Have much chance, they tried,

They did it. Do you know what will help them

to be able to reach fifteen push ups?

They tell you someone can pound to harmon. She too

a shoe to push up? If they join me in

the gym, Ruhammad, I how it is either finally or

if they practice harmon lin.

Se right, I think someone that can do more than men?

Are you catching something on us? Sure?

You mean tie order?

Is man? You supp how complicated?

Or take a mental patients?

She's it's not very complicated. It's so not complicated. Turn

the person follow me as I follow Christ. But it requires.

Following like she since she gun strong. It requires submission,

right she woman and she's young. Imagine the consomer or

they say you do, then I do want to? I

need you got your heart?

Do you know when that happens? It doesn't look like

it's united or doesn't look united either. Maybe we can't

even say that we are from the same church. Can

you put you see the difference?

Kind of happy man?

How even a deviation will make it look weird?

Do you eat Indian that canna qui?

Maybe someone comes in and say, I want to be

able to do fifteen push ups?

You run just got to get food, water?

What must I do? And then they come and one

of them say, oh, no, no, no, it's okay. I

know I'm doing this, but I got my own way.

Now the building event on the to and then you

say a push up the squat instead.

Now be out of water.

Torn discipleship is not complicated.

Mental patient, She's a two person food.

Jesus modeled it out. Yes, so it is modeled it out.

And he showed the way.

Eating raalm and canting and the digger found fast the

machine and everyone just followed. They are going to show

you how they are.

Let me share. You're my discipleship journey.

No journey finish on wa the mantal patient lechen.

So yeahs is right, twenty tears. I joined X in

two thousand and five.

Now was that early link onion?

I she like that I was studying in multimedia university

at that time.

Now you say immunally, don't you do?

And I followed my friends to ex church as a

camper student is and at the time I was also

looking for a church route down after graduating.

Hold y'all, uh get ya weigh?

Before that, I was attending my home church in Glen that.

You die pasionally.

She turned, I was really serving there and everything.

That show eternally just a food ship and.

I don't know why. It was very weird. God asked

me to look for my church.

Question question.

That you're so weird. She give me six months to

finally come to a place where like, Okay, God, I

will just follow what you say.

Now you lego like she turned, bash what you control?

The how are you?

So?

As I was going around looking, I was like choosing

that just JUDI, I was from a bigger church. So

I thought maybe I'd go to a small church and

can do more things.

Now we'll just try that yours. Tell her you just

shou and tell her okay, dot com do don't see.

Maybe I could join a big church then familiar so

you you got to but I tell you the the well,

I'll tell you something interesting to your face. I came

to know you like I didn't have a good first

first experience. How I used to think X action action,

So it was not in the least that's a good

We've come a long way pasts so that's the thing,

bull come a long way. And one day on a Sunday,

you cheer because I haven't decided.

Just still you know, natural thing, how just a high

You're meeting in the second floor nature mercedize?

Yeah, some second floor that is some meaning men, you

just achieved that that not down down down and then past?

Can of reach a message? Can? I heart? I still

remember the title until today. I'm still trying to look

for the message.

Now, yeah, high thing, she wasnt that.

Is interesting because I'm doing x t V, you know TV.

The title was unpacking your backs.

Like she Banny the.

Like she y And in two years of moving around,

the message spoke to me.

You that bunching the defounders and you know, high should you?

And I knew God was speaking to me. So I

told God, what, as a young foolish man, what you

really remember this line? God? I was die in this church?

Why like I think.

To get you? And uh? And from that on the

time on us I called this space home.

Na students center. Always that she turned me.

Because I'm very familiar with church and I'm very active

in my old church.

So eating her shoe see the things.

And then when I joined extras, I straight pluped myself

in now that I found it like a search, you know,

ready to serve, ready to do anything. Just that she

was shat. And it was during that time we also

started distinct call huddles.

That's the gangs.

And I was discipled by one of the leaders, you know,

and in one year I became a leader.

Now you pay eagerly like she paid eating.

Sure at that time our four campus students now hold.

On jewishment statist man.

We all followed passa Ken and our faith restaurant.

Just a girls Way cat.

We had many many testimonies your engine as a church

and also personally, so.

We couldrent you the t engine.

So in two to five I helped out in a

video as that was my skill set, like she's shipping

bound to your city. And Pass Kenneth approached me to

start our church media ministry.

Can emotion like shoots around world. She kais and made

the s So I started and led x t V

the dialing the x TV.

Then I served that faithfully all the way until twenty fourteen.

Nationhoona to eat your food shoot out early Easternian.

Then I passed it on to mention. The mention who

is currently the head of x.

I said, sure, my xtivate shows.

One last time. So we were serving together.

Now you want trying down even you're in a loud yeah.

I still remember she did camera camera work in a

where Dalil Stadium right Nasahoona.

You want to try down and high igorant that she

turned down the shirts.

Yeah. And then and then after that she also came

in full time to do x.

TV hold on high changes for light out of XTV.

Then she suffered under me for many years. I laid

got caught her to do other things.

How you talk you that's.

So I was disciple by a leader when I started coming.

To xan begaring should like.

She patient that I changed my discipler and came under leadership.

You uh, some time around.

Linking in the hold and.

I remember during that time, you know, I was under

an our leader and suddenly one day passed kind of

came to my room and say, you know Elvin House

the discip relationship.

Now eagerly sure like you Taling, you can you and

you want war neither take a man patient young yeah,

and of course you.

I'm like, yeah, it's fine, it's okay, Okay. Then I

don't know why passed. I said, you know, if you

want to consider someone else, you can know.

It's okay there.

So I was very calm fuel that that that that

phrase loud now and now I'm like, okay, I see

say maybe.

That's to shoot up about it now that the cameos

to man. And then uring that time, I thought, you know,

be good to be on the But then I scared,

you can go Taling not you sure you're passed.

So I thought maybe I'll go under the leader under

him she has.

Like the tiling back.

And I was thinking who should I choose?

Said yeah, I.

Thought, okay, next best thing is just loud. And what

a decision that was to get your So there are

a few reasons why I chose elder No, that's downloud.

Now he's always the first to arrive and the last

league hasn't made until today.

That high that's him. He has a strong heart for

the church. Your face hasine and he's really a disciple of.

Man too. And of course during that time, you know,

I also, I mean, I'm not dumblund so I also think,

you know right now, just yeah, you know, if I

choose someone that is the same like me, everything will

be good. I feel happy, but then I might not grow.

Now, what do you guys are how about the young

just a talk? YEAHI singer, and.

There were few leaders that I could talk to and

we were very close, you know. Just I thought if

I choose them, then I wouldn't grow. I was the

new things whether seeing that don't see and at the

time it's very different. So I myself just saw so young,

you think, And then I had two years of wilderness.

I can't hand the t because I didn't really understand

who is system? Can I clarify and say, A very

nice guy, you know by the time I was young,

union and realistic expectations of a disciple relationship.

What a mantal patient you make a face, young cheap han.

And uh yeah, you know it took some time to

learn and grow under his leadership.

Well just a holidays, she didn't I had a talent.

How the turn down, But.

I remember that I chose him because he had quality

sided my.

What actually sent around her Italian was saying, wait tire

you uh this year? What she didn't paid it?

But I would say that, you know, so true his discipleship.

I really matured as a person.

Okay, what I had a talent turned down her just

a turn show.

And I know that I've also grown in my ministry

and I'm still growing today.

Well you don't know what turned down discipling others as well,

like she chief patient Haren and uh.

In the beginning, it was not easy. Different reasons that

different personality, just an expectations.

Gentlemen do it just younger put on the sinker and

a whole a cheap hand.

But I think we've come to grow quite close because.

So yeah, I just Mama turns out the being haunting me.

As we work together, as you work out through different things.

Now Manchester, Uh like you just to uh like you know, yeah,

like she self bes she I think.

God also taught me a lot, you know about submission.

She turned jo work. I'm like she shoulful and.

I share if you were something that happened recently in

one of our retreats.

Now, do you think that just a twitter a man.

I think past CenTra was doing a devotion and she

asked the question to all the leadership, if you were

to plant a church, who you bring along with you?

No're not trying down like rot on your life. You

told the wait sounds, and.

Of course the lot of us were married, and we say,

oh my wife, you know my husband the time four hour,

the teeth. No, our wife, husband cannot choose. You must

chose other people trying, not just for just food be given.

And I was surprised because he said a pig take

Elvin and no way tie shang Elwyn Hi. And he said,

because they understand and we'll be able to get the

job done quickly.

Even Hammond to mean by rank quite so.

But sitting mansion, I'm sharing this to you because discipleship

next time work.

Out soon in wait ju mental, patient and tender.

Just read how Jesus talk to his disciples that you

like she can't.

Say yes and like you do it. Patient had a mantleman.

I think Jesus said any of that to you, you'll

probably leave him.

Really nod yes, She tells her short honey, and Julie.

Had halla and do you know that people did leave him.

No, unly had had.

His closest disciple, Peter seeing me, they take a mental

didn't leave Jesus, but he didnied him three times.

I think that has sands it.

But when Peter remember this story when he was trying

to give Jesus good advice.

Because Peter, she gay yes with your how the tn E.

If you read the advice he give us very logical

that she can't.

Peter associated dny yo, what's seeing that?

But what did Jesus says, get behind me? Satan? Yes?

So sat dancing lee.

Everybody said, okay are you xts Chapter two, verse forty

one to forty seven. That's just a CD. Then those

who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day

about three thousand souls who added to them, And they

continue state fastli in the Postl's doctrine and in fellowship,

in the breaking of bread and prayers. Then fear came

upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done

through the apostles. Now all who believe were together, and

all had things in common, and sold their possessions and

goods and divided them among all as anyone had need.

So continuing daily in one accounting in the temple and

breaking break from househo house. They ate their food with

gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favored

with all the people and the Lord added into the

church daily those who were being saved. Juances.

She showed up you certainly in short, you show the

sea ninety mental unless sun chandren Dohm sing the beats

the jood, but by being and the singer and though

it should fine oh malotan tan yeah, yeah, show she

out the fund Gake Gurrett Siman her John by young

fine samation. The don't mean that she I to younger Jalment.

So I've got a little graph for you about disciple

ship not I take a mental pat or you c.

Uh yeah, can we see? So? Of course the goal type.

Of ship right now just the tong like a mental

patient man.

And then how do we start? You come to church.

You don't know anybody now, man like your straight aparents.

Of course you have to get to know people are

just when you're like she don't like she runs AZZI

we have fellowship more your twenty best fellowship came together

like twenty just you beats you come to church, you

just do worship work and you don't make them together.

Now you just so easy her young and then I'm.

Sorry, you're not fellowship twent and that's everything you can say.

But you're not fellowship with the House of God.

Like Bezza twenty sheep.

And then from fellowship you have communion. Communion is a

deeper connection, good cents and you know anyway communition, So

bringing a break.

Now, Jell you just that by being not easy that

you young ten And do you know.

That when you get closer to people, you eat together,

you hang out together. Do you know that eventually there

will be transformation that happens her children?

It's she that like sheany my mom?

You pin may look around, you look around, you just

look around like she can shan, you have been here

for a few years. Ready, is there not transformation? You're

may or to pin with the House of God? Is

it just because Bustsen is a very good bust Suppose

in everything you share the secrets of the Bible or

or you'll get.

Something leonta me me nanni okay, like she is it

just because we've got a very good homeless program. How

that the homes that they lit a very good New

Believers program. How the scene sing to the.

No no no no, bubble study very good on our

Bible study, very good.

No no.

Maybe it's the small groups. Maybe it's theref so also

maybe maybe maybe it's all these things are and maybe

it's x TV. That's like way they go. Then it

strengthens our fellowship.

Can execute it to slight her. Now certain of a ganshing. Friends,

if you read with me just now X chapter two,

The Highness into Earth, you will notice that they didn't

have any of those things that I just mentioned.

Surly, what did they have?

Taman?

What we're doing?

Woman to the Stema.

Stayed fastly in apostles doctrin just men breaking up brain

and prayers each piping. No where I read there one

hundred percent attendance in prayer service, not.

Just eat by passing that they but you can be

physically here, but you're not engaged the clear like she

run to the mancussion the scene.

And transformation happens when we do life with the Church

of God.

Ways woman issue question, what's the whole?

The guy b it is just because all of us

here are in Christ.

That's the moment when Maker and that you're totally mean.

And we practiced what we read in the Bible, woman,

the meals, so you do like you you and because

the Holy Spirit is here inatly there's transformation because God

cares about you.

Invasion face granting woman, I was transformed. You paid to

Ronson is transformed. Chel, you don't know he's won.

You should talk to him.

To take can actually want.

Let's make it a bit more simpler. I remember it's

kind of hard.

So of course it's like making friends. La, did you

how to make friends? Just like it has to connection?

So like you bitterly and see you've got no connection,

very hard. Your money gone, bitters money and.

You know what the meaning? People escape because I don't

know what to say.

I have been trying to tell you you do sing

or your power.

Well, the first connection is all of you, so may

that be the first connection?

She runs.

That's if you call this just your home. You say,

I like the people here, Well maybe you don't like

the people here. It's okay.

And she said you push on and I make and

see you.

Said I'm here. Then you ask God, God, how do

I make a connection?

And now it's actually leader and and say, of.

Course you cannot just come and leave. You must have

a conversation.

Just a lie you sonny y you put on.

Some people talk a lot.

Now watch.

Then you're going to find someone they don't talk a lot.

You can put your This is why the chest is

so diverse. Just your you can meet the and on

eating and got out. That's why, God, it is so good.

Just my son fund And then from getting to okay,

let's march together.

Bet and you're like, is she yourng time? Oh?

You like sushi? Is your answer? So she I didn't

know you take two hours to chew your food.

That the only guess look like that. But I won't

say who you got on there? And then after you

marching together, that is your time. I don't want you

do life together easy? She question what she means, I

got flet Can you come help me that I used

to be. I also got flat. I don't know how

to help you to Just who are you? Then they

pass you one.

Tell you want chan? Then she just said.

Everything you want not your bunny thing it is.

You're not right what I'm talking about doing life together? Listen.

Main questions doing life together is see you that's offended.

Paying mount thunder.

People will have prejudice against you, you p and you

might have miscommunication.

Uh a tygle.

But that's family, right because just to tell, are you

talking about family and the last I checking the Bible,

we're on the God's family.

What is sending to kind of out?

Let me shut each other? He beats the sun and

they say you love the one you hurt the most because.

You are either just doing su Do you know.

That God knows that? That's why it is a requirement

I used to requirement she yu. If you want God to.

Forgive your lies, you no need the heart. You have

to forgive your brother and your like you and now

need a tah cannot do that.

You need to go to Can you help? You say?

I say she was shorter. Forgiveness is important, La, Yes, people.

Hurt your mouth found out.

Yes, it's not easy to trust.

She's chancing.

Yes, after you trust, people might hurt you again.

Currently just sounding like your math found out me.

Well, I guess that's what's family because and we all

get better. No woman, manin if you think that you

know you get hurt by chesh leaders. Now everyone needs

your or only being person in your mouth and duck

I feel she just gets hurt the most.

Lam she sheleman so scause.

You can, you know, put your life into someone so

care even how like she told you, you know, give

your heart out and everything meant you know, so you're okay,

let's sang. And then people can still say you didn't

do anything for me, or people can say, no, Alvin,

you didn't care. I rather go and joined passors.

And trying down. Come on, sir, then you have to say,

and chiba, because God loves you.

It is an I lieth verse eighteen to twenty. And

Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, all authority has

been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go

therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them

in the name of the Father, the Son, and the

Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I

have commanded you. And Lord, I'm with you always, even

to the end of the Ah.

Yes, and IM sure a champion those warler one means

ornament who found food. Certainly the Hama sirsy fine, what's

your friend Haman Twinshaw for your town Unim and hong

Tai to that city and amoralia.

No, I know, I shard a lot about being in

family and hurting each other and stuff like that.

Nading mouth and but can I give you a secret.

Secret also secret.

Medi then you post her media.

It is not my standard that the church is built

and water that man can if it's by my standard,

herbased ready, it is by God's standard.

That's a condition that the church is built, patient town.

And because it's God's standard images shaping and because we

follow Christ woman, and I'm not following my emotions my values.

That changed. That's you enter.

Because I have to measure myself under God's chi. I

can still do this well high because Christ is in

me wait mean, and his grace is sufficient for me

and he makes me an overcomer through everything that bound

to seeing the you and the other scripture that says

I can do all things through Him.

Now, when you said what, certainly finds it.

Because it's not my strength, it's not my anointing. But water,

it's not my experience because I'm smarter than everybody.

Told me.

It's because I have Jesus in my life, your years.

That's why I can still carry.

On and steal people now realized the iron.

And this is something readily available for everybody here.

Okay, just too thiny.

It's in the scripture thing when baptizing them in the

name of the Father, the Son, the Holy.

Spirit from years from.

Them circe, teaching them to observe all things that Jesus

has commanded earth.

Like you tell she and Hammond was your friend. Phony

eats it and.

He promised that he'll be with us. Now, how do

you gal? I know my time is not eating, but

let me give you three things that you can start doing.

Today now, like any saneading.

To everybody here, don't care your leader, not leader. As

long as you call this space your church. I want

to encourage you to be involved in your church.

Shure yeah, howly shure yeah, how silling your honeyd ink

and all firsting care or watch out for someone like

she guants out eager.

It doesn't have to be complicated. We don't have food.

You don't have to go and sign up for anything

or you know, no, needn't curtain. Just look out for

someone in your heart and spend time with them.

Harsh inship. It's not a programmer, friends, take a mantal

patient sing, it's spending time your hashes like how do

Youesus spend time? Do you have some years suits and

you're not she heard time?

And to of course Jesus got more timeline here every

day with the disciples.

So your you have made no eat man.

But for us a bit hard. You need each other

once a week, twice a week.

No one answer that will be busy time.

Yeah, your Well, if you're gonna spend time people, then

you won't be discipled. Neither will you disciple others.

Noet patient paid patient.

Unfortunately that's the way it goes, not just. And of

course finally share with them your life and prove them no, she.

Heard them and furnishing only the good easy way.

Hi you time che I just show you the church

is full of different people.

But you think you harder.

I truly believe that when God sends people to.

Us something adunc highlight that should help.

And when they call this place your home, turn salvation, amenity.

It's a divine reason why you're here, say your face

hung just it's never by chance, see you wait, you

can always contribute something, nah tarling that.

Can I tell you that God's very patient. Sing so long,

so reflection questions for you to think about who can

I disciple today?

Patient, shaven mentor and.

For those that are already in the discipleship.

Relationship function is inside a mental patientda, what can.

I do to build on my relationship with my disciples?

Okay, Shema, like Guntia and Jean War, you are patient

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