The Life of A Healthy Christian | Pr Yvonne Chong

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We hope this message will light up your day.

So this morning I woke out, I like feeling all

eggs everywhere, and but it is good here and it

kind of relates to what I want to share today

because not really related, but I realized in all health

is really really important, uh, you know, for us to

continue to go the long haul. You know, different ones

of us we desire, We have different desires and our

heart and for me, you know, I one of the

main main desire is like you know, I always tell God, God,

I want to serve you with all I have, with

all that I am to continue to serve you, and

and God always reminds.

Me, you know, to be able to do that. You know,

health is.

One of the key things to help us to meet

that target, you know, to meet that commitment, not just target,

and it's a commitment to God. And today, you know,

I just want to share. You know, we know very

much physical health. So this body will continue lato to

you know, as you age, it will continue to tell

you signs that hey, you're hitting the forty mark, you're

hitting the fifteen marks. Uh, some of you're going into

the thirties, you know, you have different different you know,

your metabolism way will continue to just drop, you know,

different things, la. But today, you know, my role here

is not to give any health physical health talks or

whatever motivation. But my role here is to help us

to continue to keep our spiritual health.

Okay, And and and when I was preparing message, you know,

I was like, God, you know, how do I title this? Ah?

And and and God told me, hey, you.

Know, I not call it health healthy Christian Okay, the

life of a healthy Christian.

And I just want to make a disclaimer.

Whatever I'm sharing is not just the only thing to

be a healthy Christian. Out many many components, many parts

that's gonna contribute to the healthy faith.

But what I'm gonna share is just one area of it. Okay,

all right, So yeah, so let's get it started. And

I'm gonna.

So a healthy Christian. The sub point would be a

healthy Christian gifts. Okay, a healthy Christian is generous. So

how would that then look like for us? I just

want to break it down, hopefully possible, break it down

to six shot sections. Okay, uh, and yeah, so let's

get it started. The mic is ready, right, so as usual,

I hope you guys brought your bibles to church today.

If not, please get a bible, a physical one. Okay,

nothing bits the physical Bible and have the habit of

turning because digital bible sometimes can be a distraction. And

when we are intentional, it's not easy to carry a

heavyer Bible. But it takes a lot intention it takes effort,

so God honest. Okay, intentions and effort as well, all right,

not just convenience.

Okay, let's go for it. In Proverbs chapter nineteen, verse seventeen.

Can where shall we start?

Hit?

Okay, let's start with the second role? Okay, all right.

Proverbs chapter nineteen, verse seventeen.

The mic, he has pity on the poor lands to

the Lord, and he will pay back what he has given.

Wow, thank you so much.

Perhaps nineteen seventeen he who sorry, He who has pity

on the poor lands to the Lord, and he will

pay back what he has given. All right, Malachi, The

next person can read Melochi chapter three, verse ten, bring.

The whole tie into the storehouse, that there may be

food in my house. Test me, this is the Lord

on my tea, And see if I will not throw

open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much

blessing that you will not have room enough for it.

Amen, colts.

So as we have read these two verses, you know

my first point is a healthy Christian gifts of finances,

not just giving all we can and actually easily part

from our finance. Part with is the correct English? Part

with part with our finances?

Yeah?

Correct, help me my brains.

Okay, So part with our finances. And you know it's

either we are masters of it or slave to it.

Right And and God says in his word, you know

we cannot serve two master, either God or money. We

cannot say that, you know, God, I love money above

you we got money, or become our God or God?

I want money, and I still want you because whatever

is our master controls our life, all right? So do

we want God to control us? Okay?

So when a chalty, you know how one.

Of the engage for us is, you know, are we

able to give those to those in need? Being able

to support you know, brothers, Chapter nineteen, verse seventeen. He

says here right, being able to land to those in need,

you know, supporting a struggling family, perhaps and you know

or donate.

Uh.

And you know, where there's a rallying call that we

give to church that that hey, you know there's a need,

are we able to immediately step out? And and I

do know Examine has been living that out. I don't

know that you know, when you're d up this place,

a rallying call was issued and you guys managed to

raise that some and you know, and and the beautiful

thing is, you know, I always tell the alliance I

really really inspired, you know, just to your building project.

I don't know what your card is space, but yeah,

you're building project your own home here.

Because right it.

Is also closely tied in right with Malachi chapter tree,

verse ten. Bring all your resources to the storehouse. Bring

all the resources that you have in modern times, it

go it to the church so that there will be

enough for the church to be able to continue to

give to the community.

Uh.

You know, you give to this project of putting this

place together and owning this space, not just you know,

meeting here on Sundays, but in the end, because you

own this space.

Now to bring you know, renting it.

Uh, you know, many more initiatives can happen here. You know,

people were in this place, you know, I know campus

last week, you campus city cafe, you know, never my

wild's dream.

You know.

One day, you know, I was just telling the new

Light team it's like, hey, inspired by some.

Many what so many they did this itself.

Actually I told them like, let's have our campus city cafe.

Then the next question on mind like where, So that's

an issue now for us where? But you know, and

and and I know doing the past week as we

were drawing out to our aniversary, so you know, past

this event team has so graciously opened places for different

practices to happen.

Uh.

It makes it more accessible now than just traveling all

the way to subang uh to practice because I you know,

I somewhat got involved with the dance to just support them.

But we have our African performance as well.

Uh, that's happening, Uh even during our partner's conference.

So be there.

Okay, you know A missed that because we won't stream

it live.

I don't watch it. I don't get to watch it.

Ah, and a bunch of people here for so many

it's actually involved you all.

I didn't know.

I didn't know you guys have such amazing talents here. Okay,

in so many amazing uh, Samuel and both Samuel and

Peace they actually wrote a song okay just for the

performance and Calvin you know, singing and moan as well.

I think it's yeah, it's gonna be African radio. So

we our vocalists are all Africans, our African brothers and

sisters from some money and Neli and our team from Botswana,

so there's twelve of them from Botswana's going to be

part of the performance as well.

The only then the musicians are agents.

We have one and Joey and we're still looking for

a drama or bassis on both. Uh so let us

know because they need to have that beat right, the

Afro African style. So so we need that. And and

you know that this space has been a really really

huge blessing and and and because you guys have learned

that giving off your tithes, giving and your offering, you know,

giving to the need when it was issued, has made

people's life better. And now you know all the beautiful

plants are outside. You have your own farm vegetation there

as well. Uh you know it's actually hey, I set

aside the potato Lisa. You you know I am blessed

now as well, because you know they're brought there are

resources to the storehouse and now you know we get

the feit and different ones I didn't manage to enjoy

the vegitarity. Yeah, so you know that that itself is

a blessing. Uh, it takes us swing of our finances.

Second point would be the giving of our time. All right,

So James chapter one, verse twenty seven. Let's read that

James one twenty seven.

Religion that God our Father Assames as pure and for

lears is this to look after offhans and videos in

their distress and to keep on to keep oneself from

being polluted by the world.

Thank you for reading.

Okay, so being healthy in the giving of our time

as well. Sometimes but it's slightly easier to part with

our money, but our time. Okay, probably fifty years ago

it's easier because we have more time. But now in

this modern day and everything is just trying to get

attention different a lot of different commitments as well. But

you know, are we able to set the sad time

to volunteer to help to support?

Uh?

You know we still in march onwards after anyiversary, we

our community work on Saturdays it is going to resume,

so you know, volunteer, volunteer your time for that, and

I don't know, examine is still attached to d AJ right,

so no volunteer time be there.

Uh. You know there's different missions. Uh.

I think two three weeks ago we did an announcement

for missions or is it at home storry on home?

At homes level?

You know, sign up to be there for missions as well,

volunteer your time and what else can you do, you

know besides you know, volunteering your time for community work missions, right,

is to volunteer your time to be for others, spend

time with each other. I think the last time I

was here, I shed a bit, quite a bit on community.

And one thing that builds a community is being present

for each other.

Uh.

That requires a lot from us probably, you know, speaking

from a slightly introvert point of your sometimes you're like, okay,

I treasure.

All my time with me.

Uh you know, you know for introverts, right, you're like, okay,

lets in contact with people better. But you do allow

ourselves to come out from that and and you will

still have time for yourself. But other people need our

presence as well. Our presence of I don't know being

there for them. Some people just need a listening here.

Some people just need us to spend quality time, you know,

and all your other love languages. You know, that's how

we express it and receive it as well. So volunteer

be present for others. And you know volunteering involves serving

the house as well serving church. And I do know

the different dream teams will still need your volunteerism.

Uh.

You know while you are still at your youth.

You know the Word of God says, you know, volunteer

time and you know, ex kids, you know, teach the kids.

You know, volunteer to do to teach that.

And you know set up of this venue, the clean

out of this place now that you own this place,

that's no just come and nicely.

Clean and vacuum everything for you right. Uh.

You know you guys have volunteered, uh to be part

of this, you know. So let's let's build the House

of God together a healthy Christian world.

Contribute to the building or the house, all right? Okay?

Third point is, uh, we have three versus three scriptures here.

The first one is Ephesians chapter four, verse twenty nine.

You can stand by that one. First the next person

can read. Okay, we can go to the third row.

Next person can read James five sixteen, and then the

third person can read Collisions chapter three, verse thirteen. Okay,

so we'll start with is Ephicients chapter four, verse twenty nine.

Do not let any and wholesome talk come out of

your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others

up according to their needs.

Then it may benefit those who listen. Amen, Thank you.

Next next is James chapter five, verse sixteen.

Therefore, confess your sin to each other and pray for

each other so that you may be heal. The prayer

of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Amen. Thank you.

Then the last scripture, Collisions, treat the teen mhm Collusions

chapter three, verse thirteen.

Mm hm.

Hm.

Let the piece of Christ ruin your hearts, since as

members of one body you are called the peace, and

be thankful.

All right, Thank you? Close thing bearing right. The New

King James version says, here bearing with one another forgiving. Wow,

there's a lot of patients testing to bear each other

to forgive.

And then.

If anyone has complained against another, even as Christ forgive you,

so you also must do so. My third point is

a healthy Christian will be generous with our words. Yeah,

we will freely give in our words, uh, positively okay,

encouragingly as not if I've read these three portion of scriptures.

Sometimes as human beings, we can be very generous and

our words. But it's a lot of complaints on like

verbal diarrhea. That's very generous. So, but it's still a

building up a person. It actually brings people down, right,

or sometimes it brings you down. The more you complain,

the more frustrated you feel, and the more you feel.

Right.

So a healthy question gives gracefully you our words, you know,

efficients for right. It says, if we speak life into

the person. Uh, you know, how do we? Sometimes it's hard.

You know, my grandma last time, so my my grandma said,

my hot can speaking grandma?

How many of you are hockeen here?

Yeah?

Yeah, so let me let me express it in hockan

first that I try to translate it. Okay, So my

grandma is like literally gimma, uh meaning right us. So

hard to even come out with a nice word because

there's a lot of goal in your mouth that you know,

you're afraid when you open your mouth your goal for

u uh so that's almost a literal translation.

Uh.

You know, let's not keep compliments just to our self.

Encouragement, you know, just encourage another person if you don't

know what to say, just say you look good today,

that itself is encouraging, that is self builds another person,

and say genuinely like it's not like oh but even

saying that, okay, let me uh you know check GBT Okay,

what's nice to say to another person?

Uh?

But say it out from the genuiness of your heart. Right,

You don't how to say all the flowery things. Some

people are just so good and encouraging, you know. Elder

Jill is always so generous?

Is that? Like?

How do you find all the words to say? But

you know, be genuine all right? How do we compliment them? Matters?

Compliment people matters as well? And at the end day,

you know, speak God's love and God's life into each

other's life, all right, okay? And just now we write

as well James five sixteen. Uh, being generous not just

an accompliment, but to pray for each other, right, don't

just say you know, as Christians, sometimes you have the

right thing to say right or the right way to

act as.

A bit leave it.

Like when someone shows you something like, okay, I remember

you in prayer, then there you forget. I am the

first person. You know, I shall confess. Sometimes it does

sleep my mind, like I'll keep you in prayer, then

I forget to keep in prayer.

One, So I try to. I try. It's very much

to be a habit.

Or whenever I receive a prayer link to our telegram chat,

immediately I know because I will forget, I will really

pray first, uh, and then continue on with what I

need to do.

Okay.

The last one right for this part is you know

I talk about freely giving off our words as well,

but what's closely linked to it is also forgiveness, right uh, bearing.

With each other. That's what collusions treat.

The teen says, you know, be generous in giving grace,

being generous in letting go of grugeous. I don't know,

I mean it profits nothing. If we continue to keep grudgeous, right,

it will eat our spirit.

It will eat up our joy as well.

So let us if someone steps on your toe or

that does the Bible say out, yeah you can out

trust Okay, that's the immediate response out.

But after that. Okay, here's my another toe for you.

You know, someone slepts you on the left cheek, you know,

give the right as well.

Uh, you're out. Trust It's okay, you know, because you're human.

Right.

I love the response because you're still human. We're not

asking you to be got ouch. But move on from there.

Okay out, move on from there? Uh okay, next point

romansch verse thirteen. And then the next person you can

stand by Luke chapter six, verse thirty four to thirty five.

Ye, Romans twelve, chapter verse thirteen. Share with the Lord's

people who are in need, practice hospitality.

Awesome cool, Next one Luke six thirty four.

Luke six thirty four. And if ye lend to them

of whom ye hope to receive what, then have ye

for sinners also lend to sinners to receive as much. Again,

thank you?

All right?

So the next point is a healthy Christian shows it

really well in our actions. Okay, Romans Chelseaes, you know

we are very hospitable. Healthy Christian will be a Christian

that is hospitable, all right. We invite people from meals,

you know, like just not saying right, being present for

other people. If you you feel like, oh, I got

no patience to listen. You know I can't, you know,

I can't take long listening then.

Be hospitable.

Haha.

It bring that for a meal, bringing out Uh?

Ifern't, it's a place to stay, you know, open up

your house, you know, your room, and then then bunk

over right to your action.

What else can you do?

You know, Luke six thirty four to thirty five Essaysia,

we could actually land without expectation of return. You know,

some if someone borrows from you, give without worrying, or.

Give without expectation of having it back. Very difficult.

Uh, And I'll say wisdom still needs to be practiced,

you know, as as you learn. And then you know,

I'm also sharing this because you know, sometimes it's like, okay,

church is a very generous lending church.

I shall keep borrowing and borrowing.

Right, It's more blessed to give than to receive as well,

So be wise, okay in that also and the last one,

you know, in our actions as well, the different ones

of you I think, you know, like Samuel, his gifting

is definitely music.

Can I share this? I think I can share.

So I just found out just you know, because my

heart is to see you know, the African group, you know,

just being represented in in you know, true the I

don't know however presentation. We could do a dance or

a song or whever not and and I'm I'm just

going to get gather people and gather people. And I

didn't know Samuel is so so talented doing the practices.

He could just hear like, okay, come on, you know

you can get better at this melody, this tune. Then

he can identify, oh, you're a barytone, you're a tanner,

you're the whever or not. Now I'm like, how do

you do that? And I found out that he's actually

back in this country. He was a music director. I'm like, wow,

such amazing, amazing talent and he used that for God's glory.

And you know, he didn't ask for anything written. So

I'm really really admire his spirit or just offering his

skill onto the lot. And just this week itself, you

know what I heard from him, He's like, hey, you

know because on Saturday, iund we are supposed together at

seven forty five and then soundtrack happens. And to travel

from some money to the Putrajaya is a bit of distance,

and he was saying that probably we can just get

a hotel nearby so that we don't have to spend

time traveling. You know, I really amazed how uh. You

know some people are like, okay, I'm just gonna perform.

You know, I don't care. But he sees it as

a worship unto the lot and sacrificing every single time

along the way. And it's not like he's the three

years person on earth as well, he's got his PhD

complete and his family both peace as well, has been

supporting children, just coming along for practicers a so, so

you know, giving of your skill so would show that

you all it contributes to your health as a believer,

but it shows where you are at as a believer.

And so okay, last two points. I'm gonna skim through

fast fast Matthew chapter six, verse three to four uh.

And Luke chapter fourteen, verse twelve to fourteen. Okay, a

healthy Christian geese unto the Lord without seeking for recognition.

Some people when they give, uh, they flaunted right, make

it known to the whole world, call for press conferences,

have every picture and every influencer.

To cover it.

But what God says in Matthew chapter six, verse three

to four. When we give in six it he blesses.

You know, do not seek for praise or reward as

you volunteer or time to serve.

Uh.

You know, as you give your finances to God.

You know, do not seek like, Oh God, I'm giving,

I volunteering my time, you must give me back. You know,

the church must pay me back. I'm going for missions.

The Church must cover every of my mission's expense. Do

you know when I first came to ask, I was

really mind blown and this going out, I thought, you know,

whatever the church quote unquote wants me to do, Uh,

the church has to cover the cost. Like if I'm

gonna go for a mission trip, the church has to

cover at least half or pay fully for it.

Then I just volunteered my time there.

But I've learned even through asks as well, that whatever

that I believe in, I saw into it and and

and I give and to God without one thing anything back.

Uh.

That is what the word of God says from Matthel

six three to four. And help those right, Luke chapter fourteen,

verse twelve to fourteen. Bless those who can't actually repay you,

help those who may never be able to return the favor,

and that is even a greater reward from heaven. But

we do not help because we are waiting for a reward.

We help because we are healthy and we want to

give towards that. Okay, last point Second Corinthians, chapter nine,

verse eight.

And then.

Also from Second Corinthians, chapter nine, verse seven. Our close

with this trust a lot as we continue to give

unto Him, as we continue to give unto the church,

as you continue to give unto others, you know we

will not be in like stagnant jar whill continue to

be stagnant. And then you start having your dany mosquitoes

reading but overflowing jar that keeps overflowing and keeps being refilled.

Uh.

It's a healthy jar, right.

And and you won't have moss growing or lga growing

in that jar because it gets getting refilled.

So trans good.

As you give, because you know out of the abundance

our heart as well, God will reveal. And there's always

joy in giving.

Uh.

And And there's always you know, an abundance floor of

love as you continue to give as well, all right, uh?

And and second corintence nine, it says you're right, have

faith that continue, God will continue to provide desire in

your heart. Sometimes you're like, okay, God, I'm limited my resources,

but desire it.

Ask God for it and he will provide. Okay. So

I will close with.

That, and I'm gonna invite extrame art right now, and

I'm gonna close, uh with praying for us and especially

you know, we do this every week in church, especially

for friends who are new here today or you have

been with us or sometime, but you are you know,

you don't have this personal relationship we've God, and you

clearly know that.

You know.

Sometimes you know you could have been a Christian once

and you've walked away from the Lord. And today you know,

God is asking, hey, it's time for you to reconcile

with me.

You know God's word today.

You know what we have learned as well that to

be a healthy human being, Ah, it's being.

A healthy Christian.

You know we may have as here and there, uh

you know, but in the past as well, you know,

people could have short changes or sometimes Christians could have

hurt us as well.

But today, you know, a.

Healthy Christian is a Christian who is able to give

no matter what the situation.

Circumstances. So if you do not have that relationship.

With God and you know that, hey, you know, being

able to release forgiveness, being able to release of you know,

my time, so that I can be present for each other,

you know, and and and you know, I want to

continue to be hospitable because I know this will do

me good. And you know, sometimes human beings, we are

also still very limited. We can do all the charity

we want, but hearts can still be very very empty.

But our focus today, you know, I really thank God

because we have Jesus that at the end of the day,

everything that we do, our focus is back on Him.

As we give to others. We are giving to others

because we see it as a worship to the Lord.

And because of that, you know, God.

Is going to cause our heart to continue to overflow,

like I end with that just now, to overflow with joy.

And if we don't have enough, you know, we can

continue to ask God for that provision. So if you're

here today and you're saying, pasevon, I like to be

part of this relationship that is real with Jesus, and

I want him to come and live in my heart,

to be my Lord and my savior to help me

get better, to get help me get healthy, not just physically,

but healthy emotionally as a person, to be healthy from

the inside out, so that other people around me will

see and be able to know that I'm a healthy person,

a healthy Christian. So if you are the person right now,

and I count or tree, and when you're to raise

out your right hand to say, Jesus, I need you

in my life. I admit that I cannot continue living

on my own. And the second one by the raising

of your hand, and you're saying that I believe that

Jesus died for me on the cross to forgive me

my sins so that I can be made whole and

break free for everything that has bound me. And see

the third one, as you raise your hands, you say,

you know, Jesus, I want to commit my life to you,

and I want to follow you wholeheartedly, and I want

to continue to serve you with all that I have.

So if you're the person right now in my country,

you just raise up your hand, no one looking around

except for our leaders, because we want to take note

of your decision and so that we can journey with

you to begin this amazing and exciting journey together with you.

All right, so you're ready right now in my country

and raise out your hand. One, two and three. Okay,

there's one hand. There's one hand raised a man. Hallelujah,

Thank you Lord, Thank you Jesus. I got the leaders

in this prayer and want you to follow after me

as you read, dedicate your life to him, and you're

giving your life to you afresh and whole. Okay, let's pray.

Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for your love for me

and for dying on a cross. Please forgive me all

my sins, wash me clean by your precious blood, and

come and live in my heart, fill me with your

holy spirit and teach me your ways. And now leave

to worship you and please you.

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