Realm of the Spirit (Worship)| Pr. Kenneth

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It only happens four times a year. Not that we

pray only four times a year. But you know you

saw the design right p R. Four Y looks like pray,

but it's prayer rarely four times a year.

So come for that.

Because we've seen healings, we've seen miracles, we've heard prophecies

and just wonderful, wonderful things happen at pray. And of

course this time around, when you see the name Judah first,

it also points out that the young people are going

to be leading, I think, in worship and in many

other things. So it's a time also to support the

young people, and the young people support us. So praise

the Lord, hallelujah. So yesterday I, for some of you

who know this, I went for my proposal defense. Some

of you don't know what a proposed defense is. Is

when you're doing your PhD and before you can even

finish your thesis, before you can even start in your thesis,

that you have to do three chapters and chapter one,

two and three, and you have to propose what you

want to write about and you have to stand before

a few professors, and the professors will have to give

their green light that you continue with your thesis or not.

And so I've got good news for this church that

your pastor passed his proposal defense yesterday. It was nerve wrecking,

I'm telling you. You know, the day before I only

had one day to revise because four days before that

it was four days continuously off the SPO retreat SPO.

Standing for Senior Pastor's Office.

And that's when we download from the Holy Spirit, asking

him to lead and guide us for the year to come.

And the Lord really really met with us. We had

a wonderful God time, not just good time, but God

time over four days. And you know, I thank God

that I had that to concentrate on. Uh. Then came Friday,

the last day before Saturday that I could do some revision,

and I was nervous, I tell you, because they could

ask you anything. And I heard from my seniors that

they usually will ask you about literature. What literature have

you read in support of your ideas? And so you've

got to do a lot of reading. Oh and they've

got to remember citations, remember the name of the literature,

and so I've got to you know, do some memory

work and so on and so forth. And of course

the third chapter is on methodology. I know I'm using

some words that sort you might not understand. It's times

to you, but it's just, you know, the methods you

will use for collecting data for your thesis. And so

I must tell you I prayed and prayed for months now. Uh.

And when I entered that room yesterday at the help University, yeah,

I needed all the help I could get. And professors

came in not smiling, not good sign. I think he didn't

want to give me any you know, false hope. Right,

and so it was all business. I had twenty slides

ready and they only looked at three. It was not

even my computer. I don't have a laptop. I only

have a you know at the most iPad. But Elder

k I said, no, you know, pasta, it won't be

easy for you to go on the iPad.

So he loaned me his laptop without a charger.

Yeah yeah, but he fully charged it. And thank god,

you know, I didn't have to use a computer very

much because they went straight into business and they told

me how I could improve on my thesis. When I

write it and then finally the piece of paper. They

gave it to me, and I took the piece of

paper and go like, oh, thank you. And you know,

the last five minutes of the ninety minute defense, I said,

can I just ask you one question? Did I pass?

And they laughed. They said, that's why we gave you

the paper? Or did I looked at the paper and

he read, yeah, you know, go ahead and finish your thesis.

So praise the Lord. Some of you I have been

praying for me. I know, even at Holmes I had

Rachel earned pray for me. I said, Rachel, pray for me,

you know, she said possible. I'm not a college to

do anymore. But I say, at least you pass college.

So as long as someone pass college, pray for me.

You know faced God, No, no, no, anyone here who

has faith in God can pray.

Amen, praise the Lord. So are you ready for the word.

I want to welcome those of you are here for

the very first time or second time.

It's so good to see you.

Uh. There is another Daniel in our minds. You want

to get to know him later over a cup of coffee.

Uh and uh, So let's start Okay, let's look at

the first slide, shall we The first slide XTV will

help me with that moving in the realm of the spirit.

Moving in the realm of the spirit. This is really

really important. Not every one of us, admittedly would say

that we are living in the realm of the spirit

more than we actually should. But I must say to

you this morning that this is one of the secrets

in the life of a Christian that gives us victory and.

Testimonies.

Let's look at a scripture now found in Zechariah, chapter four,

verse six. The Bible says, so he answered and said

to me, this is the word of the Lord to Zerobabel,

not by might nor by power, but by my spirit.

I love this verse. Don't you not by mind? So

it's not your stress, it's not my strength.

You know.

I've been committing this PhD to the Lord because sometimes

the title d R in front of your name can

make a huge difference. And we want to be careful

that it's not in the flesh that we have titles,

because we want to be careful that we don't go

by our own strength and not by my nor by power.

It is a good reminder to all of us that

God doesn't need. So I say to the Lord now

and now and then, actually more often than not, almost

actually every quiet time or devotion that I have in

the Lord, I said, Lord, I know that probably by

April twenty twenty six, I will be awarded with this PhD.

But I want to say to you Lord that I

did not start this pro because I wanted anything more

for myself. I was offered this program, and before I

even said yes to the Lord. You know what I did,

I prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed because the

Lord said to me, once upon a time, Kenneth, I

tell you the truth, more of you, less of me.

So I'm very, very fearful. This is the only time

I will use the word fearful to have more of me.

Because when I have more of me, when I depend

on more of me, when I have titles to depend on,

when I've got money to depend on, when I've got

you know, connections to depend on, when I can just

call this dato, then that turns three because they're in

my black book of a context. Then God steps aside.

I've seen this over thirty five years. This is my

fortieth year of being a Christian And for thirty five

years of serving the Lord, I've seen it again and again.

When we need God less, he just steps aside and

say do it, Just do it your own, do it

on your own. And until we find that we cannot

do it on our own, no, we say, Lord, where

are you?

Help me? God? And so God has taught me this,

and I just I know, I know this equation is

even more important.

More of you, less of me, John three point thirty right,

That's what John the Baptist said, more of him, less

of me.

This is the equation of victory in your Christian work.

Can I hear another? Good? Amen?

So not by mind nor by power, but by my spirit.

So you want to be in the spirit. You want

to have more of the spirit, not less. All right,

excuse me now, Only in the realm of the spirit

where we see results. Only in the realm of the

you want to see healing. Make sure you're in the spirit.

You want to see breakthroughs. Make sure you're in the spirit.

You want to see yourself doing the impossible. Make sure

you're in the spirit. You and I need to understand

that it is in the spirit, and in the realm

of the Spirit. That we actually see results. That's why

sometimes we can pray and pray and pray, but if

it's not in the spirit, we don't see results. We

can sing and sing and sing and sing, but if

it's not in the spirit, we will not see results.

Are you all see with me?

We can read the word of God and even preach

the word of God again and again and again and

not see results because it's not in the spirit. Problem

is we often find ourselves in the realm of the flesh.

Is it not true.

Thinking that we are in the realm of the spirit.

The flesh is very strong in our lives. Do you

understand this? Very strong? Sometimes you can do a PhD

and it's for yourself. So I told the Lord. I said, Lord,

it is you who allowed me to do this doctorate.

And I want to say God that when I do

get it, I want to give it back to you,

and please only use it when you want to use it,

and if you don't want to use it. I am

Kenneth's chin, full stop, son of God, child of God's

servant of God. I used to with me very important

because in in heaven I will not be known as

reverend pastor doctor I'll just be know as Kenneth.

Are you also do me? Very important?

And God can still open doors with just Kenneth because

he gets all the glory.

Are you alway with me? Now?

Guys, this is very important for you to understand because

sometimes we depend on the flesh without even knowing that

we are depending on French were We think that it's

very spiritual, We think that we're in the spirit, but

the flesh.

Is very deceiving. It's so that we can even sound

very Christian, but it's very deceiving. Are you all with me?

And because we are moving actually the flesh thinking is

the spirit? There is no results all right, now, let's

look at the next slide. For the flesh lusts against

the spirit, and the spirit again the flesh that and

these are contrary to one another. So that you do

not do the things you wish. Oh, so that you

do not do the things you wish, Because a lot

of us wish for many things.

We wish to be rich, we wish to have.

Titles in front of our names, that though tantry or

whatever it is.

We wish to you know, have this or have that.

But the Bible says very clearly between the spirit and

the flesh. They will never be able to work together.

They are contrary. You know what country is opposite and

this opposite don't attract.

Oil and water.

Really, you know, when I was growing up, I was

a Catholic, uh, And I didn't even know what that

meant because it was just part of the family, right.

But one thing I really like to do was to

put you know, to light the candles, because my grandmother

would have this glass in front of the altar where

Mary yours. And I like because you know, I pour water.

I get to pour water, and I get to pour oil,

and and it will be It's a very nice little

thing that goes on where it was just separate because

it can never mix. It can never come out, it

can never flash, and spirit can never mix. No, although

I enjoy putting in the there'll be three candles, uh,

And I enjoy putting that. And and then after a

while you throw away the oil and the water and

you put fresh one.

And I say, Mama, you know my grandmother, Mama, can

I do it? Because it's just.

A phenomenon for a six year old boy to see

water and oil. Although put put in at the same

time has to separate. You can be in the same body,

but you do things separately. And so I want to

ask you right now, are you in the spirit more

often or more in the flesh? Okay, this is very

very important. Okay, now some facts are you ready for this?

Some facts. Worship can be in the flesh. Worship can

be in the flesh. Just because somebody is singing Christians

songs doesn't mean it's worships. Just because people are lifting

up their hands doesn't mean it's worship. Be very very

careful about this. Worship can be in the flesh. Let's

look at the scripture Matthew fifteen eight to nine. These

people draw near to me with your mouth and honor

me with their lips. Ooh, but their heart is far

from me. This is not Kenneth Chine's words. This is Bible.

And in vain somebody say, vain useless. Do you know

you can go through half an hour the band going

crazy and you clapping or whatever, singing, and hands go up,

and the Law is the one.

You worship, right, And he's saying in vareue you have

done it.

And then Saturday after Saturday, Sunday after Sunday, homes after homes.

Be careful, because this is what the Bible says, teaching

and doctrining the commandments of men. You know, don't go farther,

don't go far. Just think about this. How many of

you have ever come into a worship service? But your

mind is far away. Don't put up your hands. You

know you're thinking about breakfast. You think about how hungry

you are. You're singing a song, because sometimes it's just

routine maintenance.

Right, you said you've sang this song many many times.

I wor was shoe you? Oh? Why why so early?

There is no? Or the keyboard is is really boring?

The ways I would?

I wonder whether that worship media is jumping? Oh my ways,

just it's so distracting. Oh my god, this pasting is

so it's not even funny. Ah, there is now you

know what to say? Your mind is everywhere? Did I

turn off the lights and the house? I forgot to

close the door?

Oh?

Did I turn off the character? There is no Their

minds are, their mouths are open. They draw near to me,

but their hearts are far away. Worried about many things?

Should I open all the car right now? Exam Let

me not look look at this side. Proposed defense, my

propose My proposal defense was on Saturday yesterday.

Eight am, I had to reach.

Damansara from kotokmuning forty minutes, so seven fifteen I had

to leave my house. Every morning I have to do

at least one and a half hours of quiet time.

So I'm up by four thirty the morning. Right when

I came back, knowing I passed, I slept for three

hours in the afternoon.

You know, it's like like, no, the burden just left

you bay, praise the Lord. But on Friday night.

I had a challenge, right because it.

Was homesnight.

And the temptation came free Homesnight means don't have to

attend Hallelojah.

No, my wife is the homes leader.

She must have forgotten for a while that one of

the biggest exams in my life was the next day

in the morning. So she said there, when should we

buy for dinner? Get her like, can you think for yourself?

You know, you know, but you know, I smile.

A smile, yeah, yeah, uh yeah. I was always gonna

say to her, cancel, right because it's free and some

of you do it on Saturday or so you do

on nurday right, sinus convenience. Half of you lived by convenience? Right, Okay, care,

we'll put the altar now. My wife said, Friday night,

God first worship, A worship worship. I thought, I thought myself,

I won't be there. I won't I will be there,

but I won't be there. Yeah, I will be there,

but I won't be there. Are you all see with me?

Those of you go to exemp the worrow? There is

no like you. Yeah, I tell you it was good.

It was a good Friday nine. And you know, my homies,

you know, even though the next morning was I had

to answer questions before my professors, they wanted to ask

me hard questions as well. Friday night, Now, I'm just kidding.

I was so overjoyed that they asked me, how do

you live by faith? Pastor? And said it's God, you know,

And then I continued sharing. Actually we wanted to end

by nine, you know, but we ended later in there

because you know, just God was so alive.

You don't only have to sing with music, do you do?

You know the first time worship was ever mentioned in

the Bible, it was in Genesis, I believe twenty two,

verse five.

You know worship. The first time worship was ever mentioned

had no music.

It was the time when Abraham had to offer Isaac

and he says, we go yonder to worship. That means

worship didn't start with music, lyrics, nothing. It wasn't even

a service. It was Abraham giving his best to God.

That's what worship is. Somebody say, amen, so you can

worship in the flesh.

Do you want to say? And then you said, I

wish you and worship of a post. I worship. I

keep going to worship, but no results.

Of course, no results, because the results are only seen

in the spirit. The word can also be in the fleshy.

But you know, the pastor preach.

You know, the pastor preacher, my home's leader preached, and

I preach, and you know I read the word and yeah, yeah, yeah,

But the word can also be in the flesh.

Do you understand this.

Then the devil took him up into the Holy City,

set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said

to him, if you are the son of God, throw

yourself down, for it is written, Oh my word. The

devil knows the word. The devil knows the word and

preached it to the son of God. If you are

the son of God, throw yourself down, For it is

written says the devil. Wonder how many devils we have

going around Malaysia now preaching the word.

I know he's very quiet.

He shall give his angels charge over you, and in

their hands they shall bear you up less you dash

your foot against the stone. Lord help me this morning

that when I'm preaching to esk got the communing that

I am not the devil, but I'm your servant. Come on,

listen to me. Even the word can be done in

the flesh. Have you ever taken the word? And yes,

for you, for yourself. Come on, for your selfish self,

claim the word for my selfish self. The word of

God is supposed to be taken in. It brings about repentance,

It brings a bow. Come on, revival they bring. And

what is revival? Revival is just this, simprevious revivals, simprevious.

When God becomes first in your life, in everything. When

you see a person put God first in everything in

his life, that's called revival.

You see, Oh, that's revival. It's not rolling on the

ground shaking your hands. Are you with me?

It's not that there's not revival. There's just external expressions,

you know, of what possibly could be revival. But real

revival is changed lives. Everybody still hear not in am

eight fifteen, Actually I say am, but eight fifteen.

Okay, let's move on. Prayer can be in the flesh.

Now, if you're preaching the word and preaching the word

or hearing the word and hearing the word and.

Reading the word and reading the world.

And after a few months and few years you still

don't see any change. You gotta you gotta take this

message to heart, all right. We don't want to have

the word in the flesh.

You know.

Some people think the word and just to argue. I

want to learn the words so that I can argue ruh.

Many years ago I coin a.

New word because those who were studying the word, studying

the word always like to argue.

I don't know why.

I know this group that I was with, and so

I said, you guys think you're theologians, but you're not theologians.

You are think ellogens. These think collogions. You know what

they do. They just you know, use the.

Brain and the mind and try to argue with you, you know,

and when they argue, is it doesn't go anywhere.

It doesn't save a soul, it doesn't heal the sick.

Come on, So when I declarct think collogans in ex church,

about ten people left.

How can you call a stink alogions?

I say, yeah, because you're just using your brains, right,

only your brains?

Where's the spirit? You with me? What them?

Prayer can also be in the flesh. You can see

how passionate. I am right of this because I tell

you what, if you can catch these guys, your life

will be. I'd rather you pray for just one minute

than you pray for ten minutes.

And all you're thinking about that is the eloquency of your.

Prayer, maybe in the King's English, and all you think

about is our father, who are in heaven, young nys.

And then you're thinking about the accents, and you're thinking

about you know, just wowing the crowd with your PhD prayer.

And nobody else heard it, but the crowd. God said,

hold on, you know, hold on a minute until this

guy begins to pray, really pray, pray by faith. I'm

not gonna listen, but you wow the crowd, and the

crowd says, this guy prays so well, every time there's

a prayer, ask him to pray.

Because he prays.

Well, you know what the guy just has done when

he eloquently prays for ten minutes, he has caused everybody

else in the room who don't pray so well to

never want to pray again. When you are said, you know,

Albert Prailer, No, no, I cannot pray as well as

John Doe.

You know I cannot. I cannot. You know John Doe

is basically you know, you know what it is, right? Uh?

And and how about how about how about you you

know Gabriel and Gable said no, no, no, you know I

prayed the Indian accent come out.

No, how of are who are didn't have an halloed

you know.

No, I'm not saying that you have Indian accent, but

you know, just just in case. No, No, I'm ashamed

a little bit, no, because I got a little bit,

a little bit. I pray a bit longer than one minute.

Even though I tried the English accent, you know, the

Indian accent would take over second minute. Yes, I live India,

by the way. You know, do you know that my

father and myself we gave our lives to Jesus Christ.

Because there was an Indian preacher, Dina Current. Yeah, and

his song was the best song. You know, have you

heard of the English song? I thought it was a

tumblin song the whole time you using it because you

sing behinder together, Lord, binder together. So only when he

sang a few more lines, I thought, oh, he's singing English,

all right. Prayer can be in the flesh prayer language.

That's why God, you know, when he has children pray,

he answers very quickly. You know, the first time I

was injured, I was sitting here, I was healing, but

there was a there was still a nagging pain on

my left knee.

I think or Calugh and Laura, teacher Laura led her son.

Alex, right, Alex to come and pray for me, and

the first teacher, Laura was whispering in his ear to

you know, guide him to pray.

But he was praying. He put his hand on my knee,

little cute fingers.

I don't know when I was caught up with a

prayer or caught up with his cuteness, because you know,

I love children, and I love the chubby ones.

You know where you can bounce off the wall and

come back time, you know, you know what I'm saying.

Yeah, So he was praying, and although he was guided,

he was praying with all his heart, you.

Know, and and hell take yeah, and by his stripes,

by his stripes, by take Kenya is here, yes, amen?

And he prayed.

He prayed for about a minute and I told Laura

I actually felt better right after that.

Seriously. My sister when she.

Was six ys old, Nicole, when she was six ys old,

my dad driving all beat up Mercedes Benz, you know, uh,

usually gave up the ghosts, especially when we needed it.

So one time we were on a Sunday coming off

a mall, you know, and then we got stuck on

the side of the road and this Mercedes Benz, you know,

the logo is very nice, but the engine's some chill

engine living, you know, And so it died. It died,

and we were like, Sunday, where do we go? There's

no there's no workshop open. And my sister just stood

up at the back. She was tall enough to stand

up at the back, and she says, can we pray?

You know, we are doubtser, you know, praise for Sunday, right,

and uh, maybe for other religious times, child remembers to pray.

She tells, she tells all of us pushed us a shame.

Can we pray?

You see, God can work on anything else except broken cars.

Yes, come on, come on, some of you actually you

you really if you catch yourself, you believe this that

he will heal He will heal cancer, but he cannot

heal cars. Not that he cannot heal cars. This is

small thing for God, you say, you know, this is

trivial for the Lord. Don't like my grandmother used to say,

don't bother him. Don't they stop him? In Candennis, don't

you stop people like God? But so many people to

take it off, you know, on this earth. That's why

my grandmother was he don't stop him, don't stop him.

Billions of people praying, you know, not ah.

Just because your finger pain you ask him a yah,

finger paint plaster?

Ask God, you know, like serious, serious.

My grandmother home is in candidates, my my, my God

is busy, you know, busy.

But the child child like faith, child like mine. Can

we pray?

They were like, you know, we're almost good like Nicole.

Nicole adult trying to think about how to fix this car.

But you know, we had to repair right there and

then go like yeah, sure, And I tell you, oh,

you a little favor because we say sure to please

her Ah, not to please God, to please her like okay,

we shouldn't say no, right, yeah, but go ahead, and

we say you go ahead, you pray right, so then

so that when God doesn't heal our car and we

know he won't, right, it's just a child's prayer, yea,

a child's prayer. That's why he didn't answer. It wasn't

eloquent enough. Swash swash.

Oh.

And so my sister goes, God, this make our car better. Amen,

shot this prayer. Now, sure God would answer, for sure,

because you know he didn't have He didn't even.

Have in Jesus' name, how dare you?

And within I kid you not a thirty seconds a

guy on his motorcycle on his way to the mall

seize our car by the side.

Of the road.

That's a U turn. Thirty seconds after Nicole praise. Thirty

seconds after he goes praise, this guy takes it, makes

a youth turn on his motorbike and he comes says

can I help you? And my dad says, yeah, you know,

this car gives a lot of problems. He say, yeah, yeah, yeah,

usually in my workshop. This is a normal thing for

these cars. Oh you have a workshop, Yeah, yeah, it's

close today.

But we we.

Look into especially Mercedes Benz. I mean, can you imagine this.

He didn't bring a toyotam mechanic, He didn't bring any mechanical.

He brought the mecanning that knows your car. So he said,

pop the hood. So you know, my dad popped the

hood within thirty seconds and the car starts because he

knows exactly where to go for And then he says, okay,

we're gonna open the day, but tomorrow bring your car in.

Are you with me?

No, guys, a mechanic comes.

Your way within thirty seconds, you turns, fix your car

in thirty seconds.

We're going back home. Just praising the Lord.

And I'm telling you right now, prayer can also be

in the flesh.

But when this is in the spirit, things happen. Are

you also you me?

Now, please don't look down yourself and beat yourself up, going, Oh,

I've been praying so much, you know, and the last

six months something happened. No, I'm not saying that, you know,

because something that God also takes time. We understand that,

all right, But I just want to encourage you, if big,

if you have been praying in the flesh, you know,

one way, you know you're praying the flesh if you're

praying by fear. God doesn't like his people to pray

by fear or by worry. But a lot of people

are praying, Oh God, you know, I'm so worried. Therefore

I'm praying, you know. And if you continue praying like that,

you're praying on worry. God never promises you and me

he will answer worry. God never promise you and me

that he will answer fear. God promise you and me

that he will answer faith. Because without faith it is

impossible to So that's why before you even prayer, you

know what God does. He works on your heart and

your mind to try to remove fear and remove worry, okay,

and so that you can enter into faith. And how

many of you know the Bible says all you need

is faith as small as a master seed. How many

of you have master seed faith? Come on at least that,

let me see your hands, come on at least master bee.

Oh about half the other half? Would you please try to.

Get it this week, because you ain't gonna see God

move if you don't have that. I tell you now, Amen,

Your passon is not here to condemn you, is here

to encourage you so that you can live life and

life more abundantly.

John ten ten.

The thief doesn't come but to still kill and destroy.

But I have come to give you life. Are you

living abundant life? Abundant life can only live be lived

by faith in Jesus Christ, everybody.

Okay, prayer can be in the flesh.

And when you pray, you shall not know, You shall

not or surrounding like the my African brother.

You shall not be.

You shall not be in the beginninging, in the beninging.

And when you pray, sorry, excuse me, you shall not

be like the hypocrites, For they love to pray standing

in the synagogue. Oh, there is a way to pray.

There is a way to pray. Are you learning from

your hypocritical pharisees. For they love to pray, They love

to pray, They love to pray. There's a flesh that

loves to pray, you know, there's a flesh that loves

to pray. But not like you know it. They want

something out of their prayer. That is not for anything else,

but for the flesh standing in the synagogues, not synagogues, okay,

and on the corners of the streets, that they may.

Be seen by men. I see, I see, that's the goal.

And Jesus says, surely, I say to you, they have

their reward, So you have your reward already. So how

many of you want to pray and get reward from men,

then you will have your reward. But this reward that

we are all seeking for is from the Lord.

And that means that men might not like the way you.

Pray, men might not think very much of you. But

you are not here to please men. You're not here

to get the reward from men. You are here to

get reward from the Lord. But I just want to

show you that you can pray in the flesh. You

last and do not have, says James, chapter four of

US to three. You murder and covette and cannot obtain.

You fight in war, Yet you do not have because

you do not ask. You ask and you do not receive.

Because you ask a miss, not hello, miss, but a

miss that you may spend it on your pleasures. Here's

something very strong, a doultress and adultresses. Wow, have you

ever committed adultery?

Then? How come we are called adulters? A doubter?

What is the definition? Do you not know that friendship

with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants

to be a friend of the world makes himself an

enemy of God. And now look at how the spirit

is mentioned here? Or do you think that the scripture

says in vain, the spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously.

So he's in us. Come on, he's with us, he's

all around us. He wants to do great and wonderful

things in our lives.

Amen.

But if we make ourself a friend of the world,

and if we feed the flesh more than the spirit,

then I tell you right now, the Bible says the spirit,

although he's in us, he yearns jealously. Every day he say,

come on, Kenneth, pray in me. Come on, Careadeth, preach

in me. Come on, Kendeth, worship in me. Come on,

Keadeth is me not by my not by power? Bye bye,

my spirit? He yearns. He's a jealous God. Do you

know that the Bible says he's a jealous God. So

what are you in love with today? What's your flesh

in love with today? That's why I keep every day

I say, God, you know I'm gonna get that that

doctrine soon is yours, not mine. I'm not gonna you know,

sometimes when I go and and and they might introduce me,

I just would like people just to introduce me as

Kenneth Chin and if possible, maybe just past the kenn

Chin if you if you please, but you know, only

if you want to use it God, use it. Otherwise

it's on the shelf because I never asked for it,

And if you give it to me, it's yours to use.

I don't want the Holy Spirit to be jealous about

something new in my life that I put above him,

that I put before him, are yours with me?

Let's look at the next slide. Flesh, what is it?

It's self focused.

Everything you're doing is for self, self dependent, self pleasing,

self glorifying.

What is the world that we're talking about?

Just now in James we read don't make yourself a

friend with the world. Okay, world is the playground of

the flesh. And I'll tell you right now, the world

is gonna introduce you more and more, more and more.

Every year, every generation, you will get new toys because

the world wants to get your attention and my attention

and give the flesh a bigger option to play.

Are you with me?

Very important to understand that, okay, But you know the

world itself is not wrong. God so loved the world

that he gave his only Begond, the son. What the

Bible is speaking about is worldly.

Okay.

So while God loves the world, and you should also

love the world, but you should not love the world

as being worldly and going after what it offers. Okay,

because the more of the world and less of God. Now,

next fight, I have to break this message into two guys,

because I've got forty four slides, all right, So I'm

going to break it as soon as you guys think

I should.

Yeah, I know, I put a burden on you. Okay.

The devil is easy to get rid of. How many

of you understand this? But that was easy to get

rid of.

Really.

I moved into my house twenty five years ago, and

for the first three years, for some reason, there was

definitely something unclean and I could feel it, and one

time past and even saw a white figure across the

front of our house, and I say enough, it's not enough.

This house belongs to Jesus. I took authority, I said, devil,

I reject you. I resist you in the mighty name

of Jesus. And so I told you right now, my

house value has gone up because not only is it

a good house to buy, it is clean.

Hallelujah, praise God.

So if anybody comes to wide a boy house, I say,

do you know his house or the market is so much,

but it's also clean. You don't have to spend any time,

you know, getting dark spirits out of it. Okay, and

for that I'll touch you.

That a million. No, I was kidding.

No, the devil is easy, all right, because he has

to bow at the name of Jesus. Let's look at

Scripture James four seven. Therefore, submit to God, resist the devil,

and he will flee from you. Is as simple as that.

But the first thing you need to do is submit

to God. Then resist the devil. Do you know what

you would know what resists is? I give you a

story pastes Sarah. You know Pasta Sarah, the pastor for

ex kids.

Yeah, sometimes they.

Confuse with my wife they call her pasta Sarah, but

it's not.

It's Sandra. Okay.

Yeah, we went overseas somewhere and they said, what's your name? Uh, Sandra,

you know and uh and they said, oh Xandra, So

I said, yeah, sure, you know whatever, and uh, you know.

Passa Sarah.

She for some reason, did not like this guy in

my office who was after her. All right, he shares

the same initials with me, all right, Uh, Kenneth Chin

is the Orrie. Okay, this guy tries to be and

his name is Quan CHINU.

Quan Chin really like Sarah, really like Sarah.

Okay, and for months and years he's been chasing after okay, chasing,

I'm thinking you changing. But this lady called Sarah, who

was also working for us, did not want anything to

do with Quan Chin for some reason.

Okay, first of all, I actually did quite like each other.

There was a chance, there was a chance. But then

one day, and guy, please listen to this. If you're

going after any girl, you gotta pay attention. No pay,

guys pay. And so one day Sarah was on the

phone with Quan Chain and she has something very important

to say to him, but he was eating apple and

there was sound effects and you know, I'm really going

through this. Yeah, yeah, Sarah, I'm listening. And then she

put on the phone. She put her phone because this

guy was not interested. But actually that's him. He just

loves eating apple, talking to you loudly, loudly, and for

some reason after that, she just she just had a

like disgust for him. No, you know when girls have

a discuss for guys. You know, he's going to take

some prayer, fasting and you know, some angelic visitations. Uh,

you know it has to be Michael the angel, not

in had to be urch angel coming to you, you know,

not just any And from then to Honor, it was off.

It was off. The marriage was off. There was no

marriage talk about anyway, but it was the wedding is off.

And and and we saw we saw Quenchin chasing after

Sarah right and he one time it was raining, it

was raining, and Quenching was running after Sarah in the

rain like a like a Korean movie, I'm telling you,

and you'd say, oh, somebody comes sabida, okay, all the

Korean words you can think of.

He's running after her with umbrella, he's getting wet, you know,

all the at at his back.

He's ready, and as he reaches Sarah, Sarah turns away.

I don't need it. I'd rather be wet than to

have your umbrella, you know. Yeah, And then he's here.

They pushed her into push then umbrella into her hand,

and she took it and she threw it on the floor. Long,

bun bum bum bum long. I feel like singing a

tiny song at all. It was all romantic. It was

just totally the other way around. Now listen, in a way,

I think Sarah did all right, because you know, we

tell our girls, right, if you don't like a guy,

just resist, don't, don't give chance, don't sometimes say okay,

I take your T shirt.

You know.

Sometimes no, just resists and then trust the lord said, Lord,

you know, do you know what resist is? Just no

speak to the hand. No speak to the hand. No

that the devil keeps coming. Umbrella, No speak to the hand.

The devil comes, you know, you know, footcake, don't speak

to the hand and the devil comes, you know, PhD,

No speak to the hand the devil.

You resist him enough he will.

But sometimes you're playing fools and little bit okay, now

do they can a little bit of cherry. There'll be

a strawberry. Don't because you you give it the devil

a football. He will go up to the foothold and

give you a stronghold. First stronghold, and finally a stranglehold.

You know the three things I taught you before. The

devil moves in three ways. Foothold, stronghold, stranglehold. He took

at you all right, he will strangle you to death.

Don't let the serpent slither up. But how can he

slither up if you didn't give him a foothole?

You with me? Very important?

I was telling another pastor, you know who is caught

up with pornography.

I said, throw away your phone.

You know you just gotta be radicaler No, no, no,

My my phone is very important because I also do

you know ministry on it?

Yeah? Ministry, how long? About three minutes? Pornography? How long?

Three hours?

I said, take your Netflix and burn it. You know,

I tell you when I first joined netflixer join Netflix.

Because it was.

Free, one month, free, free, ten Netflix. I tell you

the amount of uncensored stuff there was crazy.

So the Holy Speed said, you know to me, chuck

it away?

I said, noah, I know, I will have self control,

you know, right, and and that's where it hits you.

It's always a foothold, and the food.

Whole is always innocent, innocent, innocent. How many have ever

prayed the prayer Lord, please bring me into pornography? How

how many of how many have you ever born and said,

oh I love No, you don't start with you know

one thing?

It everybody?

Okay, I know it's a bit quietly because I love

You've got Netflix. But I'm not saying to you. Yeah,

you know, I'm not saying to you here. I see

people laughing all the way to the dog. But you

know I'm not asking you to burn it. No, but

you know, like it can be alcohol, okay, uh, your

your pastors don't dread alcohol. The lot told me before.

Don't touch it, actually touch so I you know, I

I get into rashus and so I had some leaders

in my in my.

Under my care who.

Had botos and botos and boros of it, you know,

displayed for his glory.

You know in the house right you you're you're there

as well. You know you're there as well.

Daniel, except Jack's not in front of you. Otherwise, if

Jack and Daniels found the same place, if be Jack

Daniel all over again?

And how you don't know that what that means?

Never? Mine's okay, Lord, Let the innocence continue. Halleljah, Praise God,

focus on Jesus. Amen all right away, min now submit

to God. Res is the devil, and he will flee.

So I'm telling this persona i' I'm counseling him.

He said, pass for about three days. I've been cleaned.

Three days has been cleaned. We celebrate every milestoner by

say there's something. There's something, brother, there's something more. You

cannot just be praying, You cannot just be fasting. You

need to do something about it. I think you're too

close to the action. Take it, whatever it is that's

bothering you, and resist it. No means nola, no devil,

half timeline, devil whenever you want to come, come.

You know. But other times I resist to ninety percent.

Do you know when you'd say I resist to devil

ninety percent, you still give him ten percent?

What's it called food? So the devil is.

Easy to deal with. I tell you what's not easy

to deal with? How do we get rid of the flesh?

How how many of you can do this? Like you

came this morning to church, you left your flesh at home.

It's not it's not it's not easy. It's impossible.

Yeah, how many of you are very tempted to use

your phone now and scroll? Actually I'm saying it, but

I know they're doing it. Is you saw how I

went like that? Yeah, it's called corner barring. You know,

it's just you know, yeah, maybe up there somewhere and

this this message too hard. So I'm playing a day right,

because your flesh is here. Man, you couldn't leave it

at home. Then he said to them all, if anyone

desires to come after me, and let him deny himself.

I see, I see, I see.

So there is a way to overcome your flesh. You

can't get rid of it, but you can manage it.

You can overcome it. You got to deny yourself. What

is the opposite of denying yourself? Prove yourself. You know

how many people are going around this world now proving themselves.

Why are you studying your master's why are you studying

your bas d? You want to prove yourself. Why do

you want to make so much money? Because I want

to prove myself to my family. That I can make it.

And the Lord is saying, I know how many of

you are going around trying to prove yourself. Can I

tell you the other way is better deny yourself and

you will start living a life more free. You know

why students sometimes go all the way overseas and spend

hundreds of thousands and then never finish their medical degree,

you know, never finish this and never finished that. Well,

if any of you are here in this room, who

has ever had that? I'm not I'm not condemning. I'm

just telling you a fact that a lot of us

move by the flesh. We have to come back into

the spirit and say, Holy Spirit, And I'll tell you what.

When you do things in the spirit, you'll be free.

Isn't there a scripture like that where the spirit of

the Lord is, there is, where the spirit of the

Lord is there is. And when we find we're not free,

maybe we're not in the spirit. Yeah, maybe we're in

the flesh. Take up his cross daily.

What's that crucifixion? Right? The flesh cannot be gotten rid of,

but he can be crucified daily. You know, guys.

It means that even if you had victory yesterday, you

still have to have victory two and two. More So,

I'm glad that my pastor friend has been cleaned for

pornography for three days. I tell you why it's so

important because he feels guilty when he ministers, because the

devil reminds him a you think you are what pastor?

You think you're what anointed. I know what you did

last night, I know what you did this morning.

Before you came to judge. And that's why a lot.

Of us feel down, guilt ridden, you know, full of

you know, remorse and regret, and we don't get to

be free to do the will of God.

Are you with me?

Very important to be free so that you can rise

on eagle's wings above the storms of your life and

do the will of God.

Amen.

But thanks me to God, His blood is here for

us to cleanse us from all and righteousness. All he

wants us to do is to confess and say, Lord,

it is true.

It's me And so this pastor.

Why I want to get him over this pornography pornographic

bondage is because I want him to be free to

be a pastor, to be the best version of himself.

Three days he said, past I've I've been free three days.

I said, let's do it day number four. Let's do

it day with number five. Let's take each day as

he comes, studies a son know even correct Oh by

I study yesday?

You no, no, no, yesterday, you know, but I overcame yesterday.

You know, I trusted a lot more yesterday for some

reason that I wasn't so fearful yesterday. I wasn't so

nervous because yesterday I thought about the Lord and I

was free. But today you have to think about the

lot again, and then tomorrow because I tell you what,

as long as we are students, and as long as

we got exams, He's going to come back again to

hit us. I thought I learned this, really what I thought,

I learned this already one. I thought I learned this

alreadio what he come out, come out again and again,

because daily you must deny yourself, and daily you must

take up there cross and follow him. I'm gonna I'm

gonna close. We just maybe one or the most slights,

because I know, I just look at my watch, and

I think it's time.

To do that. I have been crucified with Christ.

The Bible says it is no longer I who live,

but Christ lives in me, and the life which I

now live in the flesh. I live by faith in

the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself

for me. How cool is that that it ends with

I live by faith in who the Son of God.

We keep coming back to a life of faith, who

loved me. Somebody turned to a neighbor and said, Jesus

loves you. Come on, don't leave one neighbor alone. Say

Jesus loves you and gave himself for you. Right, And

as a scripture somewhere that says, if he gave he's all,

what more will he not give? What more will he

not do? Somebody say, amen, I close with this last verse,

and I pray.

Now the Lord is spirit, and where the Spirit of

the Lord is there is lebir Tea.

If you've got time to come back for the second

worship service, come back and hear me tell you where

you can find the spirit. If you don't have time,

please get on to the recording. I believe it will

be recorded by the grace of God. And you will

hear me talk about worship. You will hear me talk

about praying tongues you'll hear me talk about other things,

and we will finish this message in the second worship service.

But for now, let's all stand to our feet and

look to God.

Hallelujah.

Shaka Bayanda Panzando will just lead us as we prepare

our hearts, as we look to the Lord, as we

understand that victory does not come by the flesh, but

only by the Spirit, not by mine, not by power,

but by My spirit.

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

I want all of you in this room to enjoy

that freedom that you have in Christ. Be free, for

the sun has set you free.

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