Rise - Be strengthened in the LORD your GOD | Pr Janaronson Nagarajah

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

will light up your day. Today's topic. The first slide is rise,

be strengthened in the Lord your God. Thinking negative to the Negati county and

Chili everyone saying rise, So that that's what she Lii rise, Shei Chili

Rise. Saul was anointed and appointed to be the first king in the nation

of Israel. Salona is a patient and lawhere's a little one. When God

has delivered the people of Israel into their promised land, is tiredly enjoy that's

a whole. They begin to make comparison between themselves and the nations around them.

Come on, don't you so? Is so with They're beg going to

say, why does other nations have kings to rule over their people, But

we we don't have a king. We don't have a physical king that rules

over us, said the remin guys, So where's much Italians the time?

And where's more? More? Mele you go one. And they brought this

method to Prophet Samuel Tamas. You know that since some of the Samuel prayed

and brought it to the Lord, and the Lord told Samuel this, They

did not reject you, but they have rejected me. The means they have

rejected God as their king. So in the times since Tim and Dig war

just a war, just a certain God was supposed to be their king and

when she's in one. But because they saw that other nations also have king,

they choose to reject God and one to serve men. I. So

Saul was anointed to be the first king. Uh salonika pay with the one.

Next night there will be a summary. So we know that through the

life of Saul, he was disobedient to God, and because of his disobedience,

he lost his kingship. Now in the one way actually started off well

to face hang. Then he chose to disobey God. He did he did

things that were against God's commandment for him. No man, I mean Sauw

was rejected. God anointed David as a king when he was a very young

boy, slo eating page one. You mention and you know the story that

David defeated Golia when no one in Israel cold. It's not. Golia was

a giant curish and I think he has six fingers and six toes and as

Lucas, his sword was really big. His Javelin was really big. Was

he was so huge intimidated the entire nation of Israel by telling them this,

if any one of you can stand up in a fight against me, and

if you have defeated me, me and my nation, the nation of Philistine

will serve you just your k Janna. So if you've seen a recent viral

video, he was just saying one by one, gentleman, okay, anyway,

you didn't get the reference. So he was intimidating the nature. And

no one, not a single one from Israel can stood up against Klaa,

not even King Saul. You see, principally if you are a king of

the nation. So it's only a time on men sense you should leave by

example to say that, come on, I'm the king. I will show

to my people that I can take you down, because I would take a

we are But I was saying, is that Saul and his army choose to

hit behind a rock. Had Anne that she thought I thought the wholes lost

his anointing. There was no more boldness found in him, so I had

when we trogress against God's commandment, we too can lose that anointing. That

moment, as you were negative either. So no woman being someone who is

very bold, we can be someone who is very timid face and from being

someone is very confident in the Lord, we can suddenly sway away from the

Lord because we have lost his presence and anointing. Just a man who sings

in the Roman case is eager pint sings in the run. So David,

as a young shepherd boy fifteen or sixteen years old, chill to step up

and defeated Golia that way that you know, by g with a sling shot

and a single stone, you the tango like she's it has to be gone

your way to the town. Victories can only come through and buy the lord.

A person who because David told Glaa, you came to me. You

come to me with your sword and javelin, but I come to you in

the name of the Lord, so you know that. So like I said,

light the tighter around. So obviously the neils spread around because David took

salts sword and cut off Salt's hit and took let me re face that David

took Golia's sword and cut off Golias hitting trumpeters trump The negative that she can't

look girly at the toll. So David defeated Goliaths when no one in Israel

could, and his popularity grew. Imagine, and you're a king, You're

supposed to lead your nation, and then there's this young fellow, unknown boy

came up and defeat the giant in front of your eyes. How would you

feel as a king? Would you feel proud or would you feel jealous?

Changing the high mouth like that she bangies that she through So why say,

is you feel like losing face? As a king? You lose a lot

of face. Do you do the face? Two? So David's popularity grew

and King Saul grew jealous because the people on the streets were started to sing,

Saul has slain his thousands, David has slain his ten thousand. In

other words, they are saying, the young shepherd boy is ten times better

than the king. So in the towns, so that way not means soins

urns changing one one my brother says that David behaved wisely in the presence of

Saul, meaning he's said so why and he grew He became very wise because

King Saul was going after David and wanted him. Did you know how what

King Saul did. He took a javelin he wanted to spirit David Salona sel

like she can't see sat away by saying that jealousy is a very dangerous spirit

to have, you know what singer that lingers to face hangways and the eager

searching jealousy will drive people to do crazy things even know who is igurrent like

you do a face phone conge. So if you're a Christian today, I

pray you know, if you're a Christian today or you're not, but you're

struggling with a form of jealousy, either within siblings, within friendship, within

in the marketplace or in school, you're struggling a form in this, I

pray a lot will deliver you out from jealousy. Who was opposed to sing

to the link? So I opened with this context that David was anointed king,

yet he needed to run away from sort because okay, in he ran

to another place after you know, a couple of years uh in a place

in Philistine fairly Nanni, and he aligned himself to a person called a Kish

like she a kh found favor in David's side and gave David and his six

hundred strong men a land called down a little biger like that saw that David

was prospering ya. You can't have the face on the home town. Historical

context, the nation of Philistine and the nation of Israel, they are always

at war. So getting net j Sosa for David to be able to have

a land in the Philistine shows that God was with him, favored him way

a ti appreciator, I feel it is the negative beating eating your son that

has And it was also at this time that Saw was still looking for David's

that way. So one day the Philistines and the Israelites was about to head

into a war. So hold on, you're eating fast and je That is

certainly a Phelicidan sansans do it say I will fight together with you guys mean

he will fight against the Israelites, like she can't have an she don't.

It's but the lords of the Philistines didn't agree because they say things like what

if David, in the heat of the war turned his back against us?

Sown so Philician? How much? So why three whole? How you touch

panel? So meaning what if David sided with the Israelites and then turn against

us and fight against us? So why you just fund paid so our kids

sent them back to Zic like son. Zile was a place where they dwell.

Zickle was a place where their family and their children dwell as well.

David and his six hundred strong men that way. So we read the scripture

now in First Samuel, chapter thirtyan. Now it happened when David and his

men came to Zickleg on the third day that the Ami Heights had invaded the

south, and Zicle attacked Zickleg and burn it with fire, and had taken

captives the women and those who were there, from small to great. They

did not kill anyone, but carried them away and bend their way. So

it is in ching Nandi gon Pour Younghoff and Surrul Tornado full in her teeth

on the call till when you read the Bible, put on some imagination.

So it's put yourself in David's shoe, but doesn't sound. You returned home

and you found that it's burned down without fascinated, pep and salad, Your

wives, your kids were no longer inside, your possessions were gone. The

fact Salt was supposed to destroy the entire nation of m Kites, but he

did not. That's the downs holder in certainly in Ga like she girl Yamad

in the three. So David and his men came to the city, and

there it was burned with fire, and their wives and the sons and the

daughters had been taken captives. Then David and the people who were with him

lifted up their voices and webb until they had no more power to guntry talent

to function. Friends, these are no ordinary people. These are men of

war. These are people who are used to slaughtering one another. This is

a strong man. The Bible says that they lifted up their voices and webb

until they had no more power. Were too weep because the hammanio function Chili,

it means something serious, more than serious happened. Insesting fastened the face

causes them to be anguished. Thout about harm and faced the chief and causes

them to behave like that. Thout about hammers and chili. And David's two

wives he Nahm the Jezrael lights and Abigail, the widow of Nabal the camera

lights had been taken captive. Way she is leader, How are you talking

about the jam now? David was greatly distressed for the people spoke of stoning

him, because the soul of all the people was grief, every man for

his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the lord. It's

got a thousand witness the earn yoh singly put yourself in David's shoe. So

you led six hundred strong men to Wark. Now the six hundred strong men

spoke about stoning you Talans, A little by girl, a little by gird.

Youre anointed as a king in front of all your eldest brothers and anointed

by a mighty prophet. By In that situation, you are nowhere near your

king ship in the town. So hold only some patient and paid. So

the Calicia wa won the faster than you, So meal Igorn two maders funds

around one pounds on the top that you lost everything is Shila soyo. So

the best time David could have given up? What's that time? How she

found you? The best time for David to quote unquote blame God will be

that time, how around? The best time for David to turn against God

will be that time? True around she paid her because you have been running

away from Sault, fighting battles after battles, he could have give up even

Tauli consuner. No, it's on an't do Do you know that David had

two opportunities to kill Saul but he did not. It's a a in fact,

David's own people say, the Lord has delivered you. The Lord has

delivered soul into your hand because eating fund I need a So be very very

careful with who you Interacteynican. So you'll tell you because people can use the

name of the Lord, but that doesn't mean the Lord one. That doesn't

mean that's what the Lord says. Okay, you me like you saw So

David neil in his heart that whoever God has anointed, it is better not

to touch and let God deal with the person. Thousands Fancis also is ungothered,

had a point that you punt around, hence the famous verse I will

not touch the Lord's anointed. So not just a way faith sounds egn the

Jesus where actually two posons or gathereran. It takes a man like David,

whom the Bible says, a man after God's own heart, to say things

like that. Sing either iron like she so people around him saying now it's

your time. The Lord has delivered Saul kill him. So since the son

eating past David, couldn't you know even just by cutting a little bit of

sauce road. David felt very bad colonial and I say, as your pastor,

I need to say certain conviction here not so many of the academent.

Be very careful when you talk about another past use town like she can.

She can sheran like she she had. Very careful when you talk about seven

of God's even if they have fell from grace. When necrolages shells corall like

God deal with them. She cannet and that she does. And we walk

our own walk focusing on Jesus. She's thinking entire son. Then David said

to Abiata the priests ahim son, bring please bring the epoch here to me.

And Abieta brought the port to David. See me later. Yap ya

mention e thought is basically and imagine an apron being worn by the high priest

the priest back then where it will signify differ, there will be stone signifying

the child tried. So the high priest or the priest will wear it to

minister to the lord. Another three the so that she food childrender. So

in David's darkest hour that he could possibly face. He strengthened himself in the

Lord, and then he sought the Lord. So I had to hear and

the neglive circle she abounds to the son. David inquired of the Lord,

saying, shall I pursue this truth? Shall I overtake them? And he

answered him that means God answered him, pursue, for you shall surely overtake

them and without failed recover or down so your hoarsehold so you can't teaching treat

the sound your heart to the sound. David, I, unlike different characters

in the Bible, didn't say, Lord, you know how I have served

you all these years. Why did you brought me into this situation? Waste

some money about Corenty mean, sometimes we can pray, but we know in

our prayer is a blaming prayer woman woman who is the changes. David went

straight right in should I pursue or should I overtake? So the downs has

put it takes confidence your singing in knowing who God really is just two thousand

in my life, I go with two two checks to the first check is

whenever I'm down, whenever I feel defeated, pay byers a whole. The

more I shouldn't pray, the more I find that there's a reason not to

pray, it's even more so I should pray. Putting to contact in.

The more I find that I shouldn't come to church to worship got corporately,

the more I should come down you can or pulling thousand contat in guy all

life. That's what David did. So I just touched it out and he

reached out to the priests. Sheating the negatives for ministry, and she paid

fool suit. Fast forward to verse nineteen. They pursued the enemies. Vers.

Nineteen says, and nothing of the ears was lacking woman like she quite

kind of sat that this the only the small or great sons or daughters spawl

or anything which they had taken from them. David recovered it. Or do

you say, don't hol so, friends one, God is not done with

you yet in a Hi mil oneimil one. In God, there is no

foot stop to what you feel is a lost battle, just down downy house

and down things. It is you and I who will determine the footstock your

things. As far as God is concerned, the story will always continue.

It's your tell you down. If David were to give up, that would

be his story. Down had a go situde analogy. He chose to seek

God and God restored or that became his testimony consider changed. So hold not

just tell me chans? And so how did David strengthen himself in the Lord

He's got? She tries, you can, I have no revelation to reveal

to you today. Well male, so with her like she's selling, I

have know new points to share with you today. Sing that. So we're

seeing that. She sing that you can even fence them because the points I'm

going to share later. All of you already know this because you know what

they have. But it sells as a great reminder because that has to carry

around point number one should always be prayer and seeking God's guidance. They're not

just cheat out the book of some you have one hundred and fifty chapters.

Typpisupien. David most likely would have altered seventy to seventy three sums Son say

that she's sam paintin and it gives you an insight into how David worshiped the

Lord, how David prayed the prayer that he prayed down okay Tawa, it

has a rule Heder like she told some eighteen verse six ays in my distress,

I called upon the Lord and cry out to my God. He heard

my voice from his temple, and my cry came before him even to his

Yes, this bad. Don't you go. You don't think you know who

to rule. Are you in a place where you felt, like David,

you have lost it all. Are you in a place where in front of

you there is a defeat and such a so and I said the Queentin house

and piloneyah. Are you at a place where you felt you have made the

wrong decision and people who are involved in the decision are turning their back against

you. Suddenly? Down you no, no, down to you, and

you pay Panny, I say to you, live right, so the she

lie, because if you call upon the name of the Lord, he will

deliver in you. How soon, James says, drawn near to God,

and he will draw near to you. This is anti party changing. I

always see this in my mind. I take one step that I see the

Lord taking many more steps. But you can c that's how much he loves

you and I not just a certain time, you don't know. I will

need her walk. We have seen little kids before, don't We can't cause

when a little kid trip and fall and start crying, what do we do?

So your tiger sides, how do you ta do we run away?

If you run away, I need to pray for deliverance later? Are you

going to up the like she however, even talk out, we will take

more steps towards the child and carry the child to ensure that the child is

secure and safement. Mao, she sinking like she pounds the sides of how

around, Chip outs an. I don't care whether you are sixty, seventy

ninety nine or one hundred. As long as you are on earth, you

are God's child and God will never stop caring for you. So poor as

she sings, so that like you fool Sney, he loves you. I

need Is there a bad report going against you? So for you? I

say, She tays, jams me. Is there a document that doesn't favor

you? For you said to you, Lord deliver you. At second,

remember God's promises and faithfulness. If you have a real relationship with God,

You're going concern you. It turns to the quanci you have tasted and see

his faithfulness meeting and saying how he has provided for you in gaining you're saying

how he has promoted you. Yeah, you're saying how he has healed you.

Can you have seen whenever you pray, he moves for you. It's

good to remember all these testimonies, say the soil, the face someone for

three five to six. I remember the days of all I meditate on all

your works. I muse on the work of your hands. I spread out

my hands to you. That's why when we worship, we spread out our

hands. It's rendered to the Lord we blessed him. My soul longs for

you like a thirsty lenses morning. So the gonzole over the sinkers and ru

can't hands to the pan and sila Cela basically means take a pause and reflect

silas when you're tanting. She finds to meditate on God's word and remember his

faithfulness. No, why you don't that she didn't cern the things we know.

David was a skilled, happiest also bowing aig, choose a chin,

soauw and all of the psalms is poetic and you can turn it into songs

in fact songs sots okay okay, so it is ocres SoC So how did

David strengthen himself in the Lord? You know, to praise and worship that

she time made her thing by praise and worship. Jime made her thing by

the more you don't like, the more you don't feel like singing, the

more you should sing. You're pushings when you can't get int your tongue.

Don't worry if you can't sing like me, Always sing out of you if

you don't go if it's hankering tong in, because you're singing to the Lord.

You know, it's a tone certain thing. The Lord doesn't look for

perfection in our singing, so noting the person one made. So David was

most likely engaged in a form of praise to God jicide the town zone like

she. We must continue disciple our people to know how to seek God for

themselves. So you know, Pati then just rule her dim genus who like

choosen how to worship God her like she's in person without conditioning. Here just

a time run her the US, I run her the Jain concerts. Yeah

twenty twenty twenty twenty one, all of us spend at least seventy five percent

of the year in lockdown sooner, early early in her early early instapolo,

she's so passion all needed, don't do online worship service, saying something by

and the Lord told me, can you still worship me? Without stage,

without light, without instrument? Can you still worship me? Simei run her

time, her yu Ma run her years. So the understand is for high

she think, Bible, say Lord, I can't. It's difficult without her

Nan, I can't because because it's a posture. It was the thigh.

Worship is not just a place, I think, seeing you equally found the

posture and the spirit you carry, you can worship anywhere. It was Titan

is singing in the night because the thing by the net the found. She

think so. Smaritan woman asks Jesus a one years. So you Ju says

you worship here? We Samaritans say we worship there? Where is it?

Sney you tyrant woman titolating blating neither for the Lord. For God's look for

those who will worship him in spirit and in truth. So in the like

you canten you're singing. Her turns so that it's sort of a place where

you come to church there and only you can sing songs so I'll tell found

us already tigh create. It's about you bringing the song in you to wherever

you are. Also, that's how you need to put sing those the sing

Psalm thirty four vers one. I will bless the Lord at all times.

His praise shall continually be in my mouth this answer, Amen, Amen,

jump straight into the last three slides, and you remember these three key points.

Number one, challenges in lives presents us with the opportunity to draw closer

to God. So you know what Sam sounds on the hold. So we're

a Roman concerned. The Gazian sing ing David was anointed king as a young

boy, but only became king a period after a period of trials and tribulations.

In this time, he chose to draw nearer to Godinsona when I say

her gona ta now wan gennzona hashing ganja singing sound. He was fifteen years

old anointed, the spirit of God came upon him. He only became king

when he was about thirty to thirty one years old. Galus p Gus has

siensus. What does that tell you? Ami? So you're not gonna tell

the that calsuni so mona. There's a process that we must go through just

so. The time is the court and so, and in that process often

it requires the towns on the sushi, your Molly and her cool nan to.

Many young people are giving up easily these days. Title insurants sending the

susangna tyrone you found. And the reason of that is very simple, need

to face something done. The previous generation sacrificed a lot so that we today

can have the comfort where we are just so that tied out sign an season

the title sounds. And if you're not careful when we idolize comfort, when

hardship comes, it's easy for us to give up. We are actually tygouna

likely to tyron. So don't run away from challenges. Embrace it, knowing

that God will use this challenge to shape you. Unite the like she saw

down in the pink because next light. Tough times built character, Character builds

testimony. Even Susa PingER PingER to Jenny Jinsen, David was consistent in his

character during difficult times. There was always that consistency in seeking God, in

standing for the truth of God. Even couldn't the Singer rule either the Hotel

Irah. It prepared him for his kingship. So in we tai one way

to Babe. God has a calling for each and every one of your toyogo,

who's out? Do you believe it soundsing man? Do you believe it

soundsing man? Every one of you? You have a colleague maker who's out?

And your calling is unique from mine? Who grand am? I calling

is different from your No, the young, So do not give up easily,

because God is setting you up for your calling. Sound like she turns

out, she boundingly the mean thing. It takes character to fit into the

calling that God has for you, even your knee. You're not gonna pink

handing in the hotel. This message wasn't birth last week? Take the other

things in a booth suicide? Since she was so out? This message was

birth ten years ago, tigre the things she and who young so out?

Remember this then even titter. Here's the triangle, young, Actually I was

planted twenty ten, O Ginger. It very got very important, you know,

oh ginger, very portant, very powerful. My mum always cooked me.

We used that very powerful. Okay, anyway, we planted like twenty

ten, but the work actually started into all night. Oh so omen earling

early and early earling in this Omon, I don't know, because sooner not

gonna gone to the US early injun You've seen God's faithfulness amazing, containers certain

amazing. Sometimes you come here, you see how come I would church?

Not many people? Are you so certain things the cons face because it was

already like I was going to the stories across the years. That's amazing,

because sooner t sing in like inning, and I said, then I say

the course sooner nice runs faceing type in twenty fourteen, after four years of

running a kneel. So it's like early so t w that woman actually sooning.

Since you go home very tired. I felt burning up. No no,

when I sold you out face and the pr house, it's like the

more we labor, the more frustration. It is, just so thanks so

you can house Womon, you ties on the control, so hord woman a

bead in mind that most of you know. I don't stay in your life

back then because turning man so downs. The whole was the lighter. So

the days of traveling afterwards, the days of coming on a Sunday. We

don't just cow money like they won't we cow mantin. We cover the money.

We traveled down so hold being more than lights you want to but she

does man thing she does Sally. You travel the distance, you pay the

toll. It took out your time. Just downs full of woman, full

of put on, and I say the go and I said that you fade

the lad And often in all ministry there will also be hardship that anti food.

The greatest hardship often in my experience, comes from dealing with people is

that I will and downt like I was going to nan Urn, like she

gone through. Right? Are you so so much? You love them so

much, but yet they do things that you know it's not what God wanted

them to do, and they're not living up to their fullest potential. Just

harmon, that's harmon and being male like she quarter thousands you. They get

a sermon Quar Tamano. Some of things going through my emotions with the change,

she would have seen something got so thought of God, it's my time

up because I did all that I could. Now you know we didn't think

water so that she thought. I spoke to pastor. I said, Pasta,

I think this year is about releasing me, no no thing, and

that she's found friends. It's back then it's really hart that hard ship was.

We raised people up, very good campus student, and then the Lord

send them home. No, not home there like home to their country.

This is I think shell face some smon Go Jazz has always been a cycle

where you got a lot of students. When they graduate, it comes down,

then it goes up again like now, then it comes down again,

and so it's very hard to sustain the work. She's just your cow and

pins and tino. You put on a one, so pray, I said

God. So she was just send them a pant a lot led me to

the scripture sing one strengthen yourself in the Lord and she who needs a tea?

So I did what turn the toll? I remember the pioneering days,

the lies that we touched. The town shows in the same phone when I

see the surmi Omans who taste without the surname. I remember the number of

salvations we had woman, so don't I see chun. I remember people who

went back to Botswana and how they supported the church. No, no what

you guys, I said, like she and away that conviction. I decided

to stay on in town to the the sma what just singing and which I

feel if I were to give up the war, if the Lord can always

raise another person, son has like she thinks she le she that's what mother

Kai told esther. Just so you know, if you don't speak to the

king when your entire people is at the risk of being slaughtered, if you

don't speak, God can always raise someone else. She's done so and so

push one so like she doesn't you to say the bike son has? You

know she thinks she lean grant like she innother words, so why did you

you and I? We have a calling you can out if we give up,

the God will always raise another person up to fulfill that purpose of the

calling. Seen like she in the Nigata hotel. So ten years ago,

until now we have seen the faithfulness of God. Soon as you've seen how

we have planted Simon, don't amount we have seen how many more lives join

us kind of down these two people as well. And do you know before

Sermon was established as a university, it was all olum areas salmon Samata defund

You don't we went there, We stretched forth our hands and all the oil

bumps so so united that you don't even we know this is going to be

a university, so that mad concern. Also now I said you opened the

door, said you blessed the land. She to pain too d It's difficult

to do God's work like that. It's f feeling seaker, Indian man too

hot, ship shaped correct, so it's on a circle and she shows the

pink girl before the stage. It's a sacrifice thim right high eating a near

season. So the younger generation needs to learn what it meant to truly sacrifice

since she doesn't mean by her is so much the season. But you see

a lot of people want to get known. Now you have talk that people

want to get known, and it's easy to get known without sacrifice, you

know, since appearance to saying yo, just so your gentlemen, and I'm

very clear that we are here to build a name for good metal current that

you need all that we do, amens, so that it's it's we're also

across the years have Japanese students coming up and new women connected with them,

and see one at least one we VI really remember, came and returned home,

giving her life to Christ and was water baptized in her local She found

a local church there as well, just turning ye Ruben yes had by saying

this, don't give up. Don't give us, because if you were to

give up, you're giving up the opportunity to see people blessed through your journey.

Even only Johnson. You talk all like she doanes and run mean.

You might say that you might, You might say that I'm not like you,

lie, I don't have a role to run, just ordinary boy and

just an ordinary girl. What is it? Can put on an iron,

canna put on an irun? What if I tell you role doesn't matter?

Neither? And I said that your identity in Christ matters more. You mean

a ser Francis. Don't give up your faith? So why you want to?

We are like fund She needed single fight for your faith. Stand strong

because people will be blessed through your faith. Pound need a scene, you

need the scene sings so mournful, So don't give up. We hope you've

been blessed by this message. For more information on our church, please visit

X Church dot O r G. We are also active on Facebook and Instagram.

We're believing that this week is going to be a good week. I

hit for you, God bless