Fuel To The Assignment | Pr Yvonne Chong

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

will light up your day. I got to read us from James chapter one,

verse seventeen. Sorry, I'm not going to be reading. Someone here

can be reading. We will start with Okay, let's start with the second

role. You can turn to your Bibles, and there's quite a bit of

scriptures to read today. So I hope you guys are already on standby to

do that. I always do that, okay, And I can't reach I'm

not to sure about the other speakers, so be ready. James, chapter

one, verse seventeen. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above

and comes down from the Father of Lights, with whom there is no variation

or shadow of turning. Amen. So every good gift is from above,

all right? And I just want to bring us to that. So when

we receive a good gift, what do we do with it? Right?

And especially this good gift you're talking about is salvation. Okay, all of

us here has received the gift of salvation. And are we supposed to keep

it to ourselves? No, right, We're supposed to share it. But

it takes generosity to be able to do that, all right, and you

know, cap students here also, I want to share this because sometimes you're

like, Okay, I'm going away with assignment, But where do I start

from? What do I need to know? You know? Besides, you

know during the conference, different ones of you were already equipped with the foundation

and basis of our faith Christianity to all the plannary sessions. So what's next

now? Because the assignment that you're given, right, it's not a short

term assignment like your thesis. I consider it as a short term because once

your dat your studies, you can also return it to your lecturers say bye

bye, and you know, forget totally about it. But this assignment that

God has given to us, right is for eternity. Our eternity results if

you have another fifty years, that this is the assignment that you're going to

be on for fifty years to preach the gospel, to share a lot of

Christ so that all may know who Christ is. Okay. But in order

to do that, you know, we need to be generous, okay,

and not just that generous. It takes radical generosity, all right, And

you know, I think it was out of the thing hold during his session,

he shad. Everyone can actually be generous because everyone is made in the

image of God, all right, whether Christians or not Christians? Okay,

because I am sure if you can allude to that that you know there are

non Christians who are really really generous as well, and they do charity work

like crazy. But what makes us different from them is they can meet all

needs except for one spiritual need uh eternal life. There is that is the

need. You know, either you go for so either eternal death and eternal

life. And as believers, we carry that key as compared to everyone else

is doing charity, you know, as we do good works, which scripture

is that from uh Romans? I thinks from Romans right about? You know,

God saved us so that we can do good works, so that we

may glorify the Father in heaven. Okay, So what makes us different from

everyone else? Even as I talk about generosity, radical generosity, what makes

us difference is the faith part. No one else can offer that except for

the believers, except for Christians, those who believe in Jesus as the personal

Lord and Savior. So everyone can do general anyone can do charity or being

generous or radically generous as well, but no one can be compacked to a

child of God. All right, that's all you're here today, Okay.

I decided to use the generosity right, the slight, you see, the

heart beat, because radical generosity is the thing that keeps us going and keeps

us alive. All right. We know that when someone crashes, it's just

going to be a flatline, all right, So when it's stingy means it's

good. All right, there is what is that call? Yeah? The

batting pousing? Yeah? Is that that pousing? It is a good thing,

all right? So what what what would then, you know, radical

generosity look like, or what would a radical, radically generous person do?

Okay, I'll just give you some traits of a radical generous person so that

you know you can also pinpoint on it, draw for it, and have

a good gage. Okay, I feel this list. It's non exhaustive,

but what I have here is at least nine nine traits okay, for you

to go back with. All right. The first one is from Exodus,

chapter thirty six, verse one to verse seven. Probably I can have mister

Chin to read next, mister Chean. Exodus chapter thirty six, Verse one

to seven Exodus, chapter thirty six, Verse one to seven. And Basil

and Holiap and every gifted artisan in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding

to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the century,

shall shall do according to all that the Lord has commanded. Then Moses

called Basil and Holiac and every gifted artisan in whose heart the Lord has put

wisdom, everyone whose heart was stirred to come and do the work. And

they received from Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for

the work of the service of making the century. So they continued bringing to

him free will offerings every morning. Then all the craftsmen who were doing all

the work of the century came, each from the work he was doing,

and they spoke to Moses, saying, the people bring much more than enough

for the service of the work which the Lord commanded us to do. So

Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp,

saying, let neither man nor women do any more work for the offering

of the century. And the people were restrained from bringing, for the material

they had was sufficient for all the work to be done in it too much?

All right, colose, thank you direct for reading. So if you

can see her from the scripture right from verse one to verse seven, we

can see God's people bringing more than enough to meet the need, all right.

Uh. And and you know to the point what happened or to the

point that Moses had to tell them to stop. Okay, guys stop ready,

stop being so generously. You know enough enough? And and you know

today so far I've not heard that yet. So far, I've not hurt.

I've not experienced that. Hey, okay, okay, enough really don't

really, you know, we have more than enough enough of giving your time,

enough of preaching the gospel. Er. Uh, you know the whole

of some money is safe. Ready, good job. Uh, you know

enough, you know we have we have not experienced that yet. But you

know these people, right, they brought more than enough to meet that until

they were told, okay to stop. Okay. So the first part is

generous people often give more than they were asked to give. All right,

Generous people often give more than are asked to give. And what not areas

probably I'm just gonna guide our thoughts what the areas that you can actually be

generous in I will always call it our resources, our treasure, our time,

and our talent. All right, we can be generous in that.

Okay, Uh, probably the next time I can break it down a little

bit further what that is. But so that's the first point. One of

the things, you know, just looking back, you know just how how

God has created me to be right. One of the greatest soul humans for

me is when I'm able to give my all and my best. Uh.

That is the greatest soul human. Because I see another person being blessed.

Uh, it brings a smile to the person's face. And also right,

not just in my time, treasure and resource, but when I'm able to

give them the knowledge of Christ, being able to lead them to Christ.

Right, I see them smile as well, and that is the greatest joy

that I could ever have. All Right, So what are you giving?

That is more than enough today? Okay? Uh? You know God,

you know every those who are gifted, you know in your hands those are

good in artisanal stuff. Right, you don't put that the great use so

that oh may no, you know God as well? Okay. Second point

is from Second Corinthians, chapter eight, verse one to five. Maybe I

can have the next person to read it. Yes. Second Corinthians, chapter

eight, verse one to five. Yeah for me. You don't have to

put the scripture on screen that everyone can just yeah, thank you so much.

You can turn to the word of God, okay. Second Corinthians eight,

verse one to five. Second Corinthians, Chapter eight, verse one to

five. Verse one. Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the

grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. Verse two, that in

a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty

abounded in their riches of liberality. Verse three. For I bear witness that

according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely

willing verse four, imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift

and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints verse five. And not only

as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and then

to us by the will of God. Oh right, thank you so much

for a ready. So and there's an scripture which you can take note,

but I will then read it together. It's actually quite long. It's from

Second Corinthians chapter nine, verse one to fifteen. And this is uh,

you know this chapter nine itself. Right, You may also always hear from

our chairpersons whenever it comes to tithes and offering time we always like to call

you know, those are so sparingly will will also read sparingly, which is

from verse six. And those who so bountifully will also read bountifully. So

let us give as repurpose in it in our hearts, not gradually or of

nacessity, for God loss a cheerful giver. Right, we always hear that.

But the whole context of our Second Corindians chapter nine, and what we've

just read in Second Corinthians, it is this the second point generous people give

in response to a great cause. Uh. There are different causes, save

the wills, uh say the polar bear, Uh, save the pandas different

different causes, right, you know, climate change and those environmentally activists safety

earth. You know that kind of thing. So, as believers, what

is the cause for our faith? You know? Uh? What are we

saving? Uh? And I hope that all of us are our answers.

We are saving lives from the pit of hell, from christless eternity. Uh.

So that is why you know, we will need to be able to

give ourselves to this great cause. I have friends who are activists, and

I really admire, uh, with all the different oppositions. Uh So I

have friends who are environmentalists and they are they are human rights activities as well.

But usually all these activists, right, they they are greatest challenges either

from governmental bodies lacking of fun or people just uh thing that just they just

do extremely okay. Uh, even with all the challenges, they self fun

and and they create a lot of awareness as well. So want more about

Christians? You know, sometimes I reflect, sometimes we can get to a

place of very very being very comfortable, a place of comfort. Okay,

I came to church, enjoy. I can't go to homes, you know.

I have a good fellowship and I go home and I'm done. But

if you understand our assignment and we know that we are fighting for a greater

course than how we live our Christian life, it's going to be in a

good way. Uncomfortable for myself, you know. And whenever I go around,

I'm like, okay, eyes open, like God, who can I

talk to her? Can I reach out reach out to her as well?

And and and how how more can I multiply my time so I can reach

more? Uh? You know, how who else can I text? You

know my friend that I told you just to Texting has caused a certain way.

You know. I was let by God as to ask a few were

quite powerful questions to bring realization to the person and lead the person back to

God. So I did that. But it takes time, you know,

because I really don't like texting some people. Sometimes I get like long messages

from people like it, can can call it next time? I do know.

You know, some of my girls when I first started, you know,

huddling them, right, they always send me super long text messages there

every time I just replied, okay, thank you, got it, or

just stumps up because I'm not really a texting person, so it takes out

a lot from me. So I'm not too sure. You know, what

discomfort you need to go through on this assignment? What discomfort we need to

go through so that we see, uh, this cause that we are fighting

for being mad as well? All right? Third point is from Luke chapter

twenty one, verse one two four. Yep, the next person can read

it. Look twenty one, verse one, and he looked up and saw

the rich putting their gifts into the treasury verse two. And he saw also

a certain poor widow putting in two mites verse three. So he said,

truly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than

all verse four. For all these, out of their abundance, have put

in differrings for God. But she, out of her poverty, put in

all the shed Wow, thank you so much for reading. You know you

can see here, right Jesus, he are so ought by the poor widow

that gave her two mics. Uh. You know, in the eyes of

the world, people are always celebrating those who have an abundance, right.

Uh. Those who give like billions and millions to charity, they're always celebrated,

all the celebrities, you know. Uh in a Wikipedia sometimes they will

put as well, you know, the different causes that they're on, how

much they're given, they have like different trust funds and foundations that they're started,

and it's always accounted. Uh. In the eyes of the world,

you know, people keep track of that. But if we read here right

from verse one of the verse four, God keeps track of God kept track

of the widows giving. And this is you know, I always say,

you know, God's economy, you know, the way God does things in

his kingdom is really really different and what the world may see as awesome,

but in the eyes of God it is different. Okay. And and you

know people's eyes as well. People think that, you know, the more

you give, the more generous you are. But actually it's not quantified as

that, right, you can see you from verse one or verse four?

What what is the key thing that really drew Jesus to this widow? Her

sacrifice? All right? And and we have seen, you know, sacrifices

that are different one makes uh. It is not quantifiable, and it's not

easy as it's not. I believe all the leaders here, you know,

through all the sacrifices and showing that they've made the generosity they've made to the

work in some money. Right, would have you know been found easily on

Wikipedia if the world celebrates that your five pusses, Stephen Cong's name, that

Stephen Kong? What was the way? Yes, everybody knows his icy name.

Now you know you're will finding that, but not. But in the

Book of Life, God takes account that he registers all of those down and

with great sacrifice as well, God honest and blassted. Okay. Third point,

generous people give out of their substance, whether large or small. Okay.

And and and it's from a place of sacrifice. With sacrifice like I

told you earlier, Well, that's going to be discomfort because you're sacrificing,

you're giving something out of inconvenience already. But general, generous people do that,

okay. And it's not measured by like, Wow, Shannon you know,

has given ten hours, uh to push the gospel. I give ten

minutes. So you know it's not comparable to that to each person. It

is different, okay. Fourth point from Luke chapter ten, verse twenty five

to thirty seven. I'm not going to turn us to it. But the

fourth point is generous people give more than just their money. Okay. So

I've alluded to that just now. It's not just about money giving. I

feel for those who have parting from their money is slightly easier. It's easier

for someone who's just like, okay, timeing it. You know, people

come, for example, begging for money, and you know those by the

world side, the beggars. Okay, you just give ten It does not

out you. But if God challenge you when you bring this bagger home,

give him a good room, to good bait to sleep on, give him

a proper warm shower, and feed him. Ah will you still do that?

Okay? So generous people give more than just their money. All right.

I've known of a pastor who does a street ministry in Penang because I

followed him for street feeding before a few times already. But what arenas before

my eyes that they we were with him, that he turned around. We

were teenagers. Then he turned around looked at us like, okay, God

just told me because uh, the person that we were feeding. So there's

this great light district in Penang, uh that at night a lot of homeless

people will roam around, so we normally go and feed them that. So

feed them that, like feed them food. Okay, give them food,

pray for them, talk to them, be there listening here, not just

giving food. So we met this person. He had a huge we call

it a past lake with no no yeah, a lot of passed on their

legs and stuff like that. And it was actually quite sullen. Could be

probably he was diabetic or there was the infection he wasn't treated. Then it

became really bad and you can smell. There was a stench coming up from

it. So it wasn't a be o, but it was a mandy mandy

smell, like okay, And then I remember the bus took a turn around,

look at us, you know what. So actually ended up praying for

this man. Uh. Then the busser turned around. You look, you

know what, God just told me we need to help him cure care that

that it's not a wound. But yeah, so it's a lot passing it.

Then we were like, so all of us esteenagers carried, how do

we do that? We don't have any first a keep with us, none

of us are trained doctors. What do we do? Then he's like,

you know, God just told me that I need to put my mon I

had to suck up the pass from the lake with my mouth. We were

like so so before he said with my mouth, he said suck out the

pass from the lake. That all of us are like, huh are you

asking us? But he said then he saw I think he saw the horror

and short of face, and God asked me to do it. So in

front of us, here she ban out. He started sucking up the pass

from the lake, discussing super super disgusting, and I felt that please don't

do this at home, okay unless it's got like okay uh. And after

that we mean back a former few more rounds of feeding, I realized and

saw the wounds started healing. Yeah. Uh. And then the last time

before I saw it was a internship program that was on with with with this

pastor uh in the church. And then when we were done, the last

thing is totally healed, and the bag the homeless man said that, you

know, I've been having this for long. I couldn't even go to hospital.

No money uh. And because he does not have an icy whatever not

well at least if you have icy government hospital, it's just one weing get

right, But he couldn't uh. And then he said, you guys came

and he gave his life to Christ. Then so general people, it's more

than their money. Uh. And I will always remember this pastor uh.

And then after that, when he started showing us actually this is not my

first time doing I was like, no, wonder it's easier for you,

but it's still very disgusting. Okay, I don't want to help you imagine.

I can't imagine how fast it takes, like rotten rotten will not taste

like okay, but he did that, okay. And and the other classic

story you can see from the Bible, it's the good Samaritan. Not so

all right, Uh, different ones past this man who was robbed and beaten

up by the road side. I'm just going to paraphrase the story in the

Bible. Uh, even religious leaders and past. Hey, and you'll go

for my meeting now I'm late for asot. Okay, bye bye, and

and but this good Samaritans stopped by to help this man that was let aside

and by the road. So what it's got challenging us to do today out

of our comfort zone that we chous generosity as well fulfilling this assignment. I

know students here, I know adults as well. Okay, although you don't

have to write your assignment, but work itself, family itself requires a lot

from you. But I really do hope that you know you can set aside

your time as well besides your money, uh, to see the gospel rich

and you know at least that one more person come to know Christ. Okay,

fifth one generous people. It is from Genesis chapter forty five. You

cannotay now you can go back and read it so that you know I'm not

sharing our contexts. Genesis forty five. Generous people give even when it doesn't

make sense. It doesn't make sense for that pastor to use his mouth and

extract the past. It makes more sense for us to bring in the hospital

and get treated. But when God leads you to be generous, it won't

make sense any more to you. You're one plus one will not equate to

two. I know a few times, even in my journey as a believer,

I have not much left in my bank, and God would just asked

me to empty everything out so that you know, I can buy students,

especially because my ministry has been with students since I came to Acts and to

buy students' mill. Oh my God, I also thought you called to Marca

ready. How But then after that, after I've emptied, God provided h

and I didn't come. I didn't start with like God, I empty,

you must provide eight. But I just went with faith and obedience, and

I saw God come true for me after that. All right, there's the

fifth point. The six point is from leuk chapter seven, verse one to

ten. It says, Yah, generous people, Okay, I'm not going

to read it, you can read it on your own. Generous people give

to help others even when they differ from another. And and you know,

during the conference itself, you know, we talk about cross cultural missions,

cross culture reaching out uh, even with the same ethnic group. For me,

for example, when I, uh, I've been in your life for

about seventeen years now, already doing ministry and reaching out uh, and probably

the last probably seven to eight years, God challenged me, you know,

to go up and to plan a homes uh with the Salmon University students.

I'm like, yeah, I'm gonna do this. Then after that, God

had a sense of humor, and he always does. He will sometimes shot

our system as well, but he has a greater purpose. So that so

God started bringing mandry speaking students to my homes and so you may already have

heard this story and that at the point in time, I remember what really

shocked my system and caused me to live differently after that was my homie.

That's this homie came out to me and she was sharing different things that she

was going through, shared cry and guess what I always in Mandarine, I

cann't understand what she's saying. And with under the voice of crying. Even

worse right, I'm like, okay, what are you saying? That I

had to pull another student to help me translate. So you imagined the scenario.

She shared one centers, trying cry translate one censor. She stopped crying

a bit them and she had to share again. She cry again and the

translator had to translate for me because I had to do English, right,

that should do mandream back to the student. So after that, I'm like,

oh my goodness, this is not how I'm going to reach out to

because I don't speak Madrine at all. And I'm like, God, this

is caused cultural emissions for me. I can't speak that language, and God,

how do I go about this? Uh? But God say that you

as you obey our brilliant addition. So that homes itself grew to about thirty

people started with one and grou thirty and a majority were mandrid And that caused

also the birth of our bilingual worship service in Eli. And this year you

know, we are we are telling and believing in faith as a team in

e life that we want to multiply our worship service so that we can have

a full Mandarin and a full English one. Okay, so pray along with

us. Yeah, and I'm not to show what God is challenging you to

do that is out of your norm all right, to reach out to another

person, probably for those who are from generation X, to reach out the

gen y and gen zs right now, that's also a totally different culture because

there are different breed of people. But it is possible, okay. Point

number seven generous people Okay, from Matthew Chapter fourteen, first fourteen to twenty

one. Generous people give to see the impossible become possible, very clear and

understandable. I had to just speed up because my time is up. Actually,

and point eight okay, it is from look probably I let you'all right

first up, So point of a seven is draw. I'm going to paraphrase

it from the boy who has five flows and two fish. No one in

the right mind who will think that a doubt was still from a kid.

Uh, paraphrase it. Okay, I'm not accusing Jesus, but Jesus asked

he had to fit the multitudes at least five thousand men. We have not

accounted for the young ones and the ladies that were there. So I'm sure

there were five thousand, more than five thousand, and Jesus of all people

had to take from this boy his lunch box who had five braids and two

fish memory his mom packed it, but he used that and America happened.

Right, the impossible of five floors, two fish fat five thousand and more.

So what are we giving until God today? Do not belittle it as

you might think that, Hey, you know, I only have this two

coins to ring it, two pennies you know in my back what can I

do with it? But God will make that impossible to possible as you give

generously unto him verse eight, number point it. Okay, the trait that

it's trade from Luke nineteen, verse one to ten. This is really important.

Generous people give as a byproduct of their own personal transformation. That makes

us different from any other generous people that is in the world who is huge

into charity and stuff like that. When we are transformed ah in and out

by Christ, we will be generous easily by England. Okay. It becomes

a very natural thing for us to be generous when we have Christ feeling us.

Uh. And because right imagine a our life is like a cup.

I'm going to just give it a comparison when Christ, when we allow Christ

to feel us, right, keep feeling us. When you switch on a

tap and you feel a cup. If you don't stop the tap, right,

you'll just flow through the brim and then it starts overflowing. So that

is us as well. When we allow God to fill up this cup of

our life and it starts overflowing, it feels over and other people around us

they will be blessed by it as well. Okay. So, and that

can only happen when we allow Christ to transform us from the inside out.

Okay. So look after the nineteen verse one to ten. Okay, the

story of zach yas the text collector verse treat the nice Trade, the last

one from Philippians, chapter four, verse fifteen to sixteen. So prewaer,

I'm just gonna talk briefly about Zaki's text collector. But I call him a

cheaters so because as he collects that he collects more than what he ought to.

But when he encountered Jesus, right, uh, you know the stories

that just climbate a tree, and he wanted to have hellow at Jesus.

And after that he had encountered Jesus to the extent he said that our return

all the money that I've given by our return more as well. So that

was a transformation for him. Uh. And in my cheeky cells sometimes you

know, I pray God, you know that how much was it was stolen

from Malaysia? One point six billion? Is it? I can't remember that

the amount of billion, you know. Imagine you know if the owner of

that one point six billion has been touched and transferred by Christ and returning even

more than a one point six billion to Malaysia. Right, Wow, how

Malaysia will be right? So okay, nine generous people will give when others

will not. How can all know, Jesus is when we give when others

will not. I'm going to close it. So I talked about my uncle.

Ah. It was very inconvenient for my family to take care of him.

Uh. And it's not easy to take care of a sick person.

Uh. And and with all that my dad was going through family health and

my parents are aging as well, the inconvenience of bringing him down from Penang

to care for treatment, so there's a lot of considerations and relatives were actually

against it. Uh. So nothing me around like Oh, you're so clever,

say, don't like, don't like, cannot cannot against it. But

you're take calla you know, noting me on that. But you know,

God said and told us take care of him no matter what until his last

breath, and and and so so we did that. You know, we

didn't need to because he had a few other cousins. But one of the

things, uh he part of him, he also entrusted us to take care

of his uh uh he. He actually reeled a few things to me as

well. He doesn't have much from a ripper background, but whatever his car

and stuff like that. He has settled that also. And I knew that

he trusted us U and I did tell my parents, you know, if

he trusted us that much, I believe you know, we can just at

least like this this round, you know, just go one one the extra

mouth for him because there's no one else that he could rely on. So

this generosity so throughout taking care of it him. Went the first round of

chemo, uh and then his body didn't respond al so the chemo is on.

It's not for curative but for palliatives. He's on a fastage. She

has spread to about six other parts of his body already, so and and

and after the first round of kimo, it was not easy because the after

effects, you know, the whole vomiting. Uh. And then what happened

was he had two rounds of scares for us. Okay, the first round

we had to call the ambulance to Russian because he had the extended faint or

extended passed out. So by the time we knew of his condition was early

in the morning. Never found him. He was eyes open, but he

wasn't conscious of his movements, his speech. He was just talking gibberish,

like no clear language coming out. Put everywhere in a room. I'm more

like diarrhel everywhere in a room. Vomited everywhere in the room, and it

was uncomfortable with the rushing. We thought that, you know, we're getting

ready for him to pass already. But he survived that. And I as

I look back recently, I realized that God was merciful enough because we have

been trying to preach the gospel to him besides just through our actions, because

it takes a lot from our family to be able to care for him.

But we did so anyway. And that was our first first round of preaching

to him because to let him know that my because he speaks hockuen, so

my mom can express better in Hockuan than me. I can do straight language,

but street Hocken. But preaching the gospel a bit hard. But we

did tell him that we do all this because we care for you, and

we can only care for you because Jesus first cared for us and he loved

us, and Jesus loves you as well. So we showed him that.

But I thought like, okay, this is like the drop Mike line.

Already right, one more here you say it, because I was still going

quite much with you know, human strength and understanding and stuff like that.

And then he didn't say yes. Well, so we asked him like,

do you want to accept Jesus. He didn't say yes, So and different

our chaplaincy group. You know, we have a chaplaincy team in church.

They came and visited as well. They shared a gospel. Uh it shued

the Salvation call. He's like no, wait, wait wait, I'm not

ready yet. Then then the first round crash happened, so like like that

I did. It's still not ready, you know. And then we realized

that God brought him back. It was the greatest because there were a lot

of loose ends that weren't tied up yet. So he completed that that whatever,

that the task he had to do. Uh. Because he was in

the hospital discharged, the doctor said, okay, you can go home.

He came home last week just one day. Because at home one day,

then the second episode happened. Uh, the same again. And and because

he was on diapers, we already have to clean him up physically anyways,

but he messed up the whole room again. Uh. And and and the

time we had already call ambulance again because he passed out because he won't When

he woke up, right, were asked, do you know what happened?

He the first thing asked Why am I? They were like, okay,

you're back at the hospital. Uh. And sorry. The biracle is when

he woke up the first round. I was in the office and I didn't

know he woke up yet, and my parents didn't know. Then I got

a call from a number that I didn't say, I have his number.

I didn't realize he has a second number. Uh. And and and then

he's like, hey, can you give me your scan PDF of your icy

and I was like, who is this weird person asking him for my ic?

That's like, who is this? It's like Aula. They're like,

hah, you can talk. Uh. It was like, hey, you're

awake. And and his speech was so so clear, and and and and

I knew that God brought him back to finish second business. So the second

time it was worse because he went into feats. Uh he was yeah,

thing away and and uh we thought we were in the hospital and the paramedics

and everyone was like, okay, preparing us. It's like, okay,

this doesn't look good at all. His readings are all really really low.

So and then the next morning, the next afternoon, about lunchtime, somedthing,

my mom got a call from the nurse. Then then the nurse,

my mom was like, okay, the hospital is calling ready, So she

was preparing herself and then it's like, oh, so my mother, so

basically, can you bring milk later for your cousin. My Mom's like,

huh why, because you know he's awake now he's asking to have his milk.

Then my mom like, but we thought, because we're all preparing already,

UM contacted the undertaker so we can bring him back to Binang and whatever

not right, that's he's awake. Uh. And then after he woke up,

we didn't know, but he actually caught one of his cousins Binang who

has his house key, and told the cousin like, I want you to

clear he has quite a few idols in the house. I want you to

throw away all the idols. So for toweys, for towys right. Uh,

you don't know that they will have fun tongs of all levels that you

shouldn't touch the idol uh wat more chewing it away because they'll be worshiping it.

If he's fifty eight, so he has been worshipping for fifty eight years

the whole life. And it was passed down from his mother as well.

So the gods were part of the family and house and all their routines for

a long time. But he asked like out the trail away. Then the

anti antie that his cousin I was like, what's wrong. That's like,

yeah, you know, I'm going to come home soon and I'll come home

to a house without idols and and we were like, wow, how can

Because the auntie started the panicas it was going on, he has he lost

his mind stuff like call my mom. My mom was like, no,

he's very central or that now. Uh, he's very aware and alert.

He knows what he's talking. Then my mom was like, oh, he

actually told you that. The mama secretly like smiling and laughing, like because

she knows what that means. But he has not told us personally. And

we know that God brought him back this round. It's for his salvation.

And believe when he woke up, that was the first thing he did.

Although the auntie has not done throwing away with the idol part because she's as

as well, so she's very scared to do it. Of course, they

they believe that it was backfire for twis, so she left it there.

But we know that you know, it's a seal and a done deal already.

Although he has not confessed with his mouth, but in his heart he

has believed. So I you know, and I see that. I thought

my parents, you know, I think one of the things that got reminded

that why we take care of him, although it was inconvenient, was for

his salvation, and and and and I was even through the assignment that you

all got from conference, I was reminded again hence that's why you know this

this message on generosity. I was reminded again, Uh, we give because

God wants us to. And the byproduct of it, if that person decides

to give his life the Christ, then you know, the whole heaven rejoices

and we have to do our part to care for him. Not easy to

clean adult pope and stuff like that, and and it's bad uh and environment

and all uh. And if a lot I have had, even Trump might

work, couldn't get lived because it usually happens at night. So I have

long nights, long days, very very tiring for everybody. Uh. But

I counted allward it and as our family, as we were generous with our

treasure, time and talent, we saw him giving his life the Christ.

And and my mom did say, you know, there's a change in his

countenance now uh and and he's a bit more at peace. We feel that

he's a bit more at peace and more ready uh toe Jesus now And now

I can say, no, he's more ready to see Jesus. Uh And

and and I believe you know the it's done there and it's complete already.

Uh So as a family already like so, why I want to close with

this because what we saw now we wouldn't know, but keep keep being generous.

Uh, the assignment that you do right, you wouldn't know the results

of your te season. You know what's going to be a response, but

you still have to do it right. You still have to write your assignment.

And for working about sometimes you feel like, okay, my working life

is a routine. But I want to challenge you know, even at your

workplace, at your marketplace, I think different ones where you know you have

heard Paster cannot appreach. That is your domain. What are you doing to

claim that domain? You know? Are you just going to work or are

you also looking for ways to make a difference in your company through your interactions

with people, so that so that all may know and they may see Christ

in you as well. Right and as I close right now, as I

share this, so so some of you are like, okay, you know

I don't have much. It is okay. The lady with the two mic

she gave her all and God saw that. And today as well, you

know, I believe that every swing that has been done, even through the

different ones of your today, different ones of you here today, Uh,

I believe it's gonna bad fruits and and you know, closing, closing Now.

I told you I've been in your life for seventeen years. Recently one

ex student reconnected with me and and he is now a specialist uh and and

his own family and stuff like that. And what I came to know is

because when a life started as well, we gave all. And I was

like, God, I don't see the results now, but I will still

choose to obey. Seventeen days years later, he actually messaged to thank for

every sewing that we have done. Uh. At a part of time,

you know, was inconvenient because I was driving some of you I've heard you

know, I was driving my grandpa's old car. Uh. It's a nineteen

eighty three car, older than more than half of you here. And I

did eighty three car. But I still did ministry anyway. I still drove

and went the way to near life from Subang to and fro. And now

I could see that he is growing and doing very well in his workplace.

And he got transferred over to KAO the work and he's attending XPJ now and

involved in ex kids there as. So back then, you know, I

didn't know Whteter how long you're lasting his faith. Katt students. A lot

of them as well have also dropped away from your faith as well, but

he's one of them who stood still. But I just want to thank God,

you know, for that. But I'm sharing this not because to see

to let you know, like, wow, you know, I've done a

lot, but also to encourage you with a little that you have so be

faitful it and you don't know seventeen late years later what will happen and you

were here, you know, people coming back and you know, just thanking

you for all the sowing that you have done. We hope you've been less

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